Friends of Larkrise

Larkmas 2022
2022-12-16 15:30 - 18:00 UTC
We need your help to get ready for our Larkmas winter fair event, which will be from 3.30 – 6pm on 16th Dec. Please sign up to help at this link: https://signup.com/go/NWhXvNG.

The stalls will be taking 50p tokens which you can buy on the day with cash or a card (minimum card payment £1) from the Friends of Larkrise welcome stall. You can also buy these tokens online via our shop and collect ahead from the school office to avoid the queues. We will email you once the tokens are ready for you to collect from the office. We’re also hoping to be able to sell tickets by the school gates in the week running up to Larkmas, so keep an eye out for us there.

We would love for everyone in our wider school community to get involved. Here’s how:

Ahead of the event, you can donate:

2nd hand children’s books in good condition for the 2nd hand books sale

Jam jars filled with treasure from the bottom of the toy box e.g. spares left over from party bags, few bits of lego, kinder egg loot, a few stickers etc. These will be used in a lucky dip. We have used these in our previous events and they have been very popular..

Please take any of these items to the school office from 1st December onwards.

On the day itself, donations of cakes or baked goods, sweet or savoury, shop bought or homemade. No nuts please. Please provide a list of ingredients for homemade bakes.

3. Volunteer a little time on the day itself – Please sign up to help at this link: https://signup.com/go/NWhXvNG.

Please email chairfol@larkriseprimary.org to find out more or to let us know that you are interested.

What to expect at Larkmas

All the activities will take place in the outdoor classroom on the main playground, the adventure room and the area outside year 4,5 and 6 classrooms.

We are delighted that the beautiful lanterns created by year 3 and year 5 for the Light Festival are now back at Larkrise and these will be on display at Larkmas lighting up the event.

What do I need to bring?

Please bring a cup with you for hot drinks.

The event takes place outside so please wrap up warmly. We will review if rain is forecast but are keeping our fingers crossed for dry weather!

School Streets will be operational at school pick up time as usual so please walk, scoot or cycle to the event. If you do need to drive please park considerately away from Boundary Brook Road.

We really hope that everyone will enjoy the event. If you have any questions please email chairfol@larkriseprimary.org.

Music

3.45 Larkrise School choir

4.30 Headingtones Choir: this is a local choir who will be singing some traditional carols and would welcome any enthusiastic singers to join in with them on the day!

5.15 Horns of Plenty are a street band formed in 2007 for the Cowley Road Carnival.

Activities

Each year group will be running a fun activity for everyone to enjoy

Spat the Festive Rat

Mr Spinny Wheel

Treasure jars lucky dip

2nd hand children’s book sale

Beautiful handmade hats/ gloves and other knitwear for sale which has been kindly donated to FOL

Santa: will be wandering around the event and is happy to answer questions from children/ have his photo taken!

Fire pit and stick bread

Boundary Brook Nature Reserve are kindly running a stall involving painting birds

Simple crafts to make in the adventure room

Energy bills support stall

Food and drink stalls

Hot dogs and burgers, vegetarian and meat available.

Fruit and popcorn

Mince pies/ cakes and other baked goods

Teas/ coffees and hot chocolate

Mulled apple juice (non alcoholic) and fruit juice

Mulled wine and other alcoholic beverages

Larkrise Cafe
2022-11-25 15:15 - 15:45
We invite year 5 families to bring sweet or savoury edible goodies (without nuts and including the list of ingredients) to sell atthe cafe/ bake sale. We also need some helpers to assist at the sale.

All year groups and families are welcome to the Larkrise cafe.

Halloween Disco
2022-11-03 16:15 - 19:00 | Larkrise Primary School, Boundary Brook Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 4AN, United Kingdom
Early Years & Year 2 4:15-5:15

Years 3-6 5:30-7pm

Save the date for this spooktacular school disco in the school hall.

We don’t want any child to miss out on having fun at the disco so tickets will be on sold on a Pay What You Can basis via Parentmail. The suggested donation is £2.50/ticket (see below for instructions).

Please note children must be accompanied by an adult who will also need a ticket

To run this event we will need lots of volunteers. If helpful you could share a shift with another carer. If you are able, please sign up to help at this link: https://signup.com/go/PSNaFHL.

