Thornhill Primary School Pta

THORNHILL PRIMARY SCHOOL PTA

PARENTS QUESTIONNAIRE 2012

1. Communication

How would you prefer to get information on PTA activities and events?
Please tick one or more / a / Parentmail
b / Letters brought home by children
c / PTA Website
d / School Noticeboard
Do you find the PTA newsletter informative and useful? / a / Yes
b / No (please specify why)
How could the PTA improve communications? Please specify

1. 2011 Autumn / Winter Events

What is your opinion on the number of PTA events held since the start of the 2011 / 2012 school year?Please tick one / a / Too many
b / About right
c / Not enough
d / Indifferent
Feedback on events/activities 2011 (Please complete the table below)
Event / Activity / Did you/ your child participate?
(yes or No) / If not, why not? / Event rating
1 = Good
2 = OK
3 = Bad / What did you enjoy? / What could have been better?
Cinema Nights
Personalised Christmas Cards
Bags2School
Christmas Shopping Night
Christmas Tree Sale
Bake sales
Chocolate Tombola
Christmas Fayre
Christmas Disco
Carols by Candlelight

1. 2012 Spring / Summer Events

What is your opinion on the number of PTA events planned for the remainder of the 2011 / 2012 school year? (please see programme below) / a / Too many
b / About right
c / Not enough
d / Indifferent

1. Future Events

What sort of events would you be interested in, if the PTA were to organise them?
Pamper Night / Table Top Sale
Bingo / Beetle Drive
Casino / Poker Night / Sponsored Events
Car Boot Sale / Ball (for adults)
Any other ideas? All new ideas welcome!
What type of events would you be interested in?
(Please tick one or more)
Family events / Children only
Adults only / All of these
When would you prefer our major events to take place?
(Please tick)
Friday 3:30 / Friday 5:00 / Saturday
Christmas Fayre
Spring Fayre
Discos
Summer BBQ

1. PTA Meetings

If you do not attend PTA meetings, is this due to:Please tick one or more / a / Day/times are inconvenient
b / Insufficient notice of meeting
c / Insufficient information about what PTA meetings involve
d / Don’t have time
e / Not interested
f / Other reason (please specify)

1. Fundraising

Y / N
Are you aware of why the PTA engages in fundraising?
Are you happy with the target set for 2011-12? (£6,500)
Are you aware of how much money has been raised?
Do you know how moneyraised is spent?
Do you know who agrees on how funds are spent?
Are you happy with how the funds are being spent?
Is there anything specific you would like the PTA to raise funds for?
Please specify

2012 Spring/Summer Event Programme

11th January Year 2 Bakesale14th March Nursery Bakesale

18th-20th January Bags2School16th March St Patricks Disco

25th January Year 4 Bakesale22nd March Mothers Day Treat

26th January Curry and Quiz Night5th April Non Uniform Day

8thFebruary Year 3 Bakesaletbc April Easter Egg Hunt / Bonnet Parade

10th February Non Uniform Day19th May Spring Fair – All the Fun of the Circus!

28th and 29th February Cinema nights2nd June Queen’s Jubilee Street Party

22nd February Year 5 Bakesale7th June Father’s Day Gift Sale

28th February Infants Cinema Night21st June Father’s Day event

29th February Juniors Cinema Night20-22 June Bags2School

1st March World Book Day Sponsored read/listen13th July BBQ Beach Party!

4th March Reception Bakesale18th July Year 6 Farewell Event

8th March Mother’s Day Gift Sale20thJuly Non Uniform Day

Helping out

Fundraising events organised by the PTA are enjoyed by the children and their families and in turn raise funds for school equipment that otherwise would not have be available to the school. In summary, all the children benefit from both the event and the money raised.

To enable his to happen we rely on volunteers, at some events we have had some great help (e.g. the Christmas Fayre) but others have been less so (e.g. cancellation of the Christmas Junior Disco). It is unfortunately,only a small percentage of parents that regularly volunteer to help. If one parent per child were to volunteer just 30 minutes at one event in the entire school year, we would have more than enough help to support all the events.

Would you be prepared to commit just 30 minutes of your time at our major events? (Christmas and Spring Fayre, Disco and BBQ) Over the whole school year that’s just 2 hours! Or if you have free time in the day, could you help with preparation?

Sign up now to be included on our volunteer database by completing the form below!

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THANKS! THORNHILL PRIMARY SCHOOL PTA