It might be chilly out, but parents of children at Nightingale primary school are keeping an eye on record-breaking temperatures and trying to raise money for air conditioning for classrooms.
It’s not been a good year for the PTA. The company they had booked to provide inflatables for their summer fete ceased trading. A replacement supplier they arranged had its own troubles – its inflatables failed within the first hour of the fete, and meant they couldn’t sell wristbands to raise funds. All in all it means the PTA is about £5,000 down on where it had hoped to be – which was ordering air-conditioning units for classrooms.
A spokesperson said: “That money was meant for our children. We’d hoped the summer fete would go a long way towards air-conditioning for the school this year. Anyone who has picked up a hot, worn-out child at the end of a summer’s day knows how stuffy those classrooms get. For now, that plan is out of reach.”
They have turned instead to a crowdfunder, promising that every £3,000 they raise will air condition another classroom. Details of how to donate are here:
https://superkind.org/campaign/nightingale-primary-school-pta-aircon-fundraiser