Hamilton PSA

Hamilton is holding a Travelling Book Fair in school this week, from Wednesday 26th September until Tuesday 2nd October.

Apart from being a good opportunity to introduce children to more books, it offers another chance to secure more donated books for the school: for every pound spent above the first £100 at the Book Fair, Hamilton will receive 60p in commission to ’spend’ on new books for the library.

Your children will have brought back a colour leaflet with details listing some of the titles available: the Book Fair itself will have a much bigger range on offer.

You can also buy pre-paid vouchers via the Book Fair’s website which can then be exchanged for books at the Book Fair itself. Vouchers are available in £10, £15 and £20 denominations.

The Fair will be open from 15.10 – 15.30 in the Infant Hall.

Come and join us on Saturday 13th October for our Wine Tasting and Art Exhibition. There will be a fine selection of affordable wines to try under the direction of wine connoisseur Emile Mercier. Enjoy canapes among the inspirational art by talented local artists.

Tickets will be available in the playground or via the tear off slips on the Friday newsletter at the fantastic price of £10.

If you can’t join us at the wine tasting the art exhibition will be open for FREE to the public in the lower school hall from 1pm to 5pm for you to view the art. There will be no entry fee but remember any pictures sold bring money in to the school.

Welcome back to the new term. We’re ready with some new fundraising ideas to share.

We’ve mentioned the Hamilton Primary shop on Amazon.co.uk that generates a commission for the PSA every time you shop. In fact the PSA has been fundraising from book sales for quite a while, using School Link., which sells books at heavily discounted prices. Indeed, at 10% commission on orders, it pays out more than Amazon.co.uk does. It passes on this income in the shape of book vouchers for schools: so far the company has given £1.5 million worth of free books to schools throughout the UK. In the last 12 months alone, School Link has given Hamilton School over £200 worth of free books, as commission from purchases by parents.

To ensure that Hamilton receives this commission you need to login with the number 0004112299 and password ‘hamilton’.

So, you now have a choice when buying books: buy from Amazon.co.uk to generate a cash donation to Hamilton PSA, or buy from School Link to generate free books.