St Mary's Catholic Primary PTFA

KS1 Glow Disco Friday 20th October 5:30-7pm

We have listened to your feedback on how to make the Disco’s run more smoothly to help reduce queuing time and giving the children chance to enjoy the disco. Along with considering the current cost of living increase, we are trialling a new format for our Disco’s.

The PTFA proudly present Glow Disco. Entrance will be £5 payable on the door. This includes a goodie bag containing a drink, snack, a sweet and glow stick. You will also notice that the disco is on for a bit longer - 1.5 hours.

The disco will be a more interactive event where the children will be able to dance, play games and win prizes. We will have a few stalls selling drinks, snacks, sweets and glow up items to be used in the disco.

Consent forms will be sent out via your child’s book bag before the event, please complete these and bring them with you on the night. This will help reduce the checking in time and will get your children in to enjoy the disco that bit quicker.

Please note: the stalls will be cash only

What a rainy day! ☔️☔️☔️

Hope you find this of use, on a brighter day hopefully!

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Hope you all had a good weekend!
Here’s our newsletter.

Also, look out for our ‘Calendar of Events’ Sept - Dec which will be sent home via your child’s book bag this week.

Hope you all had a lovely summer holiday!
How is it September already??!

Hope you’re all enjoying the summer holidays despite the weather!

Pinched this off a FB post that’s been kindly put together…it’s time to make some great memories, enjoy!

☀️☀️SCHOOL HOLIDAYS☀️☀️
It is unknown who made this list and should be credited but well done.

I’ve been passed on this list to share with families as the holidays are upon us.
You do need to check with some webpages yourself for availability and cancellations.
The list has been made for this area and within a hours travel

(F) = free to enter.
Car park fees have not been looked into so may be some charges

OUTDOOR WALKS AND PICNICS - FREE:
* Shining Cliffs Wood, Ambergate
* Dukes Quarry, Whatstandwell
* The Chevin: Milford - Belper
* StarDisc & Stoney Wood, Wirksworth
* Black Rocks, Cromford
* High Peak Trail * Dovedale / Thorpe Cloud
* Cromford Canal
* Padley Gorge, Nr Chesterfield
*Youlgreave (for paddling)
* Allestree park / wood
* Nine Ladies, Stanton Moor
* Holbrook fairy house
* Solomon's Temple, Buxton
* High Tor, Matlock
* Melbourne Pool
* Booth's Wood, Holbrook
* Shipley Park
* Elvaston Castle
* Belper River Gardens
* Carsington Water
* Staunton Harold Reservoir, Melbourne
* Foremark Reservoir nr Repton
* Ladybower reservoir
* Markeaton Park
* Darley Park
* Wollaton Hall and park
* Rosliston Forestry Centre
* Whitworth park, Darley Dale
* Attenborough Nature Reserve, Beeston
* Sherwood Pines (parking isn't free!)
* Chatsworth grounds (parking isn't free until 5pm)

FARMS, ZOOS AND ANIMAL PARKS:
* Matlock Farm Park (£)
* Chatsworth Farm & play area (£)
* Bluebells ice cream farm, Spondon (£)
* Peak Wildlife Park (£) *
Zoo (£)
* Yorkshire Wildlife Park (£)
* Butterfly and Falconry Centre, Anston (£)
* Trentham Gdns Monkey Forest (£) * Whitepost Farm (£)
* Willow Tree Farm, Mansfield (£)
* National Forest adventure farm park (£)
* Church Farm tearoom and children's animal farm, Anslow (£)
* Melbourne Animal Farm (£)

NATIONAL TRUST AND STATELY HOMES:
* Kedleston Hall (NT)
* Calke Abbey (NT)
* Hardwick Hall and mill (NT)
* Sudbury Hall (NT)
* Biddulph Grange Gardens (NT)
* Belton House (NT)
* Clumber Park (NT)
* Southwell Workhouse (NT) *Shugborough Hall (NT) *Chatsworth House (£)
* Haddon Hall, Bakewell (£)
* Bolsover Castle (£)
* Tutbury Castle (£)
* Nottingham Castle (£)
* Tamworth Castle (£)
* Belvoir Castle, Grantham (£)

