​Friends hosted a family treasure hunt & picnic fundraiser after school on a beautiful June afternoon. There were three treasure hunts, of varying distance & based on age/ability.
​Our pupils helped to prepare for the event by colouring in the poster clues, with a nursery rhyme theme.
​All our children received a prize and our families enjoyed a picnic at the local play area afterwards.

Happy New Year and thank you again to everyone who supported our Christmas fundraiser in any way.  Our raffle, together with the other events that took place over the Autumn term raised an amazing £1027.80.  This is a fantastic amount for such a small school, thank you.

The first Friends meeting of the year took place last Friday with loads of great ideas for the forthcoming term.  The group reviewed the Friends account to date and discussed future events – see below.

French Bingo Event
Hosted by Mrs Turner, Friends are planning to hold a French Bingo family event in school on Thursday, 11th February 2016 at 6pm.  Held previously, this enjoyable event is a good opportunity for families to get together socially and links in with our children’s learning in class.  £1 entry per person will buy six games and soft drinks on the evening.  More information to follow, but initially we are looking to gauge interest – please indicate if you could attend on the sheet on the noticeboard in the school foyer.

Uniform Exchange
At this time of year many of us may be ‘decluttering’ at home.  Friends have suggested that parents may wish to donate spare/unwanted items of school uniform, school pumps or other essentials (e.g. school coats) to a uniform exchange.  An area will be designated in the hall w/c 18th January – please place/take items as you wish with voluntary donations to Friends – a marked box will be available.  We plan to hold a regular uniform exchange each term moving forwards.

A special thank you this week to Mrs Catriona Ward (Beatrice & Thomas’ mum), who hosted a ‘Pampered Chef’ evening at her home last week. A percentage of the proceeds from the evening together with monies raised from a small raffle held on the night were donated to Friends of St Joseph’s – this amounted to an incredible £189.
​A big thank you also to everyone who supported the event.

Crazy Clothes Day - Thank you 
Our children certainly brightened up a dull October day at the end of last half term with our ‘Crazy Clothes Day’ dress down fundraiser.  The children had lots of fun & we raised £48.00, a big thank you to everyone.

Christmas Raffle Fundraiser
Our main fundraiser for the Autumn term will be our Christmas Raffle. This week we’ll be sending home 3 books of tickets, which I hope each family will try and sell to other family members, friends & neighbours.