Welcome to FOGLS

Great Leighs Primary School has an active parent/teacher association.  As a parent you automatically become a member of FOGLS when your child joins the school and you are always welcome at our regular meetings held monthly.

We organise some highly successful events including discos, Frozen Fridays, sponsored events and our annual Summer Fete and Christmas Festival.  We aim to provide fun for the children and increase the sense of community whilst raising valuable funds for the school.

FOGLS have helped fund many projects around the school over the years and with current cuts to education budgets the fundraising role of the parents association is even more vital.  Earlier this year we donated smart screens for each classroom to help children engage with their learning.

Please see our calendar of events which is updated regularly.  We cannot run these events without the help of parents but together we can make a difference to our children’s school.  You can also keep up to date or order second hand uniform by checking out our facebook page.

Second hand uniform

You can also purchase second hand uniform from our Friends of Great Leighs School (FOGLS) uniform shop. All money raised from the sale of this uniform goes to the school as part of the FOGLS fundraising efforts. Click here to visit the second hand shop.

If you have any ideas or are able to help us out in any way please get in touch by emailing us at ptagreatleighs@gmail.com.

Here are some fundraising ideas.

Easy ways to raise funds, some don’t even cost you any more money!

Every purchase you make will earn a donation to the school from the retailers, so IT DOESN’T COST YOU ANY MONEY!  How?

  1. Click on the easyfundraising link
  2. Click ‘Support a good cause’
  3. Search for ‘Friends of Great Leighs School’
  4. Click ‘Support this cause’
  5. Now create an account by entering some details
  6. Gift aid: Say yes or no?
  7. Say yes to the donation reminder, this will help you not to forget when shopping online
  8. You are now a member and will help raise funds every time you shop.

The more members we have that shop using this site, the more money that is raised for Great Leighs Primary School.  Using this website does not effect the price you pay, it simply donates a percentage of the money you spend to the school.

SHOP with over 2,700 retailers including Amazon, EBAY, Sainsbury’s, Boots, M&S, Tesco, Debenhams and John Lewis.

Why not print the instructions to keep handy or to give to friends and relatives?

Every search you make will earn a donation to the school, so IT DOESN’T COST YOU ANY MONEY!  Just as little as 10 searches a day could earn £20 a year for the school.  How?

  1. Click on the easysearch link above
  2. Enter ‘Friends of Great Leighs School’ as the cause name
  3. Click ‘Search’
  4. Set as your homepage

This website offers a huge selection of customisable, competitively priced labels for a wide range of uses including bottles,  uniform and sports equipment to name but a few.  When you place an order online, please ensure you choose Great Leighs Primary School in the ‘Fundraising Group’ Section, then a percentage of all sales is allocated to FOGLS.

What do I need to do?

  1. Log onto the website
  2. Choose your labels
  3. Add them to your basket
  4. Proceed to checkout
  5. Below the delivery address is a section to select fundraising group, indicated by the blue arrow below. Type the letter G in the first letter box and choose Great Leighs Primary in the second box
  6. Complete the rest of the checkout process
  7. MONEY RAISED! Thank you.

Bags2School collect good quality second hand adults’ and children’s clothing, sheets, blankets, curtains, soft toys, shoes, belts and handbags. All items collected are for RE-USE.

FOGLS receives payment for all items that can be used.  Collections are usually in April and October and are made from the school grounds.

Many companies offer match funding to current or retired employees.  This can be for certain events or part of an event, it can also be up to a certain amount.

If your current or past employer offers this type of charitable donation, please email your details, your employer’s details and any information on their terms to foglspta@gmail.com, for the attention of Miss Jenny Abel

Meet the Team

Chair

  • Jenny Abel

Treasurer 

  • Joanna Constantine

Secretary

  • Annika Jubb

Committee members

  • Chelsey Power
  • Lorraine Shotliff
  • Laura Wareham
  • Hannah Gething
  • Katie Lambert
  • Hailey Amani
  • Rachel McBain
  • Sophie Brazier
  • Cat Kaszycki