Friends of New Siblands School

 

Chairperson

Mrs Brenda Jeal

01454 318758 

Vice Chair

Mrs Wendy Britten

 

Treasurer

Mrs Debbie Biggs

  01454 632200

Secretary

Mrs Debbie Biggs

 

Members

Mrs Lynne Watkins

01454 631628

Mrs Liz Woods

01454 312741

 

 

Forthcoming events:

Saturday 4th July. Thornbury Carnival parade and FONSS stall.

 

Friday 17th July. FONSS

barbecue 6pm-8pm

 

Next meeting. Tuesday June 9th at 7.30pm at Wendy

Britten's house in

Rockhampton.

 

INTRODUCTION

 

Things have been a bit quiet recently on the Friends of New Siblands School (FONSS) front.

The good news is that, with the great support of Filton Golf Club who raised 9,000 for us last year, FONSS have reached the 20,000 target needed to support the school in their bid for specialist status. We will keep hold of that money until the staff have written and finalised their documents and are ready to make their application. Thank you to those parents who have helped us with this over the last 18 months.

 

We are still desperate for new members, especially those with younger children who can help us out for longer. If you feel you can help or have some great new ideas, please contact Brenda Jeal who is Chairperson of FONSS and also works at the school. Messages can be sent via her son Tom Jeal or through school.

 

We would love to see you at the next

meeting on Tuesday 9th June at 7.30pm at Wendy Britten's house in Rockhampton. Please ask Brenda or Wendy (via Sarah Britten) for details.

 

RECENT EVENTS

 

November 2007. Sponsored Bounce

All pupils took part in the sponsored bounce which took place in school on the trampoline. 16 children returned their sponsor forms and raised 1,181.50 between them. Brilliant!

 

December 2007. Christmas Disco

This was enjoyed by those families

attending and raised 719.31 for our cause.

 

December 2007. Balloon flight raffle

This raised 485 for FONSS.

 

April 2008. Carpet cleaning raffle

This raised a slightly disappointing 159.60 as the prize was worth over 500.

 

July 2008. Summer Fair and BBQ

This was very well attended and, despite the inclement weather, we raised 1,264.35 for our efforts.

 

November 2008. Christmas Disco

Again this was enjoyed by those who

attended and we raised 475.52.

 

Lucky numbers club is ongoing giving members the chance to win some money. contact Wendy Britten (via Sarah) for details if you would like to join.

 

Easyfundraising donations to FONSS is also ongoing. Details of how this works follows.

 

 

 

Easyfundraising.org.uk

provides a FREE service where you can shop with your favourite online stores and at no extra cost raise funds for any charity, good cause or group you choose to support. You still shop directly with each retailer as you would normally, but simply by using the links from the easyfundraising website first, each purchase you make will generate a cashback donation to the cause you wish to support.

You can shop with 500+ Brand Name retailers, and to raise funds you just use the links from the easyfundraising website first - it's that simple!

If you ALREADY shop online, why not help good causes at no extra cost from purchases you would make anyway.

 

FONSS has now registered New Siblands School, Thornbury FONSS as a charity that can be supported in this way and you can register and shop using the following steps:

 

1. Go into the easyfundraising.org.uk website on the internet.

2. Register yourself as a user by clicking on the register link. Choose New Siblands School, Thornbury FONSS as your charity/organisation. You may have to look for it in their long list of    charities but you can click on the letter N to narrow it down a bit. Then enter your name and e-mail details and click here to continue at the bottom.

3. You can read any of their information on the website.

4. To raise money, all you do is choose your retailer from the a-z list on the easyfundraising website instead of going into the retailers website directly. Make your online purchase as normal at the same online price and a  percentage will go into our pot once the transaction has been processed by the retailer.

 

Only 8 members have registered to date raising 70 for school so far a great start. It could be so much higher if more of you give it a try. Please help us.