CAKE STALL Our final 2014 cake stall will take place after school on Thursday 18 December outside classrooms 3 and 4. Please bring along your festive fancy bakes to the school staffroom on the morning of the sale. Your cake donations are much appreciated, your enthusiasm to buy our cakes is simply magical!! See you there!...Read More
The Christmas fair made a profit of £1,378.24! That is a wonderful amount and will benefit the children/school so much. Thank you once again to all involved.Read More
Thank you Sooooooooooooo much to everyone who supported the Christmas Fair – what a lovely atmosphere. The children’s choir was wonderful – thank you to Mrs Lamb for leading/organising this (and also to Abi). The children’s faces were a delight to watch and their singing was superb. Thank you to Santa for making a guest appearance...Read More
Thank you to everyone who have signed up to help at the Christmas Fair. We are just about there with volunteers. We still have some patchy areas and so any last minute offers are appreciated. Remember that the Bags to School collection is also tomorrow. The committee have developed some fine muscles this week lugging...Read More
THE FINAL COLLECTION IS ON FRIDAY 5TH DEC – 2 DAYS TO GO!! HELP US TO TURN OUR CURRENT MOLE HILL (OF BAGS) INTO A MOUNTAIN? – PLEASE LEAVE ANY ITEMS IN THE FRONT PORCH BY 9AM THURSDAY and FRIDAY. REMEMBER – EVERY ITEM ADDS UP!! EVEN JUST A CARRIER BAG FULL...Read More
We need more volunteers at the Christmas Fair or we will have to start to cancel activities. At the moment, we will not have a bar or food as there is no one to man these stalls. Please sign up before 3.15pm on Thursday, this is the cut off when the ‘cull’ will begin. There are...Read More
There will be committee members outside Class 4 – 3.15pm everyday. Tickets for the Christmas Fair will be on sale, information about Bags2School. Feel free to talk to us too about the Volunteer sheet for the Fair and how you can help.Read More
We need as much help, sharing, caring and promotion we can muster in the next few weeks leading up to Christmas. Without help and contributions (however small) the following won’t happen: Christmas Fair Bags 2 School Crackers for Christmas Dinner Presents for Santa. The biggy is volunteers for the Christmas Fair especially before, during and...Read More
The Bags 2 School bags are all going out today, the plan is: This week, fill the bags by starting to collecting items, you can fill any bag (not just the Bags 2 School Bags) Next week – 1st to the 5th December, bags can be deposited in the foyer every morning. We do multiple collections...Read More
We are having a Wrapping session this Wednesday morning in the boardroom at 9am. The more the merrier. Please let us know if you can come. If you could bring a selotape dispenser and scissors then even better!Read More
Don’t forget to start clearing out and stockpiling clothing items for our BAGS 2 SCHOOL collection on Friday 5th December. You are able to drop bags off (any bag including carrier bags) every morning that week to spread the load. This is a fantastic money raiser. Read More
Flipside Photography will be in school to take individual and family photographs on Monday 17th and Tuesday 18th November. Photographs of siblings in school will be taken during school time and there will be an opportunity to have family photographs taken after school on Monday 17th from 3:20 – 5.45pm. There is a sign up...Read More
The Halloween Cake stall was a great ‘Spookcess’ – £165.50 profit is an amazing amount to raise.Thank you so much to everyone who contributed. Remember that we regularly have a cake stall on the last Wednesday of every half term.Read More
Well that cake stall was a wonderful event. Thank you to everyone who brought in some fantastic spooky creations. The children (and adults) were clearly spoilt for choice when making their decisions. We had buns featuring cobwebs, spiders, Ninja turtles, pumpkins, ghosts, witches, cauldrons, bats and many other fine designs. The amount raised will be announced...Read More
Watch this space for more details. If you would like to have a stall on the night, then the cost is £12, plus a donation to the raffle. You then keep the proceeds of what you make.Read More
This ‘Spooktacular’ event raised a profit of £649.90. This will be used for the direct benefit of the children at Park Grove. Thank you to all the volunteers, whose support ensures that events like this can take place.Read More
Thank you to everyone who supported our Halloween disco. The atmosphere was wonderful and a true reflection of the community feel of the school. The children looked FANTASTIC! It was great to see so many adults having a good time socialising and mingling whilst the children danced their socks off. The amount raised will be...Read More
