The school has an active and enthusiastic Parents and Friends Association which encourages participation from all parents.

Its principal aim is fund raising to benefit the children, which it does very successfully, raising over £12,000 a year in the last four years. This money is put to many uses, such as providing extra equipment, subsidising school trips and most notably the contributions to the Building Fund that provided the extra first floor classroom in 1996, the Computer Suite in 2001 and the new Library in 2007.

However, as well as fund raising the PFA organises many enjoyable social events for school families and local residents, such as the Summer Fair and Christmas Family Evening.

It also organises events just for parents such as the Annual Dinner Dance at Ramsbottom Cricket Club or events just for children such as Hoe Downs, quizzes and disco's in the summer and at Christmas.

The PFA meets once a month during term time and meetings are informal with all parents invited to attend or just send along their ideas. Most of all, we rely on parents to help at events and we are always grateful for the support we receive.

The events held by the PFA in 2006/2007 have been a huge success, and we have raised a phenominal £12,100 this year.

The two major spends have been :-

• £5,000 on brand new shelving for the Library.
• A further £5,000 on the computer software, and new books for the library

The PFA also funded a visit by the Dragonsmouth Puppet Theatre to the school, and a current project that the PFA are supporting is the development of a children's kitchen area in school.

Please click to read the minutes from the PFA meetings.

January 2008

March 2008

April 2008

May 2008