Fête àFitzroy   Newsletter-Edition 4

Welcome to the fourth edition of the Fête à Fitzroy Newsletter!

ONLY 1 DAY TO GO! 

La Fête à Fitzroy 

Saturday 21 October 2023 

12pm to 4pm 

Fitzroy Primary School 

285 Napier Street, Fitzroy 

FREE ENTRY! ALL WELCOME! 

PRE-SALE TOKENS FOR FPS PARENTS AVAILABLE FROM FRIDAY 3PM 

• All parent run food, drink and market stalls as well as facepainting will be accepting tokens (rather than cash/card). (See the price list below!) 
• All attendees can purchase tokens via credit card payments at the Welcome Desk outside the office at the Fete from 12 to 4pm on Fete day. 
• All other businesses or organisations will be accepting cash/card. 
• You can purchase your Fete tokens in advance to avoid any queues from 3pm to 4pm on Friday afternoon outside the office. Payments by card only. Tokens are $2 each.

FREE ICE-CREAM AND POPCORN FOR OUR FPS STUDENTS! 

• All FPS students – please don’t forget to wear your wristbands that you will receive on Friday afternoon at the Fete so that you can claim your FREE ice-cream and popcorn! 
• Thanks again to Frosty Boy for donating all the ice-cream and Nelson Alexander for the popcorn machine! 

LIVE ENTERTAINMENT!

• We have made some minor changes to the entertainment schedule to ensure that as many of our students can perform at the fete as possible! 
• (There is a rally to save public housing at 2pm in Collingwood on Saturday which some of our families are attending and are involved in. If anyone would like to leave their kids at the fete while they attend the rally, please just let Mary know at the office).   
• All FPS student performances with Bree and Cultural Infusion will now be from 12:35pm to 1:40pm so please ensure all students are at the fete by no later than 12:00pm and near the stage by no later than 12:15am so we can make sure they are ready to jump on stage to perform!  (FPS kids are not required to wear their uniforms and can wear what they like!)
• (For those of you whose kids have pre-booked facepainting during the times that they perform, do not worry!  We will change their times so that they can do it after their performances.) 
• We cannot wait to see the debut performance of the Paper Jellyfish, a band featuring FPS’ Mental Health and Wellbeing Leader, Alex Hingston and Performing Arts Teacher Bree McKernan and Gautier’s dad, James Slattery! 
• We are also lucky to have professional musician and parent Timothy Willis and choir  group Beyond the Bathroom perform for us!  
• Get ready to dance with 8 piece Congolese Ruba/Soukous band, The Seben Brothers,  Check out this little clip of them playing here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tC5I6UPxkc 

A big thanks to The Bandwagon, Yarra City Council and Cultural Infusion for all their support to make the live entertainment happen! 

UPDATED PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE 

KIDS ACTIVITIES AND GAMES! 

MARKET STALLS 12PM TO 4PM

FOOD STALLS 12PM TO 4PM

PRICES 

HELP STILL NEEDED!  SIGNUP SHEET! 

• Thank you so much to everyone who has signed up to the Volunteer Sign Up sheet! Your assistance on the day is much appreciated! 
• We still need help with: 
  • General event set up (from 10am to 12pm)
  • General event pack up (from 4pm to 6pm);
  • Jewellery and Craft stall (from 2pm to 5pm); 
  • African Feast stall (from 1pm to 2pm); 
  • Rubbish monitors (from 12pm to 4pm) 
• We are also still in need of table clothes (20 more)! If anyone can bring these in (labelled) by 10:30am Saturday, that would be greatly appreciated!   
• You can sign up here: https://volunteersignup.org/AD4EM
• Does anyone know an experienced barista who could help Wali from Awa Café so he can bring his coffee cart to the fete? If so, please contact Tania on  0433 473 720

BAKE SALE – DONATE HOME BAKED ITEMS TO RAISE FUNDS FOR FPS! 

• If you would like to bake a plate of goods at the Fete’s Bake Stall, it’s not too late to pop by the office to collect your essential bake pack and important instructions. 
• All items to be dropped at the bake stall on Fete day between 10am and midday.

JEWELLERY AND CRAFT STALL ! 

• If anyone has any jewellery or craft that they would like to add to the store, please just bring it on the fete day and add it to the store before 12pm. 

