A very warm welcome and congratulations to Mrs Victoria Dornan who has taken on the role of Secretary of The Parents and Friends Association it's great to have you on the team!

If you would like to help out pass your details to a member of the PAFA Committee. It would be great to have more help on board. The current Committee is:

Kate Moore, President

Katie Henville - Noah in Class 3 (Chair)

Sue Dyer - Fin in Class4 (Treasurer)

Victoria Dornan - Edie in Reception (Secretary)

The position as Vice Chair person is currently available. If anyone is interested please make yourself known to Miss Moore, Katie Henville or one of the PAFA team, thank you.

Over the previous school year, PAFA has again continued to support Birch Primary in many ways. In addition to the Grand Summer Fete and Summer Raffle, there have been fundraising events throughout the year including sports day teas, film nights, nativity teas, CD Bell orders, Clothes Aid collections, Yellow Moon catalogue cashback, Easy Fundraising cashback, Book People orders, cake sales and donations made directly to the school in response to specific fundraising initiatives.

Through such events PAFA has been able to provide the following for the school:

Pantomime tickets in 2012, contribution to the school football team, rugby tops, playground signs, table top games, outdoor tables and parasols and a fete banner.

The PAFA expenditure/income is detailed in our meeting reports as they happen and can be viewed on request. We would like to encourage more people to be involved in the school fundraising. There is no need to attend the meetings but if you feel you could provide occasional help then do please pass your details to a member of the PAFA committee or to the school office who can pass your details onto the PAFA team.

This organisation is open to all those connected with the school, with all the children's immediate family becoming members automatically.

There is a committee who meet to co-ordinate and plan events to raise funds for the school.

These have included cake sales, barbecues, quiz nights and summer fetes  in previous years and have raised large sums to provide play equipment (e.g the play bus). Outdoor tables and canopies, fun/educational playground signage and other resources for the benefit and use of all pupils at our school.

Birch Primary School PAFA is officially a Registered Charity No. 1040912

BIRCH SCHOOL PAFA NEEDS YOU!

Do you shop online?

Raise money for free for the school!

Just visit easyfundraising.org.uk

Click on the big green arrow that says ‘I want to support a good cause’

Type in Birch C of E Primary School (VE) and follow the simple steps to sign up.

There are links to over 2,000 retailers on the easyfundraising site and every time you shop, you’ll earn a donation for our school AT NO ADDITONAL COST TO YOU!

This site raises between 1-5% of the total you spend and donates this amount directly to Birch PAFA.

You can do this easily either by shopping via the easyfundraising site or by downloading the Find and Remind toolbar. Everytime the toolbar is downloaded the school receives a donation of 50p.

We’ll update you in the New Year with the total amount raised so far. Thank you and Happy Shopping!

simple steps to sign up.