Parents Association

(Charity No: 801836) - Registered Charity since July 1989

Our Mission

The BETHS Parents’ Associations mission is “To bring together parents, teachers and scholars by raising funds to make the school a better place to learn, whilst strengthening the school community.”

We achieve this by supporting the Community, Causes and Care. You can find more details at http://playbook.bethspa.co.uk

Our Priorities and Objectives

Community:

Our priority is to “Establish and build communications between BETHS parents, teachers and scholars that drive community learning and interactions”. We do this by building the parent community using Classlist. As a parent for a Beths Scholar, you should join Classlist by going to http://join.bethspa.co.uk or by downloading the Android or iOS app and find Beths Grammar School and assign your scholar to the Year and Class for the year and meet your new community. This community will allow you to connect and message parents in your class, your scholar's year group and the school. We aim to connect you to others, help you understand scholars near you for organising car shares, buy and sell school items, and understand all the events and activities in the school. If you have a question or a concern, I promise there will be a likeminded parent that has the same question and another parent that can help answer your question for you.

Causes:

Our second priority is to “Understand parents, teachers and children’s unmet needs and unarticulated wants that will lead to a world class education”. In partnership with the school, we identify and prioritize projects aimed at providing the best possible learning and social experiences for our scholars. Recent highlights include a basketball scoreboard, 1st XV rugby shirts, and 3D printers, Visualizers and many many more. For a more comprehensive look at these initiatives, please visit Classlist.

Care:

Our third priority is to “Drive fundraising within the community to provide resources required that lead to enriched learning and social experiences“. We look to support and organise events for fundraising for which help us achieve the causes that enrich your scholars and the school.

Each year we need help and support to achieve more for your scholar. Please join the community and consider what you can bring to support our causes and drive care.

Our Board

Name	Role	Contact Information
Justin Zarb	Chair	justin@bethspa.co.uk
Julie Macinnis	Secretary	julie@bethspa.co.uk
Dorota Das	Treasurer	dorota@bethspa.co.uk
Natalie Zarb	Deputy Treasurer	natalie@bethspa.co.uk

Meetings

The Parents’ Association aims to meet monthly with the school, typically on the 2nd Tuesday of each month over Microsoft Teams. All meeting invites are published on Classlist in the “What’s On” section.

Supporting School Events:

The Beth’s Parents’ Association is dedicated to supporting various school events throughout the term by offering refreshments, uniform sales, and merchandise to the school community. These events include:

Sports Induction Days
Termly Concerts (Winter, Spring and Summer)
Sports Awards
Film Festival
Year 7 Quiz Night: Held in the Spring term.
Whole School Quiz Night: Held in the autumn term.
And many other events.

Get involved

How to join

Join the Beth’s Parents’ Association community by signing up on Classlist at http://join.bethspa.co.uk. You can also become a Class Rep in Classlist. If you wish to actively contribute your time, please email us at exec@bethspa.co.uk.

Volunteer Opportunities:

We have a variety of volunteer opportunities available, including:

Running our pre-loved uniform stores.
Submitting bids for charitable funding and match funding from parents.
Helping serve refreshments at events.
Working with vendors to organise requests.
Interacting with the school on requests and raising votes with parents.
Building our marketing content and information.
Running and supporting quiz nights at the school.

There are many ways you can help, and we can find the right use of your skills to support our initiatives.

Donation Information:

You can submit donations, either ad hoc or monthly, at our donation page.

Projects and Achievements

The Beth’s Parents’ Association has successfully funded various projects, contributing significantly to the school community. Below are some of the notable achievements, along with a summary of the total costs:

1. PHSCE Curriculum Enhancement

• Description: Funding for guest speaker talks as part of the PHSCE curriculum and celebration of diversity.

• Cost: £700