Alexandra PSA 2016/16

Welcome to the Alexandra PSA!

Reminder of what the PSA does

Objective: to support the school by enhancing the school community for parents, carers and children and raising funds to support the school’s activities

Everyone with a child at Alexandra School is automatically a member of Alexandra PSA

The money raised by the PSA means that the school can offer our children a broader range of experiences, learning, opportunities and fun than the school would otherwise be able to fund

All of this is only made possible by the generosity and support of parents, carers, staff, wider friends and family, and of course, the children themselves!

We rely entirely on staff, parents and carers volunteering their time, skills, resources (anything you can add) to make it happen, plus everyone to come along to as many events as possible

Last year we raised £16k and spent it on lots of different things:

This year we plan to have lots of similar fun events and fund forest school, sketch better, teddy tennis and playground improvements amongst other things, plus whatever class teachers want to buy with cake sale proceeds. We work with Mrs Carr to make sure we’re spending it in the most positive way for the kids and school

Updates and info is posted onto the school Facebook site: https://www.facebook.com/alexandraschool/

Who is who on the PSA

Chair: Lucy Pallett (Lucy_pallett@hotmail.com)

Co-Chair: Ana Fabrega (Anafabrega78@hotmail.com)

Treasurer: Juliet Rayner (Juliet@thelittlestormcloud.com)

Secretary: Jennifer Braithwaite (Jenniferbraithwaite@hotmail.com)

School Partner: Mrs Higgins (Ghiggi1@axi.rbksch.org)

We also have a general email: alexpsa@hotmail.co.uk

Other key roles

• Social media: Cherry Forrest
• Cake sale coordinator: Esther Mallol
• Sponsorship: Belinda Riley
• Posters & Graphics: Rianda Sweeny and Niamh McMahon
• Book Fair: Niamh McMahon
• Cards/Calendar/teatowels: Ana Fabregas
• Local businesses list: Maria Sprostranova
• Uniform sales: Ana Fabrega
• Year 2 end of year book and disco: TBD
• Prizes/food donations for events: TBD
• Mufti days: TBD
• Other ad-hoc helpers are always appreciated

Class Reps

Class reps play a key role as a link between parents, teachers and the PSA.

This year’s reps are:

NURSERY

AM Ducklings - TBD

PM Ducklings - TBD

RECEPTION    

Hoglets: Zoe Van Den Bosch, Belinda Riley, Clare Mirza

Owlets: Jo Connolly, Amy Lenderyou

YEAR 1

Ladybirds: Heather Clarke, Andrew, Mayra   

Caterpillars: Simona Farrell, Tuze Mekik, Sana Shafi

Honeybees: Jennifer Eggleston

YEAR 2

Swans: Kaori Tickner

Robins: Esther Mallol, Cherry Forrest

Kingfishers: Charlotte Mills, Chrissy Holden, Lilly Raiski

YEAR 3

Foxes: Dinah Langhan

Hedgehogs:    

Events for 2016/2017

We’ve got some great events lined up for this year, but they can only happen if people help organise them. Thanks so much to those of you already getting involved, but if you can spare some time or skills to help then we would love to hear from you – contact any of the core PSA or your class rep. We’ve got lots of info and people to help with specific parts of all of the events, so you won’t be alone!

Alexandra Parent & Staff Association

Dear Parents, Staff & Carers,

Welcome to the new school year, our first with a Year 3 in the school. We hope you all had a lovely summer and your children are enjoying their new classes. Many of you will know, that if you have a child in Alexandra School you are automatically a member of the Alexandra PSA and you are welcome to come along to any of our meetings, which take place in the school staffroom, hall or a local venue. Meeting dates will be publicised through class reps, ALEX Newsletter and Facebook (Alexandra Infants School PSA).

The PSA Objective is to support the school by enhancing the school community for parents, carers and children and raising funds to support the school’s activities.

Last year we raised £14,600, including a massive £3,500 at the fantastic Summer Fair. The money raised goes towards funding activities and materials to complement what the school offers. It meant that last year our children were able to have fantastic opportunities in forest school and Artis, a performing arts programme. Each year a proportion also goes towards classroom resources and books, including all money raised from cake sales which goes directly to the class running the sale.

It’s not all about the money, it’s also about having fun and creating a sense of school community, so most of our activities are planned with this in mind. Last year the children have loved doing their sponsored bounce, movie nights and disco, whilst the parents and teachers had fun competing at our annual quiz night.

We’d like to say a massive thanks to Emma, Eileen, Juliet, Hema and Mrs Higgins and the rest of the PSA, many of whom will remain involved this year. It was a fantastic year!

The success of our PSA is dependent on parents, carers and staff getting involved, and we’re fortunate to have a great set of parents and staff. It’s a great way to be part of the school and meet other people and we would love as many people as possible to get involved. There are lots of different ways you can get involved and you can offer as much or as little time as you have, for example for planning or running events, helping drum up support or sponsorship and also as a PSA class representative for your child’s class. Most of it can be via email, so you don’t need to be there at drop off/pick up every day.

We’re putting together a list of all of the events for this year and key things we need people to help with, so watch out for that via your class reps and ALEX Newsletter. In the meantime, please email us if you’d like to get involved, or have suggestions for events or fundraising.

We’re holding a coffee morning for class reps and anyone interested in being involved after drop-off on Monday 26^th September. Pop it in your diaries, especially as not all class reps are finalised yet, and we’ll confirm the venue via ALEX Newsletter shortly. We would love to see as many of you there as possible.

We look forward to seeing you at events in the near future.

Lucy Pallett, Ana Fabregas, Juliet Rayner and Jennifer Braithwaite

PSA 2016/17

alexpsa@hotmail.co.uk

SAVE THE DATES:

Christmas is coming to Alexandra School and Santa is booked…

Saturday 3rd December – the Christmas Fair 12 - 3pm

Featuring Santa’s Grotto, face painting, loads of fun Christmas games, including the Sweet Tombola, Forest School Christmas Crafts, Chocolate Fountain, Food & Drink, A Parents Pamper Room,  amazing Raffle Prizes and… Mr Bateman dressed as Rudolph in the Ball Court.

This year we have also combined with over 15 local stall holders, so there will also be lots of amazing stalls to buy great Christmas presents, stocking fillers or even just indulge yourself with the likes of….

December  4th 10am-12.30 Buy your Christmas Tree at School

For the first time, we have teamed up with a local Christmas tree supplier to provide top quality Nordmann Fir Xmas trees at competitive prices and raise funds for the school. Come down to the school to choose your tree, join us for some mince pies and maybe even a drop of mulled wine.

MUFTI DAYS:

The children can wear their home clothes on these dates in exchange for donations for the Christmas Fair or donate £2 if time is short. Dates to be confirmed nearer time

Sweetie Jars- all sizes and shapes are welcome and Lucky Dip Gifts

 Bottles for the Adult Tombola &

DONATIONS:

If you have any fun size packet sweets, lollipops, old Christmas decorations, fairy lights, unwanted adults gifts we would so appreciate any donations, please bring to the school office.

We will also be asking for donations of cakes on the day please

If you work for a company  who can donate any of the above or equally a great prize for the raffle, we would love to hear from you. Please email alexpsa@hotmail.com   or contact the class rep.

YOUR TIME:

Everyone is so busy especially this time of year and we can’t run the event without your help. On the day, we just need an hour of your time, to help set up, during the event to run a game or helping tidy up afterwards. Kids can help too and all helpers will be able to come into the fair for free. Please contact your class rep or email the PSA.

Dads – if you can help selling Christmas trees on the Sunday, please get in touch.