Greenmount -
a Pathway to Success
PTA
Welcome to Greenmount Primary School's PTA
NEXT ZOOM MEETING
TBC
The meeting ID and Password will be published on Class Dojo.
Everyone welcome.
CURRENT FUNDRAISING:
Easter Prize Draw:
TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW!
TO BUY YOUR TICKETS:
1. Fill out the order form:
2. Make payment:
Via the PTA's PayPal:
https://paypal.me/pools/c/8xBcnZRWG5
or Via the PTA's Bank Account:
Santander
Sort code 09 01 55
Acc no. 36913080
Name Greenmount Primary School Parent Association
Terms and Conditions for Easter Prize Draw
£1 per ticket, you can buy as many tickets as you wish.
Each ticket will be allocated a unique number.
Numbers will be allocated once payment received.
All tickets will be entered into all 8 draws,
There will be 8 draws in total starting on the 22 March until the 31 March on school days only.
Each draw will either be live on Facebook or drawn by a PTA member privately using an online number generator.
There will be one winning ticket per day.
Once a ticket has been picked it cannot win again. If a previously winning ticket is drawn again, then that draw will be done again to ensure a different winning ticket.
Unsuccessful tickets will be re-entered in to the draw for the next day.
Winners will be contacted on the day by either text/email/phone given on the entry form.
Prizes should be collected from school by the next school day or arrangements made with the PTA for alternative collection.
Tickets can continue to be bought throughout March, up until 5pm 30 March,
Any tickets bought (with payment received) after 5pm will not be entered into the following days draw but will go in for the subsequent days (eg entry received at 6pm on 23 March will be entered into draw from 25th).
If you require any more info please get in touch with the PTA
"Half and Half" Club
Charity Registration Number: 1095777 Lottery Licence Number: LOT0556
The “Half and Half” Club is a simple, but effective way of boosting PTA funds and achieving our goal to provide additional Reading Books for the children in school. By joining the Half and Half club you can help your child’s school as well as having a chance to win cash prizes every month! The Greenmount Primary School Half and Half Club is a private lottery and is open to all parents, staff and friends of Greenmount Primary School. Anyone age 16 or over can join. Members of the club pay a £20 subscription which entitles them to be entered into each of the 10 draws over the course of the year.
*****Entry for 2020/2021 draw is now CLOSED*****
Half of the money raised from subscriptions to the club becomes the prize draw, the other half is transferred to the PTA fundraising account.
A full copy of the Terms and Conditions can be found here:
https://primarysite-prod-sorted.s3.amazonaws.com/greenmount-primary-school/UploadedDocument/e5d1a7aaa4c64e2c94551be3666c6dd7/half-and-half-2020-2021-invite.pdf.
The draws will take place on:
Friday, 16th October
Friday, 20th November
Friday, 18th December
Friday, 15th January
Friday, 12th February
Friday, 19th March
Friday, 23rd April
Friday, 21st May
Friday, 18th June
Friday, 16th July
We're collecting used ink cartridges!
There is now a recycling box for ink cartridges in the foyer at school.
Please refer to the Facepage Page for photos of the list of accepted ink cartridges. They also accept named toner cartridges. Please place any used cartridges in the box for collection and please ask workplaces if we can have the toner cartridges if they are not refilled.
Many thanks.
The Giving Machine:
You can support the PTA's fundraising target by generating free donations for us every time you shop online via TheGivingMachine. Sign up, install the app on your mobile device or set the 'shop and give' reminder on your desktop and get started now. It doesn't cost you anything, but raises vital funds for our school. Please do tell your friends and family how they can help us at no extra cost too
https://www.thegivingmachine.co.uk/causes/greenmount-primary-school-pta/
Amazon Smile:
Shopping at Amazon, why not switch to smile.amazon.co.uk and nominate Greenmount PTA as your chosen charity.
