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The Bryanston fundraising Committee (BFC) is made up of a group of passionate parents and
educators who very generously invest their time and energy into raising funds for Bryanston
Primary School in order to offer our children the best education and opportunities available.
BPS is a wonderful school with excellent educators and facilities and in order to maintain and
continually upgrade these facilities we have to source additional funds. Some of the areas identified by the SGB that we want to raise funds for are:
• Development of a new and improved catering facility
• Interactive White boards in remaining few classrooms
• Interactive Maths Centre
• Sports related projects
• Revamped Library
• Assistance for the less fortunate
Should you wish to get involved, please see our “How to Help” section.
BFC Members 2012
NAME
POSITION
Lorienne Barnard
Narelle du Bois
Hasan Wadvalla
Paula Agar
Renette Julies
Mandy Hawkeswood
Liz Dodge
Deidre Spagnoletti
Trevor Crowe
Lauren Robertson
Phumzile Magqaza
Sunita Radhakissoon
Tiffany De Astui
Hayley Fletcher
Chairperson
Secretary
Principal
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
BFC Supporters & Volunteers
Ferosa Jacobs
Allistair Jacobs
Tracee Mayos
Sean Mayos
Leigh Penney
Lerato Nkuna
Heather Parsons
Monique Lanz
Michele Mestre
Olga Tyson
Eureka Loggenberg
Tracey van Alphen
Chris van Alphen
Michele Rees
Natalie Seyffert
Natalya Bahat
Caroline Armstrong
Nikita van Deventer
Nimi Jugnarain
Patricia Musonda
Sarah Ashton
Claudine Kabamba
Bev North
Pasquin Julies
Lerato Lebenya
Tilly Maluleke
Priscilla Mokgoatsana
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The BFC has a specified financial target that is set by the School Governing Body each year, so
that the school may use this fund to continue to improve the facilities available to our children.
During the course of the year, the BFC runs several events and programmes to raise these
funds.
Some fundraising activities are new and untried whilst others have become traditions over the
years such as the annual Fun Walk and Six-A-Side Soccer/Netball Tournament). However, we
are continuously on the lookout for new and exciting ways to conduct fundraising so all ideas
are welcome!
We also manage the My School Card facility where family of pupils are asked to register and
use their My School Cards whilst shopping and thereby without any cost to themselves, raise
funds for the school. It’s so easy – so let’s get a lot more cards out there and get swiping !
Throughout the year we require prizes and give-aways so we ask all parents to chat to all colleagues, friends and family about any items or offerings that can be donated to the school or
offered at cost. We will also gratefully receive any school requirements that can be sponsored
for us, thus saving the fund for other uses.
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About MySchool
The MySchool fundraising programme is South Africa’s number one community support
programme that raises essential funds for schools, charities and environmental organisations.
Funds are used to improve education and social development in South Africa. You can make a
difference to a worthy cause without costing you a cent!
The MySchool programme raises more than R2.2 million per month for the schools, charities,
animal welfare and environmental organisations it supports.
How does MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet work?
More than 600 000 South Africans carry MySchool cards. Supporters apply for a MySchool
card for free and nominate their favourite school or charity as the beneficiary. When they purchase items from participating retailers they swipe the card with the purchase.
A small percentage of their transaction is then allocated to their beneficiary school or charity. All these transactions are recorded and a statement is sent to individual supporters on a
monthly basis. The partner stores pay the donation on your behalf! The supporter card is not a
credit or debit card but simply tracks your transactions and your funds raised.
Benefits of being a cardholder
• You can raise funds for your favourite school or charity without costing you a cent
• It is so convenient using one card at many different stores. There are over 11 national partners and over
2000 partner stores where you can use your card across the country.
• Cardholders get exclusive discounts and special offers. For example, you are automatically part of WRewards from Woolworths (which includes 10% or more off on over 200 items in their stores and other
tiered benefits), you get R40 off every GetAhead or MathPro educational software item that you buy,
and you get exclusive discounts on vehicle recovery from Altech Netstar.
How to become a supporter - get a card now!
In order to become a supporter, you need to be registered with MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet
and select a school or charity to support. You can register by completed the online application
form, or get a card at your local Woolworths store.
Apply for a MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet Card
Click here, or call the Client Service Centre on 0860 100 445 (Monday to Friday, between 08:00
and 17:00).
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Mother’s Day: 11 May 2012
Soccer and Netball tournament 19 May 2012
The “High Tea” arranged for Mothers Day was a
wonderful success! Over 100 mothers and grandmothers were spoiled at an afternoon which
included tea/coffee and delicious cakes, sandwiches, tarts and other eats, plus hand and neck
massages. There was also jewelry, discounted
make-up sets and Havaianas on sale.
