The Bollin - Parents Teachers Association
   www.bollinpta.com April 2011   

Things Are Heating Up

This Spring at the Bollin!

AGM 2011
The PTA would like to say “thank you” to all who were able to make it to the AGM on 10th February. A lot of information was covered and it was great to see everyone there and to hear your views.

The minutes have been issued via an E-update. You can also find meeting minutes and lots of other valuable information on the PTA website by following this link: http://www.bollinpta.com

If you didn´t receive an E-update, please sign-up on the PTA website or provide your email address to the PTA at the School Office. We don´t have access to the information on the regular school email database due to data protection, so if you´re interested in receiving updates via e-mail, we’ll need to collect and keep your contact details on our PTA database separately.

PTA meetings are open to everyone and usually occur on Monday evenings once a month. The next meeting will be held on April 18th at 7:30pm in the school staff room.

If you´re unable to attend meetings, you can still get involved. Why not send your views, ideas and suggestions to us via any of the routes below, or alternatively contact one of the Committee or your Class Rep directly. We would love to hear from you and, of course, volunteers are always welcome!

Website: www.bollinpta.com
Email: info@bollinpta.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/bollinpta
Facebook: www.facebook.com/bollinschoolpta
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/bollinpta		  
Latest News

After two years of great progress and accomplishments in fundraising and management, PTA Chair Vicky Potts and Communication specialist Julie Saunders have returned “to the private sector”.

Taking their places are Sarah Binney and Darren Pettener in co-shair roles and Tammie Willis as the communication officer.

Treasurer Donna Tattersall and Secretary Francine Ryan are returning to round out the team. Contact information is as follows:

Chair:  Sarah Binney
Email: sarahbin@live.com
Mobile: 07917 845 216
Home:   941 4798
Co-Chair: Darren Pettener
Email: darren.Pettener@supplychain.nhs.uk Home: 01565 830 962
Mobile: 07920 183 288

Communications: Tammie Willis
Email: tammie_s_willis@yahoo.com
Mobile: 07531 303701

Treasurer: Donna Tattersall
Email: donna@citypress.co.uk
Mobile: 07595 025144

Secretary: Francine Ryan
Email: teamryan@tiscali.co.uk
Mobile: 07976 932419

 
The Bollin PTA newsletter
Diary Dates

Thursday 21st April:

Sunday 22nd May;

Thursday 26th May
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Friday 17th June:

Friday 24th June:

Saturday 2nd July:

Friday 8th July:

Wednesday 13th July;

Saturday 26th November

Fun run

Cake stall (Nursery to provide cakes)

Fun run

Cake stall (Reception to provide cakes

Cake stall (Year 1 to provide cakes) Summer Party
Summer fête and camp at Ashley Campsite

Cake stall (Year 2 to provide cakes)

Children´s Summer Disco

Christmas Fair

 
 

A Note From Mrs. Downs

The Bollin School PTA provides tremendous support for the children through the wide range of activities that are organized every year.

From the social fun of the fairs and discos to the fund-raising activities of the Promises Auction, the PTA provides our community with a real sense of cohesion and purpose.

The PTA has helped with financial support for many areas of our school life, including the provision of a wide range of resources for all classes – from play equipment in the Foundation Stage to supporting an Architecture Project, ´Scape’, with our Year 6 children.

Every term, the PTA provides additional financial support for school trips and visits. This allows us to subsidize the costs for these trips, especially for transport, and also to bring in special visitors such as David Horner the Poet, and more recently the visit from The Storyteller. These experiences enrich the curriculum for the children.

We have a class set of laptops that are provided through an annual lease which is supported by the PTA and as our pupil numbers increase, the PTA will continue to assist with our IT resources. In addition, the school is providing 12 Promethean Interactive Whiteboards in the new classrooms and the PTA is funding an additional 3 boards for the Reception and Nursery classes.

Once our building project is completed our next area for development will be the school campus. We will approach our PTA for support both physically and financially in order that we can recreate our beautiful external environment.

Whatever we do, it will be with the purpose to provide the very best for all our pupils through the successful partnership that we have with the PTA.

All of these improvements, along with dedicated staff and parents make the Bollin a wonderful place for our children to begin their education.

Let´s make this year our best yet!
 
Request and Reminders
•     School vouchers are currently available
      at most supermarkets. Don’t forget to collect
      them and bring them in!
•     There is a need for a Class Rep in Year 1
      Dunham. If you’d be interested in filling the
      vacancy, or working with an existing Rep (the
      more the merrier!), please get in touch with
      Sarah Binney on 07917 845 216.
•    Julie Saunders of Bollin PTA was recently
      interviewed in Parent&Teacher magazine
.    The Bollin PTA was singled out for its
     exemplary use of communication and social
     media. You can find copies of the article in the
     school lobby or read it online at
     www.parentandteacher.com. The article is
     on page 22 of the Spring 2011 issue.
•    The PTA is interested in establishing a
     parents´ online business directory to provide
     free advertising, discounts and offers to
     Bollin parents. If you own a small business
     and are interested in providing your
     information to be included on the website,
     please contact Tammie Willis at
     tammie_s_willis@yahoo.com
Class Reps

Nursery am: Sarah Hocking (Beth)

Nursery pm: Salima Ladha (Adam)

R. Dunham: Louise Waldek (Amelia) & Mary Rawlinson (Harry)

R. Tatton: Karen Driver (Jake)

Yr 1 Dunham: Pippa Jessop (Thomas) & Judith Allen (Imogen)

Yr 1 Tatton: Holly Clemment (Lily) & Kate Mazzag (Gabriella)

Yr 2 Dunham: Georgia Taylor (Francesca) & Leslie Cuerden (Isabel)

Yr 2 Tatton: Michelle Woodward (Lawrence) & Margarite Cretier (Tom)

Yr 3 Dunham: Alison Fitzgerald (Cara)

Yr 3 Tatton: Caroline Todd (Jimmy)

Year 4: Vicky Perrett (Millie) & Nas Lateef (Abby)

Year 5: VACANCY
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