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EVENTS – Father’s Day
sets that you can lay your hands on; raid the art classroom for a creative challenge; or get your teams to design and build a tower from spaghetti and tape. Offer prizes for effort and creativity, as well as for the tallest tower.
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Secret gift shop A secret gift shop enables children to
choose a present for the father figure in their lives. Gifts could include chocolates or sweets, shower gel, socks, mugs and plants, or seeds to plant together. Invite children class by class to buy from the shop during school hours, and help them wrap their gifts ready to take home. If you want to make it more personal, how about turning it into a secret craft shop? Pupils can make or personalise gifts such as photo frames, cards, plaques or even biscuits.
Top tip If Father’s Day coincides with your summer fair weekend, how about hosting a celebration at your fair? This could be a dad’s race, football friendly or craft activity they can do with their children.
style chocolate competition for Father’s Day. One of our graphic designer mums created four different chocolate wrapper designs, which we printed and used to re-wrap bars of chocolate. We hid five special “Wonka’s Golden Tickets” between the wrappings of five bars. Those who found them won a donated prize. We purchased the chocolate bars
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for £1 each and sold them for £2, making a total profit of about £300.’
Jo Matthews, PTA co-chair, Hawthorns Primary School, Wokingham, Berkshire (429 pupils)
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Challenge day To give dads and kids a chance to flex their
competitive spirit, how about a challenge day? Invite them to compete in teams against each other, performing various tasks. These can differ depending on what you have available: use any giant garden game
Concerned about upsetting
children who don’t have fathers in their lives?
Encourage children to use the occasion to thank anyone special to them - it shouldn’t be restricted to fathers. Take advice from your headteacher if you are in any doubt.
Father’s Day is on 21 June this year, and it’s a great way to help dads feel part of the PTA and school community. Here are our favourite fundraisers to help you say thank you to male carers
Willy Wonka competition ‘We held a Willy Wonka-
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Father’s Day breakfast Holding a breakfast event for dads to come and spend
time in school with their kids is ideal as it means those who have to work can still attend. Hold it on either the Monday after, or the Friday before, Father’s Day. Lay on a spread consisting of
bacon rolls, pastries, cereal, fruit, hot drinks and juice. Work out costs depending on what you’re serving. Ask people to book their place and pay in advance to cover costs and ensure you have enough. Supply activities and games.
Golf day Host a golf day at your local club to give dads a chance to
socialise together, away from the kids. Dads and other male carers can take part in a round of golf with lunch or dinner afterwards. Try to negotiate a charity discount for the venue, and ask parents to pay in advance so that costs are covered in case of bad weather. Source prizes to bring out everyone’s competitive spirit, and offer them to round winners and runners up, as well as for the longest drive and nearest the pin. You could also run a raffle or silent auction during the meal to bump up your profits.
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