We have a number of fund-raising events planned for the summer term, so please do note these dates:
Bag2School Thursday 9th May
All your unwanted clothes, bedding, curtains, bags, belts and shoes can be put to good use! Bring them into school in the morning on 9th May and these can be weighed in to raise cash for school. The last Bag2School day raised £150, so you can spring-clean and fund-raise at the same time!
Bake ‘n’ Take Tuesday 14th May
Home baking will be needed for this Bake 'n' Take, so if you can help, please let us know. The Bake 'n' Take will start at 3 p.m. as usual.
Sponsor money from the Channel Challenge Sponsored Swim is due in by Friday 7th June.
International Summer Soirée Friday 21st June
This is our main social event for the summer term. We are hoping to have an evening of musical entertainment and games with an international flavour, coupled with foods from different countries. So far, we are planning to have Mexican chilli con carne, French boeuf bourgignon, Indian chicken curry, Italian lasagne and English sausage & Yorkshire puddings to suit every palate. Tickets for the evening will cost £7 and will be available from the office. Friends, parents and pupils from Year 7 upwards are invited to share in this evening and hopefully we will all have a great evening.
Sports Day Friday 12th July
The Sports Day will be on Friday 12th July from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. and parents are welcome to attend this event. Weather permitting, it will be held at Shaw Lane Cricket Ground as usual. All pupils will be taking part in this event which combines fun races with other games and sports.
Tuesday, 23 April 2013
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
Planning meeting
The next FHHS Planning Meeting will be on Monday 15th April at 7.30 p.m. in school. It would be great to see as many people as possible at this meeting to plan fund-raising and social events for the summer term. Sports Day is always a highlight of the summer term (and hopefully the weather will improve sufficiently that we can do this outdoors this year!), so that is one event we already know about, but it would be good to have some new ideas and suggestions for events.
The Channel Challenge Sponsored Swim is well under way now, so if you have not sponsored one of our brave swimmers, please do so to raise funds for the school! I completed my 10 miles during the Easter holidays and a number of other staff, pupils and parents are also involved, so do please help to make this an amazing total we raise, not just a fantastic distance that is swum!
The Channel Challenge Sponsored Swim is well under way now, so if you have not sponsored one of our brave swimmers, please do so to raise funds for the school! I completed my 10 miles during the Easter holidays and a number of other staff, pupils and parents are also involved, so do please help to make this an amazing total we raise, not just a fantastic distance that is swum!
Tuesday, 2 April 2013
Swimming away...
How are you getting on with the Channel Challenge Sponsored Swim?
This event started on 23rd March and will run through until the beginning of June, with a number of gallant volunteers swimming a range of distances to raise funds for the school. Pupils, former pupils, parents, governors and staff have all joined in:
* Mrs Turner
* Mr Wapples
* Emily Wapples
* James Wapples
* Sam Clee
* Samuel Hen
* Edward Alsop
* Jack Susans
* Mrs Shaw
* Tom Shaw
* William Sutton
* Alfie Sutton
* Isaac Sutton
* Jamie Tindle
* Hannah Wagstaff
* Mr Wagstaff
* Charis Stead
* Mr Felton
* Mrs Felton
Between us, we have pledged 59 miles, which has exceeded our target of 44 miles (that distance being the 'Channel Challenge' from Dover to Calais and back). Distances pledged range from 100 metres to 11 miles. Some have been swimming indoors:
Others have pledged to do this in the great outdoors (either in England or in warmer seas):
Our thanks go to all who are swimming for school and to all of you who have pledged sponsor monies - these need to be handed in by Friday 7th June at the latest.
Have fun swimming!
This event started on 23rd March and will run through until the beginning of June, with a number of gallant volunteers swimming a range of distances to raise funds for the school. Pupils, former pupils, parents, governors and staff have all joined in:
* Mrs Turner
* Mr Wapples
* Emily Wapples
* James Wapples
* Sam Clee
* Samuel Hen
* Edward Alsop
* Jack Susans
* Mrs Shaw
* Tom Shaw
* William Sutton
* Alfie Sutton
* Isaac Sutton
* Jamie Tindle
* Hannah Wagstaff
* Mr Wagstaff
* Charis Stead
* Mr Felton
* Mrs Felton
Between us, we have pledged 59 miles, which has exceeded our target of 44 miles (that distance being the 'Channel Challenge' from Dover to Calais and back). Distances pledged range from 100 metres to 11 miles. Some have been swimming indoors:
Others have pledged to do this in the great outdoors (either in England or in warmer seas):
Our thanks go to all who are swimming for school and to all of you who have pledged sponsor monies - these need to be handed in by Friday 7th June at the latest.
Have fun swimming!
Tuesday, 12 March 2013
Easter Bake 'n' Take
Today was the Easter Bake 'n' Take at school. Thanks to all you marvellous bakers out there!
We also had some things left over from the Christmas Fayre:
Pupils, parents, staff and friends always support these events magnificently:
We raised about £90 from this event (final figures to be confirmed when all the IOUs are brought in!)
