PTA

The PTA Social Committee at North West is a very active one.  We run several events a year which help raise much needed funds for the school, as well as  giving the parents an opportunity to meet and get to know each other.  

Coming up soon on our social calendar is the wonderful Chanukah Bazaar.  It is such a joy to see the children come rushing in with their money and their lists, eager to do their Chanukah shopping.  We are always trying to improve on the choice of gifts we have on offer, and with numerous visits to the wholesaler, we are able with each passing year to make the bazaar more and more like a ‘shop’.    

The Sunday before the bazaar we are also fortunate in having secured places at Somerset House Ice Rink, which is a first for the PA, and should provide a truly magical experience for the families lucky enough to be going.

The other extreme in both longevity and seasonality is the Summer Funday, which has been running for many years.  Last year is the first I can remember (in the 13 years we had been at the school at the time!) that we were almost rained off.  The rain continued to fall throughout the afternoon, and it was a challenge to get all the crafts we usually have out in the playground, into the hall.  Nothing, however, could stop the children enjoying the inflatables, and in between downpours they were lining up to beat the goalie,  clambering over the obstacle course, and landing in puddles as they came down the slide.  This year the challenge will be different.  With the work in the playground having been completed, our task now is to try and find somewhere to put all the inflatables. 

We are taking rest this year from the very successful Indulgence Evening, which has proved to be so popular for the past couple of years.  Instead we have decided to run a Cookery Demonstration with Silvia Nacamulli.  We are doing this a few weeks before Shavuot, with dairy recipes being the theme.  Details of the venue will be circulated nearer the time. 

We have been very fortunate in having two amazing pre-Yom Tov seminars run in conjunction with the London School of Jewish Studies (LSJS), one just before Pesach, (run also in conjunction with Brondesbury Shul,)  and one more recently in the run up to Rosh Hashana.  The LSJS has also come into North West and run a couple of six week courses for us.  The first, Torah L’am (Torah for Everyone) proved very popular, as did the second, Six Great Books.  We hope to be running another LSJS course in the future, details will follow.

I could go on about cinema trips, winter fundays, supper quizzes, melave malkas, but I won’t.  What I would say, however, is that the school really needs parental support to do all of these things.  We need people to sell tickets, people to come, people to help etc, and then, with your help and support, we can continue to put on successful events.

If you are interested in joining the social committee, please get in touch, I would love to hear from you.

Sara Goodman

02082090767
07774713787
sara@goodmanandco.com

Chair - PTA

SOCIAL DIARY:

If anything is added to the social calendar, we will inform you.