About the Friends’ Association
Ermysted’s has a very active Friends’ Association. We are an entirely voluntary organisation and a registered charity, formed to assist the school in fundraising and to provide additional support at school where needed. We exist to provide valuable extra funds, but also to enhance the lives of the boys’ entire school experience, both socially and culturally. It is an organisation that aims to bring together the entire school community. We warmly welcome new members to join and help us with fundraising activities. Of course, all parents and friends are invited to enjoy and support the many social events we hold.
The best way to get involved and be kept up-to-date is to ensure you’re on both Parent Pay and the EFA Mailing list.
ParentPay: Become a member through school contact admin@ermysteds.uk
EFA mailing list: Add your name to the PA list by contacting pa@ermysteds.uk
Meeting dates: Any new or existing parents considering getting involved are welcome and very much needed. Please join us, we’d love to see you. Meetings are being held in the school library on the following dates:
Tuesday, 21 March at 7:30 pm
Minutes: 15 September 2022
See the school calendar for more upcoming EFA events.
Annual events include:
| October | Quiz & Fish ’n’ Chips Night |
| Autumn Skipton Town Hall Café | |
| November | Christmas Fair |
| December | Christmas Concert |
| Bag packing at Skipton Supermarket | |
| Wreath-Making evening | |
| January | Ceilidh & Burns Night Supper |
| March | School Production |
| Spring Skipton Town Hall Café | |
| April | Spring Concert |
| June | New boys Film Night & new parents Cheese & Wine Evening |
| Murder Mystery Night & Supper/Ball | |
| July | Sports Day |
| U3A Learning |
Ermysted’s 200 Club
Join Ermysted’s 200 Club for just £10 a year and be in with a chance of winning one of 7 cash prizes – £10 to £25 – per month. Please download and complete the 200 Club Form to get involved. Proceeds go to providing additional equipment for school.
The Giving Machine
Before you shop online please join up to the Giving Machine! They will give cash back to the school if you shop your normal stores via the Giving Machine portal. It’s really simple to set up and even easier to shop. For full details click here or contact the EFA via email pa@ermysteds.uk.
Friends’ Association contributions to school
Recent contributions to school made possible through various EFA initiatives include:
- £100 for Certificate Presentation Folders for recent school leavers;
- £1000 for replacement laptops Learning Support;
- £365 to enable the victorious Kids’ Lit Quiz team to compete in the national final;
- £150 for a portable compact mass balance and £450 for additional microscopes and eyepiece graticules for the Biology department;
- £250 for new melting point apparatus for the Chemistry department; and
- £750 for a new cathode ray oscilloscope for the Physics department.
Prior to that, pledges of over £5000 have gone towards … new dictionaries, an iPad and E-books, the Shakespeare Festival, a music trip, KS3 pens/merit prizes, the Maths Challenge, History English Civil War Day, fieldwork equipment, history textbooks, trees/shrubs and more.
Contact Us
How to find out about the Friends’ Association and our events:
- Sign up to Parent Pay and automatically receive email notifications of everything we do.
- Alternatively, send your details and questions to pa@ermysteds.uk
- Follow us on Twitter – Follow @EGSPAssoc and we’ll keep you up to date. We also post updates on Facebook.
- Turn up to any of our monthly meetings or events and say hello.
Thank you for your support & hope to see you soon!
Best wishes,
Ermysted’s Friends’ Association