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​Cost-of-a-Coffee Supporters or make a regular or one-off donation to PTFA
Click the button to request PTFA funds
​(Tallis teachers & staff only)

Welcome to Thomas Tallis Parent, Teacher & Friends Association (PTFA)

Tallis PTFA is almost certainly nothing like your Primary School PTA experience.  Here, you won’t find people with clipboards at the gates, or termly bake sales.  You will, however, find Cabaret Hullabaloo,  6th Form lead Coffee Shops, Front of House teams, an online Pre-Loved Uniform Shop, Cost-of-a-Coffee fundraising and collaborations with Charities like ComputerAid who support our Tech for Tallis initiative. 

​Stick with us and you are also very likely to find lasting friendships, get to know the school site and staff in a much less formal setting and without even realising it’s happening, become an indispensable part of this incredible School where our children are already learning about the world and changing it for the better.

I am delighted to welcome you on this journey with us and I hope to meet you in person very soon.

Debbie Joyce, Chair PTFA

Who are we & what do we do?

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Events

These are the upcoming events for academic year 2023/2024.  Please click the signup link next to an event or click the SignUp button below for more information or to volunteer.  In addition to our own events, we also provide Front Of House for all Tallis performances and mentor 6th Form volunteers to provide the Coffee Shop at Parents Evenings and Open Days to raise funds for the Yr13 Prom.
Click to View Volunteer Opportunities on SignUp

October 2023

  • ​​Wed 18 October 4-8pm: ​6th Form Open Evening 6th Form Coffee Shop

November 2023

  • ​​Wed 22 November 4-7pm: ​Yr11 Parents Evening 6th Form Coffee Shop

December 2023

  • ​​Wed 06 December 4-7pm: ​Yr8 Parents Evening 6th Form Coffee Shop

January 2024

  • ​​Wed 17 January 4-7pm: ​yr7 Parents Evening 6th Form Coffee Shop
  • ​Wed 31 January 4-7pm: ​Yr9 Parents Evening

February 2024

March 2024

  • ​​Wednesday 06 March 3.30-6.45pm: ​Yr13 Parents Evening 6th Form Coffee Shop signup.com/go/tDGgAGp
  • ​​Wednesday 20 March 3.30-6.45pm: ​Yr11 Parents Evening 6th Form Coffee Shop signup.com/go/tDGgAGp
  • March tbc: Gardening Day

April 2024

  • ​April tbc: ​Prom Ticket sales
  • ​April tbc: ​Prom fundraising

May 2024

  • May tbc: Gardening Day

June 2024

July 2024

  • ​July tbc: ​Summer Music Recital
  • ​July tbc: ​Summer Dance Showcase
  • Wednesday 3 July 3-4pm: Yr6 Headstart Day
  • July tbc: Pick-you-own-picnic in the Tallis Community Garden
  • July tbc: Uniform Sales

Cost-of-a-Coffee Supporters

Our Cost-of-a-Coffee Supporters pledge the cost of a £2.50 take-away coffee every month. 

​Cost-of-a-Coffee is open to everyone, so please forward to friends, family and anyone else you know who may like to support a Tallis student.  Our aim is to find a Cost-of-a-Coffee supporter for every student in Tallis this year.  And don’t forget, if you are a UK tax payer, as a Charity we can claim 25% of your donation from HMRC so your £2.50 becomes a £3.12 donation!

PTFA Shop

**WE HAVE AN ONLINE SHOP !**

Pre-loved Uniform

To make it easier for you to purchase pre-loved and new uniform donated or purchased by PTFA from Whitehalls excess stock, we have created an online shop with Shopify!  You can now see everything we have in stock and pay online.  Orders can be collected from Reception or given to your Class Tutor.  You can also order online and pay with cash or card when collecting from Reception.  
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To donate uniform, please wash and hand in to Class Tutors or Reception.

New uniform is available from Casseys Schoolwear

Greetings Cards

With huge thanks to Creative Arts, we are very proud to be able to offer Greetings Cards designed by the exceptionally talented Creative Arts staff and students available for you to buy from the PTFA shop now!

