St. Mary's C of E Primary School
PTA
Welcome to the
Friends of St Mary’s School ('FOSMS') page!
2012 Dates for Your Diary
EVERYBODY WELCOME - NEW PARENTS AND OLD - THIS IS A GREAT CHANCE TO MEET OTHER PARENTS, SUPPORT THE SCHOOL AND ENJOY YOURSELF!
25 FEBRUARY - WYCOMBE WANDERERS MATCH - Special price tickets £10 Adult, £3 Children inc. children's guard of honour at half time
3 MARCH - ANNUAL QUIZ NIGHT - This year the theme is the Olympics. For tickets speak to Sarah Tipping. Doors open 7:30pm for an 8pm start
19 MARCH - BAG 2 SCHOOL - Recycle your textiles and make money for school. Storage bags available, just ask Harriet Lemon (Hazel Class)
24 MARCH - BIKE AUCTION - You can sell your bike at our auction and bid for a new one to replace it. Auction registration starts at 10am, viewing will be at 12pm and the Auction starts at 2pm
23 JUNE - SUMMER FAYRE - 12-3PM
What is FOSMs? (Friends of St. Mary’s)
We are the Parents & Teachers Association (PTA) of St Mary's School. We are made up of parents, carers and teachers and we run social and fundraising events for the school. Over the year we organise a variety of activities - some for adults, some for children and some for families. Some of the things we do raise substantial amounts for school, others are done purely for fun!
All the money raised goes directly back to the school to the benefit of all the children within the school.
Our ‘free money’ Scheme
Supermarket Voucher Scheme
The Supermarket Voucher Scheme is our biggest fundraiser and it's FREE! Contributing to the scheme is as easy as 1, 2 3!!! You buy vouchers - through FOSMS - for Tesco, Sainsbury, John Lewis and use them in store instead of cash. By buying them through this scheme FOSMS get a huge commission!
Contact Angela Spicer who co-ordinates this scheme via the PTA post box or catch her in the playground.
Fund-raising through Catalogue Shopping
FOSMS earns between 10% and 25% commission if we shop using this method – read on to find out how!
BuyAt – 10-25% commission – just logon! - this covers lots of High Street and internet names, such as Amazon, M&S, Next etc etc http://www.buy.at/FriendsofStMarysAmersham
Easy Fundraising - http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/
Yellow Moon – 25% commission – Use the code SST5991 http://www.yellowmoon.org.uk/select_cashback_group.asp
Who we are? Please feel free to speak to any of us about FOSMs
Sarah Tipping is Joint-Chair, with a child in Beech
Natalie Rizzi O’Brien is our 2nd Joint-Chair, with children in Elm and Beech
Sandra Hitchman covers the Treasury role with children in Elm and Beech
Greta Crabtree is Vice Treasurer with children in Maple, Hazel and Beech
Harriet Lemon is Secretary, her child is in Hazel.
What have we bought in the past?
Outdoor classroom
Outdoor play equipment
KS1 & KS2 Reading Scheme
£100 class grant including SEN
Gym Equipment
Upgraded the ICT suite
Environmental Club and Walk to School scheme support
Upgrading the white boards in each class
New books for the library (fiction and non-fiction)
What are we raising money for now?
Specific out-door play equipment for Reception
Portable playground equipment for key stage 1 and 2
Our Events
The events we hold are varied - children's events, such as Circus Skills or Magician Day; adult evenings such as the Quiz Night, fashion event or a tribute band and family days such as the Christmas Fayre and weekend camping.
All these events are a great way to socialise and get to know other families away from the playground. So look out for the notes in the book bag or parentmail for more information and dates of events.
There are so many ways parents can help
Come along to our events, donate a raffle prize, put some time to helping with one of the socials, bake a cake for the cake stall, delight your child by being a helper on a stall at one of our fetes or fayres... There are lots of ways to join in and have some fun whilst supporting an extremely good cause.
New to St Mary's?
We are always on the lookout for new ideas for events and fundraisers. Is there something from your previous school or nursery that you particularly enjoyed? We would love to hear from you - come along and bring new ideas to one of our meetings (held each half term) or drop a note into the silver PTA box outside the school office.
