SPA has had a very successful year this year. It has been the school’s 75th anniversary and we have been working alongside the school to make this year memorable for staff and students alike. We kicked off the year back in September 2018 with The Macmillan Coffee Morning in September. Form 5 girls (and their parents) very kindly baked lots of cakes, biscuits and sweet treats for the rest of the school to purchase. Lots of parents popped in after drop-off to have a cake and a coffee. The next event SPA helped with was the coordination of the Harvest Festival Boxes and the New Parents Lunch, in October. All the girls brought in generous and beautifully decorated boxes, thank you girls. Thank you to all the parents who helped to decorate the stage. Before the assembly, the parents of the new Reception class had a lunch provided by SPA. This was a nice opportunity for parents to get to know each other. The biggest event of the year was Yuletide. The girls loved the bouncy castle and mini bumper cars. They made lots of decorations in the Arts and Crafts stall, won plenty of chocolate in the Chocolate Tombola and even managed to do some Christmas present shopping at the Presents for Parents stall. This was all before getting their nails painted, hair adorned with tinsel and arms festooned with glitter tattoos!!! And when the girls finally wore themselves out, there was a yummy BBQ and cake stall at hand for a hot burger and sweet treat.
In February we had the Valentines Disco. The girls danced the afternoon away in the school hall, snacking on popcorn and squash. Soon after followed the Easter Bonnet competition for Lower School. We gave out Easter Eggs to all pupils in both Lower and Upper School, wishing them a Happy Easter. The end of June saw a fabulous party to celebrate Stormont’s 75th Birthday. Thank you to all the girls for their imaginative creations for our annual Bake Off and congratulations to the winners. This year, SPA has made several purchases on behalf of the school. These are;
STORMONT PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION
Stormont Parents’ Association
• The new Home Corner in Lower School. • Contribution to the Form 4 Arts Heritage Project with Darcy Turner. • The CDs which were made by a recording company of all of the students in the school singing for the 75th anniversary. • New reading scheme books for Forms 2, 3 and 4. • New furniture for the book corner in the Link. As always, SPA could not function without the help of parents, office staff, catering staff, groundsmen and teachers. A huge thank you to everyone who has helped SPA to make this year a success.
Stormont Bake Off Cake Sale
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