After the Garden Party...

  Phew, what a day!

One of our concerns when thinking about having a mini garden party was the weather, but we needn't have worried with the glorious sunshine we had earlier!  With the weather so hot, we sold out of cold drinks in record time - we'll make a note to buy more next time...

It was a hectic afternoon, getting everything set up and making sure the children knew what to do on the games stalls.  If we had more time and volunteers, we would have put more games on, but everyone seemed to enjoy the ones we went with.

Results

Total profit made from the Garden Party (including the World Cup "Golden Goal" sweepstake) was an amazing...

£472

Wow - that is much more than we expected to make from an short-notice, informal garden party!

We will put this money towards our fundraising target to buy some playground equipment.

Thank You...

A big "thank you" goes to the following helpers:

• All the year 5 and 6 helpers who ran the tattoos, splat the rat, lucky duck and tin can alley stalls.  
• Paige and Amber for creating masterpieces in  face-painting, slogging away despite the heat and long queues! 
• The mum who stepped in to help with face-painting when the queues were particularly long.
• The parents & staff who braved the heat to serve cakes, drinks, samosas and BBQ food.
• The staff members who helped to co-ordinate the children and set-up (although one teacher seemed to be having too much fun on the tin can alley!)
• The PTFA members and Mr Whale for helping to set up & put away
• and finally... to all the families who supported us by staying behind for the garden party - we hope you had a great time!