St Gilbert's Parents' and Teachers' Association
All parents and teachers belong to St Gilbert's PTA and although there is a core committee of chairperson, treasurer, secretary and two ‘officers’ we welcome everyone to get involved. The more the merrier!
Whatever commitment you can make is always greatly appreciated. Coming up with fundraising ideas, helping with refreshments at school events, securing raffle prizes, manning a stall at a fair or even managing a large event are really appreciated.
Even shopping online can raise money for the PTA (see “easyfundraising” below).
We are all volunteers and without willing parents and carers to help we would not be able to put on any social and fundraising events. The money we raise benefits every child in the school. Please do support our PTA so that your child can benefit from the added extras that contribute towards making St Gilbert's such a special and thriving school.
We are always looking for new and exciting activities to raise money. If you have any ideas, however extravagant or insignificant you think they may be, don't let them go to waste – let us know!
The PTA exists to provide closer links between home and school. It is an excellent way to bring staff, parents and friends together socially in support of the school, working together towards a common goal
Activities for this school year
We recognise that not everyone is able to get into school regularly so we provide information about the PTA and activities in numerous ways. All PTA Events are included in Miss Dicker's diary dates sent out every term via ParentMail.
Requests for donations to the Summer and Christmas Fair, Bags to School, raffle tickets, Christmas card purchases (and other similar fund-raisers) are sent home with the children in their book bags.
The PTA notice board (on the wall to the left of the school office at the bottom of top playground) has copies of minutes from meetings as well as notices for forthcoming events.
How you can help today
Please contact us if you are able to help at any of our upcoming events.
Your help would be much appreciated for the following:
Second-Hand Uniform
Please keep in mind that we always need second-hand school uniform for our uniform sales during the course of the year.
We are always looking for new and exciting activities to raise money. If you have any ideas, however extravagant or insignificant you think they may be, don't let them go to waste – let us know!
Easyfundraising
Easyfundraising is the easiest way to help raise money for St Gilbert's Parents' and Teachers' Association.
How does it work?
You shop directly with the retailer as you would normally, but if you sign up to www.easyfundraising.org.uk retailers donate to St Gilbert’s PTA.
How much can you raise?
Spend £100 with M&S online or Amazon and you raise £2.50 for us. £100 with WH Smith puts £2.00 in our pocket and so on. There are over 2,000 retailers on the easyfundraising site, and some of the donations can be as much as 15% of your purchase.
Save money too!
Easyfundraising is FREE to use plus you'll get access to hundreds of exclusive discounts and voucher codes, so not only will you be helping us, you’ll be saving money yourself. Use the links on the easyfundraising site to take you to the retailer, then a percentage of whatever you spend comes directly to us at no extra cost to yourself.
If you already shop online with retailers such as Amazon, M&S, Argos, John Lewis, Comet, Vodafone, eBay, Boden and Play.com, then we need you to sign up for free to raise money while you shop!
Sign up at www.easyfundraising.org.uk and start making a difference...simply by shopping.
Email us at stgilbertspta@outlook.com
Please feel free to contact any of us for information on the PTA and how you can help.
Previous fundraising
We are very fortunate at St Gilbert's to have a PTA that is such an integral part of the school for many years. In its time the PTA has raised thousands of pounds that has been spent on improving resources and purchasing equipment to enhance all our children's education, and the school facilities in general.
Previous events raised…
Christmas and Summer Fairs raised a massive £3918.00
Scootathon £1100.00
School Discos £481.00
Christmas Cards £365.00
Cake Sales £304.00 (of which £167.00 was donated to the Alzheimer’s society.)
Sports Day Refreshments £172.00
Easy Fundraising £152.00
Second Hand Uniform Sales £135.00
Bags To School £100.00
Hidden Article Competition £86.00
Frozen Fridays over £72.00
