Hello,
Here are the latest news from FROGS. Our next big event is the Summer Fair, please read on to see how you can help. Also, please support the school’s sport challenge and Olympic athlete visit, you can donate on Crowdfunder here.
You will find the minutes of our last meeting here.
Circus Workshop
FROGS funded a juggling workshop as a treat for the whole school (£450). Arthur from Jojofun showed kids how to balance scarfs and feathers, and also spin plates. We hope your kids enjoyed it, and if so, let us know – we’ll be sure to book him in for next year too!
Summer fair
Our next big event is the Summer Fair on Saturday 8 July.
Like the Winter Fair, the Summer Fair usually features at least one stall per year group, so please can everyone have a think of what they would like to help with?
It’s one of the kids’ favourite events. The more stalls, the more fun, the more money raised for the school!
Please chat to Nicky (Y2 & Y4) or Gill (Y3) if you have any ideas or can help with organising.
Here’s what we’re hoping to have on the day:
- Bouncy castle (in the hall)
- Stage for Grasmere’s Got Talent, including the wonderful Y6 Band
- Jumble stall (with outdoor/summer items, kid’s clothes and plants only)
- BBQ stall (veggie hot dogs/burgers, kebabs, gozleme?)
- Kitchen stall: mocktails, cold drinks, ice lollies, fruit and cakes
Here’s a list of possible fun stall ideas:
- Floor is Lava (we have everything we need for this one, to be installed in KS1 playground)
- Hook a duck (we have ducks and paddling pool)
- Nails/tattoos/braids/henna/face paints
- Guess the weight of the Watermelon (we can borrow kitchen scales for display)
- Target game (wet sponge darts; frisbee bullseye game, paper airplane/water balloon toss)
- Coconut shy (Billy is helping build a new stand for this, we have background and balls)
- Gemstones in sand
- Lucky Dip/lucky straws/lucky lollies (we have box and shredded paper)
- Chess station
- Craft (we have lots of paper bags and material left, as well as pebble that can be painted)
- Penalty shoot-out/goals
- Splat the rat
- Party rings (or mini donuts) on strings (no hands)
- Guess the Teacher (baby pics/teachers in disguises)
- Lucky Squares / Treasure Hunt
- Wheel of fortune
Please let us know what your year can help organise as soon as possible, thank you!
Cake sale
Y6 cake sale – Well done to Year 6 who raised £287 over 2 cake sales. This money will go towards the leaver’s yearbook, hoodies etc.
We can organise a few more whole-school cakes sale for the last weeks of term, and there should be a couple of ice lolly sales too!
Volunteer days
This term we are organising a series of volunteering sessions to complete the library, touch up the murals and plant new shrubs and herbs in the garden. Please keep an eye out for announcements on class Whatsapps groups for the next volunteering sessions. Thank you!
A big thank you to everyone who has helped with the library so far. It’s still a work in progress, but it’s already looking great, and we will have space for new books too:
We will be holding volunteer sessions on Friday mornings throughout the term, so anyone who is keen to help with labelling, sorting, and scanning in the books onto the system please join us at drop off in front of the reception. Even if you have just an hour that would be very helpful! Thank you.
If you can’t volunteer, you can always give donations for our FROGS shelves in the covered walkway.
The bottom shelves are used for a small Food Bank and are pretty bare at the moment. The top shelves are used as a Book Swap, and everyone is welcome to leave or take some books on the shelves (but if you have a large donation please get in touch with us directly).
We’ve also installed a noticeboard on Albion Road, and another will appear on Church Walk very soon. Please have a look as we will be updating them regularly with events and volunteering information. Thank you!
And finally the Stoke Newington Literary Festival is coming back to Grasmere School and the Mildmay Club, there are some great events planned so book your tickets now!
Thank you and take care,
FROGS