Welcome Letter September 2009
Friends of Whitehill and Highbury (PTA)
Dear All,
My name is Sue Braybrooke and I am the Chair of the PTA and I’d like to say hello to all of the new parents and carers and also welcome back to those that have been with us some time. I’m not the best public speaker in the world so for those of you that witnessed my rather fumbled attempt to fill you in on what the PTA does at the Highbury new parents meetings, I apologise!
The PTA are made up of absolutely anyone associated with the school who has an interest in joining in or coming along to, the various events we put on throughout the year and our aim is to have fun whilst raising a bit of extra money for the schools. We don’t twist anyone’s arm into helping out but rely purely on volunteers (Teachers, parents, carers, grandparents, older siblings & friends are all needed and welcome).
This year we said goodbye to the Year 6 parents who over the last few years have played a huge part in the PTA and the Year 2 Mums at Highbury, who have offered such stalwart support during their time there, have now moved up to Whitehill. They will be sorely missed and as a result, we really need some new people to come forward to help out at the various fund raisers otherwise we are going to struggle to get things organised. New parents in Highbury, we need you desperately!
In part B of this letter (sorry it’s so long!) I’ve put down a list of the events that we have planned for 2009/10. I’m not a great one for committees or meetings and would prefer just to have a list of people who would be happy to be approached as and when we plan on doing something. The best way for me to contact you is by email if you have access to it, or by ‘phone or letter if you don’t. It would be really handy if you could fill us in on your details and either pass the forms back into one of the schools receptions or get in touch with me direct. The reason I like email is because it’s anonymous – I can let you know what’s going on and what we need help with and if you want to ignore it you can or, if you feel you wouldn’t mind helping out, then you can let me know.
I can appreciate that being new to the school, it’s sometimes a little nerve wracking joining in with what’s seen as an already established group. Please don’t think that, we would be so grateful for your help that you’ll be made very welcome, in addition, we don’t meet that often as a group, and when we do, it’s usually a good excuse to sit down and have coffee and a cake. Usually, we just turn up when an event needs organising and that’s when we need your help too.
I really hope that you do get in touch and I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Kind regards
Sue Braybrooke (Chair)
My contact details are; susanbraybrooke@yahoo.co.uk
Home phone; 01462 431932 (before 7pm if possible please) Mobile; 07505 397261
Dear All,
My name is Sue Braybrooke and I am the Chair of the PTA and I’d like to say hello to all of the new parents and carers and also welcome back to those that have been with us some time. I’m not the best public speaker in the world so for those of you that witnessed my rather fumbled attempt to fill you in on what the PTA does at the Highbury new parents meetings, I apologise!
The PTA are made up of absolutely anyone associated with the school who has an interest in joining in or coming along to, the various events we put on throughout the year and our aim is to have fun whilst raising a bit of extra money for the schools. We don’t twist anyone’s arm into helping out but rely purely on volunteers (Teachers, parents, carers, grandparents, older siblings & friends are all needed and welcome).
This year we said goodbye to the Year 6 parents who over the last few years have played a huge part in the PTA and the Year 2 Mums at Highbury, who have offered such stalwart support during their time there, have now moved up to Whitehill. They will be sorely missed and as a result, we really need some new people to come forward to help out at the various fund raisers otherwise we are going to struggle to get things organised. New parents in Highbury, we need you desperately!
In part B of this letter (sorry it’s so long!) I’ve put down a list of the events that we have planned for 2009/10. I’m not a great one for committees or meetings and would prefer just to have a list of people who would be happy to be approached as and when we plan on doing something. The best way for me to contact you is by email if you have access to it, or by ‘phone or letter if you don’t. It would be really handy if you could fill us in on your details and either pass the forms back into one of the schools receptions or get in touch with me direct. The reason I like email is because it’s anonymous – I can let you know what’s going on and what we need help with and if you want to ignore it you can or, if you feel you wouldn’t mind helping out, then you can let me know.
I can appreciate that being new to the school, it’s sometimes a little nerve wracking joining in with what’s seen as an already established group. Please don’t think that, we would be so grateful for your help that you’ll be made very welcome, in addition, we don’t meet that often as a group, and when we do, it’s usually a good excuse to sit down and have coffee and a cake. Usually, we just turn up when an event needs organising and that’s when we need your help too.
I really hope that you do get in touch and I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Kind regards
Sue Braybrooke (Chair)
My contact details are; susanbraybrooke@yahoo.co.uk
Home phone; 01462 431932 (before 7pm if possible please) Mobile; 07505 397261
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