PROJECTS - what are we raising money for?

The PTA has a number of projects we are working towards that have been agreed with the school. 

You can help by donating to these specific projects or by attending (or volunteering at) our events - every penny counts and we are really grateful for all donations made.  

Schools are under immense financial pressure and Mayfield is no different. We've worked closely with the staff at the school to gain an understanding of the pressure points they face and where the PTA can help.

The result of these conversations is to approach our funding allocation focused on four core areas: 

Classroom allocation

FUNDED - approximately £125 per class 

Supports: All school years

Delivery estimate: throughout the academic year

Raised from our Bake Sale events, this bucket of funds enables classroom teachers to use the funds given in whatever way they feel best suits their class. 

We'll let you know details on exactly what was purchased, but last year it included things like caterpillars, art supplies, glue sticks, history timelines, seeds and compost, clocks and marble treat goodies. 

Experience days

TARGET - £5,000 per year

Supports: All school years on rotation (Years R, 2, 4 and 6 each year)

Delivery estimate: 2024/25 academic year

We are working closely with Mrs Stepney, Mr Atkinson and the Subject Leads to develop a range of experiential programmes for academic year 2024/25. These will be aligned to the curriculum to enhance your children's engagement and knowledge.


SUbject Enhancement

FUNDED - approx £5,000

Supports: All school years

Delivery estimate: throughout the academic year

We have committed to support learning across the school by allocating funds to each of the core curriculum subject areas. 

The subject leads are now planning how to spend these funds and will come back to us soon with detail on how it's been used! We'll keep you updated.


Improving the school grounds

More information about our 2024/25 plans coming soon.

Additional projects

COMMITTED - £650

Supports: Year 6

It's with mixed feelings that we say farewell to our Year 6's: excited for their next chapter, sad to see them leave Mayfield. 

We support the Year 6 Leavers by funding memory books of their time at Mayfield and gifting them Leavers T-shirts.


COMMITTED - £200

Supports: All year groups

Each year the school celebrates the most improved reader in each year group. We support this by funding the purchase of prize books to those readers.


Previous projects - Academic year 2022/23

committed to helping with day-to-day needs

Target - £1,500

Supports: All areas of the school

We're aware that whilst the above "big ticket" projects are nice to have, the school still needs support in providing a range of day to day items. We therefore give the money raised at our ever-popular Bake Sales to the class teachers to spend on the things they need every day. These are things like:

PLAYGROUND REPAIRS

Target - £1,000

Supports: All areas of the school

There are many benefits to outside spaces in education. We want all Mayfield children to enjoy their outdoor activities and this fund will help across the school year groups with projects including: