Friends of Grey Lynn School (FOGLS)
Mission
Statement.
The
Friends of Grey Lynn are a group of parents who fundraise for additional
resources not provided by the Ministry of Education and also provide additional
support to the teaching staff and Board of Trustees for family and community
events.
Who
are the Friends of Grey Lynn School?
The
Friends of Grey Lynn is the equivalent of the PTA (Parent Teacher Association). The
Friends of Grey Lynn, also known as “FOGLS”, are parents and
caregivers from the school who have given up some of their time to
help out at the school. Everyone is
welcome to come along at any time to any meetings and put forward their ideas
and help out at any of the events throughout the year.
What
do FOGLS do?
They
support the school in whatever way they can. The main area of support is usually through organising
fundraising activities which provide necessary supplementary funding to the
school to help provide essential items for assisting with our children’s
education. These activities and
events also help to build the community aspect of the school and help to provide
fun, family events to further encourage this community spirit. We are all very proud of the strong family atmosphere at Grey
Lynn school.
FOGLS also help with support for the staff in helping with school events such as
the Swimming Sports, Grandparents’ Day, Meet the Teacher BBQ, New Parent
morning teas and this year FOGLS will have an even greater role in helping and
organising the wonderful Aloha Night.
The
meetings are a good communication channel between the teaching staff, the Board
of Trustees and the families of the school. Any suggestions or concerns can be raised and dealt with by
the appropriate group; i.e. the Board of Trustees, the teaching staff or FOGLS.
As
FOGLS are parents in the school ,it is a wonderful opportunity to be involved in
your child’s education and environment and a wonderful way to meet other
families in the school community. As
always everyone is busy and so it is very much appreciated that people offer to
help in whatever way they can, and we even have fun!
When
do the Friends of Grey Lynn School meet?
Usually once a month on a Monday evening at 7.00pm upstairs in the staff room. The dates are always mentioned in the school newsletter.
SKIDS After School Care Programme
SKIDS (Safe Kids in Daily Supervision) operate an after school care programme at Grey Lynn School.
SKIDS will provide
Cost
WINZ - OSCAR Childcare subsidy available
If you are interested in the SKIDS programme for your child you can contact Lusi Atiga at theses numbers:
Mob: 021 753359
Onsite Mob: 027 3163293
greylynn@skids.co.nz
www.skids.co.nz