Parents, Teachers & Friends of St Bernard's Association (PTFA)

Dear Parents,

We are pleased to inform you that the PTFA will be organising a Christmas Fair in the school.  The event will be run during lunchtime on Thursday, 11^th December 2025 for all students.

There are two areas where we need your urgent help please:

1. Parent Helpers – we need parents who can join us on 11^th December 2025 to set up the stalls, run the events and then clear up afterwards. If you can commit and donate your time from about 9.00am on school site on this date would be hugely appreciated. Thank you to all the parents who have come forward so far. If any other parents would like to help out, please kindly contact us urgently via email at ptfa@st-bernards.slough.sch.uk and we will send you further information.

2. Parent Donations – please can we ask for Chocolates/Sweets donations for the event. We will use these items as prizes and to make small stocking filler gifts. We therefore kindly request that parents only send in the items we request for each year group. All donations should be sent in on Monday 8^th December 2025

​Year 7 and 8 – multi-packs of wrapped Chocolates. Please send in 1 or 2 items from the following list: Mars multi-packs: Mars, Bounty, Twix, Maltesers, Chocolate M&Ms or any Mars mixed selection bags Cadbury multi-packs: Twirl, Wispa, Dairy Milk, Flake, Freddo, Buttons, Caramel, Oreo or any Cadbury mixed selection bags.Nestle multi-packs: Smarties, Yorkie, Rolo, Milky bar or any Nestle mixed selection bags. Kinder or Lindt multi-packs

Year 9 – Multi-packs of wrapped sweet bags. Please send in 1 or 2 items from the following list: Skittles, Haribos, Jelly Babies, Fruit Pastilles or any Swizzel multi packs of wrapped sweets

Year 10, 11 and 12 – Boxed Chocolates. Please send in 1 item from the following list:Chocolate box of Maltesers, Cadbury Heroes, Lindt, Galaxy, any Nestle, Mars, Cadbury, Kinder or Lindt selection boxes.

Where possible, please avoid donating chocolates that contain nuts.

Thank you in advance to all the parents for all your help and support. We suggest £5 maximum spending money for each child. This amount will be enough to enjoy the various savoury and sweet items we will have on offer plus many fun games.

The PTFA Christmas Fair Activities

The committee is pleased to confirm these details of the activities that will be arranged for the Fair.

1. Hot Pizza/Samosa Stall – freshly made Margherita Pizza/Vegetable Samosa to buy for £2 a slice/each

2. Crispy Kreme Donuts stall – fresh donuts will be available to buy for £2 each or 2 for £3

3. Soft Drink stall – Diet Cola cans will be available to buy for £1 each

4. Chocolate Tombola Games stall

5. Stocking Filler gifts – Sweet treats and other small gifts will be available to buy for £1

6. There will be various game stalls for children to participate and win goodie bags.

***Special Offer £4 Lunch Meal Deal: 1 Pizza Slice/Samosa + 1 Donut + 1 Drink***

We are really excited about all of these great activiies for the pupils! 

Thank you once again for all your support to make this possible!

Recap of what we need from parents:-

1. Please remember to send in your chocolate donations by 8^th December 2025.
2. Please give your child around £5 spending money on 11^th December 2025. It would be helpful if you can please send in change, where possible.
3. Please contact us ASAP if you would like to help at the Christmas fair (no action required for parents who have already contacted us)

If you would like further information, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us. Our contact details are as follows:

Email:    ptfa@st-bernards.slough.sch.uk

Warm regards,

Syed, Kiran, Harpreet, Shoba, Beata and Biswa

Organising Committee of St Bernard’s PTFA Christmas Fair 2025

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