Welcome to the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) Section

We now have our very own website!!. Please follow the link below for the latest updates on events, online payments and much more.

https://www.wherwellschoolpta.co.uk/

All parents, carers, guardians and staff are automatically members of Wherwell School PTA and are welcome to attend meetings. Please don't be shy, we would love to see you there!

What does the PTA do?

Our motto is ‘Many Hands Make Light Work’ and we are always trying to encourage new parents to join us. You can be involved as much or as little as you like. We hold meetings every month, but we understand that sometimes it is hard to come to all of them. Therefore, you could take one project on board and make it your own or put your name forward to help with at least one activity during the year.

We are passionate about our school and helping the children be the best they can be. Over the years we have raised money to help the school in numerous ways and with the funds raised we have been able to:

Refurbish the children’s kitchen including new appliances and accessories
Refurbish the library including new furniture, librarian software, books and book covers
Restore the school pond and its surroundings
Pay for contractors to carry out safety work in our woodland
Assist with the cost of coach travel for school trips
Pay for additional equipment on the trim trail
An outdoor classroom with all its electrics
An interactive whiteboard for the computer suite
A data projector and laptop for the school hall, benefiting class assemblies, meetings and performances
Enough iPads to share 1 between 2 in a class
Listen 2 Me music programme for years 3 and 4 over the last 2 years

In addition, we have paid for:

Presents for the children at the Christmas parties
An outdoor camera for the woodland
Picnic benches
Curriculum resources
Sand and water play equipment and outdoor suits for Class 1
Easy listening equipment
Games markings on the playground
Huff and Puff equipment and its storage unit
Two maypoles, costumes and school bunting
Commemorative medals and flags to celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee
Plant pots to enhance the School’s entrance
Class one gardening materials and fencing
Bicycle rack
A PTA news board to improve communication with parents and carers
Chicken coop
Bird food throughout the year
Table tennis tables

As you can see, the PTA plays an important role in making our school a much more fun place for children and their families. But we cannot do it alone. We need all the help that we can get to make every event a successful one. We are extremely lucky to have so many parents and friends of the PTA who are generous with both their time and resources. This has enabled us to hold some really successful fundraising and non-fundraising initiatives like: