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Welcome to the PTFA

St Eanswythe’s PTFA Newsletter All Helping A Little…To Achieve A Lot!

Term 5 2019

PTFA Dates for your Diary

MAY

Wed 22nd: Pyjama Tag Day &

After-School Pyjama Party 3- 4.15pm

JUNE

Fri 21st June- A Night at the Races!

(Adults only) 7.30pm Book the babysitter now

for an exciting night of horse racing - More

details to follow!

JULY

Saturday 6th July: Summer Fair 11am to 3pm

Thurs 4th July End of Term Discos

KS1 3pm-4.14pm

KS2 4.30pm to 5.30pm

Thursday 11th July: Year Six Leavers Party

4.30pm

The PTFA will also be suppoting the social events for

the new Ducklings intake in June, along with events for

their will-be-Year 5 buddies.

Welcome to the first of our new termly PTFA newsletters. The purpose of

these newsletters is to keep you informed and up to date with all the

activities run by and for the PTFA.

We are excited to start a new chapter in St Eanswythe’s PTFA’s long and

successful history, and look forward to carrying on the traditions of helping

our children enjoy the benefits of the best possible opportunities both in and

outside of school.

We give huge thanks to the outgoing Chair, Tracy O’Conner as well as to

Amy Glover and the band of committed helpers who have worked so hard

this past year in particular to keep up all of the vital fund raising efforts for

our PTFA. We are so grateful to each and every person who gave up their

time, donated prizes, sold raffle tickets, supervised events and came along

to fairs and coffee mornings. Without the parents there is no PTFA so your

contributions and support really cannot be underestimated.

As well as our four new Board members we have been delighted to see so

many new faces at the most recent meetings. Everyone who wishes to be

part of the larger PTFA committee is very welcome. We appreciate that

due to work and childrcare commitments etc not everyone who wishes to

attend always can so we want to assure those people that attending every

meeting is by no means a requirement for being an active member of our

committee.

In Term Four alone, your generous support of PTFA events has

raised a fantastic £1300 profit. This money will go directly to benefit

all of our children. Thank you SO much!

Chair: Mrs Emily Cadwallader Emily is mum to Elspeth in Owls. She has been a teacher at St Eanswythe’s for many years. Vice-Chair: Mrs Lucy Gerbino Lucy is mum to Anna in Year 6 and Josey in Year 4. She brings years of previous PTFA experience and knowledge to the role. Secretary: Mrs Kate Perkins Kate is mum to Mollie in Year 4. She works in the school office and is also a massage therapist. Treasurer: Mrs Gill Brown Gill is mum to Oliver in Owls. She worked at St Eanswythe’s a few years ago and now works for SAGA.

NEXT PTFA

MEETING

Thursday 16th May 8pm at The Pullman

Meeting to focus on

arrangements for the

Summer Fair.

All welcome- come and

have a drink &

catch up!

PTFA EVENTS ROUND UP!

What has been happening in Term four?

QUIZ NIGHT

Huge thanks to all of your who braved a very wet

and windy Friday night to come along to our Quiz!

Mr Brinkley was a fantastic Quiz Master and

tested our knowledge on everything from

Geography to TV Adverts. It was great to see so

many teams enjoying themselves and entering into

the spirit of things.

Staff and parents alike competed to be crowned

St Eanswythe’s Quiz Champions (and to avoid the

bag of lemons reserved for the losers…) and

judging by the laughter all evening, everyone

enjoyed the challenge.

Well done to ‘The Crystal Methodists’ for

emerging victorious – we look forward to seeing

you defend your title soon!

Quiz nights and other ‘adults only’ evening events

are such a great way to get to know other parents

in your child’s class and beyond and we are so

pleased that the community spirit is so strong

during events like this.

‘The Crystal Methodists’ celebrating their Quiz Night Win (to the rear)

and the rest of the fantastic quizzers. Thanks to all who came along to

such a fun night!

THE GREATEST

SHOWMAN

It was so exciting to see the hall fill up with

over 130 children, anticipating the ‘Sing-a-Long-

A-Greatest Showman’. The children were in fine

voice as they joined in the popular songs ‘ Come

Alive’ & ‘ Eyes Wide Open’ – which saw children

dancing in the aisles! A powerful rendition of

‘This is Me’ was a real highlight as of course was

‘The Greatest Show’ finale. What a talented

bunch they are!

We had some fantastic parent volunteer helpers

on the day who made sure the children were all

happy and fully stocked up on snacks and drinks.

Thank you SO much to each and every parent

who gave up their time to support us for this

event (and you were brilliant at singing along

with Mr Hugh Jackman too!)

