Coopers Lane PTA

As we come to the end of another school year, we want to say a huge thank you to our volunteers, the teaching staff, our corporate supporters and the whole Coopers Lane community, for your support and time this year.

It has been a fantastic year and together we have raised over £15,000 for our amazing school. This is incredible – thank you! Some of these funds have already gone back to school and we will be meeting with the senior leadership team to discuss their plans for next year and what support they will need in September. Remember that all the funds that we raise from our events and your generous support, go directly back to improving the education experience for our kids.

THIS YEAR

Our focus for the past year has been on supporting the school as it becomes an OPAL school, where play is as important as learning. We have funded a large storage shed in the KS2 playground as well as outdoor speakers, gymnastic rings, cameras and lots of other playground equipment that will allow the kids to use their imagination during playtime. Our support for OPAL will continue next year as the school further develops its play spaces.

We’ve also been running our pre-loved uniform shop, with regular sales that have been well supported by so many parents – thank you to everyone who bought uniform, donated some back to be used again, or both. And we have continued to supply and sell varsity jackets for year six and PE shirts for the whole school, along with – for the first time this year – the leaver hoodies. Thanks to all the parents who bought one.

We have also run some fantastic events this year, from a quiz to costume sales and cakes and coffee stalls – all of which were supported by our many volunteers from the school community. Whether you helped in the uniform shop, baked cakes for the sweet treats stall, sold raffle tickets at a Christmas performance or ran a stall at the summer fair, these events wouldn’t have been possible without your support – THANK YOU!

NEXT YEAR

The PTA will be taking a well deserved break over the summer holidays, but we have already started to plan our events for 2025/26.

There will also be a change in the committee next year as Claire, Tom, Jacks & Esther will be stepping down. The new committee will be looking for two or three new people to join them during the autumn term. This is an opportunity for you to make a real difference and work closely with the school to shape the events we run, influence how the money raised is spent for the maximum benefit of the kids, and to be part of a team of people that make a real difference to the school.

If you might be interested and would like to find out more or have a chat with the outgoing members, please drop us an email (info-pta@cooperslane.org). It would be amazing to have some new volunteers to support our events and the work that we do raising money for our fabulous school.

Thank you again for all your support this year, and wishing you a great summer.

The PTA Committee:
Claire, Tom, Jacks, Esther, Bawani, Sam, Nareen, Rachel & Farrah

We are delighted to announce that John Payne estate agents will be the headline sponsor of this year’s Summer Sizzler fair on June 27th.

And this is only the beginning of our partnership, as they will be supporting the PTA over the next 12 months to help us continue to raise much needed funds for the school through a number of initiatives.

Many thanks to the team at John Payne, and to Alex Gerard (a parent in year 2), who has been instrumental in securing this sponsorship for us.