In addition, there were fabulous prizes and
giveaways. Each mom received a make-up
bag, with additional Estee Lauder bags
given away as spot prizes. Main prizes, for
two separate draws included a night away,
hair makeovers, facials, massages, and pottery classes. But best of all was the group of
school girls that got dressed up to assist with
serving and taking care of the moms.
The BFC pulled the event together with a
great deal of effort and commitment from
not only committee members but various
moms and school staff. Thanks to all the
educators and BFC volunteers; it truly was
a highly successful day.
Our heartfelt thanks go to all our sponsors for their generous donations and time provided:
BPS was blessed with a beautiful day for our 43rd soccer and 15th
netball tournaments. Our new and stunning banner was displayed
outside the school making a great statement for the school and the
families arrived continuously throughout the day. The BFC’s programmes sold out much faster than anticipated and we quickly had to
make copies to keep up with demand !
• Love Hair for the hair makeover prizes
• Junipas for their delicious muffins
• Woolworths (Nicol Way) for the strawberries and cream
• Tonic Body & Skincare Centre for the hand
and neck massages, and prizes including a
night away from Magalies Manor
• Spar (Olivedale) for their savory snacks
• Serendipity Skin Care for the massages
• Mugg & Bean (Woodmead) for outstanding Lemon Meringue
• Simone from Classique Co-ordinators
for the beautiful tables
• Paula from Groundworx for the fabulous invitations
• Jackie Stark for flowers
• Pick ‘n Pay Douglasdale for treats
• The Pottery Studio and Skin Clinic for
fabulous prizes, and
• Cheylene who donated a wonderful
range of African Ambrosia herbal tea
for the moms to enjoy.
We hope to see you there next year!
Thanks to event co-ordinator Phumzile Magqaza and the help of
our incredible volunteers and supporters, we managed to entertain
the children with a jumping castle, run the Netball guess the score
competition, manage the craft stalls, sell the BPS supporter shirts, sign
up people for my school card, look after our pizza and lemonade suppliers and keep up with the hectic demand at the tuckshop.
We are so appreciative to every one of you who were there to help
and especially since most of us worked much longer than we had
anticipated. What a team!
The tuckshop sold out of pancakes and samoosas early on - they were
such a hit! We made record sales on sweets and crisps and there were
Wendy’s lemonade bottles in everybody’s hands !
Lots of fun for all the children and proud parents everywhere, hopefully well fed and watered all round and ready to join us again next
year..
CLICK HERE FOR MORE!
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GALA REFRESHMENTS: January and February 2012
With the absence of our Tuckshop, the BFC elected to set up a temporary refreshment stand at
the Gala to provide our swimmers, their families and all the visiting schools with the opportunity to buy drinks and eats.
It was extremely popular and in addition to making our visitors comfortable we raised R2532.44
for the school. Our thanks to the parents, prefects and school staff that assisted in the setting
up, preparation of food and sales.
The Fun Walk: 24 February 2012
Our annual Fun walk is one of the BFC’s biggest fundraising events in the year. This year’s
theme was the Olympics and each grade was given a letter from the word Olympics and asked
to dress up in something that started with that letter. As usual the kids responded with great
enthusiasm and raced around the field trying to finish as many laps as possible before the time
was up.
The BFC pulled the event together with a great deal of effort and commitment in particular
from educator Casey Macaulay. Thanks to all the educators and BFC volunteers it was a highly
successful day.
Our heartfelt thanks go to all our sponsors for their generous donations of facilities or handouts for the children during the walk :
Sportsmans Warehouse, Hobart Spar, Virgin Active, Supercare Services, Dimension
Data, Syspro Corporate, Dion Wire-mass discounters, Fireworkfire, Nivea Sun, Kraft
Foods.
We are extremely grateful for the generous sponsoring of our fabulous prizes from the following people or companies:
• Top student: Most monies raised: Narelle du Bois
• Most Monies raised in each grade (x 7): Greg Barnard
• Most Monies raised in a class (SP & FP): Ster-Kinekor
• Best Dressed: Havianas
• Lucky Draws: Helen o’Grady Drama academy
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There are currently three categories in which
parents are able to able to be involved and
these cater to the varying degrees of time
and commitment that parents are willing and
able to offer:
Committee members who
actively participate in the
monthly meetings and are part
of the team responsible for the
various portfolios and events
for the year
Supporters who assist with
various requests from the BFC
such as sourcing donations,
sponsorships, contacts or ideas
and getting involved in ad hoc
events
Volunteers who make
themselves available at
functions or events to lend a
hand.
Should you wish to get help out, please
contact [email protected] and
indicate at which level you would like to be
involved.
All contributions are gratefully received!
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