Revised ceilidh time

Please note that the FHHS Ceilidh on Saturday 7th February will start at 7.30 p.m. and not 7.00 p.m. as previously advertised. Kexborough Social Club does not open until 7.00 p.m. and the band need time to set up before we can start!

Tickets are still available from the school office, costing £4 for adults and £3 for children under 16. Don't forget that drinks will be available from the bar.

We hope this will be a great opportunity to socialise with friends, parents, staff and pupils as well as raise funds for the school!

Bake & Take

Not only do we have the ceilidh on 7th February to look forward to, the next Bake 'n' Take is on Monday 9th February at 3 p.m. Please bring home baking in that morning for us to sell!

Get your tickets now!

Don't forget to get your tickets for the FHHS ceilidh from the school office now. Tickets cost £4 for adults and £3 for children under 16. The ceilidh is on Saturday 7th February, starting at 7 p.m. at Kexborough Social Club.

Kexborough Social Club 

Churchfield Lane

Darton

Barnsley, 
South Yorkshire 
S75 5DU.

From Barnsley town centre, you need to take West Way and head to Gawber Road, following the hospital signs.
Take the A635 (Redbrook Road, Barugh Green Road)
Follow the A637 to Bence Lane and then turn left onto Churchfield Lane. 
It takes about 15 minutes by car from school.

New year... new events!

Happy New Year! Last term was a great success in terms of fund-raising. The Christmas Fayre raised £463 and the Pupil Enterprise Scheme raised a massive £494.19 profit. The saying that from little acorns grow giant oak trees is definitely apt! We gave 24 pupils £2 each and they went out with a vast array of schemes... baking and selling buns and foods, washing cars, counting the number of sweets in a jar, helping at farmers' markets and car boot sales, devising quizzes and games... and the net result is almost £500 to spend on projects to be decided by the school's Pupil Council. Megan Withers raised over £100 and so received a prize for her great efforts, but we are truly grateful to all the pupils and their family and friends who worked so hard.

The next FHHS Planning Meeting is on Monday 19th January at 7:30 p.m. in school and all are welcome to attend this. We have two events already booked in for the spring term:

1. Dr Tom's No Mean Feat ceilidh band will be hosting a ceilidh for us at Kexborough Social Club (Churchfield Lane, Darton, Barnsley, S75 5DU) on Saturday 7th February at 7 p.m. Adult tickets cost £4 and tickets for children under 16 are £3. Tickets are available from the school office.
2. The next Bake 'n' Take will be on Monday 9th February at 3 p.m. at school.
   

Christmas Fayre

Many thanks to all who helped at and supported the Christmas Fayre held in school yesterday afternoon! The event was another resounding success, with just over £463 profit raised.

Prize winners from the competitions and games are listed below:

• ·         Body Shop hamper         Hannah Wagstaff
• ·         Beauty hamper                 Mugge family
• ·         Food hamper 1                 Joanne Armitage
• ·         Food hamper 2                 Mr Hoyle
• ·         Treasure Hunt                   Miriam Mugge

Photos will be on the blog next week, I hope, but in the meantime, our thanks go to all who contributed to making this such a successful fund-raising event:

•  The Primary pupils and staff who opened the event with their beautiful carol singing
• Jo Huddleston & her cafe volunteers who provided drinks and amazing hot turkey sandwiches all afternoon
• All the stall holders who had such lovely gifts on offer (Heather, Sam, Angie, Jane, Pam and Emily)
• Amber Roberts (former pupil) who worked so hard painting nails 
• Julie Stead & Emma Methven who kept pupils entranced with decorating baubles (and me slightly less than entranced with hoovering all that glitter up...!)
• all the pupils who helped with face-painting and serving at stalls
• Su Wood for organising the 'Lucky Dip' for children and Santa's Grotto
• all the FHHS committee who worked so hard behind the scenes organising the event and contributing to it
• all the parents and friends who donated items for the home baking and many other gifts and whose presence at the event made it so successful

We hope you enjoyed the fayre and look forward to seeing you in the New Year for more events!

Coming soon...

• Next FHHS planning meeting is on Monday 19th January at 7:30 p.m. at school
• Next FHHS event is the ceilidh with Dr Tom & No Mean Feet at 7 p.m. at Kexborough Social Club

Coming soon...

The Christmas Fayre is only just over a week away! It will be on Friday 28th November, starting at 3 p.m. with the Primary children singing carols and will go on until 5 p.m. Refreshments will be served in the cafe area.

We have a variety of stalls and activities on offer:

• Hampers to be won
• Craft & card stalls
• Home baking
• Nail painting
• Treasure Map
• Connect 4 & roll-a-penny games
• Lucky Dip bottle stall
• Decorate a Christmas bauble
• Santa's Grotto

We are grateful for all the people who will be selling their wares at the fayre and to all the children who are getting involved. Do come along if you can!

November events

Quite a few things are happening in November!

Bag2School Recycling
This is on Tuesday 11th November and bags have been distributed this week. We are collecting clothes, bags, paired shoes (tied together) and jewellery. No towels or bedding, please. All items need to be brought into school on Tuesday morning.

Christmas Pudding Orders
Order forms for Christmas puddings need to be returned (along with payments) by Friday 14th November. We get more discount if we send in a block order and so it won't be possible to process late orders. Please make sure you send these back to me via the school office. Cheques should be made payable to 'Friends of Hope House School.'

FHHS Planning Meeting
This will now be on Monday 17th November at 7.30 p.m. (changed from 10th November). Come along and be involved in sorting out arrangements for the Christmas Fayre.

Christmas Fayre
This is on Friday 28th November from 3-5 p.m. Many thanks to all who have responded so magnificently to our appeal for hamper items. Now all we need are bottles for the Lucky Dip stall!

Senior pupils are always invited to help out with the Christmas Fayre, but because they will need to stay until 5 p.m., parental consent is required. Letters went out yesterday, so please return these as soon as possible.

Looking forward to your ongoing support.