How the money's spent
Thanks to the support, hard work and fund-raising efforts of parents, staff, pupils and friends, PaF has been able to enhance the education of all pupils and the facilities of the school in various ways over the years. In addition to buying and maintaining equipment for the school and playground, money is used to subsidize school trips and after-school clubs, pay for workshops and contribute towards the annual Christmas trip to the pantomime and the KS1 Christmas party.
Other purchases include PE mats and trolley, CD/cassette players, headphones, digital cameras, computers, stage units, maths equipment, outdoor games, indoor games, sketch books, football kit, netball skirts, dress rails, keyboards, sound system, wireless microphones, artwork shelving units and KS1 picnic tables.
2010 expenditure
- Whole school maths scheme £640
- Additional maths resources £153
- Reading book storage for KS1 £600
- Sports week canvas prints £800
- Adventure trail maintenance £235
- Year 6 VIP sweatshirts £250
- Year 6 leavers books £115
- Year 6 party £100
- Chargers/batteries for digital cameras £210
- New football kit
- Panto refreshments and subsidy
- Coaches to Arlington Hall
2009 expenditure
- ICT equipment (computer modeling and control with floor robots) and science (USB light, sound and temperature sensors for investigative work) (£1,941)
- Books for the school (£100)
- Tall Poet (£370)
- Sweatshirts for the Year 6 VIPs (Very Important Pupils) (£214)
- Digital cameras (£439)
- Adventure trail maintenance £815
- Year 6 leavers books £115
- Coaches to Arlington Hall
- New Xmas tree (£75)
2008 expenditure
- KS1 Christmas party presents (£30)
- Science Theatre event for the whole school
- Subsidised the Christmas Robin Hood panto visit (£1/child for refreshments, £250)
- Coaches for ferrying the children to and from the Christmas concert rehearsals at Arlington Hall (£100).
- Maintenance of the adventure trail (£200)
- New notice board below (£284)
- UK and world wall maps below (£397)
- Contribution towards KS1 and KS2 Art Clubs (£228). For one of their projects, the KS2 Art Club made the amazing picture below. Based on the French impressionist painter Henri Rousseau's 'Surprise' painting, and featuring a tiger in the jungle about to pounce, each child painted a section on a separate piece of paper, which when put together, created this fantastic artwork.
- New tennis balls (£47)
- Year 6 graduation disco (£100)
- Year 6 leaving books (£130)
- Contribution towards Art Week (£2,000). One of the activities enjoyed by the children during Art week was felt making and they produced the fantastic felt artwork below, which hangs on the wall in reception and is the very first thing visitors see upon entering the school. It also celebrates the school's 20th year — 2009. It's made up of layers of fibres that are soaked with water and soap flakes and rolled many, many times. Based on photos the children took, the picture includes the school building, children playing in the playground and the local Rad Brook and trees from the school's logo.
The tile art below was made during Art Week by Year 4 (2007). It incorporates the school building, the Rad Brook and trees from the school's logo and some of the children's happy faces.
- KS1 Music Club (£125)
2007 expenditure
- KS1 Christmas party presents (£24)
- Subsidised the Christmas Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs panto visit (£1/child for refreshments, £250)
- Coaches for ferrying the children to and from the Christmas concert rehearsals at the Abbey Church (£250).
- Paid £445 for the new friendship bench for the playground (shown below).
- Maintenance of the adventure trail (£200)
- Year 6 leaving books (£140)
- Contributed £1,000 towards new books for the school library, some of which are shown below.
- Contributed £400 towards the garden club
- Sports day refreshments (£33)
- Contributed £1,000 towards the purchase of interactive whiteboards for all classrooms
- Subsidised the KS1 music club (£125)
2006 expenditure
- Christmas panto contribution (£307)
- KS1 Christmas party (£42)
- Subsidised the KS1 music club (£192)
- Keyboards and sound system (£544)
- Year 6 leaving books (£147)
- KS1 playhouse (£600)
- Maintenance of the adventure trail (£200)
- KS1 puppet show (£200)
- Pupil Council games equipment
- Playground equipment - tyre play area, playground markings, outdoor shelter, climbing wall, cycle rack (£3,825)
- Year 6 leaving gifts (autograph books)
- Transport to netball tournament (£70)
2005 expenditure
- Coaches to football matches (£100)
- Panto refreshments and tickets (£336)
- Artist for Class 11 (£310)
- Playground bench repair (£105)
- Digital camera for each classroom (£1,548)
- Ludlow football transport (£110)
- KS1 theatre workshop (£100)
- Coach to Kwik Cricket (£75)
- Maintenance of the adventure trail (£200)
- Book festival (£200)
Outdoor equipment
The following photos show some of the outdoor equipment that PaF has paid for or contributed towards.
Adventure trail
Climbing wall
Cycle rack
KS1 playhouse
Lower playground markings
Playground pencils
Shelter
Top playground markings
Tyre play area
