SEAVIÉW PIIIAA•Y SCMOOI Seaview Primary School PTA Seaview Drive Belfast BT15 3NB TEL: 02890 370114 seavie s.or NIC 104288 12 November 2020 Seaview Primary vfA year erMI Trustees/Chairs report. academic year 201912021X Firstly• many thanks to all our members. volunteers and tothe staff at Seaview PS, without everyone putting in time and effort nothing would be possible. Our yearly accounts will give a breakdown of events. Imrt overall. we ralsed £2204.28 and allocated £3843.37. This year was very strange not only for our charlty and school year but for everyone worldwide. The school year began with a welcome partyfor the year I children. Mr Hullaballoocame for a visit and each child was gifted a treat bag. As always this is a great way to settle the children intoseaview. Halloween was next on the calendar with the annual Halloween Howl. Children and staff dressed for the occasion and prizes were given for best costumes. A tuck shop was also provided. Class teachers delivered tuck bw tothe classroom to divert a long queue. this
was a massive help to us and saved a lot of time. Feedback indlcates this is the easiest way to run tuckshops for Year Nursery-Year3 in future. Thanks to all the volunteers on the day who spent theirtime sortingtuckbags and manning the tuckshop for the Year 5 -7 classes. The PTA were asked totake onboard he Copper Challenge" this year l of our events. The children bring in coppers and the class with the most money wins a pizza party In school. We had an amazing response tothis event and spent a long time countingthe money up at the end of the day. Again, thank you to the volunteers who assisted. Seaview is always full of joy at Christmas. The children enjoyed a visit from Santa as well as recelving a selection box. Thank you to our member Raymond who did a wonderful job in the blg man's costume for the day. Also, a thank you to the other members and volunteers who lookedwell as Santa helpers andthe elves. sneaking aroundthe school delivering party snacks to the classrooms. Ballot sales weregreat again and are on the up from the previous years. We send our thanks out to all who donated prizes. Valentines at Seaview over the last 2 years has turned our attention to our love for sweet treats. buns. Our expenses as shown in the account are minimal as we relyon the donation of homemade or purchased buns. The support for this event is fabulous. teachers. staff and parents are amazing bakers. The name the bear and monkey competition are always popular for valentines. also guess the number of sweets and lollles Inthe jars attracts lots of fun. Tattoo were alsoavailable. donated by the School and the year 7 children took charge in applying the artwork which they fully enjoyed. Sadly, our school year ended abruptly at the beginning of March due to the Covid 19 pandemic. School was legally fOrd to close its doors and we were swiftly put into lockdown. We had done our prep work towards Easter competitions and made a purchase of Easter eggs in advance. We were asked to clear anything belongingto the PTA from the school thatwould be deemed as perishable. Maxine and I clearedthe cupboard and relmbursed the PTA account for the Easter Eggs. Anything else was given to kitchen staff to hand out to vulnerable families collertingfood parcels on that day. Although we did not have the year we had hoped for and it ended way too soon. we are grateful forthe support that our charity ha5 received not just from the parents but also the school staff. teachers, kitchen staff. cleaners and caretaker. We look forward to a better and more normal next year and hope for new members and volunteers to join us.
Below is an overview of events and purchases. please see accounts for full breakdown. Total income + £3550.61 Total spend - £5898.49 Account balance b/f £ 4694.27 Thank you. Chairperson Samantha Mason