We would be grateful for any donations of baked good to sell at the disco. Please drop off on the day of the disco if you are able with some information on ingredients.

We hope to have some hot dogs/pizza on sale at the discos along with some bags of vegetarian sweets.

How to buy tickets via Parentmail

To find the ticket sales sign into your Parentmail account and go to “Payments“.You can then scroll to the bottom of the page to find a link to “Shop“.The disco tickets should be listed under Events for each child.Click on the link and you will see an option to buy tickets for the discos.We have set the default cost of the tickets as free so, if you click complete at this stage you receive an email confirmation the tickets have been bought.If you are able to, there is an option to add a donation with the tickets before you click complete. The suggested amount is £2.50 per ticket.

Suggested donation £2.50

Larkrise Cafe
2022-10-14 15:15 - 15:45
We invite year 6 families to bring sweet or savoury and edible goodies (without nuts and including the list of ingredients) to sell at the cafe/.

All year groups and families are welcome to the Larkrise cafe.

School Picnic
2022-09-06 00:00 - 23:59
New starters picnic on the school grounds. Times and more information about the event to be advised sooner to the date.

Library Open After School
2022-07-19 15:15 - 16:30, 2022-07-05 15:15 - 16:30, 2022-06-21 15:15 - 16:30, 2022-06-14 15:15 - 16:30, 2022-05-17 15:15 - 16:30

FoL AGM
2022-07-06 19:00 - 21:00 | Larkrise Primary School, Boundary Brook Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 4AN, United Kingdom

Larkfest (Summer Fair)
2022-06-24 15:30 - 18:30

CANCELLED: Volunteer Day
2022-06-12 10:00 - 13:00 | Larkrise Primary School, Boundary Brook Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 4AN, United Kingdom

Larkfest Planning Meeting #5
2022-06-08 19:30 - 20:30

Larkfest Planning Meeting #4
2022-05-19 19:30 - 20:30

Volunteer Day
2022-05-15 10:00 - 13:00

FoL Info Stall
2022-05-13 14:45 - 15:30

FoL Meeting (online)
2022-04-27 19:30 - 21:00
Please join us for the next Friends of Larkrise Meeting to be held on Wednesday 27 April 2022, from 7:30-9:00pm.

We’ll be discussing plans for this term and for Larkfest, our Summer Fair and main fundraising and fun event of the year to be held on Friday 24 June. All welcome!

Larkfest Planning Meeting #3
2022-04-04 20:00 - 21:00

Year 5 Larkrise Cafe and Meet-The-Head
2022-04-01 15:15 - 15:45

Year 5 Larkrise Cafe & Meet-The-Head
2022-04-01 15:15 - 15:45
Join other families and the headteacher for delicious cakes and snacks under the canopy, prepared by Year 5 families. All proceed will help raise funds for the school. All welcome.

School Grounds Volunteer Day
2022-03-20 10:00 - 14:00, 2022-02-13 10:00 - 14:00

Year 6 Larkrise Cafe & Meet-The-Head
2022-03-04 15:15 - 15:45
Enjoy a selection of cakes and snacks under the canopy in the main playground area, prepared by Year 6 families. A great way to meet other families and the headteacher, and raise much-needed funds for the school. All welcome.

FoL Meeting (online)
2022-03-02 19:30 - 21:00

Larkfest (Summer Fair) Planning Meeting #1 (online)
2022-02-07 20:00 - 21:00

Larkfest Planning Meeting #1
2022-02-07 20:00 - 21:00

Pasteis de Nata workshop (online)
2022-01-27 19:30 - 21:00
Learn how to make Portuguese custard tarts in an online baking workshop by Larkrise parent Hannah Bironzo, and Sandra Cristina Ruge from Waste2Taste. Cost is £15 per household, and if you quote LARKRISE at booking, they will donate 15% of your ticket sale to the Friends of Larkrise. To book, contact ox4gypsybaker@gmail.com

Filling new garden beds
2022-01-27 15:15 - 16:15

Baking workshop fundraiser
2022-01-27 00:00 - 23:59
