Holy Family Catholic Primary School
Friends of HFS
The Friends of Holy Family School (Friend of) is a registered charity that works to enhance the school experience for our children and families. Our fundraising helps support learning resources, play equipment, school trips, social events and more. Everyone connected to Holy Family school and church—parents, families, staff and parishioners—is automatically a friend of!
There is no pressure to commit lots of time or money to be involved. Support can be as little or as much as you are able to give, whether that’s attending meetings, sharing ideas, helping with planning or publicity, lending a hand at events, volunteering a few minutes at drop-off or pick-up, helping from home, signing up to easy fundraising, or donating items, uniform or prizes.
Friends of Committee 2025
| POSITION | NAME |
| CHAIR | Lucy Glasby |
| VICE CHAIR | Jasmine Everett |
| TREASURER | Marcella Coleridge |
| SECRETARY | Kate Purcell |
| EYFS Class Rep | Kate Faro |
| Year 1 Class Rep | Hannah Clark |
| Year 2 Class Rep | Jasmine Everett |
| Year 3 Class Rep | Kate Purcell |
| Year 4 Class Rep | Jo Soames |
| Year 5 Class Rep | Dee Lucibello |
| Year 6 Class Rep | Fiona Sapiano |
Some events organised in 2024
Some events organised in 2023
What do we use the money for ?
Music Provision (£2000)
Thanks to the hard work of the FOHFS and the support they receive from you, we are able to fund music lessons for every year 3, 4 and 5 pupils throughout the year, every year. Year 3 begin with learning the xylophone. Year 4 play the African drums and year 5 the keyboards. Mrs. Ruddock, from the Essex Music Hub, comes in every Friday morning to teach the classes. The children hold a music recital towards the end of the summer term for parents.
Forest School Provision (£2500+)
FOHFS gives funds towards the provision of Forest School. It has also, over the past couple of years, helped to fund resources for it eg: Small shed for Forest school to keep resources in. Resources for particular Forest School activities.
Mrs. Lonergan, who undertook the level 3 Forest School training last academic year, leads provision throughout the school. The school also gives some budget towards it, and we fundraise internally too. With these funds, we buy in extra days with Mrs. Lonergan to lead Forest School sessions for the children.
Why concentrate FOHFS funds to music and Forest School provision?
At HFS, we want our children to experience a broad curriculum that supports their academic, personal, social and emotional growth. In school, we fund from the delegated budget 'Mighty Oaks' public speaking programme for years 2 to 6, and put money towards music and sports provision. We also have a good programme of art.
It is very important for children to have early experiences of these cultural elements. We hope that they will be inspired to continue into secondary school and private lives. As they reach the age of 18, they will hopefully have a full and varied personal statement that they can write to support their job, apprenticeship, college or university applications. That might sound a long way off, but if we introduce the children to such activities early, and they develop an appreciation, it will hopefully support them. Also, we love these activities at HFS. When we hear the feedback from the children, we know that it is supporting their development and also mental health.
Some of our activities in action
