Welcome to The Friends of Deighton Gates

We're the school's Parent Teacher Association – now known as The Friends of Deighton Gates – and we bring together parents, carers, neighbours and staff to raise vital funds for the school and help create a strong sense of community. Everyone is welcome, whether you want to share ideas, help out, or just come along for a cuppa and a chat.

We organise fun, family-friendly events throughout the year – including our popular Summer Fair, school discos, Christmas quizzes, and year group bake sales. Thanks to generous support from local businesses, our raffles have featured amazing prizes like glamping holidays, motorhome hire, festival tickets, vouchers for local shops and signed sports memorabilia.

The success of these events has been down to the amazing support we get from parents and friends of the school.  Families have realised that these events raise money for the school and as importantly they are great fun!!

The money we raise goes directly back into the school, helping to fund everything from a new outdoor classroom and upgraded IT suite to a refurbished sensory room, fitness track, new library books, a community-accessible defibrillator - along with many more smaller but equally important projects. We also provide every child with a reading folder when they start school and a leavers’ gift when they move on.

Getting involved is easy and hugely rewarding – and our events are a great way to meet other families and have some fun while supporting the school.

 Summer Fair - Saturday 14th June

The Deighton Gates summer fair is on Saturday 14th June. From 2pm-6pm with a licensed bar, BBQ, Sushi, games, face painting, entertainment, drive a car, small animal petting zoo, pig race, raffle draw and so much more!

Check out our promotional video here: FoDG Summer Fair 2025 Video

Thanks to our main sponsors

@ManningStainton

And Pig race sponsors

Piglets Adventure Farm

🎟️🎟️🎟️Summer Raffle Tickets Now On Sale! 🎟️🎟️🎟️

🎟️Tickets On Sale Now! 🎟️

Get ready for one of the highlights of our Summer Fair – the raffle, packed with amazing prizes you won’t want to miss!

🏆 Top prizes include:

A signed Leeds United 24/25 1st Team Shirt – perfect for any Whites fan!

A Family Ticket to the incredible Deer Shed Festival – a summer experience to remember!

And that’s just the start… we have a brilliant range of prizes totalling up to over £2,000 donated by some fantastic local businesses who are listed below.

🎫 Tickets are just £1 each – available now from your class rep or the school office. 🎫

Don’t miss your chance to win big and support our school at the same time. Tickets will be drawn at our Summer Fair on Saturday 14th June.  Good luck! 🍀

A HUGE thank you to all our supporters:

Angela Crossley Tennis Coaching, Bengal Brasserie, Betty's, Bosun's Brewery, Breeze's Deli, Colour Corner, Deer Shed Festival, Doodlebugs, Earth Tree Yoga, Hannah Brooke Photography, Hannah Frost Beauty, Hartlaw Solicitors, Horse & Hound (Bay Horse), Kemp's Book Shop, Leeds Rhinos, Leeds United FC, NEOM, Skin Spa Wetherby, Stafford Hall Antiques, Stagecoach, The Pride Gym Wetherby , Thorp Perrow, Treasures Toys, Wetherby Cinema, Wetherby Padel Club, Wetherby Watches

 Playground Makeover by FoDG Families

Over the weekend, a group of Friends of Deighton Gates (FoDG) families came together to give the "well used" wooden structure in the centre of the playground a vibrant new lease of life.

Previously looking a little tired and worn, the structure has now been transformed with a fresh coat of paint – in the colours of the rainbow, just like our school logo! Children love to hide, sit and play around it, and we hope everyone agrees that it now looks brighter, happier, and more inviting.

This was the first step in our wider playground improvement project, and it wouldn’t have been possible without the incredible volunteers who gave up their time on both Saturday and Sunday to help.

A huge thank you also goes to The Decorating Centre, Wetherby, who generously donated all the paint and brushes needed for the job – your support is very much appreciated. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Stay tuned for more updates as we continue to improve our school’s outdoor spaces!

🪩 Spring Disco Total 🪩

We are delighted to announce that our Spring Disco raised a brilliant £985.39! 

A big thank you to each and every one that helped to make the disco such a success, we hope all the children enjoyed themselves 🥳 

Thank you to our sponsors, TAP Security Systems.

Upcoming Meeting Dates

• Wednesday 18th June 2025
• Tuesday 15th July 2025 (AGM)

Meetings are generally held from 8pm in the school conference room.  Online MS Teams links are also available for people to dial in.  Joining info available prior to the meeting or email us at fodg@dgpta.org. 

Free ways to help raise funds for the FODG

1. Sign up to easyfundraising 

Easyfundraising turns your everyday online shopping into free donations for the FoDG. Just start your online shopping first at easyfundraising, then shop as normal. Retailers will then make a small donation to say “thank you”.

Click  this link to sign up - Friends of Deighton Gates - Wetherby Fundraising | Easyfundraising

3. Co-Op Local Causes

Friends of Deighton Gates has been selected to be one of 3 "local causes" for the Co-op community fund. We will receive a minimum of £1000 but the fund runs for a year from now and the more people who select us as their nominated cause, the more money we receive.

NB- you can nominate from anywhere in the country as long as you are a co-op member (costs £1 to join) so Grandparents/friends/relations can choose to support us from afar!

Please log in and select us as your local cause. Using the link really does take seconds to do!

https://membership.coop.co.uk/causes/93126

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