Fitzroy Primary School Newsletter

Fitzroy Primary School`s Fantastic Fête

Welcome to the first edition of the Fitzroy Primary School’s Fantastic Fête newsletter! 

 

 

SAVE THE DATE-

 

Everyone is invited to come together, have fun and celebrate our wonderfully diverse community and the success of our students’ learning, including our French bilingual and performing arts program! 

 

Fitzroy PS’s “Fantastic Fête” 

Saturday 26 October 2024 

12pm to 4pm 

Fitzroy Primary School 

 

 

FREE ENTRY! ALL WELCOME! 

 

GET READY TO: 

  • feast on African, French, and other local delicacies 
  • enjoy the live music and student and parent performances 
  • discover our market stalls 
  • revel in the fun activities and games for the kids 
  • win a prize in our raffle
  • pick up something special at our silent auction

 

AND SO MUCH MORE! 

 

YOUR HELP TO TRANSLATE FANTASTIC FETE! 

 

One of the great benefits of FPS is the diversity of our students and families. So this year, we wanted to celebrate that diversity by having the word ‘fantastic’ or ‘fantastic fête’ in as many different languages of our school community as possible on the poster. 

 

If you or your child can help us by writing how you would say something similar to “fantastic” or “fantastic fête” in any of your family’s languages on the paper at Mary’s desk, that would be so wonderful! Even more wonderful if the translation has alliteration (same letter or sound at the beginning of each word!)

 

FÊTE COMMITTEE 

 

We are blown away to see the interest from so many parents to be involved in the fête this year! Thank you to everyone who has registered their interest and/or attended the first couple of meetings! 

 

If you would like to be involved in coordinating and organising the fête in the lead up (such as coordinating and organising the stalls, activities, entertainment and fundraising in the lead up), there’s still plenty of space and time to join us! 

 

In particular, we are looking to fill these 2 roles:

  • Marketing coordinator (to assist with communications, publicity and marketing including on social media) 
  • Stall coordinator (being the contact person for the external businesses and parents running stalls both in the lead up and also helping to manage logistics on the day of the fete) 

 

If you’re interested, just sign up at the front office or you can contact the fête co-ordinators: Evelyn Tadros evelyntadros@gmail.com 0402 137 182 or Lauren Marquet lauren.marquet@gmail.com 0411 112 145. 

 

If you can’t commit to another committee but you have skills, goods, services or ideas that may be beneficial for the day, please also let us know!   

 

For those who wish to volunteer on the day, we will send out a volunteer roster closer to the fete that you can sign up to. We will need lots of hands to make light work!

 

PARENTS MORNING TEA / CANDLE MAKING 

 

Badria is hosting the next parents morning tea from 9:15 am on Monday 24th June 2024 and it is open to all! Feel free to drop by. 

 

For those who are interested and keen, Badria is also teaching parents how to make candles which will then be sold at the fête! 

 

 

HOW CAN YOU HELP? 

 

We are looking for any staff, parents or students who: 

  • know of or would like to approach any businesses or individuals to financially sponsor or support our fête (including for raffle/silent auction items as below);
  • are part of a band, choir, dance or cultural performance group and would like to perform on the day as part of the live entertainment; 
  • would like to run an activity or game during the fete;
  • would be interested in coordinating the jewellery or craft stall and/or making or donating items for the stall 
  • would be interested in coordinating the Salon Stall and/or sourcing parents or older students to braid/plait/style/spray-paint hair, paint nails or paint henna
  • have contacts with businesses or organisations who could loan us marquees, trestle tables and/or a stage for the day 

 

To discuss any of the above, contact Ev or Lauren (details above)

Raffle/Silent auction items: 

We are looking for any parents who would be able to source items for our raffle/online auction.  We are looking for: 

 

  • Any unwanted gift that could be regifted
  • Any vouchers
  • Artworks
  • Jewellery
  • Merchandise
  • Travel vouchers
  • Hotel/holiday accommodation
  • Goods/or services
  • Services
  • Bottles of wine
  • Restaurant vouchers or chef/catering services (for private dinner party or cooking lessons) 

 

To discuss a donation please contact Sally Armstrong or Marine Guillou at fitzroyprimaryfete@gmail.com.  

 

HOW YOUR SUPPORT WILL HELP OUR COMMUNITY 

 

All funds raised from the fête will build on the funds we raised last year to improve FPS’ George Street playground !