Silchester School PTA - Charity No: 1067109

Email: silchesterpta.chair@gmail.com
Website: https://www.pta-events.co.uk/silchesterschoolpta/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/149636905158179

• Chair: Helen Blair
• Vice Chair: Rachel Dean
• Treasurer: Johanna Woods
• Secretary: Karolina Hartwell

OVERVIEW

The PTA is an organisation made up of parents/guardians/carers, teachers and staff, encouraging closer links between home and school. Every carer, teacher or member of staff at the school is automatically a member of the PTA. It has been shown that children achieve higher levels of attainment when their parents are engaged. The PTA is a great way to help with this and regularly get involved in organising social events. Fundraising however, is what the PTA is most readily associated with.

Silchester PTA is a registered charity. It is responsible for managing its own funds which are separate from the schools.

Our PTA has been in operation for many years and successfully raises several thousand pounds each year for the school to use to enhance the experiences of the children. Its ongoing aim is to build on the good work the PTA has been achieving over the years and work in conjunction with the strategic aims of the school.

Whilst fund raising is our primary goal, links between school and parents is important and engagement of all members of the school community is key. Parents, teachers, staff and governors are all involved in the education and wellbeing of the children at Silchester Primary School and it would be good to get as many involved in the PTA as possible.

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PTA REGULAR FUNDRAISING EVENTS

• After school children only events such as discos and film nights
• Christmas cards and other children’s arts and crafts
• Non-uniform days
• Sponsorship events
• Parent and community events
• Volunteering events such as grounds days

SPENDING

The majority of the PTA’s funds go on the more exceptional and “extra” items that the school requires, which would normally fall outside their budget and/or be seen as an enhancement to the children’s time at Silchester.

Over the past few years we have enhanced the playground with the addition of a new climbing frame, contributed towards a new adventure trail and provided new sports equipment, such as goals and netball posts.

We also provide funding on a more reoccurring basis (either annually or quarterly).