<![CDATA[Friends of Trinity]]> MemHT Portal <![CDATA[Children's Craft Fair]]> FOT Children's Craft Fair
Saturday 13th March
1pm to 4pm
Free entry for children and just £1 for adults

An afternoon packed full of fun and
creative Craft Activites
Mothers Day Cards 50p
Homemade Flowers - FOC
Noah's Ark Flags - FOC
Cake Decorating with the Cupcake Company - 50p
Bracelets and keyrings - £1
Woodcraft Kit- £2
Deocorate T-shirts and bags - £2
Paint by Numbers Canvas set - £2
Felt Pictures - 50p
Decorate scallops shell & glass jars - 50p
Easter Sun Catchers - £1
Decorate pots and plant flower seeds - 50p
Toddler activities, playdough and drawing - FOC
Pottery Painting - price varies
Decorate Photo Frame & have you picture taken by Documentary Image - £2

Raffle full of Craft activity sets £1 per strip

FOT information and Stall

Refreshments available

Once again the Children of Trinity school
will all create a picture for the ART FACTOR
and all visitors to the Craft Fair
can vote for the favourite pictures. 
The winners of Nursery & Reception Group will receive a "Mr Maker" craft set
Year 1, 2 & 3 will receive a Fimo Starter Kit
and the winner of Year 4,5 & 6 will receive an Easel Kit
The winner will be annouce on Monday at school and online
]]> <![CDATA[FoT Family Disco]]> The first FoT Family Disco was a success, 50 families enjoyed a dance, a drink, a limbo competition and the buffet. It was the first time some families had gone out all together, no need to find a babysitter for this event. Although there were some tired children at 9pm, hopefully everyone enjoyed a lye in on Saturday morning.


Special thanks to George the DJ and all the helpers on the door, bar, buffet and for cleaning up.


Although this was a community event we still did really well, raising £438 for equipment for the School.


'When's the next one?' was asked lots, we do need more help to run the events. The next disco for the children is Wednesday 21st July but it will be open to parents as well if they wish to come along.
 

 

]]> <![CDATA[Mini Friends of Trinity are collecting your Used Stamps for the PDSA]]> Mini Friends of Trinity School Interest Group would really like your help this Christmas in helping the PDSA

You can help by collecting your USED STAMPS and put them in the FOT box in the School Reception.

The PDSA are running a fund raising scheme to help mis-treated animals
and it doesn't even cost the price of a STAMP!

Thank you for your support and Merry Christmas
from Your Friends at Trinity 

 

]]> <![CDATA[Christmas Fayre ]]>
 
Christmas Fayre Result
 
It was a great afternoon, 
the children got to see Santa,
dance in the Disco Room,
bounce on the Bouncy Castle,
scalectrix and hamster racing was popular!,
everyone went home with lots of prizes,
the carol singing was lovely,
thank you to Mrs Tallamy for arranging that 
poor Matt on the BBQ survived the rain,
and we raised over £1,900!!!

Thank you to John Sheppard, Tonic, Morrisons, Coop, 3663, Boots, Documentary Images, My Little Monsters Ltd, Virgin Vie, Scatty Daisy, Vegbox2u, HSBC, Dreams,
and Pets at Home for the prizes
and thank you to all the helpers
]]> <![CDATA[Oh yes it's Ladies Night!]]> Another amazing night on THURSDAY 12th NOVEMBER, 
at the FOT Ladies Night!

Bargain books, toys, carpet cleaning, photo shoots
and lots of pampered ladies!

All proceeds benefit the children at Trinity School  
FOT raised £989 from the Ladies Night

Well done to Candy or Angela
and the helpers on the night.

]]> <![CDATA[CLOTHES FOR A CAUSE!]]> Friends of Trinity collected any unwanted textiles on Tuesday 20th October

Clothes, curtains, bedding, shoes etc have been taken away, to be weighed, sorted and sent to Africa. 

We gave 162 bags, which weighed 729 kilos and raised £291.60 beating the collection in March which raised £147.

This is an amazing cause:
  • we can have a clear out
  • recycling our unwanted textiles
  • give them to people who really needed
  • promote community spirit. 
  • AND raise money for FoT.   

Thank you for supporting this cause and helping so many people!

]]> <![CDATA[Evening Post - Cash for Schools]]>
Thank you to all those who bought  the paper, 

The School will use the prize money to develop the small holding, buying more animals and plants, to grow more produce. The produce will then be sold to generate income to support projects throughout the School.]]> <![CDATA[Sky Dive for Trinity!]]> Ever thought of jumping out of an aeroplane at 15,000 feet for charity?  Me neither.  However the brave (mad) Secretary of Friends of Trinity Marie Purvis will be doing just that in the New Year in Exeter, thanks to her husband Lee who booked the "experience" on her behalf and told her after.

Marie will be raising money for Friends of Trinity and would really love your support and sponsorship.
Good Luck Marie, I'm sure the time will fly by!
]]> <![CDATA[Children's Nearly New Sale]]> The 2nd Friends of Trinity Children's Nearly New Sale was held on
Saturday 17th October.
Many items were available to buy from toys, clothes, games, books, baby equipment and much more.  
Adults were charged 50p to enter and 25% of the selling price went to Friends of Trinity and we made £430.

