05/02/2025
Have you voted for us yet in At Home Estate and Lettings Agency Community Chest scheme? ๐๐ค
Voting is easy and just takes two seconds. https://forms.gle/Xud6D1vkTxHo39FeA
The closing date for votes is 31st March 2025
Please vote for us and share with your friends and family ๐
03/02/2025
The easiest way to support our PTFA is to sign up to easyfundraising! It's simple, shop with 8,000+ online retailers and we'll receive a free donation.
This month only, with their Free ยฃ2 App-eal, if you register to support us via their app, we'll get ยฃ2, plus when 10+ of you register we'll unlock more bonus funding!
Please download the app now and choose to support Southwater Infant Academy PTFA or Southwater Junior Academy PTFA once installed:
Southwater Infant Academy - https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/southwater-infant-academy-ptfa/
Southwater Junior Academy - https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/southwater-junior-academy-ptfa/
30/01/2025
If you're looking for childcare provision over the Feb half term check out VIM Clubs Holiday Club - it's set to be an action packed week!
Our Half Term sessions at Castlewood Primary are filling fast!
Book now for:
๐จ Arts & Craft
๐ง Cupcake decorating
โบ๏ธ Den building
๐๐ผโโ๏ธ Obstacle courses
๐ Team games
๐คฉ And.. everyone's favourite - Slime!!
We are offering long or school length sessions, plus discounts for both siblings and full week bookings and there is also an Inset Day session available for Monday February 24th.
https://bit.ly/CastlewoodPrimary
27/01/2025
Southwater Infant & Junior Academies PTFA have been selected to participate in At Home Estate and Lettings Agencyโs Community Chest scheme for this quarter.
๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐? ๐๐ค
The more votes we get, the larger donation we receive.
Please share with your family and friends to increase our chances of receiving a significant and vital financial donation.
Please vote for us here - https://forms.gle/Xud6D1vkTxHo39FeA
The closing date for votes 31st March 2025
24/01/2025
โค๏ธ WOW THANK YOU to our AMAZING academy families for all your generous recycled clothing bags today! ๐
We are so thankful for your support, the van was so full that the driver wasnโt sure if heโd be able to do his other collection today! ๐ค
SIA - 297kg
SJA - 550kg
Together we raised ยฃ338.80, thank you so much! ๐
22/01/2025
Please vote for us in the At Home Estate and Lettings Agency Spring Community Chest! Voting takes just two seconds and could help our PTFA raise vital funds for our two academies ๐๐ค๐ซถ๐ฅฐhttps://forms.gle/Xud6D1vkTxHo39FeA
22/01/2025
A quick reminder that our next recycled clothing collection with Happy School Bag takes place on Friday this week. ๐
The collection for both academies will take place on Friday 24th January and bags will need to be dropped off at the academy drop off locations before 9am. Extra bags are very much appreciated and can be donated by using ordinary refuse bags.
๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ ร๐ผ๐๐๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ฟ.
๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ โ under the canopies outside red wing and on the main playground between yellow/green wing.
๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป โ under the canopy outside the main entrance.
We really hope our academy families will join us in recycling items that are no longer needed and help us raise some well-needed funds for our academies. ๐
Thank you for your support as always! ๐ฉท
22/01/2025
๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐ฝ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐ณ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฒ๐
Did you know... over a year, just one person could raise ยฃ358 for our PTFA for free without doing anything other than shopping online. Imagine what a group of people could do! And what we could buy for our schools and pupils with the donations.
easyfundraising.org.uk work with over 8,000 online retailers, so our PTFA can receive free donations when our school community shops online. Money can be raised through those big annual one-off purchases like holidays and insurance, but letโs not forget the everyday items too! A last-minute birthday present from The Entertainer or a jumper from H&M can also earn our PTFA smaller but more frequent donations.
Find out more and sign up today - https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/panel/
21/01/2025
โจDid you know... we're now on JustGiving and we're registered for Gift Aid! ๐ฅณ
We've listened to your feedback and set up our very own PTFA JustGiving page, great for those academy families and community members that would like to donate to our PTFA outside of our regular events.
