Back in June the PTFA Committee met with Mr Gallagher to set
out our funding goal for this year, it was decided that we would provide £600
per year group for enrichment activities to bring the children's learning to
life. So far we have provided a Wendy House and play guttering for Reception,
new outdoor learning equipment for Year 1, some Titanic resources for Year 2
and there are some upcoming visits and special guests that we have paid for in
the Juniors (we don't want to spoil the surprise!). It has been so nice to see
the money raised by the school community put to use by the pupils and knowing
that all our hard work is directly benefiting our children!
One of the ways in which we raise money for these activities
is our Christmas Fundraising. This year we made a magnificent £3200 in total.
This includes the Reception Children's Tea Towels, Personalised Christmas
Cards, the Raffle, Santa's Grotto and of course our wonderful Christmas
Enterprise Fayre. The Junior classes that took part did an amazing job, the
‘Dragons’ were so impressed with their professional approach to pitching and
invested in all of the ideas. In total the enterprises raised £395.96 which was
passed directly back to the classes to choose how to spend. The ultimate
winners were Barn Owls who ran a variety of stalls and made £67.40 profit!
To help us to continue raise funds the PTFA has purchased a
shed, this will be used for both storage and to provide refreshments at outdoor
events, such as sports day, we hope that this investment will make a real
impact on the way we fundraise.
You may have also noticed that the new climbing area has now
been completed in the Junior Playground, this was spearheaded by our previous
Chair Julie and has made a massive impact on the children's free times. In
total the PTFA contributed £3500 to this project - definitely money well spent,
thank you all for making it possible!
As always, the PTFA is open to new ideas, if you'd like to
get involved or find out more then please drop us a message via our Facebook
page or email us at silverhillptfa@gmail.com.
