PTA
PTA - Join our friends and help the school!
PTA - Join our friends and help the school!
The Friends of Oliver’s Battery School is the school’s Parent - Teacher group who fundraise to supplement and improve facilities for all the children in the primary and preschool.
Our most recent purchases have been a yurt for use as an outdoor classroom, Forest School equipment, refurbishment of the new school library, money towards the new Reading Cafe, online author events, school teddies, duck eggs for the year R class to hatch and the imminent arrival of our 4 school chickens along with their new coop and run.
We are also very proud that the Hampshire Gardens Trust have chosen our school to showcase their pilot Educational Program with the aim of rolling it out to other schools in Hampshire. Together we have funded a professional gardener who has planned and is now developing our sustainable Edible Playground with all the children over the next year.
Some of our usual fundraising events have not been possible this year but we have still been able to run successful activities such as online auctions, our annual hamper competition, Mothers and Fathers Day shops and our Easter Egg Hunt.
Follow our Facebook page for info on all our upcoming events and activities. We would welcome any help or parental involvement with our PTA events. We are a friendly and industrious bunch of mums and dads always looking for new ideas and in addition to helping the school, it is a great way to meet other parents and new friends. If you are new to the school and have a little time to spare please get in touch and say hello.
Facebook: Friends of Oliver's Battery Primary School
Matched Funding
Did you know that many companies offer their employees Matched Fund Schemes, whereby employers match money raised by a given charity.
For an introduction to what Matched Funding is, please have a look at the national PTA website.
As Oliver's Battery Primary & Nursery School PTA is a registered charity, these schemes are an excellent way of raising additional money for our school. Our Summer Fayre Event for example, is an ideal time to ask your HR department if they offer Matched Funding and a little bit of your time could raise double the funds for our school.
If you work for an organisation that has a Matched Funding Policy, any money you raise could be matched by your employer. Companies may match the fundraising total for an event, or for the stall that their employee is working on. Usually, the employee will need to supply them with a letter from the organisation detailing the date and nature of the event, together with the total raised.
We understand that the high street banks, building societies, supermarkets and large corporations are likely to do match funding, but these schemes are not exclusive to the major corporate giants. If you work for an independent company, they may be interested in charitable giving through match funding too.
We would be grateful if you could see if your employer has a Matched Funding Scheme, or if they are willing to match fund any of our events. If you can’t help out this time, but you know the company you work for has a Matched Funding Policy, please let us know by emailing oliversbatterypta@gmail.com
Matched Funding could be a really large source of income for us and help us raise money to support and enrich our students experience.