Friends of Longparish School and Muddy Runners welcome you to the Longparish Run! Choose from a 10m, 5km or 3km route around Longparish on Sunday 15th September 2024. All ages welcome.
Entry fee: £18 for the 10km run, £13 for the 5km run, £8 for the 3km run.
Entry in advance closes at midday on Saturday 14th September 2024.
Raising money for Friends of Longparish School.
Don't want to run? We will need lots of volunteers to help, including with registration, course marshals, refreshments etc.
Any questions, please contact longparishrun@gmail.com
All are welcome to join us at our AGM on Wednesday 2 October. It will start at 7.30pm in the school/community hall.
This is a chance for the committee to report back to you about what we’ve achieved over the past year, and our plans for the future. It includes a vote on nominees for Chair, Treasurer and Secretary, as well as general committee members. As part of the school community, you are all members of Friends of Longparish School. Everyone that attends the AGM gets a vote on who makes up the committee.
We need you! This year, Jo is stepping down as Chair, and Beccy as Treasurer. Can you help fill these roles? We also welcome new general committee members. We are particularly keen to have a representative from the current Robins class on the committee – could it be you?
Jo is happy to chat about what is involved – email chairfols@gmail.com
Join us at the Summer Fayre on Saturday 8 June 2024, from midday to 4pm at Longparish CE Primary School.
Entry: £2 adults, children FREE.
You can look forward to:
BBQ and refreshments
Pimms Stall
Beer Stall from Breach Farm Brewing
Animal Encounters with the Three Bees Project
Second-hand books, toys and children’s clothes
Bottle Tombola
Chocolate Tombola
Inflatables and bouncy castle
Plant and Produce Stall
Children’s Crafts with St Nicholas Church
Woodland Crafts with Longparish Little School
Woodland Crown making with Hampshire Floral Co
Demonstrations from Integr8 Dance and Whitchurch JKA Karate Club
AND MORE!
We have some fantastic prizes up for grabs this year in the Grand Draw.
Grand Prize: Fortnum & Mason hamper, kindly donated by Phillips Law, Basingstoke
Second Prize: Vouchers from The Plough Inn, Longparish
Please note - no dogs allowed on the school site.
FREE parking! Car parking will be in the field opposite the end of The Middleway (map of location). Blue badge parking only in the village hall car park. Please note, there will be no parking on the school site. Postcode SP11 6PB.
The Summer Fayre raises money for Friends of Longparish School and Longparish Little School.
Enquiries please contact chairfols@gmail.com
We are delighted to announce the new date for the postponed Longparish Run is Saunday 15 September! Bookings remain open - visit our event page for more information.
Friends of Longparish School and Muddy Runners welcome you to the Longparish Run! Choose from a 10m, 5km or 3km route around Longparish on Sunday 19 May 2024. All ages welcome.
EARLY BIRD ENTRY FEE (before Wednesday 1st May): £15 for the 10km run, £10 for the 5k run, £5 for the 3km run.
Entry fee from Monday 1st May: £18 for the 10km run, £13 for the 5km run, £8 for the 3km run.
Entry in advance closes at midday on Saturday 18th May 2024.
Raising money for Friends of Longparish School.
Don't want to run? We will need lots of volunteers to help, including with registration, course marshals, refreshments etc.
Any questions, please contact longparishrun@gmail.com
Entry: £2 adults, children FREE.
You can look forward to: BBQ and cake stall, beer and Pimms tents, animal encounters, giant inflatable and bouncy castle, traditional Fayre games, free kids crafts, and lots more!
We have some fantastic prizes up for grabs this year in the Grand Draw.
Grand Prize: Fortnum & Mason hamper, kindly donated by Phillips Law, Basingstoke
Second Prize: Vouchers from The Plough Inn, Longparish
FREE parking! Please note - no dogs allowed on the school site.
The Summer Fayre raises money for Friends of Longparish School and Longparish Little School.
Local artist Alix Baker is auction two of her artworks to support our Longparish Lookout appeal.
BIDDING IS OPEN AND ENDS 29 FEBRUARY 2024
TO BID: Please email art@alixbaker.com or through the contact page at www.alixbaker.com
Starting bid on each is £75. These paintings would normally be priced at around £450 and £575 or more.
Larger images can be viewed on Alix's website, or supplied on request.
