St Joseph’s Primary School PTA NIC 104229 ## **Trustees Annual Report September 2023-2024** St Joseph’s Primary School PTA 4 Ballynahinch Road Crossgar Co Down BT30 9HS ## **Charity Registration Number – NIC104229** ## **Governing Document** Constitution, an approved governing document issued by PTAUK, with no changes to clauses. ## **Trustees and committee members** Siobhan McArdle (principal) Dawn Dougan (Treasurer) Michelle Currie (Chair) Gemma Michalak (secretary) Claire Di Brita Claire Morgan Gemma Duffy Jo Mahon Maria Lyons Paula Robinson Kerrylouise Curran Mary McLoughlin Emma Killen Lynn Colhoun Mary McLoughlin St Joseph’s Primary School PTA NIC 104229 ## **Bank** Ulster Bank Ballynahinch BT24 8AP ## Purposes of the Association ## – Purpose 1 Advancement of Education of the pupils in the school. Our PTA have worked very hard over the last year to raise much needed funds for the school to improve their overall education and maintain good links with the parents. St Joseph’s Primary School is a small rural school with 132 children. The pupils in the school make good progress which is greatly enhanced through them having access to resources, activities and events which cannot be funded by the school budget in the current financial constraints. The principal activity for achieving this objective is by holding fundraising activities throughout the year. The main areas for fundraising were to contribute towards purchasing outdoor equipment and play equipment for the children, Maths resources for teaching and learning, netball bibs for netball team, and to purchase a defibrillator for the school community. The main fundraising activities held during 2023/2024 were as follows: - Christmas raffle Split the pot Tuck shop at Christmas show Tombola Sponsored Frenzy Fitness Yes Day Not only did these events provide a social occasion for staff, pupils and parents in the school, but also raised funds to further enhance pupils’ learning across the school from the money raised and improve the overall health and wellbeing of the children. Money raised and donated to the school was used to help fund the following: - Outdoor Literacy and Numeracy resources Netball bibs for the netball team Maths resources St Joseph’s Primary School PTA NIC 104229 Defibrillator Play based learning resources Ipad leads and plugs Contributing towards P7 leavers’ hoodies St Joseph’s PTA ‘s finances at the end of the year had a balance of £1,191.73 Safeguarding We are satisfied that effective safeguarding is in place. Statement on Public Benefit All of our trustees have paid due regard to the commissions’ public benefit requirement statutory guidance and agree and can verify the above public benefits. We verify the information is correct to the best of our knowledge. It has been shared with all trustees and we have permission to sign on behalf of St Joseph’s PTA. NIC 104229 On behalf of the St Joseph’s PTA Trustees Siobhan McArdle Michelle Currie Principal Chair of PTA Date: Date: St Joseph's Primary School PTA NIC 104229