St Teresa’s Summer Gala

Friday 4th July 2025 5pm – 7.30pm

Last year saw the return of the Summer Gala, and we are pleased to say it was a huge success—raising a whopping £4,000 for school funds! It’s returning this year on Friday 4th July 5pm- 7.30pm. This year, we hope to raise even more, which will go towards building our new Forest School outdoor area. We’re planning a fun-filled evening with lots of games, a BBQ, bar, pizzas, pony rides, ice cream, worm charming, and much more!

Help on the day

We really need volunteers for the Summer Gala. Could you help set up straight after school? Help run a stall? Stay and help tidy up afterwards. We’ve got a list of really fun stalls we’d love to run—but we can’t do it without enough volunteers. If you can spare 30 minutes, please let your child’s class teacher or the school office know.

Rainbow Bola

The Rainbow Bola was a huge success last year! Each class has been allocated a colour, and we would really appreciate donations of small new items in your class colour. These can be brought into school over the next couple of weeks. The final day for donations is Friday 27th June. Items can be anything in your class’s colour! The class that brings in the most items will win a special treat—so get searching!

Class Colours

Red St. Martha – Year R St. Cecilia – Year R/1

Blue St. Veronica – Year 1/2 St. Bernadette – Year 2

Green St. Joseph – Year 3 St. Edmund – Year 3/4

Yellow St. Anthony – Year 4 St. Augustine – Year 5

Purple St. Gregory – Year 5/6 St. Ignatius – Year 6

Non-Uniform Days

· Friday 27th June – In exchange for chocolate donations (used for the Chocolate Bola).

· Friday 4th July – In exchange for bottle donations (used for the Bottle Bola and Bottle Pull).

Bottles should be full, and can include items such as cordial, ketchup, bath gel, water, wine, spirits, beer—large or small, all are appreciated!

Cake Café

St. Teresa’s staff will be hosting a cake café during the Gala and would really appreciate cake donations brought in on the day—Friday 4th July.

Raffle Tickets

Raffle tickets will be sent home in book bags. Each raffle ticket is £1 per ticket and £5 for the book. We’d be grateful if you could sell these to family and friends.

Great prizes include:

· £100 cash

· £50 San Marco voucher

· £40 Hickory’s voucher

· £50 Storm Electrical voucher

· A children’s summer hamper

· A voucher from The Entertainer Toy Shop

· Various other vouchers and gifts donated by local businesses including Studio 28, Andreas chippy, Wine from Complete Convoy, Hamper TAL agency, Gel nails from Natasha Molloy, Playspace tickets.

Please return ticket stubs and money by Friday 4th July. Also, please return any unsold tickets so they can be sold at the Summer Gala.

Summary of Key Dates

Friday 27th June:

· Non-uniform day (chocolate donations)

· Final day to bring in coloured items for the Rainbow Bola

Friday 4th July:

· Non-uniform day (bottle donations)

· Last day to return sold and unsold raffle tickets

· Bring in cake donations for the Cake Café

Thank you for your help and support, From your PTFA