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March 2011 PTA Meeting Agenda

Kingfield Parent-Teacher Association
Monthly Meeting
3 March 2011

• Valentine’s Day Cake Bake Recap
o £154 raised

• Book Week: Second-hand book sale
o How is collection and pricing going?
o Who will be available to help set up and/or sell books on Friday the 4th of March?
o What will we need?—ie tables, float, etc
o How should it be laid out?


• Position of Secretary
o Monique Scrivener has volunteered to take up the position
o Would anyone else like to put themselves forward?


• Cake bakes
o Should the proceeds of the cake bakes go to the individual class?
o Are there any other fundraisers we feel should be class-based?


• Calendar—Any additions?
o Dates for Puffin Class’s cake bake and Swan Class’ uniform sale?


• Fundraising ideas?


• Next meeting will be held on 7th April


• Other

ANNOUNCEMENT!

The Kingfield PTA Web pages are now held on the school's main site, and can be found here. This Blog will be used solely as an archive for past meetings' agendas and minutes from this point forward. Thank you for noting!

Wow, where did the time go? It's hard to believe this is the last week of the schoolyear- and what a busy one it's been! As you probably know, Christabel and I will be relinquishing our duties from September and will hopefully appoint a new Chair and Secretary at 2010's Annual General Meeting. In the meantime, if you would like any further information do not hesitate to comment on the blog and you will get a reply shortly. Many thanks to everyone who helped out with all the Friends events- your hard work and time are very much appreciated. I hope to see many of you and lots of new faces at the next AGM.Goodbye for now and have a wonderful summer!

SUMMER FETE & UPCOMING DATES

We have several events coming up- the blackbirds cake bake is this Friday 7th May so be sure to buy a plate or two after school! Our Bag2School collection is Friday 14th May so start clearing out those closets to help us raise vital funds for the school. We've also got a Mufti Day on Friday 21st May and class reps will be collecting bottles or £1 donations to go toward the bottle tombola at the Fete. Details will of course follow. Letters have just gone out in bookbags about how you can help out at the Fete and we could use all the help on offer so please let us know if you are able to help in any way. The sign up sheet will be going up next week so look out for that and be sure and put your name down to work for an hour on a stall please!

What a fantastic response!

We were absolutely inundated with all sorts of delicious goodies for our Hospice cake bake and raised an astouding £153!! With Barnsbury a total of £272 was raised and Woking Hospice will no doubt be over the moon and will surely put the funds to very good use. A HUGE thanks to all the parents and carers who brought treats in to be sold and to those who purchased!

Best wishes for a restful half term.

CAKE BAKE FRIDAY

Don't forget our cake bake this Friday in aid of Woking Hospice. Please bring in cake(s) Friday morning to be sold after school. Don't forget to buy a plate (or two!) of your own!

Exciting Upcoming Events

As per the Friends Update going out soon in book bags, we've got many exciting upcoming events, the first of which is our school-wide cake bake in aid of Woking Hospice on FRIDAY 12th FEBRUARY. We are holding this together with Barnsbury School who will have theirs on Wednesday 10th February. This is a great way for Kingfield to show our support for the larger community so please bring cakes in for us to sell and be sure to buy a plate (or two!) of your own after school. We've also got our Sport Relief Dance-a-thon on FRIDAY 19th MARCH, details of which will follow but again, 100% of proceeds will be donated to Sport Relief.

Our next meeting will be the week of 22nd February so be on the lookout for notices and please remember to check your child's book bag daily. We will be having an evening meeting the first week of March for those who aren't able to attend morning meetings. We hope to see many new faces!

New Year, New Activities

A bit of a delayed happy New Year to you all! The snow has caused some major disruption but hopefully it'll be clearing and we can get back on track. The next Friends meeting is MONDAY 18TH JANUARY in the dining hall after drop off. We'll be discussing upcoming fundraising events including our Valentine's raffle and our school-wide cake bake in aid of Woking Hospice. Details of all events will be sent home in book bags but please do come along to the meeting if you are able to. As always, hot drinks and biscuits are available for adults and toys are provided for little ones. We hope to see you then.

Also, the Puffin class cake bake will be next Friday, 22nd January. Please see your class reps or contact me if you have any questions.

What a Success!

