Broadwater Lane, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 5RP

Tel: 01892 527588

Broadwater Down Primary School

COMMUNITY, DIVERSITY and EXCELLENCE

PTA

What is the PTA and what do we do?
The PTA is a registered charity that exists to raise extra funds to help the pupils of Broadwater Down Primary School. Every parent and carer with a child at school is invited to be a member of the PTA. It is also open to teachers and staff.
The main aim of the PTA is to fundraise – we make as much money as we can for the school through events, match funding and applying for grants. It’s not all financial though! The events we run are enjoyed by the children and families, and we aim to bring the school community together to have fun!
In usual circumstances, we organise a number of events and activities throughout the year, ranging from the summer fair and Christmas fair to smaller events, like school discos, family bingo evenings and cake/ ice lolly stalls.
 
Can I get involved in the PTA?
Yes please! We are always looking for new members, new ideas and new helpers! If you would like to be involved in any way, please come along to our Committee meetings and the AGM (which is usually held in May but is being delayed for now). The meetings usually take place in an evening, but we try to make sure we can arrange a time that suits everyone (and now we are all pro’s at online meetings, we’ll probably aim to do more of those!)
But you really don’t have to attend every meeting to make a difference. The PTA Committee needs the help and support of as many parents, carers and friends as possible to make our events a success. The more helpers we have, the more money we can raise for our children.
If you would like to support the PTA in any way at all, by coming to meetings, contributing ideas, or joining the PTA committee, or would just like to find out more – please do get in touch! Our email address is BroadwaterDownPTA@gmail.com and we have a Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/BroadwaterDownPTA/ 

Summer Raffle Coming Soon!Look out for Summer Raffle tickets soon!  We would like to thank the following for the amazing prizes on offer, including:£50 Experience Days voucherhttps://www.experiencedays.co.uk/charity-schemePub in the park tickets for Saturday afternoonhttps://www.pubintheparkuk.com/tunbridge-wellsTrinity theatre ticketshttps://www.trinitytheatre.net/category/whats-on-tunbridge-wells50 minute massage from The Massage Companyhttps://tunbridgewells.massagecompany.co.uk/Cook food voucherhttps://www.cookfood.net/shops/TunbridgeWellsStampede voucherhttps://www.stampedeshoes.co.uk/with many more prizes to come over the next few weeks!

Spring Disco 

Christmas Rainbow Raffle

'Elfridges Christmas Shop'

'Elfridges Christmas Shop' is back! In the hall this afternoon, the children were able to buy a range of gifts such as torches, stationery sets, hot chocolate bombs, and back scratchers as gifts for their families for Christmas. There was also a raffle to win jam jars full of sweets! Thank you to the PTA for setting this up.

Spooky Halloween Disco

The pupils enjoyed a spooky disco hosted by the PTA. 

There was a lot of great dancing and fun games, which included musical statues and a limbo competition.

Mrs Harris also judged the costume competition, she found it really hard as there was so many wonderful choices!

A big thank you to the PTA for hosting a spectacularly spooky evening! 

Match Funding
Some large organisations offer match funding for employees involved in fundraising events. In the past, we've been able to add an additional £1,600 to a single fundraising event through Match funding. If you or your partner works for a large organisation, please do see if this is something they do!

Loose Parts

A big thank you to the PTA for raising money to buy 'Loose Parts' for the pupils. We have been building many amazing things, from cars to pirate ships! 

PTA Fun Run!

Blessed with glorious sunshine, a Kind of party atmosphere took over as each bubble headed out to their fun warm up and run around the school field. We saw amazing costumes from both children and staff.
Thank you to all those kind family members, distant relatives and neighbours who sponsored the children. The support and generosity shown by the school community meant that we were able to raise over £1,800- a phenomenal amount!
The PTA Team

Easy Fundraising

Did you know that whenever you buy anything online – from your weekly shop to your annual holiday – you could be raising free donations for Broadwater Down Primary School, Tunbridge Wells with easyfundraising?
There are over 4,000 shops and sites on board ready to make a donation – including eBay, Argos, John Lewis, ASOS, Booking.com and M&S – and it won’t cost you a penny extra to help us raise funds.

All you need to do is:

2. Every time you shop online, go to easyfundraising first to find the site you want and start shopping (or you can download their tool to notify you on desktop)

3. After you’ve checked out, the retailer will make a donation to Broadwater Down Primary School, Tunbridge Wells at no extra cost to you whatsoever!

There are no catches or hidden charges and we will be really grateful for your donations.
Thank you for your support.