There are 6 designs to choose from which can be purchased individually, in bundles of 6 or as a multi-design pack.

Tech for Tallis 2023

We are currently working on a project with the School Senior Leadership Team to address digital exclusion for disadvantaged students in yr7-yr13.
 
During the Pandemic lockdowns we fundraised (£9500) to buy new laptops and refurbished donated laptops to supplement those provided by Government to ensure no student suffered digital exclusion from educational opportunities. With the cost of living crisis, last year school provided 56 laptops across the year groups including students sitting GCSE and A-Level exams.  This year, we have been asked to find 84 laptops for yr7 alone.
We are very grateful for the support of ComputerAid who are supplying us with reconditioned laptops at the vastly reduced cost of £120 each.  To halve that cost, we need to find a company who would be interested in donating their old technology to us as part of their normal refresh programme.  ComputerAid will complete a data wipe, and recondition the laptops for us to distribute in school.
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f you are able to, please consider donating towards the cost of a laptop so that we can eradicate digital exclusion in school that may prevent our young people from accessing educational opportunities. Or, if you work for a company that regularly refreshes their technology, please find out if they would be interested in supporting our refurbishment programme with ComputerAid so that we can halve the cost of the laptops provided to us.
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As a Charity, if you are a UK tax payer we can apply for GiftAid to add 25% to all donations turning £10 donations into £12.50 donations and £100 donations into £125 donations!  All you have to do is tick the box a the bottom of the donation form and we can do the rest.

More ways to help us raise money

Gift Aid is reclaimed by the charity from the tax you pay for the current tax year and ​boosts your donation by 25p of Gift Aid for every £1 you donate.

​Complete the gift aid form to enable us to reclaim Gift Aid on any donation you make to Thomas Tallis PTFA or check the 'Gift Aid' box on our donation forms.
Collect donations every time you shop online.  Over 3000 companies subscribe to Easyfundraising including Sainburys John Lewis, Aviva, and Trainline.

There is also a Reminder widget that pops up when you visit site that supports EasyFundraising donations. Click 'donate' and Easyfundraising automatically donates a percentage of your purchase price to PTFA without taking you to a different site of adding anything to the cost of your purchase
Add us as your favourite charity in PayPal and optionally donate £1 (with 0% fees) whenever you checkout with PayPal or tick the box to set a monthly donation amount.
To setup a Standing Order, please click the button to download and complete the 'Standing Order & Gift Aid Form' or complete your banks's online process.

For bank transfers, our details are:
Triodos Bank
Thomas Tallis Parent, Teacher and Friends 
16-58-10
​21007918

Community Garden Project

The Community Garden project started in 2019 and aimed to:
  • Provide a hub for local wildlife, particularly insects, amphibians and birds.
  • Provide a space in which children could tangibly engage and learn about the natural world
  • To engender a culture of sustainability in the school culture and ethos.
The community garden is now a cross-curricular resource: a model for the sciences and geography, a supplier for technology and a source of inspiration for the arts. Achieving these aims is a multiyear project but huge progress has been made already with big plans for this year.

Newsletters

We have a weekly slot in the Tallis Updates Newsletter published every Monday during term-time.  Our content can also be found by clicking the links below.

2022

November Wk3
November Wk4
November Wk5
December Wk1
December Wk2

2023

January Wk1
January Wk2
January Wk3
January Wk4
February Wk1
​February Wk2
​March Wk1
March Wk2
May Wk1
May Wk2
June Wk1
June Wk2
​June Wk3
June Wk4
​July Wk1
​July Wk2
September Wk1
September Wk2
September Wk3
​September Wk4
October Wk1
October Wk2
November Wk1
​November Wk2
​November Wk3
November Wk4
​November Wk5
December Wk1
December Wk2
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2024

Planning & Events Calendar

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Documentation

2022 AGM Minutes (in progress)
​2022 Chairs Report & Financial Report
2021 AGM Minutes
2021 Financial Report
​2021 Chairs Report
2020 AGM Minutes
2020 Financial Report
2020 Chairs Report
​2020 Business Director Update
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