PTFA – Parent Teacher Friends Association
PTFA Information
Welcome to Dashwood Banbury Academy’s PTFA!
The aim of the PTFA is to raise money through exciting and engaging events that enrich the lives, opportunities and experiences of all of our pupils. This academic year, the PTFA have decided to provide our KS1 and KS2 pupils with a new and different experience of a theatre production in school! All funds raised from events go towards supporting this great opportunity!
Do you have enthusiasm, energy and ideas for fundraising? Can you spare an hour or two to support our events?
Our PTFA always welcomes new members to join them in organising events. We understand that everyone has commitments and busy lives so any time you can give, even just an hour for one event, will be very much appreciated.
If you are interested in joining the PTFA, or can offer a little of your time, please come to our school office where we can give you more information.
Here are the events we are planning to host this year 2025/2026 – any help that you can offer either in planning for the event or on the actual day, will be greatly received:
| Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 | Term 4 | Term 5 | Term 6 |
| Treat Sale | Winter Disco | Spring Disco | ‘Special Lady in Your Life’ Market | Non-Uniform/Treat/Ice Lolly Sale | ‘Special Man in Your Life’ Market |
The PTFA Meetings for this academic year, which include planning the events above, are:
| Friday 26th September 2025 @ 9am | Friday 7th November 2025 @ 9am | Friday 23rd January 2026 @ 9am | Friday 27th February 2026 @ 9am | Friday 24th April 2026 @ 9am |
| Treat Sale preparation meeting | Winter Disco preparation meeting | Spring Disco preparation meeting | Special Lady In Your Life Market preparation meeting | Treat Sale preparation meeting |
If you can come along to any meetings or help out at any of the above events (even if it just one event or just for a short time), we would love to see you!
The meetings are held at Dashwood Banbury Academy. Please come and join us and meet friendly people to create a sense of community whilst also doing something positive to make our children’s time at Dashwood a memorable experience that enriches our pupils lives.
Last Year, the money raised by our fabulous Ptfa team funded…
- A pantomime performance for pupils in Years 1 – 6
- A treat bag and visit from the elves for our Reception and Nursery pupils
- 4 huge tents to support our Year 4 campnight experience
- Sleeping mats and sleeping bags so that our Year 4 pupils were snuggly in their tents
- Hi Vis jackets so that all of our pupils and staff can be safely seen when out on trips
- Bespoke printed T-Shirts for our our Year 6 leavers so that they have a keepsake memory of their Dashwood journey
All of these experiences and resources have made such a huge difference to all of our pupils at Dashwood Banbury Academy and we thank all of the PTFA members for all of their help, support, creativity and unfaltering commitment throughout the academic year 2024/2025!
Click here to see the what experiences and resources the PTFA have funded