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Friends of Payhembury School

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Friends of Payhembury School

FOPS is made up of all those parents and carers connected with school and is organised through a committee made up of parents/carers. The committee makes decisions about the events and takes care of the formal aspects but rely on everyone else to get involved. We are extremely lucky to have such a great team at Payhembury and all the parents/carers and children are always willing to get stuck in and help out.

Some of our regular events include the Christmas Fair, May Day Fair, ice cream sales after school, wild area working days (with lots of yummy cake) and helping out generally with school as and when we are needed.

Through fundraising events FOPS raise money for fantastic school trips as well as things like the outdoor shelter, scooters, bike racks, welly racks, new outdoor play area and much more. We also organise social events for parents/carers and children throughout the year.

As the school continues to thrive there are more and more people willing and able to help and in doing so make FOPS a successful and fun group to be part of. We look forward to welcoming you to our amazing school and to FOPs.

Anita Elsom and Georgina Searle

friendsofpayhemburyschool@gmail.com

 

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Family Easter Trail

March 26th, 2021

Organised by FOPS (Friends of Payhembury School) From Friday 2nd April until Sunday 18th April 2021 Price: £2 per person (over the age of 3). Pick up your trail sheet at Payhembury Provisions from Wednesday 31st March (please check the shop Easter opening hours). All correct trail sheets will be entered into the draw for our fabulous Easter hamper prize. The pushchair friendly trail is about 3 miles long, taking you out of the village, combining country lanes and the Colestocks foot path. Wellies advised if wet, a clipboard & pen would be handy! FOPS is raising money this year […]

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FOPs News – November

October 18th, 2019

At the FOPS AGM held recently, we officially announced the total figure that was raised over the course of the last academic year to be a whopping £7,536, which equates to £75 per child! As we always say – this is only possible due to a huge commitment and effort from parents & the wider community. Special thanks, of course must once again go to Payhembury Provisions, who generously donated £2,300 towards our grand laptop appeal. AGM news: George Searle stood down as co-chair of FOPS at the meeting. George’s pragmatic & focused approach played a huge part in our enormously successful […]

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School Disco

March 9th, 2019

 Everyone who came along to the school disco last week seemed to have a brilliant time – some great dancing, fun & games (and that was just from the teachers!). Thank you to Rob Elsom for his brilliant DJ-ing, and to all the children for keeping the dancing going. We must have beaten a world record for the biggest (and longest!) game of musical statues. An amazing total of £323 was raised on the evening – what a great way to kick start our Grand Appeal for new laptops. Thank you all for your support

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Upcoming FOPs Events

February 15th, 2019

Don’t miss out on these fun events: Thursday 28th February FOPS School Disco Saturday 30th March FOPS School Bingo

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FOPs Update – July 2018

July 9th, 2018

The end of year disco is rapidly approaching – please see below for details. This is our last event of the year (we aren’t organising a Kidz Café) and have tried to keep costs down to enable as many children as possible to come. The DJ for the evening is Rob Elson – Sam’s dad! He demo-ed for us at the Easter Bingo and we thought he was good enough to invite back! We would like to decorate the hall – if you have any disco lights or similar we could borrow we would be really grateful. As with all […]

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May Day Fair Success

June 4th, 2018

What a fantastic day we had for our annual May Day Fair. The children, the weather and even the dogs were brilliant. We are so lucky to have such community support for our school events and we are sure all those that came had a great time. We are immensely proud to announce that we raised well over £1,000 profit, the most we have ever raised at our May Day Fair. We are still finalising figures, so will report the exact amount in a future newsletter. A huge well done and thank you to all who came, to all the […]

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FOPs Update – March

February 25th, 2018

Firstly a date for the diary:                                       Ground Force Day It’s our first ground force day tomorrow, starting at 2pm. We’ll be concentrating on clearing the wild area in preparation for the children being able to use it later this year. Please do come along, armed with your toughest garden equipment if you can!     New Art Equipment We’re delighted to announce the school has just taken delivery of £700 worth of art equipment! Each classroom now has its own age-specific […]

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FOPs Update – February

February 25th, 2018

Bingo A date for the diary – our next fundraiser is a family bingo on Saturday 10th March. This is the first bingo FOPS has organised in a while and we hope it will be a fun family and village event, whilst at the same time raising money for school. There will be a mufti day next Friday (2nd March) and we would be grateful if you could donate food or drink for prizes at the bingo. Look out for the leaflet which will be sent home in book bags shortly for full details.   Ground force Day Our next […]

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FOPs Update – 15th December

December 15th, 2017

Kids Cafe Kids Cafe will be held on Wednesday 20th December (and not the last day of term), and is the turn of Beech Class. Offerings for the cafe table from Beech Class parents gratefully received. Please leave in Reception on Wednesday morning, or bring along to the Cafe from 3.15pm, where you can enjoy a quiet cup of tea or coffee (and a moment to breath) before the festive mayhem begins! Offers of help to set up & clear down also welcomed!

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The Christmas Fair

December 1st, 2017

We have been busy getting everything ready for Saturday’s Christmas Fair – and hope that you are able to come along & enjoy all that we have planned. The fair starts at 4pm, with the children singing at 5pm, in the school playground – dress for warmth & Christmas cheer! There will be plenty of stalls for all the family in the hall, Ash class and in the Willow shelter – so be sure to visit them all. Delicious refreshments to feed the family will be available in the Parish hall. As well as the generous donations received for the […]

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