PSA

Pembury School Association (PSA) is the name of the Parent Teachers Association (PTA), associated with Pembury School in Pembury, Kent, UK.

We are a committee of parents and teachers who raise money to buy the things for our children that the school budget just can’t stretch to.

The primary objective of the PSA is to advance the education of the pupils in the school, in particular by:

Raising money to buy things for the benefit of all the children and staff at Pembury School.
Developing effective relationships between the staff, parents and others associated with the school.
Engaging in activities or providing facilities or equipment which support the school and advance the education of the pupils.

We aim to raise money by organising fun, community based events for Pembury School pupils, families, teachers and staff that are inclusive for all members of our school community. We investigate alternative funding such as, match funding, and grants from local and national charity organisations. Pembury School Association is a registered charity and all monies raised by the PSA are held in a charitable bank account. The Headteacher at Pembury School decides how to use the monies raised by the PSA and refers funding requests to the PSA committee for final approval.

The Committee

Chair – Hayley Brown
Co-Chair – Teresa Relf
Secretary – Karen Cooper
Treasurer – Vacant
Jo Davoren
Claire Rutland
Nikki Twinner
Canan Osman
Michelle Hollingsworth
Mrs Walters – Headteacher

Join our committee! We need people from across the school community who enjoy working as a team and can bring fresh ideas and enthusiasm. Our committee comprises a small friendly group of parents and teachers – we are all busy people with limited time to give, but we share a common goal in wanting to make sure school life at Pembury the best that it can be. We don’t expect everyone to do everything – you can contribute ideas or contribute to specific tasks or events. Come to our meetings and be part of planning and organising events, external funding and reviewing school funding requests. Or if you have specific skills, find out about getting involved with managing the PSA finances, communications, marketing or administration.

Newsletters

Details of all our upcoming events and dates for your diary can be found in our newsletters below:

How to keep updated:

For more information and updates follow us on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Pembury/PSA or twitter: PemburySchoolPTA@PemburyPSA

How you can help:

To make our fundraising a success, we need you! To help out, you can do as little or as much as you want or your time allows – you don’t even need to leave home to help make a difference.

Shop and Raise Money with Easyfundraising at www.easyfundraising.org.uk and select Pembury School. We get a cashback donation each time you shop.

Get Your Work Involved: does your employer offer Match Funding, kit sponsorship, employee volunteer schemes or donate goods that could benefit Pembury School? Please ask and let us know if they do! Other local schools are raising over £20,000 per year this way!

Play Your School Lottery at www.yourschoollottery.co.uk – just £1 per week you could win a cash prize within the school AND a jackpot of £25,000! Profits to Pembury School.

Donate Stuff! From mufti day donations and to old saucepans for the Forest School, the PSA would love your old stuff!

Surf the Web via www.pemburyschool.easysearch.org.uk instead of Google and you will raise 0.5p per completed search. Easy money! 1 parent alone has raised £120 doing this!

Follow, Like, Comment, Share and Retweet us on social media – Twitter(@PemburyPSA) Facebook (PemburyPSA) and Instragram(pemburyschoolassociation) helping to raise our profile and spread the word.

Buy tickets and give your time to support our events. Look on our Facebook events page for all event information and at www.pta-events.co.uk/PemburyPSA for information, volunteering opportunities and tickets for adults events and on School Gateway www.schoolgateway.co.uk for children’s events tickets.