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Friends Committee for Polesden Lacey Infant School

Vision Statement

The Friends of Polesden Lacey Infant School is open to anyone who has an interest in supporting the school in fundraising and other ways. It is run by a committee of parents and works in partnership with the School to:-

Further the welfare of the school and its children.
Foster good relations among members
Increase parents’ understanding of the aims and work of the School, and
Provide amenities not otherwise available to the School.

It has been through past fund raising efforts that the outside classrooms and playground equipment has been purchased. State of the art ICT equipment has also been provided.

Current fundraising has helped to provide the new Library with superb quality equipment and has also provided the children’s playground with a human sundial which has been incorporated into the current curriculum. The children are set to enjoy the beauty of our new Sensory Garden in a quiet end of the playground which has been funded and created by the Friends Committee in close conjunction with the School.

The Committee meet about once every half term to plan new activities and discuss how funds raised should be spent on the school.

Throughout the year we run a programme of events. Some of which are for fundraising, some are purely social and some are a bit of both !! Over the last year we have held a Shopping Evening, a Christmas Fayre, a 'Bring and Buy' Sale, various cake sales and a ‘Sponsored Bounce’ for the children. Each summer we organise the School’s entry for the Bookham Village Day Parade and in 2008 we were absolutely delighted to win top prize for our entry. We finish off the summer with a Summer Fair with BBQ – which is great fun and enjoyed by both the children and the adults alike !.

We are very grateful to the parents on the Committee as an enormous effort goes into making all their activities a success.

We hope that all parents will consider themselves to be Friends and as such there are a number of ways we can all support the School. You can volunteer to join the committee as an individual or a couple. We like new and existing parents to feel very much a part of the successful running of Polesden Lacey School and value any part you can play. As well as being fun and rewarding, being a “Friend” on the committee is an excellent way of getting to know people.

We look forward to seeing you soon.

The Friends