THANK YOU!

A HUGE thank you to everyone who contributed to the Towerbank Christmas Fair yesterday, donating to the Tombola and Toy Stall, baking delicious festive cakes and helping out with the various stalls and games. We couldn't have done it without you!

Towerbank Christmas Fair - Friday 9th December

Only a week to go until the Towerbank Christmas Fair!

Come and join us for some festive fun next Friday 9th December between 12.00 and 2.00pm. To get you in the Christmas mood there will be hot food and drinks, games galore, two tombolas, Christmas crafts, face painting, home baking and much, much more.

All money raised will be used to help improve the school playground and provide the school with other essential 'extras' which will benefit all our children. We hope to see you there!

Wine Tasting and Local Arts Event - Saturday 19th November

We still have tickets available for our Wine Tasting and Local Arts Event on Saturday 19th November, 8-10pm at St James Church Hall, Portobello, which has been organised to help raise money for the Towerbank School Playground.

Please leave a message here or e-mail us on towerbankpsa@gmail.com for more information and details of how to book your tickets.

We hope you will be able to join us!

Wine Tasting and Local Arts Event - Saturday 19th November

Now that Halloween is (almost) over and our thoughts are turning to Christmas and the end of year festivities, the PSA are inviting you to join us for a Wine Tasting and Local Arts Event on Saturday 19th November, 8-10pm at St James Church Hall, Portobello to help raise money for the Towerbank School Playground.

For tickets, please see the flyer in your child's school bag or contact us on towerbankpsa@gmail.com.

Hope to see you there!

PSA Meeting

The next PSA Meeting is on Wednesday 9th November, 7.30pm at the Dalriada.

We look forward to seeing you there.

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PSA Meeting - Thursday 6th October

Thanks again to everyone who came along to the PSA AGM at the school last night. It was great to see so many new faces.

We are delighted that our fundraising efforts this year will focus on equipping the fabulous new school playground and we are very keen to get the ball rolling with our Halloween Disco for the P1-4s on Saturday 29th October!

In order to organise this exciting event, we are having another meeting next Thursday 6th October, 7.30pm at the Dalriada. If you have any ideas for Halloween games and activities or if you would like to volunteer to help out at this event, please come along to the meeting, or if you are unable to make it, please contact us on towerbankpsa@googlemail.com.

We look forward to seeing you next week.

Towerbank PSA AGM

Dear All

Please come along to the Towerbank Parent Staff Association Annual General Meeting next Tuesday 27th September at 7.30 - 9.00pm in the Lower Hall at Towerbank School.

Everyone is welcome to attend and help raise funds for our school and our children.

We hope to see you there

Katie, Libby, Sally and Sasha

The PSA Committee

PSA Meeting - Thursday 5th May

The next PSA Meeting is on Thursday 5th May at 7.30pm in the Dalriada.

We will be firming up plans for the P3-5 Film Night on Saturday 14th May and looking at fundraising plans for next year, so if you have any ideas, please come along and share them with us. Everybody is welcome.

If you are a PSA rep, could you please spread the word about the PSA Meeting amongst the parents in your children's class.

Many thanks

Mad March Fair - a great success!

The Towerbank Mad March Fair on Saturday made a profit of £1,125 for PSA funds, plus £182 from the Home Baking Stall which we have agreed to donate to Makiko Konishi's fundraising for survivors of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami. Makiko's beautiful Japanese stall also did very well at the Fair and they raised over £400 themselves.

We would like to say a HUGE thank you to all the volunteers who gave up their Saturday afternoon to run the stalls and games, to everyone who donated delicious home baking, tombola prizes, toys and second-hand uniform and of course, to everyone who turned up and spent their money so generously. We couldn't have done it without you all!

Mad March Fair

Don't forget the Towerbank Mad March Fair this Saturday 19th March 2.30 - 4.30pm.

Come along for lots of Spring fun: games, home baking, tombola, toys, face painting, crafts and much much more!

See you there.

PSA Newsletter March 2011

Please look out for the latest PSA Newsletter in your child's school bag today.



 

Highlights from last week's PSA Meeting

Thank you to all who came along to our PSA Meeting last week.

Here is a quick summary of what we discussed:-

•  Katie reported a healthy balance of £11,763 in the PSA bank acount
• Jane Marriott reported a fantastic £2734 raised by the Camp Fundraising Group so far this year to help subsidise P6/7 residential trips
• The Mad March Fair is on Saturday 19th March - we are still looking for a few volunteers to help out on the day and donations of Tombola prizes, clean second-hand school uniform, home baking and toys for the Toy Stall.
• There will be a Film Night for P3-5 on Saturday 14th May.
• The next PSA Newsletter is about to come out.
• The Facebook page is up and running.

 Our next meeting is on Thursday 5th May, 7.30pm at the Dalriada. Everyone is welcome to attend.

PSA Meeting

The next PSA Meeting is on Wednesday 2nd March 7.30- 9.00pm in the Dalriada. All welcome.  (N.B. The date of this meeting has changed from Tuesday 1st March, as stated in the last PSA Minutes, due to non-availablity of venue.)

Join us on Facebook

The PSA are trialling a new Facebook group, the aim of which is to help members keep up to date with PSA events and meetings. This group is for Towerbank parents/carers and staff only. All the information posted will also be sent out in e-mails and posted on the PSA blog. If anyone is interested in joining the group, you can search for Towerbank PSA on Facebook and request to join the group.

Big Book Sale

Many thanks to all of you who contributed to the Book Sale last week - contributing books, home baking, buying books - it all added up to a healthy total of £943 for PSA funds.

Big Book Sale and PSA Meeting

Hello and a very Happy New Year to you all!

Just a reminder about a couple of unmissable PSA events this month :-

Firstly, we are holding a Big Book Sale on Friday 28th January, 12.15 - 3.00pm and on Saturday 29th Jan, 10am-noon in the school Gym Hall.

We need your books!

Please hand in any good used books from Mon 24th to Thurs 27th January to the school office. All sorts of books for children and adults are welcome. The Camp Fundraising Group will also be collecting your used DVDs and computer games to raise money for this year's P6 and 7 residential trips.

We also need donations of home baking (muffins, fairy cakes, cookies etc) to sell with tea and coffee during the Book Sale. Please bring to the school office on Friday 28th January.

Secondly our next PSA Meeting will be on Thursday 20th January, 7.30 pm at the Dalriada, not the Espy as originally planned. We hope you can make it and look forward to seeing you there.