Friends of St Andrews School, North Weald

15/03/2026

Happy Mother’s Day to all the wonderful women who look after others 💐

13/02/2026

The Muffin Sale today will be at the back of the school hall due to the rain ☔

06/02/2026

Hi everyone! Remember me? 👋 Well, thanks to all the amazing name suggestions from the children this week, I officially have a name… I’m Mango! 🥭🐥

Today I had the best day heading to the wholesalers with the FOSTAS team to choose goodies for the classroom treat tubs and doing some very important shopping for our upcoming Mother’s Day Gift Shop 💐🎁

I can’t wait for everyone to see what’s coming—lots of fun and surprises ahead!

St Andrew’s C of E Primary School

30/01/2026

Introducing the FOSTAS Mascot!

We're looking for a name! Children are invited to share name suggestions in the box by reception. We'll be announcing the name next Friday!

30/01/2026

📢Introducing the FOSTAS Mascot 📢

We are excited to introduce our newest FOSTAS member, who was revealed in today's assembly with the children.

There's just one small problem...our new friend needs a name! 🐥

We have invited children to share their ideas, by putting name suggestions in the box by reception. We look forward to announcing this next Friday.

You can see our Mascot has settled in really well, and even has a dedicated noticeboard in the hall, sharing all the adventures - from trips to the wholesalers to enjoying children's performances and FOSTAS events.

We look forward to continuing to share the adventures with you all.

St Andrew’s C of E Primary School

22/12/2025

01/12/2025

📣We have a special announcement 📣

In November we had two of our biggest annual fundraisers, the first was the 3rd North Weald Scout Group annual fireworks display, and what an evening that was, with a record breaking turnout from our community 🎆

Then last Saturday we held our annual Christmas Fayre, filled with happy faces, prize winners, and those very important requests from Santa.

While making these magical memories, we’re raising funds to enhance the children’s experiences at school, and wow, did we raise some funds!!

🤩🙌🏼🥳 With your amazing support across these two events we raised an incredible £9,300 🤩🙌🏼🥳.

So, on the last day of term we have a super special treat. Two of Santa’s reindeer will be coming to visit the children at St Andrew’s, where each child will have the opportunity to interact with them before their epic Christmas Eve journey. 🦌🤩

Thank you to everyone who has helped us achieve this, from coming to our events, donating prizes and your time, it means so much and we couldn’t do it without you all 💗

Our AGM will be in the new year, where we welcome ideas on how these funds can be used to support our school community. We hope to see you there.

29/11/2025

🎅🏼🌲Today is the day 🌲🎅🏼
The festive tunes are on, prizes ready to be won, delicious food to eat, yummy drinks to drink and a twinkling grotto for those special memories.

A huge shout out to our local Co-op North Weald for your kind donations this morning 🙏🏻🙌🏼
And a final should out to our raffle donators . You are just the BEST!

Little Voices Epping Forest
Miranda Jane Yoga
The Entertainer
Shooters Football
KSC Broadcast
North Weald Par 3 Golf Course
PizzaExpress Epping
Chaps barbers
Coles menswear
Art Nursery Garden Centre
Andy WhippyAndy Whippy
NWDM RAILWAY
Wild Forest
Barracudas Activity Camp
The Therapy Room Epping
Adventure Island UK Southend
Epping Cakes
Tyndall's Garden Centre Winter Wonderland
Epping Ongar Railway
Little monsters Dunmow
Colne Valley Railway

See you soon 🤩🥰

28/11/2025

🎄🎅🏼Christmas Fayre day TOMORROW! 🤩🎄

We can’t wait to welcome you all to kick off the festivities. 🥳

Some amazing prizes up for grabs in this year’s raffle thanks to these amazing local businesses! 🙏🏻

🧘‍♀️Miranda Jane Yoga
🎁 The Entertainer
⚽️ Shooters Football
📺 KSC Broadcast
⛳️ North Weald Par 3 Golf Course
🍕PizzaExpress Epping
💇🏾‍♂️Chaps Epping barbers
🕺Coles Menswear
🌿Art Nursery Garden Centre

Your generosity means so much to our school community — thank you for supporting us! 🌟

🎟️ Raffle tickets will be available to purchase at the fayre tomorrow and will be drawn at 1.30.

📅 Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow, 11am–2pm at St Andrew’s C of E Primary School🎁🎄
Thank you for supporting our community — and good luck! 🍀✨

26/11/2025

Just a few more days to go 🎅🏼

We are so excited for this year’s Christmas Fayre and hope you can all join us as we kick off the festive season in style🤩🎄

Here’s what we have planned:

🎅 Santa’s Grotto
🎁 Tombolas & Raffle – With some fantastic prizes up for grabs
☃️ Games & Festive Activities – Including biscuit decorating and making reindeer food ready for Christmas Eve
🧸 Preloved Toys
🛍️ Lovely Stalls – Perfect for Christmas shopping
🥪 Delicious Food & Drinks – Turkey baps, homemade soup, mulled wine, and cosy hot chocolate.

Come along and join in the festive fun, all while raising valuable funds for our wonderful school. ✨

Saturday 29 November St Andrew’s C of E Primary School

⏰ 11am – 2pm
🎟️ Free Entry

If you can’t make it but still want to support us, you can purchase 🎟️Raffle tickets online:
www.pta-events.co.uk/fostas. Open until midday tomorrow (27th).

We hope to see you there! 🎄✨

21/11/2025

🎄✨ A Huge Thank You to our amazing local businesses! ✨🎄

We are so grateful to these brilliant and kind local businesses who have generously donated raffle prizes for our St Andrew’s School Christmas Fayre! Your support means so much to our school community. 💙

A massive thank you to:
🍦 Andy Whippy
🚂 North Weald & District Minature Railway
🌳 Nuclear Races – Wild Forest
🎨 Barracudas Activity Day Camps
💆🏽‍♀️ The Therapy Room Epping
🎢 Adventure Island UK, Southend
🧁Epping Cakes
🎅🏼 Tyndalls Garden Centre Winter Wonderland
🛤️ Epping Ongar Railway
🛝 Monster Dunmow
🚞 Colne Valley Railway

If you are a local business and would like to donate a prize, it’s not too late, get in touch.

🌟 Raffle tickets are now on sale! Just £1 per ticket to be in with a chance to win these fantastic prizes.

👉 Get yours here: www.pta-events.co.uk/fostas

The raffle will be drawn on Saturday 29th November at the Christmas Fayre 11-2 at St Andrew’s School.

Join us for festive fun and help support our wonderful school! 🎅🎁🎄

Thank you for supporting our community — and good luck! 🍀✨