Wigmore Primary School

Friends of Wigmore Primary School

The Friends

The Committee

Our aims

Future events

Past events

Minutes of past meetings

What you can do to help

Event Survey Results

The Friends

The Friends of Wigmore Primary School (FOWPS) is the Parent/Teacher Assciation for Wigmore Primary School. All parents and guardians of children at the School, all members of staff and the Governing Body are automatically members of the FOWPS. In addition, any adult with an interest in the School may also be a member. FOWPS is a registered charity (1088372).

The Committee:

The following Commitee members were elected at the Annual General Meeting on 8th November 2004. They were elected to serve for one year until 14th November 2005. The FOWPS Constitution places a limit on the number of consecutive years that any elected Committee member can be re-elected and that limit is 3 years.

Chair
Alan Dowdy. Alan is currently serving his third year as chairman He can be contacted on 01568 770121 or at alan@alandowdy.freeserve.co.uk.

Secretary
Jointly held by Jane Galliers & Claire Hurley. Jane is the mother of Jack in Class 3 and Sam in Reception and Claire is the mother of Ross in Class 3. They can be contacted on 01568 770879 or at email Claire.

Treasurer
Mary Hatt. Mary is the mother of Sophie and Zara. This is her third year as Treasurer.

Vice-Chair
This post is currently vacant.

Catering Officer
This post is currently vacant.

Our Aims (as stated in our constitution):

The object of the Friends of Wigmore Primary School is to advance the education of the pupils by providing and assisting in the provision of facilities for education at the school which are not normally provided by the Local Education Authority. In doing so they also foster relationships between the staff, parents and others associated with the school, and engage in activities which support the school and advance the education of the pupils.

Future Events:

Christmas Bingo - see calendar

Recent Past Events:

Halloween disco 2006

The Halloween Disco was well attended and thanks to everyone who helped. Having different times for the infants and juniors worked well and a real effort had been made with the costumes. We raised £60.77 for school funds.

Minutes of Previous Meetings:

AGM 8th November 2004

Committee Meeting 8th November 2004

Committee Meeting 13th January 2005

Committee Meeting 7th March 2005

Committee Meeting 15thJune 2005

Committee Meeting 16th September 2005

AGM Minutes November 2005

Chair's report to AGM 2005

Please do consider being a more active member of the Friends. There are currently only a very few regulars that turn up to meetings and take part in deciding upon and organising events. If a few more were to attend, we are sure that we would have more ideas put forward and would hopefully be able to raise even more money towards helping the school to improve and nurture your child's skills and abilities. If you are not able to attend meetings in person, there are still many areas where you could still help. We ask for volunteers to help at every event we put on, but it always seems to be the same people that volunteer each time. Please do give these hard working individuals a bit of a hand if you ever can. Remember the Friends exist to help your children.

If you are able to help us in any way, or have any ideas at all, please contact any of the Committee members (details above)