Situations Vacant

There's definitely a frosty atmosphere here at POWSA Towers following the revelation that, due to my advancing years and ever expanding middle age spread, I will no longer be considered for the role of Elf at this years Christmas Fair.

Apparently my new found "maturity and cuddliness" make me a more suitable candidate for the role of Santa's understudy than his assistant. Which leaves us with a slight problem, who can help the main man at the fair?

The ideal candidate would be someone who is young, funny, caring, considerate, confident, gregarious and likes to dress up in loud clothes, pointy shoes and fun hats. If you have pointy ears that would be considered a bonus but those of us mere mortals with rounded appendages may still apply.

If you know anyone who would be willing to help out, full training will be provided (Open Door, smile, say hello, introduce Santa, smile some more, open door, say goodbye and then repeat).

If any of the Prince of Wales children have an older sibling who you would just love to see dressed as an elf then feel free to ask them if they would be willing to help.

Please don't send us your CV, just stop one of us POWSA people and have a chat, we could really use your help.

Right, that's enough from me for now, I have to practice for my role as understudy............ pass the mince pies Rudolph, no don't worry you can have the carrot,

T.F.I. Flapjack

Here at POWSA Towers we see that the winter festivities are closing fast as the nights are getting darker and the family calendar resembles a Jackson Pollock with random lines seeming to fill every space. Rehearsals here, parties there, clubs and activities everywhere and, yes, my handwriting is that bad.

We have the delights of Autumn Fest to look forward to (that's next Saturday in case you have missed it), a cake sale on Friday for Children in Need and then the build up to Christmas starts in earnest. This is on top of a full half term for the school, I don't know if anyone else had grumpy monkeys on Friday but we all knew they had been back to school.

Which brings me back to the title of this blog, the eagle eyed amongst you will have noticed that on Friday there was a small sale of carrot cake and flapjacks outside of years 1 & 2. This was the first run of Thank Friday It's Flapjack where we will be selling small snippets of cake to help fundraising. The plan is this will occur every Friday (if the school have a cake sale on the same week we will donate our profits to the schools cause) from now on until the weather becomes glorious enough for the sale of ice creams and lollies again.

The cakes are all supplied to POWSA by a local day care centre and are prepared and made freshly every Friday by the staff and the people who attend and use the services there. As we are a school that actively seeks to improve the educational offering of our own pupils within the SEND framework it is great that we can also offer adults with similar challenges an outlet for their culinary skills.

As a result of the provenance of our cakes we cannot guarantee that they will be suitable for anyone who suffers from allergies, the kitchen they are prepared in is used for a variety of culinary assignments throughout the week. If you need any advice please ask us and we will always give you any information that we have.

Right , it's time now to go and find something red, white and blue for the monkeys to wear next week, practice their spellings, encourage them to undertake their home learning and find a cupcake recipe for Friday. After that I will definitely need to sit down with a warm cuppa and a slice of cake to help me recover. TFI Flapjack indeed!

Easy Fundraising - who are you calling an oxymoron?

Here at Powsa Towers we are once again reminded that the festive season is approaching, which means it's time to crack out the old Amazon passwords, log onto help_me_im_a_man_and_i_need_a_present.com and then forget about everything until the day before when I go into a blind panic and buy whatever seems unusual (cement mixer anyone?) and proves impossible to wrap discreetly.

I am assured that other people do not experience life in the same way, rather they plan ahead and start their buying weeks, if not months, in advance. Whilst this is clearly n alien concept it does seem that the time is right to remind you all of Easy Fundraising, the online portal that allows you to help the school whilst shopping with your preferred partners.

What's even more amazing is it's easy, I set up an account in less than 5 minutes and I'm a bit of a techno-phobe.

To login and set up just read below;

PC or laptop users follow this link https://new.easyfundraising.org.uk and raise a donation for us every time you shop online this Christmas

Shop on your mobile or tablet? Get the free easyfundraising app and raise a donation for us every time you shop online this Christmas http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/raise-more/easyfundraising-app