The Friends of Whitehills (FOWS) are a dedicated team of people who volunteer to raise money for the benefit of the children of Whitehills Primary School. Some might like to refer to us as the PTA (Parent Teacher Association). Most of our members are currently parents of children attending the school, together with some members of staff.
We are a friendly group who meet up five or six times a year to plan and organise fundraising opportunities for our school community.
Historically, our fundraising has included many events for children and their families to attend, such as The Circus visiting the field, Fashion Shows, the Christmas Fair and Quiz Evenings. A firm favourite with our children are the Disco Nights, where they can have fun with their school friends.
The money raised from these events benefits every child in our school community in the following ways:
- We purchase an annual subscription for an educational App for all Year 6 pupils called DoodleMaths and DoodleEnglish for children to use in a fun and interactive way. This enables us to offer a reduced subscription price to parents in other year groups to purchase should they wish.
- To promote a love of reading, each child receives a book on their birthday. They choose the book from a large selection carefully selected for their age group by one of our volunteers.
- Every Christmas, each class receives a special visit from Santa and we provide the gifts for this exciting event.
- We endeavour to subsidise at least one school trip per year, per child, taking some of the financial pressure off parents.
In addition to our fundraising activities, we offer support to the school in a variety of ways, by helping at the McMillan Coffee Morning, book fairs, sports days and other school-run events.
We are always happy to hear feedback and suggestions on what we can fundraise to benefit our school community, so if you have any particular ideas you would like us to consider, then, please do get in touch. Likewise, if you feel that you can spare some time to help us in our future fundraising activities, please do not hesitate to contact us. Contact our Chair, Jessica Carey, via email: chair.fows@gmail.com
Current Parent Teacher Association Members
Holly Marriott
Chair
(Parent)
Chloe Wilkinson/Becca Labrum
Vice-Chair
(Parent)
Sue Hedges
Co-Treasurer
(Parent)
Marie Jackson
Co-Treasurer
(Staff)
Natalie James
(Staff)
Daria Delbani
(Parent)
Alice Morgan
(Parent)
Angela Jackson
(Parent)
Becky Barton
(Parent)
Charlotte Tyler
(Parent)
Rachel Phelps
(Parent)
