Parents' Association HPSA
Hazelwood Parents and Staff Association (HPSA)
who are we & what do we do?
Hazelwood Parents and Staff Association (HPSA) – who are we and what do we do?
HPSA is made up of every parent/carer at Hazelwood Schools. This means that once your child joins Hazelwood, you are automatically a member of HPSA.
We are a registered charity run by a group of parent volunteers who organise fun events for our school community in order to raise much needed funds for our schools.
We are immensely proud to have funded Hazelwood’s learning kitchen with our most recent fundraising efforts - a real testament to what our community can achieve! Over the years HPSA has paid for installation of interactive whiteboards in many classrooms, new audio visual equipment for school performances, green and sensory areas for play, and KS1 and KS2 outdoor gym equipment. We also fund smaller but just as important things, such as resources to support children with varying additional needs, new musical and sporting kits, school garden maintenance, workshops to support kids with well-being and emotional guidance, and much more.
The HPSA Committee
We are really grateful for the hard work and dedication of a small group of parents who give up their time to be on the HPSA Committee.
Please see below to view their profiles.
The HPSA Committee
Eva Koniavitou - Co-Chair 
Eva was a professional ballet and contemporary dancer and is currently teaching ballet to children and adults. You may have seen her on stage at one of our Pantos - make sure you look out for her this year!! She is a mum with twin girls in year 4 and has been involved in HPSA since day one of the girls starting. She loves to help make our school a better place for our children.
Sara Raafat - Co-Chair
Sara has a son in year 5 and boy/girl twins in year 3. She enjoys getting to know parents from across the school community through volunteering with HPSA. Working in admin management, she brings organisation and spreadsheets to various HPSA events, but likes to get creative too. Come Autumn Term she can be found producing and performing in the school panto, always on the lookout for willing parents to join in this fun Hazelwood tradition!
Anna Morris - Vice Chair 
Anna has worked in events and catering for over 20 years and has her own café, Anna's Courtside at Conway. Anna has three boys (one of whom is still at Hazelwood) and has been involved in HPSA for over nine years. She loves getting involved in all the school events, lending her creative ear (she can often be seen carrying a pink flamingo!). She is always looking for like-minded organisers to help plan and facilitate HPSA events.
Rhian Rajaratnam - Treasurer
Rhian has two sons, one of whom is still at Hazelwood in year 1.
She is a new Committee member but has been supporting HPSA as
a HPSA rep and helping out with events for a number of years.
She's looking forward to getting more involved and raising lots of
money for the school!
Assistant Treasurer – Amy Sheehan
Amy has been HPSA Treasurer for a few years and is now handing the purse-strings over to the next Treasurer. She can often be seen wheeling her trolley of cash floats round our big events, so if you volunteer to run a stall at our fetes you will get to know her face! She has three sons - one of whom is still at Hazelwood, her two older sons who have now left. So not only has she been involved in school for quite a while, she has more years here to come!
Dharmishta Chauhan - Assistant Treasurer
Dee is a Chartered and Certified Accountant and passionate about
her professional life and giving back to the community. She is
excited to bring her accounting expertise to help with the Treasury
duties. She has a son in Year 1 at Hazelwood. Being part of the
HPSA Committee is a great way for her to contribute to the school
and leave a lasting impact.
Cara Christie - Committee Member
Cara is the friendly face behind all things Maple Hall Party Bookings
– if there are balloons, an entertainer, or a disco involved, she's on
it. When she’s not keeping the party calendar under control, she’s
busy juggling life and has a desperate need to learn how to crochet
with little success. Her two children are in Year 5 and Year 1. Cara
can turn even the quickest “hello” into a full-on catch-up so come
say hi and ask about booking your next party!
Joe Fowler - Committee Member
Joe is a TV Producer who has a son in Year 2. He has lots of experience in organising big events for work and is looking forward to bringing his experience to all the future HPSA events. I enjoyed helping out loads last year and am excited to be part of the committee. Joe is a whizz on the computer and is our creative design guru. He has been busy designing all our amazing colourful posters.
Joe Newell - Committee Member
Joe has been working as a freelance TV Producer for almost twenty years, having made several programmes for the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5. This is his second year with HPSA but, with a child in year 2, hopes there will be many more! Joe is our cake stall and baker extraordinaire. He heads up our cake stall at our big events. Love baking? Make sure you make friends with Joe! His cakes are not to be missed!
Silvana Talbot - Committee Member
Silvana has 2 daughters at Hazelwood, is currently a class rep and
this year has joined the HPSA committee. Her daughters have loved
being at Hazelwood and taking part in the many events HPSA
organise. She’s keen to be involved and help out in any way she
can (except baking!). With a background in criminal justice and
charity management, community and building relationships is a
passion of Silvana’s. She has co-founded and runs a career
coaching company and is also a volunteer at the North London
Hospice.
How you can help?
HPSA relies on parent members to all help where they can. This can be as simple as attending events, or you can take a more active role in helping to organise events like the quiz, discos, movie nights, Christmas and Summer Fetes.
Every class in the school has two HPSA class reps who coordinate class activity – such as volunteers to man the class stalls at the summer and Christmas fetes. To oversee it all as a charity we also have a yearly voted-in committee of parents who volunteer their time to be Chair, Vice-Chair, Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer. We are currently in need of a Secretary - could this be you?!
If you feel you can help please get in touch via hazelwoodhpsa@gmail.com, follow us on Facebook and Instagram, and come along to one of our twice-termly meetings.
All parents at the school are welcome.
We always need new ideas, fresh faces and different perspectives and really welcome any support you can offer!
Please click below to watch a video of the amazing work of HPSA and the whole parent community last year:
HPSA Newsletters
2025-26 NEWSLETTERS
December 2025 Newsletter - Christmas Fete
2024-25 NEWSLETTERS
July 2025 Newsletter - End of Year
June 2025 Newsletter - Summer Fete
December 2024 Newsletter - Christmas Fete
2023-24 NEWSLETTERS
December 2023 Newsletter - Christmas Fete
July 2024 End of Year Newsletter
2022-23 NEWSLETTERS
November 2022 Newsletter 2 - Christmas Fete
December 2022 Newsletter 3 - Christmas Fete
June 2023 Newsletter 4 - Hazelwood-on-Sea Summer Fete
July 2023 Newsletter 5 - A Thank You from HPSA
Hazelwood Parents Staff Association (HPSA) is the registered charity (296649) of Hazelwood Schools whose aim is to organise fundraising events and initiatives to provide additional finance for the educational and social development of the children who attend the Schools.