PTA Newsletter October 2013 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Burns Night 2 All about the PTA 3 Art Show 4 The Giving Machine 5 Help needed 6 Second Hand Uniform 6 Art & Craft Fair 7 Matched Funding 8 AYLESBURY GRAMMAR SCHOOL We have a busy term ahead, The New Year 7 Parents Evening which was held at the end of September was a big success with a large number of new parents attending. “Aylesbury Grammar School’s 20 th Annual Art and Craft Fair” on Saturday 23rd November, 2013 (further details in the newsletter). The ever popular Christmas Raffle. The Committee has remained the same this year with Rachel Gate as Chair, Gaynor Bull as Vice Chair, John Wilkinson as Treasurer and Lesley Coggins as Secretary There are many other key people who are vital to the success of PTA events. Lorna Noble and Vic Simms manages the ca- tering and Sue and Chris Reynolds along with Ian and Julie Sexton run the bar all year round. Dawn Brady is Minutes Secretary. Graham Woodage is responsible for data manage- ment and sourcing helpers for events. Each event is also overseen by a committee, headed up by a member of the committee, and run by a smaller team of parents. We would love to see some new faces on the committee or on subcommittees for events. If you would like to play a part, however small (and not all roles involve coming to committee meetings!) please contact Rachel Gate at [email protected]Our next meeting will be held on Monday 11 th November in the Board Room at 7.30 p.m. We look forward to meeting you then. Dates for your Diary November 2013 22/23 Art & Craft Show February 2014 1st Burns Night March 2014 8th Quiz Night 23rd Paintballing June 2014 28th Summer Fete & Raffle Welcome back We are on the web www.agspta.co.uk/ Last year was our most successful fundraising year where we raised an amazing £33,773.
The New Year 7 Parents Evening which was held at the end of September was a big success with a large number of new parents attending.
“Aylesbury Grammar School’s 20th
Annual Art and Craft Fair” on Saturday 23rd November, 2013 (further details in the newsletter).
The ever popular Christmas Raffle.
The Committee has remained the same this year with Rachel Gate as Chair, Gaynor Bull as Vice Chair, John Wilkinson as Treasurer and Lesley Coggins as Secretary
There are many other key people who are vital to the success of PTA events. Lorna Noble and Vic Simms manages the ca-tering and Sue and Chris Reynolds along with Ian and Julie Sexton run the bar all year round. Dawn Brady is Minutes Secretary. Graham Woodage is responsible for data manage-ment and sourcing helpers for events. Each event is also overseen by a committee, headed up by a member of the committee, and run by a smaller team of parents.
We would love to see some new faces on the committee or on subcommittees for events. If you would like to play a part, however small (and not all roles involve coming to committee meetings!) please contact Rachel Gate at [email protected]
Our next meeting will be held on Monday 11th
November in the Board Room at 7.30 p.m. We look forward to meeting you then.
Dates for your Diary
November 2013
22/23 Art & Craft Show
February 2014
1st Burns Night
March 2014
8th Quiz Night
23rd Paintballing
June 2014
28th Summer Fete &
Raffle
Welcome back
We are on the web www.agspta.co.uk/
Last year was our most successful fundraising year
BURNS SUPPER 2014 A Traditional Scottish Evening celebrating the life of the Scottish Bard, Robert Burns.
With traditional Scottish Fare, Music, Speeches
and
Dancing to Ian Robertson & His Scottish Dance Band
on
Saturday 1st February 2014
6.45p.m. – midnight
at
Aylesbury Grammar School
Main School Hall
£35.00 per person
Tables of 10 available
Dress: Black tie with a touch of tartan
We want to give as many of you the opportunity to join us at this fan-tastic event, so make it a date in your diary for 2014. To all those with business connections there are opportunities to sponsor this event, to promote your own business or provide raffle prizes with a “Scottish” flavour. We would also like individuals prepared to shadow the current event subcommittee to ensure we can offer parents this very popular night on a biannual basis in future. If you are able to support the event or require any more information about the evening please contact
[email protected] for further details. Booking forms will be available with the PTA Newsletter in November.
To register: Go to the website www.thegivingmachine.co.uk Register as a new “giver” - when it asks what beneficiary to sup-port, click on Aylesbury Grammar School. You are now registered to use the site.
To shop: Log onto www.thegivingmachine.co.uk
Choose the retailer you want to shop with and shop as normal, including any discounts you may have. We will earn commission from your shopping (at no extra cost to you).
