July 2020 - Amherst School
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YOUR MONTHLY AMHERST PTA
UPDATE
July 2020
THIS YEAR - A NOTE FROM THE PTA CHAIR
What a year! In a good way! It was a great experience of leading the Amherst PTA for the 2019/20 school year. We have organised so many fun
activities; the Amherst children and their families had a good time while raising an amazing amount of money for our Amherst Grand Design Project.
My thanks goes to the fantastic PTA Lead team members - it was fabulous working together; seeing small ideas on our WhatsApp chat become a
successful event with everybody contributing towards the ideas.
I would also like to say thank you to Mr Reid, our teachers and the members of staff, especially our school office who supported our PTA Team
enormously.
AND the sheer level of support we have had from our Amherst families - I simply cannot thank you enough.
Needless to say, our events have been somewhat hampered because of lockdown and whilst your PTA has been working hard to keep it going, we are
just really excited to be back in September (hopefully!) so we can pick back up, run the events we had to postpone and also think up some new
wonderful ideas!
So this newsletter is really just a glimpse back over the year, at all the fun we have had, an update on our fund raising and also a small glimpse into
the next school year, about what we have lined up... and before you know it, it will be Christmas!!!!
September will see us kick things off with a cake and uniform sale - we are already thinking of how to adapt our traditional fundraising events to the
current situation. We will be in touch with you at the start of term to let you know about the exciting events we have lined up for you.
We will also be updating you on the Amherst Grand Design Project.
Have a wonderful, restful summer and look after yourselves,
Suse
OUR YEAR IN PICTURES
YOUR MONTHLY AMHERST PTA
UPDATE
July 2020
JULY UPDATE
AMHERST YOUNG PHOTOGRAPHER OF AMHERST GOES
THE YEAR CAMPING
Thank you to all the children who entered this year's DIY tents, toasted marshmallows
competition. The photos were judged by professional and Zoom chats late into the
photographers, members of the school community, a member evening! It sounds like the
of MIND and Mr. Reid. The quality of the pictures was children thoroughly enjoyed the
incredible and your 'happiness' rubbed off on the judges who camping event and we hope they
noted how upbeat they felt after looking at them! The overall were not too tired the next day.
winner is Isabella L with her photo ‘Magical adventures’. Here We did wonder if some would be
are all the winning pictures from each year group achy but it looks like Amherst
children slept very cosily judging
by all of the fabulous tents you
Happiness is...
shared with us!
BBQ IN A BOX
Yr 3 We were really sad that the school
Isabella L - Ben L - Aerin P BBQ could not go ahead this year as
it is such a great event that gets
everyone together before we go our
separate ways for the summer, but
also gives us the opportunity to
wish our Year 6s well. So we were
delighted when Camilla W., EmmaB.
and Helen F. (all Year 4) came up
with the incredible idea of our BBQ
in a Box.
Yr 4
Rina N - Emma G - Oliver B As well as gorgeous food, we had a quiz (did you guess all
teacher baby photos correctly??) and our Amherst Spotify
playlist (put together by our children - thank goodness
Gangnam Style is no longer popular!) and our families got to
BBQ with friends either in person or virtually.
Thank you to each and everyone of you who took part - we hope
that you had a fabulous evening.
Yr 5
Daisy R - Zeph M - Gemma R
ESCAPE ROOM
We are delighted (and slightly relieved) to confirm that there
are no children left trapped in the mansion and they all made
it out in one piece!!!!
We have had it fed back that this was really good fun and it
was really great to see the children working as teams to
Yr 6 complete the challenge.
Bethan J - Lois M - Alfie M
So a huge well done to the 184 (!) children who took part and
were sucessful in escaping!
YOUR MONTHLY AMHERST PTA
UPDATE
July 2020
FUND RAISING UPDATE & MATCH FUNDING
This school year, the PTA has raised a magnificent £49,000- an incredible amount particularly when you
consider we have only been in for half of the school year.
This includes funds from everything we have done this school year - Match Funding has contributed an
incredible £26,154 of this figure!!!!
Thank you so very much for your support.
THANK YOU
TO OUR FAMILIES AND SUPPORTERS
The Amherst school community is incredibly generous, both with its time and its financial contribution.
However, there have also been many small businesses who have supported the school over the last year. Many businesses
have been negatively impacted by lockdown so we wanted to show those who have helped us, some reciprocal support.
Below you will find the names of all the businesses who have helped us this year - some have taken the opportunity to let
you know what they are currently offering - please do have a look, just in case there is a product or service mentioned that
you need, that would help support a local business.
