2024 School Fair New Date

Save the date!

Due to a clash with external events, we need to stage our Country Fair a week earlier than first planned and will hold the Fair on Saturday 2 March 2024 from 10am to 3pm. Please update your calendar! 

The Kinross Wolaroi School Fair is a beloved tradition that brings our school and community together for a day of fun and entertainment – we hope you’ll be a part of it! The Fair will be the P&F Association’s major fundraising event in 2024 and we hope everyone will play a part in support

Preserving our heritage

The restoration of Wolaroi Mansion is the focus for fundraising at the Fair. The building is not just a vital part of the fabric of the school but is an important feature of the historical landscape of Orange itself and we hope that the whole community will support us as we fundraise for its renovation, commencing in 2025. 

How to get involved

To make this event a huge success, we need your support! Here's how you can get involved ... 

Donate Raffle Prizes 

If you have any items, accommodation or experiences that you would like to donate for our raffle, please contact P&F Treasurer, Sarah Rourke at pandftreasurer@kws.nsw.edu.au. Your generous contributions will make our raffle even more enticing and make a significant contribution to our fundraising. Here’s a list of what we’d like to source:

• Holiday houses
• Ski passes/deals
• Cruise trips or flights
• 5-star restaurants
• Food and wine vouchers
• Private Chef
• Hampers
• Theatre tickets

Volunteer

• Each year group will be allocated to a stall at the Fair and your P&F Year Representative will be in touch with you soon to see how you can help.

• Join the Fair Committee! If you are a keen parent who is great at networking and making things happen, we would like you to be a part of the Fair Committee! Please contact Events Coordinator, Harriet Alker at halker@kws.nsw.edu.au for more information.  Next meeting: 6.30pm Wednesday 22 November in the McLachlan Boardroom, Wolaroi Mansion.
   
• We will be in need of dedicated volunteers to help us run various aspects of the fair. If you would like to contribute your time, energy and enthusiasm on the day, please let us know!

Donations

The Fair will be staged in Week 5 of Term 1, which doesn’t leave a lot of time for us to get organised when we return in 2024, so there are a number of items we’d love you to start thinking about and organising now in preparation for next year:

Plant stall donations – For all of our families with ‘green thumbs’ we need your help! Please start propagating herbs and plants from your garden! Pulling out a tree or hedge? Pot it up for the Fair! We’ll be asking you to drop off plant donations from Term 1 next year.

Book donations – we’re calling for donations for our secondhand book stall including kid’s books and novels.

White Elephant – We’re seeking good quality used items in working order such as: children’s games and toys (NO soft toys), sporting equipment (tennis racquets, cricket bats and pads, etc.), homewares. Please NO large furniture, electrical items, bicycles or used bed linen.

Jams, pickles, preserves & crafts – in summer good produce is abundant and cheap so please support us by bottling your home made jams, pickles and preserves to sell at the fair! We know there are some talented crafters out there - perhaps you can get knitting or sewing to support our fundraising?

Jar stall – the jar stall is a great option if you are not a cook. Save some jars and fill them with fun items for purchase: lollies, small collectible toys or cards, crayons, stickers, socks, bath bombs, makeup – use your imagination! This stall was extremely popular at our last Fair.

Chocolate Wheel – A great option for disposing of those unwanted Christmas gifts! We are running a chocolate wheel at the fair and your donation of NEW goods such as gourmet foods, wines, homewares, electrical items, gift vouchers, etc. would be very gladly received.

Dropping off your donations

For those who would like to drop off donations, the shed at the rear of 95 Bathurst Road will be open Thursday and Friday mornings 8:00am - 8:45am, commencing 23 November until 22 December and then from 11 January until 23 February. 

Drop off will also be open for Boarder Families at 2:45pm - 3:35pm Friday 24 November, and 8:00am until 2:30pm  on Friday 7 December and Monday 29 January. 

The shed is at the rear of 95 Bathurst Road and can be accessed via the driveway to the right of 95 Bathurst Road (alongside the property next door, known as ‘Kinross Mews’).

Sponsorship Opportunities

The Fair is an amazing opportunity to showcase your business or product to the Kinross Wolaroi School community: If you would like to find out more about becoming a sponsor of the Fair, please contact the Event Coordinator, Harriet Alker at halker@kws.nsw.edu.au for a sponsorship package. Your support will be prominently acknowledged throughout the event.

We're excited to come together as a community and make the 2024 Kinross Wolaroi School Fair a memorable event for everyone. Whether you can donate, volunteer, or simply join us on 2 March, your presence and support are greatly appreciated. Stay tuned for more updates and details about the fair in the coming months. We look forward to seeing you there! Thank you for being a valued part of our Kinross Wolaroi School community, and here's to a fantastic Kinross Wolaroi School Fair in 2024!

Warm regards,

Pip Smith

President - Kinross Wolaroi School Parents & Friend Association