FOMS
Who are FOMS?
The Friends of Mereworth School (FOMS) is a registered charity that fundraises to support the school in providing resources and the best environment possible for your children’s education. FOMS is run by a committee of enthusiastic parents, who are elected annually at the Annual General Meeting (AGM). We hold a number of fun events and fundraisers over the school year.
As parents you are all automatically a member of FOMS and are eligible to come along to the AGM, have access to the closed FOMS Facebook group that provides fundraising event information and can register your child for relevant activities.
Chairperson: Gemma Ross
Treasurer: Jasmine Gill
Secretary: Jade Apps
You can contact us by email: mereworthfoms@gmail.com
BACS Details for FOMS
MereworthCPSPTA
Account No. 00708453
Sort code. 55-81-07
As a registered charity any donations received from local businesses are greatly received. Please include your company details in your payment reference
How much do FOMS raise and what does it get spent on?
Each year FOMS raise money and consult with the school Headteacher on where funds raised should be spent. Over recent years money raised by FOMS have paid for:
- playground ‘trim trail’ equipment
- year 6 leavers hoodies
- new wet-pour playground flooring
- class budgets
- hall sound equipment
- caged area equipment
- and much more!
For more detail on spending and money raised in the last academic year, please open the following document:Friends of Mereworth School Treasurer Report 2025-26
How can I help with FOMS?
We understand that everyone has varying levels of free time to help with FOMS activities and we have a very flexible approach, enabling you to help as much or as little as you can. We appreciate all your help and would encourage you to get involved in some way or another during the school year.
Some ideas of how to help:
- Stay and assist as a parent helper at a film night or disco
- Sign up for Easyfundraising, to raise money whilst shopping online with no added cost to you (see below for more information)
- Help your class rep with running a stall at the Christmas or summer fair
- Talk to us about any particular skills you have. Can you sew? Can you bake? Are you a graphic designer, builder, accountant, copywriter? There are numerous skills that we would help us – what are yours?
- Donate prizes for the fair raffles
- Have you got a business that would like to sponsor some of our events? Let us know! Could your business sponsor our Christmas fair? Anonymous donations from individuals or businesses are of course welcome.
To tell us you would like to help, in any capacity, you can either talk to your class rep, join the Facebook Group Friends of Mereworth School (FOMS), talk to us at an event or talk to Mrs Beaumont in the School Office. For regular keen helpers we also have a Facebook Messenger group – please ask us if you would like to join – the more, the merrier!
You can contact us by email: mereworthfoms@gmail.com
FOMS Newsletters
Gardening Club
Gardening club has been a huge success so far with a lot of children attending, they have all been amazing and shown such great enthusiasm. Have a look at the garden photo gallery.
We have been busy working on numerous projects including:
* Growing our own vegetables and salad to be sold on the weekly fruit stall - Lettuce, Spinach, Rocket, Carrots, Potatoes, Spring Onions, Cucumbers, Tomatoes and Peppers.
* We have created our own bug hotels to place around the school grounds
* Grown some insect/ bee friendly plants to encourage more wildlife around the school. Marigolds, Lavender, Verbena, and a mixed wild flower seed.
* Purchased and planted eight new climbing plants, including jasmine and clematis, on the pagodas at the top of the school field - this will create some extra shade and insect friendly flowers over time as they grow.
We look forward to working alongside the Eco-champions on future projects within the school.
FOMS Events - Term 1 - Term 2 2026
Fruit Stall - Weekly on a Thursday (3-3.25pm) from 3rd September to 15th October. The fruit stall will then return in the Spring of 2027.
Halloween Discos - Friday 16th October (3-4pm Years R, 1 and 2, followed by 4.15-5.15pm Years 3, 4, 5 and 6).
Coin Mile - Monday 19th October (Years R, 1 and 2).
Coin Mile - Tuesday 20th October Years 3, 4, 5 and 6).
Non-Uniform Day in return for cash donations for the Christmas Fair raffle cash prize - Friday 13th November.
Parent coffee morning and bring and buy toy sale - Friday 20th November.
Non-Uniform Day in return for donation of chocolate/alcohol for the Christmas Fair tombolas - Friday 27th November.
School Christmas Fair - Saturday 28th November.
Wreath Making evening for parents - Wednesday 2nd December.
FOMS Events - Term 3 - Term 4 2027
Mothers Day gifts in school - Friday 5th March.
Non-Uniform Day in return for donation of chocolate for the Easter celebration tombolas - Friday 19th March.
Whole school egg rolling competition and FOMS Easter celebration - Wednesday 24th March.
FOMS Events - Term 5 - Term 6 2027
Fathers Day gifts in school - Friday 18th June.
Mereworth school and village fete - Saturday 19th June.
Escape Room Winners 2026
Year 3
1st - Girl Power
2nd (Joint) - The Flying Harry Potters
2nd (Joint) - Sweets
3rd - Flying Chocolate Bars
Year 4
1st - Sweetie Smarties
2nd - Future Detectives
3rd - The Chocolatiers
Year 5
1st The Golden Capybara
2nd The Parliament of Pickles
3rd The Chocolate Quad
Year 6
1st - Super Spicy Sausages
2nd - Pickle Smarties
3rd - Ladle Trumpo's
Easyfundraising
- Head to https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/mereworthcps/ and join for free.
- Every time you shop online, go to the easyfundraising site first, to find the site you want and start shopping.
- After you’ve checked out, that retailer will make a donation to your good cause (us!) for no extra cost whatsoever!
There are no catches or hidden charges with Easyfundraising and Mereworth CP School will be really grateful for the extra money raised.
Pre loved uniform
We have a huge amount of pre loved branded uniform for sale.
Please email mereworthfoms@gmail.com to tell us what you’re looking for as we are bound to have it!