14/07/2026
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We've had a fantastic year seeing how much the children have enjoyed the events we've put on for them but we have a desperate plea for parents.
Please stick to our deadlines.
During our last two events we've had a significant number of parents asking to make bookings and payments after the deadlines. We're a very small committee - there's only six of us - and while we all enjoy giving the children these extra opportunities, we're doing it alongside our day jobs and looking after our own families. We often don't even see our own children at school events because we're so busy hosting them.
We set booking and payment deadlines to make sure we have everything ready and to make the best use of our time. Every late request takes up even more of our time - which we are giving for free - and the time of school staff.
For today's discos the new booking deadline was last Friday and the snacks were bought at the weekend. Since the deadline we received 12 late requests for tickets. Similarly with Foam Fest, we received seven late requests including five on the day of the event. Some of these have still not been paid for.
We went out of our way to accommodate the late requests because we didn't want any of the children to miss out, but going forward we will no longer be able to do this. From September, once the deadline for an event has passed we will not be accepting any late bookings or payments - we just don't have the time to deal with them.
We hope you can understand our position, and as always we would welcome any of you to come and help at our events.