FOSS Projects

One of main current projects is to enhance the school hall. Last year we spent money on the hall’s sound and lighting system.Once the work has been completed we will also be paying for the new blinds fitted at the top windows. These will make the hall projection system useable all year round.

Other projects are always under consideration – these are decided upon at our regular monthly meetings. To give you an idea of some of the ways in which we spend the money here is a list of our current promised funds and some of the recent projects we have completed.

Funds committed at previous meetings or under consideration at a forthcoming meeting:

Department	Item	Cost
English	Computers for use with Interactive Whiteboards	TBA

Recent Past Projects:


Author Robert Muchamore visits the school - a visit partly sponsored by FOSS

	FOSS paid for a new software system to be installed in the Libary that allows everyone to search the library contents on line. Give it a go yourself by clicking on the Oliver logo to the left.

Here is a fuller list of our recent projects:

Date	Department	Item	Cost
July 2008	Transition	Sponsorship of Carnival Project	£1250
July 2008	Media Studies	Various items of equipment to allow editing of moving images	£3000
April 2008	School Hall	Blinds for top windows in hall	£5600
Jan 2008	Art	Items of computing equipment to assist scanning of images and wood to construct storage shelves	£260
Jan 2008	Media	Sponsorship of Media 'Oscars' event for GCSE Media Studies	£350
Jan 2008	Music	Compensation as department combined their usual fund raising event with Centenary event	£300
Jan 2008	Library	Part Sponsorship of Author (Robert Muchamore) visit to school	£175
Oct 2007	Whole School	10 digital Cameras for general school use.	£645
Feb 2007	Whole School	Hall sound and lighting additions	£4850
Nov 2006	Cheerleaders	Sponsorship for costumes	£493
Dec 2006	PE	Repairs to trampoline	£1000
Dec 2006	Science	New heated waterbath	£402
Dec 2006	Wildlife area	General use in this area	£500
Dec 2006	Art	General items	£500
Dec 2006	Music	Drums	£550
Dec 2006	Languages	Books	£500
July 2006	Library	Oliver Library software system	£3,300
Nov 2005	Whole School	Donation to Mini-bus	£17,000