Year Group Tea Towels
Year Group Tea Towels… here’s a first glance at the proofs for the tea towels!!!
Details will be out in book bags next week and they can be ordered from now online via
https://www.ticketor.com/friendsatbalfour/
Movie Afternoon
A new event for FAB… A Saturday afternoon movie showing of The Greatest Showman… dress up, sing along and have lots of fun!
The film will be shown in the KS2 Sports Hall…. doors open at 3pm.
Refreshments will be available to purchase on the day.
Tickets costs £5.50 per person and there are only 150 available!
A child must be accompanied by a paying adult – so the minimum purchase is two tickets – and we are allowing up to 3 kids per adult.
Support the school’s fundraising and have some fun!
Tickets are available via https://www.ticketor.com/friendsatbalfour/tickets/movie-afternoon
Summer Term 2019 Activities
FAB event dates for your diaries for the Summer Term
On Saturday 18th May Balfour will be participating in the Brighton Artists Open House festival. The school will be showcasing art created by our children across both sites. For more information on the festival, check out their website: https://aoh.org.uk
Later on in the Summer term on Saturday 6th July is our annual Summer Fair – a massive fundraiser for FAB. We have lots of exciting activities, stalls, food and drinks for the whole family to enjoy. These events can’t be held without the significant help of our school community, so if you can help in the run up, set up, during the event or clearing away, make a note in your diary and the online sign up links will be available soon.
Spring Term Activities
We’re pleased to tell you about the Spring activities that FAB are involved in for this term.
First is the return of the Scholastic Book Fair from Friday 1st March until Thursday 7th March. As per previous events, it will be held at the KS2 site by the Year 6 Base. Last time we ran the fair, we took over £800 which resulted in £87 worth of books for the school. So come down and have a look at the range of discounted books for sale.
If you can spare the time to help volunteer at the book fair please sign up by following this link volunteersignup.org/PXDRK
Also this term, is our Spring Quiz Night on Friday 15th March raising funds to support Science Week later in the year.
Annual Easter Egg Hunt will be held after school on Friday 29th March. Tickets for both these events can be bought online – check out the events posts on this site.
If you can spare the time to help volunteer at the Easter Egg Hunt please sign up by following this link volunteersignup.org/BWWE8
Christmas wishes from FAB
We’d like to thank everyone for their support during 2018 – to our lovely volunteers and to anyone who attended our events and participated in our other fundraising activities. Come and join in and find out more at our committee meetings – first is on Tuesday 8th January in Yr 6 base, KS2.
We look forward to a fun packed 2019!
“No one can do everything, but everyone can do something”
Christmas Fair update
Oh the weather tomorrow is frightful, but the fair will still be delightful….
So yes light rain expected tomorrow afternoon – but it’s the winds that are causing us hassle!! We can now ensure you the the whole fair will be inside in the warm!! I’m not sure how we have managed it… but it should all be fine! Sadly there will be no Christmas karaoke as something had to go… we will still have everything else, hot food, a full bar, candy floss and all the stalls. It maybe be slightly squishy in places but please come and help us raise money for the school!!
2 Sleeps until The Christmas fair!
With only 2 sleeps to the Christmas fair the FAB crew have been very busy and we’re getting excited!
The team are busy folding raffle and tombola tickets, collecting craft supplies, buying food and drinks, checking lists, adding in last minute volunteers (still need adult food and bar servers at various slots), prepping for the set up, and praying for good weather. 💪☀️🌤
You can buy your Grinch or Santa visit tickets online for £3.50 each at www.ticketor.com/friendsatbalfour – search for a 15min slot that suits you! Tickets can be bought online until 9pm on Friday 7th December, but also available on the day. 🎅🧟♂️
We can also confirm the delicious menu for Saturday too! 🌭🥘🍲🍔
8 sleeps till the Christmas Fair!
8 sleeps till the Christmas Fair! 😃
Thank you so much for all your generous donations for the tombolas 👍
Raffle tickets should be with you all now – cash/cheques and stubs (and any unused) into the FAB boxes by end of the day on Thursday 6th December, or return at the fair please. 💲
We’ve had a look at the sign up sheets for KS1 classes – some of the classes have smashed it with getting all slots filled…some still have more slots to be filled. If you can fit an hour in to help run a stall, please sign up. We don’t want to have to cancel stalls. 🎉
We’re still looking for adults to help with candyfloss stall, set up on Friday evening or Saturday morning and clearing away and can fit in more Year 5/6 children on stalls.
If you want to get involved, let us know at volunteers@friendatbalfour.org
“No one can do everything, but everyone can do something”
10 Sleeps Until The Christmas Fair!
You can buy your Grinch or Santa visit tickets online for £3.50 each at www.ticketor.com/friendsatbalfour – search for a 15min slot that suits you! Tickets can be bought online until 9pm on Friday 7th December, but also available on the day.
Raffle tickets should be coming home in book bags this week. Please return cash/cheques and stubs to the FAB post boxes in the KS1 or KS2 receptions before the draw at the fair. If you need more tickets to sell to your friends and family, let us know at info@friendsatbalfour.org
Whitehawk Foodbank “12 Days of Christmas” collection
We are delighted to announce that we will be supporting the Whitehawk Foodbank’s Christmas Donation campaign again this year.
The foodbank provides essential support to families all over the Brighton area and our generosity is especially welcome in the run up to Christmas.
This year, the Foodbank are collecting items from 12 categories:
We’re asking for the children to bring in an item from this list on any day between Monday 3rd December and Friday 7th December.
They should deposit it in the foodbank crates at KS1 or KS2 offices. The items will be collected and delivered to the Foodbank by the school.
Hope you can support this!