Thank you to everyone who came to the Summer BBQ and the Leaver’s Disco, and especially to those parents who organised the events. Together we have raised £720 for the Friends of Coalbrookdale, on top of monies raised directly by the school who provided the food for both events.

The Friends is a registered charity whose charitable objects are to ‘advance the education of the pupils in the school’ which we do by fundraising and working with the school staff to agree how best to use the money raised.

We will be having our AGM in September and need more committee members. It isn’t an onerous commitment and more details about what’s involved will be shared in the new term.

In the meantime have a fantastic summer!

We raised a fantastic £819 from the Christmas Fair. Thanks to everyone who came!

The event could not have taken place without the help from parents. Thank you to Carolyn, Deb, Laura, Jen C, Sue, Vicky, Kelly, Lizzie, and Ruth for organising, and doing the big shops to purchase all our supplies for the Fair!! Also, thank you to the ladies above for their hard work on the night along with Dave C, Mark, Ty, Nina, Tim, Tamsin, Katrina, Matthew, Norman, Zowie, Scott, Maria, Mrs Blackburn, Andrew, Ania, Dave B, Lucy, and Julie. Plus, all the children and teachers who helped too! And thanks to Reverend Mann who drew our raffle and for his speech and prayer, which reflected our ethos as a Christian school.

These events do take a lot of planning and are hard work, the more people involved means that more of the helpers are able to spend time with their families and enjoy the evening. If you would like to get involved with Friends, please do contact us.

Thank you again and Merry Christmas!
Jen Edwards
Chair

The Christmas Fair is next Friday, 30th November from 5.30pm to 7.30pm. Thank you for bringing in bottles this morning, Friends spent the morning preparing them for the Tombola, there are some great prizes to be had!

There’s lots going on at the Fair, including a visit from Santa (in Reception) craft stalls (in Year 1) the popular bottle Tombola (in Year 2) along with craft activities, and in the staff room there will be a Selfie Photo Area! Festive food and drink and class stalls will be in the hall.

However, we’re still in need of volunteers. Instead of giving up your whole night, we’re asking people to lend a hand for an hour, that way everyone gets a chance to enjoy the fair with their families.

We still need:
1x person for bar 6.30-7.30pm
2x people for kitchen 6.30-7.30pm
1x person for Selfie area 6.30-7.30pm
1x person for mug decorating 6.30-7.30pm
1x person for cupcake & Gingerbread Men decorating 6.30-7.30pm
Any help setting up and clearing away would also be really appreciated.

If you can lend a hand, then please either comment on the post thread on the Facebook page, message the page or email jencedwards@icloud.com

Thanks for your support, we look forward to seeing you at the event.

Friends of Coalbrookdale

Friends are meeting tonight (19th October) at The White Hart at 7.30pm for another Christmas Fair planning meeting. All are welcome to join us. We’ll soon be posting a list of ‘organising jobs’ and ‘on the night’ jobs to the Facebook page. If you think you could spare an hour to help with just one job organising or on the night, then your help would be much appreciated. If you’re not on Facebook but would still like to get involved, please email me at jencedwards@icloud.com.
Most of our planning now happens on our new Facebook group: F@C Planning and Committee. Everyone is welcome to join this friendly group, even if you’d just like to have a look at what we’re up to!

We’d also like to say to new Reception parents that you are all more than welcome to get involved too! If you have any ideas or skills that you could contribute to Friends, we’d love to hear from you.

Who’s looking forward to our school BBQ next week (5.30pm – 8.00pm)? We have lots of treats in store for the whole family, including:

• Fantastic live music from The Indigo Machine
• Our usual great bar with a range of drinks
• Gin bar
• Strawberries & Prosecco
• Ice Creams from Deli Dale
• Pudding stall
• Treasure hunt
• Beat the Goalie
• Coconut shy
• Wide range of craft stalls, including the favourite Sweets in Jars

And of course, the BBQ!