Friends of the School (PTA)

Registered Charity 1046636 | freindsofstjohnfisher@gmail.com  |  07930853047  | 07967123505

Welcome to St John Fisher's Parent Teacher Association

OUR AIM:  is to enrich the lives of our children by bringing together our community through a range of social and fundraising events.

To provide those little ‘extras’ that govt funding falls short of - the ‘fun things’ that make learning more interesting and exciting.

We rely heavily on your support to try and achieve this!

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The Friends PTA Winter Ball 2020

What an amazing evening!  153 guests raising the profile of our ever strong SJF community - We sincerely thank each and every one of you for your continued support - it was your presence that made the evening so special!

Just to be clear, we did not profit from ticket sales, not intend to.  This was purely a social event first and foremost.  We did however still managed to raise £4,000!   This would not at all have been possible without the incredible Table Sponsors, raffle prize donors, and general additional support pre-event

Robertson Phillips | Meat Like it Used to Be | SC Law x 2 tables! | GoMad | The Irish Dance Academy | La Joile Ronda | The Three Wishes | Coyle Haulage | Aspire Financial Associates | Metropolitan Tutors | Misura Wealth Management | The Kingdom Kerry Gaels | Mountside Accountancy | Brendons  | The Grove Hotel | The Grimsdyke Hotel | Arbonne | Sassy Little Birds | Respira Yoga | Chocobella | The Red Cup Cafe | Stomp Dance and Sport Holiday Club | Simple Functional Training | AJ Soccer | Claret Showroom - Ms Sophia-Celine Roxas | MS S Lucas | Mrs Alison Slack | Mrs B Grady | Ms L Dore | Cris Conboy | Kate Burke

Don't forget to check out our short video and pics of the evening!

It is with great sadness that aside from being one of the most memorable and wonderful evenings, it was unfortunately marred by the after-effects of what we now know to be food poisoning for some guests.  We would like to reassure everyone that the matter is being investigated rigorously and the committee is hands-on supporting the extensive investigations.

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Support the school - log in to https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/ or download the easyfundraising app via Google Play / Apple Store.  Assign Friends of SJF Harrow as your cause.  When you shop online, you get a reminder to collect a donation.  The retailer donates to our cause. It’s that Simple.

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Don't miss out on the next draw!

To enter:

1. Click here to access the form for purchasing online tickets  OR  Print and complete the 100 Club Entry Form and return it to the school office with your cash (or cheque)

2.  Purchase as many tickets as your heart desires at £10 each.  Our account details for online payment:

2.  Every ticket purchased is entered into a draw, near the end of Christmas, Easter and Summer terms, offering three chances to win. 

3.  Look out on this website and other internal comms at the end of each term to see who's won one of these super cash prizes.   Prize money is subject to the number of tickets sold.

Last terms winners:

1st Prize:  £100 to Bijal Patel

2nd Prize:  £30 to Tracey Beck (Class Rep for 1R)

3rd Prize:  £20 to Marie Gurhy

WHERE DOES THE MONEY GO?

Every penny of the funds raised will go towards things like: Book Bags, Golden Time Materials, The Christmas Panto, Scalextric Day, School Trips, the occasional gift... just to name a few!

So... if you don't win, you can always take comfort in knowing you've contributed towards enriching your child/rens school life. 

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CLASS REPS

This is a vital communication channel between you the and School / Friends PTA.  Class Rep share important news regarding Friends social events and activities.  You can see who your class rep is in the table below, but note we're still on the lookout for Class Reps to come forward for 2R and 5R.

If you're in one of these classes and can help then please do get in touch by submitting the SJF Class Rep form: https://tinyurl.com/sjfclassrep (or scroll down and click on the SJF Class Reps image)

The Class Rep role:

1. Try and attend at least 1 Friends meeting per term at the school for 1-2 hours, to keep informed

2. Help to promote/support any class social gatherings for children/parents (ad hoc)

3. Share the above through communication to class parents (mostly through Whatsapp)

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whatsapp group: SJF Dad's

(social only and PTA events only - so don't worry about getting pinged constantly)

We had a great night out with the dads at The Three Wishes on Thursday 27th February 2020 

There will be more nights to follow and there was talk of a golf day, and generally dad's days out with the kids... watch this space!

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The School Friends PTA are made up of the following committee members:

President:  Maria Conlon - Head Teacher

Co-Chair:  Jacqui Brosnan - (1S) - 07967 123 505

Co-Chair:  Nishchal Patel - (4R) and (1C) - 07930 853 047

Treasurer:  Caroline Ferguson - (4S) and (1S)

Charity Secretary:  Vanisha Kapur - (1R)

Class Rep Coordinator:  Nigel Moniz -  (1S)

Teacher Representatives:  Miss E O'Sullivan & Miss S Lucas

Please feel free to message any one of us with queries using the form below, or contact either of the two Co-Chairs at any time on the numbers above.

GET INVOLVED!

Like all PTAs, we rely on parents’ support and are very grateful to the many people who support us in the smallest of ways.

Contribute to your child's fun(d)!

DISCLAIMER:  We know it seems arbitrary to have to fill out a form when you know you're going to just help out on the day whilst attending an event your child is involved in, but it helps us massively when advance planning, hence the polite request.  Go on.  Do it.  These links are quick and simple google forms that'll take you less time to complete and submit than it did to read this piece of text, honestly!  And by doing so you will not be committing your life away.  We will simply use your contact information to get in touch in advance of an event to find out if you're attending and whether you can help out when you do. No pressure!

The SJF Pupil Voice Group would like to thank each and every parent of St John Fisher School, for all their hard work and support towards the extra resources they have provided for the school:

DEAR PARENTS,

On behalf of the pupils of St. John Fisher School, we the students, would like to thank the all Parents for:

• Helping to pay for our school trips
• Making playtime active by providing equipment
• Organising the Christmas Pantomime and School Disco
• Giving us money for additional Christmas activities
• Organising Christmas shopping Day and Christmas Cards
• Treating us to Scalextrics Day!
• Working so hard for the International Summer Fair Day
• Showing us movies at the end of term
• Buying us Bibles to remember Jesus is always with us as we move on to high school

THANK YOU !!

Gallery Privacy Notice

Please note that we do take privacy very seriously, and all pictures or video's taken at any of our Friends events are purely for the benefit of sharing moments of joy with our SJF Parents.

We are mindful, however, that not everyone is partial to having their children's pics/vids shared online or via social media, and we also totally appreciate that there may be very valid reasons for that choice.

If this is the case, or should you find a picture on our site that you would like removed, please do not hesitate to contact us and we promise to remove it immediately without any further question.

Please also be assured that all pictures and video's taken are removed from all of our personal devices after being posted on the school site.

Again, if you would not like to have your child/rens pictures/videos shared online, please let us know.

Many thanks,

Friends Team