PTA

All parents and carers of students at St Marylebone School are automatically members of the PTA and are encouraged to join the PTA’s activities. The PTA meets six times a year, for an hour each term to plan fun events to bring parents, pupils and staff together whilst raising vital funds for the school.  Meetings are fun, informal and everyone is welcome.  To join the team of supporters, please email the joint chairs of the PTA, Nikki McNamara or Natalie Sodeau, at PTA@stmaryleboneschool.com

Upcoming PTA meetings and events in the academic year 2021/22.

Meetings

Thursday 7th October – AGM 6.30 pm, High Street site

Thursday 11th November – Meeting 6.30 – 7.30 pm, High Street site

Thursday 13th January – Meeting 6.30 – 7.30 pm, High Street site

Thursday 3th March – Meeting 6.30 – 7.30 pm, High Street site

Thursday 28th April – Meeting 6.30 – 7.30 pm, High Street site

Thursday 16th June – Meeting 6.30 – 7.30 pm, High Street site

 

Events

Saturday 4th December – Michaelmas Fair 11:00 am – 2:00 pm

Friday 11th March – Quiz Night in Theatre (TBC) 7:00 – 9.00 pm

Friday 1th July – Music Summer Fair (TBC),  6:00 – 8.30 pm

Friday 8th July – Teacher Appreciation Tea 11.00 am

The PTA team

Joint chairs

Nikki McNamara – Email: nikki.mcmutti@gmail.com

Natalie Sodeau – Email: nataliesodeau5@gmail.com

School link: Peter Jordan, Senior Deputy Head – Email:  p.jordan@stmaryleboneschool.com

Joint secretaries

Natalie Meaker –  Email:  natalie.meaker@btinternet.com

Position available – Please email Nikki or Natalie for further details if you are interested

Joint treasurers

Alex Lyons and Miri Stickland 

Committee member and quiz night coordinator

Carole MacLeod – Email: carolemacleod@hotmail.com

Committee member and silent auction coordinators

Eva Lena Larsson – Email: auction@stmaryleboneschool.com

Carole MacLeod – Email: auction@stmaryleboneschool.com

Other PTA roles:

  • Publicity – Help is needed to publicise events; posters, photography, film-making and social media platforms (Twitter, Facebook)
  • Chefs and bakers – We always need help with catering for our Michaelmas and Summer music festival and Quiz Night. 
  • Event helpers – We always need lots of help before and during our events – running stalls, setting up, serving food and drinks, running errands/collecting donations from local businesses, decorating and of course tidying up.   
  • Socialisers – Talk to new parents and serve refreshments at school events such as the Year 7 new parents’ evening, Year 7 settling-in evening, Prize giving evening and the Festival of Readings and Carols 
  • Local business relationship builders – We are very lucky to have a dedicated group of parents building relationships with local businesses who are keen to support the school with donations towards catering and prizes for our events. 

The best way to get involved is to come to a meeting but you can also email us at pta@stmaryleboneschool.com if you would like to join our team.

Donations

Financial donations

If you would like to make a financial donation to The St Marylebone CE School  PTA and you have a mobile phone banking app, you can do this securely, quickly and easily by scanning the QR code below and following the instructions on your phone. All funds donated to The St Marylebone CE School PTA will help provide the school with valuable resources. 

Other

We regularly call out for the following items: good quality vintage clothing and second-hand uniform, books in good condition and donation of items for the raffle and silent auction.

Match Funding

Many companies offer their employees the opportunity to boost their fundraising efforts by ‘matching’ the money they raise. If your employer offers a match funding scheme please get in touch, it can help the PTA to double the money we raise for the school.

Current fundraising projects

  • We are currently working with the school to raise funds for the Science Refurbishment Campaign. 
  • We regularly support the school by purchasing smaller items from their ‘wish list’. 
  • We also contribute £3,000 per year to the Elizabeth Phillips Wider Opportunities Fund.  This fund ensures that students do not miss out on trips or extra-curricular activities because of social or financial circumstances. 

Shopping e-Schemes

Make The St Marylebone CE School your nominated charity when shopping online at no extra cost to you.  The school partners with two of the most valued fundraising programmes:

Registering with these online platforms enables businesses to give to customers’ chosen charities when they make online purchases. It costs the customer nothing. When purchases are made, the vendor automatically donates a percentage of your sale to the school at no added cost to you – It’s extremely simple to register and use.

The more families regularly use these schemes, the more funds are raised towards purchasing valuable extra provisions for the school.