Our aim is to bring together members of our school community who are keen to support with organised events, develop business links and raise money for the school.
Get Involved!
New faces are more than welcome at our meetings! Being involved with the PSFA is a great opportunity to get to know the school better and to meet and get to know other parents. If you would like to become involved, whether on a regular or ad hoc basis, or you are interested in keeping up to date with developments, please contact the Committee via e-mail at birchwoodpsfa@gmail.com
AGM – Thursday 23 March 2023, 7.00pm in the Sports Hall, A2 classroom.
AGM – Thursday 23 March 2023, 7.00pm in the Sports Hall, A2 classroom
Virtual Valentine’s Balloon Race – Sunday 12 February – Sunday 19 February
The Big Birchwood Quiz – Friday 10 March, 7.00pm for 7.30pm start, School Hall
The Birchwood Bonus Ball is a raffle-style club, with up to 5 numbers available to purchase per person, per subscription period. The subscription fee is £2 per month, payable in advance for the academic year. Subscriptions will remain open from the March draw onwards at a cost of £20 per number. 50% of subscriptions shall be allocated as prize money and 50% to PSFA funds. Prize money depends on the membership uptake and will be published as soon as possible following the subscription closing date. Draws shall be held on the last day of each month. If you would like to take part by purchasing one or more numbers, please email birchwoodpsfa@gmail.com confirming your name and contact telephone details. Full terms and conditions of the Birchwood Bonus Ball Club can be found on the PSFA page of the school’s website. Draws shall be held on the last day of each month. If you would like to take part by purchasing one or more numbers, please email birchwoodpsfa@gmail.com confirming your name and contact telephone details. Full terms and conditions are below.
Follow us on Twitter @BirchwoodPSFA or check the Bulletin Board below for information.
Download Bonus Ball Club Terms and Conditions.
If you are replacing items of school uniform and the old items are still in fairly good condition, please consider donating good condition items of preloved uniform to the PSFA. Please drop off clean items of uniform to our reception. If you would like to make a purchase of preloved uniform, please email psfapreloved@gmail.com. Please note this email address will be checked on a Wednesday, and uniform requests will be available for collection from reception on a Friday, upon receipt of payment.
Bulletin Board
Christmas Wreath Workshops
PSFA Christmas Wreath making workshop more spaces now available...
Christmas Trees
Although its still early to be thinking about Christmas trees, please bear us in mind when the time comes! Squires of Stansted will be running their Christmas tree scheme again this year. If you mention Birchwood when buying a tree, they will kindly donate £5 to the PSFA.
Gardening continues at Birchwood
Last term, working in partnership with Birchwood Parents Staff and Friends Association (PSFA) Well Bean Gardening secured some funding from the Stort Valley and Villages Primary Care Network to run a gardening session once a week in school to promote a healthy lifestyle and good mental wellbeing. Then COVID-19 struck....
However, with the extension of lockdown, and the fact that the school is still open to vulnerable and key workers’ children we’ve decided to run a session on a Tuesday afternoon for students and staff to attend.
We have been gardening in the sunshine, keeping well apart, planting seeds, two rows of potatoes and started sorting out the compost bin. The aim is to create a green, restful space full of colour and good things to eat and to have some fun while we’re doing it!