PTA News

PTA News – Christmas Bazaar, Raffle and Movie Night

Thank you to everyone who came along to the Christmas Bazaar last weekend and got involved with the crafting and chocolate tombola.

There were some amazing decorations made by the children, which no doubt look fantastic on your Christmas trees at home.

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Tickets are on sale for our Christmas raffle. We’ve secured some fantastic prizes from businesses across York, such as Mama Doreens, The Wizard Walk of York, Yorkshire Winter Wonderland, Northwood Fairy Trail and many, many more.

For more information on the prizes please see the poster. Tickets are £1 each and can be bought from the school office.

The children have voted on the film for our next movie night, which will be Arthur Christmas (rated U). This will be held on Friday 15th December at 17:30, with pick up at 19:10.

As always, there’ll be popcorn and juice, as well as a festive hot chocolate and gingerbread person (please let us know in advance of any allergies/dietary requirements).

Everyone can come in their most festive PJs, armed with teddies, blankets and anything else to get cosy under the Christmas tree.Friends of Naburn Primary

PTA News – non uniform day and much, much more!

The PTA would like to thank everyone who supported our social event last Saturday by either donating one of the amazing promises for us to auction and/or coming along to enjoy the live music, drinks and good company. As you will have seen in the newsletter, this was a roaring success, only made possible by the support and generosity of both the school and village community, which we are so lucky to have. Thank you!

It’s now all systems go for Christmas and we’ve got something for everyone over the next few weeks.

To start, we’ll have a stall at the Christmas Bazaar on Saturday 2nd December, at Naburn village hall. There will be a range of festive crafting for the children, as well as gingerbread men to decorate, for a small cost. If you have any little (or big) ones that enjoy getting covered in glitter then this will be ideal for them!

We’ll also be running a chocolate tombola, and for this last activity we need your help. We’d be very grateful for any chocolate donations please, which we will use for the tombola. These should be brought in on Thursday 30th November. In return your child can come to school in their own clothes on that day.

Tickets will soon go on sale for our Christmas raffle. We’ve secured some fantastic prizes from businesses across York, such as Mama Doreens, The Wizard Walk of York, Yorkshire Winter Wonderland, Northwood Fairy Trail and many, many more.

Full prize details will be announced over the next few weeks, but for information on who we’ve got prizes from so far please see our Christmas wreath.

We’re also planning another film night, this time with a Christmas theme. This will be held on Friday 15th December at 18:00. The film will be democratically picked by the children, which we’ll share with you as we get closer to the night. As always, there’ll be popcorn and juice, as well as a festive hot chocolate and gingerbread person. Everyone can come in their most festive PJs, armed with teddies, blankets and anything else to get cosy under the Christmas tree.

We’re really looking forward to embracing the festive season with you and hope you can join us at some of these eventsFriends of Naburn Primary School

Village Quiz Night

The Village Quiz Night was an absolute triumph. It was full of top quality entertainment and wonderful company. Thank you to Matt and Benedict for organising a perfect quiz that had something for everyone. Thank you to Claire for creating the most delicious spread and thank you to the Village Hall Committee and the PTA for all their hard work before and on the evening. Finally thank you to everyone who came along – we raised a mighty £494.50 that will be shared equally between the school and the Village Hall.

PTA Cake Sale

Thank you to everyone who made or bought cakes and buns for our PTA bake sale on Thursday or Friday after school, and thank you to everyone that purchased any of the delicious creations. Thank you too to the PTA for organising the event, all proceeds school funds.

Quiz Night Reminder!

A last minute reminder about the upcoming Quiz Night at the Village Hall on Saturday, 14th October – tomorrow!

Tickets are £10 each and can be bought from the school office. Bring your own drinks or there is a bar if you prefer to purchase.
This event is organised by the Village Hall Committee and supported by the fabulous Friends of Naburn PTA, with profits to be split between the Village Hall and school. So rustle up of a team of your smartest friends and get your tickets before the end of school today!

We hope to see you there.

Friends Of Naburn Primary News

Thank you so much to everyone that came to our PTA meeting the other week. It was brilliant to have so many people there, including some new faces. We’ve planned some great events for this term and hope to see you at as many of these as possible.

To kick start everything, we’ll be celebrating National Baking Week and what better way to do this than a bake sale?! If you are able to support this in any way we would hugely appreciate it please, whether that’s baking (or donating) some tasty treats or coming along and purchasing some of them, for a small price. The sale will be held in the school playground at 15:15, on Thursday 19th October. Don’t forget to bring some change.

We’re also really excited to announce the return of the All Hallows Eve Party. This will be held at 18:00 – 19:00 on Thursday 26th October, at the village hall. More information is to come, but there will be all sorts of tricks, treats, surprises and games! This is open to older and younger siblings, as well as all of the children in the village. Come dressed to impress in your most terrifying and spooktacular outfits!!

To continue with the spooky theme, we’ll be holding the first film night of the year on Friday 20th October. This will be held in the school hall, starting at 18:00. Film choices will go out for the children to vote on, and the chosen film will be announced in an upcoming newsletter. There will be juice and plenty of popcorn for the small cost of £3.50 per child or £5 for siblings. Children are encouraged to come in the PJs, with a teddy to snuggle with.

October is going to be a busy month but we’ll be ready to get going again, after half term, with our November social. We’ll have the fantastic, York based cover band, Electric Sheep, playing hits from the 60s through to the 90s. There will also be a bar, quiz, games and to end the evening, a promise auction. To make this night a success, we need your help please? Are you able to offer a service that you would happily provide, free of charge, to raise money for the school? Do you own something that could be loaned out or have expertise in a certain field which you could provide to someone? If so, please let us know by contacting the school office. The promises that are kindly offered will be auctioned off to the highest bidder at the end of the evening.

