About us

Welcome to the Oldfield School Association

We all want the very best experience for our children and families at Oldfield Primary school. The Oldfield School Association (OSA) is a charitable organisation, composed of a fun and friendly group of parents, teachers and carers who all want to contribute towards making the Oldfield experience even better.

OSA activities

• School community - Creating a sense of community within the school by creating enjoyable events for children, families and teachers
• Fundraising – Providing much needed funds to support school activities and enhance school infrastructure

Use of funds

In the last year, the OSA has provided

• £200 to each class in the school to allow teachers to buy support materials for use in class and on school trips
• Sunshades for the Quad and KS1 playground (donation matched by the school)
• Multi-gym equipment
• Adventure trail and bird hide
• TV and software licences
• Funds to subsidise fun events for the children such as the Christmas Shopping morning, the EYFS BBQ and the year 6 end of school celebration.

This year, we have a long list of potential projects requesting OSA funds and our spending plans for 2018/2019 will be confirmed in the Spring term.

2018 / 2019 Events Calendar

Event	Date	Update
OSA AGM	19th September 2018	Complete
EYFS BBQ	22nd September 2018	Complete
Zog reading visit to EYFS	November 2018	Complete
Mufti day - Kids gift tombola	30th November 2018	Complete
Mufti day – Drinks tombola	7th December 2018	Complete
Christmas Fair	7th December 2018	Complete
Children’s Christmas Shopping Morning	14th December 2018	Complete
Swimarathon	6th January 2019	Looking for more swimmers!
Spring term OSA meeting	Tbc	All welcome!
Bags to School	1st February 2019	Collectors welcome on the day
Quiz Night	March 2019	Awaiting team and planning
Cake Bake Competition	Tbc	Awaiting team and planning
Easter Bonnet Competition	Tbc	Awaiting team and planning
Mother’s Day Flowers	Tbc	Awaiting team and planning
Camp night	June 2019	Awaiting team and planning
Summer Fair	July 2019	Awaiting team and planning

Other possible events to be explored include a Zumba night, kid’s quiz afternoon, supper club and auction.

Events Gallery

The OSA would like to thank everyone who contributed to make the Christmas Fair such an amazing, fun evening! Take a look at the gallery to see some of the action.

How can I help?

We are looking for your ideas and your energy! We know that everyone leads busy lives so we are happy to receive your efforts big or small.

• Can you support OSA activities by attending events and encouraging others to do so?
• Can you save up your old clothes for “Bags to School” collections?
• Can you get a donation from your employer? Many employers have charitable funds available to support their local community – just asking a question could raise a contribution.
• Can you or your company donate raffle prizes?
• Are you interested in creating a sponsored activity to benefit the school?
• Key events like the Christmas and Summer Fairs require wide participation to be successful, so we really need as any people as possible to run a stall for a short period so that we can all enjoy a great event.
• Can you help to set up or run an event? It may sound scary, but many hands make light work.

We’ll keep you informed of impending events through office emails, the Oldfield School Facebook page and class reps.

If you’d like to join the Oldfield School Facebook page, please request access here. https://www.facebook.com/groups/oldfieldschool/

We’d love it if you could also come along to the OSA AGM and other meetings to find out more and influence what we do.

If you’d like to get involved in any way and help with the events that we are organising for our children, please feel free to email osa.speak@gmail.com to find out more.

The OSA Committee

The core team responsible for overall governance is listed below.

The OSA Committee
Richard Jarrett	President
Allan Donaldson	Chair
Jo Mason	Secretary
Gayna Hall	Co-Vice Chair
Emma Fairley	Co-Vice Chair
Divya Jayakar	Co-Vice Chair
Niki Patel	Co-Vice Chair
Amir Mohazab	Co-Treasurer
Carole Wood	Co-Treasurer
Christopher Hill	Co-Treasurer
Amelia Goodson	Staff Representative
Viv Williams	Governor Representative/ President
Adelina Rusu	Media Coordinator
Melissa Carr	Media Coordinator

 

Class reps are also invaluable in helping with school and OSA communications and building our school community.

OSA Expenses

If you have any OSA expenses to claim, please use the link below.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScjVSppsRb-NlDBTcSmR-F0QLI8V1QbmAk_tnpRBikx5OH3bg/viewform