PSA
The Alexandra School Parents and Staff Association (PSA) aims to support the school by enhancing the school community for parents, carers and children and raising funds to support the school’s activities.
Contact us: alexpsa@hotmail.co.uk
PSA Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/alexandraschool/
FUNDRAISING IN 2018/19
Our primary source of fundraising was the PSA events. We have also raised money through Waitrose Green Token Funding, Matched Giving schemes and Easy Fundraising.
Hamptons Estate Agents also sponsored a few of our events. This year we brought in an incredible £18K Added to the Cake Sale money this means we raised £20,000 in total for the school this year.
Our primary fundraising goal this year is to fund more forest school, Sketchbetter art, Teddy Tennis and playground improvements amongst other things, plus whatever class teachers want to buy with cake sale proceeds. We work with the Head teacher to make sure we're spending it in the most positive way for the children and the school.
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PSA NEWS 2017/2018 The PSA has raised lots of money this year over £19,500 + £6,500 towards helping the school. Income c£19,500 - most of which is from fairs, events, merchandise, sponsorship The Voluntary Fund income is c£6500. Expenditure c£22,000 - forest school, art, playground toys and enhancements, table tennis, singing, books, iPads, SLR camera, IT, games for lunch club, fair and event expenses. We under spent last year because of the building works so have been able to overspend this year. What we are doing next year - Review of events
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PREVIOUS YEARS
Our primary fundraising goal in 2015/16 was to implement a Forest School programme: we funded Forest School training for some of the teachers, we bought Forest School equipment and we are funding the construction of a special Forest School area in the Nursery garden. Every child in Year 2 got to experience the Forest School programme this term (and it was hugely popular) and this was rolled out for the rest of the school. We also covered the additional staffing costs incurred by the Forest School sessions.
We also bought special Maths, Phonics & Reading Booklets for every child in the school. We spent £1,000 on subsidising the cost of school trips, we paid for two E-Safety Workshops for Parents and we donated £297.64 to the SMA Trust in memory of the Clarence children. We covered membership costs for the Wandsworth Work and Play Scrapstore and we paid for the printing of the Year 2 Leavers’ Books.
In 2015/16 Mrs Carr has suggested that the PSA fund a wonderful performing arts programme called Artis which will add to the programme of learning opportunities laid on when the teachers are out of the classroom for their planning and preparation time. (This time included PE and Forest School sessions).
OTHER FUNDRAISING OPPORTUNITIES
Amazon Smile
Amazon donates 0.5% of the net purchase price (excluding VAT, returns and shipping fees) of eligible purchases to the charitable organisation of your choice.
Sign up here and search for Alexandra School Parent Staff Association as the charity of your choice.
Android phone users can add the Smile account to their Amazon app. Go to settings/AmazonSmile to turn it on. You will the automatically be donating for every eligible purchase bought from the app.
Easy Fundraising
Earn money for the Alexandra PSA when you shop online by registering on our Easy Fundraising Page:
www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/alexandrainfants
Scooters for Schools
Earn money or Micro scooters for our school with every order you place at www.micro-scooters.co.uk. Just enter our school URN at the checkout - 102578. No Minimum order value.
Matched Giving
If you work for a firm that operates a Matched Giving scheme, the PSA is a registered charity and usually eligible as a recipient of Matched Giving money. If you would like to donate via a Matched Giving scheme please contact us. The school can benefit significantly and often for relatively little effort
Donations
If you would like to make a contribution but not get involved with PSA activities you can make a donation via Parentpay.