Past events

In September we entertained families and staff at our Family Fete and raised an amazing £2360. We had lots of different fun things for the children including live music, bubbles, bouncy castles, face painting and balloon artistry, as well as a bar and yummy foods such as the bbq, candy floss, popcorn and strawberries and cream.

Our Easter tombola was another success. This time we included the Ripley site and met lots of new families. Thank you to everyone who donated prizes, and who bought tickets on the day.

Our quiz night in July was so much fun. We had nearly 80 participants and as well as the quiz we played fun games such as Heads or Tails, and Mystery Box. We are very much looking forward to our next quiz and disco evening in February 2025.

This summer we held one of our annual raffles and raised an amazing £1000.Many thanks to all the local business, families and staff that donated the wonderful prizes, and to all of those who bought tickets.

A full list of winners is available by emailing info@friendsoffreemantles.co.uk

This year for Autism Awareness Week we ran our own Super 7 Challenge were parents/carers and staff were encouraged to challenge themselves to try something new and raise money for our minibus campaign. We had runners, walkers and donators and we raised a staggering £4,901. Thank you to all that got involved!

This year our Pantomime, kindly donated by a company owned by a parent, was Robin Hood, and ran on a Saturday afternoon in the school hall. It is always a lively atmosphere with fun songs and kids joining in on stage and everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves. A wonderful addition to our annual events.

Our Christmas 2018 Raffle was very successful this year and with parents, school staff and taxi staff all trying their luck, we raised a very impressive amount. Thanks to all who participated.

This year our Pantomime, kindly donated by a company owned by a parent, was Hansel and Gretel, and ran on a Sunday afternoon in the school hall. It is always a lively atmosphere with fun songs and kids joining in on stage and everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves. A wonderful addition to our annual events.

Our most recent event was our Summer Fun Day, held within the school grounds on Sunday July 1st. The aim was to get families and staff together to come and have some fun with fellow parents and children, win some prizes and enjoy some good food. Stalls included tombolas, BBQ, Beat The Goalie, Bake A Cake competition, drinks and ice creams, strawberries and cream and second hand uniform and toys. Despite the hot weather we had a great attendance.

Each Easter and Christmas we run a raffle draw which is always very popular. We send home books of raffle tickets and parents get their friends and families involved too. Well, with such high prizes to win, who wouldn’t want to try their luck? Top prize this Easter was £250!! Over the years these raffle draws have raised thousands of pounds for the school.

Whenever possible, we get our trusty tombola drum out! Always there when the school run Christmas or Easter activity afternoons for parents to join their children in class, we give them the opportunity to win yummy Easter eggs or Christmas chocolates and bottles of booze. Next time you come to one of these afternoons, make sure you bring some pennies to spend!! This Easter in particular was hugely successful.

Every year we run the Smarties campaign which is always a success thanks to the generosity of the parents. We send home a tube of Smarties and parents send them back to us full of loose change. As the saying goes “Every penny counts” and with this campaign it really does