Thank you for visiting us at our Friend’s of St Michael’s Page. 

FOSM Committee Meetings 2012

all held at school 1830 hrs start unless otherwise stated: 

Wednesday 29 February 2012

Thursday 3 May 2012

Wednesday 13 June 2012 

Family Fundraising Events: 

Ceilidh – 10 February 2012 Norton Cricket Club – 7.30pm (Pie & Peas included in ticket price)

Quiz Night – 23 March 2012 – at school

Easter Egg Raffle:  3 & 4 April – at school – Easter Egg Donations Needed please

Family Social Evening – 25 May 2012 – at school

Summer Fayre – 5 July 2012 – biggest fundraiser of our year so please make sure you join us! 

Why do the Friends of St Michael’s Exist (FOSM) 

Whether you are a parent, a carer, a pupil past, present or still to join us at St Michael’s you may not be aware that as a faith school, St Michael’s is classified as being a ‘Voluntary Aided’ school.  This means that the school has more autonomy than other state schools in a number of areas including admissions and that the Diocese owns the building.  However, this greater autonomy comes at a cost, the government only provides 90% of state funding to the school for building projects, with the school expected to raise the additional 10% from donations, voluntary contributions and fundraising – in essence topping up the governments funding allocation from you our parents and supporters.  Without this valuable support the school simply would not exist in its present form.  FOSM works to support the Head and his management team to help them achieve the mutual goals that will see every pupil reach their full potential during their time at St Michael’s. This also includes FOSM financially contributing towards the purchase of the school minibus, school trips regionally, nationally & internationally and much more besides. In essence our fundraising provides essential support. 

New members welcome – and we do mean you! 

We always welcome new members to join FOSM, the more the merrier – that said the last few years have seen fewer parents take the time to engage with us and we need your valuable input to help us with Innovative and creative ideas for fundraising to ensure we contribute towards the revenue needed to sustain the school. We have regular meetings; dates will be here on our web link, also included in letters from the Head as a reminder and via the Homelinks newsletter.  We would love you to join us at a FOSM meeting but if meetings are not for you (don’t let the word ‘committee’ put you off – we’re really nice people!), please do help us in other ways, attend our organised events, donation of raffle prizes, purchase of raffle tickets, send us your ‘ideas’ or via a straightforward donation – you may have a generous employer with a proactive corporate social responsibility programme, perhaps they can offer a match funding, or donate a prize, or sponsor an event – seriously, every single contribution helps us achieve our fundraising goals. 

Due to data protection, you need to contact us initially, the school does not have permission to share your details, so if you would like more information, please do contact school, who, with your permission, will pass on your details to Janet Nevatt FOSM Chair who will establish contact to discuss options of how you can help.