Latest News from Mayfield PTA
Welcome to our blog - this is where we'll share the latest news and updates from the PTA.
Winter Craft days keep everyone busy DECEMBER 2024
We've had a brilliant time at the recent Winter Craft Days. Each year group had about an hour to create three wintery crafts, with creations ranging from Roscon de Reyes wreaths, La Befana decorations, penguins, reindeers, lanterns, candles, mehndi hanging decorations, calendars and Danish paper hearts.
We tried to give our craft day an international feel, representing winter celebrations from around the world. You can find out more about each craft here and if you'd like to suggest your own craft for next year, please do get in touch - we'd love to hear your ideas! Email us at craft@fundmayfield.com
Huge thanks to everyone involved in the organisation and run up to the event and all of the parents who helped on the day. A special thank you to Inbal Leitner and Agnes Sandor who gave up their time to support the calendar making activities with some really beautiful results. We couldn't have done it without you all!
If you would like to donate to support the day, you can still do so through ParentPay
bid farewell to our reading bus DECEMBER 2024
A piece of Mayfield history will be hitting the road this Christmas holiday as we say goodbye to the reading bus in the KS2 playground area.
This fantastic idea was organised and funded by parents and staff several years ago and decked out in Alice in Wonderland themed furniture inside.
It has been a magical place for hundreds of Mayfield children to fall in love with reading in, but it’s now finally lost the battle with the British weather and become unsafe to use. We’re so grateful to everyone who worked to bring this project to life and filled it with happy memories.
So give the bus a wave as you head off for your Christmas holidays and keep your eyes peeled in spring as we work with the school to think about what’s next for the space.
Christmas tREES collected and up! DECEMBER 2024
Thank you to everyone who supported Mayfield PTA and the school by buying their Christmas tree through us this year. We had a fantastic response to this fundraiser and raised over £1,500 for the school.
Watch this space for news on how we are spending the money raised through our fundraising efforts. We are working on some exciting plans and will be sharing them with you all in the Spring term.
If you bought a tree and would like to give us any feedback (or would like to send us a picture of your beautifully decorated tree!), please email us at contact@fundmayfield.com
Funding received from Histon Rd Community DECEMBER 2024
This term Mayfield has been awarded a grant of £500 from the Histon Road - A Community Remembers group. This local group raised money from the sales of the beautiful book they produced about the area and are supporting us to revamp the year-group raised bed gardening area in the spring.
School gardener Agnes Sandor will be working to bring the raised beds back to life so more children can take part in gardening activities during lunchtimes and in Out and About sessions. The Histon Road group have supported us to purchase much needed mulch, children’s gardening gloves and water butts for the area so we can get children from all year groups more involved with the gardening process. We know from their feedback that the children really enjoy gardening and benefit from it in so many ways.
We’re extremely grateful to the Histon Road resident group and look forward to seeing the raised beds full of new life in spring.
Year 4 Bake Sale DECEMBER 2024
There was a fantastic atmosphere in the Large Hall on Friday, with some fantastic songs being played by the Mayfield Orchestra. We hope you enjoyed it as much as us!
Thank you to all the Year 4 families who provided the delicious bakes. And thank you to Mrs Taylor and the Mayfield orchestra for providing the entertainment!
Well done everyone - Christmas spirit achieved and over £200 raised for the school too! Merry Christmas to all!
wreath workshop results speak for themselves November 2024
A lovely, festive time was had by our small group of wreath-makers last week. Led by Mayfield granny and floristry lover Freda Clarke, in conjunction with the PTA, the wreath-making workshop was an event just for grown ups and a great chance to create something beautiful whilst getting to know other Mayfield parents and staff.
The creative vibe was strong and the end results were amazing!
Thank you to all our wreath-makers for coming along and supporting this fundraiser for the PTA and for getting this year's Winter activities up and running!
And a gigantic thank you to Freda, who led the workshop with patience and kindness, happily sharing her floristry knowledge and experience to support our attendees. THANK YOU!
The event was a great fundraiser too, raising a fantastic £400!
Over £3,000 raised through EasyFundraising! November 2024
We've hit an amazing milestone of over £3,000 raised through EasyFundraising! Huge thanks to everyone who has signed up (and remembers!) to use EasyFundraising - the few pence or couple of pounds here and there may not feel like much, but they add up to a huge amount!
