norwood primary school parent teacher association annual general meeting (pta agm)

Norwood Primary School Parent Teacher Association

Annual General Meeting(PTA AGM)

What’s a PTA?

A Parent Teacher Association (PTA) is an organisation of parents and staff.

Its’ role is to encourage closer links between home and school & provide an opportunity for parents, staff and pupils to get together often with school fundraising as an end goal.

All families of pupils at Norwood Primary are automatically members of the PTA.

The object of our PTA - (as taken from our constitution)

…is to advance education of pupils in the school by developing relationships between staff, parents and others associated with the school, and engage in activities or provide facilities or equipment to support the school and advance the education of pupils.

What’s an AGM?

An AGM is an Annual General MeetingWhere we provide you with an overview of the

past year.

During this meeting our committee is elected to run the PTA – ours consists of a chair, a treasurer, a secretary and everyday committee members.

Highlights of the past year

We raised money through: • Holding 3 Norwood Cinema: Film Clubs• Holding 3 School Discos with Sparkletown

• Used Uniform Swap Shop Sales• Facilitating Family Photo Sessions• Personalised Christmas Cards

• Rags 2 Riches used clothing charity collection• Bounce Department event at Fleming Park

• Christmas and Summer Fayres

Highlights of the past year

We offered our support to the school through:

• Book Week – providing sponsors for prizes, a book quiz, a book swap and help with events

• Providing judges and prizes at the Easter Bonnet Parade • Providing a used uniform swap shop

• Facilitating 2 visits by Immersive Planetarium• Providing facepaint at end of year shows

• Distributing Ice lollies at Sports Day and on the last day of summer term

• Hosting a volunteers thank you teaparty

Highlights of the past year

We spent money raised on:• New sets of take home reading books

for Year R and KS1 • Mud Kitchen books and wet weather

gear for Year R• Subsidised choir & trips• Art supplies for art week

What can we look forward to this year?

Termly events:• Cinema clubs• Discos • Used uniform swap shop

• Christmas Fayre• Summer Fayre• Christmas Lunch at Wells Place• End of year teaparty• Bounce Department event• Some meetings at Gambado (with

free entry!)

GOAL: Create more links within the local community

We want to hear your ideas!!!!

To support our activities – we need YOU.

Why join the PTA at Norwood?

FunRewarding

Make new friendsLearn new & valuable skills

Feel part of the school community

Make a difference & have a say

The level of commitment you want to give is up to you... And every little helps!

Financial Report by our Treasurer:

Kate Cambridge

Net Profit For Year:

£970.55

Election time!

ChairSecretaryTreasurer

Staff MemberOrdinary Committee Member

Appointment of an Independent Examiner

Please consider being an ‘Active Committee Member’

by attending meetings when you can and/or helping plan or run events.

For more information

Find & Join us on Facebook!Email us at:

norwoodschoolpta@yahoo.co.uk

Thank you for coming!