Ripon Cathedral School
Friends' Update 7th December 2020
Welcome to the Friends very own news update!
We are very excited to bring you our own update which will be filled with lots of news, activities and chances for you to get involved with the Friends. We are a fun bunch of parents of children within the school and we do various types of events throughout the school year to fund raise for the school for equipment and experiences within school.
If you would like to get involved with the Friends please come and speak to one of us or pop us a Facebook message or email and we will get you involved. Contact details are at the foot of the newsletter.
Within this update we will be putting all of our events, some fun activity ideas to do with the family and important information.
From
The Friends
Christmas Raffle
We currently have our Christmas Raffle going and look at the amazing prizes we have had donated!
1st prize: £100 cash donated by Renaissance
2nd prize: £30 cash donated by Pink Egg Designs
3rd prize: £20 voucher for Mario's Restaurant
4th prize: Gift box & Jay mug from Twenty Birds
5th prize: £20 Voucher for Katy's Perfect Pampering (TBSAH)
6th prize: Sports Massage from Bodhi Sports Massage
7th prize: 1:1 Pilates session with Sherrie Hunt Pilates
8th prize: A boxed bottle of whiskey
And more!
Tickets are on sale at £1 a ticket via ParentPay. There will be no limit to the number of tickets you can buy. When buying tickets, you will be able to indicate in the notes box on the ParentPay item, the name you would like to go on the tickets (particularly if you are buying for a friend or relative). Tickets will be on sale from Monday 30th November until Friday 11th December. The raffle will be drawn Monday 14th December.
Christmas Hamper Raffle
Once again, we have our amazing Christmas Hamper raffle! Each year group has a themed hamper and they are asked to donate something within the theme if they can. Each class box then gets made up into a hamper. You can then win one of these amazing hampers!
Just to remind you, each hamper has a great theme and we are sure they will be well worth winning!
Nursery: Christmas
Reception: Arts & Crafts
Year 1: Pamper
Year 2: Toys
Year 3: Best of British
Year 4: Cooking
Year 5: Yorkshire
Year 6: Around the World.
Don’t miss out on these amazing hampers.
It is £1 a ticket (payment made via ParentPay) tickets will be on sale from Monday 7th December until Friday 11th December. This raffle will also be drawn on Monday 14th December.
Guess the weight of the cake!
Can you guess the weight of this amazing Christmas Cake? It is 50p a turn. There are 32 options to choose from on the poster! One of the is the correct weight, choose wisely.
This game start on Monday 7th December and ends on Sunday 13th December. The winner will be contacted on Monday 14th December.
Thank you to Maureen Anderson who has been made the Christmas Cake.
Please take note of the ingredients: Self raising flour, eggs, sugar, lemon zest, mixed spices, flaked almonds, hazel nuts, butter, glace cherries, sultanas & raisons.
Ripon Cathedral School’s Great Baking Competition!
Over the Christmas holidays we would love to see the children do some baking. They can bake absolutely anything they want to. Each year group will have a winner (prizes to be confirmed).
Once they have done their baking you can pop a picture in the comments on the poster on our Facebook page or email it to us.
All entries must be in by 4th January 2021.
We can’t wait to see what the children bake.
AGM Minutes
The minutes from our AGM are now available on this link if you wish to look through them. The button below takes you to the Friends' page on the school website where you will also find our Chairperson and Treasurer Report for the last year.
The Friends Virtual Advent Calendar
The Friends Facebook page we have been posting fun Christmas themed activities for you and your family to enjoy doing together. We hope everyone enjoys the fun activities.
Here is a fun Christmas Advent activity for you to do with your family.
Getting in touch
Email: rcpsfriends@gmail.com
Website: https://riponcathedralschool.org.uk/Friends-of-the-School/
Location: Ripon, UK
Phone: 01765 602355
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RiponCathedralPrimarySchoolParentsandFriends