1. Merrylee Primary Parents Association
Welcome to all parents

2. Parents Association - Overview
Our committee – who we are, what we do
Aims and Ethos of our committee
How you can become involved
Reasons to get involved
Highlights from the past year
Calendar of events for the year ahead
Treasurer’s Report and how the money is spent
Any questions

3. Who are the Parents Association
Voluntary parent committee
Anyone can join, no electing committee members
Key Roles - Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, Minutes Secretary
26 members / 16 attending meetings
All parents have the opportunity to contribute

4. What do the Parents Association Do?
Plan, co-ordinate and manage a calendar of fundraising and social events
Manage the school photo's process
Work closely with the school
Represent the parent body

5. Our Aims
Bring together children, parents, staff and the wider community
Enhance the school experience of our children by providing fun, sociable activities
Support the school and its staff
Varied calendar of events to suit all
Utilise parents skill sets
Support parent led initiatives
Raise money to provide our children with fantastic opportunities

6. Our Ethos Do whatever you can when you can
Participation should be fun, sociable and rewarding
Teamwork and communication are the key to our success
Events should be accessible to all – Cost of the School Day
Active lines of communication – Facebook, , flyers, face-to-face

7. Become involved or find out more
PA meetings are usually on last Wednesday of the month from 7pm onwards
Next meeting - Wednesday 26th October
Parents are asked to share their skills, time and energy
Join our pool of parent helpers
Join us on Facebook - Merrylee Parents Association
Website - merryleeprimarypc.org

8. Why join the PA? It is much more than just the money
Great way to become part of the school community
Fun, sociable, and rewarding
Learn new skills
We always welcome new energy, new faces and new ideas
Support our children and the school

9. Over the past year, we have...
Given the school over £12,000 on your behalf
Subsidised school trips, STEM workshops, author
visits, purchased iPad's, and much more
Introduced movie nights for the kids
Hosted a Family Ceilidh, which was a hoot!
Setup a uniform swap shop
Introduced tuck bags for lower school disco's

10. Our events for this session
Car Boot Sale – September
School Photos - September
Movie Nights – October, February, May
Book Fairs - October and March
Christmas Cards - special craft
School Discos - Halloween and Spring
Shopping/Pamper Night – November
Dad's Football Tournament - November
Christmas and Summer Fairs - December and June
Family Night – March
Social Tennis Tournament - March
Obstacle Course - April
Merrylee Record Breakers
Class Photos - end of year
Easy Fundraising and Easy2Name

11. Treasurer’s Report 2015-16 Books are annually audited in July/Aug
Accounts are always presented at each PA meeting – need for transparency
We collectively agree as a committee how much to pass onto the school / what to fundraise for/school utilises the money where they need it

13. A message of thanks
To our parents for attending events and contributing in whatever way they can
To our committee for all the energy, hard- work, time and dedication
To our fantastic office staff
To Mrs Mahindru and all her staff for their guidance, help and attendance at our events