FoKES

Roll up, roll up! We have a £10 & £20 voucher from local butchers, Aubrey Allen & Barry The Butcher respectively 🥩🥓🍗 Buy your raffle tickets at ParentPay to be in with a chance to win these and other wonderful prizes! On sale ‘til Sunday 14th December 🎄

The prizes keep coming - up next, a £25 voucher to spend at Allens of Kingsbury swimwear & equipment shop in Tamworth 💦 Could 2026 be the year to take up open water swimming?! www.allensswimwear.co.uk

Buy a ticket (or two) for our Christmas raffle and you could be in with a chance of winning a prize from our friends at Specsavers in Bromsgrove - £130 pair of designer glasses 👓🎄 www.specsavers.co.uk/stores/bromsgrove Tickets on sale via ParentPay or ShopKES

Look what we found under the Christmas Tree in the School Office! Thank you to the team at Specsavers in Redditch for these fantastic raffle prizes 🕶️🌴 Tickets on sale now via ParentPay

Hotel Indigo is a lovely hotel with restaurant in the heart of Stratford, serving contemporary British cooking in comfortable and convivial surroundings, and they have kindly donated a £50 voucher to our raffle. www.ihg.com/hotelindigo/... Tickets now on sale via ParentPay 🎄

Next up, afternoon for two at The Oken Tea Rooms worth £40. To be in with a chance to win this or one of our other lovely prizes visit www.kes.net or ParentPay to buy tickets for the FoKES Christmas Raffle ☕️🍰

NetPlates will be manufacturing the raffle prizes - valued at £30 - to the special name requirement of each winner. Each plate can comprise up to seven characters. That might accommodate your full first name. But if it doesn't, you can use an abbreviation, or a nickname. It's your choice.

Each prize will be a show-plate, for display purposes only. Because the plate's name character sequence won't constitute a legal DVLA registration, it won't be possible to fit the prize to a road-using vehicle. However, the resilient name plate can be displayed in many places and contexts.

For Christmas 2025, as a King Edward School raffle entrant, you have the chance to win a personalised name plate, displaying your name on an authentic vehicle registration plate. There are three of the special plates to be won.

We’re counting down to the FoKES Christmas Raffle! Keep an eye out over the coming days as we reveal some of the fantastic prizes on offer. First up, this fab prize from our friends at NetPlates.co.uk 🚗🎄tickets available via ShopKES and ParentPay via www.kes.net

We need your help, please! The draw for the Christmas Raffle is just over two weeks away and we need donations for our hampers. Please send donations of Christmas goodies, bottles and pampering products to the School Office by Wednesday 10th December - thank you! 🎄🎄🎄

Christmas is just four weeks away but even more exciting the FoKES Christmas Raffle will be drawn in just THREE weeks. We have some great prizes but there is always room for more. Please donate prizes via the school office & watch this space for info on ticket sales.

Our next FoKES meeting will be online via MS Teams on Tuesday 4th November at 6.30pm. All welcome to join us! Come and hear about our upcoming fundraising plans - please email friendsofkestratford@gmail.com to receive the link

Thank you to everyone who came along to the Bingo night on Friday, and especially our wonderful team of helpers who made it such a great evening. We raised £1836.50 for School which is fantastic!

A fantastic evening of Bingo on Friday night saw many winners….not least the students who will benefit from the funds raised by FoKES! Thanks to all who attended!

On sale tonight at the Bingo night - samosa chaat! Don’t miss out, the last few remaining tickets are on sale until 12pm today. Join us for a fun, family evening and help raise funds for School. Tickets are £6 per person, for five games of Bingo. On sale via the School Box Office at www.kes.net

Looking forward to a fun evening for all the family at the Year 7 & 8 Bingo Night tomorrow! Doors open at 6.15pm and we will be serving refreshments throughout the evening. Buy your tickets via the School Box Office via www.kes.net

New for the Year 7 & 8 Family Bingo Night this Friday - samosas! It’s going to be a great evening of fun, prizes and a chance to get to know other K.E.S families. Tickets are £6 each, for five games of bingo and are on sale now via the School Box office at www.kes.net

We can’t wait to taste our new milkshakes, on sale at next Friday’s Year 7 & 8 Family Bingo Night - yum! We’ll also be selling a range of hot and cold drinks, and sweet and savoury snacks. Tickets are £6 per person to include five games of Bingo - on sale now at www.ticketsource.co.uk/kes

Tickets now on sale for the Year 7 & 8 Bingo Night. A fantastic opportunity to meet other K.E.S families and have a fun night out! Tickets are £6 each which include five games of Bingo and are available from the School Box Office www.ticketsource.co.uk/kes

Our next meeting is tonight. All welcome, FoKES will meet you at the school reception and parking is free. Looking forward to seeing you there!

Don't forget our next meeting is this Wednesday. All welcome, FoKES will meet you at the school reception and parking is free. Looking forward to seeing you there!

The next FoKES meeting is on Wednesday 10th September at 6.30pm in the Tim Piggott-Smith Library. If you can't come along then email friendsofkestratford@gmail.com to keep in touch.

FoKES have agreed to donate £31k to enable the replacement of computers in Area 51.

Thank you to everyone who has contributed towards this total.

Thank you to everyone who supported the Second Hand uniform sale this morning, and especially our wonderful team of volunteer helpers. We raised £2,438.99 for the school - a fantastic effort!

Looking forward to seeing you all soon. Although some of the roads in Stratford are closed, you can access chapel lane via Sheep St and Church St ☺️

Come along tomorrow for your nearly new bargains and see the Stratford Festival of Motoring afterwards.

Road closures will be in place for the Stratford Festival of Motoring: -
Saturday 5, 7.00am to 7.00pm, High Street, Bridge Street, Wood Street, Henley Street, Lower Henley Street and Union Street

Thank you to the stalwarts of FoKES and those who answered the call for new committee members. Last night’s AGM confirmed a £31k donation to pay for the new computers in Area 51. Thank you!

FoKES are holding a Second Hand uniform sale on Saturday 5th July starting at 9am in the school gym.

Our sales are very popular so come along early to get the best bargains.

FoKES K.E.S. branded merchandise will also be available.

The FoKES AGM is tomorrow at 7pm in the TPS library, followed by a social at The Townhouse. Come along and say hello.

If you can’t make it but wish to stay in touch please email friendsofkestratford@gmail.com