Friends of Longwick (PTA)
Welcome to Friends
Longwick C of E Combined School is supported by the Friends of Longwick (FOL). What the FOL does is create an association between parents, teachers and pupils at Longwick C of E Combined School. We in the FOL know that children learn more and have better lives when everyone in our school community works together to share thoughts and information and work on projects to benefit the children.
In recent years the FOL has benefited supported the school by:
Providing new books
Purchasing an exciting literacy program
Funding the STEM lab installation, including the purchase of laptops and ipads
Handwriting programme.
When you join the school, you automatically become a member of FOL. You can become an important part of helping to ensure that plans can become a reality. We also welcome your new ideas for the benefit of our children.
How we raise money
Like most PTAs, the majority of our funds are raised through the events that we run, as well as the traditional May fete which is run in conjunction with the other village charities. Some of our most popular events are:
Christmas Fayre
Longwick Art Show
Traditional May Fete
Quiz Night
So you can see there is always something going on. We always try and respond to the children’s requests; it is great to see them having fun at the events or enjoying using a piece of new equipment that the FOL has donated.
We raise money in other ways too. Donations from parents are extremely important. You can donate time, money, items for sale, raffle prizes and auction lots or offers of services and skills.
Any support is greatly appreciated and you can do this by offering to help before events or at other times during the year, this support is so valuable. It doesn’t matter if you can’t help on a regular basis, or even if you cannot come into school. There are always jobs that can be done from home if you have half an hour to spare e.g. wrapping gifts, preparing raffle tickets etc. We really couldn’t achieve what we do without the behind the scenes help that we receive.
Your current PTA committee for 2023/24 are:
Co-chairs: Vicky Clarke
Secretary: Alix Locke
Treasurer: Rachel Armstrong
Contact Us
Email: friends@lgw.odbst.org
Facebook: “Friends of Longwick”
Twitter: @longwickfriends
Meeting Dates 2023/24
All meetings held in school unless otherwise stated
9th October 2023 at 7:30pm - AGM
14th November 2023 at 7:30pm
15th January 2024 at 7:30pm
7th March 2024 at 7:30pm
22nd April 2024 at 7:30pm
25th June 2024 at 7:30pm
Meeting Dates 2024/25
All meetings held in school unless otherwise stated
16th September 2024 at 7:30pm
14th October 2024 at 7.30pm AGM
19th November 2024 at 7.30pm
25th January 2025 at 7.30pm
17th March at 7.30pm
12th May 2025 at 7.30pm
24th June 2025 at 7.30pm