Winter Magic Arts Challenge
“Every child is an artist”
As part of the School’s Winter Fayre on 8th December, all children of St Matthews Primary School were invited to take part in the Arts Challenge. The theme is Winter Magic.
Over 40 children participated and submitted over 50 art works. Out of all the entries, two teachers selected 15 paintings and drawings for the shortlist submitted to the public vote at the Fayre.
Thank you and Well done to all participants!
Top Prizes
The top prizes were decided by public vote. Congratulations to Sanchi, Sophia and Leon!
Shortlisted artists
The top 6 artists were interviewed by their school friends and fellow artist participants.
Check out the interviews of the Artists
All entries
Rules
Any queries, please email winter.magic@stmatthewspta.org.uk
AGM 2023, with Mr Evans on “Music and Drama at St. Matthew’s”
Update: minutes and reports from the meeting are linked here:
Original announcement
The PTA is holding its Annual General Meeting (AGM), open to all parents/carers and staff, at 7.30pm on Monday 16th October 2023.
If you wish to join remotely: meet.google.com/iqz-zzhy-dyg
If you are interested in joining the PTA committee, please come along, or find out more in advance at https://stmatthewspta.org.uk/about/pta-committee-roles/ or get in touch on pta@stmatthews.cambs.sch.uk
Colour Run report
We are thrilled with the success of the inaugural St Matthew’s Colour Run, which took place at the end of April 2023. This was a school-wide fun run in which every child from each class could choose to walk, skip, dance, hop or run around the cage dressed in their most colourful clothes to contribute to a total number of laps for each year group. The aim of the event was to raise funds for the leases on some of the schools Chromebooks that are used for delivering the ICT curriculum across the school. This is just one of the projects the school have asked the PTA to help fund during this challenging time for school finances.
It goes without saying that those with the longest legs managed to complete the most laps, however when we looked at the results across the year groups it is striking to see how well Year 4 performed, totting up 4,003 laps – only just behind Year 6’s 4,022 laps.
Altogether pupils completed 22,087 laps in some extremely colourful and imaginative outfits.
Year groups were also competing against one another for who could raise the most funds. Year 2 just made it to the top of the leaderboard with £1,076.91 closely followed by Year 1.
Year group | Amount raised | |
1st | Year 2 | £1076.91 |
2nd | Year 1 | £1065 |
3rd | Year 3 | £1007.02 |
4th | Year 6 | £944.50 |
5th | Reception | £906 |
6th | Year 5 | £901.50 |
7th | Year 4 | £870 |
In total, with Gift Aid added, the Colour Run raised an incredible £8,034.38, completely smashing the original £4,000 target. This means we can not only fund the Chromebooks lease renewal but also contribute to the projects that the school has asked for help funding due to its budget deficit.
A huge THANK YOU and well done to everyone who walked, ran, dressed up and/or donated. An extra big thank you to Mrs Woolfe for single-handedly coordinating every run within class PE lessons and bringing so much colour, energy and joy to the event. We really appreciate everything you did to make the event such a success.
As a gesture of thanks for participating, the PTA will be giving a badge to everyone in Reception to Year 6. They will be handed out in PE lessons at the end of June.
Colour Run
The PTA and Lisa Woolfe are organising a fun “Colour Run” for all children at the school. Full details on the Colour Run page.
AGM – 10th October 2022
The PTA’s Annual General Meeting was held at on 10th October 2022 in the Community Room at the school, with some attending remotely via Zoom.
Documents
PTA social meetup – 7.30pm, Monday 3rd Oct 2022
In the Garden Room at The Alex (Alexandra Arms) pub, Gwydir St.
Drop in any time 7.30pm-9.30pm.
Everyone is welcome. Meet other parents, catch up, and chat about what the PTA does. A great opportunity to find out more, especially if you are interested in joining the PTA either as a committee member, Class Rep or would like to help out with events
Summer Fair raises nearly £5000
Finally, after two missed years due to Covid, the PTA was able to organise a Summer Fair this year, on 15th July 2022. And what a fair it was! Over 40 stalls, delicious food, great music from the Bookstore Band and the St Matthew’s choir, and a fantastic atmosphere all round.
The fair raised a £4,980.35, allowing the PTA to continue to fund equipment, projects and activities at the school. Huge thanks to all the organisers and participants, and a special shout out to Year 6 whose stalls raised £1555!
Spooky Dress-up day raised £814 ??⚽️?
A Big Thanks to everyone who helped out and donated. Thanks to you we raised £817!
The school are looking forward to using the money to help buy Musical Instruments ?? and Sport Equipment for the whole school. ⚽️?
Thank you again for your support!
Spooky Dress-Up Day ?
On Friday 22nd October 2021 all pupils are invited to dress up in their most spooky costumes to help raise money for St Matthews.
On the day, donation buckets will be quivering at all entrance gates during drop off and pick up.
Other ways to donate include Classlist :
https://app.classlist.com/events/#/events/view/851482270
Or if you prefer via our JustGiving page:
https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/stmatthews-dressup
Thanks for your support! ???