Thank you to everybody who sold items and came to do some shopping. 
And thank you to the event helpers.

Next sale Saturday 24th April]]> <![CDATA[RUN TRINITY!]]> Friends of Trinity would like to say a hugh thank you to the parents who tested themselves and ran a very long 13 miles at the Bristol half marathon on Sunday 6th September
and helped to raise money for Friends of Trinity.

Paul 2hrs 14mins
Cath 2hrs 20mins
Together they raised £652!
  
WELL DONE TO BOTH OF YOU!

If anyone else feels inspired and would like to raise money for FOT by completing an event please contact us for a sponsership form.]]> <![CDATA[Band Night with Mid Life Crisis]]> Trinity raised the Roof to Mid Life Crisis Friday 11th September
at the first ever FOT Live Band and Curry Night

Thank you to all who bought tickets and spent the night dancing and having a ball. 
It was a great way to come back to school after the summer break.

As you know FOT aim to host each event and try to raise funds,
we raised £785 from this event! 
We couldn't have put this event together without help and support from local businesses.  Thank you to The Ghandi, High Street, Portishead for providing the Curry Buffet, to Ashton Court Mansion for providing all the catering equipment, Lime Tree Dental Practice for providing prizes and Waitrose for providing the glasswear.  And to the stars of the show the Band. 
To see more of the band go to  www.lemonrock.co.uk/mlc.

To all the volunteers who helped at the this and all  FOT events we couldn't do it without you, THANK YOU! 
 ]]> <![CDATA[RECYCLING & FUND RAISING!]]>
Friends of Trinity are keen to raise as much funds as possible for our children at Trinity Primary School. 
In the last 12 months we have raised a staggering £16,000!!!! 
But of course it doesn't stop there. 
We have had a tremendous support from the parents, teachers, neighbours and well wishers and recycling is something we can all do to reduce waste and raise funds without costing us a penny!
What we recycle:
  • Mobile phones
  • Empty ink catridges 
  • CD's - undamaged in their cases with the original artwork
  • Games - undamaged in their cases with the original arkwork
  • DVD's - undamaged in their cases with the original artwork
  • Foreign Currency - we will exchange the currency to share with FOT and OXFAM.  Even obsolete currencies that have been replaced by the Euro.
  • Used Stamps - will help the PDSA, this charity was picked my the Mini FOT'S 
  • Clothes for a Cause - Save you unwanted textiles for our next collection
  • Milk bottle tops for charity
  • And the school needs 2 litre soft drink plastic bottles to make a green house.
Please bring in any of the above to the school reception or contact Shelby 01275 845432.
Many thanks for your kind and continued support!
]]> <![CDATA[Summer Fair Result]]> A great time was had by all, with cream teas, strawberries & cream, hot dogs and burgers.
The cake stall was a sell out, plant stall, book stall, 'days out' raffle with tickets to longleat and diggerland, a very popular tombola, hook a duck, football shoot, hoola hoop competition - well done Nelly 7 minutes and 19 seconds!, teacher skittles, lucky dip, lucky sand sieving, badge making 
and face/nail/hair painting/tattoos. 

Special thank you to all the staff and parent helpers, the fairs can only happen with your help.
Thank you to Costco for their food donation and the Coop for the strawberries
and Jump who donated tickets for the Raffle and came and did face painting for us.

We raised £1,050, this will go towards the chicken project to buy an eglu
and two chickens for the children to look after and sell eggs to fundraise!
The winning names for the chickens are Bear and Charlie!
]]> <![CDATA[Carnival - Saturday 20th June]]>  
Trinity School's first ever Carnival entry went off with a BEEP BEEP, BEEP BEEP, YEAH!!! 
As we celebrated 50 years of the Mini car.  
Whilst The Trinity Beatles sang to drive my Car, there was a fanatastic convoy of children, parents, families and teachers doning the Mini T-shirts, 60's costumes from Hippy's to Mods,
racing car drivers and even the pushchairs dressed up.
A special and sincere thank you to all who helped with all the Carnival preparations and building evenings and to Claire for the BBQ Friday evening and Breakfast Saturday Morning.
And finally a big 44ft thank you to Andy at Beacon Logistics for providing and driving the Lorry.
The Carnival is a great event for Portishead and aswell as a fun day out 
we raised money for FOT and other local charities.
To see some snaps of the day go to the gallery page.




MINI THANKS!

]]> <![CDATA[Art & Craft Fair - held on Sunday 10th May]]> Fun was had by all at the Friends of Trinity Art & Craft Fair.
We had over 12 activities and workshops for children to enjoy and be creative. 
And the Trinity school pupils created a wonderful Art Factor gallery to showcase to their friends and families who attended the Art and Craft Fair. 
A special thank you to all who attended and helped on the day we had over 200 people attend and we raised £470 for FoT.]]> <![CDATA[Fashion Show - Thursday 30th April ]]> Thank you to all who helped in the Fashion show, especially the fantastic models!  Thank you to all that came to support the event we had close to 150 people. We raised £910.68 towards the playground equipment.

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