Handforth Road, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 2LX

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The Wilmslow Academy

The PTA at The Wilmslow Academy arrange a variety of social and fundraising events throughout the year.  These events help to support the school by enhancing the pupil's educational experiences.  The PTA events can really make a difference to your school and we are always grateful to the pupils, their families, and parent volunteers for coming along to support the PTA events.

 

The PTA is for any parent who would like to get involved and make a difference to the school!

If you would like to become more involved in the PTA, please email us at  pta@thewilmslowacademy.co.uk

We also have a WhatsApp group set up to keep in touch - please email us your number if you would like to be added to the list.

Or follow us on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/groups/thewilmslowacademypta/     

 

We would love to hear from you!

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What we've been up to in 2020/2021

The PTA has proudly supported the following this school year:

New Reading Scheme Books

This year the PTA supported the school with updating their library with new reading scheme books. We hope this refresh will further spark the love of reading in our students and bring some fresh content for them to enjoy at school and home!

Additional funding provided to:

This year, the PTA, through some of our new events, have been able to raise an impressive £4871 to which the PTA has worked with the school to provide:
  • Contributions towards Art Week: new easels, choreographers and artists
  • New reading scheme books
  • Virtual Christmas panto
  • Leavers hoodies
  • End of year parties for all classes

As always a big thank you to everyone who continues to be so generous and supportive of the PTA’s efforts. It has been an incredible year and we hope that everyone has enjoyed all of the PTA’s events and look forward to what we have in store in 2021/22!

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Upcoming 2021/2022 PTA events

The following event dates are now confirmed: 

 

Fancy Dress Crazy Day - 21st October

Winter Wear Swap / Bag2School Donation - 8th/10th November

Personalised Letters to Father Christmas - Collection beginning 29th November

Winter Fest - 10th December

Jolly Jumper Day - 17th December

 Dress like a word day – Feb/March TBD

Virtual Balloon Race TBD

Skip-a-thon TBD 

 

This year with Covid-19 the PTA will need to be creative with fundraising and will be looking towards virtual fundraising efforts. If you have any ideas of fundraising we would be happy to hear them! Email us at pta@thewilmslowacademy.co.uk or get in touch via The Wilmslow Academy PTA Facebook Page.

Winter Wear Swap + Bag2School Donations -  Monday 8th/Wednesday 10th November

The Winter Wear Swap is back! Take out all those pre-loved but no longer wanted winter wear items and bring them to the swap on Monday 8th November! Jackets, hats, boots - anything goes for sizes from preschool to high school. Items can be dropped off at either pickup or drop-off on the 8th and will be sorted by the PTA. Then, on Wednesday 10th November everyone is invited to come and pick up an item FOR FREE at pick-up from the donations. Hopefully this will help to make everyone's winter a bit more warm!

All left over donations will go to the Bag2School donation coming on November 18th. It's a chance to get rid of something your child no longer fits into and a great opportunity for you to pick up something useful!

 
Fancy Dress Day - Thursday 21st October
Now that your child has their new items from the Fancy Dress Swap, they can show them off! With this special day, the PTA is helping the School to add to our student libraries with new books on diversity. We are hoping to collect enough donations to support the purchase of books on topics such as cultural and physical diversity, Family diversity, real life heroes and more. Please give what you can so we can raise enough money for this goal!  

 
The PTA will be collecting a "pay what you like" donation at the gate from each student who chooses to participate. We can't wait to see all the fabulous costumes!
  

 
Fancy Dress Swap - Monday 8th/Wednesday 10th October
 In preparation for Fancy Dress Day we asked parents and students to take out all those pre-loved but no longer wanted costume items and bring them to the Fancy Dress Swap! Hats, glasses, wigs - anything goes! Then, on the following Wednesday everyone was invited to come and pick up an item in the playground FOR FREE at pick-up from the donations that better suits their style and size! We hope that everyone loves their new fancy dress items!
 
Second-Hand Uniform Sale - Thursday 16th September
The PTA is holding a second-hand uniform sale on Thursday 16th September! Parents and carers are invited to donate good condition second-hand uniform in advance of the sale to be cleaned and then redistributed on the 16th! Time to clear out those drawers and cupboards!
 
PTA Annual General Meeting - Tuesday 28th September
The PTA Annual General Meeting is for any parents or carers interested in learning more about the PTA, it's key roles and it's initiatives for the upcoming school year. This year the AGM will be in person in the School Hall Tuesday 28th September at 7:30pm. You are welcome to wear a mask and please remember to practice social distancing. Hope to see you all there!
Past 2020/2021 PTA events

Stick Your Teacher To A Wall Event - Week of 20th June

Last month for our last PTA event we asked students to donate to sticking their teacher to a wall! And after a very tight race, Year 2 was the winner and Ms. Brown is the lucky volunteer to be plastered with duct tape. We hope that all the students had a great time with this new event and we’re happy to report we raised £505 for the school. This month in lieu of the Summer Picnic the PTA has donated so that each class could have their very own class party including prizes, decorations, games and treats.

