LETTER FROM THE CHAIR

Welcome to the Parents Teachers Association section of Clarendon Cottage website.  While your son or daughter is at Clarendon Cottage, you are automatically a member of the PTA.

The PTA is registered as charity and is run by the charity trustees, who are a group of parents and teachers at the school. The trustees form the PTA committee and conduct regular PTA meetings. Any parent at the school or nursery is also welcome to attend and take part in these meetings and this is often how parents become involved in the PTA. 

Meetings are held three or four times a term, usually after school at 4.15pm, in a spare classroom. If you attend the meeting your child can stay in After School Club free of charge.

Check the playground notice board for dates of meetings and a copy of previous minutes.

PTA members work with the staff on fundraising activities.  We run stalls at the Summer and Christmas Fairs, serve refreshments at Sports Day and other events and organise parties for the children.  We also try to have at least one major sponsored event during the year.

Parents aren’t forgotten either. There are social events planned throughout the year.

Another function of the PTA is to provide a forum for parents to have a say and play a more direct role in the school’s progress, commenting on new proposals and initiatives.

We can only discover your views if you attend, however, so do come along and add your voice.  If you want to raise a matter but do not wish to do so yourself then speak to a committee member before the meeting and they will raise this for you.

We look forward to welcoming you onto our team.