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£8 raised simply for a free trial

Posted on 30 July 2008 by Howard Lake

I’ve just raised £8 for the PSA simply by signing up for a free 14-day trial to receive DVDs from Lovefilm.com via online shopping site easyfundraising.org.uk.

I plan to stick with Lovefilm anyway, but imagine how much we could raise if we all signed up for just the trial and then cancelled it after 13 days? [...]

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Hamilton rated ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted

Posted on 18 July 2008 by Howard Lake

Congratulations to the staff and children at Hamilton which has been judged as ‘outstanding’ in its latest Ofsted inspection report. As Headteacher Mr Reynolds points out, this puts the school “in the top 5% of schools in England”.
In the latest newsletter Mr Reynolds added: “I would also like to thank parents who were supportive of [...]

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Needed for the Summer Fair

Posted on 4 July 2008 by Howard Lake

The PSA’s Summer Fair on Saturday 12 July (2 – 4.30 pm) is nearly here. But the PSA needs a few items: can you help?
We need:

plants – can you put aside a few plants when you are potting up or taking cuttings and donate them to our plant stall?
garden produce – do you have an [...]

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Some PTAs becoming ‘cool’ says The Times

Posted on 15 November 2007 by Howard Lake

Writing in The Times,  Elizabeth McFarlane says that “parent teacher associations are profiting from the professional working parents in their ranks”. In PTA? More like a PLC she writes:
“Time was when the average school parent teacher association was a gentle fundraising body that consisted mostly of stay-at-home mums, rather like the WI. It organised the [...]

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Harvest Festival donations welcomed

Posted on 30 September 2007 by Howard Lake

At its Harvest Festival assemblies this week the school will be collecting donations for the Colchester Night Shelter. Particularly welcome would be donations of non-perishable food and toiletry items with a long sell-by date. These can be sent in to school from 1 – 5 October.
Key Stage 2 children should place donated items on the [...]

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