Friends of St Peter's Junior School Ruddington

10/09/2026

08/09/2026

Do you have some fresh ideas for fundraising this year? We would love your input. Come along Wednesday at 630pm to our AGM and meeting to have your say and make a difference

Before the school year comes to an end, we'd like to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone who has supported Friends of St Peter's. ❤️

Despite the challenges of the school closure, our amazing school community has helped us raise an incredible £10,822.63, as well as donating over £1,700 worth of resources through our Amazon Wishlist!

From the Christmas and Summer Fairs to discos, football events, bake sales, raffles and so much more, every ticket bought, cake baked, prize donated and hour volunteered has helped make a real difference for our children.

Together, we've contributed more than £12,500 to enrich learning and experiences at St Peter's this year.

Thank you for your continued support – we couldn't do it without you! 💙🎉

08/09/2026

Just a reminder of what Friends of St Peter's Junior School Ruddington funded last year.

Come along to our AGM and meeting tomorrow 630pm at school to hear about the funding requests for the new school year.

As another fantastic school year comes to an end, we'd like to share just some of the ways your fundraising has made a real difference to the children at St Peter's. ❤️

Thanks to your incredible support, Friends of St Peter's has funded:

✨ Playground painting
🛋️ New sofas for the school corridors (Ruddington Village Community Partnership grant)
🏫 Resources and equipment during the school closure
🌍 International Day of Languages
🏕️ Year 4 Camp Out
📦 New storage solutions
🪜 Steps for the Year 3 classrooms
🎨 Glue guns for creative projects
📚 New Year 6 reading books
🪨 Stone polishing workshops
🌳 Forest School sessions
🔊 A new playtime PA system
🛝 Playground rope repairs

And that's not all...

We're also delighted to have over £17,000 ring-fenced towards future playground equipment, helping us create an even better outdoor space at our new school.

Every event you've attended, raffle ticket you've bought, donation you've made and hour you've volunteered has helped make these projects possible.

Thank you for helping us enrich school life and create opportunities that go beyond the school budget. We can't wait to show you what we achieve together next year! 💙

07/09/2026

📢 **Join Us at Our AGM – Wednesday 9th September!** 📢
As we start another exciting year of fundraising for St Peter's Junior School, we'd love to welcome new faces to our committee.

At our AGM we'll be electing our new **Chair, Vice Chair and Secretary**. If you've ever thought about getting more involved, now is the perfect time! No previous experience is needed – just enthusiasm and a passion for supporting our school community.
Following the AGM, we'll hold our first committee meeting of the new school year where we'll:
⭐ Plan our fundraising events for the year ahead
⭐ Approve funding requests from the school
⭐ Discuss new ideas to enrich our children's school experience
Whether you'd like to take on a committee role, help shape decisions, or simply find out more about what we do, we'd love to see you there.

Every pound we raise goes back into the school to provide opportunities, equipment and experiences that benefit all of our children.

📅 **Wednesday 9th September**
Everyone is welcome – come along and see how you can make a difference!

28/08/2026

Thank you to everyone who has purchased items so far. It's exciting when the Amazon man turns up!

Still a few items on the list if you would like the buy the Teaching Assistants a back to school gift.

Thank you

28/08/2026

Apparently if you vote for

NOTTINGHAM ENTRY 3

St Peter's Junior School, Ruddington could win!

24/08/2026

Who is ready for going back to school?

The Teaching Assistants are getting ready for the new term and have a few items on the Amazon Wish List that will make the classrooms a little more colourful!

If you are able to pop a little something in your Amazon basket this week, they would really appreciate it

22/08/2026

We can't wait to see the first of your scarecrows to appear and to motivate you to make the finishing touches we will reward the first scarecrow to appear with 5 bonus votes to give you a head start!

Don't forget to register your entry on the link to be listed on the official guide and be eligible for votes.

📣 **YOU ASKED, WE LISTENED! 🎃**

Following your feedback, we’re giving everyone **more time to get creative**! 🎶👻

The **Ruddington Scarecrow Festival** will now run until **31st October**! 🍂🎃

We know summer is busy, so we’ve extended the deadline to give everyone plenty of time to create their musical masterpiece and get their scarecrow entered.

Whether you’re planning something spooky, silly, spectacular or completely bonkers – we want to see it! 🤩

🎵 **Theme: Music Icons**
📅 **New closing date: 31st October**
💷 **£5 to enter | £1 to vote**
🏆 **£50 Ruddington business voucher for the scarecrow with the most votes!**

So, get your thinking caps on, gather your materials and **let’s fill Ruddington with scarecrows!** 🎤🎸🎼

We’d love to see lots more entries – don’t leave it until the last minute! 😉

18/08/2026

📣 **YOU ASKED, WE LISTENED! 🎃**

Following your feedback, we’re giving everyone **more time to get creative**! 🎶👻

The **Ruddington Scarecrow Festival** will now run until **31st October**! 🍂🎃

We know summer is busy, so we’ve extended the deadline to give everyone plenty of time to create their musical masterpiece and get their scarecrow entered.

Whether you’re planning something spooky, silly, spectacular or completely bonkers – we want to see it! 🤩

🎵 **Theme: Music Icons**
📅 **New closing date: 31st October**
💷 **£5 to enter | £1 to vote**
🏆 **£50 Ruddington business voucher for the scarecrow with the most votes!**

So, get your thinking caps on, gather your materials and **let’s fill Ruddington with scarecrows!** 🎤🎸🎼

We’d love to see lots more entries – don’t leave it until the last minute! 😉

13/08/2026

💭 CAN WE ASK OUR RUDDINGTON COMMUNITY FOR SOME FEEDBACK? 💭

We'd really love to hear from you.

The Ruddington Scarecrow Festival is now underway, but so far we haven't had any entries. 😔

We put this event together because we wanted to create something fun for the whole village – something families, residents, businesses and community groups could get involved with over the summer.

But before we spend more time promoting and organising it, we'd genuinely like to know...

👉 Are people planning to make a scarecrow?
👉 Was the theme of Music Icons appealing?
👉 Did the £5 entry fee put you off?
👉 Is the timing not right?
👉 Or is a scarecrow festival simply not something Ruddington wants?

There is absolutely no judgement – we'd much rather hear honestly what you think. ❤️

If you've been thinking about entering but haven't got around to it yet, we'd love to hear from you too! Even a quick comment saying “we're making one” would let us know there are some Music Icons waiting in the wings! 🎤🎸🎭

And don't forget, there is also a £50 voucher to a Ruddington business of your choice up for grabs for the scarecrow receiving the most votes, kindly donated by Ruddington Village Community Partnership. 🏆🎁

📅 The festival runs until 1st September
💷 £5 to enter
🗳️ £1 to vote
🏡 Open to the whole community – you don't need to have children at St Peter's to take part.

🎟️ Enter here:
https://square.link/u/CqfDCQoZ

We genuinely want to know whether we're creating something the village wants. So please tell us – should we keep going? ❤️