What its all about Last year in summary It is always surprising how much FONS manages to raise each year. Last year, we generated a total profit of £4834 that we can use to provide additional and exciting resources and experiences for the children at school. Our donations help to make school life that little bit more rewarding and memorable, and every child benefits. In addition to the murals painted in the library last summer, this year we have also purchased the following items for school £620 for sports kits £900 for library storage boxes and beanbags Donations to a theatre trip and classroom equipment including a wildlife garden and reception bookbags In total, FONS donated over £2000 to school last year We are also planning to buy a new CD player and outside benches for the playground. Our bank account is looking healthy, so we are looking forward to helping the school in many other ways during the year. Welcome everyone to the first newsletter of 2014 / 15. For parents with children attending school for the first time, FONS (Friends of Newborough School) is a fundraising body that organises a huge variety of social functions and other activities for the benefit of the school community. Funds we raise go directly towards making improvements to the school environment and facilities. In recent years, we have funded the climbing wall in the school playground, Smartboards,, computers and tablets and last year we arranged for the murals you can see in the library. Within this Newsletter, you’ll find details of the activities we’ve already held in the Autumn Term and our plans for our usual hectic Christmas schedule. FONS Newsletter Autumn Term 2014 The boys were too young to enter our Fashion show, but they are looking good in the new sports kit provided by FONS

With our first ever Fashion Show and our team’s participation in the Great Eastern Fun Run we have got off to one of our quickest ever starts to the New school year. Already this term Our first ever Fashion Show The rest of Autumn Term will be just as busy – below are details of our other events. More Autumn Term nd October Class Change Challenge This was won by Blue Class who raise £ Yellow Class were second with £ The children raised a total of £238 – an excellent result 14 th NovemberBag2School Collection Christmas Events Fri 5 th December Christmas Fayre 3.20 pm at the school Fri 11 th DecemberFONS Christmas Gift stall Sat 13 th DecemberSanta’s Sleigh Journey through the village Reserve Date for the Sleigh Ride in the event of bad weather will be Saturday 20 th December Later in the term we will be holding the following events Perkins Great Eastern Fun Run Our first ever fashion show was a real success. The event was completely sold out and as a result we raised £600. Many thanks to all those who took part and our models for the evening Many of our children also raised money for FONS through the Perkins Great Eastern Fun Run. Several FONS parents were left well behind as children of all ages completed the 3 mile course