Cleadon Church of England Academy

Our PTFA

Parents, Teachers and Friends Association

Our PTFA are very active in supporting the school. They organise a wide range of popular fun-filled events over the course of the year.

If you would like to join the committee or offer support at any event/activity, please contact the school office (office@cleadonacademy.co.uk)

A welcome from our PTFA chairperson:

Hello,

My name is Nicola and I am the current chairperson of Cleadon C of E Academy PTFA. I have been part of the group for 7 years now; I have a son currently in Year 5, and a daughter who has just moved to Whitburn Academy after spending 7 very happy years at the school.

I feel very grateful that our children attend such a close knit community school and have loved seeing how much we as a group have achieved over this time and the clear benefits to the children. We are a very welcoming group and are always looking for new members, or people just to lend a hand for an hour or two during our events.

Over the years we have contributed thousands of pounds to the school to purchase play equipment, (like the monkey bars in school playground), numerous events, (like the annual Christmas pantomime) and the equipment and set up of the OPAL play system, which is an award winning school programme that helps to develop an inclusive, and creative environment for our children to thrive in during the school setting. A recent highlight for the group was achieving charity status so that we can claim Gift Aid to maximise all the very generous support we receive from our community.

We regularly ask the children to provide ideas/suggestions for what they would like us to fundraise for next and are aways open to new suggestions for events we can run in school.

We would love to welcome some new members to the group. Time commitment can be whatever you can manage, as we appreciate everyone is busy.

If anyone would like to understand more about joining or how they can help out then please drop me a message or email. nicchilds79@gmail.com

Easy Fundraising

Cleadon Academy PTFA has signed up to easyfundraising, the UK’s biggest charity shopping site. Easyfundraising partners with over 7,000 brands who will donate part of what our supporters spend to the PTFA. This does not cost shoppers any extra as the cost is covered by the brand.

For more information and to support our PTFA, please follow the link below.

https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/cleadon-academy

ASDA Cashpots

Parentkind – a charity that supports school PTA’s - have teamed up with Asda, who is making millions of pounds available to donate to primary schools across the UK through their ‘Cashpot for Schools’ initiative. To support our school, all you have to do is opt-in through the Asda Rewards app, shop and scan in store or shop online at Asda.com.

Between 2nd September and 30th November 2024 – every time you shop with Asda using your Asda Rewards app, Asda will donate 0.5% of the value of your shop to your chosen Primary school. Also, every time somebody opts-in to support our Primary school, Asda will give an additional £1 to the school Cashpot. Plus, it doesn’t stop there – Asda are also giving £50 to every school to get them started.

The supermarket has joined forces with Joe Wicks to support the initiative – look out for the TV advert, radio ads and social media coverage!

It’s as easy as 1,2,3
1. Download the Asda Rewards app, register and opt-in to Cashpot for Schools
2. Choose our Primary School – either searching by name or postcode
3. Shop instore across Asda and George, or online at Asda.com and start filling your Cashpot as you shop.

Bingo Evening

In October we hosted our PTFA Bingo Evening. Mrs West was our bingo caller and the master of ceremonies. Great fun was had by all!

Bingo Evening

As mentioned in our last newsletter, the PTFA will be holding a Family Bingo Night in school on Thursday 10th October 6pm-7.30pm.

Tickets cost £5 for adults and £2.50 for children. This includes pie and pea supper for adults and hot dogs / quorn dippers for children.

If you would like to come and join in the fun, please follow the link below to reserve your tickets or scan the QR code on the attached flyer. The link will close at noon on Monday 7th October, so please book early.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GGBCXVS

Information regarding payment and tickets will follow shortly.

Monkey Bars

Our OPAL suggestion box is always full. One of the most popular requests is more climbing equipment. Thanks to the fundraising efforts of our school community we had two sets of monkey bars installed on the school grounds over the summer holidays. They are a great addition to our Trim Trail and because they are made of high quality composite plastic they will last for many years to come.

Easter Disco 2024!

The PTFA have finalised their plans for their annual Easter Discos. The events will take place on:

Wednesday 10th April 4pm – 5pm (Reception, Year 1 and Year 2) and Thursday 11th April 4pm to 5pm (Years 3, 4, 5 and 6).