We would greatly appreciate your assistance for an hour or so at the following times:
Thursday 21st
November 4pm - 8pm Friday 22
nd November 4pm - 10pm
Saturday 23rd
November 10am - 6pm
Nothing onerous! - Sales desk, Cafe or just moving tables and chairs! Please email Gaynor Bull [email protected] if you can help or need more information.
Publicity
Would you be able to display our attached poster in your local shop, village or church notice board or your car window?
If any businesses would like to advertise in our Art & Craft Fair catalogue at very reasonable prices, please contact us on [email protected]
Cakes for the Art Café
Donations of cakes would be greatly appreciated. Please bring to the school hall on Friday afternoon or from 10am Saturday. Please label the tin or wrapper if the item contains nuts or has been frozen. If you would like your containers returned, please label with your son’s name and tutor group and collect from the kitchenette at the back of the school hall.
AGS 20TH ART & CRAFT FAIR SATURDAY 23RD NOVEMEBR 10.30AM—4.00PM
Once again we will be exhibiting some of our own senior boys’ works of art from an outstanding year.
In addition to paintings and drawings, we will be offering a wide variety of media from local artists - sculpture, photography, wood, glass, ceramics, collage, encaustic wax and mosaics.
Bennie Warren, a notable artist and grandmother of two AGS boys, is delighted to be a first time exhibitor of her work, which includes a striking re-creation of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.
There will also be an Art Café offering coffee, tea, light lunches and cakes and numerous Craft stalls for your Christmas shopping - ranging from artisan semi-precious jewellery to homemade preserves, textile art from vintage and up cycled fabrics, organic pampering products, Christmas cards and gifts.
For more information visit us at: http://
www.aylesburyartandcraftfair.net and https://
www.facebook.com/aylesburyartandcraft
THE ARTISTS OF THE FUTURE ALONGSIDE ESTABLISHED LOCAL ARTISTS
Many companies encourage their employees to become more involved in community and charitable activities by supporting their efforts through Employee Match Funding. This enables personal
donations, volunteer time or funds raised by employees to be doubled or even tripled through a contribution from their employer.
Do you work for a company which offers employees ‘matched funding’? If so is there a way that you can access this initiative to help raise funds for your son’s school?
You do not have to give huge amounts of time to helping AGS in order to access your company
scheme – just helping for an hour or so at the Summer Fete or Art & Craft Fair could result in us
doubling the profit made on your stall!
Can we maximise your time and efforts? Please contact us if your employer will support the school
through your efforts at pta@ags,bucks.sch.uk .
Some of the companies which are thought to do employee matched funding
3i
ABN Amro
Accenture
Alfred Dunhill
Alliance & Leicester
Alliance Capital
American Express
Andersen
Anglian Water
Argos
ARM Holdings
Asda
Astra Zeneca
AT Kearney
BAA
Bank of America
Bank of England
Bank of Scotland
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi
Bankers Trust
Barclays Group
BG Group
Boston Consulting Group
BP
Bristol-Myers Squibb
BT
Cable & Wireless
Camelot
Capgemini
Capital International Research
Celanese Canada Inc
Centrica
Chase Manhattan Foundation
Citibank
Citigroup
Credit Suisse First Boston
De La Rue
Deloitte Consulting
Deutsche Bank
DHL
Diageo
Dixons
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein
Eli Lily
EMI
Energis
Ericsson Telecom
Ernst & Young
Exxon Mobil
Fidelity Investments
First Bus
Ford Motor Company
GlaxoSmithKline Plc
Goldman Sachs
HSBC
IBM
IDEO
Industrial Bank of Japan
Invensys
J P Morgan
Johnson & Johnson
Kingfisher
KPMG
Littlewoods
Lloyds TSB
Marks & Spencer
Marsh & McLennan Companies inc.
McKinsey & Co
Mercury Asset Management
Merrill Lynch
Microsoft
Midlands Electricity
Misubishi Research Institute
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
National Power
NCR Corporation
NFC
Northern Electric
Norwich Union
Pearson
Philip Morris
Philips
PPG Industries Foundation
Pricewaterhouse Coopers
Procter & Gamble
Reuters
Robert Fleming & Co
Rolls Royce
Royal & Sun Alliance
Royal Bank of Scotland Group/
Halifax
Santander
Schroder Salomon Smith Barney
Schroders
Seaboard
Shell
Siemens Medical
Sigma Securities
Smithkline Beecham
Southern Electric
Stagecoach Holdings
Standard & Poor's
Sun Life of Canada
Swiss Bank Corporation
Tesco
Thames Water
United Airlines
Vodafone
Employee Match Funding
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