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WELCOME TO LEIGHTERTON PTFA

PTFA UPDATE FOR 2011/12 (Updated 08th February 2012)

Chair – Helen Turner 

(Linda Ellis, joint Chair has stepped down as of 08th February 2012)

Helen lives in Didmarton, has Harry in Yr 4 & Joe in Yr 2 (as well as
teenagers Sam and Charlie) and is a part time accountant.
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Secretary – Kate Honeyborne

Kate lives in Long Newnton and has George in Yr 4 & Jemima in
Yr 2 and is a part time office manager in Shipton Moyne
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Treasurer – Lorraine Walker

Lorraine lives in Stroud and is Jenny Kiss’ mother in law!
She is our float queen and is brilliant at adding everything up.
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Additional Official Committee Members –

Chris Ticehurst (Jack Yr 4 & Jamie Yr 3)
Angela Davies (Connie Yr 3)
Jane Weyman (Lottie Yr 5)
Trish Evans (Martha Yr 6 & Lorna Yr 3)
Lisa Jones (Bailey Yr 3 & Ioan Yr 2)
Gina Ellis (Max Yr 2 & Sophie Reception)
Alice Cooper (Sacha Yr 1)
Rachel Danton (Leon Yr 2 & Elise Yr 1)
Linda Ellis (grandmother to Ella Baker) Yr 4  

We would like EVERY parent and teacher to be a regular part of the PTFA. So from
now on, we are going to start emailing EVERYONE copies of our minutes as well as
updates so that you can ALL be a part of what the PTFA can achieve.

IF YOU ARE CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT THE PTFA ACTUALLY DOES,
PLEASE READ ON TO FIND OUT WHAT AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IT PLAYS IN
ENHANCING OUR SCHOOL…

THE PTFA EXISTS WITH TWO BASIC FUNCTIONS:

1) To raise essential additional money for the school.

As a result of government cutbacks, the school budget regrettably only covers basic
staffing costs.

An example of this is that the school no longer has any maintenance/ fabric budget
as this has been replaced by a ‘pupil premium’ budget, allocated on the basis of
free school meals. As no children at Leighterton receive free school meals, the
school is simply not eligible for this money resulting in a budget reduction of
thousands of pounds.

By raising some extra money, the PTFA is able to provide the school with some
much needed cash that put simply cannot otherwise be found. We use this to buy
the school required equipment and we also aim to provide our children with
additional educational treats.

This year, we are currently fundraising to cover

(i) Friday afternoon KS2 sports coaching by Miles from Cheltenham Football
Club who is a fantastic male role model for all the children in an otherwise fairly
female dominated environment!
(ii) the Foundation stage outside play area, now a curriculum requirement.
(iii) Blinds for classes 2,3 & 4 so that the children can see the white boards
when the sun is shining.
(iv) Half the cost of the visiting Christmas pantomime
(v) Further ideas and requests TBA at the next meeting….
Please do come along and let us know how you would like to enhance the
school for our children.

2) To play an important part in helping to build a school community

As Leighterton is so rural and draws its children from a number of different villages,
it can be hard to develop a school community, especially with a lot of parents
working or using the Didmarton bus and not regularly coming into the school
playground.

By putting on events that everyone related to the school can join in with and enjoy,
we aim to encourage friendships amongst parents and show our children that we
are supporting them at school. We want them to be proud of their school and enjoy
it both in and out of their classrooms.

IN 2010/11 THE PTFA RAISED A FANTASTIC £7,520 NET PROFIT:

Halloween disco £127
Bonfire night £25
Bingo night £171
Christmas Bazaar £1,737
Tetbury late night shopping bucket shake £40
Pic’n’mix fair £275
Valentine disco £73
Pancake café £104
Mothers day £35
Ferret racing £904
Quiz night £260
Ice cream stall £336
Summer Fete £1990
Leavers disco £95
Boxwell Farms donation £500

2nd hand uniform £335
100 club £480
Cook book sales, unknown as profits were combined with raffle

AND WE SPENT £5,524 ON:

Books £2,424
Friday afternoon sports coaching £1,800
Royal wedding gifts £100
Pantomime coaches £525
KS2 musical instruments £511
Art materials £616
Music workshop £180
Class budgets £800
leavers gifts £160
Summer camp fuel £200
new microwave £56
Staging/ lighting for Bugsy Malone £140
Teddy Bears picnic £36
Birds of Prey display £135
Sundry expenses and permits £203

SO PLEASE HELP US TO RAISE MONEY FOR OUR SCHOOL TO ENHANCE OUR CHILDRENS EDUCATION