Old Sarum Primary School

PTA

Old Sarum Primary School Parent Teacher Association (PTA)

Who we are and what we do:

The Old Sarum Primary School PTA is a newly-registered charity (number: 1201550, https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/5199239) and a group of volunteer parents and teachers who work (hard!) together to put on memorable events for the children and their families, whilst engaging with, and improving relations with the local community. We aim to raise essential funds for purchasing material improvements in the school to enhance the physical school area and learning environment for all who attend. We have recently been responsible for funding the new playground markings from the very successful community summer fête (July 2022) and funded the 2022 Christmas pantomime and accompanying refreshments for the children. We also supplied refreshments for their adults (via a very generous donation from the local Co-Op!) when attending the Key Stage 1 Nativity performances.

We hold committee meetings termly, to plan and organise future fundraising events.  Our next meeting is our termly committee meeting, which is due to be held on: Tuesday 23rd April 2024 @ 7.30pm on Zoom - link to follow. Details are also on our Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/OldSarumPrimaryPTA. You can contact us by messenger to clarify any details or please do approach us in the playground/ school as we will be wearing our PTA lanyards on drop-off and pick-up to ensure visibility to all.

We are always keen to welcome new people and their ideas for how to raise funds and how they can be spent, to the team (committee or simply event helpers) and would be delighted to hear from anyone that can spare a few hours throughout the year to help.  Please contact us via the Facebook page above or email: pta@oldsarum.wilts.sch.uk.

Officers and Charity Trustees:

Chair: Kathryn Sloanes

 

Deputy Chair: Lisa Clarke

 

Treasurer: Pippa Alford

 

Secretary: Julia Aley

 

 

Parent Committee Members:

Rebecca Barker:

Holly Gillespie:

 

Janine Harvell:

 

Marina Parnell:

 
 

Teacher Committee Members:

 Miss Jess Jarvis, Miss Rebecca Oakley, Mrs Rebecca Grace

 

Next Events (Spring Term):

  • Guess the number of eggs in the jar: w/c Monday 25th March  - Wednesday 27th March 2024. Winners announced and presented in assembly on Thursday 28th March.

 

Full events calendar for 23/24:

 

Next Event: Easter: Guess the Number of Eggs in the Jars

Hope you and your little bunnies are looking forward to a delicious Easter at the end of this month! The PTA are again offering the much-anticipated 'guess the number of eggs in the jars' competition. It will be 50p a guess, in cash to the children's class teacher and the guesses can be made between Monday 25th and Wednesday 27th March and the winners and runners-up will have their prizes presented to them in morning assembly on Thursday 28th March. Many thanks to the lovely Lightroom Gifts for the very generous donation of the beautifully decorated jars (the KS2 one with the tractor even has some lovely fairy lights in it!). They are packed full to the brim with chocolate eggs and treats and will be on display in reception that week and also travel around the classrooms for the children to get a closer look. The closest guess in each key stage wins the jar (*if there is a tie we will put the tied names into a random selector/ name generator*) and runners-up will receive an Easter egg. Looking forward to seeing all the excited children come up with their best guesses!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Thank Yous':

Thank you so much to all families for your continued support in helping to raise vital funds for the school. Despite a very turbulent academic year (2022/23) for the governance in both the school and the PTA itself, we still managed to raise over £1,000 in profit and put on a very full and varied events calendar, which helped contribute greatly to the school calendar and its community. We look forward to seeing you at our planned events and to any suggestions you may have as to how the funds we raise can be spent. Also, a huge thank-you to St. Nicholas CofE Primary School Porton for their very generous donation of their pre-loved stage, which was delivered to the school on Monday, 25th September (thanks to Maria and the Salisbury Foodbank for her help and the loan of the van!) and can be used for future performances in the school! This is hugely appreciated as was near the top of our 'wish-list'.

Thanks so much to Bam's Grill and Gemma Tonks for inviting us to be the recipients of the funds raised from their Halloween themed quiz on Saturday 28th October 2023. We are most grateful and the money raised will be much-appreciated in our future projects, including the protective sails for the playground and development of a garden area.

Disco 'Thank Yous':

Many thanks to Disco Dion for another fantastic evening; he was exceptional as always! Thank you so much to the parents and staff who so willingly gave up their free time to ensure that the event went ahead and was such as success as usual. Last, but by no means least, thank you to the children and their parents for their excellent behaviour and manners and supporting our event, to enable us to fund future projects for their benefit. We raised over £400 in profit, which we will be aiming to put towards further enhancing the outdoor area with sun shades and a garden area. If you have any other suggestions, please do contact us to let us know your ideas.

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MyNametags

If you are looking to order name labels, please consider using MyNametags. The school's ID number is:  104980 and is detailed on the poster below and should be entered at checkout. It doesn’t cost you anything extra but the school will receive 24% of the cost of each order!

 

 

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