What's happening in school?

We have already organised some events for this term and want to update you all on what is happening and when!

FHHS Planning Meeting Monday 1st October at 7.30 p.m.
Bake ‘n’ Take Monday 22nd October at 3 p.m.
Bag2School Recycling Day Friday 16th November (morning)
Christmas Fayre Friday 7th December starting at 3 p.m. and continuing until 5 p.m.

Such events need the support of a wide range of people. We need an army of home bakers for the Bake 'n' Take & Christmas Fayre. We are also looking to have two hampers which can be won at the Christmas Fayre, but we need people to contribute items to the hampers (luxury foods, drinks and toiletries) for these to be well worth the competition! Any help you can give in contributing to stalls (craft items, home baking and homemade pickles, james, mincemeat and chutneys would be much appreciated) or in looking after stalls at the Christmas Fayre would be welcomed with open arms!

For the Recycling day, we need people to bring clothes, shoes, bags, belts, towels and bedding in to school on the morning of 16th November only. These are then weighed and we receive a sum of money based on how much stuff is collected. We have no room to store items before the collection date, so please only bring things in on the date itself. Bags will be distributed nearer the time.

If you would like to be involved in planning these or any other events, please do come along to the Planning Meeting on Monday 1st October at 7.30 p.m. This and all other events (unless otherwise stated) will be held in school.

Who are we?

I'm conscious that at the start of a new academic year, there are always new people joining school who don't know anything about the long history of the school or the Friends. So, here's a potted history and if you want to know more about what we were up to under our old name (Friends of Barnsley Christian School), you can access the old blog via the link on the right.

Hope House School might be the new name, but the school was actually opened, on 22nd September 1986, as Barnsley Christian School. As with most schools, there is a long history of parents, staff and friends working behind the scenes to raise funds to buy equipment and improve facilities and to provide social gatherings for pupils and parents. Some years ago, we decided that 'Friends' covered the range of people involved better than just being the PTA (which stands for Parents & Teachers' Association.) Now that the school has changed its name, we are known as 'Friends of Hope House School' (or F.H.H.S.) and our aims remain the same:
∙ To support the aims of the school and to bring together parents, staff, family and friends by providing social events where all groups are able to relax together.
∙ To raise funds for equipment which the school could not otherwise afford.
∙ To encourage the bringing together of the talents of pupils, parents, staff and friends for our mutual encouragement.

Every year, a group of willing volunteer helpers organise a range of events and activities and we are always welcome to new members and new ideas. If you would like to come along to meetings or just put forward your suggestions, please contact us via the school office or telephone 01226 211011. This year, our Chair is Jayne Wagstaff and our Treasurer is Julie Stead and I continue as the Secretary (Julie Turner). Please do feel free to contact us if you would like to know more or want to support the school in any way.

New blog!

This is the new blog for Friends of Hope House School (formerly known as Friends of Barnsley Christian School.) Here, you will be able to find out all about the fund-raising and social events we organise to help the school. Many thanks to all who attended the AGM on 10th September. It was good to welcome new parents to the meeting and we are planning a variety of events for the autumn term. Keep watching this space for further details!