Welcome to the Friends of Bridport Primary School Web page! 

The Friends of Bridport Primary School (FoBPS) are parents and teachers who want to help the children of BPS to have as enriched and rewarding a school experience as possible. We come together to create a community that organises events to raise money for valuable activities and resources that the school’s budget cannot provide and that are not funded from other means.

We are always welcoming new friends so come and get involved! Click on our pages to view upcoming events and fundraising efforts.

Events:

BPS Christmas Market THIS Friday 6th December 2024, 5:30pm – 7:30pm at Bridport Primary School Our biggest event of the year promises to be fun for all the family, with a special performance from the School Choir at 6pm, visits to see Father Christmas, a BBQ / Bar, private traders selling cocktails, gifts, jewellery and cosmetic products, with the added excitement of Crafts, Lucky Dip, Christmas Games, Face Painting, Tombola, Cakes and much more!

BUY RAFFLE TICKETS We have 20 awesome raffle prizes and counting; full list of prizes and tickets can be purchased online: https://fobps.charityhive.co.uk/, with paper tickets being sold at the Market on Friday from 5:30 until the draw is made shortly after 7pm.

VISIT FATHER CHRISTMAS Join a small group of children visiting Father Christmas in his Grotto for a short story and a chat! Children will spend around 15 minutes in the Grotto and receive a gift. Visits can be booked online in advance: https://fobps.charityhive.co.uk/, with some slots available on arrival at the market.

PLEASE DON’T FORGET DONATIONS, OR AN OFFER TO HELP We rely on families to donate Raffle prizes: unwanted gifts, good quality items, vouchers, local experience passes; Bottles of alcohol / unopened cans / adult gifts for adult tombola and “Full or empty” game and baked treats for the cake stall please; bring to the school office this week. We need around 30 volunteers for this event as it is our biggest of the school calendar; if you can help with the Christmas market, please contact the Friends email bridportpsfriends@gmail.com as soon as possible since we are short of volunteers with only 3 days to go Just an hour of your time would be an enormous help, Thank you.

 https://fobps.charityhive.co.uk

Friends of Bridport Primary School The Friends of Bridport Primary School website. Join in, fundraise and donate! fobps.charityhive.co.uk

Christmas Event: Friday 6th December 2024

Easter Event: Sat 5th April 2025

Summer Event: Friday 27th June 2025

Break the Rules Day: Mon 21st July 2025

Cake Stalls by year group:

• Y6 – Fri, 27th September 2024

• Y5 – Fri, 8th November 2024

• Y4 – Fri, 17th January 2025

• Y3 – Fri, 7th March 2025

• Y2 – Fri, 2nd May 2025

• Y1 – Fri, 6th June 2024

• YR – Fri, 11th July 2025

FOBPS Meetings: Our meetings are always held in the pub, allowing us to have a catch-up and a chat either side of the meeting discussions; please do come to our next gathering if you can, on Thurs 7th November 2024 The Tiger Inn, Bridport, from 7:30pm

New to You Sales: We hold stock of items such as grey/black skirts, dresses, trousers and shorts, and green jumpers or cardigans for sale at bargain prices (£1 per item).  Our sales are held outside the school main office from 3pm on the last Tuesday of each half-term (confirmed in social media and newsletters prior to each sale).

Uniform Donations:

Please consider donating any good quality used uniform to the New to You stock. We are particularly short of the larger sizes.  Simply bag it up and put it in our New to You bin next to the Green Textile Recycle Bank in the school car park.  We accept grey/black skirts/trousers/shorts/dresses, summer dresses, green jumpers, cardigans, and PE hoodies.  NO shoes, bags, coats, white polo shirts, underwear(!) or non-clothes items, thank you (these are rarely asked for and take a lot of room in our small storage area).

 

FOPBS Communications

Our new communication group sits within WhatsApp. If you think you can spare a little time to help the PTA every now and then, please email us at bridportpsfriends@gmail.com. We will add you to the WhatsApp group, where we can put a shout-out when we need help!

Alternatively, we still have the communication links below; handy for reminders of events such as discos, uniform sales, cake sales and the summer event, with some parents using email as their preferred mode of communication when help is requested.

Other ways of supporting FOBPS

Please collect used ink cartridges and put them in our recycle bin situated in the school office.  ‘Empties Please’ will then collect the bin when it is full and donate the money raised straight back to FOBPS with a certificate to display in our reception area. Click the logo to view what empty ink cartridges that can be recycled.

Stickins provide good quality, clear labels for your child’s belongings.  FOBPS will earn 30% commission if you order your name labels from Label Planet, and you will also get FREE DELIVERY.  Enter the school ID 2709 before you order.

 

Please help Friends of Bridport Primary School by signing up to support us for FREE on Easy Fundraising. You raise donations whenever you shop online with over 7,000 brands, including John Lewis & Partners, eBay, Argos, M&S and more. Plus, once you have raised your first £5, easy fundraising will double it!  Click the logo and sign up today – it will make a BIG difference to us!

Astra Cycle Textile Recycle Bank: the Big Green Textile Bank in the school carpark.   

Astra Cycle pay FOBPS 40p per kilo for what is collected and will empty the bank every 2 weeks to stop it from overflowing!  (If it is full, please wait for the bank to be emptied rather than leaving the bags of textiles next to the bank) 

The textiles collected are either sent to Eastern Europe to be used again or converted into insulation materials and industrial cleaning wipes - less than 1% of what you donate will end up in the ground. 

Items must be bagged please, and the following is accepted: Clothing, Uniform (if not fit for New to You), Shoes, Accessories (bags, hats, gloves, scarves, belts etc), bed linen and towels.  Please note, the textile bank does not take Carpet, Curtains, Fabric Off cuts and General waste.