As you all know we aren't able to run a lot of our events this year and are having to think of other ways to raise money for school. This is a really easy way to generate some much needed funds. You can use the link below or log onto smile.amazon.co.uk and nominate Greenmount PTA as your chosen charity, every time you shop on Amazon we will receive 0.5% of any eligible spend at no extra cost to you. You can even activate smile.amazon via the mobile app by selecting ‘Settings’ on the left hand drop down menu, then into Amazon Smile where you can select Greenmount PTA. Thanks and happy shopping!
Second Hand Uniform Shop
Our storage boxes are full so we are NOT accepting any donations at the moment.
We are currently NOT taking any online orders for second hand uniform.
Dates for our next pop-up shop will be advertised shortly.
Our fundraising:
Greenmount Primary School has a very active PTA.
Over the years, PTA fundraisers have allowed the purchase of some fantastic resources for our school.
During 2018-2019, we raised £11,200 which was spent on:
* additional iPads
* Y6 bowling trip
* the whole school art project (see the flowers outside the main entrance !)
* new programmable robots for Computing lessons
* new laptops
* parents' texting service
* Parents' Evening booking system
* picnic tables for the school field
*£50 for each class to spend on essential supplies
* 40 new glockenspiels for music lessons
For 2019 - 2020, we are fundraising for:
* additional iPads
* new playground equipment
* a whole school art project
* texting service
* Parents' Evening booking system
Events for 2019 - 2020
Wednesday, 18th September @ 7.00 p.m. PTA AGM
Wednesday, 25th September @ 7.00 p.m. Cheese and Wine
Friday, 8th November Glow Discos Raised £453
Saturday, 7th December @ 3.00 p.m. Christmas Fair Raised £3544.76
Friday, 13th December Secret Christmas Shop
Christmas My Child's Art Raised £109.92
Santa's Sleigh (with Rotary) Raised £140
Friday, 7th February @ 5.30 p.m. Infant Disco
Friday, 7th February @ 6.45 p.m. Junior Disco
Thursday, 19th March Mothers’ Day Shop
Friday, 24th April @ 7.00 p.m. Family Race Night CANCELLED
Friday, 15th May @ 5.30 p.m. Infant Disco CANCELLED
Friday, 15th May @ 6.45 p.m. Junior Disco CANCELLED
Thursday, 11th June ONLINE Fathers’ Day Shop - Raised £
Saturday, 27th June @ 12.00 p.m. Summer Fair - CANCELLED
WE NEED YOU MORE THAN EVER!!
Here's How To Get Involved!
Meetings:
All parents are very welcome to attend the PTA meetings. You can come to one, all, any you like and you can be as involved as you can / wish to be. There is no pressure. Meetings generally last an hour and are held in school with the Headmaster - just turn up and ring the bell!. If you are interested in attending, please just come along ! We're a friendly bunch and we'd appreciate the extra support!
*We will adapt the way we meet in line with the most recent Covid restrictions so please keep an eye out on Dojo for the latest*
Volunteering:
If you can't make the meetings but would like to be involved, we are always looking for help at our events - discos, secret shops, fairs etc. We need lots of support to run these events and so an hour of volunteering does make all the difference.
Attending events:
Of course our fundraising events are worthless unless you come along and support them! The proceeds go straight back to school and the children really love it too.
Second Hand Uniform Shop:
We've had huge success with our online and 'pop-up' Second Hand Uniform Shops. There are hundreds of high quality items of uniform for sale. All proceeds of the shop go directly back to school.
The Giving Machine:
You can support the PTA's fundraising target by generating free donations for us every time you shop online via TheGivingMachine. Sign up, install the app on your mobile device or set the 'shop and give' reminder on your desktop and get started now. It doesn't cost you anything, but raises vital funds for our school. Please do tell your friends and family how they can help us at no extra cost too
https://www.thegivingmachine.co.uk/causes/greenmount-primary-school-pta/
Contact Us:
If you would like further information about any PTA events, if you have some ideas or feedback that may be of help, if you'd like to volunteer or have any other enquiry, please speak to our chair - Kathy (mum of Thomas in Year 5), a PTA Committee member or email us - greenmountpta@live.com
We are also very active on the 'Parents of Greenmount Primary School, Bury' Facebook page.