Date of next meeting is Monday 11th June, 7.30pm at the Bunch of Carrots. All parents and friends welcome.

Following the success of our Race Night, the PTFA have agreed to spend some funds on some more furniture for the story-telling area in the garden. If anyone has any spare Oak / Cedar wood lying around, please speak to Mrs Kearns.

Last time, we raised £225!! Let’s see if we can do it again!

There will be a Wear What You Like Day - Friday 22nd June. This will be in aid of the bottle and sweet tombola at the Summer Fete on Sun 1 July. Could we also ask for donations of plants for the plant stall. Please see Ali Watkins.

The street party will be held in the playground from 12.30pm on Thursday 31st May. This will be a lunch followed by the presentation of mugs to all the children at 2pm and the burying of the time capsule at 2.30pm. A list will soon be circulating asking for food donations on the day.

Bingo Tuesday 29th May 4.30pm (doors open) Hampton Bishop Village Hall

We will be holding another bingo night during the week that the Comenius visitors are here. This time, we will not be asking for donations of cakes as we have booked the fish and chip van to come along to provide us with food. The PTFA will be selling Tea / coffee /soft drinks and biscuits from 4.30pm. We will run the bingo from 5pm - 6.15 and then we will round off the evening with a fish supper. We will need to pre-order food so if you want to eat after the bingo, you will need to place your order in advance. A limited menu of fish and chips (£5 adult, £4 child) / sausage and chips (£3 adult, £2 child) will be on offer. Look out for the order form in the book bags or order at the school office nearer the time.

A big thank you goes out to all those who came along to school on a Saturday afternoon to help with “school improvements”. (You know who you are!). We managed to achieve a number of things, including digging a flower bed around the story telling chair, weeding the flower beds outside reception classroom, cleaning all the windows, removing the ivy from the front railings and sweeping the yard. As we all enjoyed it so much, we have organised another working day on Saturday 14th July 2 - 4pm. Everyone welcome to help.

Thanks to everyone who came along to support this event and to those who helped in any way. Everybody seemed to have a lovely afternoon which was helped by the weather! The day raised £200 so we may well repeat the event next year.

The next PTFA meeting is on Tuesday 20th March from 7.30pm at the Bunch of Carrots. All parents, staff and friends of the school are welcome.

Please bear in mind the second hand school uniform stock if you need any more uniform. It’s all in good condition and it’s only £2 for items with a logo and £1 for items without. We have plenty of summer dresses and shorts available and will have it on sale at the Easter fun day. Or speak to Carrie Gwynne if you need anything. Also, if you have any uniform that your child has grown out of, particularly jumpers size 28 / 32 they would be gratefully received.

Now the weather has turned Spring - like, we can turn our attention to the summer fete. The date has been set as Sunday 1st July and already things are booked in to make it a fun-filled family day out. We are looking for any new ideas on stalls or activities, so if you have any ideas or suggestions, please see Clare Morrall

Thank you to everyone who brought in their unwanted clothes etc for the last Bag to school collection. We haven’t heard yet how much we raised but hopefully it will be a good sum as there seemed to be a lot of bags! The next collection date has been set for Tuesday 19th June.

Following the success of the last bingo night, we have decided to hold another on Tuesday 29th May. This will coincide with the Comenius partners visiting from Sweden. There will be a Wear What You Like Day on Friday 25th May in exchange for prizes. Look out for a separate flyer nearer the time.

From Friday 1st June there will be a weekend of celebrations in Mordiford to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Planned activites include burying a time capsule, singing, a flotilla of canoes rowing from Hampton Bishop to Mordiford and holding the Children’s Olympics on the school field. This all sounds very exciting and will form lasting memories for our children and our families.

The PTFA have been invited to join in the planning of these activities, so if you would like to get involved, there is a meeting on Monday 12th March 7.30pm in the school hall.

We are organising an Easter family fun afternoon around the school grounds. There will be prize competitions, Easter crafts, Easter egg hunt, Easter games and tea and cakes! Look out for further information nearer the time!

You may remember a while ago we mentioned thegivingmachine.co.uk

This is a website where many online stores donate a percentage of what you spend to the PTFA. There are lots of big names including Amazon, Next, eBay, Sainsbury’s and M&S so if you do any online shopping why not raise some money for the school. Simply log onto www.thegivingmachine.co.uk ,search for Mordiford CE School, register your e-mail address and shop as normal.