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The Friends Of Winterslow School |
Supporting the School all the Way! |
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What Do We Do?
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There is a thriving, energetic ‘Friends’ association at our school. ‘The
Friends of Winterslow School’ was established in April 1997 to replace
the former Parent Teacher Association (PTA). Further information about
the ‘Friends’ can be obtained from the secretary, via the school office.
We arrange fundraising events throughout the year, and we try to make
the events as enjoyable as we can whilst trying to raise as much money
as possible. Some of the events are not fundraising but just for
enjoyment, for example the children's disco.
The money raised in recent years has bought many extra items and
facilities, which the school would otherwise not have been able to
afford. These include new computer equipment, additional reading scheme
and library books, ‘Early Years’ and other classroom equipment, and
benches and flower tubs for the playground. The Friends have also
contributed towards building improvements and extensions to paved areas
outside some classrooms, as well as to the Millennium garden project.
The changing rooms underwent dramatic transformation last year as a band
of friends united to bring them into the 21st century! This was a
mammoth project and the results are amazing as you can see from the
photos below. The main focus for 2007 was to improve the school
toilets area, this huge project is now completed and the school
environment has greatly benefited from this great improvement.
The main focus for 2008/09 has been to help
the school create and stock a new library
area for the children to enjoy and share in the love of books.
The new Play Trail was installed just
before the summer holidays so the year 6 children were able to benefit
from its use before they moved onto secondary schools. Mary
parents and family helpers joined in the mammoth preparation of this
area to allow this project to go ahead. This is now enjoyed by the
children on a daily basis.
Preparation work for the play trail
The first children to try out the finished product!
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The new style changing rooms courtesy of the hard work and
fund raising by 'The Friends'
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Forthcoming Events
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Valentines Disco
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Friday
12th February
in the
Village Hall
6pm -
8pm
Entrance
Fee £2.50
Adult & children refreshments will be
available. Please note that infants must be accompanied by an adult
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STARS
IN THEIR EYES |
Back by popular demand
this very professional will be staged at the Village Hall on 13th
March.
Doors open 7.30pm with
licensed bar. Tickets on sale from 10th February from school
office or Central Stores
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| SUMMER FAIR |
Our biggest Fundraiser - we raised £3200 last year.
This years date
Saturday 26th June - Theme The
wild West
Further details to follow, please contact any
committee member if you are able to help in any way. Many
Thanks to Carolyn Port for her valued input over the past years. |
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Cake Sales |
2.30pm Friday 26th Feb
& Friday 26th March in the school hall
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A Few Recent Purchases
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Trim Trail |
FOWs have recently
donated funds to enable a play trail to be installed in the playground |
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New Library |
We
have recently given funds to help set up and stock the new school
library |
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Key Stage 1 |
Role Play Equipment for the infants
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Toilet Refurbishment |
A complete refurbishment of the toilet block by the changing rooms.
New window, new partitioning, new sanitary ware, new flooring,
decoration, a dramatic improvement.
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Interactive Whiteboards |
Two interactive whiteboards were installed in Skylarks and Swallows
classrooms and we have just agreed to install one more in Woodpeckers,
which will mean every classroom will have one... what an achievement!!
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Extra Mini Marathon Vests |
With a record number of entrants from Key Stage 2 we needed to get more
school vests, these will be useful for future races including Area
Sports.
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Wooden Bench |
A bench was installed outside the changing rooms. We have recently
agreed to fund more benches for the playgrounds.
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150th Anniversary Gifts |
To commemorate the School's 150th anniversary we gave £150 to
each class to spend, with the teachers guidance, on whatever they wanted
in the class.
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Computers |
We purchased 10 computers for the School, each classroom
in the school now has at least 1 of these new computers
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Who's Who in FOWS
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Chairperson |
Sarah
Wooden |
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Secretary |
Sarah Day |
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Treasurer |
Linda
Cantello |
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Please feel free to talk to any one of us with regards to any FOWS
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Committee Members |
Please use the link to view the
full committee list |
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200 Club
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How would you like to win £10, £20 or even £30??
Join our 200 club for the monthly draw and see if your number comes
up!
(Better odds than the National Lottery!)
If you would like to take part, it only costs £1 per month
per number.
You do not have to have a child at the school to be a member.
All profits made from the draw go to the school.
Please contact the school office for a form.
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SHOP
ONLINE AND SUPPORT OUR SCHOOL |
There’s now a new and
easy way for you to help us raise funds for
Friends of Winterslow
School - simply by shopping online!
easyfundraising is a
shopping directory that features online stores, including Amazon,
NEXT, Debenhams, John Lewis, Toys’R’Us, HMV and over 400 others. We
have our own personalised link to the easyfundraising site. Our
unique link is:
http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/friendsofwinterslowschool
All you have to do is
use the link whenever you shop online and, at no extra cost to you,
we'll receive a free donation of up to 15% from every purchase you
make!
It’s completely FREE
to register and use; you still shop with each retailer in exactly
the same way. Many retailers even offer additional discounts and
money saving e-Vouchers when you shop using easyfundraising.
Why not raise valuable
extra funds for us by using this scheme? To register, all you need
to do is the following:
1. Go to :
www.easyfundraising.org.uk/friendsofwinterslowschool
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Click on ‘register as a user’,
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Enter the requested details; you choose a password,
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Click on ‘Accept & Register’.
Once registered, enter
your login details in the ‘login’ box at the top of the left hand
column.
Thank you for your support
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