NORTH OF ENGLAND NCPTA GOLD STAR AWARDS 2011 WINNER!

• THE FRIENDS OF ALTHORPE AND KEADBY PRIMARY SCHOOL, KEADBY, SCUNTHORPE have been selected as the regional winner for the North of England and will now proceed through to the UK national finals of the NCPTA Gold Star Awards 2011.

  “The Gold Star Awards recognise and reward the everyday achievements of PTAs throughout the region,” said Pauline Dent, NCPTA Adviser.  “The standard of entries was very high this year and NCPTA commends all the applications received; to make it through to the national finals as the regional winner for the North of England in the PTA Fundraising Achievement category is an amazing feat and we wish the Friends the very best of luck as they now go through to the final judging stage”.

  The Friends were looking for an innovative way to raise money and so hit upon the idea to take the school on tour! Initial investigations revealed that throughout the local area there were many events that would provide the Friends with the opportunity to raise the profile of the school whilst making money from running stalls such as hook-a-duck, pick-a-lolly and tombola. Committee member Julie Sillence said “We booked a stall at two local events which were really well attended by the local community; we were really busy! We raised over £800 so were delighted that we had taken the Friends of Althorpe and Keadby Primary School on such a successful tour.” The money raised went towards the purchase of new books for the Key Stage 2 school library and towards the Althorpe and Keadby Community Nature Area which is a new and exciting project to develop an area of land behind the school for the use of both the school and local community.

  The Friends will now join winners from Northern Ireland and Wales plus England (South and Central) at the national finals on the 8^th June in central London, when the winner will be announced. If successful, the Friends will receive a cheque for £1,000 in addition to the £500 they have already won as a regional winner!

  
  
  May 21st, 2011 | David Hagan | Comments Off |

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  • Althorpe and Keadby Primary School
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  • Easy Fundraising
  • Easy Search
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  • Yellow Moon – (SAL1253)

• Recent Events

  Easy fundraising	£19.95
  NCPTA Gold Star Award	£500.00
  Giving Machine	£25.74
  Summer Fayre	£2103.80
  Bag 2 School	£140.00
  Sports Day	£174.71
  On Tour Events	£746.82

• Our Wish List

  Our aim is to support the teachers and school to improve the learning environment for all of our children! Our purchases in 2010/11 include:

  Story telling chair	£334.30
  Camera for nursery	£54.91
  KS2 Christmas Parties	£102.00
  KS2 book buying	£70.00
  Steam Cleaner for nursery	£30.00
  Numicon and books KS1	£572.57
  Help the Heroes Donation	£50.00
  Pram for nursery	£36.99
  Y6 leaving gifts	£150.60

  We have decided that the £500 given to us in prize money will go directly towards a treat for the kids of the school, this will be arranged next term and we look forward to telling you all about it soon.