PTA
About Greswold PTA
The PTA is your chance to be involved in your child’s school life and to help make a difference to the education of all children at the school. Here at Greswold, anyone can be a member of our PTA so long as they are a family member of a child at the school. We value everyone’s input and you are most welcome to attend PTA meetings whenever you can. Our principal aim is to raise funds to provide extra facilities for the school. We also seek to promote the school spirit and the feeling of being part of Greswold, through our organisation of social events for parents, pupils and teachers during the school year.
We are already busy planning events for this term. See our latest update to find out how you can help.
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Fundraising Success
In recent years, money raised has been used for: (clockwise from top left)
- Purchasing the new sound system in the Upper School Hall
- Paying for a visit by poet Neal Zetter
- Paying for visits by Professor McGinty
- Purchasing sports equipement for P.E. lessons, athletics and lunchtime breaks
- Purchasing iPads with a charging trolley
- Paying for two book benches as part of the Big Read project
- Purchasing scooter pods
This is also what we do:
Upcoming Events
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Event |
What’s required? |
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Thurs 25th Oct |
Harvest Festival
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Arranging donations into shoebox hampers from 8:50am for the children to take to The Hermitage |
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Wed 7th Nov |
School Photo Day |
Brushing hair, collecting siblings from classrooms and straightening ties! |
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Fri 16th Nov |
KS2 Movie Night |
Help set up the hall and distribute snacks to the children in attendance 15:00 to 17:45 |
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Fri 23rd Nov |
KS1 Movie Night |
Help set up the hall and distribute snacks to the children in attendance 15:15 to 17:30 |
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Fridays 23rd, 30th Nov and 7th Dec |
Morning Christmas Fayre prep |
Help preparing prizes, tombolas and games for the Christmas Fayre – in school from 8:50 until 11:00 (or as long as you can stay for) |
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Mon 3rd Dec TBC |
Santa Walk |
Walk through the Solihull neighbourhood with Santa’s float - fun family event (wrap up warm!) 18:00 until 20:00 approx. |
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Fri 7th Dec |
Decorating the school |
Decorating the school, building the grotto and setting up for the Christmas Fayre from 15:20 |
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Sat 8th Dec |
Christmas Fayre |
Setting up in the morning, manning stalls and clearing up afterwards (all day or for as long as you are available) |
How You Can Help
We’re looking for help throughout the school year, with various events that we are planning. If you can spare a small amount of your time then many hands make light work! It’s also a great way to meet new people and get more involved in what’s happening at the school. If you are interested – why not drop us an email and find out more about how you can help?
Meetings
We hold evening meetings throughout the year and anyone can attend. In addition there is also an Annual General Meeting, which takes place every October to elect principal officers. Meetings are very informal and usually last for an hour or so.
All meetings are at 19:30 in the Lavender Room. See the Calendar for dates.
Contact the PTA
You can contact the PTA via email using the address ptagreswold@gmail.com or via the contact form below.
Your main committee members are:
Chair - Vicky McIlkenny
Deputy Chair - Nerissa Heald
Treasurer - Sarah Hannington
Secretary - Cathy Draisey
Communication - Iwona Read
You can also contact us by simply approaching one of the main committee members in the playground.