Not on EasyFundraising yet?
Now's a great time to register, with every sign-up raising £1 for the PTA on top of your donation every time you shop. There are loads of retailers involved so whether you're doing your supermarket shop, booking a holiday, buying clothes, toys, craft items, or big electricals, your online spend can work hard for us.
You can find out more about it on our Donate page, or you can click below to sign up now!
great bakes at our Year 5 bake sale November 2024
Woolly hats and gloves were definitely needed at our Year 5 Bake Sale last week, but we braved the cold and had a mountain of homemade and shop-bought goodies to sell thanks to the amazing generosity of the Year 5 families!
Alongside the bakes, we sold authentic Spanish hot chocolate which I think was particularly welcome on the cold afternoon!
A huge thank you to everyone who donated bakes, gave their time to help on the stall and came along and supported our fundraiser.
You all helped us raise a fantastic £232 for the school. We will make sure the money makes it way to the Year 5 classrooms!
Amazing amount raised for CHildren in Need November 2024
A huge thank you to everyone who donated at our recent non-uniform day fundraiser in aid of Children in Need.
We raised an astounding £329.14 for this fantastic charity (plus £3.50 in old change, 45 cents and an Early Learning Centre plastic penny! 🤣).
Thank you everyone for your donations!
funky moves at our school disco November 2024
Lots of fun was had by all at last week's school disco! The PTA ran three different discos - one for Reception and Year 1, one for Years 2 and 3, and one for Years 4, 5 and 6. And with Disco Dave supplying the sounds, lights and foam, the evening was so much fun!
Amazingly almost two thirds of all Mayfield pupils joined us for the event - our best attended disco yet! 🥳
Huge thanks to everyone who helped: the teachers who helped judge the competitions; the staff who helped us get everything ready; and the fantastic parent volunteers who made sure the event ran smoothly - we couldn't have done it without you all! And additional thanks to everyone who came along, danced, drank, glowed and partied the evening away!
And not only did we have fun, we raised an amazing £960 for the school in the process.
Breakfast was served! November 2024
Our school's staff work incredibly hard to support our children. As a small way to say thank you, the PTA put on a special Inset Day breakfast for all the teachers and staff to enjoy. It gave everyone the chance to recharge their batteries after a morning of training, plus the chance to catch up with their peers.
Whilst serving bacon butties and vegan rolls, the PTA used the time to ask the staff for their priorities for PTA funding in 2024 and beyond. We were given a huge raft of fabulous ideas which will help us form our plans for the year ahead.
Thank you again staff! And huge thanks to two Year 6 families who donated cereals, jams and cakes for the staff to enjoy.
Welcome event for reception families October 2024
Getting through your first half term of school life is definitely something that should be celebrated, so the PTA hosted a small event for Reception families just before half term to do just that.
It was a lovely way for parents to meet and mingle with each other, to chat informally with school staff and for the children to play with their peers after school.
We hope you all enjoyed it as much as us!
For any of you who picked up bunting triangles to decorate, please return these to the school office so we can sew them together. If you would like to create more bunting please click here.
⭐vr day - funded ⭐ October 2024
As part of the PTA's commitment to providing memorable, unique and engaging experiences for our pupils, we recently funded a special 'VR Day' for years 4, 5 and 6!
VR specialists Showtime VR came into the school for the day and ran a bunch of sessions that tapped into the school's key curriculum topics.
There were gasps as Y5 children were transported back to the trenches in WW1, amazement as Y4 got to experience volcanoes up close and maybe even a bit of fear as Y6 came face-to-face with the Vikings.
A fantastic way to bring the curriculum to life! Find out more about what else we've got planned on our Projects page.
We're a Co-op Local Community fund Cause! October 2024
We're really excited to announce that we have been chosen as a Co-op Local Community Fund cause! This means that any Co-op member can choose us as their chosen cause to win a share of their amazing £5m pot of Fund money.
It's really easy to choose us as your cause. Simply click this link and either log in to your account (if you're already a member) or sign up and then choose us as your cause.
The more supporters we have over the course of the year-long campaign, the more money we will receive from the fund, so tell your friends, family and local community to choose us!
