Parent Community

Welcome to our Parent Community which is open to all parents and friends of the school. Our PTA Friends of Manby Lodge organise fun events for our children and social events for parents and carers. They also raise money to provide valuable extra funding for the school with Projects funded in the last year including ICT equipment, learning resources and classroom experiences such as ZooLab, Sublime Science, African drumming and Bollywood dancing workshops. Most recently Friends of Manby Lodge have raised funds to provide Canopies for the school enhancing the outdoor learning of our Year One children.
Nov 30
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Nov 2018 FML Update

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How Can You Help

Volunteering your time to help with our events and activities! Anything from setting up, running a stall, donating a raffle prize, clearing up….there are many things you can do to get involved! Please email friendsofmanbylodge@yahoo.co.uk or speak to your Class Rep if you can help.

Pumpkin Parade

Money Earned £147.15
The Winners were…..
Reception: Wassim Mehdi/ Year 1: Charlotte Cullender/ Year 2: Iona Stewart

Bake & Glow Stick Sale

Money Earned £422.21
Amazing totals for all these events!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

Guide Dogs for the Blind

We Sponsored a Puppy!
Her name is Bella and here is her first “Pupdate”!

Monies raised so far this year
13103.00

Thank you for your generosity. We have now RAISED a fantastic…

May 25
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May 2018 FoML Update

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Reception Film Night

The children watched Paddington 2. It was a little bonkers but a great fun evening. Thank you to everyone who helped to make this event a success, we managed to raise £433 profit from this event which was FANTASTIC!

Freeze Pop Fridays

To accompany this beautiful weather we have held a number of Freeze Pop Fridays at school pick ups. These have generated a whopping profit of £108.50.

Gift Aid It

This month we have managed to claim back from HMRC £1,145 for the sponsored Manby Mile and for last year’s sponsored dance too. This is brilliant news – it’s like FREE MONEY. Thank you!

Manby Fest 2018

All the advertisements are out for Manby Fest. Our first music festival with all the usual Summer Fair stalls and lots lots more! It’s going to be an AMAZING event. Please come along and support on 9th June 2:00 – 5:00.

Monies raised so far this year
13103.00

Thank you for your generosity. We have now RAISED a fantastic…

Key Dates

25th May – Reception Cake Sale

9th June – Manby Fest Music Festival and Stalls

13th June – Father’s Day Shop

13th July – Summer Ball at Silvermere Inn on the Lake

Apr 25
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April 2018 FoML Update

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Infamous Manby Lodge Quiz Night

A big thank you to everyone who came to support our quiz. Special thank yous go to Neil, Helen Waddington and Graham Douglas for once again creating and running a unique night of entertainment and to Toni Reynoldson and Simon Tarr for the smooth running of the bar.

We are delighted to say that not only was the event good fun but it raised £1,521.80 for our children to benefit from.

Year 1 Film Night

On the back of the success of our first film night for Year 2 in January, we held the same event for Year 1 children and siblings in March. The children voted to watch The Boss Baby.

It was a great atmosphere and the children certainly enjoyed the hotdogs, popcorn and the opportunity to watch a film in their PJs with their friends. Thank you to everyone who helped make this event a success –  we managed to raise £320.20 profit from this event.

Year 1 Cake, Egg Cup and Wrist band sale

Thank you so much for all the cakes baked and donated by Year 1 parents – wow! We were overwhelmed! We took £290 from this sale on the last day of term, and for this being an early school finish this was fantastic!

Collectively the sale and the film night raised £610. This equates to £203 to each Year 1 class. Next term the focus will be on the Reception classes!

Key Dates

11th May – Reception Film Night

25th May – Reception Cake Sale

9th June – Manby Fest Music Festival and Stalls

13th June – Father’s Day Shop

13th July – Summer Ball at Silvermere Inn on the Lake

Easter Animals

Despite the wettest day of the year so far, the children loved meeting the animals from Mill Cottage Farm who came to visit us at Easter. This activity was funded by monies raised from you – thank you!

