There is a really easy way to
raise money for the school that doesn't cost you a penny and
involves the minimum of effort! Whenever you are buying
something on-line, all you need to do is go to one of these two
sites first:
You'll need to register and select
Honeywell Schools PTFA as your beneficiary. Then all you need to do
each time you shop on-line is to find the retailer you want to buy from,
click the link on the site and then complete your purchase in the normal
way. The PTFA gets a % of every £ you spend. The reason we have signed
up with both sites is that the % commissions vary. Below are examples
of some retailers and their commissions, but note this is only a
selected list - there are literally hundreds of retailers on both sites.
These commissions are minimums, some
retailers pay more for certain goods and have special offers. Correct at
31st October 2009.
We have linked up with
Wicked Uncle,
an
internet gift site that sells toys and gifts for children aged
0 -12. Wicked Uncle offers a complete gift service - they
will give advice, recommend what to buy, gift wrap, add a card
(handwritten) and post it all off to the child concerned. Wicked
Uncle will donate £5 for each customer introduced through
Honeywell - just click on the link below and enter the code
"Honeywell" when checking out: http://www.wickeduncle.co.uk/
Donate a Book via
Amazon
You can
donate a book to the Infant and Junior schools' libraries while
shopping on Amazon. Both schools have set up wish lists of
specific titles and you simply click on Honeywell's wishlist to
add the title(s) you want to your Amazon shopping basket.
For further information read Donating
Books to the Library through Amazon.
The
PTFA holds many fundraising events throughout the year, but
sometimes families and friends just want to make charitable
donations directly, for which we can claim Gift Aid. We have
now set up a new easy way to do this, either as a one-off
donation or a regular monthly payment. Click on this link:
http://www.justgiving.com/honeywellschools.
You can donate easily and anonymously if you prefer - using your
credit / debit card. All donations from UK taxpayers are
automatically "topped up" via Gift Aid
Honeywell Merchandise
Honeywell has a wide range of
merchandise for sale throughout the year including bags,
umbrellas and recipe books.
Cake Sales
Each half term a cake sale is
held after school in the Infants and Junior playgrounds.
Classes can undertake to run a cake sale as part of their
fundraising commitment for the year. The cake sale
schedule for 2011/12 is listed below. Please contact
Claire
Nicholls or Jen Bath
if your class would be interested in running one of these cake
sales. For more information, read
How to Run a Cake Sale. All 2011/12 cake sales
have now been allocated to a class.
Date and
Theme
Class
Friday 21st
October (Halloween)
5W
Friday 16th
December (Christmas)
Friday 10th
February (Valentine'sDay)
5G
Thursday
29th March (Easter)
3B
Thursday
31st May
Friday 13th
July
Organic Fruit and Veg in the Playground!
What could
be easier than picking up your organic fruit and veg from school
at the same time as your children? It It also raises funds for the
school whilst allowing you to buy organic food at a very reasonable price.
Farmer’s
Choice, the non-profit scheme run by Abel and Cole, delivers
fruit, vegetable and combination bags to the school once a
week. 25% of sales goes to the PTFA. Last term the scheme
raised over £1000 for the PTFA.
How
does it work?
You email or text your order to Patricia
patriciamorse1@hotmail.com
or 07979 603434 by Thursday night and pick up your bags in the
Infants Playground at 3.15-3.30 the following Tuesday. It’s as
simple as that.You can order on
an ad hoc basis, varying your order as you please and having a
bag when you want, missing a week other times. You can also
order for the whole half or entire term if you know you would
like a regular bag weekly.
How
much does it cost?
Vegetable bag(5 different types of vegetable)£8.50
Fruit
bag (4 different types of fruit):
£ 6.50
Combi bag (2 different types of fruit and 3 veg)
£11.50