PLACES TO VISIT - OUTDOORS
‌*Crich Tramway Museum (£)
* Conkers, Burton (£)
* Gullivers Kingdom, Matlock Bath (£)
* Sundown Adventureland, Notts (£)
* Newstead Abbey, Mansfield (£)
* National Stone Centre, Wirksworth (£)
* Heights of Abraham / cable cars, Matlock (£)
* Alton Towers, Stoke (£)
* Wheelgate Theme Park, Newark (£)
* Twin Lakes Theme park, Melton Mowbray (£)
* Swadlincote Ski Centre
* Cresswell Crags, Worksop (£) *Yorkshire Sculpture Park (Free entry but parking is not cheap!)
* Matlock Meadows ice cream farm (£ for ice-cream!)
* Scaddows Farm fruit picking, Ticknall (£)
* School Farm Soft fruit picking & maize maze, West Drayton, Retford (£)
* National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas (F - some activities £) *Rufford Abbey, Notts (F - parking & some events / activities £)
* Buxton Pavilion Gardens (F)
* East Midlands aeropark (£)
* Hathersage open air pool (£)
* Crossley Park splash pad, Ripley (F)
*Hall Leys Park splash pad, Matlock (F)
* Chaddesden Park splash pad (F)
* Heanor Memorial Park splash pad (F)
* Spring Lakes aqua park and beach. Long Eaton. (£)
* Rivelin Valley Water Play Park - Sheffield (F)
* Magna splash pad and park (£)
* Cliff Lakes Water Park, Tamworth (£)
* Birdswood canal boat trips, Cromford (£)
* Jurassic Cove adventure golf, Nottingham (£)

PLACES TO VISIT - INDOORS:
* Poole's Cavern, Buxton (£)
* Space Centre, Leicester (£)
* Magna, Sheffield (£)
* Belper North Mill (£) Cromford Mill (£)
* Oxygen Trampoline park, Derby (£)
* Jumpin' Fun inflatable park, Derby (£)
* I- Jump, Mansfield (£)
* Paradise Island Adventure Golf, Derby (£)
* Clip and Climb, Derby (£)
* Rollerworld, Derby (£)
* Moorways Water Park, Allenton (£)
* Water Meadows Pirate Pool, Mansfield (£)
* Splash Landings at Alton Towers (£)
* Water World, Stoke on Trent (£)
* Planet Ice, Uttoxeter (£)
* Bowling alleys - Alfreton, Ilkeston and Derby (£)
* Ecclesbourne Valley Railway steam train rides, Wirksworth (£)
* Midland railway, Butterley (£)
* Derby Museum (F)
* Museum of Making (Silk Mill) Derby (F)
*Pickfords House museum, Derby (F)
*Erewash Museum, Ilkeston (F)
* Great British Car Journey, Ambergate (£)
* Scarthin's bookshop and cafe, Cromford
* Cinemas - Odeon / Showcase - Derby, Ritz - Belper, Reel - Ilkeston (£)
* Titchy Town, Chellaston (£)
* The Play Mill - Softplay - Cromford (£)
* The play barn - Tansley garden centre (£)
* The Play Village - role play, Ashbourne (£)
* Arc Adventureland soft play, Matlock (£)
* peak Adventure Soft play, Rowsley (£)
* Dinky Dino's soft play, Heanor (£) * Freddy's Play Kingdom, Spondon (£)

ACTIVITIES & EVENTS
BOOT SALES :
* Tansley Car Boot Sale (Sun)
* Smalley Car Boot Sale (Sun)
* Duffield Car Boot Sale (Thu)
* Ripley Car Boot Sale (Sat)

FESTIVALS:
* Buxton Arts Festival - 6-23rd July (see their program for all events) *Robin Hood Festival - Sherwood Forest. Different events every weekend throughout the summer (F - some events & parking £)
* Great British Food Festival, Hardwick Hall 28-30 July (£)
* Eat in the Park music and food festival 5-6 Aug, Chesterfield (£)
* Belper Pride. 5th Aug (F)
*Matlock Bath Pirate Mutiny, 5-6th Aug
* Gloworm Festival, Notts 11-13 Aug (£)
* Tansley food and Drink Festival 12-13 Aug (£)
* Just So Festival, Cheshire, 18-20 Aug (£)
* Eat in the Park - Buxton. 19 Aug (£)
* Matlock Summer Food & Drink Festival - 26/27 Aug (£)

OUTDOOR THEATRE / CONCERTS: The Secret Garden, 4 Aug, Bad Dad by David Walliams, 6 Aug, Robin Hood, 17 Aug. Wollaton Hall (£)
* Darley Park Weekender / Darley Park concert - 25-27 Aug (£)
* Bad Dad by David Walliams, Whitworth Centre - 2 Sept (£)

