The Friends of Davenhill

THE FRIENDS OF DAVENHILL WISH YOU ALL A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY AND PEACEFUL NEW YEAR.

CHRISTMAS RAFFLE

You should all have received your books of raffles tickets which were sent home with the children last week; tickets cost £1 per book. As always we have our renowned luxury drinks, food and chocolate hampers; plus many other prizes. More books of tickets are available from the school office. Please return all stubs and unwanted tickets to school no later than the morning of Thursday 3^rd December. All winning tickets will be drawn at the Christmas Fayre on Thursday 3^rd December. Good Luck!

MUFTI DAY

“Mufti Day” will be on Tuesday 1 December. This special day allows children to come into school in their own clothes…..NO UNIFORM! The “fine” for this is that children must bring in something that can be used for the Christmas Fayre. We would welcome donations of bottles of wines and spirits, boxes of chocolates, tins of biscuits, festive goods and groceries, unwanted (unopened) gifts etc. We cannot accept used toys/cuddly toys because of health & safety reasons. All items will be used as prizes either for our raffle or the tombola

CHRISTMAS FAYRE

Always a very popular event in the run up to Christmas; THURSDAY 3 DECEMBER is the date with doors opening at 3.30pm to enable children who are picked up at the office the chance to get into the queue on the Infant

Playground. Stalls include Tombolas, Treasure Hunt, Hoop-La, Spin the Wheel, White Elephant and our cake and groceries stall bursting with bargains.  Our very popular gift stall to enable children to buy gifts for Mum, Dad and Grandparents, plus no visit to our Fayre would be complete without having your face painted!  Our talented team will be in the new Parent Room ready to transform you into a butterfly, Spiderman or even Rudolph. You can also have your tattoos done here on your way to the “Davenhill Diner” which will be open serving hot food, drinks and some festive favourites, located in the school Lunch Room.

Father Christmas will be in his “Enchanted Forest” grotto;

come along and tell him what you would like for Christmas, you could even have your photograph taken with him!

Bring the whole family along for this enjoyable afternoon.

If you have any unwanted gifts which could be used as prizes please leave them at the school office.

MUFTI DAY

“Mufti Day” will be on Tuesday 1 December. This special day allows children to come into school in their own clothes…..NO UNIFORM! The “fine” for this is that children must bring in something that can be used for the Christmas Fayre. We would welcome donations of bottles of wines and spirits, boxes of chocolates, tins of biscuits, festive goods and groceries, unwanted (unopened) gifts etc. We cannot accept used toys/cuddly toys because of health & safety reasons. All items will be used as prizes either for our raffle or the tombola.

CHRISTMAS FAYRE

Always a very popular event in the run up to Christmas; THURSDAY 3 DECEMBER is the date with doors opening at 3.30pm to enable children who are picked up at the office the chance to get into the queue on the Infant

Playground. Stalls include Tombolas, Treasure Hunt, Hoop-La, Spin the Wheel, White Elephant and our cake and groceries stall bursting with bargains.  Our very popular gift stall to enable children to buy gifts for Mum, Dad and Grandparents, plus no visit to our Fayre would be complete without having your face painted!  Our talented team will be in the new Parent Room ready to transform you into a butterfly, Spiderman or even Rudolph. You can also have your tattoos done here on your way to the “Davenhill Diner” which will be open serving hot food, drinks and some festive favourites, located in the school Lunch Room.

Father Christmas will be in his “Enchanted Forest” grotto;

come along and tell him what you would like for Christmas, you could even have your photograph taken with him!

Bring the whole family along for this enjoyable afternoon.

If you have any unwanted gifts which could be used as prizes please leave them at the school office.

Christmas disco**************

We hope those of you who came to your first school Disco last week had a fabulous time! Now we are planning a Disco with a difference! More dancing and more chances of winning a prize; plus Father Christmas will be visiting the children at the Infant Disco.

This year’s night of fun is WEDNESDAY 16 DECEMBER; Infants 6.00pm – 7.00pm. Juniors 7.30pm – 8.30pm, Hot Dogs, sweets and drinks on sale. Tickets are £3 each which includes a gift for each child; pay on the door where children’s hand will be stamped to enable them to receive their gift. Tea and Coffee will be sold during the Infant Disco as parents are expected to stay with their infant children. The Infant Disco is open to all children from Nursery up to Year 2. Please note that Infant children are NOT allowed to stay for the Junior Disco nor should they be left under the supervision of older siblings. Children of any age will not be allowed to leave the Disco unless accompanied by an adult. We ask that if you park on the Infant playground, please be vigilant as this area is quite dark with a lot of cars. Alternatively if you are on foot you may access the Disco via the school’s main entrance.  Please make sure you pick your children up on time from the inside the Junior hall.

Please clearly label your box with your name and drop them off at the school office no later than the afternoon of Wednesday 2 December. 

Can you help?

To make sure Father Christmas feels really at home when he comes to visit us at Aintree Davenhill, we want to make sure his Grotto is the best it can be!

Please could you loan us Fibre Optic Christmas trees, animated lights and displays; anything that you may think would help us decorate his grotto. Please clearly label your box with your name and drop them off at the school office no later than the afternoon of Wednesday 2 December.

