🌟 A Huge Thank You! 🌟

What an incredible day we had at on Saturday for the 150 year Celebration of our little Huntley Primary School. The comments the PTFA have had over the weekend and this morning at the school gate have been fantastic and it couldn’t have been done without an army of people.

We’re so grateful to everyone who came, supported, helped, donated, and made it such a fantastic event.

There are so many people to thank, and I wanted to make sure no one is missed:

💛 Volunteers & Staff:

To all the wonderful volunteers, school staff who gave up their Saturday, and our amazing governors – thank you for your time and support.

📸 Special Mentions:

• Anne Bryson – for capturing the day with fantastic photos (see prior album)

• Ella Curtis – for leading the school tours and being so passionate about the rich history of the school. Listen out for Ella on Dean Radio!!

• Amanda & Nick Horniman – for such a successful and enjoyable dog show

• Alex Davis – our brilliant compère throughout the day

• Lawrence & Stan Rich – for all your hard work, heavy lifting and supplying the straw bales

• Fiona Gordon – Who collated the wonderful history of the school

• Heidi and Jasmine – thank you for sending all the countless reminders and reems of printing

• Emma & Naomi – for the epic stint on the bar

• MY amazing PTFA Team – for your creativity, dedication and the multiple late-night planning sessions

🎉 Activities & Attractions:

• Liz Boait – for the beautiful willow stall

• Erica Warr – for your stunning pyrography work

• Chris Ogden – for dishing out frozen favourites all day long

• Mark & Pat McCreery on Deano’s Diner – for keeping us all fed 

• Jeremy & Jen Rebbeck – for the ever popular candy floss and sweet cones

• Leaf Creative & Ed Duberley – for providing us with plenty of parking

• Liz & Dave Price – for making the field look immaculate

• The Church & Bellringers – for being part of our celebrations

🎁 Donations & Support:

• For all the amazing raffle prizes – such generosity with over 40 prizes this year

• To Parents for your tombola donations – always a popular stall and didn’t disappoint this year.

• Jane Foot (Mayhill Village Hall) – for the centre stage marquee

• Blaisdon Village Hall – For letting us borrow all the tables

• Set up crew - thank you for your support, and especially those who helped with the marquee on Friday

🎓 Year 6 – for getting so involved and creating such fun and enjoyable stalls – looking forward to seeing who won.

👏 Finally – to EVERYONE who came along to enjoy the day, brought along entries for Best in Show, entered the dog show, bought raffle tickets, wanged a welly or won back your tombola prize – THANK YOU. We could not have done it without you.

Here's to a wonderful school community – we are ALL so lucky! 

Huntley C of E Primary School

1875 - 2025

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