Parent Teacher Association

Welcome to the Friends of Sharp Lane!

All parents, carers, guardians and staff are automatically members of the Friends of Sharp Lane and are welcome to attend meetings. We are a rapidly expanding group of parents and staff and would love you to join us!

What we do

We are passionate about our school and helping the children be the best they can be. Over the years we have raised money to help the school and various charities in numerous ways.

We are now wanting to expand our social calender, to bring children, parents and the community together. We are always looking for new ideas social events and fundraising ideas. In September 2020, we will be relaunching the Friends of Sharp Lane with a new constitution, new logo and new members.

Previous events organised by ourselves are:

Summer Fayre
Christmas Fayre
Car Boot Sales
Asda Back Pack
Bake sale
Bingo, and lots more
School discos
And lots, lots more!

If you have any other ideas, please do let us know!

We enrich children’s education by…

Over the years we have contributed towards/purchased:

Reading books
Microphones and audio equipment
Spotlights
VCR headsets
Art work/murals
Sports kit
Hall divider
M.U.G.A.
Costumes for plays
Art work around school
Buddy Bench
Defibrillator

We help the school by…

Decorating the dining hall for Christmas and Easter dinner
Providing refreshments at Parents’ Evenings and school plays
Supporting themed days and events
Supporting community events
Making decorations for discos and providing refreshments

Charities we have supported…

Macmillan
Children’s Cancer
Equine Therapy
Children’s Heart Surgery fund
Children in Need
Comic Relief/Sport Relief

Members...

We currently have a small but dedicated team of parents who meet each fortnight to plan events, but we would love more members. We are a friendly bunch!

Staff members include Mrs Smith, Miss Thompson, Mrs Gibbs, Mrs Hill and Miss Darwell.

If you would to know more, please contact school and ask to speak to Mrs Gibbs.

Latest News

Congratulations to everyone who took part in our Christmas card competition. You all did extremely well and will make a lot of the elderly people in our community feel very Christmassy! Please see the winning designs below - well done to our winners!!

Spreading Christmas Cheer!

The ever so thoughtful Friends of Sharp Lane have donated 6 Christmas gifts to the Asda Christmas Appeal. The gifts will be distributed between local care homes; Victoria House, Nesfield Lodge and Middleton Park Lodge. We hope our elderly neighbours have a wonderful Christmas!