Blakedown Church of England Primary School

PTA

Welcome to the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) page where you can find out more about what we do, upcoming events and ways you can support us.

What we do

The PTA is a registered charity (number 1044053) that supports the school to enhance learning. We raise money to fund learning resources and extras that cannot be bought out of the school budget. We also arrange fun activities and events for pupils, their families and the wider community.

We raised over £7.5k in 2025/26 - thank you to everyone for your support and contributions.

All parents/carers and all school staff are automatically members of the PTA. We hold regular PTA meetings and would love for you to join us. Our next PTA catch up will be on Thursday 8th October from 7.30pm, with our AGM at 8pm, in the Old House at Home in Blakedown. Details of future meetings will be shared in the school newsletter and on our PTA Facebook page. Please come along and say hello, its very friendly and we’d love to hear your ideas. You'll be able to find out more about what we do and it’s a great opportunity to shape our fundraising efforts.

We would like to adopt a new constitution for our PTA - please join us at our upcoming AGM on Thursday 8th October to vote on this. The model constitution we want to adopt can be found in the documents below. All members (i.e. every parent, carer and member of staff) have a vote on this so please come along and take part.

We're also looking for new committee members as our secretary and treasurer are standing down - committee members will also be voted in for the upcoming year at the AGM on 8th October. We're also looking for help with new PTA roles - uniform coordinators, communications lead, and class champions. Please get in touch if you're interested or if you'd like to find out more.

We are very grateful to everyone who volunteers and helps out. We can only run events and fundraising activities with your support. Please get in touch if you can help - any amount of time you can volunteer is very much appreciated.

What we’ve funded

In the last school year, we were able to fund:

£4k to resurface the school hall floor
Over £700 on games, books, activities and treats for classes through 50/50 sales
£300 for new wireless microphones in Music
£300 for Art and DT resources
£300 for Sports equipment
£3000 towards learning subscriptions that are used across the school. These include:
- TT Rockstars
- SPAG.com
- MyMaths
- Maths.co.uk
- Kapow Primary Art & Design
- First News Education

In 2025, we funded 15 new iPads and a charging trolley for the school. This now means that the school has a full class set of iPads to use. We’ve heard lots of great things from the children about how they’ve been using them in lessons.

Our next goal is to invest in the school grounds and improve the play areas and social spaces for pupils. Look out for more information on this as we confirm plans with the school If you think you could help with any of the work or materials to support this then please get in touch.

Upcoming events

Saturday 26th September - Family Bingo - 6pm, Blakedown Parish Rooms. Tickets only £3 each. Food can also be pre-ordered from The Old House at Home. Join us for a fun filled evening! Tickets available at https://blakedownprimarypta.charityhive.co.uk/.

Thursday 8th October - PTA catch up and AGM - join us at 7.30pm in The Old House at Home, Blakedown, to meet other parents, hear more about the PTA and share ideas. We will hold at short AGM at 8pm to share last year's reports, to vote in the committee for the next year, and to vote on a new constitution.

Friday 19th October - Autumn School Disco - Reception & KS1 at 4.30pm; KS2 at 5.30pm. Tickets £4, please book in your child at https://blakedownprimarypta.charityhive.co.uk/.

Wednesday 14th October and Tuesday 22nd October - Preloved Uniform Sale - self service uniform sales during Parents Evening in the library area. Please help yourselves and pay/donate via the QR code. If you have any good quality, clean uniform that you no longer need, this can be dropped off the w/c 5th October before under the canopy at the front of school.

Plus look out for more information and dates for:

Wreath making workshops
Christmas Fair
Breakfast with Santa
Santa's sleigh

Get involved

We’d love to hear your ideas for fundraising. If you are able to volunteer and help with any of the upcoming events, please get in touch too.

Email us at blakedownprimarypta.co.uk

Or catch one of us in the playground:

PTA Committee

Co-Chairs: Laura Preston & Laura Kerr
Secretary: Becky Lesinak
Treasurer: Laura Scott

Class Representatives

Reception: Linzee Rollins
Year 1: Verina Smith
Year 2: Alice Ward
Year 3: Charlotte Reynolds
Year 4: Caroline Hough
Year 5: Beth Smith
Year 6: Summer Corbett

Support us

Shopping online? Sign up to easyfundraising to donate to the PTA at no extra cost to you! (www.easyfundraising.org.uk - search for Blakedown CofE Primary School PTA to support our cause).

Need name labels for uniform and water bottles? Order them at one of the retailers below, enter our unique code, and earn commission for the PTA.

My Nametags (www.mynametags.com) - School ID: 35865
Stikins Name Labels (www.stikins.co.uk) - Fundraising number: 2190

Considering a sponsored fundraising event? Did you know that the PTA is a registered charity (number 1044053) and you can raise funds for us. Many employers offer matched funding for sponsorship too. Please get in touch if you could help.

Own or work for a local business? We would love to offer local businesses a number of sponsorship opportunities - please email the PTA if you are interested (blakedownprimarypta@gmail.com).