Guild
The Parents' Guild is an association for Parents and Staff at The Grey Coat Hospital. The aim of the Guild is to strengthen the links between home and school by supporting functions throughout the school's busy calendar, providing refreshments at parents' evenings and school plays, fundraising events like quiz nights and organising second hand uniform sales. All funds raised go towards buying new equipment for the school. The Guild produces a monthly newsletter which link can be found at this page or at the home page of the school website.
Chapel Window Appeal
In September the Guild will officially launch its Chapel Window Appeal. Created by artist craftsman Michael Coles the window will celebrate the special ethos of the school and be a lasting memorial which the present generation of Greys can offer to future pupils, staff and parents. All donations towards the twenty thousand pound appeal – however large or small – will be recorded in a special book of donors which will be kept on show in the Chapel. Those of you who are eager to see examples of Mr Coles work might like to visit All Hallows by the Tower or the Shrine at Our Lady of Walsingham where his work can be seen in the refectory and in the Milner Wing. Designs for the Grey Coat window are still at an early stage but it is expected that by the September issue there will be something for all to see and get excited about.
Guild dates for your diary 2010
Friday 7th July - Abbey Service, 6.30pm, Westminster Abbey
Guild Meeting Dates 2010:
Wednesday 15h September - Guild Meeting, 6.30pm, the Chapel, St Andrew’s
Friday 8th October - Barn Dance 6.30pm, the Hall, St Andrew’s
Wednesday 10th November - Guild Meeting 6.30pm, the Chapel, St Andrew’s
NB All parents and carers are automatically members of the Guild. To fulfil its worthwhile functions more people are always needed to come and contribute their ideas and enthusiasm. Do join us.
Funding school equipment
Money raised by the Guild goes directly into funding for school equipment. Over the last couple of years, some of the kinds of equipment that have been funded by the Guild include:
- Tracksuits for netball and athletics teams, Badminton Equipment and IT equipment for PE,
- CD players for use by students in Music;
- Stage lighting and radio microphones for St Andrew’s Hall,
- Video and digital cameras for several departments,
- A variety of resources for Modern Foreign Languages including Boardworks, which is an interactive teaching and learning resource;
- Laptops for Design & Technology;
- Telescope for Science;
- NRA folders for Year 11;
- Prizes for Prize Giving;
- Fencing equipment;
- Recording system for Music Department;
- Logovisual Boards for History;
- Interactive Software for Business Studies;
- Performance folders and sheet music for School Choirs;
- Greek Dictionaries for Greek Exchange;
- Whiteboard for Art;
- Mannequins for Design & Technology.
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