Al Ain English Speaking School 

The Parents Association - Friends of Al Ain English Speaking School (FoS) aims to work alongside the Al Ain English Speaking School staff to complement and enrich students’ experience. We intend to do this by organising and supporting social, community, and fund-raising events (for the School as well as for charity) both within the School and the larger community, as well as providing opportunities for parents to participate in and contribute to school life.

Objectives

• To welcome newcomers to the School and the Al Ain community
• To establish a network of contact parents for each year group/class, whereby students and parents can have a localised class contact and get together for different events and activities outside school
• To organise social and fundraising activities/events for the School as well as charity (NB. Any monies raised to be spent at the discretion of the FOS – with input from parents and the AAESS Staff)

  Meetings are held monthly in the school library, dates and timings are advertised in the newsletter prior to the meetings and everyone is most welcome.

Parent Buddies
What does a Parent Buddy do?
Main Objective: is to pass on important information from the school about upcoming events to the parents.
This is done by: Sending an introductory letter to the parents in the class to include your contact details and what you do.
Collating all contact information (email addresses) from the parents in your class.
Receiving information by email from the Parent Buddy Coordinator and forwarding information to all the parents in your class. (School updates and reminders about special events and trips) You can but are not obligated to organise occasional class functions such as a trip to the park, picnic or ice skating. You may like to organise a parent’s night out even! Some parent Buddies find these things easier to organise by teaming up with other contact parents.
Being a parent buddy is a valuable role in the school community and all you need is a computer to be able to do it!

Role of the Parent Buddy Coordinator:
Main objective: is to Liaise between the School and the individual Class Parent Buddies.

You can do this by:
Sending an initial sign up sheet for parents asking for volunteers to be parent contacts for their class or year.
Meeting with parent buddies to explain their job description.
Meeting weekly with the Primary and Secondary secretaries to find out any information about up coming events and dates and emailing the parent buddies with the information.

Making sure all the teachers have the contact parents’ email addresses to be able to send them any reminders or information specific to the class or year group.

Keeping the morale of parent buddies high and motivated!