HoneyPancakes Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 I'm just checking my facts, at the risk of airing dirty laundry in public. I wonder if you could share your memories of school fund raisers when you were at school please. We had our children's school fair yesterday and Techy Specky Hubby has been full of ire ever since. Now, I think he's just cross because he had to look our boys by himself and get his own meals, and maybe have to talk to someone, while I played the dutiful PTA committee member. But he's saying it's because there shouldn't be any of this 'begging' happening - the Principal must be mis-managing funds. 'Didn't have all these Fairs when I were a lad', 'What does the school think it's doing selling Aspartame filled drinks to children?', 'Where's all the money going? Must be lining the pockets of the Chair - all corrupt you know?'... etc, etc..... Now, When I were a lass in Australia, we were very proud of our School 'Continentals' and how much they raised, and it's second nature for me to want to be in the thick of it. So...before I get myself into trouble and let, 'Suck it up Princess'... escape, please tell me if it is, in fact true, that in the eighties, primary school didn't ask parents for any help with school funds? Honey!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoneyPancakes Posted June 12, 2011 Author Share Posted June 12, 2011 (edited) Oops! Need a lesson in editing. Edited June 12, 2011 by HoneyPancakes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narnia Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 (edited) Oh, he's just being stamp footy, isn't he??? I recall my children's school asking everyone to bring in money every week to raise money for the swimming pool to be built, then for its upkeep. then we had jumble sales every couple of months or so, plus the annual summer fair, the christmas fair, the may day fete, the sports day fete.................getting the picture??? nd we sold squash and biscuits and cakes and ice cream.......all the usual, unhealthy stuf and with no Environmental health bods overseeing us! YAY!! as to the money lining the chairs pockets.............. well, maybe he should volunteer to go on the committee and then he can help to decide how it should be spent? He'll live oh yes, forgot the sponsored events, plus easter egg hunts, pancake day event and easter/christmas bingo sessions...........ALL of these in addition to the playgroup events of a similar nature! :) Edited June 12, 2011 by narnia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoneyPancakes Posted June 12, 2011 Author Share Posted June 12, 2011 Oh Yes... very stomp footy! Now he's come back from taking number one to birthday party and a dog OFF THE LEAD tried to eat his lunch - Oh well, that gives him something else to grumble about. And that should have read 'SEVENTIES' we were in primary school. Many thanks Honey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panders Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Well..... I agree with Narnia, my sons were in school during the 80's and we were forever doing fund raising for something. I assume it was about the time that parents wanted more for the children and PTA's were being formed to raise money to raise standards as the Governments of the time wouldn't put extra money in. It also became about raising money for necessities rather than extras. When I was in school during the 60's and early 70's don't remember fund raising events at all, had the odd school disco, and Christmas party do which we used to take food in for. Can't even remember taking money in for school trips, i.e. to museum, but surely must have done. Did pay to go to school camp though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pimms o'clock? Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 ...thinking back to the 60's, when I was at Primary school, we often had jumble sales. I don't know who organised them but the thing that sticks in my mind is that it was the place I bought all the books I ever owned using my saved up pocket money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inge Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 70s was an era I missed a lot of the school things.. was at work by then but 80s was on PTA did the annual big summer event.. and the ones we did were really big.. with display teams, helicopters, pony rides, big prize draw and all the stalls, cakes refreshments etc.. and then the sports day event was big too.. after school so 3 to 5/6pm and BBQ and all family events.. then the sponsored things, swim, bike ride, Christmas fayre with all the stalls and Santa booth ( and being in the Army we did it again on camp for Charity we were busy organising stuff all the time.. non stop it seemed. ) at school I do remember jumble sales, a summer event and sports day but not much else.. oh yes we did a sponsored swim each year too.. that was the 60s. I do also remember organising events at senior school for small fundraisers.... vividly remember making tons of cakes to sell in the tuck shop and other stuff.. from what I recall they were all for Charities.. we did pay for a lot of extras at school though.. trips, outings, any time we had away form school.. seemed to be a lot of those.. it was a Church school and we were often on retreat somewhere.. But the fact is what happened in the past is not now... could argue that in the 70 we had no mobile phones, only 4 channels on tv that ended at midnight and all sorts of other stuff - not reason for things to stay the same or static.. lives change and the amount of things a school needs now is so much more costly than it was in the 70s.. we raised money for a set of books to use.. bit more than that needed now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rea Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 I dont remember any fund raising events when I was at school in the 70s/80s. Or maybe I just wasnt interested in knowing about them. Junior school didnt do anything except sports day and christmas party but I do recall donkey rides on the playing field. My secondary school had cheese and wine evenings for parents maybe they raised funds through that? My mom and dad used to go. As my children went through school it did seem there was more and more money being asked for, so maybe hubby's right, although I did ask my hubby the other day why men call it 'babysitting' and we call it being a parent. They do look at things differently to us dont they. They seem to think life shouldnt change when the kids come along. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 I think it probably started with a 'whup' in the late seventies, early eighties when schools started needing computers but there was nothing in the budget for big expenditure like this. I can recall school holding raffles on sports days in the sixties, but the fundraising was for external charities like aid for India or whatever. Zebedee recalls schools fundraising by collecting rose hips which were sold to some body or other to make into rosehip syrup. Money went towards Prize giving awards apparently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gezabel Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 I left 6th form in 1972 and throughout my school life (only ever attended 1 school!) there were numerous fund raising events - I clearly remember a sponsored silence when I was about 8 or 9. the school also had a 'friends' thing, similar to PTA and they were forever staging events to raise money! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Oh yes - we had a sponsored silence too - I remember that now! I left in '76 so only a few years after you then G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 We used to have jumble sales and every year the school did a sponsored walk, I recall we used to do quite a few sponsored 'things' we used to knock on EVERY door in the village, everyone was willing to give even if their children were not at the village primary or they didn't have children. I think things would be different today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoneyPancakes Posted June 12, 2011 Author Share Posted June 12, 2011 Interesting. I really think it's just disappointment that the great socialist state can't provide all the perceived needs of his children. He'll get over it until the next time. Inge, I think he'd really like to go back to slates and fifty in a class. The mention of Interactive Whiteboards sends him apoplectic! Good thing I went into Early Years - taught me how to deal with toddler tantrums!! Honey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inge Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 I left 6th form in 1972 and throughout my school life (only ever attended 1 school!) there were numerous fund raising events - I clearly remember a sponsored silence when I was about 8 or 9.the school also had a 'friends' thing, similar to PTA and they were forever staging events to raise money! forgot the sponsored silence.. we did that too... (left 1974 ) and the annual walk.. ours was just over the 26 miles!- length of a marathon... and used to take me about 6.5 hours... later they shortened it and used the canal tow path with boats to pick up the stragglers! and I can only assume that he is not in employment that relies on the new technology/ equipment or would be happy to not use it.. even our window cleaner uses a new fangled method of cleaning them with ionised water and brushes.. not a squeegee or shammy in sight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narnia Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Having just re-read my post, I'm horrified at the number of typos I missed! My apologies, ladies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoneyPancakes Posted June 12, 2011 Author Share Posted June 12, 2011 and I can only assume that he is not in employment that relies on the new technology/ equipment or would be happy to not use it.. Oh yes Inge - Data Specialist - works on the principle that if One has talent One does not require resources. So the rest of us who didn't get it the first time should accept the fact that we're thick and do something befitting our position - like keep house for the talented!! Was that sounding a bit petulant? Honey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueFinanceManager Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Can't remember primary school too long ago Secondary school circa 1978 - 1982 definitely remember doing a sponsored walk but don't know if it was for school funds or a charity. As far as own children concerned done all the summer Christmas fairs etc I think part of the problem is all the extra circular stuff offered now like at my children's school the swimming pool and the horrifying cost of maintaining it etc. Every Christmas they go to the panto and the school subsidises that to keep cost down for all families. Maybe schools need to get back to basics and not do all the extra things but as many families can't afford to do these things or in some cases wouldn't have the inclination then maybe it is a good thing for the school to offer a really holistic education full of different opportunities. If fund raising was for paying the heating bills etc Honey then your hubby might have cause to moan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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