Tickets can be booked using the link below:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5GGV7ZH

The closing date for bookings is Wednesday 27th March at 12 noon. No further bookings will be accepted after this date.

Please can any payments be brought into school and handed to the class teacher in a named envelope.

‘Bring a Loved One to School’

What a wonderful week in school! The ‘Bring a Loved One to School’ event was a huge success. When we first thought about the idea, we didn’t imagine the wonderful response and number of bookings hence why the sessions had to be split. It was lovely to see adults and children enjoying a drink and snack whilst completing the loved one activity sheet and adding love heart post it notes to our wall display. This morning, children who could not attend the event on one of the afternoons also took part in the tasks and had a drink and sweet treat. We had lots of lovely feedback regarding the event. This is an event that will run year on year with plans already in place to make 2025 bigger and better. A huge thank you must go to Mrs Lambert and the kitchen staff for making the cakes and biscuits and for staying behind to support with service.

OPAL Play

We are hoping to start on our OPAL Journey after the Christmas break. We are pleased to announce that our wonderful PTFA has bought some essential equipment for us. Scooterboards and helmets for the wheeled area, clamps and clips for den building, wellies for the digging area, brushes and rollers for the creative space and storage boxes to keep everything nice and neat.

Christmas Market

Our first Christmas Market was on Sunday 3rd December. Despite the wintery weather we had a lovely day. A big thank you to the sellers and volunteers who made the day a success.!

Also a big "Well done" to two of our year 5 pupils who made and sold jewellery for charity. They raised a fantastic £112 which will be donated to McMillan and Shelter.

Easy Fundraising

Quiz Night - 18th October 2023

Our first PTFA Family Quiz went down very well on Wednesday evening, with families competing to be the first ever recipients of the 'Champions Trophy!' Well done to team 'De Onoro' who totally smashed it!

A huge thank you to everyone who helped out from setting up, serving snacks, making boat loads of delicious mushy peas,(Mr. Scott loved the green stuff so much he took enough home to feed a small army!) to marking sheets, tidying up and to the families who competed, you all contributed to making the evening a success!

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Summer Social - Friday 14th July 2023

Our PTFA Summer Social was a huge success. Ducks were hooked, ice-cream was licked, rats were splatted and pizzas were cooked.

Family Treasure Hunt - Friday 19th May 2023

We had glorious weather on the Friday afternoon for families to take part in our first PTFA Treasure Hunt. More than 50 teams took part. Thanks must go to our PTFA members and staff who helped to organise and run it. We're glad that everyone who participated enjoyed themselves.

Thank you for your ongoing support.

Easter Discos! - April 2023

The Easter Discos were huge success. A particular highlight was Mrs Williamson and Mr Robb leading the 'Chu Chu Au' dance. Who knew they had such hidden talents?

Thank you to the PTFA members who organised the event and to those who helped on the nights.

Bingo Evening - March 2023

At the beginning of March we held a Bingo evening for parents and children. Mrs West and Mrs Pearson were amazing as our bingo callers and everyone had a fantastic evening. We raised nearly £800 to contribute towards our Daily Mile Track. Huge thanks to all the families that attended and all the people who gave up their time to make this such a successful event.

Christmas Fair - November 2022

On Thursday 24th November we held our Christmas Fair. It was lovely to see so many people attending and having fun after not being able to hold the event for several years. Thank you so much for your support and generosity both in donations and supporting the fair.

In total, we raised £4955.93, which is huge amount of money. This includes a matched funding amount from Barclays Bank. This amount added to previous fundraising by the PTFA means that we’ve almost hit the target for the Daily Mile running track.

22 for 22 Challenge - Autumn 2022

Our first fundraiser of this school year was The 22 for 22 Challenge. The children decided on their own challenges and gathered sponsorship from friends and family. This 22 day event raised just over £1000! Well done everyone!

Summer Fair - July 2022

We hosted our Summer Fair in July. Unfortunately the British weather was not kind to us to start with on the day. However, after a fairly frantic relocation to the hall, the event turned out to be a huge success! Thank you to everyone who came and support this event and also a big thank you to everyone involved in organising and running event.

Queen's Jubilee - May 2022

In May we held a tea party to celebrate the Queen's Jubilee. We had lots of sweet treats, music, games and laughter. It was lovely to have so many members of the school community together to celebrate this historic occasion.