WELCOME TO THE FRIENDS OF
11.30AM - 3.30PM
Guildford Road, Chertsey,
Let the festive fun beGin!
We’re delighted you could join us!
There’s tons of festive fun to be had.
Hit the Silent Disco and get your groove on. Get into the Christmas spirit with a mulled wine and eat mince pies galore in the Friends of SWPS café. Try your luck in the Bottle Tombola – there are 3 different Tombolas this year: alcohol, chocolate and non-alcoholic (for the students). Get stuck in with games, enter the amazing Christmas Raffle (there’s a Fortnum & Mason Hamper to win plus plenty more) and pick up gifts galore at the many stalls. Stock up on Second Hand Uniform essentials. Plus, tuck in to the best wood-fired pizza this side of the M25.
The Friends of SWPS Christmas Fair is here – and we’re getting our Christmas glitz on!
Win BIG in the Christmas Raffle
Thanks to the generosity of the SWPS community and our brilliant stall holders, we have some incredible prizes to win.
Digdeep…and youcouldbe takinghomesome seriousfestiveloot!
You could snap up a swanky Fortnum & Mason hamper or one of over 25 others (from Pamper Hampers to Gardening & Baking Hampers, Gin-filled Hampers to Festive Goodie Hampers) or a voucher from our generous local businesses.
Marvel at the magnificent hampers in the Atrium. We’ll draw the winners after the Christmas Fair. So you can collect the hampers from school before the Christmas holidays begin.
Silent Auction
Roll up… roll up… it’s the Friends of SWPS Silent Auction – where you can snag unique items and help us raise funds to enhance our daughters’ learning journey, too!
Here’s how it works:
1. Simply take your pick of the unique items below and place a bid on the items you’d love to win.
2. Keep checking throughout the fair, to ensure you’re the top bidder (and increase your bid, if you’re keen to win)
3. Bids close at 3.15. So the highest bidder for each item will take home the prize – and the glory!
Here’s a taste of what you could bid for below:
(Don’t forget to place your bid at the Silent Auction stand at the fair)
-A Discovery Month with Fit Partnership, Esher (worth £880)
-Chiropractor assessment, posture analysis & treatment (worth £220)
-2 tickets for Grange Park Opera 2026 (worth £160)
-Voucher for musical theatre course for Trio Arts Academy (worth £144)
-Monica Vinader Gold Heart Necklace (worth £99)
-Monica Vinader Silver Heart Necklace (worth £90)
-Spa voucher for 2, Brooklands Hotel (£79)
-A selection of goodies from Addlestone Honey
-A selection of products from Hill Brush
-A candle from Neptune
-2 art sets from Hobbycraft, Staines
-Voucher for a dance class at Dancing Mamas Academy
-Voucher for Squires Garden Centre
-The Savill Garden entry for 2
-Voucher for Adventure Play at The Savill Garden
-Voucher for The Entertainer, Staines
-2 Aqua Park Tickets, Thorpe Lakes
-Voucher for Surrey Laser Clinic
-Bocketts farm entry for 2
-Voucher for Barons Pub Company
-Beauty voucher from Me, Me, Me in Hampton Hill
Slay your Christmas gift list
From oh-so-soft knits to wine that tastes good and does good, pick from gifts galore with our selection of hand- picked artisan, independent, small businesses.
A & P Christmas Gifts
Scent-sensational scented wax melts for the tree.
Bramble Bees Honey
Honey jars, hand made beeswax candles, gift boxes
Catsy Candles
Make all things merry and bright with handmade candles, wax melts and reed diffusers.
Clayful Cerys Pottery
Handmade mugs, bowls and vases to bring joy to your table this Christmas.
Elmo the Cat
Children’s Books
Stories that are perfect to slip in little stockings this festive season, by local author, Barbara Cosgrove.
Hampton Court Gin
bottoms up with award-winning, boutique, luxury, craft spirits fit for a King.
Jo Robbens
Photography
Make room on the mantle piece and mark your family’s moment in time.
Joy Creating Joy
Elevate your gift-giving game with gorgeous jewellery from Joy Creating Joy.
Karen & Ted
Put these extra special leather and suede handbags, totes, laptop bags and phone wallets on your wish list this Christmas!
Kept for Life Limited
Very lovely luxury and sustainable food jars and water bottles for everyone on your ‘nice’ list.
Kinnections
Branch out and bring your family life, as Kinnections helps you discover your family tree.
The Baking Tree
Make a bee-line for the Baking Tree for cake pops and baking kits
On Cloud Wine
Stock up on some excellent wines to wow your guests over Christmas. These wines are made by, and will support, women in South Africa. They’re not available anywhere else in the UK
Rachel Erin
Illustration
The art of good giving: illustrated prints, tea towels, cards and more!
Rosie’s Gifts
Make someone’s winter wonderful with an out of the ordinary gift from Rosie’s Gifts.
RW Designs
Treat yourself to beautiful hand embroidered Christmas decorations, cards and gifts.
Sambas Creations and Pablos Jars
Blooming beautiful resin pieces with real pressed flowers
The Pizza Post
Tuck in to the best wood fired pizzas, this side of the M25.
