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FRIENDS OF FAIR OAK

INFANT SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER September 2015

UPCOMING AUTUMN TERM EVENTS

24thSeptember Annual General Meeting16thOctober Parentlink Soft Play Pyjama Party

22rdOctober Yr 1 and Yr 2 Discos

23rdOctober Cake sale

27thNovember Non-uniform day

28thNovember Mistletoe Fayre

29thNov 4thDec Secret Santa

Your CommitteeChair:

Sophie Thorogood

Vice Chair:

Lindsey Ashdown

Treasurer:

Rob Gardner

Secretary:

Sarah Hearst

Raffle & Licencing

Co-ordinator:

John Verrico

Committee Members:

Sarah Carline, Gemma

Cooper, Jenny

Downie, Emma Earl,

Kayleigh Graves,

Kerry Henderson,

Sara Henry, Neil

Johnston, Tracy

Morgan, Linda Nelson,

Pam Noel, David

Peart, Alex Richards,

Babs Robertson.

If you have any ideas

or suggestions for

FoFOIS please leave

them at reception or

contact us via our e-

mail:

Friends@fairoak-inf.hants.sch.uk.

Thank you.

17thSeptember 2015

Dear Parent

We would to welcome both returning Year 1 & Year 2 and new Year R parents to the start

of a fresh academic year of fund-raising activities organised by the Friends of Fair Oak

Infant School (FoFOIS) committee.

2014/15 Fundraising

Last academic year, we raised over 10,000 for the school thanks to the support from

parents, staff & pupils so thank you for all of your help!

Although the committees initial fundraising target for 2014/15 was to increase thetechnology within the school, we were approached with the idea of contributing towards

the renovation of the cookery room. With the change in curriculum focusing on healthy

eating & living, the committee voted in favour of supporting this change in fundraising

target and the work began over the summer holidays. Please look out for photos in

upcoming school bulletins showing the amazing new cookery room, we hope the children will

really enjoy using it!

Upcoming events

The next meeting of FoFOIS will be our AGM and is to be held on Thursday 24 thSeptember at 7pm in the

staffroom. All parents automatically become Friends however, you may feel you would like to be more closely

involved. We are looking for committee members and event volunteers, as well as new ideas to ensure ourevents are successful.

We are a small group of parents & staff who are responsible for all aspects of planning social and fundraising

events. Some members of the committee are also the trustees as the organisation is a registered charity;

they oversee how the funds are spent with the aim of providing additional resources for the children of the

school.

Over the past few years, the committee raised money to purchase a new sun shelter in the World Garden and

new equipment for the playground, as well as contributing towards school trips and as mentioned above, the

renovation of the cookery room.

During the AGM, the previous committee members will stand down from their positions and we will elect the

following key roles:

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Treasurerwill take responsibility for day to day administration of financial records as well as the

banking & handling of money at events.

Secretarywilling to take the minutes of committee meetings, type them and send them to the chair

for approval and then distribute to committee members.

Raffle and Licencing Coordinatorwill take responsibility for the legal paperwork in relation to raffles

which involves applying for the licence and sending returns on number of tickets sold, organising the

printing of tickets, and the posting of letters requesting donations. Application of licences necessary

for events.

Vice Chairwill support the Chair in setting of agenda items, act as Chair to meetings in the absenceof the Chair.

Chair organise schedule of meetings, produce agendas and Chair meetings. Establishment of sub

committees for event management. Complete Health and Safety paperwork and follow Charity

Commission procedures.

We will also be discussing and agreeing upon the fund-raising targets for 2015/16 We would invite all parents

to provide input into this decision by either attending the AGM, or you can email us on the address above.

The Committee meets half termly in the evenings, with meetings usually lasting about 1 1/2 hours. If you do

not want to commit to becoming a fulltime committee member we also need a group of people willing to

contribute their time to help with events. For example, at our fayres we need people to sort throughdonations and price these up, help in running stalls, folding raffle tickets, setting up tables and chairs.

Being a part of the Friends of Fair Oak Infant School will help raise funds to help the school, put you in touch

with new friends and is an enjoyable role. If you would like to find out more please come to our meeting on

Thursday 24thor alternatively please fill in the reply slip below and return it to the school office.

Details of our other events happening in the first half of the Autumn term will be issued in separate letters

over the next few weeks so please look out for them.

We look forward to meeting you at one of our events

Yours sincerely

Friends of Fair Oak Infant School Committee

Friends of Fair Oak Infant School

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