Thank you to everyone who completed the Parent View Survey. The survey is open ended and so there is still time to complete it if you haven’t done so already. Currently there are 97 parents/carers who have completed the survey. Go to: https://parentview.ofsted.gov.ukRead More
Park Grove PTA AGM ***REARRANGED DATE** Tuesday 21 October 2014, 7.45pm – The Gillygate Pub Agenda – 1. Apologies & those attending 2. Minutes from last AGM 3. Committee Positions 4. Finance & Accounts for last year 5. Class representatives 6. Spending plans and suggestions 7. Forthcoming events 8. AOB & date of next...Read More
We ‘dare’ you to come to our very first cake stall of the year. It will be held at 3.15pm (downstairs) outside Class 3. As always, we are hoping that people can bake or donate items, especially with a Halloween inspired theme. Please bring your scary, funny, showstopper bakes and biscuits on the morning and deliver them to the...Read More
This is always a wonderful event for both children and parents/carers. DJ Ollie is brilliant and can get even the most reluctant child a ‘moving and a shaking’ in their bones. On the 17th October, the hall will be transformed into a hive of ghoulish behaviour. Smaller ghouls 6 to 7pm and larger ones 7.15...Read More
Annual general meeting We are planning some exciting fundraising activities for next year. If you are interested in finding out more and contributing your ideas come along to our AGM on: TUESDAY 21st OCTOBER at 7.45pm Where? Where better? At the Gillygate pub, Gillygate Read More
A GREAT BIG THANK YOU! £2,000 raised We all had great fun despite the rain and we couldn’t have done it without the amazing support of everyone involved. The fair, along with the Mike on a Bike challenge, the regular cake stall and Bags2School, will support a range of activities, including £1,700 for the York...Read More
The final collection is Friday morning (11th July) by 9am! So far it is a healthy looking colony of mole hills, let’s try and turn this into one huge mountain! Every contribution really will help! Filling any bag is fine e.g carrier bags, black bags etcRead More
The pile for Bags2school is growing gradually and is starting to look like a healthy fundraiser. Friday morning (11th July) will be the last collection. It is surprising how much the items can weigh. Each KG raises 50p for the school. It really does add up so please have a good root around for the...Read More
BAGS2SCHOOL! In January, we raised £270 with very little effort required. We will have 3 collections as follows starting next week from the front main school foyer Monday 7 th July, Wednesday 9 th July and Friday 11 th July. Please start Stockpiling and saving items – we will need: Adults’ and Children’s clothes, shoes (tied...Read More
Despite the rain rearing it’s ugly head at the 11th hour and the fair having to move indoors, this event was a fantastic success and such a wonderful atmosphere. The two hours shot by in a flash. There was just so much to see and do. So many varied activities and something for everyone. The tombolas...Read More
Today, the PTA are renaming Park Grove, ‘BIKER GROVE’. Tonight is the night. Everything is looking ‘BIKE TASTIC’ for this fabulous event! The weather is keeping a FIRM GRIP on itself (touch wood) , the gazebos are SPRINTING UP, and the stalls have a great ‘BE….SPOKE’ uniqueness. See you there at the STARTING LINE (5pm til 7pm) for this WHEELY good fundraiser...Read More
Mike on a Bike has completed his epic charity ride this week. Watch this space for more news. We are sure he has lots of tales to tell. Apparently it was a tough call at times. Well done Mike, very impressive! Read More
Well the board room was ‘a buzzing’ today with people beavering away, sorting last minute details, pricing and wrapping items and also preparing all of the lovely tombola prizes. Everything is in place all ready for the big event tomorrow. Thank you to everyone in advance for your help, support, donations and time. Perhaps we should...Read More
PLEASE SAVE OUR STALLS! We do not have enough people to run the stalls at the Summer Fair and now have to make the unfortunate decision to cancel some of them! The ‘stall cull’ will unfortunately have to take place probably tomorrow (Thursday) Half an hour of your time will make a huge difference to...Read More
Remember that as part of our bike / Tour de France theme, there will be lots of food, games and activities based on this cycling event. GIANT are coming (from Lord Mayor’s Walk) and will be providing some bike trials, information and advice. The local police are also coming to give out information about bike security...Read More