OUTDOOR CINEMA : Bridesmaids 28 July, Top Gun Maverick 29 July, Markeaton Park (£)
* Top Gun Maverick, 5 Aug, Greatest Showman, 6 Aug - Calke Abbey (£) * Top Gun, Maverick, 5 Aug - Carsington (£)
* Grease, 18 Aug, Kedleston Hall (£) * Elvis, 18 Aug, Greatest Showman / Mamma Mia, 19th Aug, Encanto / Top Gun Maverick, 20th Aug - Hardwick Hall (£)
* Pride and Prejudice, 17th Aug, Top Gun Maverick, 18 Aug, Grease, 19 Aug - Chatsworth (£)
* Dark Knight Rises, 24 Aug, Top Gun Maverick, 25 Aug, Pretty Woman, 26 Aug, Matilda, 27 Aug, - Wollaton Hall (£)

OTHER EVENTS : Jurassic Day Out - Derby - 22 July (F)
*Denby Pottery Village fete - 23 July (F entry - some activities £)
* Alvaston Park Community Fun Day - 23rd July (F)
* Chesterfield Medieval Fun Day, 25 July (F)
* Superhero picnics in the park - Chaddesden 26th July, Darley Park 27th July (F)
* Cromford Steam Rally - near Tansley. 5-6 Aug (£)
* Viking weekend, 5-6 Aug, Cromford Mill
* Derby Comic Con, 6 Aug, Derby Arena (£)
* Ashover Agricultural Show - 9 Aug (£)
* Cromford Mill Comic Con, 13 Aug (F)
* Firework Champions, Belvoir Castle, 19 Aug (£)
* Ashbourne Country Show. 19th Aug (£)
* Peak District highland games - Matlock Farm Park. 27th Aug (£)
* Fairytale Event, Tutbury Castle 27-28 Aug (£)
* Chatsworth Country Fair. 1-3 Sept (£)

Yayy!! It’s the ‘Summer’ Fair day today!! Due to the weather forecast (rain, rain and more rain) we’ve moved our stalls inside. Unfortunately, because of health and safety reasons there will not be a bouncy castle 😔

The raffle will also be drawn today, here’s the list of prizes.

Good luck!!

One day to go until the Summer Fair!!

Don’t forget that this is a CASH ONLY event so remember to get some cash/change ready to send in with your children tomorrow

I’m off to the bank shortly…🏧

Don’t forget the Summer Fair raffle!
More confirmed prizes have come in such as Matlock Farm pass for family of 4, £30 Chester’s Restaurant Voucher, £20 Lombardi’s voucher, 2 match day tickets for Chesterfield Football club…and many more fabulous prizes to be won!

A short newsletter this week…enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Check out ‘Dawn’s House’ in Cromford where a 2 night weekend stay* is our first prize in our Summer Fair raffle.

* terms and conditions apply

Dawn's House, Heart of England Book your holiday at Dawn's House - Quality self-catering accommodation in Derbyshire

NOT TO BE MISSED!

You will be able to buy raffle tickets for the Summer Fair raffle tomorrow at the ice cream sales. £1 a ticket. Some fab prizes to be won. Prizes so far; holiday let in Cromford (t&c’s apply), £100 cash, voucher to be used at Chester’s Fish & chip restaurant, voucher for Samba sport, voucher for Chesterfield bowl, bottle of Gin….and more! Not to be missed!!!

Good afternoon! Spotted this and thought it will be helpful for the forthcoming summer holidays…

Hope you all had a fab extended weekend. Here’s our newsletter

Happy Friday Folks!
Here is this weeks PTFA Newsletter

Attended the first Wellbeing cafe today. It was nice to speak to the wellbeing team, have a cuppa & a biscuit. Please think about coming to the next one. A safe place to chat about worries or generally just catch up. Take care 🥰

Good News!

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Frozen Fridays starts tomorrow!!

Ice creams, lollies and ice pops for £1/50p/20p for sale after school in the main playground. Please bring change if possible.

Just a reminder about the deadline for purchasing tickets for the Fashion Show and Sale…

This week's results are in!

Remember to check your email to see if you've won!

Congratulations to Mrs S and Mr J who won £18.90 on Saturday 25th May and Saturday 3rd June draw’s respectively.

If you haven't signed up yet visit our lottery here - https://www.yourschoollottery.co.uk/lottery/school/st-marys-catholic-primary-school-chesterfield

Have a great weekend everyone!

Support St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Chesterfield on Your School Lottery St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Chesterfield is offering you the chance to win £25,000 and help raise much needed funds.

For any parents who are dancers or aspiring dancers or who want a different kind of exercise, check out the new Salsa classes being held at The Riverside Club. 💃💃🕺🏼🕺🏼

Congratulations to Mrs H who won £18.90 on Saturday 20th May draw!! 🎉🎉

If you haven't signed up yet visit our lottery here -

Support St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Chesterfield on Your School Lottery St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Chesterfield is offering you the chance to win £25,000 and help raise much needed funds.

