PTA - Our Parent Community
The Milton Road Parent Community
Parents at Milton Road run all sorts of events and initiatives to enjoy each other's company and raise money to support the school. We have a Spooky Disco and a World Book Day Disco (both fancy dress), a Summer Festival, a Fun Run, nearly new sales and last year we held an incredible Auction of Promises. See our PTA Upcoming Events page for our planned events for this year.
Money we’ve raised through PTA events as well as direct donations from parents have recently funded pod seating for each class from Year 1 to Year 6, which are large enough to seat the entire class. They are a place for classes to gather at the start and end of the day, a place for outdoor learning and somewhere for children to sit at break times.
Our children still benefit daily from projects funded by parents in past years including the the Key Stage 1 playground equipment; the smart boards in every classroom and many smaller items such as the ‘Maths no problems’ scheme that is taught throughout the school; full class sets of glockenspiels, ocarinas and ukuleles so that all children can learn to play a tuned musical instrument and many specific requests from teachers to support their teaching. See our current projects to find out about our current funding priorities.
There are many ways that you can get involved in supporting the school, including offering to help at events, proposing a new initiative to run yourself or with a group of friends, or joining the PTA to vote on funding decisions, bring the parent community together and help to administer the charity. Please send an email to hello@miltonroadpta.org if you would like to get involved in any way and we’ll point you in the right direction.
We have committee meetings twice termly and we circulate the dates for these via messages on the year group WhatsApp chats. This is a chance to get together and share ideas on initiatives and approve funding requests.
Regular or one-off donations
You can make a regular or one-off donation to support the school via our Total Giving page. As Milton Road Primary School’s Parent Teacher Association is a registered charity in England (no. 1038520), donations from UK taxpayers can be gift-aided to increase your donation by 25% at no extra cost to you. Donate to Milton Road Primary School PTA
The PTA
The PTA is a registered charity that supports initiatives run by the wider parent community in order to:
● promote a friendly and social atmosphere between all pupils, staff, parents, governors and the local community;
● raise funds to enable the school to buy facilities or equipment outside the normal school budget and thus advance the education of the pupils.
We meet once every half term and use WhatsApp to deal with issues arising in between meetings. Joining the PTA is a great way to meet other parents, to get more actively involved in running larger events and administering the charity. We welcome new faces. You can join in to see if it’s for you and leave at any time.
Contact the PTA
The PTA can be contacted in the following ways:
• hello@miltonroadpta.org
• talk to us in the playground
PTA Committee 2024-25
Co-Chairs Ben Sillis (Y1 & 3) and Tom Kewell (Y2 & 3) chair@miltonroadpta.org
Treasurer Ruth Corns (Y3 & 6) treasurer@miltonroadpta.org
Secretary Marysol Bell (Y4) info@miltonroadpta.org
Members
Sarah Cashman (Y4 & Y6)
Barney Cox (Y2)
Colin Dewar (Y6)
Clare Ricci (Y2)
Ping Zheng-Davidson (Y2 & Y6)
We always welcome donations. For donating to the PTA please click on the following link;
Bake Sales - Safety
From time to time the PTA and class groups will organise a Cake Sale. These are always wonderful, social events bringing the community together as well as raising money for worthy causes.
The Food Safety Agency has helpfully produced the following advice for community organisations, to ensure that food is cooked safely and where possible allergen information is displayed.
The allergen labelling law, sometimes called Natasha's Law, applies to registered businesses. As our school is not a registered food business, parents don’t have to provide information for consumers about allergens present in the food as ingredients.
However, the Food Standards Agency recommends that the more information parents can provide about allergens orally or in writing for customers, the better it is, so that everyone can make safe choices, particularly for those with allergies
Please note we would like all our community bakers to avoid the use of nuts in recipes.
We would also advise that children particularly those who have allergies are supervised after school and at community events when they are purchasing cakes and treats to ensure that children do not consume anything that may cause them harm.
You can read more about the Food Standards guidance here: https://www.food.gov.uk/safety-hygiene/providing-food-at-community-and-charity-events
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