Christmas
Update!
Our raffle closes 10am on Wednesday! Who will win the Nintendo Switch donated by Saga Projects? We’ll find out Friday…
Fun runners are off to a great start but we need A LOT more! We will donate the first £1000 to the food bank - THEY ARE DESPERATE. Every step, scoot and cycle will make a difference. Find out who's off already done their challenge and sponsor them by following the links in the newsletter.
Amazon Smile - we are blessed to have lots of superb local shops and many are supporting the raffle. However, if your only option is to use Amazon then please make sure you use smile.amazon.co.uk and nominate Beaver Road PTA as your charity. We benefit from a % of your purchase. More details at the end of the newsletter.
Need a great gift? Our photo offer with Neil Barrett Photography is a perfect option. For £20 you can get a family photoshoot and framed photo package. Full details below.
Cinderella is coming… We are very sorry we had to postpone movie nights. We'll plan for one next term. In the meantime, we have agreed to fund an interactive online production of Cinderella by Big Foot Arts Education. Every child will be able access this in class or from home. More details soon but here’s a preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXh4jLfxOY0
Good news! Christmas card orders are on their way and your child will bring them home soon. Don't panic if you don't get your whole order at once. Some things are arriving at different times.
Why are we doing all this?
The last couple of years we have focused our efforts on improving the playgrounds at the first school. It's now time to turn our attention to the juniors.
We need £25,000 to put in a giant slide and transform the woodland into a play and outdoor learning area with teepee and bird hide. The money we have left after the food bank donations, and raise from Christmas cards, the raffle and movie night will all be used for this exciting and ambitious project. You can make a BIG difference to life at school with every penny you donate.
The Food Bank needs over £6,000 to help desperate families this year. Please join our fun run to help put essentials on the table this Christmas.
The first £1000 raised by our fun runners will go to the Food Bank.... Our top fundraiser will win a Casa Italia hamper!
What's the challenge?
It's simple:
you decide how far you want to run, walk , scoot or bike:
1KM is about one circuit around Fog lane park, ideal for little legs
3KM or 5KM is a loop or two around Fletcher Moss - see this route plotted by a local runner. Or why not do Park Run? Chorlton Water Park is also a good spot - 3 times around is 5km.
10KM is a run along the river to the former Co-Op pyramid and back.
Set up a sponsorship page at Just Giving and nominate Beaver Road School PTA as your charity. A target of £50 sounds about right but if you want a challenge then go for £100!
We have a campaign page too https://justgiving.com/campaign/BRSantafunrun
Share the link with friends and family so they can sponsor you.
Pick a date when the weather is good, get dressed in your best Christmas gear and smash your challenge! Why not team up with another family and double the fun?
Please try and get as much sponsorship in by 10th December. This gives us time to transfer funds to the food bank in time for Christmas.
Share your success!
Tag us on Facebook or Twitter @BeaverRoad_PTA
...and share with your teacher on Seesaw / Tapestry
Can you challenge your teacher to do it too?
Here's Matt Savage after completing his 5KM challenge with his boys. Matt has raised £310 and counting, with an extra £200 due to come from his employer AutoTrader! AMAZING EFFORT.
Will your employer match fund what you raise? More info here
MJ, Maggie and Edward have already raised £110 ahead of their 1KM run around Fog Lane Park and Isabella Pull has raised £62! Thomas and Nicholas have made £60 too!
GOOD LUCK guys, you're amazing!
Last chance to get tickets to win a Nintendo Switch thanks to Saga Projects!
On Friday we will find out who has won the Nintendo Switch donated by Saga Projects! Thank you to parents Joe and Lindsey Shaffi for their generosity. Get your tickets by 10am Wednesday.
Thanks also to the following parents:
Alex at Bisous Bisous who has donated a day's vintage bike hire and picnic, James at Back's Deli who has donated a cold buffet lunch for 6, Jen Atkinson at Acai Outdoorwear who has donated a £150 voucher, Tav from Pasha who has donated TWO £40 vouchers towards dinner for 2 to celebrate the reopening of his Lebanese restuarant, Diego at Man City who has donated FIVE football kits, Ryan at RS Acoustic Engineering who has donated a £25 shopping voucher, Laureen at Ken Bromley Art Supplies who has donated a beautiful easel and art set, Claire at Twizabelle's Treasures who has donated vouchers, Sarah at Nuffield Health who has donated a family membership pass for a month, and swim lessons, and thanks to Sally Stanley Jones for donating Rosie and the Unicorn books... and that's not all!
We also have THREE family photo shoots and 12 x 10 framed picture from Neil Barrett Photography worth £185, a voucher for shallac nails from mobile beautician Pheobe Beauty Holistics, a one week holiday club, and a one day holiday club voucher from Junior Sport Stars, Didsbury Juniors FC half season membership, a £40 voucher towards a treatment from Love Good Massage, vouchers from Axons Butcher, Healthy Spirit, Giddy Goat, Healthy Spirit, Stamptastic, Stikins, books from nanny service Koru Kids and you could win an Echo dot!
Saga Projects is proud sponsor of Beaver Road Primary's Raffle. View the gallery for inspiration ** Beaver Road famillies receive 10% discount.
Did you spot these guys last week? Thanks to Sally and friends for making this happen. Watch out for more fun soon...
Neil Barrett Family Portrait offer - great gift idea!
We love this offer and so did you when we last ran it! Neil Barrett is offering a photo shoot and framed photo worth £120 to anyone who makes a £20 donation to the PTA. Simply email us if you want to go ahead and we'll arrange payment to us via our Justgiving page and let Neil Barrett know you want to make a booking. beaverrdfundraisers@outlook.com
You can arrange to have your photo shoot at a convenient time for you, and even gift the voucher to a friend or family - a perfect present!
Don't forget the other ways you can help us raise money...
Stamptastic donates 15% of all personalised name stamp and ink pad orders to us. Enter the school postcode M206SX at the checkout in the promo code box.
Amazon Smile will donate a % of what you spend to the PTA when you make purchases online at smile.amazon.co.uk or in the smile Amazon app. Just nominate Beaver Road PTA as your SMILE charity.
We've had around £130 income from this over the spring. THANK YOU!
**NEW Stikins donates 15% on purchases of personalised name stickers when you put 1542 in the school fundrasing box at check out. Packs of label;s start at £6.80 for 30. Packs of 60, 90 and 120 available too.
The Giving Machine donates a % of what you buy online from top retailers
Simply set up an account and nominate us as your charity. When you're ready to shop select the retailer you want to buy from and it will redirect you to the retailer's website. This is then tracked and your purchase earns us commission. Find out more here.
Keep in touch: Beaver Road Primary School PTA on Facebook *** @BeaverRoad_PTA on Twitter *** beaverrdfundraisers@outlook.com
PTA committee: Sam Crowe, Chair - Lauren Fulton, treasurer and parent - Siobhan O'Leary Donkin - Secretary - Nia Horan parent partnership champion and teacher - Gemma Martin, Catherine Furay, Mel Taylor, Tilly Barfield Jones volunteer committee members and parents