We also had some things left over from the Christmas Fayre:
Pupils, parents, staff and friends always support these events magnificently:
We raised about £90 from this event (final figures to be confirmed when all the IOUs are brought in!)
Tuesday, 26 February 2013
March is a-coming
Just to remind you that the next FHHS Planning meeting is on Monday 4th March at 7.30 p.m. All are welcome to attend. We really are quite a friendly bunch and new people and ideas are always welcomed with open arms!
The next Bake 'n' Take is on Tuesday 12th March, starting at 3 p.m. All baking should be brought to school that morning.
Thanks to all those who have agreed to take part in the Channel Challenge Sponsored Swim! This starts on 23rd March and will finish on Sunday 2nd June. The idea is to commit to swim a certain distance (whatever you like) between these dates and to persuade friends and family to sponsor you to do so! I will then add up the total distance and hopefully it will be at least 44 miles (the distance it would take us to swim to France and back!)
We have a few intrepid swimmers who have already committed to this, but you have until the end of this term to decide you will get involved. Please let me know if you want to join in this team challenge and between us, let's keep fit and raise funds at the same time.
The next Bake 'n' Take is on Tuesday 12th March, starting at 3 p.m. All baking should be brought to school that morning.
Thanks to all those who have agreed to take part in the Channel Challenge Sponsored Swim! This starts on 23rd March and will finish on Sunday 2nd June. The idea is to commit to swim a certain distance (whatever you like) between these dates and to persuade friends and family to sponsor you to do so! I will then add up the total distance and hopefully it will be at least 44 miles (the distance it would take us to swim to France and back!)
We have a few intrepid swimmers who have already committed to this, but you have until the end of this term to decide you will get involved. Please let me know if you want to join in this team challenge and between us, let's keep fit and raise funds at the same time.
Sunday, 10 February 2013
Forthcoming events
After January's planning meeting was cancelled because of bad weather, we finally met on 4th February to discuss fund-raising ideas for the spring term and beyond. We have two main events coming up:
Easter Bake 'n' Take
This will be on Tuesday 12th March at 3 p.m. in the Community Café. Home baking is what makes this event so successful, so if you are able to contribute to this, please let us know!
Channel Challenge Sponsored Swim
This sponsored swim will take place over a period of 10 weeks, from 23rd March until 2nd June. The aim is for pupils, parents and staff to swim at least 44 miles - which is the equivalent distance of swimming the English Channel and back! People are free to swim any distance (from 1 length to as many miles as they are capable of achieving) whenever it is convenient for them to do so during that period. They 'sign up' to a distance (so that I can collate how far we have swum in total) and collect a sponsor form and then go ahead with their swimming and bring in their sponsor monies by Friday 7th June at the latest. Hopefully, this will raise lots of money for the school, will help us all to keep fit and will be a fun way of finding out how far Hope House School can swim around the world! (I am quite convinced we will be able to accumulate more than 44 miles between us!)
Our first mile has been pledged (congratulations to Sam Clee on being the first person to return his form!) and hopefully by the end of the next half-term, we will know how many miles we are aiming for! If you can't join in the actual swimming, please consider sponsoring someone and helping us to raise lots of money for school funds.
Easter Bake 'n' Take
This will be on Tuesday 12th March at 3 p.m. in the Community Café. Home baking is what makes this event so successful, so if you are able to contribute to this, please let us know!
Channel Challenge Sponsored Swim
This sponsored swim will take place over a period of 10 weeks, from 23rd March until 2nd June. The aim is for pupils, parents and staff to swim at least 44 miles - which is the equivalent distance of swimming the English Channel and back! People are free to swim any distance (from 1 length to as many miles as they are capable of achieving) whenever it is convenient for them to do so during that period. They 'sign up' to a distance (so that I can collate how far we have swum in total) and collect a sponsor form and then go ahead with their swimming and bring in their sponsor monies by Friday 7th June at the latest. Hopefully, this will raise lots of money for the school, will help us all to keep fit and will be a fun way of finding out how far Hope House School can swim around the world! (I am quite convinced we will be able to accumulate more than 44 miles between us!)
Our first mile has been pledged (congratulations to Sam Clee on being the first person to return his form!) and hopefully by the end of the next half-term, we will know how many miles we are aiming for! If you can't join in the actual swimming, please consider sponsoring someone and helping us to raise lots of money for school funds.
Sunday, 13 January 2013
Welcome to 2013!
Welcome to 2013! As always, a new year brings with it new opportunities and new challenges. We are very glad that each new year does not have to be faced in our own strength but that we can know God's presence, guidance, help and strength in everything we do. That takes the pressure off a little!
The next FHHS Planning Meeting will be on Monday 21st January at 7.30 p.m. in school. Do come along to this meeting if you can, as we will be planning the fund-raising activities and social events for this spring term at that meeting. The more ideas we have, the more we can find something that will appeal to everyone.
Hope to see you all there!
The next FHHS Planning Meeting will be on Monday 21st January at 7.30 p.m. in school. Do come along to this meeting if you can, as we will be planning the fund-raising activities and social events for this spring term at that meeting. The more ideas we have, the more we can find something that will appeal to everyone.
Hope to see you all there!
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