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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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Cake & Cake Mingle

Friday, 27th November 2026, from 2:30pm

Join us for a coffee and cake mingle after school, and get the inside scoop on FoICS and all the exciting events planned this year. It's the perfect time to ask about joining or share your ideas. All donations raised will go to Macmillan Cancer Support.

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Christmas Tombola Donations Day

Friday, 27th November 2026

It's non-uniform day on Friday 27th November! Children may choose what to wear in exchange for a donation to the 'Ivy Fun Christmas Themed Day'. Please bring your donations  (Christmas bottle and chocolates) to school. Thank you!

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Christmas Cake Donations

Tuesday, 9th December 2026, 8:30am - 8:50am

Help stock our stall. We need festive cakes, biscuits, savoury bakes and all your wonderful veggie/GF creations (no nuts please). Drop off home made or shop bought bakes at side kitchen door from 8.30am to 8.50am on Tuesday 9th December.

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Ivy's Christmas Fun Day

Thursday, 10th December 2026

We are putting on a 'Ivy's Christmas Fun Day' on Thursday 10th December. This will take place in school time followed by after school Christmas stalls. For each child there will an array of festive activities to participate in plus a visit from Santa (ssshhhhh - it's a secret). Get your tickets by Monday 7th of December.

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The FoICS Need You

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We’re currently looking for a Co-Chair, 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

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Join the FoICS team for our Annual General Meeting either face to face in the school or via Zoom. We’ll be celebrating our 2026-2027 achievements and sharing our exciting plans for the year ahead. New members are always welcome, and we can't wait to see you there.

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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