Friends of Bridport Primary School
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:
Easter Hop - Saturday 23rd March 2024 - 10.30am -12.30pm: Easter Trail with prize and meet Peter Rabbit. £2 entry per child. Cakes, face painting, Easter crafts, refreshments, lots of games, kids’ tombola, raffle and more. See the Easter Hop poster for more details.
Easter Hat Competition...£2 per entry; come to the Hop wearing your Easter themed headwear, prize for the best design!
May School Disco: Thursday 23rd May 2024
BPS Big Gig: Saturday 25th May 2024 – save the date! Live music for the adults! Lyric Theatre, Bridport Town Centre, Tickets £12 in advance online, £15 on the door.
BPS Summer Fair / BPS Fest: Friday 21st June 2024
Break the Rules Day: Friday 19th July 2024
Remaining Cake Stalls for this year:
Y2 – Fri, 26th April 2024
Y1 – Fri, 7th June 2024
YR – Fri, 12th July 2024
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 Tuesday 16th April in 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 Monday 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).
The FOBPS Committee:
Stop us for a chat in the playground!
Chairperson - Sam Hansford (Mum to Year 6 and Year 3 children).
Vice Chairperson - Amy Cox (Mum to children in Year 3 and Year 2).
Treasurer - Laura Walter (Mum to children in Year 2 and Year 5).
Secretary – Nikky Ward (Mum to child in Year 1).
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.