The Kimberley School Newsletter July 2015 | Page 13

Parent Teacher Association News The Kimberley School Parent Teacher Association have had a really successful year and we are on target to raise £5000 in 2 years which was our commitment to the school made last September. We currently have 8 parents and 1 teacher on our committee and we are the strongest we have been for some years. We are happy to welcome any parents to join our association and if you have any fundraising ideas then please do get in touch with us. In the last 6 months, we have hosted a very successful Fashion Show/Sale. This year we used a new company called Risley House Fashions, and the evening was attended by nearly 100 people and the feedback was all positive. People loved the quality and affordability of the clothes on offer and the evening was made even more memorable by our own careful chosen models! The com- pany took nearly £2,000 in sales on the night and the PTA received a cheque for 10% of their takings. We have booked this company again and the next event is to be held in the school hall on Thursday 12 November 2015. In April this year, we organised and hosted our own Spring Fair. There were various stalls from local business and our own cake stall, wine or water game were very popular. Children from Year 7 put lots of effort into their planning and organising of their own stalls which ranged from blind-folded painting to hook a duck and Jude Corkish (aged 6) won our Name the Bear competition. We were very lucky that our own school cook, Sara Burton, very kindly made lots of delicious cakes and cream teas and organised the sale of these in our own café style room. The next PTA Spring Fair has been booked for Saturday 7th May 2016 and more information will follow next year. Our future PTA meetings from September 2015 will now be held within the school building (no longer at the Nelson and Railway public house); these are all for Thursday nights and will be from 7pm. We are hoping that this will encourage more parents to attend future meetings. The dates are: 10 September 2015 22 October 2015 19 November 2015 14 January 2016 (AGM) 11 February 2016 17 March 2016 21 April 2016 19 May 2016 16 June 2016 If you are interested in joining the PTA or getting more information on our forthcoming events, then please either contact Wendy Taylor via the school office or email me direct at [email protected] Get ready for GCSE English! Buy your own copy of Lord of the Flies for only £3. See your English teacher or come to the English office at break.