PTA

The Parent Teacher Association (PTA) is a group of parents/carers who volunteer their own time to help organise activities to bring the school community together and to raise funds for the school.

We are a registered charity (charity number:1113295) and we have a committee that is elected at the AGM meeting every new school year. We also have some members who come to meetings and help at events but do not wish to have an elected role. Meetings are held regularly (usually one every half term) which all parents, carers and staff are welcome to attend.

Committee Members

Co-Chair – Aimee Hawkins

Co-Chair - Sarah McNally

Treasurer – Isabelle Whitelocks

Secretary – Angie Fifield-Smith 

What do we Fundraise for?

Every year we provide £5 per child place to subsidise school trips and parents/cares are asked to make a voluntary contribution to cover the remainder of the cost.  

We work with the school (including the School Council) to support initiatives as required and recently we have fundraised for:

• the trim trail and astro turn in the Friendship Garden
• iPads, laptops and 'smart' boards for classrooms
• the purchase of extra learning resources for each classroom, such as reading books and equipment

We are currently supporting the school with the purchase of a new PA sound system and a further bank of laptops.

How do we Fundraise?

We look at initiatives that are at no extra cost to parents as well as other fundraising events like discos, movie nights and summer/Christmas fairs. We do hope that events are as much about bringing the children/families together and providing enjoyment as well as fundraising.

No-Cost Initiatives

• Cashback site – Easyfundraising

www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/CUDPTA

Easyfundraising is linked to 3,300 shops or websites that provide fundraising opportunities. All you need to do is sign up using the link and shop as usual via the site/app. There is no extra cost to you.

• Pre-loved uniform - items of pre-loved uniform are available to purchase from the following website:

https://www.cliftonprimarypta.zero-waste.org.uk/

• Recycling

Clifton Primary PTA continue to recycle items to raise money, You can donate any of the following items by placing in the blue lidded bins at the front of school:

• Pringle tubes (with metal bases only)
• Biscuit, cake and cracker wrappers (to include confectionery and own brands that includes biscuit such as kitkat, twix, boost, munchies) and snacks, such as mini cheddars, including own brands and Fish n Chip snacks.
• Bread loaf bags and all other bakery packaging including Warburtons wax wraps
• Kinder packaging and kinder eggs
• Ferrero Rocher boxes and packaging
• Lavazza Eco Caps (please place in sealed bag)
• Coffee bag packets
• Loose leaf tea packets and bulk teabag packaging
• Marigold gloves and Marigold glove packaging
• Single use plastic gloves (not used with harsh chemicals or unhygienic substances)
• We support local charities by collecting used stamps and we also recycle used mobile phones, games consoles, games, cameras, jewellery, sat navs, MP3 players, old or foreign currency and ink cartridges.

All separated items can be placed in the blue lidded wheelie bins at the front of the school

Name labels and stamps

We all need to ensure our children’s uniform and belongings are named and by purchasing your labels or name stamps through these sites we receive a contribution too.

• Stikins name labels

www.stikins.co.uk/?NAME-LABELS=4615

• Stamptastic name ink stamps (also sells craft/baking  items):

Clothes recycling

Every 3-4 months we collect clothes, bags, shoes etc for recycling via Cash4Clothes and we are paid per kilo collected.

Match Funding

We seek support from parents who are employed by a company that provide match funding for our fundraising initiatives. This is no cost to the employee or school/PTA so this can really make a difference to the amount we can raise at any one time. If you are employed by a company that provides this, please get in touch so that we can liaise to support our next event.

Rugby Lotto

We are part of the Rugby Lotto, where players have the chance to win £25,000. The weekly ticket costs £1 and has better odds than the national and health lotteries. For each ticket bought supporting our PTA we receive 50p. Sign up here www.rugbylotto.org and search for ‘Clifton PTA’.

Other Fundraising Initiatives

Other fundraising initiatives we do:

• Christmas Card design – Children design a card which is then professionally printed into cards, gift tags, T-towels, mugs and other items.
• We sell gifts for Mothers’ and Fathers’ days.
• Second-hand School Uniform – We accept donations of good quality/condition uniform that your child may have grown out of and we sell these at a reduce price to all parents/carers on our preloved uniform website:

https://www.cliftonprimarypta.zero-waste.org.uk/

Contact Us

We would love to hear from you.

We have a suggestion box in the foyer at school or feel free to contact us through:

• Email: CliftonschoolPTA@outlook.com
• Facebook: Follow us at ‘Clifton upon Dunsmore Primary PTA’

Or simply talk to us at any event that you attend.