PTFA – St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School

What is a PTFA?

We are a friendly group of parents, carers, teachers and friends that organise fun social events throughout the year to raise funds for additional equipment for the school. PTFA stands for Parents, Teachers and Friends Association and we help raise money for needs identified by the children and the school. Last year, we paid for lots of new reading books for our new library! We are hoping to raise lots of funding over the next year towards equipment for the playgrounds.

Who can join the PTFA?

If you are a parent/carer/friend with a heart to help the school we’d love you to join us. Our PTFA meetings are a great way to get involved with upcoming events. We understand that not everyone can make these meetings and appreciate parents donating requested items for our events and/ or offering an extra pair of hands to help at them.

Which events do the PTFA organise?

Christmas & summer fair – these events provide fun for all the family with lots of stalls, prizes and a raffle.
Film nights
Bingo and quiz evenings
Sports day stalls

We also welcome new ideas from parents.

Meet the members:

Chair of PTFA- Shorna Airey

Vice Chair of PTFA- Joyce-Marie Clough

Secretary- Laura Gatti

Treasurer- Nicole Dodd

Here is our constitution:

Constitution

Check out our PTFA newsletter, which is regularly updated by our Chairperson…

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Our next meeting is: TBA

We need your help!

When you visit certain shopping sites online you could help raise funds for our charity! Just visit the following website to find out more: www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/stjosephscatholicprimaryschoolptfa/

Please tell your family and friends, as every penny we can raise during these difficult times can be used to support any ideas that are brought forward to the PTFA, to further strengthen our school.

Thank you,
Mrs Dodd
PTFA treasurer

Upcoming Events

Previous events

On Thursday 30th November we had a Christmas jumper day and on Friday 8th December 2023 we held our annual Christmas Fair. We invited local businesses to showcase and sell their items as well as having our own stalls! It was a massive success!

We raised over £1200, which means we are able to order new playground and after school equipment for our children! Thank you to everyone who donated items and visited on the day. We couldn’t have done it without you!

A special thank you goes to the following businesses/ people who either attended or donated a raffle prize:

Pendle Witch
Rachel Anne hair salon
Asda, Lancaster
Fr John-Paul
Atkinson’s Cafe
Lewis’ Ice Cream Shop, Morecambe
Salt Ayre
The Herbarium
Bubbles’ World of Play
DR Contracting
Convenience Express
Hayley’s Auntie Rena
Shorna for her personalised items
Olivia Simpson from Tutor Doctor Lancaster
Rebecca Sykes with her items made from Resin
Rachel Grounds with her home made crocheted gifts
AND, of course Mr and Mrs Claus!

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In March 2023 we held a Music Quiz! The adults had to guess the name of the artist who sang the song. We raised £15 in total! Thank you to all those who bought a quiz. Here are the prizes (kindly donated by Laura our secretary) and the winners…

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On Thursday 9th February we held a Valentine’s disco for EYFS and KS1 from 3:30-4:15 and then KS2 from 4:30-5:15. There were disco lights, face painting, a sweet shop, drinks, games and dancing galore! In total, we raised just over £300 for our school! Thank you to everyone who came and to the parents and staff members who volunteered their time! It simply couldn’t happen without our fantastic volunteers!

Here are some of the snapshots taken from the EYFS and KS1 disco…