Welcome to The Orchard Primary School PTA
The role of the PTA is to raise money to help the School provide materials, resources and facilities for the benefit of everyone who uses the School and assist in building a community of parents and teachers. The PTA is made up of a committee of parents and staff who meet regularly to discuss fundraising initiatives and organise events, and is supported by a team of parent-volunteers who give their time to help out at some of these events.
The Committee
Chair – Carly Mckane
Secretary – TBC
Treasurer – TBC
What we do
The Orchard Primary PTA is made up of a small group of parents that work together for the benefit of the school. All of us are working parents and none of us are specialists in fundraising but between us we manage to put on several events throughout the year. Our regular big events are the Christmas and Summer Fetes and the school discos. We do have smaller fundraising ventures in between like pop up tuck shops and Mothers / Father’s Day
sales. These events are organised 100% by the PTA and without a merry team of volunteers these events would not be possible.
The PTA offers parents the opportunity to meet other parents and it gives parents the opportunity to play an active part in the school’s welfare, both financially
and materially. But basically, we are mums and dads who volunteer our time to raise money for the school and have a bit of fun in the process! Most schools are dependent on the PTA for funds for certain items and Orchard is no different. The PTA provide funds for new library books, educational visits, lighting for the hall,
daily mile path, contributions to school trips and many other things.
Every pound put into the PTA goes back to providing something for your children.
How you can help?
The PTA runs on a continuous cycle – as children reach their final year and leave, so do the parents. So, we constantly need volunteers and new faces to ensure the PTA stays up and running – without parent support, there is no PTA. Together we raise funds that are used for the children’s benefit. The best bit about contributing to the PTA is playing an active part in making the children’s experience at Orchard more varied and getting involved illustrates
good teamwork and community spirit. What have you got to lose?! There are a variety of small ways you can help and be involved – from designing a poster,
photocopying and distributing letters in the school, cleaning up after an event, helping out on a stall…so many ways. Giving up just 30 minutes of your time to help the PTA is invaluable. If everyone could spare 30 minutes a term to help, just think what we could achieve! Attendance at meetings is not essential, but they are often good fun.
Kind regards
The Orchard PTA