Please join us in the board room as we beaver away sorting raffle tickets, prizes and labelling items ready for the fair. More hands make light work! Read More
ONE WEEK TO GO BEFORE THE GREATEST CYCLING EVENT EVER (IN THE GROVES) If we have the sunny weather we had tonight, the summer fair will be bliss! All preparations are going really well. Please watch out for any announcements next week as we will need plenty of help in lots of different ways. The volunteer sheet...Read More
‘Mike on a Bike’ made his exclusive appearance today. He was serenaded, paraded and waded in at the deep end to promote his good cause! Not many biking professionals would be happy at being elevated on some staging, a static turbo charger slapped on to your back wheel and then told to pedal as if your life depended on it. Mike must have cycled a good...Read More
We hope you have seen the adverts/posters around school for this event. If you are on the 3.15pm school run, you won’t be able to miss Mike on a Bike as he will be stationed outside the down stair’s classrooms today . Come and listen to his amazing training schedule, look at this mean, lean, machine...Read More
BAGS2SCHOOL! In January we managed to raise £270 with very little effort required. We have another collection on Friday 11th July and will organise/announce some collection days after the Summer Fair. Please start Stockpiling and saving items – we will need: Adults’ and Children’s clothes, shoes (tied together please), hats, belts, bags, soft toys, curtains and bedding...Read More
Wow!! The sample decorated bike we all saw in assembly this morning has now been suspended in the area outside the KS1 classrooms (mainly near class 1). Thank you to Mr Stoner and Mrs Stone for taking the time to display this, make fantastic signage, climb ladders and put it into position within the day. Lets...Read More
We had fun in the assemblies this morning talking about all of the exciting things that will be happening at the fair. It was brilliant to see so many hands going up from children intending to be there. The decorated bike Janet brought in, although it was good (how many times did she use the word ‘awesome’!)...Read More
DONATIONS, DONATIONS, DONATIONS!! WE STILL DESPERATELY NEED BOOZE for the Tombola, BEARS & CUDDLY TOYS for Teddy Tombola, PRIZES, SWEETS and BRIC a BRAC, RAFFLE TICKET SALES, UNSOLD RAFFLE TICKETS RETURNED – THESE WILL BE SOLD ON THE NIGHT SO WE NEED THEM BACKRead More
York is turning into such a vibrant place with yellow bunting, flags, posters and decorated bikes cropping up all over the place. Having our very own Tour de France inspired Summer Fair at Park Grove is going to be FANTASTIC and will set the mood for the Tour de France a week later! The PTA...Read More
The major prize is in the house! A Hudl Tablet as the star prize -AWESOME! However, the other prizes are sooooo fantastic. E.g. a pamper session, a round of golf, a family outing, sporting activities. Now lets get buying and selling those tickets. Only 50p a ticket – £2.50 a book SUMMER-FAIR-POSTER-A4Read More
Please remember to bake & buy for the Easter cake stall. The proceeds from this cake stall will be donated to the charity Parents with Cancer (www.parentswithcancer.org.uk) in memory of Diana Hodgson. Please bring cakes etc to the staff room on Wednesday. Thanks.Read More
Thank you to all who attended the coffee afternoon on Friday 7th March. As a result a new committee have put themselves forward and will be formally elected at an Extraordinary General Meeting on Wednesday 26th March 2014 at The Gillygate pub 8pm. Please come along and show them your support.Read More
Many thanks to Suzi, Helen and Jane for organising the cake stall and to all of you for baking and buying. All the money raised goes towards PTA funds to spend on all the children in the school.Read More
Want to see a Summer Fair this year? It needs organising! The Summer Fair does not appear by magic. Bookings have to be made, the raffle has to be organised, prizes have to be collected. All these jobs can be shared. Please consider joining the team…. Email parkgroveptayork@gmail.com for more information.Read More
PTA-UK is running a special event, “Maximising your Fundraising event for Schools and PTAs”, for PTA volunteers in our region on Wednesday 29th January 2014 at Huntington School. It is free to attend but tickets have to be booked. The committee who are standing down highly recommend these events. Anyone out there fancy going along?Read More
As you will know by now, there will be no more PTA events unless a new committee comes forward. Bookings and work on a raffle for a summer fair on the usual scale need to start by March. The retiring committee are happy to offer guidance and assistance if there are some people out there...Read More
