St. Andrew’s C. of E. Infant School

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PTA 2019-2020

Chair: Janet Elliot

Vice-Chair: Jess Faircloth

Treasurer: Kevin Eaton

Secretary: Vicky Howlett

Class Reps: 2019-2020

Robins	Owls	Kingfishers
Sarah Nash	Kate Durack	Kelly Nicole
Emma Goodford	Vishaka Eaton	Lindsay Farr
		Sally Tooth

Hello and welcome to the PTFA page.

As a parent of a child attending St Andrew's automatically become a member of the Parent Teacher Friend Association (PTFA). The PTFA works to encourage closer links between home and school, organise social events for both parents and pupils, and raise money for our lovely school. We welcome all participation – from baking cakes, manning stalls, coming up with new fundraising ideas or just shouting announcements in the playground - there's always room for more volunteers!

We organise events throughout the year for parents and children. In the last academic year our PTFA raised £20,000, with an overall profit of £13,000 – an incredible amount for a small school. The money we raise is for those little – and sometimes big! - extra things that help make learning fascinating and fun. Thank you to everyone who organised and attended our events, and with your help we hope to raise a similar amount this year.

LATEST NEWS

This year, £1,300 of the money raised this year will be allocated to visualisers.

From our fund the school has spent £10,000 on installing a trim trail in the bottom playground in 2016-2017.

£13,000 was spent on play and learning equipment, a sound recorder and headphones, 2 urns, a Santa outfit, visit to a local fish restaurant, blinds for the hall and classroom touch screens and a mobile app for parents.

HOW WE FUNDRAISE

Our three main fundraising events are the Spring Fayre and Christmas Fayre which together brought in almost £6,000 last year, and the Farnham Charity Bike Ride for which we will receive £10,000.

We are especially proud of our on-going relationship with Farnham Round Table, our partner in organising the Farnham Charity Bike Ride. It is our biggest single fundraiser and in 2016 raised £6,000 for the school – in just one day! The event also supports other local and national charities.

The Farnham Charity Bike Ride was established by St. Andrew’s parents in 2009, and has grown each year to become a fantastic community event, which attracts cyclists from across the region. In 2017 there were 1475 registered riders of all ages and abilities (the biggest ride yet!). In the lead up to the event St. Andrew’s parents attend meetings with Farnham Round Table to discuss and organise logistics, which include online registration, liaison with the event sponsors, route planning and publicity.

On the day St. Andrew’s parents and teachers help out with marshalling the route, rider registration, or help out at the refreshment stops. Or you can take part! Get on your bike, maybe set up a cycling team with friends, and support St. Andrew’s through sponsorship.

If you would like to get involved with 2019’s event (Sunday 7th July) then we would love to hear from you. You can also keep up to date with details via the event’s website http://www.farnhambikeride.org.uk/

You can LIKE their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/FarnhamCharityBikeRide

And follow them on Twitter! @farnhambikeride

For more up to date information on the Farnham Charity Bike Ride please click here.

Last year our other fundraising activities included the school’s Sponsored Bounce (which raised £1,800!), second hand uniform sales, ice-cream sales and the Bag2School scheme, which encourages parents to recycle their unwanted clothes and textiles.

The PTA also help out in putting together the school’s float for the Farnham Carnival.

The St Andrew’s team have been very successful over the past few years and we are looking for parents to get involved in creating 2019’s entry, the carnival will take place on Saturday 29th June 2019.

EVENTS FOR 2019-2020

PTA- Annual General Meeting - 26th September 2019

Harvest Assembly - 22nd October 2019 (Owl Class cake sale)

Allotment Ground Force Day - TBC

Farnham Fireworks - 9th November 2019

Real Ale Train trip - TBC

Bag2School - 22nd November 2019

Christmas Mufti Day - 29th November 2019

Christmas Fayre - 1st December 2019

Christmas Play - 11th December 2019

Christmas Play - 12th December 2019 & Robin Class cake sale

Farnham Round Table Santa Sleigh - TBC

Quiz Night - 6th February 2020

Childrens' Pizza & Film Night - TBC

Children's Disco - TBC

Applications for YR places (starting Sep. '20 ) are open until 15th January '20. Please visit www.surreycc.gov.uk/admissions to apply online.

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