JFS - PTA

The JFS PTA is a community group engaged in supporting the School. It organises fund raising and social events, enabling parents to be actively involved in the JFS community.Some of these activities create an opportunity for parents to provide additional resources for the School. We help in a variety of ways - from a grand piano to a gazebo to free oranges on sports day. Members of the PTA help the School and all parents by providing refreshments and additional security at events including:

Parents' Open Evenings
School concerts and plays
Sports Days (Y7-9)
New Parents' Evenings

Any parent wishing to offer help in this way is requested to contact the PTA secretary via email at HonSec@jfs-pta.co.uk

JFS PTA Executive Committee

Chair - Simone Abecassis chair@jfs-pta.co.uk

Vice Chair - Liz Lashley vicechair@jfs-pta.co.uk

Secretary - Sharon Goldstein honsec@jfs-pta.co.uk

PTA officer - Diana Bronson officer1@jfs-pta.co.uk

The executive committee is elected at each Annual General Meeting, currently held every September.

A DATE FOR YOUR DIARY

The next fund raising event of the PTA will be from 11 am to 4 pm on 8 November, when there will be a Winter and Simcha Fair.

We call upon as many parents as possible to join the PTA or participate in some way to help occasionally. Donating time is a valuable gift, especially these days when there are so many demands upon us. Even a few hours a month helping us when required would be so useful. We would like to establish a talent register. Anyone with a particular talent could make such a difference to a project. A parent at home who has secretarial skills or even a lawyer, graphic artist, AV engineer, journalist or anyone with particular skills that, at some time, we could call upon. We must not forget the students themselves who may also be willing to donate time and talent, as long as it does not interfere with their studies. For anyone who would like to help, but simply cannot spare their time or talent, then, there is always Tzedakah!

For details of our forthcoming winter fair, please click here

NEWS

Thanks to your generosity and support in the past, the school has used the money we raise towards:

Our biggest single purchase to date - a Grand Piano
The framing of a Bar or Batmitzvah commemorative photograph of each student with the Headteacher, when they meet and talk with him in his office to mark this important event in their lives.
JFS now has a weather club organised by the Geography department. The PTA donation will to pay towards some of the equipment needed such as a weather station, which would cost around £1,200.
Marquees for parents, staff and students to be used during Sports Days in the Summer.
Identification badges for student officers

A big ‘thank you’ to all the parents who contacted the PTA and submitted their details on the Talent and Time Register. This initiative is for any parent who would like to help on occasion, but cannot commit to attending PTA meetings. As an example, the PTA provides refreshments at school evenings and parents have warmly welcomed the facility. We would appreciate more parents to volunteer to go on that rota or any other help or assistance please! Please email us at honsec@jfs-pta.co.uk so we can keep you up to date.