Find out more here ๐
https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/southwateracademiesptfafundraiser
20/01/2025
Following the devastating fire in Queen Street Horsham this weekend, our thoughts are with all those affected, including the family that so sadly lost their home. ๐
We are so proud of our local community for rallying around and helping to offer support, love and donations in the dozens to help those affected start to rebuild their life.
Mannings Heath Golf are still taking warm clothing and toiletry donations over the next few days - if anyone would like to donate. There is also a GoFund Me page that has been set up for the family (link in comments).
Thank you to West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service for their astonishing work and bravery this weekend. ๐
A huge thank you to James from Spotted: Horsham and all of the kind individuals who have offered help and support to those affected this weekend. We really do have the best community!โค๏ธ
Thousands raised for family who lost home in fire
13/01/2025
At Home Estate and Lettings Agency are a local estate agency who are passionate about giving back and helping the local area, their Community Chest scheme is At Homeโs legacy project and an important way of giving financial support to local community organisations and services.
Southwater Infant & Junior Academies PTFA have been selected to participate in At Homeโs Community Chest scheme for this quarter. The more votes we get, the larger donation we receive. Please share to your family and friends to increase our chances of receiving a significant and vital financial donation.
Please vote for us here - https://forms.gle/Xud6D1vkTxHo39FeA
The closing date for votes 31st March 2025
09/01/2025
๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐๐ฎ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐น๐ผ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป - ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ต ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ
We've teamed up with Happy School Bag who will donate 40p per kilo which is ยฃ400 per tonne of clothing! ๐๐๏ธ๐ค
Please help us to raise funds for the academies by donating as many unwanted items as possible. Recycle unwanted items, give them a new life and help raise money for our academies at the same time.
Collection bags will be sent home tomorrow, Friday 10th January.
๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ต ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ (๐๐ ).
Please note there is no limit on how many bags of accepted items you can donate, the more you donate, the more money we'll raise for our two academies. Extra items can be placed in ordinary refuse sacks. ๐ฃ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐๐ฎ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ ๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐๐ป๐ถ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ.
08/01/2025
Thank you to all of our academy families and supporters for making this happen ๐ฅฐ๐๐๐ป
What a fantastic start to the New Year! Books have been purchased to add to our library from a very generous Southwater Infant & Junior Academies PTFA donation. The children will be able to quiz on new Accelerated Reader texts and enjoy new chapter books as well. Thank you to the PTFA and all in our school community who support their events.
08/01/2025
We're thrilled to have been selected to participate in At Home Estate and Lettings Agency Community Chest scheme for this quarter. Please use the link below to vote for Southwater Infant & Junior Academies PTFA. ๐
The more votes we get, the larger donation we receive for The Southwater Infant Academy and Southwater Junior Academy.๐ฐ
Please share with your family and friends to increase our chances of receiving a significant and vital financial donation. โค๏ธ
https://forms.gle/Xud6D1vkTxHo39FeA
Voting closes 31st March 2025.
06/01/2025
Happy New Year to all of our academy families and followers! ๐
We hope all the children and staff have a great first day back! โจ
20/12/2024
What a busy day for the PTFA, we spent 3 hours at Southwater Junior Academy today making fresh popcorn for all 400+ pupils as one of our Christmas gifts to the children! ๐ฟ
The Southwater Infant Academy had a special visit from Santa today who handed out a present to every child, wrapped and donated by the PTFA as a Christmas gift. ๐
We then finished off the afternoon running our Christmas Gift & Sweet Shop sale at the infants. ๐ซ๐ญ
We hope all the children across both academies had a fun last day of term, and enjoyed their popcorn and gifts - we loved being part of it from behind the scenes!
Merry Christmas to all of our academy families โค๏ธ๐๐
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20/12/2024
Don't miss our LAST SALE OF THE YEAR! ๐ฅณ๐๐
Join us at our Christmas Gift and Sweet Shop this afternoon from 3pm-3.30pm at The Southwater Infant Academy.
19/12/2024
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