1. Whilst the murals are the highlight for this years spend, we have been busy raising and spending funds in other ways during the Spring Term Money in and out The Easter Raffle was a great success again this year making a profit of £345.43 with 97 eggs being donated. This is also a really special event for the children with great reactions from all of the winners. We raised a total of £170.00 from Bags to School. We recently gave £47.23 for compost for the school flower beds which Year 2 are developing The school is awaiting sample sports tops to try for size before making their final order using money raised by FONS. We look forward to seeing those and how smart the school sports teams and coaches will look. More updates to the library and new picnic benches for the children to sit outside Welcome to the Summer Term edition of the FONS Newsletter. We’re finishing this Academic Year on a high, over the Easter break the school library was transformed by the murals featuring many popular story characters. Within this Newsletter, we’ve shared details of how this was achieved and the reactions of the children. We’ve also got details of our Mayday event to be held on Friday 23 rd May (just before half term). This is one of the highlights of the School calendar we hope to see as many of you there as possible. FONS Newsletter Spring Term 2014 Is that the B.F.G? Yes, it’s the B ig F ONS G ift Thanks to the kind people of Newborough, he’s one of many story characters that have transformed our library into a great place to send time. Mayday! Mayday! Help required WANTED! Do you have any soft toys in good/clean condition you would like to donate to the FONS soft toy tombola.? These can be brought into school by Thursday, 22 May. Please also see the recent Book Bag Note that includes details of other possible items to donate. HELPERS! If you can spare some time and are interested in helping us out at May Day please speak to one of the FONS team. Don’t forget HOUSEPOINTS are awarded to everyone helping at FONS events!

2. Over the Easter break, Nathan Murdoch, a local artist, came into school to create a set of murals featuring many popular story characters that has transformed the library area into a unique place for children to enjoy reading their books. Our latest achievement FONS members have again been helping get the children ready for the May Day Celebrations scheduled for Friday 23 rd May We hope to see as many parents as possible. This year, we have the usual selection of stalls with a couple of new events. Our planned timetable for the event:: 3.20 Stalls Open 3.45 Crowning the May King & Queen 4:00 May Pole Dancing 4.10 Mrs Blake’s singing group 4.20 Encore Dance Academy Display 4.30 Hicks Karate Display 4.40 Grand Prize Money Raffle Draw Our attractions this year include: Laser tag, bouncy castle, double-shot basketball, tombola, crazy sand art, face painting, grand raffle, beat the goalie, teddy tombola, hoop-the-duck, police car and forensics, sweet stall, ice cream, roundabout, jewellery, jams and preserves, antiques arts and crafts and plant stall. FONS will also be arranging for Hot Food, a cake stall and other refreshments. We also need help for the day - without your help we will not be able to run all of our stalls. Please see on the back page the simple ways in which everyone can help make May Day a real success. May Day Celebrations Friday 23 rd May The mural features characters such as “Tiger Who Came To Tea, BFG and Aliens Love Underpants” The reason FONS exists is to make the experience at school more memorable and exciting for our children. As these photos don’t do the murals justice, here are a few quotes from those who have seen the mural: "This looks fantastic! Lucky children" "I LOVE it-I will so enjoy my reading session in there" "Wow..that looks excellent" "They look amazing" "They've done a great job!" "Looks fab"