Please spread the word about the Fashion Show and Sale we are hosting on Thursday 15th June. We need to have sold 80 tickets for this to go ahead….at the moment we are no where near 😔 Even if you can’t make it, please tell your friends, family, co workers etc about this event. It would be a real shame to cancel it due to not selling enough tickets.

Here’s the link to our co hosts, Blue Sky Fashion, web page detailing information about themselves and what they do.

https://www.blueskyfashionshows.co.uk/faq-s

This week's results are in!! 🎉🎉🥳🥳

Congratulations!! Mrs Lisa Haythorne won £18.90 on Saturday 13th May draw. Along with Mrs Claire Findlay, a previous winner, both have donated their winnings to the school fund. Thank you, thank you, thank you!! We appreciate your generosity😊

If you haven't signed up yet visit our lottery here -

Support St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Chesterfield on Your School Lottery St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Chesterfield is offering you the chance to win £25,000 and help raise much needed funds.

Please spread the word about the Fashion Show and Sale that we’re holding on Thursday 15th June. It’s a really good way of rasing funds for our school whilst also being a ladies shopping night! Win win!! 🛍️🛍️🛍️

Tickets on sale now 🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️

Hope you all have fantastic Coronation Bank Holiday weekend. 👑👑👑

Here’s this weeks Newsletter advertising the Fashion Show and Sale. Tickets will start to be distributed out next week….have you ordered yours?

Happy bank holiday weekend folks!
Below is this weeks newsletter, details on the Fashion Show, Thursday 12th June

lottery and the draw results. ⬇️

This week's results are in!

Congratulations to Mrs L who won in last nights school lottery draw!

If you haven't signed up yet visit our lottery here - https://www.yourschoollottery.co.uk/lottery/school/st-marys-catholic-primary-school-chesterfield

Have a great weekend everyone!

Support St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Chesterfield on Your School Lottery St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Chesterfield is offering you the chance to win £25,000 and help raise much needed funds.

This week's results are in!

Congratulations and a big THANK YOU!! To Mrs Debbie Ridley who won £18.30 on last night’s school lottery and has generously donated her winnings back to the school.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

If you haven't signed up yet visit our lottery here - https://www.yourschoollottery.co.uk/lottery/school/st-marys-catholic-primary-school-chesterfield

Have a great weekend everyone!

Support St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Chesterfield on Your School Lottery St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Chesterfield is offering you the chance to win £25,000 and help raise much needed funds.

FOR YOUR ATTENTION

We on the PTFA are disappointed to hear that some children were upset at not receiving an Easter Egg today. All children should’ve received an Easter Egg or treat, be that as a full Easter egg or a Crème Egg etc

We understand that due to a miscommunication some thought every child would get a full Easter Egg. We are sorry for the confusion.

The PTFA are a group of Mum’s juggling the demands of bringing up and caring for our own children, working and/or looking after our family and home and the everyday workings of life. We are volunteers.

Due to the negative comments we have received regarding today and the upset it has caused us, we have decided to use the Easter break to review the future of the PTFA and future events.

We hope you understand.

Don’t forget to bring in your Bag2School donations before 8:30 am tomorrow morning.

https://www.facebook.com/bag2schooluk

Bag2School We are a Free Fundraising Scheme, working in Partnership with Schools, Businesses, Groups, Local Councils and Charities to help you raise funds from your unwanted textiles

Fridays PTFA newsletter …

This week's results are in!

Remember to check your email to see if you've won!

If you haven't signed up yet visit our lottery here - https://www.yourschoollottery.co.uk/lottery/school/st-marys-catholic-primary-school-chesterfield

Have a great weekend everyone!

Your School Lottery Your School Lottery manages lotteries that help local schools raise money within their community

Happy Monday! Where did the weekend go??!

Here’s last weeks PTFA newsletter

Congratulations to Ms P who won n Saturdays school lottery draw!

Remember to check your email to see if you've won!

If you haven't signed up yet visit our lottery here -

Support St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Chesterfield on Your School Lottery St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Chesterfield is offering you the chance to win £25,000 and help raise much needed funds.

This weeks newsletter…

Packs to be in 24 March …

Xmas4Schools are doing King Charles III Coronation products with your childs artwork on.

Look out for packs in your child's book bag this week. Packs need to be returned to school 24 March.

A nice activity to do over the half term holidays.

Xmas 4 Schools