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Raising money for our children

Welcome to The Friends of Ivy Chimneys School (FoICS). As a PTA, our aim is to raise money to improve the education and wellbeing of all our children - and build community spirit along the way!

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Coming up

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Ivy's Christmas Fun Day

Tuesday, 16th December

We are putting on a 'Ivy's Christmas Fun Day' on Tuesday 16th December. This will take place in school time. For each child there will an array of festive activities to participate in plus a visit from Santa (sshhhhh - it's a secret). Get your tickets by Monday 8th December.

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You child's Christmas Card Project

Deadline - Wednesday, 19th November

Your child's Christmas Card project artwork have been sent home - please keep an eye on it. As well as making beautiful keepsakes and cards to send, every order raises money which benefits the children. Place your order by Wednesday 19th November, so you can receive it via school roughly 2 weeks of the order date.

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Make someone's Christmas a little brighter

Deadline - Friday, 12th December

Let's spread some holiday magic! We're inviting all our  Ivy children to design a Christmas card and write a heartfelt message to bring a smile to an elder in our local community this festive season. Pop your card into the FoICS Post Box at the school reception by Friday 12th December.

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The FoICS Need You

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We’re currently looking for a Co-Chair as well as team members for roles such as Social Media Manager, Raffle Coordinator, and Volunteer Coordinator. If you’d like to learn more about these positions, have any questions, or want to discover how FoICS supports our school, please get in touch — we’d love to hear from you! FoICS needs YOU!

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Our Weekly Lottery

Every Saturday at 8pm

A quick and easy way to help us from £1 each week. You could win over £25 in our local draw and the chance to win £25,000 in the national draw every week. Sign up friends and family too!

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Annual FoICS AGM Meeting

To be confirmed

Join us via Zoom for a short planning session. We'll confirm times close to the event.  Everyone is welcome - we need all the ideas and help we can get!

A very special Thank You...

Micro Scooters
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We are delighted to have received a donation of scooter accessories from Micro Scooters towards our school summer raffle.
Renowned for revolutionising the school run with iconic 3 wheel scooters. Micro make getting from A-B quicker, cleaner, greener, healthier and more fun.
Thank you.
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Local businesses
Volunteers
Within the Ivy Chimneys Primary School community we receive some wonderful support from local business sponsors. 
Thank you to Montagues Property in Epping.
With special thanks to AMX Print in Thornwood.
Both local businesses support the school and the Friends on every FoICS event we do. Thank you.
Local community
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Thank you for your continued support from many local businesses. To name a few:
& many more local businesses who support our school FoICS fundraising events.

What our fundraising has given our children

Take a look at what we've spent our fundraising on - from running surfaces and rain shelters to fun equipment for the playground. We also continually buy iPads, books and other resources for the children.
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