Document 6572214

Summer Newsletter
The
Friends,
which
is
a
registered charity, is a group of
parents, staff and governors who
all work together to promote the
school within the community as
well as raising much needed
funds.
Contact us
at:friends@therfield.herts.sch.uk
Chair: Justine Brazil, Secretary:
Sarah Ellis, Treasurer: Emanuela
Bravi
Save The Date!
We have already started to think
about events for the Autumn
Term - first on the agenda is
our Indian Summer Drinks
Party,
on
Saturday
13
September which is kindly being
hosted by Emanuela and Gianpaulo
at Haywood House. Keep an eye
out for the flyer for more
details! We will be holding
another raffle so all donations
will be gratefully received
 Autumn Fayre - Saturday 18
October, Therfield Village
Hall 10 - 4pm.
 Family Bingo night
 Christmas Party - further
details tbc!
Summer Term
Another school year is about to come to an end. Do you all feel the
same as I do - where have the last 12 months gone?! Although as the
summer term draws to a close I am sure everyone, especially the
children, are ready for the summer break.
The Friends have had another busy, fun but most importantly successful
year. We had Mother's Day and then the Easter Egg Hunt in early
April. Thank you to everyone that provided gifts and raffle prizes. The
summer term has been particularly busy for us. The Great British Quiz
took place in May and we raised over £1000 for the School and PreSchool. A special thank you to Richard King for organising the delicious
food platters. Then in June the children enjoyed the fun Hawaiian Party
at the school. Thankfully it was a beautiful sunny afternoon with lots of
activities, food and drinks. Thank you to Mike McGloin for providing the
cookies!
The following day was the Village Fete and the Friends
organised a very tough "Fishing Bottle Game" along with a children's lucky
dip. Finally, the Friends (Alix Cooper and Vicky O'Brien) took the Year 4
children out for their leavers party last week where they had fun ten pin
bowling then dinner at Frankie & Bennys.
Funds Raised
In total, the activities organised by the Friends for the School over the
last year have raised nearly £2000 (the Friends’ share) which is a
tremendous achievement! The funds raised have been used by the School
for the following:
 Presents from Santa for each child, the coach for the pantomime,
and the DJ for the Christmas party;
 Two exciting workshops (samba drumming and dinosaurs);
 The coach for last week's trip to Paradise Wildlife Park;
 3 iPads and Ipad covers;
 Year 4 leavers outing and gifts; and
 The Friends also applied for grants for some of the willow bower and
also for the Easi-Ears digital audio system specifically designed for
use by primary schools.
Cheerio
I would like to say thank you and cheerio to Alix Cooper, who will be retiring from the Friends as her son
Leo is one of the Year 4 leavers. Also, good-bye and good luck to all the children that are leaving our lovely
Therfield School! We wish you all the best for the future.
On behalf of the parent members of the committee I would like to say a huge thank you to the teachers who
have been a great help to the committee over the last year and also to Richard Morgan. They have given up
their own time to attend meetings and events and the committee are all very grateful for their contributions.
Finally, thank you to everyone that has participated in our events over the last year. We could not have
done it without all your support. We hope that you will continue to support our fundraising effort next year
which are all organised to raise money for the benefit of our children and pre school children. We hope to
see a few new members joining the committee in September too!