Welcome Back!

Welcome back everyone! We hope you all had a fantastic half term!

Don't forget the next HTSA Meeting takes place THIS Friday 27th February at 9:00a.m.

A Record Breaking Cake Sale!

Just as we were sweeping up and pulling down the shutters for half term, the total arrives from the Y1J Cake Sale today and the news is too good not to share!

Y1J raised an ASTONISHING £170.95!

Which means that Y1J are the new leaders!


Well done to everyone who baked & bought! Have a FANTASTIC half term everybody!

Food For Thought Corner 13:02:15

NEW… Since September we've had a number of great suggestions at our HTSA meetings for new fundraising initiatives. 

In this new series here on our website we're going to take a few of those ideas and start to flesh them out with YOUR input. Ideas are always welcome, but the point of this series is to turn these suggestions in to ACTION. 

All feedback welcome, so get your thinking caps on for Idea Number One…

SPONSORSHIP

As many of you already know, we have taken our first tentative steps into sponsorship with the Xmas Fair 2014 and this website. Local businesses Karen Pierce-Goulding Tour Guiding & Tony's Continental already sponsor our website.

We want to build this area of our fundraising.

So… here's your half-term homework!

• Can you think of local companies that might like to sponsor an event?

• Can you think of local companies that might like to advertise on our website?

• Do you work for a company that would sponsor an HTSA event?

• Do you run a small business – cleaner, personal trainer, gardener, driving instructor, child-minder – that could sponsor or advertise here on the website?

• Are you aware of any companies/organisations that have a sponsorship arm/department that would be willing to help us?

• Do you have a contact for a big sponsor for our Summer & Xmas Fairs

• Can you share contact details/info on sponsorship opportunities?

Two more points…

1. At the last HTSA meeting one parent said that her child's grandparents would be willing to sponsor a stall at the fair. Do you have generous grandparents/godparents who could sponsor us? 

2. Are we thinking too small? One dad asked why we don't just get Coca Cola to pay to have their logo painted on the roof of the school!

Get in touch with your suggestions, please! our email address is n2htsa@gmail.com.

HAVE A GREAT HALF TERM!

Ask Me What I Did Post… 13:02:15

Our Ask Me What I Did Post is the HTSA's online equivalent of the school's Ask Me What I Did postcard, dedicated to parents and carers.


This week we have 30 parents, carers, godparents and extended family to thank – our lovely active givers on The Giving Machine!

So far we've got 45 people signed up to The Giving Machine, with 30 of them currently listed as Active Givers.

By using The Giving Machine every time you shop online the school receives a donation – it really is money for nothing.

Thanks to everyone who has signed up so far. On this Valentine's eve, there's only one thing we can say… WE LOVE YOU!

Ofsted Parent View

Dear Parents/Carers,


Please can you take five minutes to add your voice to Ofsted Parent View – it is a great opportunity to register your views and help improve our school.


Simply follow this link…

https://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/give-your-views/survey/1058

If you are unsure how to fill in the online survey, here is a short film explaining everything…

Thanks!

Ask Me What I Did Post 06:02:15 – Disco Divas, Our Stars Of The Week

Look! It's the Y6 cake sale gals, fresh from freezing their buns (and cakes and scones and biscuits) off in the playground…

Thanks to Paula, Judy, Chen & Judith for organising the School Disco this week!

The Next HTSA Meeting is 27th February 2015 9:00a.m

DATE FOR THE DIARY: The next HTSA Meeting will take place on Friday 27th February at 9:00a.m in the Club Room – as usual, everyone is welcome.

In the meantime, we'll be addressing a number of points arising from the last meeting here on the website – including one on the timing and scheduling of the HTSA meetings – over the next couple of weeks.

Keeping In Touch with the HTSA

Thanks once again to everyone who contributed to the HTSA meeting last Friday. 

One point that came up, but isn't featured on the minutes, is that a couple of parents felt that we could be doing more to keep parents & carers informed of HTSA events and meetings.

In light of that, a letter will be coming home in the next few days listing all of the ways that you can keep in touch. It is, after all YOUR HTSA and we are keen that no one feels left out.

In addition to our social media & website contact details, the list features FOUR methods of keeping in touch with us for those parents/carers who are NOT on social media – including approaching the committee in person in the playground.

For those of you who don't know what we look like, here's a rogue's gallery of our mugshots. Come and say hi!

Marina & Gemma are Co-Chair of the HTSA. Marina is Alex's mum and Gemma is Luke's mum (both Y4)

Adam is Vice Chair – he is Isobella's dad (Y3)

Paula is Treasurer – she is Johnny's mum (Y2)