Delivery reasonably locally is possible, or P&P would be added to the auction price.
A huge thank you to Alix from Friends of Longparish School
For more information on the Longparish Lookout project please visit https://gofund.me/f74def35
Save the Date - the Summer Fayre returns on Saturday 8 June 2024. All welcome to join us from midday to 4pm at Longparish Primary School.
Sponsorship opportunites available for local businesses. Please contact chairfols@gmail.com for more information.
Save the Date! The Longparish Run returns on the morning of Sunday 19 May 2024.
Join us for 10km, 5km or 3km routes around the village.
Registration details to follow.
Our friends at Bere Mill Butchery in Whitchurch are supporting FoLS again this year, making a 5% donation every time a Longparish School supporter make a Christmas food order. Order at www.beremillfarm.co.uk and include 'Longparish School supporter' in the customer notes.
We will be at the village's Christmas Fayre on Saturday, 9 December. Held in the school hall and church, from 2pm-4pm. Come along and say hello!
Thank you to the organisers, who are donating 1/3 of the money raised to our Longparish Lookout appeal.
Friends of Longparish School are delighted to be working with Elly Roberts from Hampshire Floral Co for an exclusive Christmas Wreath Making Workshop. Join us on Saturday 2 December at 2pm-4pm in the school/community hall.
Tickets cost £50 each and include:
· Floral supplies to make your wreath
· Step by step instructions from Hampshire Floral Co
· Mulled wine and mince pies, plus tea and coffee
You will need to bring:
· Scissors
· Secateurs
· A festive ribbon to hang the wreath from your door
Over 18s only. Ticket numbers are limited and must be booked by Saturday 25 November.
Raising money for Friends of Longparish School.
Thank you to Hampshire Floral Co www.hampshirefloral.co.uk
Can you help with our fundraising for a new trim trail and outdoor classroom space at Longparish CE Primary School?
Our design aims to be magical and exciting for the children, and to merge into the glorious countryside around us. The Lookout Classroom will allow children to spot animals that live by, on and in the River Test. Perhaps they will spot the kingfisher that lives on this stretch of the river. We think there is an otter too! We will use the Lookout Classroom all year round.
The bespoke design will be unique to our school. The intention is to create a soft and natural-looking structure that will sit well in our beautiful countryside setting.
It will use natural cedar and sweet chestnut timber materials, softened further by low-maintenance sensory planting and twisted timber pergola. Once established, the planting will attract birds and insects. The planting will have the effect of creating a magical surround to the structure that children will pass through on their way to the lookout platform, blending it into the river landscape beyond.
The trim trail will be similarly made. Austere fencing will be replaced by softer woven panels.
Our existing Trim Trail is over fifteen years old. Parts of it are damaged and cannot be used. We will combine this refurbishment with a brand-new Lookout Classroom.
Outdoor learning improves child development, supports mental health and wellbeing, deepens connections with nature and promotes more inclusive and engaging learning.
The project will enhance and enrich learning opportunities for all our children, and will help to sustain the capacity of the village school in the years to come.
We welcome support from individuals and local businesses. If you would like to donate to our fundraising appeal, you can:
We will be running fundraising events over the next year to support the project. Details will appear on our website and Facebook page.
You can make a difference by donating today to Friends of Longparish School. Thank you.
Do you remember the 90s? Test your knowledge at our 90s Quiz Night on Thursday 12 October. Join us at 7.30pm at Longparish Primary School. Including Friends of Longparish School's AGM.
Quiz tickets are £5 each. Teams of 2-6 people. Bring your own drinks and snacks.
No charge to attend the AGM - all are welcome to attend the AGM, which will be at 8.30pm.
Quiz raising money for Friends of Longparish School.
FoLS will be at Longparish Village Fete this weekend. Held at Longparish Cricket Field from 12pm-4pm on Saturday 9 September.
Come and say hello at the fete games stall, and have a go at Hook a Duck or Splat the Rat! And find out our plans for an exciting new fundraiser this year...
Tickets are on sale now for our annual Camp Out in the school field. Visit the event page to book your place.
(This event is for school families only, and not open to the public.)
We are delighted to announce the May Fayre raised an incredible £9,590! Thank you to everyone that took part!
