The new school year has started and we have sprung into action with some fresh fundraising ideas for the 2011/12 year.  A few of us met this month to discuss what we can do to jump-start this year and get more involved with the school, pupils, parents and the community.  Our aim is to 'get more involved and have fun'. 

Here are a number of ideas we have discussed/ booked in for the year and we would like to know how you would like to get involved:

• Big Coffee morning – we ran it in September and it was a great success. Thanks to all who contributed.
• Suggestion box for parents – to be positioned in the foyer for parents to post any suggestions/ideas for activities or even feedback on how we could do things differently. We'd love to hear your views.
• Christmas Shoeboxes – Trussell Trust – details to come
• Nearly New Sale – Saturday 5th November 2011
• Christmas Shopping Night -  Thursday 24 November from 7.00pm – location at school.
• Christmas Fair – Tuesday 13th December (AM) in conjunction with the nativity plays this year we will be running small stalls and activities, such as a cake stall, hamper raffle, ‘guess the weight of the cake’ type activities, to help raise money.
• Easter Hunt/Open Day/Farm Day April.
• Sports Day raffles
• Annual BBQ
• Regular Home and School Association morning teas – for parents/carers to drop in for a cuppa and share ideas or just drop in for a chat. We are investigating the best mornings and/or afternoons to run these. What works best for you?

We appreciate that we all run busy lives and thus are limited as to how much time we can assist the school. However we rely purely on volunteers and we would like to involve as many parents/carers as possible to contribute towards the environment that our children live in. You may be able to help by:

• sharing fundraising ideas/contacts
• assisting with getting our scheduled events off the ground and/or setting up on the day
• baking a cake or donating items for our raffles

Now you have a flavour of what we have lined up for the year we’d like to know how you would like to get involved. Please do not hesitate to contact us via the office/suggestion box and we can pass on your details to the relevant persons.

We look forward to seeing you soon.