Thank you for your generous donations to the BBC Children in Need charity last week. We raised £480 from the collection at the gates and the sale of the pin badges, wristbands and key rings. A massive thank you to the PSA for running the cake sale which raised another £408, bringing our grand total to nearly £900!   

PSA News and Events

Our Christmas events are happening on Friday 13^th December!

Christmas is only weeks away and the PSA are busy getting organised. This year, instead of the traditional whole school fair, we’re trialling two exciting brand-new events both on Friday 13^th December: a Family Present Stall for KS1 and a Festive Disco for KS2!

We’re asking for your support with generous donations to ensure our family present stall is well stocked with gifts and we welcome donations from all parents, not just those with children in KS1.

• Please bring your donations of new or re-gifted items of any size (but no alcohol) into school any time from next week and these can be left in the box placed in school reception. Suggestions include toys, books, games, sweets, chocolates (no nuts please), toiletries and candles. We’d also love any donations of wrapping paper, labels and sellotape!
• There will be a whole school mufti day on Friday 6^th December when all children are asked to bring in £1 in return for not wearing uniform. Donations of gifts for the family present stall can also be brought to school on this day.

Family Present Stall for KS1 – Friday 13^th December

For children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2, we will be holding a family present stall. The children will enjoy a lovely opportunity during the school day to visit the Small Hall with their class and each choose one special gift to wrap and take home for a family member.

As this is a school fundraising event, we’re asking for a donation of £2 per child to use the Family Present Stall. Of course you’re very welcome to give more if you wish! Children should give their money in an envelope to their class teacher during the week beginning Monday 9^th December. Regardless of individual donations, all children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 will be able to choose one gift.

Festive Disco for KS2 – Friday 13^th December

Children in KS2 (Years 3 – 6) will get the chance to attend a fabulous Christmas disco run by professional entertainers FroKids in the Main Hall after school! There will be two separate neon-themed discos during the evening: one for Years 3 and 4 from 4.15 to 5.15pm and one for Years 5 and 6 from 6.00pm to 7.00pm.

Tickets will cost £5 each and include a pick ‘n’ mix bag of sweets for each child. Tickets will be available to buy in advance online and more details about booking will be provided soon. This will be a great opportunity for the older children to celebrate with their friends and show off their festive dance moves!

Please note that all children must be signed in on arrival, and signed out when they are collected, by an appropriate adult. Tree Tops staff will not be able to accompany children and sign them in or out.

We need your help with these events please!

We will be asking for plenty of parent volunteers to help both events run smoothly so look out for emails from your class reps and please be ready to help out where you can.  More information on both the Family Present Stall and the Festive Disco will be sent out over the coming weeks. Thank you for your support as we put on these exciting brand-new events!

Christmas trees for sale outside school

As in previous years, Christmas trees will be available to buy outside school from 9.00am to 3.00pm during the following weekends: Sat 30^th Nov and Sun 1^st Dec, Sat 7^th and Sun 8^th Dec, Sat 14^th and Sun 15^th Dec. This is an excellent opportunity to buy high-quality Christmas trees and also support our school. The trees are sold by a former Fern Hill parent who has generously agreed to donate 50% of the money raised from the tree sales to Fern Hill.

Easy Fundraising

With Black Friday here and Christmas only weeks away, we want to make sure all Fern Hill parents are aware of easyfundraising – a simple and free way to raise extra money for our school while doing your online shopping without costing you a penny!

Over 3,700 online retailers are part of easyfundraising, including Amazon, John Lewis, ebay, Argos, M&S, The Entertainer and many, many more. There are no catches or hidden charges. It’s very easy to join and completely free.

Please follow these simple steps to register:

1. Head to https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/fernhillpsa and sign up for free
2. Every time you shop online, go to the easyfundraising website first, pick the retailer you want and start shopping
3. After you’ve checked out, that retailer will make a donation to us for no extra cost whatsoever!

You can also download the handy easyfundraising app to remind you when shopping online.

Children In Need cake sale

The PSA’s special cake sale in support of Children In Need raised an incredible £408.71! Thank you so much to everyone who donated and bought cakes on the day.

Thank you for your support

Fern Hill PSA