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Diary dates from The Friends

admin — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:41:41 +0000

Welcome to the Friends – please check your dairy against this years list of events and come along and join in the fun

Event	Date	Time	Place
Fruity Friday	Every Friday	3.20pm to 4.15pm	The school dining room. DVD hire and freshly prepared delicious fruit snacks, jelly and popcorn.
Friends Termly Meeting	Monday 26th April	9am school dining room	Coffee, biscuits and always a few laughs!
Friends Lunch	Friday 14th May	12.30pm	The Great House, Laleston in private dining room
Mamma Mia Trip	Friday 11th June		Prince of Wales Theatre
Summer Fete and BBQ	Saturday 3rd July	12 noon to 4pm	School playing fields. Food, fun and games for all!
Halloween Disco	Friday 15th October	3.30pm to 5.30pm	Crampton Hall. Party tea and DJ Stirling
Christmas Bazaar	Friday 3rd December	2.30pm to 4.30pm	Crampton Hall. Father Christmas and bargains!
Christmas Ball	Saturday 4th December	7pm to 1am	The Grove Golf Club, Porthcawl. Not to be missed!

We are a very friendly (and very busy!) committee and everyone is welcome to all our meetings and events – the more the merrier!

News from the Friends

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:31:53 +0000

Read and see the latest news from The Friends…

Huge thanks to all of you who so kindly helped with the Valentine’s Disco, as you can see from the photos everyone had a great time!

Special thanks to Caroline Taylor for her fabulous bunting which transformed the Crampton Hall and to the boys from Year 7 who provided much needed muscle for the clearance and set up of the hall!

You were all very generous in buying raffle tickets at the Eisteddfod highlights thank you, and we broke all “raffle records” by raising an amazing £223! Well done to our sales girls Clare Newman and Patricia Rock!

Deposits have been rolling in for our theatre trip to see Mamma Mia at The Prince of Wales Theatre, Piccadilly Circus on Friday 11th June. Alice El Kilany has kindly secured discount tickets for the 5pm show and we are planning to leave Bridgend on a mid morning train and return just after midnight. The total cost of the theatre and train tickets will be approximately £70 and we are asking for a deposit of £40 now as we have to make an immediate payment for the discounted tickets. Enclosed with this newsletter is an order form for the trip and please return with £40 deposit by next Tuesday if you would like to come. It should be a great day out and would
make a lovely Mother’s Day present!

We also have a special lunch coming up soon! On Friday 14th May we can all wine and dine at the fabulous Great House restaurant in Laleston where manager (and St John’s Dad), Mohammed El Kilany, is preparing a delicious menu for us! Please make sure you put this date in your diaries, the food and setting at the Great House are superb and definitely not to be missed!

As you can see, special thanks are due to Alice and Mohammed El Kilany for their kind input into our forthcoming May and June events!

Thank you very much both!
Catherine Perkins
Chairperson

Friends “London Theatre Trip”

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:30:04 +0000

Friday 11th June to see MAMMA MIA
Leave mid morning, returning about midnight
Cost (ticket and transport) £65 – £70
Only 20 places available. Deposit of £40 we will needed your deposit by Friday March 5th

For any further information please contact
Alice El Kilany 01656 782687 or Catherine Perkins 01656 890270

News from the Friends

admin — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:37:30 +0000

Huge thanks to Mrs Alice el Kilany who has been working hard and tirelessly on arrangements for an exciting “Mums’ School Trip” (Dads are welcome too of course!).

The trip is to see a London show (probably Wicked, possibly Mamma Mia) planned for Friday 11 June and will be a day return by train. In order to take advantage of early booking discounts for the theatre and the train it is crucial that we know exact numbers for this trip as early as possible. Alice has 10 confirmed mums so far which is enough to qualify for a group discount at the theatre so the trip will definitely be going ahead. The expected total cost for theatre and train is in the region of £60 which is les than half the normal cost BUT this does assume that we can buy enough APEX train tickets at £24 return on Friday 10 May! The trip is open to everyone and the more the merrier! Please let the office or Alice know as soon as possible if you would like to come so that we can be sure of getting enough theatre tickets! This promises to be a great day and evening out!! (and would make a lovely Mother’s Day present!)

Also don’t forget “Mums Lunch” at the Great House on Friday 14th May, details nearer the time – so nice to see the mums having a few organised treats!
Catherine Perkins
Chairperson