Mad March Hair Day! What an amazing sight greeted the teachers at the

gates on the morning of Mad Hair Day; so much

effort had gone into so many wacky hair styles, it was

hard to recognise some children! It was such a fun

day- thank you to all of the children & parents who

made such an effort and generously donated to join

in.

THE FINALE OF THE GREATEST

SHOWMAN- CHILDREN IN FINE VOICE!

Tag Day & End of Term 4

Discos

It was delightful to see the children all in

their own clothes for the day. The after

school discos were very well attended and it

was such fun to see the children letting their

hair down after working hard all term – and

who knew that KS2 could limbo so low?!

Thank you to all of the volunteer helpers who

kindly gave up their time to supervise the

discos. And special thanks to Oakley and

Sam, two members of our St Easnwythe’s

Alumni who were fantastic DJs!

Easter Fair

It was lovely to see so many people at our inaugural

Easter Fair.

After a beautiful Easter service in our church, lots

of you took the opportunity to pop to the hall and

enjoy a cup of tea and a cake.

The children enjoyed joining in fun traditional

games including ‘Guess the Name of the Bunny’ and

‘How Many Sweets in the Jar’ as well as taking

their time to create some Easter decorations in

the ‘Craft Zone’ while parents and grandparents

enjoyed the wonderful selection of cakes and

treats on offer.

Thank you to everyone who made the effort to

decorate an egg, donate a cake, run a stall, help set

up/clear up and everyone who came along to make

this event a success- we will certainly have an

Easter Fair again next year!

Easter Egg Decoration Winners The Easter Egg decorating

competion saw nearly 100 chilldren

proudly display a thoughtfully

decorated egg, and prizes were

given to the two best creations in

each class, as judged anonymously

by our SLT.

Ducklings: Missy & Ruby

Owls: Elspeth & Oliver

Eagles: Gracie & Oliver

Class 3:Audrey & Elzbieta

Class 4: Abe & Evie

Class 5: Lukas & Jesse

Class 6: Sarah & Anna

Class Representatives

PTFA FACEBOOK

GROUP We have a very active

presence on Facebook and

all parents are very

welcome to join our St

Eanswythe’s PTFA Group

Page. Find us by searching

for

St Eanswythe’s PTFA

And simply click ‘request

to join’. Our admins

monitor the site daily and

will admit you as soon as

possible.

Joining the Group does

NOT allow others to see

your full profile unless you

are already friends with

them. Please invite any

parents/ carers you know

to join us.

This page is used to update

everyone about PTFA

events and, can also be

used to communicate with

other parents about other

matters regading school

life such as trips, letters,

clubs, lost property ,

homework etc.

Many classes also have

their own Class Page for

the parents to communicate

with each other.

There are Class Representatives that are the

official PTFA contact for all parents in that

class.

We are pleased to outline their roles and

introduce them below.

Ducklings

Natasha, Mum of Isabelle

Hannah, Mum of Lucien

Owls

Nicola, Mum of Autumn

Gemma, Mum of Finley

Eagles

Jade, Mum of Jake

Amy, Mum of Xanthe

Year 3

Amy, Mum of Ellisa

Natasha, Mum of Keira

Year 4

Kate, Mum of Mollie

Olive, sister of May

Year 5

Emma, Mum of Ruby

Amy, Mum of Matteo

Year 6

Tracy, Mum of Chloe

Lucy, Mum of Anna

The role of PTFA Class Representative is to be

the first point of contact for information

regarding upcoming PTFA events.

They are the ones who you can directly volunteer

your support to when it comes to helping out at

fairs and various other events, and they too can

bring up any concern or point you wish to raise

at a PTFA meeting should you not be able to

attend in person.

Most classes each have a dedicated class

Facebook page on which you can communicate

directly with the class rep and all other parents

who have joined.

The PTFA relies on the generous

spirit of its members – which are all

of the parents, carers and extended

family members as well as the staff

of St Eanswythe’s School. Supporting

events such as end of term discos,

tag days and Seasonal Fairs is so

important and always hugely

appreciated since it ensures we can

raise funds for all manner of things

that directly benefit our children.

Another vital form of support is the

giving of your time. An hour to help

run a stall at a fair, an hour to help

supervise a school disco, an evening

having a glass or two of wine while

competing in a Quiz Night, all make a

real difference to what we can

achieve together for our children.

PTFA Meetings are attended by

Board Members, Class Reps. when

possible and everyone else who wishes

to come along, it really is that

inclusive! The minutes of each

meeting are posted on the school

PTFA link page and you are welcome

to speak to your Class Rep. if you

have any questions.

We have a wide range of knowledge

and expertise amongst our parent &

carer community and it is so useful to

be able to pool these resources for

the benefit of all the children of St

Eanswythe’s School. Times and

venues vary in order to offer as much

flexibility to those wishing to attend.