About Us
About Us
Some of the items we have donated to the school are listed below:
● MUGA (Multi Use Games Area)
● Maths tutor
● Fruit
● Playground equipment
● Music workshop
● Science Week activities
● Books
● Garsington t-shirts for choir and area sports
● Year 6 leavers’ hoodies
We are fortunate at our school to have a PTFA (also known as PTA) that’s an integral part of the school community. Over the last 10 years we have raised tens of thousands of pounds, which has been spent to benefit the children.
Our association is about much more than simply fundraising. Garsington Primary School PTFA exists to provide closer links between home and school and it is an excellent way to bring staff, parents and friends together socially in support of the school, working towards a common goal. It’s fun too - just ask any of the Committee members or volunteers.
All parents and members of the school community are encouraged to get involved, even if they only have a small amount of time available. All families are automatically members of the PTFA when their child joins our school.
● Chair: Kayleigh Mansell
● Treasurer: position open, seeking nominations
● Secretary: Linsey Jones
● Communications Officer: Lucy Brooks
● Grants Officer: Lucy Eeles
The committee roles can be extended to include co or vice roles for the main roles of chair, treasurer and secretary and indeed any other committee roles that suit us.
The Committee meet on a regular basis. The Committee also hold open PTA meetings to which any member can come along, find out what the association are planning, share ideas and get involved.
We welcome any help from parents, teachers and friends, and have a growing list of volunteers who commit some of their time to helping the association. Every little helps, so just one hour of assisting at an event, wrapping lucky dip prizes or folding raffle tickets (just a few examples) would be invaluable. If you would like to join us please speak to a committee member, come along to our next meeting or email us pta@garsingtonprimary.org
Our class reps play a very important role, providing a link between individual classes and parents, and the PTA committee. The support from class reps is vital when it comes to organising our main events, from selling tickets to organising rotas of help. We really could not manage without them.
Like most PTAs, the majority of our funds are raised through the events that we run. Some of our most popular events are:
Discos, Christmas Fair, bingo night and the Summer Fete.
Donations from parents are extremely important. You can donate time, money, items for sale, raffle prizes or offers of services and skills.
The PTA committee are responsible for deciding how our PTA funds are spent. Usually the School Leadership Team provide a ‘wish list’ of items that the school would like us to consider funding.
We invite input from parents too, so if you have an idea of something that would benefit all the students in the school, please do share it with the Committee.
Funds are typically spent on the ‘extras’ that are not provided by the school’s budget, thus making our children’s learning experiences so much more fulfilling and exciting. Funds are not generally spent on improving the fabric of the school building, as this is the responsibility of the school. Our Constitution commits the association to spending money on things that will benefit the children directly.