PTA Officers
Chair: Geraldine Vessière
Deputy Chair / Secretary: Vacant (Volunteers Welcome!)
Treasurer: John Heaton
Communications: Claire Parkes and Sanjiv Gnaneswaran
PTA Staff Liaison: Sus March
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The Parent Teacher Association (PTA) at St. John and St. James (SJSJ) is an open group that helps make the school even better for everyone! Parents, carers, teachers, and people from our neighbourhood all work together to support the school and make it a fun place for the kids. Since 2010, the PTA has worked hard to raise money to help our children learn and play.
We’ve had exciting events, like the Christmas Fayre, and used the money to improve the school. We’ve added benches, football goals, fishponds to the playground, and planned exciting trips for the students!
We have contributed to creating plenty of happy memories for everyone. Keep reading to learn more about how you can join in and share your ideas.
We’d love to hear from you: stjohnandstjamespta@gmail.com – for communications
PTA Class Representatives
Want to find out more?
Speak to your PTA Class Rep.
Nursery: vacant
Reception: Ally Adigun and Chrystalla Hadjineophytou
Year 1: Buki Adesanya, Ellenor Carter and Claire Parkes
Year 2: Karen Widdowson and Buki Adesanya
Year 3: Zainab Yetunde Komolafe
Year 4: Louise Lawrence, Selma Kaya and Géraldine Vessière
Year 5: Karen Widdowson and Anya Godek
Year 6: Jan Heaton and Anna Prichard
If you would like to become one of our PTA Class Reps or if you would like to be added to our mailing list, please speak to one of the class reps or alternatively you can email us.
Contact the PTA
You can get in touch by emailing the PTA directly on:
stjohnandstjamespta@gmail.com
Please let us know if you would like to be added to our mailing list.
Help to support the work of the PTA…
Would you like to support the school with raising funds or donations?
These are some of the way you could help:
Setting up a Standing Order
- A small monthly donation to the PTA. If 40 parents donate as little as £2.50 (less than the price of a cup of coffee) a month, we can raise at least £100 a month for the school!
- The PTA bank details are:
- Account name: ST JOHN & ST JAMES PTA
- Account number: 10535060
- Sort code: 30-41-57
Enabling brands / businesses to donate
- The school and PTA are recognised by Easyfundraising, which partners with over 7,000 brands and businesses who will donate to the PTA part of what you spend with them. Therefore, It won’t cost you any extra!
- Access your favourite brands via the Easyfundraising for your usual shopping and the brand will make a small donation to the PTA.
- Just follow these few simple steps:
- Go to Easyfundraising.org.uk (or App)
- Click “Find a Cause”” at the top
- Search ST JOHN & ST JAMES PTA
- Click on “Sign up and support this cause” and start shopping
Events 2024 / 2025
What events are we planning…and need your participation?
| Autumn Term | PTA coffee morning | 9.15 – 10.15 AM | 20 September 2024 | School Office |
| Year 6 Bake Sale | 3.30 – 4.15 PM | 27 September 2024 | KS1 Playground | |
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Year 5 Bake Sale
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3.30 – 4.15 PM | 25 October 2024 | KS1 Playground | |
| Black History Month Book Sale | 3.30 – 4.15 PM | 25 October 2024 | KS1 Playground |
| Winter Term | Year 4 Bake Sale | 3.30 – 4.00 PM | 29 November 2024 | KS1 Playground |
| Christmas Fayre | 4.00 – 5.30 PM | 06 December 2024 | School Hall and Amphitheatre | |
| Winter Book Sale | 3.30 – 4.00 PM | 06 December 2024 | School Hall | |
| Year 3 Bake Sale | 3.30 – 4.00 PM | 28 February 2024 | KS1 Playground | |
| World Book Day Book Sale | 06 March 2025 | 3.30 – 4.15 PM | School Hall |
| Spring Term | Easter Egg Hunt | 28 March 2025 | 1.30 – 3.30 PM | KS1 Playground |
| Year 2 Bake Sale | 28 March 2025 | 3.30 – 4.15 PM | KS1 Playground | |
| Year 1 Bake Sale | 25 April 2025 | 3.30 – 4.15 PM | KS1 Playground | |
| Hackney Half Marathon Fundraiser | 05 – 18 May 2025 | TBC | TBC | |
| Green Week | 19 – 23 May 2025 | TBC | TBC | |
| Green Week Book Sale | 23 May 2025 | 3.30 – 4.15 PM | School Hall |
| Summer Term | Nursery and Reception Bake Sale | 20 June 2025 | 3.30 – 4.15 PM | KS1 Playground |
| Multi-cultural evening – Second Hand Toy Sale | 27 June 2025 | 4.00 – 5.30 PM | KS1 Playground | |
| Year 6 Farewell Bake Sale | 11 July 2024 | 3.30 – 4.15 PM | KS1 Playground |
Please contact the PTA Chair or School Office if you have any other proposals, available to contribute and volunteer!
Thank you
The SJSJ PTA is extremely grateful to our generous local businesses and organisations, and to the very kind individuals, who donated such fantastic prizes for the 2023 Christmas raffle:
| Anna Godek Fitness | Energie Gym | Outdoor Athletes Bootcamp |
| Better King’s Hall | Hackney Gelato | Saint Church |
| Bad Manners Café | Hackney Fresh | The Skin Care Company |
| Brother Marcus Restaurant | Hackney Picture House | Snappy Snaps |
| Card Factory | Pages Bookshop | Tesco Extra, Morning Lane |
| Castle Cinema | Pizza Express Mare St | The Narrow Kitchen |
| Clapton Craft | Players Social, Spitalfields | Waterstones, Liverpool St |
| Costa Coffee | Nicholas and Marie Madelin | Wave Cafe |
| CSP | Meg Cavanaugh Music | Winkworth Estate Agents |
| DabbaDrop | More Yoga | |
| E&J Cleaning Services |
The PTA would like also to say a huge THANK YOU to all the parents and carers for their contributions to the raffle, with special mention to Juanita Stuart (theatre vouchers) and Rosie Swash (facial steamer) whose donations have been featured as top prizes!
Special thanks also to Rasmus Anker for generously donating his graphic
design expertise.
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