The Friends of Earls Colne Primary School and Nursery

Upon joining the school all families become members of ‘The Friends’.

Friends PTA is our parent teacher association run by a team of parents and volunteers of the school, fundraising to give back to the children in our school community.

  Meet the Committee... 

Meet the Friends

 Current Event

 Our Rainbow Raffle tickets are now on sale. We have some fantastic prizes donated by some brilliant local companies:

An ‘Ichika Classic Japanese Head Spa’ with Ichika (Earls Colne)

 Family Photography Gift Experience with Barrett & Coe

 A family day ticket to Jimmy’s Farm & Wildlife Park (for 2 adults & 2 children)

 Tickets to Braintree Village Ice Rink (for 4 people)

 A family ticket to Enlightened Trails (for 2 adults & 2 children)

 2 tickets to a show at The Mercury Theatre (Colchester)

 A family ticket to Markshall Estate (for a 2-adult family)

 A family pass for 2 games of bowling at NAMCO Funscape, Braintree (for 4 people)

 A family admission to Framlingham Castle

 2 cinema tickets for Cineworld

 Tea and cake for two at Mrs Salisbury’s Team Room (Markshall Estate, Maldon, Wickham Bishops)

 £20 gift card for Poplar Nurseries

 £15 gift card for Perrywood

 Free reformer pilates session at Studio 95 (Greenstead Green)

 £15 gift card for The Entertainer

 Wallace & Gromit ‘Christmas Day’ puzzle from Wentworth Wooden Puzzles

 1 child and 1 adult pass for Go Banana’s Colchester

 1 60-minute pass for Air Hop Adventure & Trampoline Park

 Reindeer Plush Toy (can be personalised)

 Digital photo frame & SanDisk USB 3.0 flash drive

 Gel manicure with Katie at KB Lash and Nail Artist (Earls Colne)

 An ‘unlimited class pass’ to a child-friendly fitness class with Rebel Fitness (Colchester)

 Rainbow hampers*

*the hampers include 20% off vouchers for Mitchell & Butler restaurants (Miller & Carter, Harvester, Vintage Inns, etc) and items kindly donated by the parents of Earls Colne Primary School & Nursery.

Friends PTA of Earls Colne Primary School & Nursery would like to say a huge thank you to the wonderful businesses listed below. We are incredibly grateful for your support and for the generous prize donations to our Christmas raffle this year:

• Estelle at Ichika www.instagram.com/ichikaspa
• Barrett & Coe www.facebook.com/BarrettandcoeEssex
• Jimmy’s Farm & Wildlife Park www.jimmysfarm.com
• Braintree Village Ice Rink https://www.braintree-village.com/en/the-ice-rink-at-braintree-village
• Enlightened Moments www.enlightenedmoments.co.uk
• Mercury Theatre www.mercurytheatre.co.uk
• Markshall Estate www.markshall.org.uk
• NAMCO Funscape Braintree www.namcofunscape.com
• Framlingham Castle https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/framlingham-castle/
• Cineworld Braintree www.cineworld.co.uk
• Mrs Salisbury’s Famous Tearoom Rooms www.mrssalisburys.co.uk
• Poplar Nurseries www.poplarnurseries.co.uk
• Perrywood Garden Centre www.perrywood.co.uk
• Rebecca at Studio 95 in Greenstead Green www.instagram.com/studio95_essex
• The Entertainer www.thetoyshop.com
• Wentworth Wooden Puzzles www.wentworthpuzzles.com
• Go Banana’s Colchester www.go-bananas.co.uk
• Air Hop Colchester www.airhop.co.uk
• Katie at KB Lash and Nail Artist in Earls Colne www.instagram.com/byktb_
• Lea at Rebel Fitness www.rebel-fitness.co.uk
• Mitchell & Butlers www.mbplc.com

Thank you to everyone who bought a raffle ticket to support our school and we hope all the winners enjoy their prizes.

We would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

 Upcoming Events

We can be contacted via:

Facebook Group: Friends of Earls Colne Primary School and Nursery 

Instagram: @friendsof.ecpsandnursery

Email: Friendsof.ecpsandnursery@gmail.com

The Friends are always on the lookout for new fundraising ideas and would love to hear from you if you have any.

We are always grateful of any help organising, running and clearing up after events. Please do come along and get involved.

Money raised so far this year:

Grand Total; £1348.18!!

- Christmas Card Project raised £714.50 

- Halloween Bingo raised £304.01

- Halloween Crafts raised £177.45

- Colouring Competition raised £65.05

- Autumn Disco TBC

- Sweet Treat Pop up - to be revealed termly

Additionally, every year The Friends contribute more than £3,000 to pay for enrichment activities, trips and visitors for all children in school!

This year The Friends have already helped enhance the curriculum by contributing towards:

• - Christmas Lunch Gifts

  - £500 towards to coach for the Year 4 trip to Colchester Zoo 
  - £500 towards to coach for the Year 5 trip to West Stow
  - Each Child Received a personalised White Board Pencil
  - New White Boards for Children 
  - Nursery Writing Pads 
  - £500 towards improving the Nursery including a new rug for the children!

  Keep an eye out for updates on DOJO and on the weekly school newsletter.

  Any enquiries, you can reach us via email: friendsof.ecpsandnursery@gmail.com - we look forward to hearing from you!