Friends of St Martin's 
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A warm welcome to the new academic year – 2021 / 2022
Please click here for the Friends of St Martin's Welcome Letter for 2021/2022
The Friends of St Martin of Porres are a group of parents who work with the school to raise funds and arrange fun events for our school family. If you'd like to get involved, please get in touch. We're always looking for people to help at events, do admin, provide ideas and many other things. Just email stmartinfriends@gmail.com
All parents of children at St Martin of Porres School are automatically members of the Friends of St Martin of Porres, a voluntary organisation whose aim it is to raise funds to aid the running of our school. We have chosen a Catholic education for our children and part of that commitment comes with a responsibility to do everything we can to ensure that the school is well maintained and financially sustainable so that our children can continue to benefit from the distinctive ethos that St Martin of Porres provides.
Confirmed Events for 2021-2022 are -
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Annual General Meeting |
EGM Tuesday 25th January, 8pm, via Zoom Completed |
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Uniform & Book Sale |
Friday 5th November Completed |
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Year 5 Cake Sale |
Friday 26th November Completed |
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Christmas Market |
Friday 3rd December Completed |
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Carols around the tree |
Friday 10th December Completed |
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Christmas Raffle |
Monday 13th December Completed |
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2022 |
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Meeting to plan events for 2022 including celebrations for the St Martin's 50th Anniversary |
Completed |
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Uniform, Book & Toy Sale |
Friday 14th January 3.00pm Completed |
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Garage Tidy |
Volunteers welcome 10.00am - 12.30pm Completed |
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Year 4 Cake Sale |
Friday 28th January Completed |
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Year 3 Cake |
Friday 25th February Completed |
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Year 2 Cake Sale & Mother's Day Sale |
Friday 25th March Completed |
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Easter Raffle |
Send your tickets in by Thursday 24th March. Send your donation in on Friday 25th March. Draw will be held w/b 28th March Completed |
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Art Exhibition |
Friday 29th April |
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Year 1 Cake Sale |
Friday 13th May |
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Summer Market |
Friday 27th May |
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Quiz Night |
Friday 17th June |
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Nursery & Reception Cake Sale |
Friday 24th June |
At present the Friends:
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Subsidise each school trip by nearly £3 per child
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Provide additional equipment and resources for classrooms, as well as the replacement of books for both KS1 and KS2 libraries.
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Pay for visiting workshops and groups into the school, for example The Magic Lantern, Story Tellers, Ten Ten Theatre Company, K.A.O.S. music group, Science workshops and entertainment for the EYFS – Nursery/Reception.
The Friends of St Martins would like to thank everyone for their tremendous support in the last academic year and a record sum of money was raised from the effort and hard work of so many.
The Friends Committee consists of a Chair, Vice Chair, Treasurer and a Secretary, plus 2 or 3 representatives for each class. These reps can take it in turns to attend committee meetings and to help to pass on communication within their class. There is usually one meeting per half-term depending on the events timetable.
Committee elected at the meeting of the 19th October 2021
Chair - Vacant
Vice Chair - Vacant
Secretaries - Penny Woods
Treasurer - Alice Mercanti
Finance Team - Vacancies