FPS SILENT AUCTION CLOSING 8:00PM 22 October 2023 

• Please spread the word about the FPS Silent Auction far and wide as there are so many incredible prizes up for grabs! 
• Some highlight or recent items include: 
  • Priceless, exclusive, one of a kind, FPS Student Artwork. This artwork has been made with the help of ALL foundation to grade 6 FPS students, thanks to the fabulous art teacher Leah Mariani!

• A beautiful 2 night retreat (mid-week) set on a three acre native garden at The Cottage at Fallow in Heathcote valued at $500

• Robert Gordon crockery valued at $49.95 and $59.95 respectively! 

• 1 hour massage at Osteopathic Sense Fitzroy valued at $120 

• Voucher for a pair of Rollie Shoes valued at $299.95

• Gift pack of 5 Ultra Violette products valued at $260

• For the full list of items, click on this link or scan this link: 

• Winning bidders will pay and collect items at the school office between 23 and 27 October (no online payment necessary). 
• A big thank you to all the local businesses and people who generously donated to our fete, to everyone who helped to source all the items and particular shout out to Sally and Matt Armstrong and Marine Guillou for coordinating it all! 

FACEPAINTING

• We are excited to have two professional facepainters on the day available to paint kids’ faces! 
• We are offering our FPS families a discounted price of $5 per facepaint if you pre-book ($6 or 3 tokens on the day)! All you have to do is just head to the School Office, write your name next  to a time slot and pre-pay.   

SPREAD THE WORD

• We would love for as many people to enjoy the fete as possible so if you could please let your colleagues, families and friends know, that would be wonderful! 
• If everyone could do one last push to their friends and family, that would be ace! There are hard copy posters and flyers available in the office and an electronic version of the poster can be downloaded here.  
• There is a Facebook event that you can share with your contacts here.

QUESTIONS??

If you have any questions about the fete, feel free to contact: Ev evelyntadros@gmail.com 0402 137 182 or Lauren lauren.marquet@gmail.com 0411 112 145 

THANK YOU! 

This fete will not have been possible without the generous support of the following businesses and organisations:  Frosty Boy Ice cream, Nelson Alexander, The Bandwagon, Coolray Refrigeration, VICS Meat, Fresh Generation, By Josephine, Noisette Bread, Calendar Cheese, France at Home, Faraday's Cage, Universal Practice, Gerald's Bar, In.cube8r, Linen House, Pie Thief, Sophie French Tutor, Wilkins and Kent Furniture, Fitzroy Nursery, Pasta Classica, Rochester Hotel, Bar Liberty, OceanMade, Coda Restaurant, Marion Culter & Co, Stomping Ground, Little Bookroom, Entrecôte, Vegie Bar, Farro Pizzeria, Happy Valley, Pidapipo, Vasette, Gertrude St Yoga, Alliance Francaise, Plug Nickel, IMax, Palace Westgarth, Endota Spa, Marios, Choukette, Bunnings Collingwood, Awa Café, The Cottage at Fallow – Heathcote, PG Gallery, Sunny Dreams, Blackhearts and Sparrows, Intext Book Company, McCoppins, Melbourne Museum, Yarra Libraries, A1 Bakery, Baker`s Delight Carlton, Frencheese, La Louche Crêperie, Yarra City Council, French Bilingual Association, Cultural Infusion, VicHealth (JumpStart), Freeza, AllPress Coffee, Open Table, Lune Croissanterie, Good Ginger, Lemon Middle & Orange Coffee & Food, Oliver Birch (Smith St), Osteopathic Sense Fitzroy, Rollie and Ultra Violette

Thanks in particular to FPS staff who have gone above and beyond to make the fete a success:  Nathan Moore, Andrea Hennessey, Lucy Renehan, Alex Hingston, Bree McKernan, Mary Ricciuti, Julian Vescio, Badria Mustafa, Leah Mariani, Elvira Ralston-Ellis and Mark (FPS Maintenance). 

The Fete Parent Committee and parent volunteers who have assisted behind the scenes: Lauren Marquet, Evelyn Tadros, Sally Armstrong, Matt Armstrong, Marine Guillou, Jason Rodwell, Meg Dench, Jamie Rawls, Tania Lewis, Elodie Piquet, Audrey Vincent, Marion Slattery, Anna Gilby, Jenny Psihogios, Ayesha Everitt, Hannah Moriarty, Josephine Acker, Matt Willis, Marian Hilowle, Catherine Lambiris, Marion Slattery, Olivier Marquet and Emmanuelle Maurel. 

Thank you also to everyone who will be volunteering and helping on the day and to those who have helped behind the scene some way!  This fete would not have been possible without you!