You can read more about how it all works on our Co-op Fund page, or simply follow (and share!) this link to choose us: membership.coop.co.uk/causes/91504
Fantastic start to the Bake sales! October 2024
A huge thank you to the Year 6 families who baked and bought goodies for our first year group bake slae of the year. There were meringues and cupcakes, pastry hearts and millionaire's shortcake, rocky road and chocolate twists. It makes you hungry just thinking about it!
And thank you to all the families who came along and supported the event. You helped us raise an amazing £260 for the school!
The next bake sale will be hosted by Year 5 and will be held on Friday 22 November.
Governors and PTA host a fab quiz night October 2024
Brain cells were tested last Friday at our annual Governors & PTA Quiz Night! Over 50 people attended, including staff, teachers and parents, making up a real mix of teams.
Andrew Monteath (one of the Parent Governors) led the evening, taking up the role of question-master. The questions came thick and fast and it was a really fun evening.
Huge congratulations to the Quizzy Rascals team of parents (plus a couple of PTA members) who spanned the year groups.
Thank you to the Governors for their help in running the event and to the Mayfield family who donated the red wine served on the night.
Overall the event made an amazing £265 for the school!
Same time next year?
Bag2School mountain raises valuable cash October 2024
Thank you to everyone who donated their unwanted household linen for our Bag2School collection a couple of weeks ago.
We had a veritable mountain of clothes that not only raises money for the school but ensures unwanted clothes are given a second life.
Your collections raised an astounding £126 for the school!
⭐Roman day for Year 4 - funded! ⭐ SEPTEMBER 2024
The PTA is committed to supporting the school in creating memorable, curriculum-focused experiences for our pupils. It's one of our core projects for this academic year and beyond.
And we got off to a flying start, funding the Year 4 Roman Day in September.
Led by History off the Page, the day saw the Year 4 children take part in a range of Roman themed activities, from making mosaics to learning military maneuvers.
It was such a fun day, and a really different way of learning about the topic which is a core part of the History curriculum.
The Year 4 staff had this to say about the day:
"We invited History of the Page into school to inspire and excite the children before we began learning about the Romans in history.
In recent years we have visited Verulamium (St Albans) to take part in a workshop and visit the museum. The workshop, although very good, was only one hour of a very long day. The day lacked freedom, the museum was incredibly small, and the venue was becoming increasingly overcrowded with other visiting schools.
History of the Page exceeded all our expectations. The quality of the resources and experiences were first class - mosaics, leather purses, copper name tags...
Craig, who led the day, was incredibly knowledgeable and shared his knowledge in an entertaining way. We loved that he accommodated those children that were not particularly interested in making the Roman artefacts, by teaching them Roman battle formations and had them marching and chanting up and down the hall!
We will definitely be inviting them again.
Thanks so much to all the PTA and to the parents who gave up their day to make the day possible."
Laptops gifted to the school October 2024
We'd like to say a huge thank you to CAMFED who have kindly donated 12 retired laptops to the school. Donations like this really help to relieve pressure on school budgets and make a huge difference to both the school and our pupils. Thank you again!
If you work for a company who could support the school by donating products or services we'd love to hear from you. Simply get in touch and we can work with you to make the process easy - contact@fundmayfield.com
Mayfield Market day - thank you! October 2024
Thank you so much to everyone who donated bakes, toys and secondhand uniform for our Mayfield Market Day event. It was great to see so many people there enjoying the bargains and chatting with other Mayfield families. We hope you had as much fun as us (we had so much fun we forgot to take any pictures - doh!).
Macmillan Cancer Support
As you know, the Bake Sale stall was raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support as part of their Big Coffee Morning events. We had some absolutely amazing bakes with an overwhelming volume of homemade goodies. Orla (Bake Sale officianado) said "special mention to the family who made sweet and savoury crepes, brought them in warm and explained the contents to our customers. They sold like hot cakes (or warm crepes), but you get the gist". Brilliant!
We raised an amazing £195 for a fantastic charity. A huge thank you to everyone involved.
Uniform & Toy Sale
We had a great range of toys donated for the toy sale. Thank you to all the children who donated their old toys (and their parents for helping by bringing them into school). Your contributions raised over £100 for the school.
And our uniform sale was a hit too with plenty of bargains being claimed and £130 raised.
So over the whole event we raised almost £200 for Macmillan and £230 for the school. Amazing!