Friends of Whitehill and Highbury Schools

Friends of Whitehill and Highbury Schools (FOWHS) is an informal group that allows parents or other individuals to meet and discuss fundraising ideas, liaise with a committee and go onto organising their own events.

Friday, March 05, 2010

PTA Spring News Letter 2010

Hi ladies & gents,

Just a short note to say that between Christmas and Easter, we will have the usual fund raisers but only if we can get people to help out again this year. If you haven't helped out before or are new to the schools, then please get in touch. We are a friendly bunch who do what needs to be done, when it needs doing and manage to have a laugh doing it. We are not a clique, anyone can join in and you can volunteer for stuff at your own pace and to suit the amount of spare time you personally have.

We are starting on March 13th by supporting the Annual Multi Schools Netball Rally. This is something that is hosted by Whitehill School each year and held on the playground. We run a refreshments stall in one of the classrooms and ask for people to donate home made goods; This year, we are looking for cakes, biscuits and someone to make home made soup if possible. Carrot & coriander or a veggie soup would be great as that way, everyone can have some whether they are meat eaters or not. We'll serve hot drinks and squash as well. If you can donate something, either bring it along to Whitehill school during the afternoon on Friday 12th March, or bring it along nice and early on Saturday 13th. The event starts at 9am and usually finishes between 11.30am and midday.

Easter - I'm going to check with Sharon Cooper to see if she is organising her annual Easter Egg Hunt as it's been a huge success in previous years and if there is going to be one, we'll supply refreshments on the morning of that event too.

Easter - In the past, we've done Easter Egg Tombolas but we missed out last year. Basically, we ask all parents in the school to donate an Easter Egg, each egg has a raffle ticket stuck to it (we get a huge variety and if possible, we ask Waitrose to donate something that everyone wants to win!) then after school, we invite all the children to come along and buy a raffle ticket for the tombola. In addition, we usually run a cake stall which proves incredibly popular with adults and children alike.

If you are interested but don't want to volunteer without meeting some of the mums first, Highbury have been holding a regular coffee morning, just so people get to know each other and we are going to do one down at Whitehill in the next couple of weeks, so please come along (when the date's been announced), we'd love to meet you.

Kind regards
Sue
(very easy going PTA Chair!)

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