Friends of Micklefield Newsletter – September 2014 Dear Parents Welcome back to the start of a new school year. I hope you have enjoyed a lovely summer holiday and your children are happy and excited to be back at school. I am Kate Walker, the new Chair of the FOM Committee. I have been a Micklefield parent for nearly 5 years and I have been involved in the FOM for at least 3 of those years. I would like to start by saying a huge thank you and well done to Lisa Pierre and Soulla Kyriacou for their phenomenal work over the last two years, as Joint Chairs of the FOM. The main events last term were the Circus Skills Day and the Summer Ball. The whole school participated in the Circus Skills day in May, even some of the teachers! This appeared to be a very successful day, with all ages learning new skills and having lots of fun while they did so. Year 6 pupils went first and then very ably assisted the other classes to really get to grips with the different equipment available. The Summer Ball was held at Kingswood Gold Club. The original date and venue had to be changed as it had been severely flooded and closed for refurbishment. This did not stop the FOM Committee though and a great event was enjoyed by all who attended. The amount raised through the events held in the last school year are still being prepared for auditing, and will be available to see in details at the FOM AGM which will be arranged in the near future. All parents are actively encouraged to attend this event, so you can see for yourselves what funds are raised and where they are spent. However, we are very pleased and proud to say £9K off the funds raised this year have bought the new projector and (huge) screen in the Gym, which among many other uses in school, will enable the FOM to organise Movie Evenings for the children. We also donated £5000 to the refurbishment of the Pavilion. I am sure those of you that knew it before its facelift, will agree it is greatly improved. Funds from the 2nd Hand Uniform sales of previous years, were also donated this year, and have provided the school with £1000 worth of Lego to start a Lego Club, which was a proposal put forward by the pupils via the School Council. Many thanks for all your support for these, and the other events through the year. The funds we raise really do make a difference to the school experience for our children, and we have great fun along the way! We look forward to your ongoing support and enjoyment for the year to come. Events Planned for the Autumn Term. Friday 3rd October 6.30-8.30 – Upper School Disco Saturday 11th October am – 2nd Hand Uniform Sale Christmas Cards Happy Bags Charity Collection – date to be confirmed Saturday 22nd November pm – Christmas Fayre Friday 12th December – Lower School Movie Evening Information for these events will come out in school bags. Events planned for the rest of the year Lower School Disco Mr Nutty Show – Preps Curry and Quiz night – Parents Upper School Movie Night Summer Event for the children to be confirmed Summer Ball – Parents FOM Committee Kate Walker (Chair), Sophie Oxtoby (Treasurer), Claire Greensmith, Hannah Higginbotham, Margaret Ford, Hester Beukes, Kristina Molinari, Annette Fulcher, Miriam Knowles, Lisa Perowne, Aileen Judge. We are always very happy to welcome new committee members. Please contact a committee member if you would like to talk about what this entails, or come along to a committee meeting to see for yourself! The next meeting is Tuesday 7th October 12.30 in the Parents Room at School.
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