Gala Day Theme:  The 80’s

Float Theme:  Ghostbusters

We had our initial planning meeting at school on Tuesday 24th May and have agreed on ‘Ghostbusters’ as the theme for the float as this is an iconic 80’s film and it will allow us to start planning out the design of the float.

There are a small group of parents/ carers who have already volunteered their skills/ time for this and if anyone else would like to support this group please speak to a member of staff at school/ nursery or speak to Amanda Lumsden, our Chair of the Parent Council.

Some eager volunteers have already made a start on some of the designs for the float, e.g. a skyline backdrop and the Ectomobile/ Ecto–1 (vehicle used by the Ghostbusters team)

However, we still require a great deal of themed decorations to be drawn and painted to ensure that the whole float is decorated and ready for the procession.  You don’t need to be an amazing artist to lend a hand!  When we decorated the school 2 years ago, there was a team of people who were very artistic and who were able to draw out several designs which were then returned to school for other parents/ carers to take away and paint.

We are looking for some volunteers who might be able to draw some characters, such as the Ghostbusters team or some ghosts to decorate the float and also some people who are willing to paint these.  We are also looking for any donations of left over/ spare paint that people may have in their homes and no longer require.  There are large pieces of card available from the school that can be taken away to have designs drawn onto or painted.  If you can help with any of the above then we would be very grateful.

There will be another meeting on Wednesday 1st June at 1:30pm to bring together some ideas and discuss progress to date.  All are welcome to come along to this meeting to see how they can lend a hand.

Thank you in advance, we hope to see a number of you at the next meeting.