No.1 Living is offering Amherst families 15% off plus free delivery on their first order of No.1 Living Kombucha - use the
code AMHERST15 www.no1living.com
Sevenoaks Art Shop wanted to let you know that they are fully stocked for art materials and that their framing workshop
is open
Sevenoaks Bookshop now has an online shop with 8,000+ titles - if you sign up to their mailing list you will be the first to
hear about exclusive offers. Also, they are extending their premises and will soon have a cafe and a larger children's
department www.sevenoaksbookshop.co.uk
Fine Dining Chefs are delivering a 3 course luxury menu and are now taking bookings for BBQs, buffets and parties for
next year. If you have a Love Local Card, you will receive free canapés with any special meal delivery
www.finediningchef.co.uk
Coolings are running their rose festival until the end of July and Arthurs is open again. Also, they wanted to let you know
that the Nature Trail at Coolings Green and Pleasant is now open - you will need to pre book by calling 01959 580677
The Lodge at Riverhead is launching a brand new meditation class and is also offering gift vouchers and handmade
products
Stagecoach Otford is offering a free trial to Amherst students come September - they run classes which combine acting,
singing and dancing on Saturday mornings www.stagecoach.co.uk/otford
We Teach Music have been offering online music lessons throughout lockdown and because a lot of families won't be
going away this summer they have decided to continue teaching throughout the summer holidays. The lessons are open
to all ages and conducted via Zoom. https://www.facebook.com/WeTeachMusicltd/
Malabar would like to let you know that both shops are open (81 High Street in Sevenoaks and 28 London Road in
Riverhead), for both eat-in and take-away trade. They have special social distancing measures in place, with fewer tables
in store and screens between them to help their customers feel safe while they’re enjoying their coffee. Plus both shops
have outside seating for those who prefer al-fresco. The opening hours are 8am-3pm Monday to Friday, 8am-4pm on
Saturday and 9am-4pm on Sunday. They would also like to say a massive thank you to all the Amherst families who
continue to support our little business during these times. You have always been great customers and when the going has
YOUR MONTHLY AMHERST PTA
UPDATE
July 2020
AMHERST SUPPORTERS 2019-2020
CHIC ET TRALALA FRANKS BARBERS
LITLE GEM THERAPIES IMAGES UNLIMITED
SEVENOAKS ART SHOP CARIN SODERBERG
ATELIER DESIGN CONSULTANTS RELAX & HEAL
MANAK SOLICITORS COCO HAIR
THE MANOR CLINIC TRIO OF MUMS
M&S ELECTRICAL SERVICES FITNESS & FORM
FINE DINING CHEFS PAULA HATFIELD
SEVENOAKS ANIMAL FEEDS THE CRAFTEA COOP
AJ MILO'S BARBERS JON PAUL
OAKWOOD BEAUTY BACHELORS
SPACE NK COOK
THE BETTER BODY GROUP MALABAR
CIRBL INTERIOR DESIGN OLIVER BONAS
THE LODGE AT RIVERHEAD THE CHOCOLATE SHOP
THE SQUARE SEVENOAKS BOOKSHOP
THE MOUNT VINEYARD THINDS
GOLF TONBRIDGE THE DANISH COLLECTION
THE STAG COOLINGS
WE TEACH MUSIC THE BULLFINCH
JUST SOURDOUGH RACHELLE RENSCH
OAKS MARTIAL ARTS ESPECIALLY HEALTH
COOKY COO SWEDISH GIRL PT
PAPERCHASE KIDSPACE
DIMPLES CHIMERA
BRISKET & BARRELL RIVERHILL HIMALAYAN GARDENS
CHIPSTEAD FC BLUE REEF AQUARIUM
AQUALIFE MAJESTIC WINES
NO 1 LIVING CMPANY VETS 4 PETS
STAGECOACH TESCO
SENCIO JOHNNY'S LITTLE SISTER
DE VITA BAT AND BALL SPORTS
LITTLE STREET THE SEVENOAKS FLORISH
ANITA BENKO WAITROSE
SERIOUSLY FUN SWIMMING PENSHURST FINE FOODS
LIFE ON HIGH THE WESTERHAM BREWERY
MARCOS SEVENOAKS HOLLOWAYS OF LUDLOW
HIGHLAND DESIGN & PRINT
YOUR MONTHLY AMHERST PTA
UPDATE
July 2020
KEEP IN TOUCH
Suse Goodwin Caroline Fraser
amherst-chair@outlook.com amherst-events@outlook.com
Charlotte Lynch Jeni Browne
amherst-events@outlook.com amherst-marketing@outlook.com
Steve Harrison
amherst-treasurer@outlook.com Pia Harold
amherst-secretary@outlook.com
@amherstptaevents
@eventsPTA
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