Art4All update
Volunteer!
The show absolutely cannot run without you. No rain, no rainbows! Sign yourself up, and your partner. We are requesting two hours (or more!) from every family. There are spots still free from Thursday all the way to Monday.
On Family Day we need:
- Loads of volunteers to serve and cook on the hot food stalls.
- Help with ArtZone – mostly in the afternoon.
Other days:
- There's still spots for set-up and pack-up for the gallery shop, an enjoyable way to contribute.
- Or even better, get out of feeding and putting the ratty kids to bed and help out for pack-up! It's the most relaxed and social part of the day!
Donations, Donations, Donations
Classroom Donations
This list helps us gather the essentials and helps us streamline waste to make Art4All a more sustainable event. Next time you're at the shops, remember to pop your class items on the shopping list... they are:
| FA | corn flour - for art | onions |
| FB | corn flour - for art | food colouring (for art) |
| FC | corn flour - for art | food colouring (for art) |
| FD | couscous | whole egg mayonnaise |
| 1A | feathers, large buttons, large beads | paper towel |
| 1B | feathers, large buttons, large beads | paper towel |
| 1C | coloured/patterned paper | pepitas/sunflower seeds for salads |
| 1D | coloured/patterned paper | cans of chickpeas |
| 1E | pipe cleaners | paella rice (not pre-flavoured/cooked) |
| 2A | ball of wool/yarn | paella rice (not pre-flavoured/cooked) |
| 2B | ball of wool/yarn | tomato sauce for sausage in bread |
| 2C | twine or thin craft wire | tomato sauce for sausage in bread |
| 2D | twine or thin craft wire | tomato sauce for sausage in bread |
| 3A | xmas fabric | cans chickpeas |
| 3B | felt squares | cans lentils |
| 3C | felt squares | paella rice (not pre-flavoured/cooked) |
| 3D | xmas fabric | cloves of garlic |
| 4A | tissue paper or cellophane | soft drinks - cans! Big cans, small cans, boxes of cans, any flavour, for kids and adults |
| 4B | paper plates | soft drink cans - Cans! Big cans, small cans, boxes of cans, any flavour, for kids and adults |
| 4C | googly eyes (ideally large) | soft drink cans - Cans! Big cans, small cans, boxes of cans, any flavour, for kids and adults |
| 5A | serviettes | soft drink cans - Cans! Big cans, small cans, boxes of cans, any flavour, for kids and adults |
| 5B | serviettes | soft drink cans - Cans! Big cans, small cans, boxes of cans, any flavour, for kids and adults |
| 5C | serviettes | soft drink cans - Cans! Big cans, small cans, boxes of cans, any flavour, for kids and adults |
| 6A | couscous | soft drink cans - Cans! Big cans, small cans, boxes of cans, any flavour, for kids and adults |
| 6B | couscous | soft drink cans - Cans! Big cans, small cans, boxes of cans, any flavour, for kids and adults |
*Please do not donate juice boxes (they're too difficult to recycle)
Leave you donations on the school office trestle table.
Other Items Needed
Also, for our ArtZone activities, we are looking for white/pale items to tie dye. Go through your white pillowcases, t-shirts, or anything you think would be great for tie-dying that kids could use. We are also happy to receive your unwanted:
- Forks and teaspoons.
- Old paintbrushes (big is better).
- Clean lids (big, small, plastic, metal).
- Any craft supplies (e.g. felt, papers, stickers, pipe cleaners, etc.)
Gallery Shop – Merchandising Props
We’re on the lookout for some merchandising props for the gallery shop. If you have any of the following items that you’re able to loan, please send a pic to galleryshop@artforall.com.au
- Wooden crates
- Ladder/tiered shelving
- Small table top shelves
- Floor/table lamps
- Coat stand
Of course, we will look after your things and make sure you'll get them back after the event.
Also, if you have a stash of nice retail bags that can be donated and reused please leave them at the office trestle table.
Do-It-All Wristbands
If you ordered the Do-It-All package, the wristbands will be delivered to the specified child from their classroom teacher on the weekdays leading up to the event.
Bunk Puppets – 11am Family Day Performance
This performance has SOLD OUT! If you've not bought yourself a ticket, and your child needs you right there, we will open a spare classroom and there'll be space for you to supervise from there.
Art4All + Sustainability = Good times
Fairfield Primary School strives to reduce waste at all its events. This year is no exception, but we are doing things a bit differently, with no Wash Against Waste trailer this year, but don’t put away your rubber gloves just yet!
Help us avoid waste at the Family Fun Day:
Waste & Wash Stations
We are putting away all general waste bins. Instead, there will be manned Waste & Wash Stations to capture planned waste streams for recycling, composting, and reuse. Any other waste brought in, please take it home with you.
BYO
Please BYO water bottle and coffee cup! BYO plate/container and fork if extra keen.
Collecting Forks
If you have any unwanted metal forks, we would love them please. Only pure metal please, without plastic handles. Leave at the office trestle table.
Cake Packaging
We love any sweet and savoury baking that you give us. Please write your name on your reusable containers and we will make sure you get them back. No disposable packaging please.
Signage
We are sticking to corflute signage for advertising. We have recycled these in the past, and this year we are upping our game by making them reusable. Other advertising signage will be printed on recycled paper/cardboard. Information signage around the school will also be reusable.
Food & Drink
We have endeavoured to offer food that doesn’t require much in the way of packaging and cutlery to avoid waste and washing needs entirely. Finger foods such as corn on the cob, sausages in bread, etc. However, there will be some meals offered on compostable plates, such as salad and paella, with reusable cutlery. Drinks for sale will all be in cans only to make recycling easy.
Washing Up & Volunteers
We will be reaching out for volunteers to help at the Waste & Wash Stations, where items will be collected and moved, with washing up at an industrial dishwasher. Year 6 students will also be invited to help move wash/waste items, as in past years.
Compostable Plates
We have opted for some compostable plates this year, feeling that the industrial dishwasher won’t have enough capacity for reusable plates, and for extra hygiene precautions. In the future we aim to have fully reusable cutlery and plates and our own washing up setup for events that could be shared amongst other schools, instead of the Wash Against Waste trailer.
Questions/Ideas
Please reach out to Lori Dalton at minimalwaste3078@gmail.com
Art4All is a Cash-Free Event
Post COVID, we are going to keep things simple for our volunteers and streamline the weekend into a cash-free event. Also, we have added more options beyond PayPal to pay for tickets from our website.
Gala Night
Wowzers, it looks like we are almost at capacity for Gala Night, for the first time ever!
It is a requirement to have a Gala Night Ticket to volunteer on the night, so if you've volunteered, please get in and buy your ticket now.
And if you've bought a ticket to the Gala night, please sign up to volunteer… otherwise it might be a long wait for everything if there's not enough volunteers on deck!
Year 6 Art4All & Year 5 – for Next Year
To celebrate Year 6 students graduating and being all grown up, there has been a long standing tradition of cooking and serving the canapes at Art4All's Gala Night. The students (and parents) are proud to contribute to a large part of the event in their Sunday best.
We are lucky to have parent Courtney Gale run it. This year however, we are aware (since COVID) we need to train up the next (2023) Year 6 parents to keep the show going on. If this spikes your interest, please volunteer to the Signup Genius MasterChef/Gala Night food hours so you feel confident to carry the torch!
Contact Courtney - favouriteauntc@gmail.com to discuss more.
A Special Thank You
Art4All is full of gratitude to the people at East Ivanhoe Bendigo Bank for donating $59,280 so far. Thank you, Bendigo Bank, for your continuous support.
~ Art4All Committee