EVERYTHING IS AWESOME
Thanks to your fabulous support, we raised a whopping £ 10,000.01 for the school in the autumn term. This term has got off to a great start with a Valentine’s Disco which raised £ 392 and a coffee morning, marking the 30 th Anniversary of the school, making a further £72.50. Many thanks to those who baked, bought, helped and danced!
Celebrating 30 years Our school is 30 years old this year and there will be lots of ways that we are celebrating this landmark.
Usk School Alumni Calling all past pupils. We’ve set up an Usk School Alumni Facebook page and lots of old school photos have already been posted, including those taken at the coffee morning of ex-pupils and their children who are currently at the school. So, if you were once at the school don’t forget to ‘Like’ the page and spread the word to friends and family. Liz Baker has kindly offered to get the Alumni group going and would welcome some more help. If you can spare a little time to give her a hand, please contact Meirion or Sarah. We’ll also be holding an 80’s School Uniform themed Disco on Friday 12th June, for all parents, so pop the date in your diaries and dig out the leg-warmers!
Children & Adult
‘Blingo’ Bingo Plenty of prizes, food available to buy.
prize for the best-dress ‘Blinger’ Wed 18th March, 5pm – 6.30pm £1 per book of bingo cards
100 Club – thanks for the feedback In the last newsletter we asked if you would support a 100 Club - a lottery where 60% of the proceeds are paid out in prizes and the remaining 40% is donated to the school. The answer was a resounding ‘Yes’ and plans are already underway, with the first draw hopefully being held in May – watch out for a letter in school bags soon.
EVERYTHING IS AWESOME The LEGO movie is still showing This Saturday (7th March) 12.30pm DON’T FORGET TO COME
Easter Bake-off
Diary Dates
Put on your pinnys and get baking. The bake-off will have an Easter theme and there will be four categories: traditional, iced, humorous and carrot cake. There is a £1 entry fee per cake and you should bring your cakes into school on Thursday 26th March. They’ll be judged on Friday morning before the Easter Parade at 9.30am on th Friday 27 March. The winning cake will then be auctioned, with the other cakes being on sale to the parents at the Easter Parade. The competition is open to the whole Town so please spread the word to friends, family and neighbours.
Sat 7th Mar
Our thanks go to Roberts & Co who have kindly sponsored both the Easter Bake-off and the Easter Parade. £££££
Grow a Pound ££££
££
We are sure that there are lots of budding entrepreneurs out there, so we will be sending out £1 to every pupil, before the Easter holidays, and asking them to invest it and multiply it to raise funds for the school. They could buy a sponge to clean cars; flour to bake cakes to sell; craft items to make Easter cards/pictures, etc. There will be a prize for the child who has made the most money in each year group and a prize for the most ingenious idea in infants and juniors. There’ll be a presentation to give them some ideas on Monday 23rd March and letters, texts and £1 will be sent out at the same time.
Community Fit Fun - Simple – Exciting Workout Classes. All Fitness Levels Welcome. Wed 7pm-8pm Mark & Marie Hurford are holding Community Fit classes in the school hall and they are kindly giving all donations to the school PTFA. More info on Facebook: Community Fit Usk
Match Funding Some companies offer to match funds raised by charity organisations such as the PTFA. Our thanks go to Olivia Beaumont who has secured £1000 of match funding from Barclays. If you know of other companies who might do the same, please let us know.
Sat Afternoon Cinema 12.30pm for 1pm start School Hall
Wed 18th Mar ‘Blingo Bingo’ Children & Adults 5pm – 6.30pm, School Hall Thurs 26th Mar Easter Bake-off Bring in cakes today Fri 27th Mar
Easter Bonnet Parade 9.30am
Tues 21st Apr
Exton’s Coffee Morning Time tbc
Fri 8th May
Music Quiz 7pm for 7.30pm start School Hall
Sat 16th May
May Fair 12pm – 3pm
Fri 12th June
80’s School Disco (Adult) Time tbc
Sat 11th July
School Camping Night School grounds.
