Welcome to West End Primary School's PTA!

Our next meeting is during the week beginning 31st March, to be held at school (in the library) where we will be planning the Spring Fair - please come along!

The PTA is the parent and teacher association, which works to provide fun and exciting events and activities throughout the school year, enhancing the school experience for our children. We are a registered charity bringing together parents, carers, wider family members, school staff and children to raise funds and strengthen the school community. The money raised is spent on things that the school budget does not cover. Over recent years we have contributed to the sensory garden, outdoor classroom and the refit of the library within school.

There are many reasons why you should join our PTA! From making new friends and getting to know the school environment, through to helping raise much needed funds and making a difference to the children and school community. It feels good to know you are making a difference for your children and for generations to come.

If you’d like to join or have an idea for a fundraising event, please email friendsofwestendprimary@outlook.com – we’d love to have your support! Volunteering doesn't need to be a huge commitment, every little helps and even a few hours a year can make a massive difference to us.

Upcoming events

Save the date!

Pop the following events into your calendar so you don't miss out on the fun!

Friday 28th March - Non-uniform day in exchange for a chocolate donation for our Spring Fair

Friday 28th March - The return of the infamous West End Bingo night featuring Mr Dove as the Bingo King! This year promises to be bigger and better, buy your tickets on Parentmail now! Only £10 a ticket, including a welcome drink.

Friday 9th May - Please bring in your homemade (labelled with ingredients used) or shop bought cakes and bakes ready for our Spring Fair

Saturday 10th May - The jewel in our crown, The West End Spring Fair. Come along and have fun playing games, browsing the stalls, grabbing some lunch and/or a cake, having your faces painted or getting your energy out on the bouncy castles. 

Events so far this year:

Bedtime Stories - We loved the bedtime story event where you all got snuggled in your pyjamas, dressing gowns and onsies, brought along your teddies and enjoyed the stories which were being read by school staff. The hot chocolates (including 'special' versions for the adults!) and biscuits available in the school hall went down very well with everyone!

Break the Rules Day - The children relished the opportunity to raise money for the PTA by breaking some specially selected rules for the day. We were wowed by some funky face-paints and hairstyles and the extra snacks were clearly a hit all round.

Fancy Dress/Christmas clothing exchange - We were thrilled to help our school families be environmentally responsible by swapping their outgrown clothes for something new to them.

Christmas Disco - Wow! Many, many sequins, epic dance moves and a bar for the adults, what more could you want from a school disco! It was awesome!

Our Recent Impact

Last academic year we raised an amazing £6,640.50! Thank you to everyone who supported the PTA with their time, volunteering at our events, coming along to enjoy them or with their cold hard cash!!!

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Everyone in school was very excited with the huge delivery of diverse books from Truman Books in Farsely. The PTA generously donated almost 200 books for the children to have access to in their class book corners as well as in the school library. Our school librarians were thrilled to receive the books and spread the good news through assemblies and class reps.

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You may have noticed that we have recently had a defibrillator installed on the school fence at the bottom entrance, closest to the woods. This has been a joint project between the PTA and Inspirations Nursery, we are pleased to have been able to support the providing of this potentially life saving equipment for our community, although we hope it never has to be used!