Bags to School collections will be on this Friday, 17th and also on Friday 31st January. Please contact Janet Jacobi, classes 2 and 4, if there are any queries. We are paid by weight so the more stuff, the better! Thanks.Read More
Many thanks to all who came to the fair on Friday and helped raise a fantastic amount of money – final profit to be posted on Monday. A huge thanks to all who helped in the weeks leading up to the fair as well as on the night. These events are much easier to organise...Read More
Lots of jobs were completed this morning in preparation for the fair. If ayone can help set up on Friday after 1pm that would be great. Here is the Boozy Barrow so far. See the finished prize on Friday at the Christmas Fair. You can buy tickets in advance after school this week or at...Read More
There are lots of jobs that need to be done in the run-up to the fair. It will all get done more quickly if lots of people help out, even if it is just for half an hour. If you can’t help on Tuesday can you help set up the fair from 1pm on Friday?Read More
There are jobs to help with in preparation for the Christmas Fair. If you could spare some time between 9-11am on Weds 27th Nov that would be fantastic, thanks.Read More
Thanks to those who attended last night’s meeting. It has been decided to organise some morning sessions to prepare for the Christmas Fair on 6 Dec. If you can spare a little time to wrap, make posters, sort prizes, every little helps! Please come to the boardroom after drop off on any of the following...Read More
The Christmas Fair is even bigger and better this year. at least 24 stalls, with shopping in the gym, foyer and main KS1 atrium. Santa will be upstairs in his grotto and we have a new competition called the Boozy Barrow. A wheelbarrow filled with goodies for one lucky winner (barrow not included!)! Plus all...Read More
Janet Jacobi has organised a Bag2School collection for January. More details will follow soon but in the meantime, if you are having a pre-Christmas clear out, please keep old clothes, linens, blankets, shows, bags, towels, etc. even rags as long as they are clean. We are paid by weight of the collection!Read More
The PTA would be most grateful if you could donate items such as bottles, chocolates, raffle prizes etc for the Christmas Fair. Please put them in the red bucket under the PTA noticeboard (opposite Class 3). Thank you!Read More
Thanks to all who came and especially those who helped. Everyone looked like they were having a good time and there were some great costumes too…Read More
Tickets will be on sale for the disco after school this week in the infant foyer. Only £1 per child. Please note KS1 disco is 6-7pm and KS2 is 7.15-8.30pm. No charge for adults but an adult must be responsible for each child. As usual there will be a bar available so adults won’t get ...Read More
Thanks to all who baked (I think there may be some candidates for Bake Off 2014 out there!) and bought. The money from the 2013/14 cake stalls is going towards the trips/experiences for all the children in the school. Huge thanks to Suzi & Helen for organising the stall and also to Lucy, Jane &...Read More
Don’t forget the PTA always welcomes donations anytime of the year. Just ask in the office where to leave your donation or watch out for the buckets under the PTA board (opposite class 3) after half term. Many thanks.Read More
If you are able to bake for the Halloween Cake Stall on Wednesday 23 October that would be fantastic. Please bring your cakes into school and leave them in the staff room. Many thanks. If you have a question about cake stalls please contact Suzi Furey (Class 2/5) or Helen Lavers (Class 5), send an...Read More
Save the date and plan your movie character outfit (dressing up is not compulsory!) Please remember an adult must be responsible for each child. Tickets will be on sale after school from Mon 4 Nov.Read More
It was a great turnout with lots of new faces and some new ideas. Look out for the minutes of the meeting which will be posted in a couple of days.Read More
The PTA will be running the annual Christmas Fair on Friday 6th December 6pm-8pm. If you would like to run a stall at the fair please read the letter, complete the form and return it with your cheque/cash in an envelope marked PTA to the school office. If you are unable to print letters please...Read More
Hello everyone and welcome to the first PTA blog. There are already some dates for your diary for this term. The PTA AGM will be on Monday 14th October 7.45pm (refreshments will be provided), there will be a Halloween Cake Stall on Wednesday 23rd October 3.15pm and Santa has been booked for the annual Christmas...Read More
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