Friends of Pinner Wood School
The Friends of Pinner Wood is made up of parents, carers, staff and governors who volunteer their time to help:
Raise funds for the school;
Raise the profile of the school in the local community;
Create opportunities for parents to meet other parents and members of staff.
Our Aim
To arrange and deliver enjoyable, inclusive events for all the family throughout the school year. Previous events have included International Evenings, Discos, Bake Sales, Charity Step Challenge, Coin Collections as well as our annual Autumn, Christmas and Summer Fairs.
All the money raised from events goes straight to the school and pays for equipment and infrastructure that benefit the majority of the children at the school.
How to get involved
As a family at Pinner Wood, you are automatically part of The Friends of Pinner Wood. The success of our events and fundraising ability is based on the support and help of the Pinner Wood community and any support you would like to offer is very much appreciated.
You can choose how to volunteer your time – from sparing an hour to helping run a stall at an event; to baking a cake to sell; or coming along to our meetings to share your thoughts and ideas.
Please note, our meetings are relaxed and therefore young children are very welcome to come along. We aim to alternate our meetings between virtual and face-to-face to be as inclusive as possible for all families.
If you are a local business that is able to offer sponsorship, or support with a donation, please do get in touch. You can contact us via email friendspinnerwood@gmail.com
Upcoming Events
Click here to purchase tickets for any of the below upcoming Friends events.
Still to come.....Christmas Fair
Current Committee
Chair – Neesha Patel
Secretary – Shabrina Khan
Treasurer – Ruby Kamaly
Volunteer Co-ordinator – Rupal Mepani
Other Supporting Members
Anjli Kothary, Sonal Vagadia, Dana Even-Chen, Dipika Lakhani, Luis Martinez Arnal, Kirt Chana, Nahreen Salam, Rebecca Stone, Somaiya Khan-Piachaud, Salma Chohan, Nadeeka Brown
Funds (2023 - 2024)
Balance of funds at the start of the 2023/2024 school year: £15,049
Funds Raised:
Spooky Disco – £1,573.87
Christmas Art – £265
Christmas Fair – £5,626.49
Grant Funding from Pinner Rotary – £2,250
Happy’s Circus – £3,291.16
Summer Fair – £4,814.85
Total Funds Raised: £17,821.37
Funds Were Used To:
Play equipment for OPAL (scooters, helmets, water board)
School-wide Planetarium Day (taking place this year)
Year 6 theatre trip – Wicked (2024–2025)
Outdoor Music Garden (Rotary-funded)
Refrigerator for the outdoor cabin
Accessible OPAL storage container
Outstanding Ofsted celebration for the whole school
Balance carried forward to 2024–2025: £2,571
Funds (2024 - 2025)
Balance at the start of the school year: £2,571
Events and Funds Raised (so far):
PWS Garba (19 Oct 2024) – £1,766
Spooky Disco (8 Nov 2024) – £1,845.75
Christmas Fair (6 Dec 2024) – £4,836
Summer Fair Advertising Boards – £690
Year 6 Leavers’ Hoodies Fundraiser – £177.15
Total Raised (to date): £9,314.90
Funds Used (so far):
(To be updated after summer event expenditures are finalised)
Current balance (as of June 2025): Pending final reconciliation
2022-2023 Activity
Balance of funds at the start of the 2022/2023 school year was: £17,972.35
Previous funding
Funds were used to:
- Purchase and install the climbing frame in Year 5/6 playground (£14,500)
- Fund a school-wide farm day (£3,000)
- Subsidise the Year 6 trip to the theatre to watch The Lion King (£2,000)
- Contribute to Year 6 Isle of Wight trip (£2,000) to support families in need of financial support
- Organise a KS1 STEM Lego activity day (£1,500)
- Purchase parking aids to remind families of safe parking for children around the school (£750)
- Ensure every child leaving Year 6 was able to receive a leavers hoodie (£621)
- Support the Year 6 Business Enterprise seed money (£300)
Easy Fundraising Opportunities
As well as supporting and attending our events, here are a few ways you can help raise funds for the school for FREE!!!
Easy Fundraising
Easy fundraising turns your everyday online shopping into free donations when you sign up and register to support Pinner Wood School.
Go to www.easyfundraising.org.uk and create an account, this is free and easy to do!
Register that you are supporting Pinner Wood School
Choose your retailer and start shopping *Please note some retailers only offer donations to new customers
You can set reminders on your computer so you remember to shop via Easyfundraising. Just start your online shopping first at easyfundraising, then shop as normal. Retailers will then make a small donation to say “thank you”.
There’s over 6,057 retailers to choose from!
Easy2Name
Easy2name are a personalised name label company ideal for labelling all your school items.
They offer 20% money back on all purchases. All you have to do is enter our unique code: Pinner Wood School HA5 at the check-out.