Read-a-Thon - Wednesday 26th May

The PTA would again like to send a big THANK YOU and Congratulations to all our super readers who took part in the Read-a-Thon last month!
Top readers in each class were awarded with a certificate and book while the top 3 readers in the school were awarded with a copy of "Be Amazing, Inspiring Guide to being your own champion" signed by author and Olympian Sir Chris Hoy! Special thanks to Sir Chris Hoy and Carli for arranging these one of a kind prizes for our students! As well, prizes were provided to each class from the PTA for students and teachers to identify extra special Super Readers on the event day. We hope everyone had a great time flexing their super reading powers!
 
We raised an incredible £2046 that the school will be using towards events, trips, and guest speakers in the school. We all look forward to our next chance to be Super Readers!

Dress Like a Word Day - Friday 30th April

Dress Like a Word Day was Friday 30th April and it was a big hit with our students! Students were invited to dress like their favorite word and to be as creative as they liked. We raised £385 for the school which is incredible! Thank you to everyone for their continued support!

Jolly Jumper Day - Friday 11th December

Friday 11th December was Jolly Jumper Day at school! It was so fun to see so many students dressed up in their festive best to watch the Christmas Panto (donated by the PTA) and enjoying holiday treats! We raised £368 for the school which is the most we've ever raised for Jolly Jumper Day.

Personalised Letters to Father Christmas

"2020 has been quite a year!
We all need a big dose of festive cheer!
 
Send a personalised letter from Santa to your little one,
It's sure to bring a smile to their face and guarantee lots of fun!
There's no better way to make it extra special at Christmas time.
Please just let us know if you'd like a letter and the PTA elves will start the production line!"
 
Our first ever Personalized Letter from Father Christmas initiative was hugely successful. The PTA Elves packaged 220 letters to children in our school and raised an impressive £1009! Thank you again for helping to make a child smile! 

Crazy Pyjama Day

The PTA would like to thank everyone for their enormous generosity! For Crazy Pyjama day your donations totaled £532 to be split evenly between the PTA and Children in Need. This is the most we've ever managed to collect for a crazy day and the PTA would like to send our most heartfelt thank you's to everyone who donated and participated as well as a giant thank you to the school and staff who continue to keep our children happy and safe.

Fancy Dress Friday

The PTA is kicking off fundraising for the 2020/21 year with Fancy Dress Friday! Just before we break up for the half term children are invited to come to school in their fancy dress best. This year we raised £276 to be used for the school.

PTA Annual General Meeting

Thank you to those who attended our very first Zoom PTA AGM! It was great to see new faces willing to help out and be a part of this amazing team!
These are the key role members of this year's PTA:
  • Chair - Claire Wynn
  • Secretary - Nicole Chia
  • Treasurer - Melinda Gilbert-Rolfe
Remember that every parent in the school is a part of the PTA. We appreciate all the help and support you give the PTA through donations, contributions and volunteer hours and most importantly we look forward to seeing you all at upcoming PTA events!
You can view the PTA AGM Minutes here in detail. If you are ever interested in joining the PTA or learning more, please reach out via our PTA email or PTA Facebook Page

Profits from all PTA events benefits the children at the school as it will contributes to improvements for the playground, coach travel for school trips and subsidising workshops.

Current PTA Board 

The current PTA committee roles were elected at the AGM in September 2020:

Chair - Claire Wynn

Secretary - Nicole Chia

Treasurer - Melinda Gilbert-Rolfe

 

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The Wilmslow Academy - Past Fundraising Events

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2021-2022 PTA Fundraising Events
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  • Used Uniform Sale - £40

 

2020-2021 PTA Fundraising Events
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  • Stick Your Teacher To A Wall Event - £505
  • Read-A-Thon - £2046
  • Dress Like a Word Day - £385
  • Jolly Jumper Day - £368 raised
  • Letters from Father Christmas - £1009 raised
  • Crazy Pyjama Day - £266 raised
  • Fancy Dress Friday - £276 raised

 

2019-2020 PTA Fundraising Events
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  • Cinema Night - £185 raised
  • Crazy Comfy Day - £220 raised
  • Jolly Jumper Day - £161 raised
  • Winter Fair - £1678 raised
  • Bag2School - £160 raised
  • Autumn Disco - £985 raised  

2018-2019 PTA Fundraising Events
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  • July Summer Picnic - £1200 raised  
  • Bag2School Summer Term - £143 raised
  • May Our first Cinema night, showing Paddington 2
  • Crazy Colours Day - £224.25 raised
  • Spring Disco - £950 raised
  • Bag2School Winter Term - £92 raised
  • Crazy Hair Day - £177 raised
  • Winter Fair 2018 - £2111 raised
  • Autumn Disco - £800 raised 

 

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Thank You for your continued support!