Friends of Rowlands Gill Primary School

Welcome to Friends of Rowlands Gill Primary School

 

We are a charitable organisation (charity no.1050183) run wholly by volunteers, comprising of parents/carers and grandparents of the pupils at Rowlands Gill Primary School. Through partnership with the school we aim to enhance our children’s school experience by organising after school clubs and events, and through funding special projects.

The PTA relies on willing parents/carers/family members to help out for as little as one hour per month you could help with the following jobs:

  • Help on a stall at an event
  • Bake a cake
  • Distribute event posters
  • Secure donations/funding
  • Help organise events and projects
  • Fundraising ideas
  • Use your professional skills to help with the management of the committee
  • Join the PTA!

Newsletter 3rd February 2025

Please see below the latest school Newsletter. Please note it may take a little time to load. There is lots of information so please read it carefully.

Book Fair total raised

Many thanks to all those who came along and purchase books at the recent book fair, a total of £507.80 was taken and this raised a wonderful £203.12 for the school to spend on books for the library. The next book fair is scheduled to come to school in March 2025 and...

Newsletter – 3rd December 2024

Please see below link for the latest school newsletter.  This contains information about the upcoming Christmas events and Afterschool Clubs for the spring term.

Bookfair in School

Please help us to raise funds for the school by purchasing books for your children through the fair which is now on site and open on the following days: Thursday 21st November Friday 22nd November Monday 25th November Tuesday 26th November Please come to KS1 yard from...

Halloween Fun

What a fun filled spooky week we have had in nursery. We have joined in with : making pumpkin soup and scooping out the pumpkins, exploring the different textures : making witches potions counting bats and rats : Halloween crafts : we made broom sticks and flew them...

Old Scooters wanted

We have been asked to share information about a Summer Scooter Project in partnership with Sustrans and Gateshead Council which involves taking donations of old, unwanted or broken scooters and giving them a new life. Green Heart are looking for donations of old...

Summer Holiday Activities at the local libraries

Please click on the link below to see details of activities taking place for children in the holidays at our local libraries. Summer Holiday Activities

Membership and Further Information

For more information please contact us via email or please click on our Facebook link below don’t forget to follow our page for regular updates and PTA news:

Email: Friendsofrg@outlook.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FORGPS

ArtyCrafty folk!

If you enjoy, sewing, stained glass work, painting, knitting or any craft based activity or would like to learn some new skills; this is a friendly group of people who would love to hear from you. 

Please click on the link to visit our craft website: https://rgpscrafts.wordpress.com/

Interested?

Get in touch with Kath Rodger

Tel: 01207 542145

Email: kathrodgergm@gmail.com

Easyfundraising

You can help school even when you are shopping! Just use the link below to support our school and when you register and purchase online, a proportion of the sale will be donated by the retailer.

https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk

 

FoRGPS Rag Bag Scheme

The scheme is completely FREE, and your PTA will be paid for every KG recycled. You can raise hundreds of pounds with every collection made!

How does it work? 

The PTA clothes bank is situated at the Dominies Close entrance opposite the school kitchen. All you need to do is bag up your items and put them into the clothes bank. Once the bank is full FoRGPS will arrange a collection, and all monies from the weigh in will be ploughed back into the school.

When can I drop items off?

Drop off by foot is between 7am – 5.30pm (Monday to Friday)
Drop off by car is between 7am – 8am, 10am – 2pm, 4pm – 5.30pm (Monday to Friday)

What is accepted?

We collect wearable clothing, paired shoes, handbags and belts.
We cannot accept work wear, uniforms, wet/soiled items, curtains, towels, duvets or blankets, table cloths, linens, cushions, carpets & rugs, suitcases, books, bric-a-brac or coat hangers.

Should you wish to donate school uniform, books, bric-a-brac, tombola items, DVDs or games please drop off at school reception at any time and the PTA will collect. 

Your School Lottery – Play Today!

 

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FoRGPS 19.03.21

FoRGPS 19.03.21

Thanks to everyone’s continued support using the rag bag bin. It has been emptied this week and the donation will be a welcome addition to our funds. Please do continue to drop off any unwanted clothes and shoes (no school uniform with logos please) especially if you...

FoRGPS – 10.02.21

FoRGPS – 10.02.21

While school is closed to most pupils, we still have the following fundraisers running and as always are very grateful if you can support us in anyway. Signing up for our lottery means one of our school supporters win a weekly prize (currently £8.70 but with more...

FoRGPS 18.12.20

FoRGPS 18.12.20

We would like to say a huge thank you for supporting our raffle this year. It has been disappointing not to be able to see you all for our festive fair but with your support we have still been able to raise a huge £880 towards our laptop fund which is absolutely...

FoRGP Christmas Raffle winners

FoRGP Christmas Raffle winners

Thank you so much for supporting our raffle this year. It has been disappointing not to be able to see you all for our festive fair but with your support we have still been able to raise a huge £880 towards our laptop fund which is absolutely incredible! Thank you to...

Year 4’s Super Forest School Session!

Year 4’s Super Forest School Session!

We had a great time last week learning how to make a campfire with Stomping Grounds!  They came to school and explained how to be safe when making a fire - we all made our own mini-campfires and loved using the flint to create a spark!  Once we'd become experts at...

Forest school fun!

Forest school fun!

We were inspired by our story Marshmallows to build a campfire and roast our own marshmallows over it. We were lucky enough to be taught how to build a fire using a flint to make sparks to ignite the cotton wool beneath the kindling. The weather was quite soggy but we...

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