Hello,
We hope you had a nice Easter break and are ready for this term’s FROGS events. Please see below on how to book your Chess tournament ticket or your Enterprise fair stall!
We’re sorry that we have had to cancel our meeting on Friday; we will share a new date very soon.
In the meantime we are looking for organisers for next year’s events (including Jumble sales, Winter fair, etc), as well as new committee members. Being a committee member would mostly involve voting on FROGS spends and checking communications such as newsletters. It could also involve planning, admin, looking for grants – or anything that makes the most of your skills.
If you are interested, please let us know if you have time of a quick chat on Friday morning or any other time, by emailing frogs.grasmere@gmail.com or letting Jay, Caroline or Léa know. Thank you!
Our next cake sale is the Reception/Nursery sale on Friday 10 May.
Patsy’s leaving gift
We are collecting donations for Patsy’s leaving gift. Please donate here if you can. Deadline: 24th May. She’s been nominated for a Hackney School Star award – thank you so much to everyone who took the time to vote for her. The event is being held on Monday 13 May at Hackney Town Hall.
GOVERNORS MEETINGS
The governors, who play a key role in the long-term strategic direction of the school and the selection of a new headteacher, are organising a series of meetings to explain their work. There is currently a vacancy for a parent governor.
If you’d like to learn more about this, please join them on Monday 13 May at 9am in the school hall, or Tuesday 14 May 3pm in the school hall and at 6.45pm online.
SUMMER TERM
We’ve got a great programme for this Summer Term, including giant construction workshops, a visit from Mr Bubbles, and even donkey rides at the Summer Fair. Please make sure to save the dates!
Our next big event is the Chess Tournament, now on Friday 7 June:
Everyone from our community, adults or children, friends and neighbours, is welcome to join the tournament and try to beat our champion Ruth Sheldon, who can play 12 teams at the same time.
You can buy your £5 ticket here (all proceeds will go to buying outdoor chess tables for the school). There will be also be free children’s activities, great prizes from Chess in Schools, cakes and drinks etc. So please join us on Friday 7 June after school!
Please also save the date for the Enterprise Fair on Friday 14 June after school. Your kids have just over a month to make or sort things to sell, to raise money for themselves or their favourite charities. They can sell handmade things (including food, drink and art); preloved toys, books and clothes; collectables; father's day gifts; services such as car washing... Anything they want! Book a £3 stall at our Enterprise fair now.
HALL CURTAINS
We’ve spent over £4,000 on new curtains for the hall. This helps with acoustics during assembly and allows the hall to be used for two different activities at the same time. We’ve also installed some smaller curtains to hide the storage area. We’re also planning a mural for the kitchen wall, as well as a new AV system or interactive screen for the hall.
We really hope to see you all at our next events! Thank you and take care,
FROGS