July
Kids Fashion Show Details to be confirmed
Next PTFA meeting Mon. 23rd March, 8pm at the King’s Head
Contact Us Our co-Chairs are Meirion & Sarah Howells: [email protected] [email protected]
Join us on Facebook & Twitter We post reminders of what’s on (and occasional pleas for help!) on Facebook and Twitter. Usk Primary School PTFA
@uskptfa
Celebrating 30 years Our school is 30 years old this year and there will be lots of ways that we are celebrating this landmark.
Usk School Alumni Calling all past pupils. We’ve set up an Usk School Alumni Facebook page and lots of old school photos have already been posted, including those taken at the coffee morning of ex-pupils and their children who are currently at the school. So, if you were once at the school don’t forget to ‘Like’ the page and spread the word to friends and family. Liz Baker has kindly offered to get the Alumni group going and would welcome some more help. If you can spare a little time to give her a hand, please contact Meirion or Sarah. We’ll also be holding an 80’s School Uniform themed Disco on Friday 12th June, for all parents, so pop the date in your diaries and dig out the leg-warmers!
Children & Adult
‘Blingo’ Bingo Plenty of prizes, food available to buy.
prize for the best-dress ‘Blinger’ Wed 18th March, 5pm – 6.30pm £1 per book of bingo cards
100 Club – thanks for the feedback In the last newsletter we asked if you would support a 100 Club - a lottery where 60% of the proceeds are paid out in prizes and the remaining 40% is donated to the school. The answer was a resounding ‘Yes’ and plans are already underway, with the first draw hopefully being held in May – watch out for a letter in school bags soon.
EVERYTHING IS AWESOME The LEGO movie is still showing This Saturday (7th March) 12.30pm DON’T FORGET TO COME
Easter Bake-off
Diary Dates
Put on your pinnys and get baking. The bake-off will have an Easter theme and there will be four categories: traditional, iced, humorous and carrot cake. There is a £1 entry fee per cake and you should bring your cakes into school on Thursday 26th March. They’ll be judged on Friday morning before the Easter Parade at 9.30am on th Friday 27 March. The winning cake will then be auctioned, with the other cakes being on sale to the parents at the Easter Parade. The competition is open to the whole Town so please spread the word to friends, family and neighbours.
Sat 7th Mar
Our thanks go to Roberts & Co who have kindly sponsored both the Easter Bake-off and the Easter Parade. £££££
Grow a Pound ££££
££
We are sure that there are lots of budding entrepreneurs out there, so we will be sending out £1 to every pupil, before the Easter holidays, and asking them to invest it and multiply it to raise funds for the school. They could buy a sponge to clean cars; flour to bake cakes to sell; craft items to make Easter cards/pictures, etc. There will be a prize for the child who has made the most money in each year group and a prize for the most ingenious idea in infants and juniors. There’ll be a presentation to give them some ideas on Monday 23rd March and letters, texts and £1 will be sent out at the same time.
Community Fit Fun - Simple – Exciting Workout Classes. All Fitness Levels Welcome. Wed 7pm-8pm Mark & Marie Hurford are holding Community Fit classes in the school hall and they are kindly giving all donations to the school PTFA. More info on Facebook: Community Fit Usk
Match Funding Some companies offer to match funds raised by charity organisations such as the PTFA. Our thanks go to Olivia Beaumont who has secured £1000 of match funding from Barclays. If you know of other companies who might do the same, please let us know.
Sat Afternoon Cinema 12.30pm for 1pm start School Hall
Wed 18th Mar ‘Blingo Bingo’ Children & Adults 5pm – 6.30pm, School Hall Thurs 26th Mar Easter Bake-off Bring in cakes today Fri 27th Mar
Easter Bonnet Parade 9.30am
Tues 21st Apr
Exton’s Coffee Morning Time tbc
Fri 8th May
Music Quiz 7pm for 7.30pm start School Hall
Sat 16th May
May Fair 12pm – 3pm
Fri 12th June
80’s School Disco (Adult) Time tbc
Sat 11th July
School Camping Night School grounds.
July
Kids Fashion Show Details to be confirmed
Next PTFA meeting Mon. 23rd March, 8pm at the King’s Head
Contact Us Our co-Chairs are Meirion & Sarah Howells: [email protected] [email protected]
Join us on Facebook & Twitter We post reminders of what’s on (and occasional pleas for help!) on Facebook and Twitter. Usk Primary School PTFA
@uskptfa
