Hello to all Sutton Bonington parents and carers! The PTA is currently made up of around 20 parents across all year groups, and we meet several times throughout the year to discuss a number of items such as: PTA events for the school year; class and school wish lists; different ways to help the school. Like you, we all want the best for our children and want to help the school as best we can to make this happen, at a time when it needs it most. We appreciate that these are challenging times and time is something we don’t have enough of! If, however, you feel you can lend a hand, there are many different ways that parents can help to contribute towards the PTA, without having to make a huge or regular time commitment.

There have been many members join recently and we are a very active group.  Here are some of the key members:

• Chairperson – Theo Stavri - theostavri@yahoo.co.uk     
• Secretary -      Bridget Thornhill - thornhillbridget@gmail.com                 
• Treasurer – Emily Spence - emilylspence@googlemail.com   
• Marketing and design coordinator - Gemma Summerton - gsummerton82@gmail.com

Please do not hesitate to get in touch with any of the above members if you want to get involved, or if you have any questions, ideas or offers of help, at all - we would be more than happy to help

Over recent years we have funded a number of projects, both large and small, including:

• Enhancing the adventure playground with new equipment
• Purchasing 8 new digital cameras
• Match funding a new outdoor 'cabin', primarily to provide a quiet space for pastoral care      
• Construction of a log circle on the school field to be used in outdoor learning activities
• Paying for all children to take part in a willow-weaving workshop
• A new oven for the cookery area
• A new flat screen television          
• Annual yearbooks for Year 6 leavers
• Funding the DARE (Drugs Awareness) programme in Year 6
• Buying 'Living Eggs', allowing Reception children to see chicks hatch
• Bike stands for secure storage

For updates on our school events and other PTA news, please also see our active Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Sutton-Bonington-Primary-School-PTA-286026548272889/