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Press cuttings and copies of our school's newsletter the Bedford Bugle are within the Bugle & Letters Home section on our Families pages. Please take a look! You may also be interested in looking at our Community Pages which feature more information from our school charity B.E.S.T.

• Mr Stafford is shortlisted for the Echo's Pride of Merseyside Awards

  Thu 31 Oct 2013

  Bedford’s own Mr Stafford is shortlisted for Echo's Pride of Merseyside Awards

   

  Bedford Primary’s very own ‘superman’ Mr Stafford has been shortlisted for the Echo's Pride of Merseyside Awards to take place on 22 November. Voted by a member of Christ Church Youth & Community Centre, Mr Stafford is one of three nominations under consideration for the Courageous Act Award. The nomination was submitted in recognition of the support he gave to his mum as she went into premature labour and delivered her baby at home. Staff and community agree that Mr Stafford could very easily be considered under several categories within the Pride of Merseyside Awards given his ongoing hard work and commitment to children and young people in Bootle. A judge at the Echo's Pride of Merseyside Awards has commented that “Once again, the quality of nominations was a true testament to the hard work and dedication of these passionate people, groups and organisations. It was a hard job to choose the shortlist because everyone is a winner – they have all made such a difference in their own community and they all deserve an award. Well done to everyone who nominated and let’s get ready for a fantastic event next month – it will be great to celebrate so many outstanding people from Merseyside.”

  Bedford Primary will be wishing Mr Stafford the very best of luck, he’s already a winner in our eyes!

• Raise funds for school whilst you shop online this Christmas!

  Thu 31 Oct 2013

  Click, Shop and Give for Free at The Giving Machine website!

  We have joined TheGivingMachine which will allow you to generate cash donations for the school without it costing you an extra penny. There are already more than 4,000 schools taking part in this scheme, with the successful schools raising £1,000’s every year at no extra cost to parents!
  
  TheGivingMachine is a not for profit social enterprise whose sole aim is to raise money for UK schools and charities. Every year, your favourite online shops pay £millions in sales commissions to websites who drive shoppers to them. By shopping via www.TheGivingMachine.co.uk you can ensure that any commission paid on your purchase is converted into a cash donation. TheGivingMachine receives the commission and converts 75% of it into cash, the remainder is used to help towards their operating costs. With stores like Amazon, Ebay, M&S, NEXT, Tesco, Sainsbury and John Lewis taking part with hundreds more, you are bound to find what you want from your favourite shops at TheGivingMachine.
  
  You can join to become a Giver by visiting www.thegivingmachine.co.uk - entering your name, e-mail address and postcode and selecting our school as your chosen beneficiary. Then, every time you shop online, logon to TheGivingMachine before you shop and you will make free cash donations with every purchase you make. It doesn’t cost any extra and you do not have to make special purchase to qualify. You will receive e-mails from TheGivingMachine thanking you for your support and letting you know when the school receives a payment. In addition to helping us for free, the benefits of becoming a Giver include exclusive special offers from the online retailers and access to free fun giveaways and competitions.
  
  It really is as simple as that. Please ensure you don’t miss this opportunity to give while you are shopping and help spread the word to raise as much as we can from this amazing scheme. Your help will make a difference to our school.

   

  Information on all of our school's fundraising activities can be found on this website within our Community pages.
   

• Bedford's BEST Friends School Charity

  Mon 14 Oct 2013
   

  School Fundraising and Bedford’s BEST Friends

   

  Thank you to everyone who came along to our B.E.S.T Friends' school charity meeting held on Thursday 10th October 2013. The group had lots of useful suggestions on how our school charity can continue to go from strength to strength raising funds for the benefit of the children and families of our wonderful school. Currently B.E.S.T will be raising funds for a whole school Christmas panto trip.

   

  B.E.S.T (Bedford’s Enrichment & Support Trust) is our school’s registered charity. B.E.S.T works hard to fundraise to improve the facilities and resources for the families of our school and our local community.

   

  Did you know that every penny that B.E.S.T helps to raise will be used to improve the opportunities available to your children?

   

  Quite often, funds raised through B.E.S.T are the key to successful bids to external funds which allow us to grow your money into great things.

  B.E.S.T has already supported important projects such as the building of The Hub, our fantastic community building and the wonderful playgrounds for both the infants and juniors.

   

  Every family of Bedford is a Bedford B.E.S.T friend. If you would like to know more or can spare a few hours every now and again to support the work of our B.E.S.T charity, please let us know at the office. Whether you have links to local businesses, bake cakes, are willing to sell raffle tickets, help out at a school disco or have new ideas and suggestions for events and activities that you think our families would enjoy, we would welcome your support.