“DISCO TIME”

Our next “DISCO” date is WEDNESDAY 11^th February with a St.Valentine’s Day theme with lots of dancing plus tattoos, glow sticks on sale and our popular tuck shop. Infants 6.00pm – 7.00pm; Tea and Coffee will be on sale as parents are asked to stay with their Infant children.

The Infant Disco is also open to all our Nursery children.

The DISCO is a lovely way for our younger pupils to meet up with their friends from school and have some fun; whilst giving Mums and Dads a chance to socialise with other parents. We know of many friendships of parents that have started off by meeting up at the Infant DISCO!  Please bring your children along; it’s fun for everyone.

 The Junior “DISCO” is 7.30pm – 8.30pm.

Entrance fee for the Disco’s is £1.50, which includes a raffle ticket to win a prize; pay on the door. Please ensure you pick your children up on time from the Junior Hall.

Under no circumstances will children be allowed to leave the premises without an adult.

Please note that Junior children are not allowed to attend the Infant Disco and older siblings should not be responsible for infant children.

TALENT SHOW 2009

This year our “Talent Show”, organised by the “Friends”, will be on WEDNESDAY 4th MARCH.

Entrance fee is £2.00 for adults and 50p for children.  Please note all children must be accompanied by an adult.

The show is a chance for our junior children to show off their talent. We want to see singers, comedians, jugglers, poets, actors, magicians.

During the show tea, coffee and light refreshments will be on sale as well as our ever popular Sweetie –Stall. We will also be selling raffle tickets giving you the chance to win some fabulous prizes.

Auditions will be held during school time the week after half-term. If you attend an audition please make sure you have rehearsed your act and have your own music, instrument, props and costumes etc. Watch out around school for the dates and times of the auditions.

Our past shows have always been a great success and we have always been astounded by the array of talent our junior children have. Start your rehearsals now!!

“Davenhill Dances on Ice”

Due to the popular TV series “Dancing on Ice”; we have arranged a skating day at Davenhill. We will have an Ice Rink located in the large hall. Cost will be £4.00 per person which will include the hire of skates. During the day there will be tea, coffee, hot chocolate and snacks on sale plus the ever popular tuck shop.

We will also be holding a raffle throughout the day with prizes including signed photographs of the stars of “Dancing on Ice”, cinema tickets and many more prizes.

The date for this extravaganza is SATURDAY 14^th MARCH; so put this date in your diary and come to Davenhill to have a superb day out with your family whilst helping us to raise money for the school. It’s going to be fantastic!

MORE DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

“MUFTI DAY” to raise money from the Easter Raffle will be on Tuesday 31^st March; the drawing of the raffle will take place in school on Wednesday 1^st April. More details will be in our next newsletter.

  CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR LUCKY WINNERS!!

The Friends of Davenhill would like to thank everyone who supported our “Easter Raffle” by donating all things “chocolatey” on MUFTI DAY.

Five of our Parent members of the “Friends” spent all day Tuesday making up the scrumptious hampers. On Wednesday two of our mums were in school all day sorting the winners and distributing the prizes. We are really grateful for the huge amount of chocolate sent in as it meant we were able to make up a staggering “86″ hamper prizes.

We hope all the winners thoroughly enjoy their prizes. We hope to put photos of the winners on the school website, if you were a winner, see if you are there! Please check out the “FOD BLOG” after the Easter break to see exactly how much money we raised!

Thanks again!!

 The ‘Friends’ would like to thank you for your support for this year’s Easter Raffle.

You raised the magnificent sum of £548.60, all of which will go towards resources for your children.

Thank you to everyone who supported the Talent Show on Wednesday and helped to raise almost £300. 

Our talented pupils entertained us with songs, dance routines, magic and even football skills! Well done to you all.

Thank you to the Friends for organising the event, and special thanks goes to Mr Bentley and to Aintree Davenhill’s very own technician David Chan-Bell!

Raffle tickets for the Friends of Davenhill Easter Draw have been sent home to each family.  As usual the prizes for this will be lots of chocolate, including Hampers of chocolate goodies and Easter Eggs.  There will be a non-uniform day on Tuesday 11 March.  The “fine” for the children to wear their own clothes is to bring into school something chocolate – Easter Eggs, boxes or bars of chocolate, biscuits or cakes (chocolate) etc.  The draw will take place on Wednesday 12 March.  The more tickets you buy the greater chance you have to win one of the fabulous chocolate hampers. 

Good Luck!! 

Well done to everyone who auditioned for this year’s Talent Show. 

It was very difficult deciding who went through but we now have 14 acts appearing on the night.

We will have a dress rehearsal on Monday afternoon and one on Wednesday morning.  Make sure you have everything you need for your performance with you on these days.

Mrs Williams

Calling all singers, comedians, magicians, poets and dancers!

Auditions will be held on Wednesday morning in the large hall.  Please bring in anything you need, such as CD’s or equipment for your act.  You do not need to wear your costume.

Running order is: 4C, 4S, 5H, 5J, 6C and 6R

Please stay in your classroom until I send for you.

Good Luck!

Mrs Williams