PTFA
Our charity (registered number: 1041266) is called Winscombe Primary School PTFA and it has been running for almost 50 years.
We are a group of dedicated volunteers consisting of mainly parents and teachers from the school. Our main function is to support the school by raising as much money as we can to enhance, enrich and improve learning experiences for the children. We also provide those ‘little extras’ that make school memorable, such as class trips, WOW days, end of term discos, in-school pantomimes, Christmas gifts and a visit from Father Christmas.
Over the years the PTFA have held a range of events to raise funds for the school. The yearly fireworks display and summer fair have been running since the 1970s and are our major events, but other events include Quiz Nights, Bingo Nights, Easter Egg Hunts, Parents & Carers Christmas Parties and even Colour Runs! If you’re looking to buy tickets for an upcoming event, our activibees profile is here: https://activibees.com/winscombeptfa
We also exist to bring the communities of school and home closer together because it makes sense for parents to be involved in the life of their chosen school. We welcome all family members to get involved. In the past, we have had grandparents as well as parents and friends volunteering at our fund-raising events; the more the merrier!
Lastly, we’re here for the simple reason that we want to get together socially, meet new people and have fun whilst raising funds to benefit our children.
Our current committee is below, along with the class their children are in; please feel free to reach out to anyone with any PTFA related queries.
Charlotte Bassett (Yr 1/Walnut and Yr 2/Oak and Yr 5/Maple)
Tori Drew (Yr 1/Walnut and Yr 3/Linden)
Stacie Fowler (Yr 3/Linden and Yr 6/Sycamore)
Lisa Freeman (Yr 2/Oak and Yr 6/Sycamore)
Ellie Fryer (Yr 1/Walnut and Yr 4/Ash)
Rebecca Hoygreen (Yr 1/Walnut)
Matthew Hoygreen (Yr 1/Walnut)
Mark Miles (Yr 1/Walnut)
Kate Newberry (Yr 1/Walnut)
Rose Nicholls (Reception/Silver Birch)
Steph Rogers (Reception/Silver Birch)
Dan Saunders (Yr 1/Walnut)
Andy Walton ((Reception/Silver Birch and Yr 2/Oak)
We have teaching representatives on the PTFA who attend some of our meetings: Mrs Pemberton from Walnut Class, Miss Humphrey from Linden Class and Miss Perry from Maple Class. Our Executive Headteacher Mrs Richardson and Head of School Mrs Baker also attend some meetings and have regular contact with our Chair and Secretary.
The committee holds a monthly meeting on a Monday from 8pm during term time to plan, discuss and review events. We also hold an Annual General Meeting (AGM) once a year to review the previous academic year and to meet our legal constitution.
We are always looking for new faces and welcome anyone who would like to join the committee. If you would like to know more about joining the PTFA, please contact a committee member or email at winscombeprimaryptfa@gmail.com.