Supporting Our School
Online Christmas Raffle 2021
For the second year running our major Autumn fundraiser is the online Christmas raffle. This year we are aiming to raise £10,000 to help the school fund the creation of a new Science lab - a facility which EVERY student will benefit from. Tickets are being sold through parent School Gateway accounts until midnight Sunday 12th December with the draw taking place on Monday 13th December. Please contact Fi Crouch PPA Chair PAChair@patesgs.org if you have any difficulty with purchasing your tickets.
We can achieve the target through match funding - if there are any parents who work for a company that is able to match fund this online event then please email PAmatch@patesgs.org for further details.
Recent Events
We were very happy to support two events in quick succession in November - the Autumn Concert and Diwali, both of which showcased the amazing talents of our students.
Online Zoom Quiz 7pm Friday 16th April 2021
Following the huge success of the February PPA Quiz, we have asked our fabulous quiz master Simon to return with another of his exciting online quizzes. Gather your competitive family members around you and share your knowledge in this fiercely fought battle of the brains! This date is during the Easter holidays so please email PAtickets@patesgs.org ASAP to register your interest and to book your place. Entry is £20 per team (or more if you are able please) and all proceeds from the evening will go towards Making £nds Meet.
Online Zoom Quiz 7pm Friday 5th February 2021
A huge thank you to the 49 teams of Pate’s families who shook themselves out of their lockdown stupor and took part in our annual PPA quiz. It was a highly competitive but good humoured battle and in the end there was only one winner - massive congratulations must go to Team ‘Paters Gonna Pate’ who won with an amazing score of 158/160! As always, quiz master Simon Lewis created an exciting and entertaining quiz with 16 rounds of varied topics. Although this time it was all virtual, it was as slick as ever and as one contestant said it “actually felt like we had been on a night out!”. The evening managed to raise a wonderful £1000 for the school through the entry fee – thank you to all the participants for their support.
If you like to quiz then watch this space for news on another later on in the Spring!
Online Christmas Raffle raises as incredible £9,040 - and still more to come!
This was our only ‘event’ this Autumn term and we were aiming to try and not only match what we would usually raise by Christmas, but also cover the cost of many of the additional items which school has had to unexpectedly purchase in order to keep the school Covid-19 safe and ensure the continuation of teaching and learning to all. We set ourselves an ambitious target of raising £10,000 and we are so nearly there! We can achieve the target through match funding - if there are any parents who work for a company that is able to match fund the event then please email PAmatch@patesgs.org
PPA AGM Wednesday 7th October
Thank you to all of those parents who joined us for our first AGM on Zoom! It was a great success! Details of our half termly meetings can be found on the 'Who We Are' webpage.
Spring Fair Saturday 7th March 2020 10 am - 12.30 pm Hall, Gym, Sports Hall & Art Gallery
Our biggest fundraiser of the year saw us raising funds for the PE department - sport underpins so much that is precious at Pate's and the department pitched in to help us in amongst their sports fixtures on the field. The bowling machine went down a storm and the 60 Second Netball Challenge was definitely a challenge that brought out the competitive spirit! The Year 7, 8 & 9 students excelled themselves on their stalls and shoppers were entertained by the School's Jazz Band who performed wonderfully. The ever popular Cake Stall and Cafe did a roaring trade in refreshments and the paperless raffle went without a hitch! Thank you so much for your support - a final figure raised will be released soon!
PPA Quiz Friday 7th February 2020
A wonderful time was had by all 31 teams at the Monty Python themed quiz. Competitors took advantage of BYO picnics and our bar to help fuel their quiz brains! We raised over £2,000 and lots of fun was had by all!
Chinese New Year Celebration Sunday January 19th 2020
The Year of the Rat made its entry in style and was a wonderful celebration of Chinese culture! We raised just over £1,140! Thank you to the generosity of all those who donated food, time and performance skills to make this such a fantastic event!