What a great, fun day the Christmas Fayre was! Everything went smoothly and we received some very positive feedback...and raised a lot of money for the school! While the exact total still needs to be figured, we estimated takings of around £2,300 so a job very well done. It was fantastic to have that extra hour this year and the stallholders in the hall were a wonderful attraction. Thank you very, very much to everyone who helped with the Fayre in any way. There will be a Friends meeting sometime soon, this week or next, to discuss the Fayre and upcoming fundraising activities so please do join us and share your input.

Ok parents and carers, it's officially crunch time! The Fayre is less than 2 weeks away and we still have some vacancies on the stall helper list so PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE sign up to do an hour!! We'll be sorting through bric-a-brac and labelling bottles on Thursday from 3pm and on Friday we'll be setting up from 1pm in the hall so again please help out for any length of time you can. We're all volunteers but if there aren't enough of us great days like the Fayre can't happen. Thank you all for your support and help.

Christmas Planning Meeting

We've got a meeting this THURSDAY 12TH NOVEMBER at 9am. Please join us and see how you can help out at the Fayre, which is of course SATURDAY 28TH NOVEMBER from 12-3PM. Sign up sheets will be going up this week for stall helpers and set up and clean up so please do put your name down and support us and the school.

Upcoming Events

The next Christmas Fayre planning meeting will be tomorrow, Wednesday, at 9am & 2pm. Please join us for a hot drink and biscuit and give your vital input and opinions on this year's event.

The Weeidng Party is this Saturday, 17th October, from 10am-12pm or any part thereof. Our Sensory Garden is in need of a clean up so if you've got green fingers or just like to garden please come along and bring the whole family.

CHRISTMAS MEETING

The Friends Christmas meeting was last Thursday and went very well. A lot was decided on for the Christmas Fayre and if you would like a copy of the minutes from the meeting please email me. We still need help with setting up on Friday 27th November afternoon and the Saturday morning plus clean up after the Fayre. The Fayre will run for 3 hours this year, 12-3, and we hope to make it a really fun, exciting event for children and parents. We've got a lot of 'outside' stallholders this year, from homemade jewellery to personalized chocolates and Usborne books. We think these will be very successful and huge attractions. And speaking of attractions we also have an old-fashioned carousel this year which the children will love. We'll be offering photos of your child(ren) with Father Christmas in addition to some really fun crafts for the children to make. Please remember, we rely on parent, carer and teacher support to make the Fayre possible and if you are able to help in any way for any amount of time please get in touch.

Also, a reminder that the Friends Annual General Meeting will be Thursday 8th October at 9 & 2pm in the dining hall.

Important Dates

The Friends news update has gone out today in bookbags but thought I'd still bring to your attention 3 important upcoming dates- the KINGFISHER CAKE BAKE on FRIDAY 9 OCTOBER after pick up. Also the next Friends meeting will be next THURSDAY 1 OCTOBER at 9am & 2pm to discuss the Christmas Fayre so PLEASE make every effort to attend- your input is vital!! Lastly, the Friends Annual General Meeting will be THURSDAY 8 OCTOBER at 9am & 2pm. Hope to see you there.

Weeding Party Saturday 17th October

Calling all gardeners! Our sensory garden is in need of your help. Please join us and our very own self-confessed 'keen gardener' Mrs Nicholson for a couple hours of morning weeding on SATURDAY 17TH OCTOBER 10-12PM or any part thereof. Any and all help is necessary and very much appreciated. Feel free to bring children along as well for a lesson in tending to the garden. As always, hot drinks and biscuits will be provided.

Uniform Sale- FRIDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER

Thought you had everything you needed for the year but not so sure now? No worries- come and get those bits and pieces for only 50p each at the uniform sale
FRIDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER 2.45-3.15.

First Friends Meeting of Term

School is again in session and it's time to get started on planning and organizing events such as the Christmas Fayre.

Please join us for the first meeting of the new school year on FRIDAY 11 SEPTEMBER at 9am in the dining hall for a drink and biscuit to discuss upcoming events and fundraising ideas. Your input is vital! Children are welcome for a biscuit and play; toys are provided. Hope to see many of you there and hopefully some new faces and ideas.

Coffee mornings will resume next Tuesday, 15 September straight after drop off in the dining hall. Come and enjoy a chat, drink and a biscuit for just 50p. Mats and toys are brought out for the children.

New School Term

It hardly seems possible but yes, it is that time of year again! School opens tomorrow at 8.30am. Looking forward to seeing many of you and be sure to look out for Friends meeting notices, most likely next week.