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Happy Easter! Here's what we've been up to this half-term...
- catrionahoward
- Mar 22, 2024
- 2 min read
In this newsletter
Fundraisers
The Great Easter Challenge 2024
Last week we launched The Great Easter Challenge 2024 during assembly! We hope the children are all excited about this - but remember it is supposed to be fun so please enjoy it! Spare forms are available to download online along with all the information you need.
Mother's Day Gift Shop
A massive thank you to our Mother's Day Gift Shop organisers and helpers who did an incredible job of sourcing, buying, wrapping and selling! The children had the most wonderful time - the feedback from school (and the children!) has all been incredibly positive. The children enjoyed how enticing the shop looked too, we're sure some of them could have spent a lot more money!
The amount raised for the school is just being finalised and is approximately £200 which is brilliant - well done to everyone involved!
The Friends of Claverdon Gift Shop will be returning for Father's Day on Friday 14th June - take a look on the gift shop page for more information
The 100 Club
In January/February The 100 Club raised £78 for our school - and awarded £78 in prizes to players!
This term we also took The 100 Club online! This means it's now easier than ever to register - and remember that it only take 1 win to recoup an annual ball fee. You can choose to play monthly at £2 per month or sign-up for a year at £24.
Visit the 100 Club website for all the information and to register for next month's draw today.
Cake Sale & Uniform Shop - today!
Celebrating the end of term with a final hoorah - a big thank you to everyone who has donated cakes and organised the sale, including Mrs Bowden-Williams who took on a recycle uniform scheme in the same week as the Year 3/4 school play! Thank you so much!
We'll let you know how much this raised next term - keep an eye out for updates!
Ongoing Fundraisers
Remember we have a number of independent fundraisers which require minimal effort such as Stikins labels, and the Bag2school scheme. Take a look online at the different ways you can support our school.
Friends of Claverdon updates and changes
New look website
One of the biggest changes this year has been a refresh and update of the Friends of Claverdon website. We hope the website will be a central point of information for all things related to Friends of Claverdon, as well as somewhere you will be able to buy tickets for events, support our school and get involved in activities. More updates to the website will be on the way soon... watch this space!
Your feedback on communications
A huge thank you so everyone who submitted a response to our 'Social Preferences Survey'. It's really important to us that we find the best way of communicating with you and the feedback we received was really helpful.
57% of you wanted to attend meetings - we're working on a way to make this happen!
87% were happy using WhatsApp as a communication tool which is brilliant!
67% would also like to see email used to communicate
Instagram and Facebook were joint top for social media with a third of respondents saying they'd see Friends of Claverdon updates on here
Thank you so much everyone - we're working on a plan for next term but in the meantime please let us know if you have any suggestions or ideas on communications.
Spring catch up with new steering group
We hosted the Spring term catch up at the Red Lion. A huge thank you to everyone who came along - and to Mr Powell and Mrs Greenway for coming and representing the school too. It was a great turn out with lots of ideas and discussion about how to continue the great work Friends of Claverdon has been doing over the last few years to support our school. You can read an overview of the meeting here... and keep your eyes peeled for the next date coming soon!
Upcoming projects supported by your donations
Installation of solar panels
Claverdon Primary School are currently looking at the viability of installing solar panels at the school in an effort to reduce energy costs and our carbon footprint.
Your donations will help support this amazing project which is currently at the stage of applying for grants to supplement the funds we have. We are also working in collaboration with "Let's Go Zero", to help us review the Solar quotes we have and understand the best choice for our school. We'll keep you update on how your incredible donations are being used to help the school with this project.
Purchase of Chromebooks
Your donations will be used to support the school in purchasing a set of Chromebooks to replace the existing laptops, many of which are now not fit for purpose. The Chromebooks should be purchased and in place for September this year. A big thank you to the pupil IT ambassadors for showing us round the equipment and explaining how it works so clearly!
RE resources
We're delighted to be supporting Mrs White on sourcing and purchasing a new set of RE resources to be used across the school. As well as supporting financially, we are also looking at applicable grants that could help make your donations go as far as possible. As part of this project we are also working with Mrs White to reach out to local Faith groups to support our efforts and activities.
What's coming up next half-term
The Great Easter Challenge 2024 comes to a close - the website has all the dates you read and keep an eye on comms for how we’re celebrating the children’s amazing achievements!
You heard it here first… on Tuesday 21st May the school disco will take place at Claverdon Primary School! The children love this one - tickets will be available via the website nearer the date. A big shout out to our brilliant organisers for this event!
For all your second hand clothing - the next Bag2school collection is on Wednesday 12th June. The more clothing donated the more money raised for our school. Details of accepted items are all online.
On Friday 14th June we will be hosting the second Gift Shop of the year for Father’s Day - it will be all hand of deck again so if you can get involved please let us know!
How you can get involved next term
We’re currently looking for help and volunteers for the following projects at school. If you would like to get involved you’d be very welcome - and it would be very much appreciated! Drop your class rep a message or visit www.friendsofclaverdon.org/contactus to send us a message.
School library / parent reading scheme - ideally someone to coordinate a reading rota, and as part of a team ongoing library maintenance and organisation.
School gardens - perfect for those with green fingers… or passionate about all things green and wild at least! Looking for some planning and maintenance - it would be great to get a team together!
Fun run / sponsored walk - calling all runners for this one! We’d love to make this happen but it will take some organising. Let us know if you are happy to get involved in this one.
Event organisation and volunteering - with lots of events coming up it really will be all hands on deck and we could really use your help! No specialist skills required don’t worry!
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