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 Events
Our Summer Raffle tickets are now on sale (£1 per ticket). We have some fantastic prizes on offer! These include:
· 30-minute trial flight in a 2-seat aircraft - Colne Valley Aviation LTD & Subsidiaries
· Alexa Echo Show
· Aura Digital Picture Frame
· £80 voucher for a double oven clean - The Oven Cleaning Company
· 2 child tickets to Colchester Zoo
· Family ticket to RHS Hyde Hall
· 3 guest passes for The Essex
· Pandora heart charm
· Footgolf for 6 people at Cammas Hall Farm
· £25 voucher for The Snow Centre
· £20 voucher for Blackwells Farm Shop
· 3 spin sessions for Pulse Studio
· Logitech Bluetooth Multi-Device Keyboard k480
· £15 voucher for The Essex Pottery Studio
· Kensington Easy Riser Laptop Stand
· £15 voucher for Little Monsters Soft Play
· 1 adult and 1 child pass for Go Bananas
· £10 voucher for The Barn Garden Centre
· Bottega Mini Hamper (20cl prosecco, candle & bath petals)
· 20% voucher for Mitchell & Butler Restaurants (Miller & Carter, Harvester, etc)
· Beauty Hamper
We are incredibly grateful to the following for their support to our Summer Raffle this year:
Colne Valley Aviation Ltd & Subsidiaries www.anglianflightcentres.co.uk
The Oven Cleaning Company https://www.theovencleaningcompanycolchester.com/
Colchester Zoo www.colchesterzoologicalsociety.com
RHS Hyde Hall www.rhs.org.uk
The Essex www.theclubcompany.com
Cammas Hall www.cammashall.co.uk
Blackwells Farm Shop www.blackwellsfarmproduce.co.uk
The Snow Centre www.thesnowcentre.com
Pulse Studio https://pulse-fit.co.uk
The Essex Pottery Studio www.essexpotterystudio.co.uk
Little Monsters Soft Play www.littlemonstershof.co.uk
Go Bananas www.go-bananas.co.uk
The Barn Garden Centre www.thebarnstanway.co.uk
Mitchell & Butler Restaurants
Parents at Earls Colne Primary School & Nursery
Thank you!
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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:
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- 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-£7,500 of reading scheme books -
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!