Monies raised so far this year
11678.00

Thank you for your generosity. We have now RAISED a fantastic…

Key Dates

25th May – Reception Cake Sale

9th June – Manby Fest Music Festival and Stalls

13th June – Father’s Day Shop

13th July – Summer Ball at Silvermere Inn on the Lake

Sponsored Manby Mile

The children completed walking, running, hopping, jumping a Manby Mile on 23rd March for Sports Relief and the FoML. It was great fun and the children had a fantastic time. Thank you to all the parent helpers who made the event such a success.

The children had a great time and we managed to raise a staggering £2,334 of which half of this was paid to Sports Relief. Thank you!

Feb 28
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February 2018 FoML Update

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Year 2 Film Night

We held our first ever Film Night for children and their siblings from Year 2. Lots of lessons were learned but on the whole this was a massive success. The children enjoyed watching Captain Underpants with their friends whilst eating hotdogs and popcorn.

And as a result it raised £337.51 for the Year 2 class teachers

Year 2 Sale

Year 2 Cake, Valentines Rose, and Wrist Band Sale

Our first cake sale of the year was a great success. Thank you Year 2 parents for your time, energies, efforts and kind cake donations.

Collectively with the additional sales of Valentine roses and Manby Lodge wrist bands it raised £269.21.

Collectively the sale and the film night raised £606. This equates to £202 to each Year 2 class. Next term the focus will be on the Year 1 classes! WOW!

Monies raised and spent so far this year

Thank you for your generosity. We have now RAISED a fantastic…

6189
Big events this Summer

We have two committees forming for 2 big events this Summer:

Manby Fest – our very first music festival on 9th June
Annual Summer Ball – celebration for parents to mark the end of the school year

If you would like to be involved in the planning of these events, please let us know. We want to involve as many people as possible in making these events AMAZING!

Key Dates for the next Half Term

Year 1 Movie Night
16th March

Manby Mile Sponsored Walk in support of Sports Relief
23rd March

Easter animals
28th March

Year 1 Cake and Egg Cup sale
29th March

Dec 22
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December 2017 FoML Update

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Christmas Fair

Thank you to everyone who took part, came along and generally supported our Christmas Fair. What an amazing afternoon of family fun!

We will soon be able to confirm how much profit the fair made. It is likely to be over £4k, more information to be confirmed soon. We were nervous as to whether the atmosphere would be affected given we brought the time forward to coincide with the lantern parade. HOWEVER, the feedback we have received says that this wasn’t the case. Our fabulous entertainers made sure that the atmosphere was Christmassy and just perfect!

A special thank you to Louise Cote and our very own Steve Bird for this.

Wizard of Oz

This year instead of the Christmas Parties, we used the FoML monies raised to pay for each and every one of our children to watch and take part in a pantomime hosted by the Hobgoblin Theatre Company. Our children had a fantastic time…oh yes they did!

Key Dates this next Half Term

12th January
PTA meeting in the school hall at 9am

26th January
Movie Night (more details to follow)

23rd February
The Infamous Manby Lodge Quiz Night

 

Best Dressed Stall

Congratulations to Cygnets who won the best dressed stall as judged by Mrs Creasey. Avril, Clare and Jeanette were awarded with the trophy for 2017. Mrs Creasey was especially impressed with the children’s artwork incorporated into the stalls. Well done Cygnets!

Christmas Raffle

Wow – we received over 50 prizes altogether from our generous donors. Thank you to our Christmas Fair Committee who sought these from local companies. It’s not an easy task and we really appreciate this.

As a result, the Christmas Raffle itself raised over £1k of profit. Thank you!

FoML Priorities

2017/18

INCLUSION AND COMMUNITY
Strengthening our links with the local community and ensuring everyone has the opportunity to be involved.

EXERCISE AND NUTRITION
Increasing awareness of a healthy balanced diet and exercise, supporting Sports Relief and the BNF Healthy Eating Campaign.

PARENT PARTNERSHIP, ARTSMARK AND ECO PRIORITIES
Supporting awards that the school is working towards.

SMART FUNDING
Looking back and forwards at tax relief and funding opportunities.

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