Our PTFA

Meltham Moor PTA is a group of parents, carers, family and friends of Meltham who work with the teachers to organise fundraising activities for the school. The PTA is set up to benefit the children and fundraises to pay for equipment and other resources that support the school’s efforts both within and outside the curriculum.  All money the raised by the PTA goes to fund additional resources and activities for the school which otherwise they would not be able to afford.

The PTA is a registered charity (Charity number 1118630) and is a member of the ParentKind - the association of PTAs - which provides our insurance cover.  We are registered with Kirklees Licensing and Gambling for our raffles and the School Lottery.

• Keep up to date with PTA activities in the school newsletter. 

• Email us on pta@melthammoor.org  with questions, queries or offers of help.

• New members are always welcome!

The PTA supports the school by organising a variety of events such as the school’s annual Fayre, running a school disco once a term and supporting activities such as sports day and the Christmas concerts.  We aim to fund activities that all children in the school will benefit from. The fundraising efforts in the past have paid for:

• Outdoor provision for children in Foundation Stage.

• Provision of money to support “hook” activities for each class in school, linked to their topics e.g. Roman visitor, Bread workshops.

• Purchase of book bags for every new starter in school.

• Playground equipment.

• Year 6 SATS revision books, breakfast on SATS week, donation to the post SAT's trip.

• The refurbishment of the outside woodland area.

• Charging units for the new COVID laptops.

• Replacement of the formal reading scheme books and provision of 50 ‘library’ books per class to support independent reading.

 The current officers of the committee are:

• Richard Crankshaw – Chair

• Lisa Moorhouse – Treasurer

• James Gwynne - Secretary

• Faye Denby- Minutes Secretary

• From the staff, Mrs Woodfield, Mrs Heppenstall and Miss Manuel are involved directly with meetings, and all staff give fantastic support to all PTA events.

The PTA meets at least twice a term. We alternate meetings between straight after school and later in the evening, so that parents who work full time can attend. The meetings usually last for about an hour.

We understand that lots of parents work and are not able to get to meetings, but would still like to support the work of the PTA in some way. If this is the case, please leave a message with the school office and we will get in touch.

We also send out letters asking for help for specific events e.g. the Annual Fayre. All help is gratefully received! You can leave your contact details with the school office and someone will be in touch.