Welcome to Friends, Parents & Teachers Association of Maplesden Noakes School

Your schol logo here. Welcome to your FPTA All friends, parents and carers at Maplesden Noakes school are automatically a member now that your child has enrolled in the school. It’s your association. What is the FPTMNS The Friends, Parents & Teachers Association is an open community of parent volunteers working alongside the school/teachers/and other “friends” to benefit the school and ensure the best educational experience for all its pupils.

How does the FPTA benefit the school? Your school logo here. Parents and care givers have a big impact on how well their kids do at school. Taking an active role in your FPTA is one of the ways you can make a difference and get involved: We raise money to fund school initiatives through charity activities and events We provide a social support network for parents We provide a forum for parents to have a say We provide volunteers and opportunities so that parents can support their child’s learning.

Tesco Funding: £5000, £2000 or £1000 LARKFIELD EXPRESS ME20 6HJ LUNSFORD PARK EXTRA ME20 6RJ MAIDSTONE GROVE GREEN ME14 5TQ TONBRIDGE RD EXP ME16 8TE MAIDSTONE ME15 6RQ PEMBURY TN2 4NE SOUTHBOROUGH EXPRESS TN4 0PX TUNBRIDGE WELLS METRO TN1 2AH WEST MALLING METRO ME19 6NA LONDON RD MDSTONE EXP ME16 0DJ PADDOCK WOOD EXPRESS TN12 6EL BEARSTED EXPRESS ME14 4NE OAKWOOD PARK MDST EXP ME16 9NZ WEEK ST MAIDSTONE EXP ME14 1RL MAIDSTONE LOOS RD EXP ME15 7TY TUNBRIDGE WELLS EXP TN4 9TU

The FPTA’s fundraising activities will help to pay for: Your school logo here. Name of project Amount raised / goal achieved Quotation from key player / child benefactor? Photos of before and after

Here’s a sneaky look at some of the things we could do: Possible events: Here’s a sneaky look at some of the things we could do: Your school logo here. Summer Ball New parents welcome event BBQ Winter Ball Discos Fayres Film nights

Agenda We need to adopt the model constitution We need to appoint to the main roles: Chair Secretary Treasurer Next steps: Committee elected.

“How can my skills be useful?” Your schoo logo here. Any parent can be a member, and every parent has skills to bring, from painting to baking to gardening; from events management to balancing the books. Could you help? What skills do you have that we may need?

“How much time can I commit?” Your school logo here. Some of our most active mums, dads and carers work full-time, or have other commitments If your child has younger siblings, the FPTA is a great way to familiarise them with their future school We all have lives away from school, and it’s OK to say “no” Examples of how you can commit, either at an event or behind the scenes, include: sort secondhand uniform contribute to termly newsletter promote easyfundraising help with particular event [summer ball / film nights/ disco]

Doing things properly Your school logo here. Our FPTA will be one of nearly 14,000 members of PTA UK. Being a member provides us with advice and support, ensuring: we will run our FPTA well according to good practice our events will be properly insured, legal and safe Maplesden Noakes School will fully support us throughout Members can go to www.pta.org.uk and subscribe for all the latest updates. Check out the Facebook page for interesting chats and info: facebook.com/PTAUKParentteacherassociationsuk/ Follow on Twitter: @PTAUK

Stay in touch – FPTA pages on School Website Your school logo here. For info on activities and events, we have created an area for the FPTA. See our website: http://www.maplesden.kent.sch.uk/fpta/ Or drop a line to us directly: [Chair’s / contacts name] [Number] [email address]

Thank you. Any questions? Your school logo here.