Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
Led By: Nia Horan and Aimee Fox
Supported By: Melissa Ulett (Family Engagement Officer)
What is the PTA?
The Parent Teacher Association is a charity (No. 700509) separate to the school. We have three elected members (Chair, Treasurer and Secretary) at any one time and volunteer parents. Its purpose is to fundraise for extra school equipment that benefits every child. Our current Chair is Tilly Barfield-Jones
How do we raise money?
In all manner of fun ways! School discos and movie nights, Christmas Fairs and Summer Fun Days, afterschool Easter Egg Hunts, Eid food celebrations, quiz nights and second hand uniform sales… the list goes on. We attempt to find ways to bring the community of families together, to have fun and raise money.
What are we raising money for?
At present, all efforts are focused on renovating the playgrounds and providing new equipment to help learning. The PTA has agreed that it will kick start the projects by buying play structures and climbing frames that can be added to over time. This year, we have also supported workshops for Black History Months and new school reading books.
Can I volunteer to help?
It’s a huge yes please! All our events rely on volunteers so giving up an hour to help run a stall at an event is a big help.
At the start of term look out for a request for class reps. These are people who help us get a message to classes or year groups. It’s light touch for busy people.
You could also become a committee member to help organise fundraisers – don’t worry there’s no need to be elected and we provide all the help and support you need if you’ve never done anything like this before.
How do I buy tickets and volunteer?
When we can run events, we use PTASocial to sell tickets and manage volunteering for events. You can set up your account before the term starts at https://app.ptasocial.com/communities/2472
Can I donate in other ways?
YES! And you can do it when you get your school uniform, lunch boxes and other school essentials ready…
- Stamptastic, which produces personalised stamps for naming clothing, gives us 20% every time they sell a stamp and ink pad to a friend of Beaver Road. Just put M206SX in the discount code box when you check out. You’ll receive 15% off your next order as a thank you. They stock all sorts of other craft and gifts so it’s well worth it (handy for birthdays and Christmas). Head to stamptastic.co.uk Last September this helped us raise over £600. We used this to buy new books for the school library.
- If you buy a lot online then it’s worth doing it via thegivingmachine.co.uk. It’s a way to make a donation to a charity when you buy from a company that’s registered with the scheme. You need to set up an account and nominate a ‘cause’ to benefit – in this case Beaver Road Primary School. Then simply search for the company you want to buy from on the Giving Machine website and click through to shop as normal. The Giving Machine gives a percentage of your spend to your preferred charity/ies. You’ll find all your favourites including John Lewis, Argos, Tesco, M&S, Boots, B&Q to name a few.
- Amazon Smile is another way to make a donation. Head to smile.amazon.co.uk and nominate Beaver Road PTA as your charity. Then whenever you buy something we’ll benefit with a percentage of the sale. You must use smile.amazon.co.uk for us to receive a donation.
How do we get in touch?
beaverrdfundraisers@outlook.com / Facebook: Beaver Road Primary School PTA / Twitter: @BeaverRoad_PTA
*Can your company help with matched funding? The companies below will match amounts raised by their employees for charities. Can you help us raise even more by applying to your company to match the funds we make at events? Please get in touch if you can help! This year two parents helped us add and extra £1600 to our funds. It really makes a huge difference and is so easy to do.
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