PTA Minutes

 

Date:     Friday 31st January 

 

 

1. : members of office 

 Chair – Chelsey King

 Vice Chair – Karla Thomas

2^nd Vice Chair – to be advised

Secretary –  PTA members will take turns to write the minutes.

 

2. ParentKind –School has membership. It is a PTA network with event suggestions.

 

3. Summer Fair - Date is set for Saturday 12th July 12 - 3pm. 

Need to discuss theme and ideas asap

4. Raffle tickets - we always have a lot left over. Can we think of a better way that isn't time consuming and think about getting parents/ staff to take packs and sell away from school. 

5. Friendship Disco - Thursday 13th February 2025

Food issues from previous year mean we will need to have food prepared earlier.
◦ Food can be transported to the ks2 building or clear reception out to allow KS2 to access dining hall.
◦ Will south site split both Halls? Ks1 downstairs/Ks2 upstairs

            ◦ Confirm if there will be a Dress- Up theme
              (Non - uniform) donation rather than a specified amount
           Make sweet bags again for disco - remove any hard sweets (big seller from last time)
           ◦ Flyers need to go out for Friendship Disco
            ◦ What will the menu be?
          ◦ Add this on the newsletter including what’s for sale£5 ticket to cover entry, a drink and a snack.

South site split in 2 halls 3.15 - 5.15. Need volunteers to help set up. 

North EYFS & KS1 in the dining hall. Can nursery be in the nursery? Ks2 in downstairs hall. 3.30 - 5.30pm.

6. Christmas Fair   - Feed back. It was a great event, with lots of positive feedback from parents. We raised £3,282.18. Money raised is going towards the playground refurbishment. 

 

7. Stay and Play
   ◦ PTA could run a stall on Fridays - stay and play where things could be sold
   ◦ Have as a regular offering for steady income.
   ◦ Need confirmation so they can start after half-term - please confirm

 

8. Fundraising ideas                                                                                                                                                                                             My School Fund - sign up as school gets a percentage of money raised via spending
   ◦ Go Fund Me - get the QR Code as well as link to the weekly newsletter
   ◦ Laminated and placed across schools on both sites

   ◦ Pictures of playgrounds with emotive stories about the importance of playground for children

   ◦ Could we incentivise local businesses with MG Certificates as sponsors of School Playground
   ◦ Create a poster with QR code and info to push the GoFundMe                                                                                             Facilities Hire
   ◦ Promote School Hall Hire opportunities- push it more
   ◦ Currently on websites, but not obvious
   ◦ Creating Flyer for Hall Hire - could be a lucrative opportunity
   ◦ One price for MG parents (discounted)                                                                                                                                                Book Swap
   ◦ Advertise that school wants to collect any books to trade
   ◦ World of Books (charity) takes away damaged books and pays for it.
   ◦ PTA willing to volunteer to sort through the books to help to run the Stall and Sell on school behalf
9. Ideas for future events

• Quiz night, Bingo, Line dancing

Date for next meeting Tuesday 25th February 9am -South site