We raise funds, with your help, to give the school the extra things it needs each year. Over the years we’ve managed to provide the school with things as diverse as iPad protectors & cameras all the way through to the staging and very popular chick hatchery. We are also currently raising funds for the new playground once the nursery building is complete.
You help by coming along to the Fairs, sending your children to Movie Nights and buying our fundraising items. Remember the school calendars and the Christmas mugs and cards? That was us!
But it could all end… Over the course of the year we’ve lost some of our committee and more are leaving at the end of the year. If we can’t get the requisite minimum number of 8 parents and 2 teachers, we have to fold.
This means not only a loss of around £5,000 per year for the school to purchase items similar to those we’ve bought in the past, but there would be no more Halloween Parties, Movie Nights, School Fairs, P7’s Leaver’s trip and funding for bus trips. Even ice lollies after the Sports Days.
What We Need
For more parents to sign up! As a committee member, it won’t take up a lot of your time. Attend our monthly , term time meetings, help out at events only when you can (where, we can assure you, you will have lots of fun) and really feel you’re making a difference to your school and your child’s schooling. If you can help, please contact us on the email below, or even give us a shout on the Mid Calder Parents Reminder page on Facebook – we’re often loitering there to answer parent queries on school events. Our next AGM is Wednesday 13th September at 7pm, in the staff room of the school. We hope you can come along.
The Small Print: The Parent Staff Association is a registered charity and our commitment is to support the school through fundraising. This enables the school to purchase items that support the children’s’ education which are outwith the school’s budget. As parents of children attending this primary school, you automatically become a member of the PSA. However , it is a committee made up of volunteers, who give some of their time to help organise the fundraising. We are an official organisation, therefore we have a chairperson, treasurer and secretary. We have two members of staff who also sit on the committee. All meetings are recorded and we produce minutes of theses meetings. Our meetings take place in the staff room – 7pm on the second Wednesday of the month, term time permitting.
We also hold an AGM, which normally takes place in September and is open to all parents. The fundraising that we do ranges from fairs to parties for the children.
We are constantly looking for new ideas. Our committee embers all donate different amounts of their time; it depends on how much they can give.
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at: psa-midcalder@hotmail.co.uk The PSA is a registered charity. Charity number: SC044390
