FoSM (Friends of St Mary’s) Charity Commission Registered Number: 1026779
Who we are
Friends of St Mary’s (FoSM) is our school’s Parent Teacher Association (PTA) and a registered charity. We provide an opportunity for all parents and teachers to work together towards raising funds for our school in a fun and sociable way. In addition to raising funds, we aim to support the teachers and staff in any way we can to provide a strong and healthy school community that creates the best possible educational environment for our children.
In recent years, money raised from initiatives and community events have funded resources such as these listed: new reading books, IT equipment and subscriptions, playground equipment and improvements, class resources, music resources, eco initiatives and pond maintenance.
You can donate directly to FoSM via our Pay Pal Giving Fund here: https://www.paypal.com/gb/fundraiser/112574636177901026/charity/3256916
Our team
Our FoSM committee is always looking for new ideas and enthusiastic parents to be involved in various roles. All parents can get involved even if they only have a small amount of time available, from being a class representative to helping at school fairs or supporting individual events. If you are interested in taking an active part in FoSM, please contact your committee members at the email addresses below or via Classlist.
Chair: Anna Miley chair.fosm@gmail.com
Treasurers: Ralph Stokes and Liz Alexander treasurer.fosm@gmail.com
Communications
Sign up to Classlist, download the app and start receiving messages from FoSM and your class reps here: https://classlist.com/
FoSM uses Classlist for all our communications with parents. Classlist is a specially customised app and communication platform for PTAs; it enables parents at our school to connect with each other and stay in the loop about what’s happening at St. Mary’s. Classlist is fully GDPR compliant and is the only way that we can share parent contact information. If you have any issues with using or getting started with Classlist, please email chair.fosm@gmail.com or talk to one of your class reps.
FoSM has set up Amazon Wish Lists for each school site to enable parents to easily respond to any requests from teachers for classroom resources. It’s wonderful to have resources at the ready for our teachers such as whiteboard markers, string, glue sticks, craft materials and of course extra tissues during the winter cold season! Parents can select and purchase items chosen by the school and have it delivered directly to each site.
Link to Infant Site Amazon Wish List here: https://amzn.eu/4U8ItpJ
Link to Middle Site Amazon Wish List here: https://amzn.eu/hhno16V
Link to Junior Site Amazon Wish List here: https://amzn.eu/7RaNVUk
