Outdoor playground development company Playforce has published a free guide to funding school playground development.
The free 24-page PDF download contains advice on how to create funding plans, details on funding opportunities for Primary Schools and Early Years, and tips on what makes a successful funding application.
www.playforce.co.uk/what-we-do/resources/funding-your-playground.aspx
The PSA’s Father Christmas suit is missing and we need it for the Christmas Bazaar on Friday afternoon.
It was borrowed last year and handed over in the playground, but no-one knows who borrowed it. If it is stuck in your cupboard or attic please hand it in to the school or one of the PSA committee. Thank you.
The new wildlife garden, which could be ready in time for Christmas this year in the junior playground, will include a water feature, with appropriate safety features.
Which is good timing as there is award money of up to £2,250 for the best new fountain or water feature in the UK. The 2009 Marsh/Fountain Society Award is open to all organisations, including charities and voluntary organisations.
If the water feature meets the award’s criteria, and gets built in time, then the PSA will try and put in an application for this award.
The John Lewis Partnership is inviting UK charities to apply for volunteers from John Lewis and Waitrose stores to work for them on a six-month secondment, fully paid for by the company.
The Golden Jubilee Trust, the Partnership’s charitable trust, allows every employee (or ‘Partner’), at any level, in the Partnership to take up to six months off, fully paid to work in a charity in their local community and allowing them to return to their job post secondment.
Does anyone at Hamilton have any friends/colleagues at John Lewis/Waitrose? Do we have a project that would benefit from their professional skills?
These volunteers work for smaller local charities like Hamilton PSA as well as the big names. They can work part-time too: given that there is no full-time staff person at the PSA, this is the more likely option.
The contact at www.johnlewispartnership.co.uk is Chris Jones.
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There are just two weeks to go until our first Christmas Bazaar and we need some more help please.
We need:
We also need the following items:
Please drop off these items on the bench outside the school office.
We’d also welcome donations of cakes, home-made or shop-bought, for the cake stall. Please bring them to school on the day of the bazaar.
If you would like to speak to us about ways you can help them please contact Ruth Doherty on 01206 533176 or email .
You should have received a Yellow Moon Catalogue this week from your child. It’s full of inspirational and educational ways to keep your children entertained, so is a good source of ideas for Christmas presents and stocking fillers.
For every purchase made, Yellow Moon will give Hamilton up to 25% cash back.
You can place your order direct with Yellow Moon by phone, fax, post or online. Please make sure you quote the source code, which you will find on your catalogue. This is unique to the school and ensures we receive our cash back.
Thank you.
The Travelling Book Fair comes to Hamilton this week. It will be open in the infant hall from 3:10 until 3:40 for all five days this week.
You should by now have received a leaflet giving some information about the books available and how to purchase them online or by a pre-paid internet voucher which your child can spend at the fair. The school will receive 60% commission of the total fair takings. This will be used to purchase books for both of the libraries.
Do come along and buy some books.
| 19 November 2008 | ||
| 7:30 pm | to | 9:30 pm |
All parents and staff are invited to attend this year’s Annual General Meeting on the evening of 19 November 2008. This is the time we get to allocate funds, talk about fundraising ideas for 2009, and elect new committee members.
If you’ve not been to a PSA meeting before, do come along. You’ll get to hear how the money raised over the past year will be allocated and hear of future plans.
After nearly four years both the PSA Chair, Kim Lane, and Secretary, Louise Notley, will be standing down. If you are interested in putting your name forward, or if you’d like more information about either role, then do contact Louise Notley on 01206 364695.
The AGM will be held in the lower infant hall, starting at 7.30pm.
Building on the success of last year’s Christmas campaign, The Children’s Society has re-issued ‘Batteries Not Included’, a booklet for families that celebrates fantastic Christmas ideas that can be enjoyed without spending a fortune.
‘Batteries Not Included’ is bursting with seasonal stories and top tips to inspire your children’s Christmas this year. From making delicious chocolate reindeer droppings to snowmen without snow, ‘Batteries Not Included’ is a heart-warming collection of Christmas hints and ideas from parents, children and famous faces, to help make your Christmas magical.
‘Batteries Not Included’ is only from today online.
| 28 November 2008 | ||
| 5:00 pm | to | 7:00 pm |
A new venture for the PSA. (Times to be confirmed).
If you want to get involved and run a stall or help in some way, please contact Ruth on 01206 533178 or contact .
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