The Sugar Lab
Eat, drink and be merry with New York style cookies, cakes, brownies, hot chocolate and more!
Tropic Skincare
Spoil yourself with some vegan and cruelty free skincare which is really rather scrumptious.
The Wabi-Sabi House
From notebooks to one of a kind Christmas gifts, perfect for slipping under the tree.
Wonder Jewellery
Oh come let Wonder Jewellery adorn you with the brightest earrings, bracelets and necklaces!
Zoe’s Clay
Deck the halls with beautiful gifts from Zoe’s Clay.
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SECOND HAND UNIFORM SALE
TOILETS
TO DINING HALL
STALLS
TO CHRISTMAS MARKET
RAFFLE HAMPERSS & PRIZE DISPLAY
TO THE SILENT DISCO
CHRISTMAS CAFE
SILENT DISCO IN DRAMA STUDIO
SILENT DISCO
SILENT DISCO
Redy to get lost in the music?
Head straight to the and get your groove on at our Silent Disco!
Drama Studio
You can pay in cash or pay with a token. There’s no need to pre-book.
We’ll provide the headphones, you provide the moves.
TheSilentDiscoiskindly runbytheSixthForm. Thanksguys!
There’s games and creative challenges aplenty at our class stalls, run by years 7-8.
Choco Card Game
Beat the cards to win the choc!
Feeding
Rudolph
Land the bean bag in Rudolph’s mouth to win the prizes!
Student Tombola
Win sweets, soft drinks and beauty products aplenty!
Come up trumps in the Lucky Dip, try your luck in the chocolate tombola or get your groove on with the Friends of SWPS Silent Disco, run by the sixth form!
‘Lob a Choc’ Punch the Cup
Ready, aim, fire! How many chocs can you win?
Punch a cup to see if it contains a prize!
Guess how many sweets are in the jar
If you’re correct, collect your bounty!
Chocolate Tombola
Try your luck at the tombola –chocs away!
Prizes Galore
Thank you to the stall holders and businesses who donated amazing raffle prizes, experiences and much much more....
Be sure to visit the raffle and prizes display and see what you could win!
Prizes Galore
Thank you to the stall holders and businesses who donated amazing raffle prizes, experiences and much much more....
Be sure to visit the raffle and prizes display and see what you could win!
Roll of Honour
A huge and heartfelt thanks to everyone who has helped t create the Christmas Fair 2025. In particular thank you to:
• All the Friends of SWPS Christmas Elves who help to plan, run, set up and clear away today’s event.
• Thanks to our wonderful Site Team for helping us to set up for today’s event, for allowing us to take over the space and for always coming to our rescue when we need them!
• Thanks to Ms Picton and Senior Leadership Team for their support.
• Thanks to Sarah Sergeant and everyone in the Marketing Department for their help publicising the fair.
• Thanks to Lizzie Sevenoaks and Mrs Eldon-Ford for working with the amazing art scholars to produce the beautiful artwork in the programme, and special thanks to Lily for designing this year’s programme cover and flyer.
• Thanks to Genevieve and her band of 6 th form helpers for running the Silent Disco, and to Tonia for supporting this event.
• A shout out to DJ Ricky for bringing some festive music to the Fair, and to our super-talented musicians for providing us with live music.
• Angie Talbot for always being so incredibly helpful and cheerful.
• Thanks to our wonderful stallholders for bringing their festive treasure trove of goodies.
• Thanks to our super generous Year 9-13 families for their donations to the raffle – and to Kate for all her help setting the raffle up.
• Thanks to all the wonderful SWPS parents who donated so generously to our bottle tombola – our very first online collection. You smashed it!
• And last but not least… the brilliant Year 7-8 families for providing all the fun of the fair with their brilliant class stalls.
We wish you all a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year!
Thank you so much for supporting our Christmas Fair
All the money we raise from today’s event goes into our Friends of SWPS fundraising pot which helps us to buy equipment and fund activities which enhances the learning journey of the students.
Your brilliant donations over the last year or so have helped to fund:
Art: an ultraviolet exposure unit for creating cyanotypes and 2 printing presses
Drama: industry standard DSLR camera & new microphones
Music: hiring of Sinfonia Smith Square to hold the 300 year anniversary concert
Project 300: funding to support a range of community based projects to celebrate 300 years of SWPS
Sixth Form: F1 Kit car and entrance into F24 race events
Sport: speaker for the Sports Award evening; gymnastic equipment; netball dresses for the Senior Team
Sixth Form: ‘One Day Film School’
Sports: Netball dresses for the senior netball second team; 7 a side and 11 a side football posts; electronic scoreboard for Sports Hall
Co-curricular: Lego Spike kits x 3
Design & Technology: computer-aided cutting machine
Chemistry: 12 x Mole sets
Three MORE easy ways to help...
the Friends of SWPS:
1. Fill in a Gift Aid form
2. Download the Classlist app
3.
Lend us your time or talent Email friends.of.swps@gmail.com to get involved. we can claim 20% back on whatever you contribute if you’re a UK tax payer. an easy peasy way to stay up to date. we love extra pairs of hands to help with school events, and however much time or talent you can bring, every one’s contribution is welcome.
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