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Friends of Avening School
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We are back! 🍪🍩 We hope you’ve all had a We are back! 🍪🍩

We hope you’ve all had a wonderful summer and have had a great first few school days back.

We’re stocked and ready to rock the first Cookies and Donuts of the year!

For a delicious after school treat, pop over to our stall at 3.15 every Friday in the school playground.

From cakes and biscuits to donuts and crisps, find the perfect end of the week snack.

All proceeds go to Avening School 💚 

Keep a look out for our themed weeks too, where you’ll find some fun home bakes on offer! 🧁 

Cash, card and phone payments accepted (min payment for card/phone is £1).

See you there!
Do you shop at Tesco? Please help us secure £1, Do you shop at Tesco? 

Please help us secure £1,000 in free funding! 

If you haven’t already, sign up to support us on easyfundraising – where your everyday online spending is turned into free donations for Friends of Avening School. 

Once you are on board, shop at Tesco by 30th September via the easyfundraising app or website, and as well as collecting a free donation for us courtesy of Tesco, every shop improves our chances of receiving £1,000! 

Please sign up to support us if you haven’t already. LINK IN BIO. Thank you so much 💚
We’d like to say a huge thank you to Heaven of t We’d like to say a huge thank you to Heaven of the South for their wonderful donation of £650 💚

Heaven of the South (HOTS) is an annual three day mountain bike event run entirely by volunteers, with every penny raised going to local charities.

This year’s event, held in Wotton-Under-Edge, saw 350 riders following a choice of two courses, either 50 or 75 km (30 or 45 miles).

The routes tackle some extremely challenging terrain and steep climbs, and more than half of the course is off-road.

Tickets are already available for next year’s event, so head over to heavenofthesouth.co.uk to find out more and get involved 🚴🏻 @heavenofthesouth 

HOTS raised £19,500 in 2025 and since 2011 have raised in excess of £180,000 for local charities and good causes. Incredible!

Thank you very much to HOTS for your wonderful donation, from everyone at FOAS 💚
You can help us WIN a £500 donation prize in easy You can help us WIN a £500 donation prize in easyfundraising’s giveaway this month! 

Friends of Avening School will get a FREE entry each time a new supporter signs up before the 31st July! 

It only takes a moment and it’s completely free, so please get involved if you haven’t already… LINK IN BIO 💛
As the school year draws to a close today, it’s As the school year draws to a close today, it’s been incredible to look back at everything our community has achieved.

An absolutely fantastic, record-breaking total has been raised, which has funded some wonderful projects, trips and school resources.

Thank you to all the teachers, children and their families, and to all the local residents and businesses who have volunteered, donated, supported and sponsored FOAS.

🌟 You’ve made it an amazing year 🌟
Summer Celebration Last Friday on a scorching aft Summer Celebration

Last Friday on a scorching afternoon, we had great fun at the Summer Celebration. With as many gazebos as we could muster, we enjoyed games, face painting, hair braiding, football, hot dogs, Pimm’s and a classic tombola.

What a fantastic event… with the raffle, tombola and Summer Celebration combined, we all raised a whopping £1829! Well done everyone!!

This is such a fantastic result, and will help tremendously in pushing us closer to our £7,000 playground equipment target.

Thank you again to all the local businesses who kindly donated food items and fantastic raffle prizes. Absolutely incredible support.

Thank you so much also to the parents, grandparents, teachers and students who helped make the afternoon such a roaring success. We all loved it!

THANK YOUS….

Jolly Nice @jollynicefarmshop 
Hobbs House Bakery @hobbshousebakery 
James Dyson Foundation
The Black Horse Inn, North Nibley @black_horse_north_nibley 
Bath Rugby 
Calcot Gym @calcot_and_spa 
Amalfi @amalfisnailsworth 
Painswick Rococo Garden @rococogarden 
Cotswold Wildlife Park @cotswoldwildlifepark 
Wagamama @wagamama_uk 
Armed & Gorgeous @armedandgorgeous 
Knead Bakery @knead_bakery_patisserie 
Letters & Lino @lettersandlino 
Number 52 Tetbury @number52antiques 
Sofas and Stuff @sofasandstuff 
Caseysplace @caseysplace 
Soap Folk @soapfolk 
Willow & Co @willowandcolifestyle
Thank you very much to The Dursley Open Door Club, Thank you very much to The Dursley Open Door Club, who very kindly loaned us their beautiful wooden tombola at last Friday’s Summer Celebration.

The charity supports local, disabled adults and their families in Dursley, Cam, Berkley, Wotton-Under-Edge and surrounding areas, providing a wide range of activities and events.

We really appreciated the tombola, and are very pleased to announce that it raised over £190! 🌟 Thank you 🌟
This week, Avening Primary School will say goodbye This week, Avening Primary School will say goodbye to a brilliant Business Manager, Mrs Sollis, and wonderful Play Team member, Mrs Woodman. Serving the school for 25 and 27 years respectively, these fabulous ladies have touched the lives of so many children at Avening School, and they will both be dearly missed.

A special thank you to Mrs Sollis from everyone at FOAS for all your support, the last minute requests, handling raffle tickets, mountains of tombola donations, keeping parents in the loop, and just generally being awesome. We really appreciate everything you’ve done for us.

Wishing both Mrs Sollis and Mrs Woodman a very happy retirement ♥️
It’s the final Cookies & Donuts of the school ye It’s the final Cookies & Donuts of the school year this Friday!

🌟 AT THE EARLIER TIME OF 2.30PM 🌟

Everything must go… ice creams with sprinkles, fruit juice, sweets and crisps are among the treats on offer 🍦🧃🍬

Please note, just for this week we are asking for CARD PAYMENTS ONLY. Phone payments can also be accepted 👍

Cash payments will be accepted again as usual when we return in September 🗓️

See you there!
So many lovely things happening tomorrow afternoon So many lovely things happening tomorrow afternoon!

Join us at our Summer Celebration from 3.15pm…

- Hot Dogs and BBQ
- Pimm’s Bar
- Strawberries & Cream
- Ice Creams
- Tombola
- Face Painting
- Hair Braiding
- Guess the Teacher
- Sponsor a Book
- Arthur’s Green Football Challenge
- Rock Painting
- Bubble Wand Making
- Hook a Duck
- Splat the Rat
- Ping Pong Shot
- Boat Races
- Pirate Hook Hoopla
- Lollipop Ring Toss
- Disk Drop
- Beat the Buzzer
- Tin Can Alley

It’s set to be a super hot day! 

We’re looking to create as many shaded areas as we can, but do remember your sun hats, sun glasses and sun cream! ☀️🧢🕶️🧴 

Every penny raised goes to Avening School, helping to raise £7K for new outdoor equipment 💚
Got skills? Come and test them at Arthur’s Green Got skills? Come and test them at Arthur’s Green Football Challenge ⚽️ 🥅 

Enjoy a range of challenges including:

- Tyre Target Practice 🛞 
- Solar Power Penalities 🌞 
- Litter Lap of Honour 🗑️ 

PLUS test your knowledge in Arthur’s FGR Environment Quiz.

Just £2 to enter, and everyone wins a prize!

Find Arthur in the Forest School Garden tomorrow from 3.15pm.

See you there! ⚽️
Hobbs House Bakery have very kindly donated their Hobbs House Bakery have very kindly donated their super delicious Ultimate Finger Rolls for our hot dogs tomorrow.

“Baked to make the best hot dog” 🥇🌭

Thank you so much for your generosity 🧡We’re hungry already!
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