Friends of St Andrew’s

A role for parents at the heart of our community

All our parents are Friends of St Andrew’s. A group of parents and staff meet on a regular basis to form the Friends of St Andrew’s Committee and parents on the Committee act as representatives for their respective year groups. However, there are also opportunities to be a Friend of St Andrew’s and just ‘help’ and be ‘hands on deck’ for events without having to attend all the committee meetings.

Liaison with parents, staff and the wider community

Friends of St Andrew’s members act as a point of contact for the other parents in their year groups. In particular, they provide a warm welcome to parents who are new to the school. They also liaise with staff, present and past pupils and local residents and businesses. They play an important role within the life of the school and within the local community.

If you are interested in becoming a Friend of St Andrew’s or wish to contact us, please email us FOSA

Events

The Friends of St Andrew’s organise events throughout the school year and also support the school events by helping at these. These range from social gatherings for parents and fun events for the children, to fundraising events benefiting either local charities or special projects designed to enhance the children’s education and all-round experience at the school.

Events organised include some large annual events, such as Bonfire Night, the Advent Fayre, May Fayre, Colour Run and Summer Fayre, as well as other bi-annual events such as Burns Night and a Summer Ball. Smaller offerings are coffee mornings, quiz nights and cake sales, as well as serving refreshments at things like the Back to School and End of School Tea Parties.

The year group representatives also arrange informal get-togethers from time to time for the parents in their year groups.

Fundraising

In addition to raising funds for local charities, the Friends of St Andrew’s also raise money for and towards extra school projects. Recent examples include donating a new play area for the Middles, bench coats and floodlights for the sports department, large donation towards a new grand piano for the whole school, didi cars for breaktime enjoyment, an eco bird feed camera, bulbs for the whole school to plant and a glass wall to make the fives court more open for viewing.