The Parents’ Association

The Fairfield School Parents’ Association has 2 aims:

• To support the community ethos of the school by encouraging parents and children from throughout the school to meet and enjoy social events together.
• To raise funds for the school “wish list” that is produced through consultation with pupils, staff and parents.

In recent years, the PA has raised around £8,000 a year from a wide variety of events that have included Christmas and Summer Fayres, a treasure hunt, promises auction, golf days, wine tasting and dance band evenings and cake sales. The PA is also pleased to support the school by providing refreshments at numerous events including pre-show drinks at theatrical events, coffee at new parents information evenings and ice-creams at sports day.

The money raised in recent years from these events has bought many items, large and small, from the “wish list”, including:

• interactive whiteboards for every class in the school
• a new sound and projection system for the main hall
• ICT equipment for the new ICT suite
• digital cameras for each class
• new playground games
• a sun shade for the Nursery and Reception playground
• football kit for the school team

Every parent of the school is automatically a member of the PA. The committee of 10 members is elected by members each September and works closely with additional elected representatives from each class, forming a PA community that echoes and supports the community of the school.

Pictures from the Parents’ Association