HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OUR PARENTS, CARERS AND OUR WIDER WILLIBUGS COMMUNITY
We are desperately looking for volunteers to join our Williamsburgh Parent Council. At present, we have a core support of only a handful of parents, who currently have children in P7, P6, P4 and P1. We appreciate that everyone has their own busy lives, we are not asking for a huge commitment – but looking for new ideas, energy, and suggestions from others. We are always trying to improve facilities and experiences for all the children at the school and nursery.
Our monthly meetings (currently held online on the first Tuesday of each month) are a great way to engage with what’s going on in the school, with Head, Depute and Principal Teachers also attending.
Over the last 5 years, we have through various channels raised thousands of pounds for the following:
- Repairing trim trail and other outdoor equipment over numerous years
- Supplying exercise equipment in the playground
- Purchasing PE equipment
- Purchasing school ties for all P7’s leavers
- Purchasing gym bags for all P1’s just starting out
- Purchasing the new popular House System Display and tokens
- Stationary
We also (pre Covid) ran the following events for the kids:
- P1 – Pizza Treasure Hunt night
- 3,4 & 5 – Halloween Discos
- P6 – Chill night / film nights, make overs etc
- P7 – Leavers do
As well as fundraising (pre Covid) as follows:
- Christmas Carol concert / home baking stall
- Spring & Summer Fayre
- Collections in playground for dress down days
- Art competitions with prizes for winners
- Ladies’ night
We also champion the concerns we hear from parents and carers. Our concerns and objectives for this year include:
- Playground resurfacing and improvement of facilities currently available
- Suggestions for possible replacement of trim trail
- Ideas to bring to the Councils attention re the waste ground at the rear of the school
Our fundraising hopes from now till the summer include:
- Ladies’ night in Spring (more info to follow)
- Summer Fayre (weather permitting) or raffle with prizes
We would love to have new members join our PTA and ensure that we can continue to the support the school and our children in the best way possible. Sadly, if we cannot attract new members, it could result in there being no PTA, with our children missing out on future activities or benefitting from funding for new equipment as stated above, which would be a real shame.
If you would like to join, have suggestions, or think you can help in any way, please contact us either via our Facebook page, or on the below email address. We would love to hear from you.
williamsburgh@renfrewshire.npfs.org.uk
Thank you – Caroline & Valerie
