Monique Howard~ Chair                  (monique.howard.pta@hotmail.com)
Monique works as an Operations & Change Delivery Manager so is used to managing projects and spinning lots of plates.

She has two daughters at DSJ: in year 1 and year 5, and is looking forward to organising some fantastic events for the school.

In her spare time, Monique loves reading fiction and is currently on a mission to read one book a week for a year.

 

Rachel Newsome~ Vice Chair
Rachel works in marketing and events and has covered lots of industries over her career, including craft, travel and home fragrance.

She is a mum of 2 girls: one in year 1 at DSJ and one who is 2 years old.

Rachel is looking forward to helping the committee to raise money for the school and is keen to use her experience to help out with social media, newsletters and a bit of crafting!  

Lauren Marney~ Vice Chair
Lauren is a  Specialist Occupational Therapist with 18 years experience working in the NHS.

She’s a mum of two boys, her eldest has just started reception so, she’s new to DSJ school life. Lauren is excited to be part of the PTA and looks forward to raising vital funds.

Her passions in life are nature and the great outdoors. Her guilty pleasures are country music and chocolate.

 

Victoria Russell~ Secretary
Victoria is an Executive Assistant for a large media company. She  especially enjoys organising events and parties for the business, which will be invaluable to help within the PTA.

She has a son in year one and loves to socialise with friends, enjoys baking (great news!), going to the gym and best of all, having days out with her family.

 

 

Krystal Collins~ Treasurer
Krystal is an Accountant for an award winning accountancy practice, and brings a wealth of experience to the PTA. She has tons of ideas about how to reduce our costs to make even more money for the school.
 
She has a daughter in year 5 at DSJ.  

Krystal enjoys painting, kayaking and photographing nature.

 

 

The FRIENDS is the name for our Parent Teacher Association. We have two simple aims;

Fund raising to support Mr Westley and his team to ensure our children have the very best experience at school.

Providing fun activities for the children to socialise and have a good time, outside of school.

At the heart of what we do there is a core committee of parents and teachers who get involved in the planning and financial management of the FRIENDS which is a charitable organisation. However, many other people also help and we rely heavily on parents supporting events by running a stall, bringing in items for the tombola, baking cakes or simply attending events and getting involved.

We are incredibly lucky to have teachers and support staff that are always so willing to give up their time and commit to supporting out of school events. This enables us to put on activities such as Megazone (youth club) and discos or any activity where you leave your children with us. Safe supervision is vital and without this staff commitment we would not be able to run such events.

We ALWAYS need help so if you want to get involved please contact myself or a member of the committee.  We have linked committee members to classes where they have children to help you to identify us.  Below is a list of just a few things that we have helped to make possible.  I think you will agree that our school would feel quite differently without these activities;

• Summer and Christmas Fair
• Easter Egg Hunts
• Bingo and quiz nights
• Megazone (youth club) and film nights.  In addition, we have provided funding to support;
• The KS2 playground markings
• KS1 train and outside play area
• The environmental area includes regular stock of plants and equipment
• Teaching resources such as computer software and a range of video cameras and headphone equipment
• Massive investment in the music department, funding music equipment, CD and headphones, a PA system and a new stage
• Christmas Pantomines
• Kitchen equipment for children to use
• High visibility vest to help to keep children safe whilst on visits or walking to church or the pool
• Year 6 leavers’ party and the coach for the annual trip to Hilltop
• Blinds for classrooms

Without FRIENDS, many of these extras would not happen due to the fact that the core budget is not designed to meet these levels of extras. We can’t imagine a school without these extras and that is why the FRIENDS of school give up their time to get involved.

If you think they are important then come along to a meeting or contact a member of the committee for details on how to help.

Contact our chair (Monique Howard) on: monique.howard.pta@hotmail.com