Don’t forget the Summer Fayre at the primary school

The tireless Jo Hammett has asked us to post a reminder about the primary school’s ‘summer fayre’ this Saturday, July 10. Sounds like a great event, so please give it your full support. Here is their message:

“Please remember to mark in your diary: Theale Church of England Primary School’s Summer Fayre, managed by our very dedicated and hard-working PTA. The Fayre is to be at the school, 11am – 2pm, on Saturday 10th July 2010.

We’ll have the classic attractions, including bouncy castle, BarBQ, refreshments, face painting, lucky dips, treasure hunt and tombolas and lots of other fun and original stalls for people of all ages including the beer stall and lucky loos (yes with real toilets!).

This year we have some extra surprises too! Our own steel panners will be setting the summer theme with their live party music, the local Tae Kwon Do group will be demonstrating their skills, Theale’s very own rabbit rescue lady will be with us, they’ll be a children’s entertainer and we’ve even got the police!

We’re also thrilled to have lots of local businesses coming in running stalls of all kinds from financial services to chutneys and ice creams to hair extensions!

We are also very excited to welcome to our Fayre representatives from Integralis, who are making a whopping £1000 donation to the PTA. Kaven Beauty salon and Blue Cobra Indian restaurant are also coming along to share the fun and to accept our formal thanks for their recent donations to the PTA as a result of their Gala Evening, in Theale and we’re hoping to thank both Theale Taxis and Wolsely plc who have also both given generous donations this term to help with the school’s fundraising efforts.

The presentations are to be made at 1pm and some of our own poster competition winners will be accepting the donations on behalf of the school. We are delighted that the community as a whole is pitching in to help raise money for the school. We were recently the victims of a vandal attack and suffered huge amounts of damage to the roof – having paid that bill we then needed to find the money for the ICT suite because the handful of computers we currently own were just not reliable. It’s not fair on the children, they need good quality, reliable equipment to help them excel. Everyone has worked really hard to raise the money needed for this project and the PTA have done a great job – involving parents, the school and the local business community.

The donations we’ve received have made a tremendous positive impact on our overall funds and to know we have this support is amazing. This is a very tight-knit community that is really pulling together to make the future as rosy for our children as possible. Please support us by giving the event as much publicity as you can.”