CHRISTMAS FAYRE
Saturday 9th December
How can you help?
We are pleased to be holding a Christmas Fayre on Saturday 9th December from 2pm - 4.30pm.
This year will be a little different. We are delighted to announce that we will be holding a Christmas Market in the school playground, which will feature local crafters and small businesses selling festive goods. They will accept cash and card as payment. Inside the school, we will have our usual fun stalls and games in the classrooms, as well as our Santa's grotto, all of which will accept our tokens. You will also be able to meet Santa's reindeer, who will be taking up residence in the playground. Find out exactly what's happening here.
This event will feature performances by the children, as well as the chance to listen to a brass band performance from parents and children and join in with some carol singing at the end of the event. As usual hot and cold refreshments will be on sale throughout the afternoon.
For this event to be a success, we will need help in setting up, running stalls and helping to tidy up once the event has finished. We also need plenty of donations to help the event take place.
The more volunteers we have, the less time people need to help, and the more time everyone has to spend with their children enjoying the event itself. Likewise, the more donations we have, the more money we can raise to support our school.
Here are some of the ways you can help our Christmas Fayre be a huge success.
Working on a stall
Running alongside the performances by the children, we will have stalls. These have been allocated to each class. You can find which stalls your class is running below, and the name of the Friends Class Rep who will be managing the stall on the day.
As well as the class stalls, we also have some additional stalls. These include Tokens (where people can change their money for tokens to spend at the Fayre), hot and cold refreshments (which will be served throughout the event), and the Silent Auction.
Each class stall will open from 2pm and close at 4pm so that people staffing the school stalls can visit the Christmas market and participate in the carols. They are run by two people at a time (more are needed for the refreshments) and we look to fill hourly slots. However, if you are happy to commit more time or can only manage half an hour, please still get in touch. If you would prefer to work alongside someone, or on a particular stall, please tell your Friends Rep or specify that in your message. Otherwise you will be allocated to a stall where help is required.
The work on the stall will generally involve taking tokens from the children, explaining how to play the game and awarding prizes. Each token is worth 50p and you just need to bundle the tokens into piles of ten and place in the pot provided.
We could really do with as many volunteers as possible. So, please talk to your Friends Rep or message us using the button below.
Nursery & Reception
Stalls
Pick a Pudding
Splat the Sprout
Santa's Map
Items needed
None
Friends Reps
Nursery - Lois Balfour
Reception - Clare Lacey
Year 1
Stalls
Adult Tombola
Silent Auction
Raffle
Items needed
Donate a bottle or £2.00 per
child for mufti day
on Friday 8th December.
Donations for the raffle
or silent auction,
Friends Rep
Clare Dean and
Katie Richards
Year 2
Stalls
Santa's Grotto
Items needed
None
Friends Reps
Hannah Wuermli
Erika Krisciunaite
Year 3
Stalls
Toy Tombola
Items needed
New or good quality toys, to be donated by 1st December.
Friends Rep
Georgie Fox
Helen Sarner-Taylor
Year 4
Stalls
Money Tree
Gift Baskets
Items Needed
Loose change - envelopes for collection to be provided.
Small items suitable for a gift - bag for collection to be provided. Needed by 1st December.
Friends Rep
Karen Adams
Year 5
Stalls
Cakes
Guess the Weight of the Cake
Items needed
Cakes to be brought in on
8th December or the morning of the Fayre.
Friends Reps
Annabel Osborne
Year 6
Stalls
Sweetie Hoopla
Lucky Dip
Items needed
None
Friends Rep
Eleanor Tiangga
Holly Jephson
General
Stalls
Tokens
Refreshments
Items needed
None
Contact
Hannah Cullen
Katie Simon
Becky Wotherspoon
Hannah Wuermli
Helping to set up and tidy up
If you can't help out on a stall, maybe you could help us beforehand? The Fayre will run from 2pm - 4.30pm, however we will need help setting up and tidying up, once the Fayre has finished. No special skills are required, just a willingness to roll up your sleeves and get stuck in.
Setting up
Saturday 9th December 11am
From 11am, we will be at the school setting up. We will need help setting up the stalls, arranging any signage, and decorating the hall. It is pretty much all hands on deck and any help at all would be gratefully received.
Tidying up
Saturday 9th December 4.30pm
When the Fayre closes, we need to return the school to its previous state. We will need help washing up, tidying up, putting down stalls and returning equipment. It's a dirty job but someone's got to do it, so any help would be much appreciated.
Make a donation
If you can't donate your time, we could do with as many donations as possible.
Raffle
At the Fayre we will be running a raffle. If you have a prize you would like to donate that would be incredible. If you are a local business or company and would like to donate a prize we are also happy to feature your logo on our website and also on any Christmas Fayre publicity.
Equipment
With any event we run, we look to keep our costs to a minimum, so as much profit as possible goes back to the school. We need things such as catering equipment, table covers, decorations and outdoor covers, such as marquees. If you are able to donate any items you think might be useful, or even loan us equipment for this event, please do get in touch.
Come along and have fun
Of course, even if you can't help, please come along on the day and have some fun. And if you can invite some friends and family along too, that would be even better!