Thank you to the wonderful local businesses that have sponsored a stall at the May Fayre:
Aardvark Cleaning Services
Brushes Up Chimney Sweeps
The Global Artichoke
KJM Group
Mosaique Beauty
On Point Sharpening Services
SW Window Cleaning
May Fayre, Saturday 20 May, 12pm-4pm, Longparish Primary School.
What a morning! Thank you to everyone that joined us for the first ever Longparish Run. We had 179 runners take part in 10km, 5km and 3km routes around the village.
In total they covered 1127km - that's from Longparish to the South of France!
Timings for the 10km and 5km routes can be found on Webscorer.
Photos from the day can be found on Facebook. Thank you to Matt Thomas for taking the photos.
A big thank you to all our volunteers - we couldn't have done it without you!
And thank you to Middleton Estate for allowing us to run on their land.
Registration is open for the Longparish Run! Choose from a 10km, 5km or 3km route around the village on Sunday 7 May 2023. All ages welcome.
TIME:
The 10km and 5km routes start at 9.30 am (registration 8.30-9.15).
The 3km route starts at 11am (registration 10.00-10.45).
ENTRY FEE:
Advance Entry (before 30 April): 10km £15 / 5km £10 / 3km £5
Entry after 30 April: 10km £18 / 5km £13 / 3km £8
(Entries close Friday 5 May)
Raising money for Friends of Longparish School. If you would like to support our runners, please visit our sponsorship page.
Don't want to run? Can you volunteer to help with refreshments or as a course marshall? Please use our volunteer sign up form.
Any questions, please contact longparishrun@gmail.com
Read our newsletter for March 2023. Featuring exciting news about the May Fayre, how to register for the Longparish Run, and details of what we've funded recently. Plus lots of ways you can help with preparations for the May Fayre.
Friends of Longparish School recently funded the purchase of chicken eggs for Robins class - and they hatched this week! The children have been learning about the lifecycle of chickens, what they like to eat and how to keep them safe.
Thank you for supporting Friends of Longparish School, which allows us to make these donations to school.
Robins class will be going on a sponsored walk around the village soon - if you would like to sponsor them please visit the KindLink page.
We celebrated World Book Day with a secondhand book sale All the children received a FREE book! Our school bookworms had a great time choosing their books.
Read the January 2023 FoLS newsletter here.
Don't let your jumper end up in the lost property box! Buy name labels from the following companies and a donation is made to FoLS with each purchase.
Name stamps and ink pads from Stamptastic.
Sticky labels from My Name Tags (use school code 22416).
We're working with school to top up the books in the school library. If you would like to buy a gift for the school please view our Amazon Wishlist.
And don't forget to sign up to AmazonSmile! Support Friends of Longparish School and Amazon make a donation every time you shop.
On Desktop: Visit smile.amazon.com and follow the instructions.
On the app: find 'Settings' in the main menu. Tap on 'AmazonSmile' and follow the instructions.
Then select Friends of Longparish School as your charity.
Thank you!
We've kicked off the Christmas season with our first ever pre-loved Christmas Jumper Sale. We found new homes for 18 jumpers and 3 festive t-shirts. Plus another 39 items of school uniform.
We are already collecting donations for next years sale - please leave jumpers in the FoLS donation box in school reception. Thank you.
Our pre-loved school uniform sales were supported this year by a Waste Prevention Community Grant from Hampshire County Council.
FoLS are delighted to be working with Elly Roberts from Hampshire Floral Co for an exclusive Christmas Wreath Making Workshop.
Date: Saturday 3 December
Time: 2pm-4.30pm
Location: School/Community Hall, Longparish CE Primary School SP11 6PB
Tickets cost £50 each* and include:
Floral supplies to make your wreath
Step by Step instructions from Hampshire Floral Co
Mulled wine and mince pies, plus tea and coffee
View a video from Hampshire Floral Co of what to expect.
You need to bring:
Scissors
Secateurs
A festive ribbon to hang the wreath from your door
Over 18s only. Ticket numbers are limited. Tickets must be booked by Saturday 19 November.
Order your tickets online at the What's On pages of our website here.
Raising money for Friends of Longparish School. Thank you.
* plus card processing fees.
The Longparish Run
08:05 - 12:00
Longparish Primary School
AGM
19:30 - 21:00
Longparish CE Primary School
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