Posted to
PSA by
Admin on 4th June 2010
The PSA would like to thank everyone who attended/donated for the bike ride. To date, we have received more than £550, and there could still be more to come in.
Can we also remind you of the PSA’s social event of the summer – the Summer BBQ and Disco. This will be on Saturday 12th June from 5:30pm to 8:30pm at the church hall. Tickets are £5 for adults and £2.50 for children (over 3) and that price includes something from the BBQ (sausage or burger) and one drink. Wine and lager will be available for the adults. Tickets will be available soon from PSA members (Julie, Kate, Lucy, Helen, Tracy, Marianne or Fiona Duffy).
Parents can send money via the school for Bar-B-Que tickets in sealed envelope marked PSA Bar-B-Que.
Posted to
PSA by
St.Mary's Staff on 7th May 2010
Here are the Minutes of the PSA Meeting held on 28th April 2010:
St Marys PSA Minutes 28 April 2010
Posted to
PSA by
Admin on 29th January 2010
We would like to thank everyone for their support at the Yulefest event in December. We feel it was a great success and we are very proud to report that the profits for the day amount to over £1400. We did spend more money this year on lights and tablecloths etc but we will be able to use these items in future years.
In our last meeting we have agreed a diary of events for the next 12 months. This includes a Jumble Sale at the end of Feb (date tbc) where you can pass on any uniforms etc; the annual bike ride at Loch Katrine on Sunday 16th May; the summer BBQ on Saturday 19th June; a family ceilidh in September (again, date tbc); and the Yulefest event this year will be on Saturday 4th December.
Could we also remind you to set your homepage on your computer to easyfundraising.org.uk. Then, whenever you buy anything online, using that link, you will be raising money for St Mary’s. Just go to their homepage, click “select a cause”, enter Dunblane in the search field and then select St Mary’s Episcopal School.
Many Thanks
Julie Gordon (PSA Secretary)
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Admin on 3rd December 2009
The PSA (Parent Staff Association) would like to remind you all about this years Christmas Fayre and Grotto (aka Yulefest). It is on Saturday 5th December from 1pm to 4pm at the Church Hall.
By now you should have received some raffle tickets. If you haven’t received any, or if you could sell some more, then please ask a member of the PSA. We would very much appreciate the money and stubs (or unsold tickets) to be returned to the school office (or a PSA member) on or before Friday 4th December. Raffle tickets will still be on sale on the day and there are some fantastic prizes to be won.
We would appreciate as much help as you can offer. We still need bottles for the tombola/bottle stall (bottles of anything – wine, bubble bath, fruit juice, tomato ketchup!!), home-baking and any decent used wooden toys/jigsaws/board games/books and DVD’s for the Toy Stall (no plastic please!!). Please send any donations to the school or directly to a member of the PSA.
Help on the day is always appreciated so if you can spare an hour or more then please let us know.
But, whether you can help or not, please come along on the 5th and have some mulled wine, eat some Indian food (India Gate will have a stall) and have a look at the various stalls selling Christmas items. There will be a brass band playing carols and, of course, the children can visit Santa in his Grotto.
Thanks from the PSA (Philip Thomson, Kate Baxter, Julie Gordon, Lucy MacKechnie, Marianne Eik, Tracy Perry, Helen Carr, Elaine Burch & Fiona Duffy)
Posted to
PSA by
Admin on 25th September 2009
The next meeting of the PSA will be in school on 29th September 2009 at 7.30pm
The PSA does an excellent job of fund raising each year. All money raised is spent to the benefit of the pupils in the school and nursery. The money helps to provide items such as costumes for shows and pays for visitors to school from zoolab or Blair Drummond Safari Park. The money is also used to subsidize school trips such as the P1 visit to the Tall Ship in Glasgow during the pirate topic and the P2/3s trip to the Wallace Monument during the Scottish History topic. It is also used to subsidize the P7 residential trip and the P4/5 visit to the Scottish Parliament will be partly funded by PSA money. Subsidizes from the PSA mean that trips that should cost £12 to £15 per child actually only cost £5 to £6.
The PSA has a well established fund raising calendar – The Grotto, Sponsored Cycle Ride and Bar-B Que.
Last session they added a new fund raising activity which is open to all families and extended families. If anyone is shopping on line and they register with http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/stmarysepiscopal to support St Mary’s they can order goods from major stores such as NEXT, M&S, John Lewis and raise funds for the school.
Posted to
PSA by
St.Mary's Staff on 11th September 2009
Our purpose is to raise funds for the school to provide ‘the icing on the cake’ extras for pupils by way of subsidising school outings, and purchasing additional items for the school. We’re all parents and can be contacted through the school office.
The PSA wants to hear your comments/ideas on fundraising and the spending of future monies. A suggestions/comment box is now online for anyone wishing to share ideas or to voice any views/complaints regarding anything PSA related. Feel free to contact any member or, even better, come along to one of our meetings – we’re always looking for additional parental involvement.
Minutes The minutes of previous meetings can be downloaded here:
PSA Minutes 20th January 2009
PSA Minutes 17th March 2009 (draft)
PSA Minutes 2nd June 2009 (draft)
Next Meeting The next meeting of the PSA will be held in early September, exact date to be confirmed.
Constitution The PSA Constitution can be downloaded here:
PSA Constitution