Alexander Dickson Primary School PTA Comber Road BallyEowan County Down Northern Ireland BT23 5TN Telephone.. 028 97528651 Ema1.. info@alexanderdicksonprirnary.com Website.. www.alexanderdicksonprimary.corn Principal.. Mr RJ Lawther BEd. PQHNI Alexander Dickson Prima School P.T.A Chair Se tember 2019- Au U5t 2021 erson's Re ort l am delighted to welcome you all here this evening to Alexander Dick50n Primary School'5 PTA annual general meeting and present my report encompassing September 2019 to August 2020 and September 2020 to August 2021. An extra special welcome to those in attendance who aren't current PTA members- it is great to have some new faces and we really do appreciate your support at the AGM. The PTA 15 extremely proud to be a part of Alexander Dickson Primary School which is held in such high e5teern for the all-round education, support and pastoral care it offers the pupils of Ballygowan village and surrounding areas. Since the last annual general meeting we have again seen a lot of hard work from all staff. pupils and parents in raising money for the school, despite the constraints of the pandemic, I have outlined below the activities organised and work carried out by the PTA to meet Its main objective of advancing the education of pupils in school through raising funds to purchase educational resources and equipment. The 2020121 school year commenced as follows,' AGM held irs school on 10th September 2019 A new committee for the year 2019 was elected. The following nomlnations were proposed and seconded: Chairperson William Page Secretary Victoria Gibson and Sarah Connor Treasurer Lisa Turkington Committee Natalie Page, Julie Quinn and Christine Drake Teachers Mrs Craig and Mrs Neill Due to government guidelines as a result of Covid-19, it was not possible to hold an annual general meeting of the PTA in September 2020 in the school. In light of this situation it was deemed reasonable that the committee members would remain elected to carry-out the duties and
objectives of the Charity until plans to hold an AGM could be implemented as soon as reasonably possible after government advice on holding meetings changed. This decision was recorded per PTA minutes and taken in response to the current health advice. At this stage of the meeting I would like to pay tribute and thank Mrs Craig. our former principal for over 20 years, seNice as head of ADPS. Mrs Craig retired at the end of December 2020 and we will be forever grateful for her devoted service, teaching. guidance and inspiration to the pupils and their families who have been fortunate to be educated at Alexander Dickson. Mr Richard Lawther took up the position of head as of 1st January 2021, and ha5 been extremelv pro-active in his role, including the launch of a brand new website which will be able to Showcase the wonderful work of the PTA. We look fornard to working togetherwith Mr Lawther in the year ahead, hopefully being able to organise more activities with children and thelr familles in school if restriction5 allow. We are grateful to Mr Lawther to enable this meeting to be held in school this evening. Fund Raisin Events durin the eriod Tesco Castlebawn Bag Pack 14th September 2019 raised £1,065.83 Halloween Disco 29th October 2019 raised £190.21 Christmas Raffle and Children's Calendars December 2019 raised £1,032.00 Movie and Munch Afternoon 31st January 2020 raised £248 After these fundraising events government lockdown restrictions were put in place which meant nofurther events could take place between March 2020 and June 2020. At the stsrt of the new school year in September 2020, restrictions were still in place so limited fundraising event5 could be or8anised. We did however still manage to hold our always popular Christma5 Raffle which raised £900. PTA also signed up to Amazon Smile at the end of 2020 to help boost funds, whereby if you select Alexander Dickson Primary School PTA as your chosen charity, a percentage of the sale 15 gsfted back to the school. A total amount of £48.15 has been received to August 2021 since its inception. The PTA was delighted to receive funding from DAEFIA of El,477.20 to part fund the installation of a new outdoor adventure climbing frame at the beginning of 2021. Chair erson's comments I would like to express my Sincere thanks to all members of the PTA for their hard work during these difficult times, with their constant enthusiasm and eagemess to do as much as possible. I would also like to thank the teachers, parents and m05t importantly the children who have all been brilliant in these trying times, consistently looking ahead to the next event to support the PTA and our wonderful school. We definitely follow our school motto-'Helping small people with
I look forward to the new school year and fundraising events now that the restrictions have started to ease and the support we can continue to give to Alexander Dickson Primary School. William Page Chairperson 14th October 2021