Hello,
Here are the latest FROGS news, including the new Enterprise Fair, our wonderful Wall in the Hall project, and the sign up sheet for the school’s summer fair on 8 July. Please read on and volunteer if you can!
CAKE SALE
Well done to the Reception/Nursery team who raised an amazing £270 with their cake sale! Very impressive result for their first turn.
Next up it the Year 6 ice lolly sale on Friday 30 June.
PROJECTS UPDATE
• The new library is nearly ready for the kids to enjoy, but we will keep organising volunteer sessions on Friday mornings to finish sorting and scanning the books in order to make it fully operational (so that kids can borrow books and take them home) for the next school year. We’re also going to help the school create a new reading area on the first floor, with armchairs and audiobooks.
• Unfortunately the traverse climbing wall installation is delayed due to the specialists not having any available slots at the moment. But we will install the wall as soon as possible!
• We are also hoping to transform the hall, including a mural reflecting the school’s values. Please read below for more information on the Wall in the Hall project. Ideally we would also like to install acoustic panels in the hall so that it is a less noisy, more relaxing place. Please get in touch if you can help with this, thank you!
• Next year’s big project will be to transform the garden into a woodland play area for the kids to enjoy. We’re hoping to hire Made from Scratch (who did the KS1 climbing frame) to install a series of platforms or small treehouses, and equipment for loose part play and den building.
WALL IN THE HALL
We would like to create a mural for the Wall in the Hall that adds colour and character, and inspires your kids whenever they enter the space. We are excited to be working with artist Toby Marsh of Toby Marsh Creative and he wants to know what your kids would like to see on your school wall.
Please check your Schoolping for Barley’s message with more information on this or see the PDF here. We look forward to seeing all the kids' ideas!
ENTERPRISE FAIR
We are also organising a new event this year, Grasmere’s Enterprise Fair. Everyone welcome!
It’s a really exciting opportunity to give your little people a taste of business. They can buy a space to sell some of their preloved things (books, toys, clothes etc), homemade items, or food and drink… Anything they want! There are limited spaces and they are selling out fast. Book a stall (£3) here.
This will be a cash only event since the kids will be selling their own things and raising money for themselves – although if they could give a percentage of their profits to FROGS that would be wonderful too of course!
Please note that FROGS will lend tables, crates and rails as needed, but adults will need to supervise and help set up their children’s stalls (including preparing some small change), and help tidy up and take home leftover items. Thank you!
Our volunteers are also preparing a delicious curry (vegetarian or chicken) that you can preorder on the shop – so you won’t have to cook dinner that night!
It’s an alternative to the Jumble Sale that helps give the kids a new experience. We hope it is very successful and becomes an annual FROGS event.
SUMMER FAIR
And of course our Summer Fair is coming up on Saturday 8 July 12-3pm. Everyone welcome!
As ever we need as many parents and carers as possible to help, so that everyone gets a chance to both help and enjoy the fair with their children. We will be using our stamp card system as usual (and some will be available at reception for those who need them) – and if you volunteer to help set up the fair your kids can use the bouncy castle for free!
The stalls this year will be:
Kitchen stall (cold drinks, fruit, cakes, ice lollies)
Grasmere's Got Talent stage (everyone welcome!)
Jumble stall (books, kids summer clothes & toys, plants)
Coconut shy stall
Reception/Nursery – Gemstones in the sand
Year 1 – Lucky Dip + Hook a duck
Year 2 – Splat the Rat + BBQ & salads
Year 3 – Braids, nails and tattoos
Year 4 – Bouncy castle + minigolf + Veggie stall
Year 5 – Teddy tombola + Guess the weight of the watermelon
Year 6 – Floor is Lava
Please sign up here for a shift – many hands make light work.
And also please let us know if your child would like to take part in Grasmere’s Got Talent, headlined by the wonderful Year 6 Band!
Thank you and take care,
FROGS