Godwin Junior School
Cranmer Road, Forest Gate, London, E7 0JW
Email: info@godwin.newham.sch.uk
Tel: 020 8534 7601
Friends of Godwin - Parent Teacher Association
We are fortunate in having an active Parent Teacher Association (PTA), called the 'Friends of Godwin', which aims to support the school through fundraising. Last year, the Friends of Godwin raised over £7000!!! It would be fantastic to achieve this sort of amount again this year!
From Bake Sales, 'Hot Choc Fridays' and 'Freeze Pop Fridays' to Bag2School and Toys4Life, our amazing volunteers pitch in whatever skills and/or time they are able to offer to support our school ensure that our children have high-quality educational experiences. Larger events such as our Winter Fayre and Summer 'Godwin Great Get Together' also provide the opportunity for our whole school community to come together and celebrate life at Godwin!
Our extremely popular 'Playground Library' was funded (and assembled!) solely by the Friends of Godwin. The books, storage, shelving and deck chairs were purchased using money they had raised after our School Council said that children wanted to be able to extend their love of reading outdoors.
Fundraising has also been taking place to pay for the fitting of a traverse wall in the school playground so that Godwin children can enjoy being active, even if they are not keen on running around. The Friends of Godwin almost has enough to make this vision become a reality - we can't wait until we hit our target amount!
If you are interested in becoming involved with our PTA 'Friends of Godwin' organisation, in any capacity - whether this is by being an active member participating in organising events or just helping out on a particular day - the Friends would be delighted to hear from you. Please contact godwinpta@gmail.com
"I like it because it's a nice calm space." - Eddie (Year 4)
"It's a good place to calm down and reading gives your brain something positive to do." - Will (Year 6)
"It's a great idea because if you don't feel like running about, you can just relax and read." - Jaden (Year 6)
"It looks really colourful and fun. Some people like to read in their free time, so this lets them do that." - Minha (Year 5)
"It's a good place because you can just sit down with a book and have no stress." - Kaisen (Year 4)
"It's really vibrant and peaceful and you can read while hanging out with your friends." - Liam (Year 5)