Hello,
Our next meeting will be on Friday 7 June at 9am at school. You will find the agenda here, please join us if you can! We are looking for committee members and volunteer organisers for next year’s events, so please come along if you have any questions or suggestions. Alternatively you can email frogs.grasmere@gmail.com with your queries and ideas.
A reminder that you can still donate money for Patsy’s leaving gift here.
And another reminder that the school governors, who play a key role in the long-term strategic direction of the school and the selection of a new headteacher, are looking for a new parent governor to join them. Please see this letter for more information.
Please read on for information on FROGS’ upcoming events, including the Chess Tournament, Enterprise Fair and Summer Fair.
Chess Tournament
We’re looking for chess players to compete in our tournament, please buy your ticket here as places are limited. This is a friendly competition and everyone is welcome to join, children, parents, friends and neighbours… You don’t need to be a champion, just to enjoy the game! Thank you to Chess In School who are providing some great prizes.
Of course non-chess players are welcome too, and there will also be lots of free, fun activities for the kids. Please help us make it a success!
SUMMER FAIR
Here’s a message from Sally and Megan, who have volunteered to organise the Summer Fair. Please put Saturday July 13th in your diaries for the Grasmere Summer Fair, everyone welcome!
Planning is now in full swing for our annual Grasmere Summer Fair! We’ve got loads of fun things in the works and are determined to drum up as much commitment and engagement as possible, so that it really is an event to remember. For the Kids, for the Teachers, but for us Parents too – we deserve it!
For now, we need each Year Group to choose from the following list of stalls and let us know, via your reps, by Wednesday May 22nd what your class has chosen. We’ll go ahead and allocate them if that’s easiest, but please let us know if there’s one you’d particularly like, or if you have a suggestion for something different. We will make your lives as easy as possible by providing you with a full kit list and instructions. Prizes will be collected, sorted and allocated to each stall nearer the time.
Once we know who’s doing what, the usual volunteer form will follow.
It would be AMAZING if some Year Groups could volunteer for more than one stall!!
AVAILABLE STALLS:
- Hair, Nails and Tattoos (2x people per shift)
- Floor is Lava (1x person per shift)
- Hook a Duck (1x person per shift)
- Bouncy Castle (1x person per shift)
- Guess the Teacher’s Baby photos (1x person per shift)
- Craft Stall: Paint a plant pot or up-cycle a t-shirt with fabric pens etc (2x people per shift)
- Drinks and baked goods bar (4x people per shift)
- Bottle flip challenge (1x person per shift)
- Lucky Socks (washing line with odd socks pegged to it. Choose a sock blindfolded and look inside to find a treat/prize) (1x person per shift)
- Pin the Tail on the Donkey (1x person per shift)
- Pimms stall (2x people per shift)
- Gem stall (1x person per shift)
- Pokemon Lucky Dip (1x person per shift)ALLOCATED STALLS (TAKEN)
- Splat the Rat (reception)
- Veggie food stall (Megan and Bobby Year 5)
- Burgers and salads stall (Year 3)
- Coconut Shy (Sally Year 3)
- Human Fruit Machine (Year 3)
- Ice cream float stand (Bart)
- Sticker making stall (Sammy Year 5)
- Donkey Rides (YES, DONKEY RIDES!!) - externalPlease consider helping out with this event. It’s incredibly rewarding, brings Grasmere together, welcomes new families and all it really requires is a donation of your time. We’re also very excited to let you know that we’ve secured two little Donkeys to provide free rides and/or Donkey petting for the kids courtesy of The Clarence Tavern and a wonderful donkey sanctuary called Kelly’s Donkeys!
We look forward to hearing back from everyone and putting together a mega team effort!
Best Wishes,
Sally and Megan
We’d also like to remind you of our other event this term, the Enterprise Fair, for which you can book a stall here. Your kids can raise money for themselves or their favourite charities. They can sell handmade things (including food, drink and art); preloved toys, books and clothes; collectables; father's day gifts; services such as car washing... Anything they want!
Thank you and take care,
FROGS