If you have any ideas that you would like to share with us, about ways we can fundraise for school, get parents engaged and include the village community please feel free to email naburnschoolpta@gmail.com.

We are hoping to raise as much money as possible, with all of our events this year, to treat the children at the end of the school year.

Friends of Naburn and Village Quiz Night

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Just a reminder about the upcoming Quiz Night at the Village Hall!

It is a week on Saturday, 14th October. Tickets are £10 each and can be bought from the school office. Bring your own drinks or there is a bar if you prefer to purchase.

This event is organised by the Village Hall Committee and supported by the fabulous Friends of Naburn PTA, with profits to be split between the Village Hall and school. So rustle up of a team of your smartest friends and get your tickets!!

We hope to see you there.

PTA End of Year News

I wanted to once again point out the great work the PTA do for the school. We have benefited so much from their hard work over the year. This week they have literally been in school every day, preparing for the various events that they are holding. We are particularly grateful to them for purchasing new toys for the playground. These will be available for the first time for the children to play with at the BBQ this evening.Mr Green

 

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We have been looking ahead to next year, to see what fantastic events we can organise, not only for the children, but for parents and the local community too. We’re hoping to hold a social event in November, with a live band, quiz and games (see poster below). As part of this, we would love to run a promise auction, but to do this we need your help. Are you able to offer a service that you would happily provide, free of charge, to raise money for the school? Do you own something that could be loaned out or have expertise in a certain field you could provide to someone? If so, please let us know by contacting the school office. All of the promises that are kindly offered will be auctioned off to the highest bidder at the end of the evening.

We’re also looking at running a smaller social during the 1st/2nd week of term, so our new starters can get to know their class mates outside of the classroom. We hope as many current parents and children will be able to come and welcome our new families. The Friends would like to thank you for your support throughout the year and for getting involved in our activities. We’ve got a tonne of ideas for next year, as well as bringing back popular events, like the All Hallows Eve party. We’re always looking for more ideas though, so please do get in touch if you have any thoughts on events we can run or have any fundraising ideas.Friends of Naburn Primary

 

News from the Friends of Naburn Primary

We received so many chocolate/sweet donations for the tombola that will take place at the end of year party, next Friday! Thank you to absolutely everyone who contributed.

For the last few weeks we’ve been talking about the ‘break the rules day’, which will happen on the last day of term, (Friday 21 July). I’m now happy to share the rules that the children can break, for the small fee of 20p per rule broken/£1 to break all of the rules. These rules are;

  • School uniform must be worn
  • Hair should be tied back, neat and tidy
  • No nail varnish
  • No fake tattoos
  • You must only drink water
  • No makeup, face paint or glitter

If your child/ren would like to take part in this, please send them to school on Friday, with the appropriate amount of money, according to the rules they are breaking.

To add to the excitement, we are also holding a teddy bear zip line race on the same day. All children should bring in their most ‘athletic’ teddy, which will compete for the title of ‘Naburn’s Fastest Bear’. All teddies will have their details recorded on arrival, (name, age, weight and height checked too) and their harness fitted. They’ll then race against each other, competing for the fastest speed. There’ll be a trip to the tediatrics after the race, to make sure there are no injuries and then they will receive their certificate for taking part. If you can spare some time helping with this event, please let the school office know. We need some help with the check in/weigh in, as well as the tediatrics.

And, the most important date for your diary, the end of year school party! This will be held on Friday 21 July at school, starting at 17:00. We would love to see as many of you there as possible. We’ll have pizza to buy by the slice, and a disco for the children. There will not be a bar at the event, so please remember to bring your own drinks with you. This is a fantastic opportunity for everyone to get together, celebrate the end of the school year, as well as the fantastic news that we are joining TEAL, meaning Naburn will live on for years to come, as it rightfully should! Thank you to everyone who has confirmed that they are able to help on the night.

We’re also looking forward to joining in the fun at the Naburn Gala this weekend, Saturday 15 July. We have a stall where we’ll be providing 3 games, pot luck, balance a 20p on a lemon in water and ball bounce. There are all sorts of prizes to be won. We’re also giving people the chance to win big with our map game. This time Mr Green has lost the keys to school and needs help to find them. A grid needs to be selected, for £1 a square. The person who selects the correct part of Naburn, which the key has been dropped in, will be the winner. The winner will receive half of the funds raised and the other half will go back into the Friends of Naburn Funds, to help with future endeavours.

We have also been looking ahead to next year, to see what fantastic events we can organise, not only for the children, but for parents and the local community too. We’re hoping to hold a social event in October, with a live band, quiz and games. As part of this, we would love to run a promise auction, but to do this we need your help. Are you able to offer a service that you would happily provide, free of charge, to raise money for the school? Do you own something that could be loaned out or have expertise in a certain field you could provide to someone? If so, please let us know by contacting the school office. All of the promises that are kindly offered will be auctioned off to the highest bidder at the end of the evening. We’re also looking at running a smaller social during the 1st/2nd week of term, so our new starters can get to know their class mates outside of the classroom. We hope as many current parents and children will be able to come and welcome our new families.

The Friends would like to thank you for your support throughout the year and for getting involved in our activities. We’ve got a tonne of ideas for next year, as well as bringing back popular events, like the All Hallows Eve party. We’re always looking for more ideas though, so please do get in touch if you have any thoughts on events we can run or have any fundraising ideas.

Kind regardsAlexis (Chair of the PTA)