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Welcome to Chagford C of E Primary School Parents, Teachers and Friends Association

The PTFA is a registered charity (1107183) with the aim of raising funds for the benefit of all the children at Chagford C of E Primary School. Our goal is to complement and enrich the children’s education, and provide extra equipment/facilities not covered by the general school budget. All parents are automatically members of the PTFA and are welcome to participate as much or as little as they wish. Anyone connected to the school is invited to attend meetings which are currently being held online half-termly. New faces are always welcome.

We organise a wide range of activities which support the school and pupils, while also building strong relationships with our wider school family and local community. We are always in need of volunteers! It could be putting up posters around town, using contacts to engage local media or request prize donations, sharing fundraising ideas, technical knowhow….if you can help in any way please do get in touch by emailing chagfordschoolptfa@gmail.com

Other simple ways to help are by registering for Easyfundraising and AmazonSmile. If you are shopping online anyway, a percentage of what you pay is donated to Chagford PTFA without costing you anything extra.

In the first part of the last school year (2019/20), we raised just over £4,000 through the Sponsored Swim, Christmas Fayre, cake raffle, play refreshments, Easyfundraising and Amazon Smile, as well as running a very successful book drive in the local community. Sadly, the current challenging situation has rather stymied our fundraising efforts.  However, our children are all back at school and now, more than ever, we need to raise funds to support and enrich their school experience.

We owe a great deal of gratitude to Elvie Baker, a former pupil of our school, who raised over £1,500 for the SEND department at the school.  During the first half of the Autumn Term 2021, we have used these funds to purchase all sorts of incredible items to support our SEND pupils, including bean bags, mirrors, and play equipment.  Well done and THANK YOU, Elvie!


The guidelines for making a funding request can be found here.
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To make a funding request, please complete the Funding Request Form.  

Chair - Chloe Brooks Warner
Treasurer - Sue Bifani
Secretary - Lucy Clements
October 2021

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Latest News!

14 October 2021
We are so thrilled to finally be able to host a social event at the school once again. It will take place on Saturday 23 October from 11am - 3pm in the grounds of the school - a great opportunity for friends in the community who have not yet seen behind the school since the new build a few years ago! 
We are currently looking for people to man some of the games for us, so if you would like to volunteer, please get in touch (chagfordschoolptfa@gmail.com).
If you would like to bake an apple cake and enter it into The Cracking Chagford Cake Scoff, please let us have your submission by 11:30 on Saturday.  Judging will take place at 12:00, or thereabouts.
The rough timetable for the day is as follows:
11:00 OPEN!  Cake drop, games stalls open
11:30 Tour of the school
12:00 Cake judging
12:15 BBQ starts serving hot dogs & veggie dogs
13:00 Storytelling in our beautiful amphitheatre
13:30 Performances by some of our children (subject to availability!)
14:00 Tour of the school
14:30 Prize giving
15:00 Close
We really hope you will be able to come and enjoy the day with us and we can't wait to see old friends, and meet new ones.

27 November 2020
​A book of five raffle tickets will be in your child/ren’s book bags today. There are some brilliant prizes this year, thanks to the generosity of local businesses and friends of the school. It would be great if you could buy/sell these tickets and return the slips along with cash or cheque to school reception by Tuesday 15th December.  The draw will take place on Wednesday 16th December (winning tickets will be numbered with first drawn having first choice of prize - we will contact each winner in turn). If you are unable to use your tickets please feel free to return them to reception to be re-used. Likewise, if you feel able to sell more tickets please feel free to pick up more from reception! You can also e-mail chagfordschoolptfa@gmail.com to pay by BACS and have tickets entered into the draw by us.
The Chagford School Tote bag is coming! The ‘must have’ accessory this season! ;) You will find a letter with all the information in book bags today and a form allowing you to pre-order these fabulous bags with the children’s hand drawn self-portraits on. Please return the form as soon as possible so we know how many bags we have left to sell.
24 November 2020 - 8pm
The PTFA will continue its virtual meeting on Wednesday 24 November at 8pm. We will be using Microsoft Teams from now on, to avoid any unwanted interruption!
17 November 2020 8pm
The PTFA will be holding their next virtual meeting on Tuesday 17th November at 8pm. If you are keen to join in with the positive work taking place, please contact the PTFA on chagfordschoolptfa@gmail.com.

18 October 2020
Please find attached the Pumpkin Trail form ready for a spook-tastic hunt around Chagford.  Thank you to all of our local businesses for your effort and support.

10 October 2020
The PTFA is delighted to have purchased two new sewing machines to support Sara Halsey's Sewing Club, which currently takes place on Wednesday afternoons.  They arrived earlier this week, and are already being put to good use!