PTFA

Welcome to the PTFA page!

We are Friends of Sea Mills Primary School, also known as Sea Mills Primary School PTFA.  PTFA stands for Parents, Teachers and Friends Association.

The PTFA incorporates all parents /carers as its members, and is run by a small, but dedicated team of volunteers.

Chair – Louise Burgess
Treasurer – Lisa Walters
Secretary –  Helen Caton

There are a further 5-10 volunteers who regularly help out wherever and whenever needed.

Help us Raise Funds…

Easyfundraising

The PTFA supports the school by providing man-power at events, such as serving refreshments at evening meetings, special services or coffee mornings.  An important role of the PTFA is to represent the school within the local area, and create a good community feel between the school, parents and local people.

Fundraising

The PTFA has traditionally fundraised through events held at school.

We hold two school fairs a year (Christmas and Summer Fairs), plus we regularly have cake sales, ice cream sales, family bingo, sales of Mothers and Fathers Day cards etc.

More recently we have looked towards external sources of fundraising.  For example, the PTFA supported the school in successfully applying to ‘Awards for All’ (Lottery funding) specifically for the provision of out ‘Trim Trail’ (outdoor play equipment) at school.

We have also collected recycling, raised funds through the ‘easyfundraising’ website (www.easyfundraising.org.uk) and through sales of Christmas cards designed by children.

Looking ahead

The PTFA aim to apply to more external funding sources in the next 12 months, as well as continuing the fundraising events held at school.

Together we are able to achieve great things for our school.  We always welcome and value input from new parents and friends of the school.

We hold a meeting per term (6 a year).  They are usually on the second Monday of the each new term, at 7.45pm in school.  Look out for the reminders.

You can help your PTFA by either attending the meetings and contributing your ideas of how we can support your child’s school, or by coming and supporting at the events that we hold. We ask that all parents/carers support one event each year.

Success stories

In 2014

We raised £3,500 for a bespoke gazebo to be used as an outdoor classroom

In 2013

We were asked to raise money for much needed playground equipment to go in the lovely new school grounds.  Within a year £13,500 had been raised and the Trim Trail was in place and being used by all the school.  This is thanks to a generous Lottery grant, and dedicated fundraising by all the PTFA team.

  • £13,500 spent on our Trim Trail

In 2012

  • We raised £550 to provide 10 digital cameras, one for each of our classrooms.
  • We funded the school Christmas pantomime
  • We paid for each child to have a commemorative coin to celebrate the Queen’s Golden Jubilee.