Save our Pool
Welcome to Wray Common’s swimming pool campaign!
For over 30 years Wray Common Primary School children have enjoyed the use of our swimming pool. Now our pool is coming to the end of its life and urgently needs replacing.
We need your help now, to raise £150K over two years to rebuild this precious resource.
The official launch to the fundraising campaign was attended by the Mayor of Reigate and Banstead and world record swimmer Alison Streeter MBE.
For our latest news please click on our latest flyer and support the latest fund-raising effort:
Splashdown No.1 March 2010
You can donate on-line by clicking on the Donate Now logo. This will take you to our page on the Charity Choice Website.
We need your help and ideas!
Contacts
We are looking for more firms and businesses who would be prepared to assist with funding.
Record Breakers
We want Wray Common to break a few World Records (sponsored of course). If you have any ideas for good record attempts then please let us know.
Burning Ambitions
Now is the time to reach that personal goal. Let us help you reach the target and also raise money for the pool.
To see other ways of getting involved please join our Facebook page ”Save our Pool (Wray Common)”, or email info@wray-common.sch.surrey.uk or call/text: 07970 816212
Previous Fundraising Efforts -
In addition to the events listed below, several people have made personal donations and the Save Our Pool fund has also benefitted from donations by:
The Peter Harrison Foundation – £22,500
The Friends of Wray Common School – £15,000
The Rotary Club – £1,000 pledge + £250.
The 108 people who have currently signed up to Easyfundraising have raised £994.33 just by using the Easyfundraising and easysearch websites when doing their online shopping. Please sign up if you haven’t done so yet – it costs you nothing and the donations soon add up!
Film Night
On Friday 4th May, we held our another successful Film Night, showing The Muppets (for years R, 1 & 2) and Johnny English Reborn (for years 3, 4, 5 & 6) and raised £637.24.
Easter Treasure Trail
We were blessed with glorious weather again for our Easter Treasure Trail. Approximately 200 children had fun hunting down the clues before claiming their Easter Egg prizes, whilst their parents enjoyed delicious tea and cakes in the beautiful warm Spring sunshine (yes, there really was warm, sunny weather before Easter!). We raised a fabulous £276.90, with possible match funding still to come.
Film Night
On Friday 2nd March, we held our second successful Film Night, showing Horrid Henry (for years R, 1 & 2) and Gulliver’s Travels (for years 3, 4, 5 & 6) and raised approximately £400.
Christmas Trees
On 10th December 2011, over 50 people collected (or received delivery of) a pre-ordered Premium Grade Nordmann Fir non-drop Christmas Tree. The trees were a beautiful shape and kept their needles over the whole Christmas period (if regularly topped up with water). Our trees were cheaper than available locally and we still made approximately £500 for SOP funds.
Film Night
On Friday 7th October 2011, we organised our first Film Night, showing Despicable Me (for years R,1 & 2) and Karate Kid (for years 3, 4, 5 & 6) and raised approximately £600. The children enjoyed their movie experience, watching the films projected onto a quality large screen whilst munching on popcorn, ice creams etc. We are planning to hold future film nights each term.
Summer BBQ & Cocktails Evening
On Saturday 16th July 2011, we held our first Summer BBQ & Cocktails evening. This event for the whole family was very popular and raised approximately £900. A fun time was had by all as we listened to the mellow sound of “Stephanie Davies and the Super Dynamics” whilst sipping our cocktails and munching on some delicious BBQ food.
Fencing 
On Saturday 21st May 2011, Lawrence Hills organised an afternoon when all the family could try out fencing. This raised £285. The total now raised through these fencing taster days has reached £642.55.
Royal Wedding Afternoon Tea
On Thursday 28th April, Tess Powell held an afternoon tea at her house and raised £61.50.
Karate Grading Cake Sale
On Saturday 9th April 2011, Jo Hills ran the most recent of several cake sales, which raised £72.89. In total £882.78 has now been raised through cake sales at Karate Grading.
Easter Treasure Trail
On Thursday 7th April 2011, approximately 250 children enjoyed completing a treasure trail in the large playground while their parents enjoyed tea & cake in glorious sunshine! This event raised £320.
Pampered Chef Cooking Show
On Friday 26th November 2010, Tina Renshaw hosted a cooking show at her house and raised £144.
Sweepstakes
In October 2010, Fiona Hollands organised sweepstakes amongst year 1 parents for popular TV shows (Strictly Come Dancing and X Factor). This raised £65.
Sales of jams, chutneys and apples
During the Autumn Term 2010, Tess Powell used the produce from her garden to make jams and chutneys and raised £389.70.
Sponsored Bike Rides
Several of these have taken place and raised a total of £400.
Coffee Mornings
A few of these have been organised by Nic Wood, Tess Powell and Hannah Graydon. In total they have raised £341.63.
Commission from Phoenix Cards and Avon
Bernice Crocker has donated her commission from sales of these products, totalling £391.05.
Icecream Sales
In July 2010 icecreams were sold after school and this raised £492.51.
TRY-athlon
During the week Monday 24 to Friday 28 May 2010, all the children took part in a School Sponsored Swim or ‘Tryathlon’ as part of our continued efforts to raise funds for the pool. Years R,1,2 and 3 completed their sponsored swimming within their scheduled swimming lesson times, and children in Years 4, 5 and 6 did the sponsored swim part of their ‘tryathlon’ during swim lessons and their sponsored cycle and running portion during the afternoons, incorporating a Bike It initiative also during school time. This raised a fantastic £2,944.25.
Personal Goal Achieved plus fundraising
One of our TAs, Mrs Seddon, undertook a climb of Ben Nevis during the weekend of 18-19 July 2009. To celebrate a special birthday (no guesses!) and with two friends, Mrs Seddon was sponsored and raised £75.
“Save Our Pool” Cross Channel swim, not once, not twice but three times!!!
In June 2009 every child in the school took part in our very own Cross Channel Swim, each swimming as many widths or lengths as they could in 20 minutes. The children completed over 13,000 lengths in the school pool between them. This is a distance that is equivalent to more than three channel swims, and an achievement that mirrors, in true Wray Common style, Alison Streeter’s epic swim in 1995. This raised a brilliant £1,984.18.
Quiz Night
In March 2009 this fun evening raised £754.38.
Sale of marmalade
In December 2008 Stuart Lomath made and sold lots of yummy marmalade and raised £130.
London Triathlon Sponsorship
This raised £307.
Sponsored slim
During the summer 2008, Pam Day raised an amazing £1,580.55 by doing a sponsored slim.
