Audit of School Fund 18-19

Audit of School Fund 2018-19

The school fund account for 2018-19 has been audited by an independent colleague from another school and found to be a true and accurate record of transactions. The main items of expense during the year 2018-19 were: Whole school pantomime – Beauty and the Beast; School Music Association for the Clay Cross Music Festival; Partake History workshops; Mount Cook residential subsidy; Fischy Music subscription; uniform payments and purchase of first aid supplies.  A copy of the audited account is available in school.  Thank you.

World Book Day Online Book Fayre

This year, on World Book Day 5th March, we are inviting children to bring in their favourite book or story to share. Adults can join in and share their favourite book,or series of books by completing one of the ‘labels’ which have been sent home in book-bags.

We have also organised a new Scholastic book club.You can go on-line to browse the latest books and order online by March 14th .You can spend the World Book Day vouchers which have been sent home in book bags.For every £1.00 you spend by March 14th our school will earn 25p in rewards to spend online.

http://schools.scholastic.co.uk/strettonhandley-cevc

Shrove Tuesday – pancakes

As part of the KS2 ‘Food, Glorious Food ‘ topic, children have been learning about Shrove Tuesday and eating delicious pancakes with a choice of topping. All the children in school had an opportunity to try a pancake.

Tesco ‘Bags of Help’ Scheme Jan-Mar 2020

We’re delighted to announce that our application to the Tesco Bags of Help grant scheme has been successful and our project for playground improvement will be put forward to a customer vote in Tesco stores during January, February and March 2020. Our project, along with the other two successful projects in our region, will go forward to a vote in Tesco stores where their customers will decide the outcome by voting for their favourite project each time they shop. Voting will take place from Wednesday  1 January 2020 to Tuesday 31 March 2020. The project with the highest number of votes across our region will receive £2,000, the second placed project £1,000 and the third placed project £500. Please start saving your tokens and let friends and relatives know that they can vote for our school. Thank you.

Pantomime – Beauty and the Beast 3rd Dec

Chaplins’s Theatre Group visited on Tuesday 3rd January for the pantomime Beauty and the Beast. Childr.en enjoyed a fantastic performance and joined In singing, cheering and of course jeering the villain!

Bag2School Collection 13th November

bag2schoolOur next fundraising collection through Bag2School  will be on Wednesday 13 November 2019

Bag2School are the UK’s leading textile recycler and fundraiser working with schools and since its inception in 2001 they have now paid out over £15 million.

As well as raising vitally needed funds for our school, it also helps the environment by helping to divert unwanted textiles away from landfill. A recent DEFRA report has shown that textile collection schemes are helping to reduce the volume of textiles discarded as municipal solid waste. However it is a fact that as a nation we still send 1,081,000 tonnes of textiles to landfill every year.

By getting involved in our Bag2School collection, you have an opportunity to sort through your cupboards and wardrobes and donate unwanted textiles in the bag provided – this can include adults’ and children’s clothes, shoes (tied together please), hats, belts, bags, soft toys, curtains and bedding (not duvets or pillows). We will receive £500 per tonne or £0.50/kg which will be a great boost for our fundraising. In addition it will also raise awareness amongst the children of the benefits of recycling and reuse.

If you fill the donation bag and still have more then you can use any other bag to donate your items and don’t forget to ask grandparents, friends and neighbours to have a sort out as well!

Bag2School will be collecting from our school on Wednesday 13th November. Please bring your bag (or bags!) to school from the day before or by 9 am on the day and help us have a really good collection.