Winter Magic Market – Saturday August 6th, 1-7pm

Two weeks to go – only together can we make it happen

Volunteering for Winter Magic Market, many hands make light work.

Understanding many parents have returned to full time work and have busy lives we are still hoping that for this event, every family puts aside some time to contribute. Many hands make fun work where time flies. A list of volunteer spots is available on the volunteer roster and we’d love every family to put forward someone for a shift. If families could please also plan to bake/make something for the cake/treat stall.

You can put your name down for a shift on the volunteer roster. If the embedded link doesn't work please use. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bVgt2j-bvP3mYAYk5fFXKVJxGyIPO75TY15svxvBpN4/edit?usp=sharing

Market stalls – This year we will not be offering space to art and craft stalls. In previous years they have been a lovely addition and created a market atmosphere. But in order to be both COVID safe and to provide additional under cover/rain protected areas for school stall activities the multipurpose room will be used for the Cake/Treat stall, Art Auction and Art Bar this year. Our apologies to those who loved the stalls, we know they will be missed.

Meet the team: The Magic of our Winter Market wouldn’t be possible this year without the contribution of this amazing team of parents who will be coordinating stalls at this year’s market. There are still roles to fill.

WMM Coordination team: Tanya Pittard, Sophie Sexton Bruce, Libby Harper, Bec Hendy, Amelia Christo, Ange Hopkins

Art Auction: Kim Pickburn, Jane Eckett, Sam Everton, Andrew Lang, Ben Guy

Bars: Tamsin and Jason Downes, Chelsea Clarke, Helen Metzger

Mulled Wine:

Baked Potatoes: Anne and Paul Treasure

Book Stall: Amelia Christo, Jess Borger

Cake/Treat/Afternoon stall: Sophie Bruce, Linda Reiling, Naomi Wake, Linda Williamson

Hair Feathers and Glitter tattoos: Debbie Wood

Lemonade stand: Henry Clough and Breege Gilmartin

Movie and babysitting for volunteers: OHSC team

Music: Denis Phelan

Outdoor kids disco: Chani Thomson (reachchani@hotmail.com) – Decorator help and DJs needed please

Pancakes: Nina and Rod Dewar,

Pizza: Ian, Heather and the pizza team

Sausage sizzle: Tash Colangelo and Dan Sheehan

Second-hand toy and plant stall: Natalie Forde and Lucy Knox

Spit roast: Peter Sexton and Simon Wake

Some things we’d like to do if someone is interested in coordinating them:

Tea/hot chocolate/chai: Coordinator needed please

Coffee Cart: Coordinator needed please

Fire pits: Coordinator needed please

Things you can do now to help and other info:

Decorations around the school

For simple but lovely decorations (and to support the post market long-term cubby building activities around the school) we have chosen for our WMM decorations to be branches. We would greatly appreciate donations of large branches/tree prunings you can find (if you could please collect them ready to bring in the week of the market it would be fabulous).

Ways we are reducing our environmental footprint of our WMM…. And we need your help! We are providing…- Compostable packaging for your food orders wherever possible- Food options that don’t require much cutlery - Minimal plates, cutlery, napkins etc handed out - Reusable glasses for drinks - Three types of bins … organics, comingle recycling and landfill We need your help! - Please bring a water bottle for each of you - Bring a plate, cutlery, napkins and a wine glass if you can store it after use to take home with you to wash - When using the bins… Please check the signs carefully… you may want your cardboard plate to be recycled but if it has food on it, it can’t be so put it in the compost… if in doubt landfill it! Let’s reduce our environmental footprint while still having a great afternoon

We want to avoid the stockpiles of Tupperware left at the end of the day so please pick up the containers you brought your donated treats in when you leave at the end of the day. Or come back the Sunday and please pick them up.

Child minding will be available for parents doing the 4-7pm and pack up shifts – This is a great way for parents of young kids to have fun at the market. Spend the first few hours supervising your kids then drop them off at babysitting so you can get to know some other parents while doing a volunteer shift. You will be asked to book in via a booking sheet that will become available the week before the market. Sponsored by our OHSC program.

Books, Books Books – Clean out your bookcase for a good cause (Amelia Christo and Jess Borger)

The secondhand book stall is an absolute favourite for so many. Take the opportunity to clean out your bookcases and bring along books in good condition for the stall. Please drop of your unwanted books to the school office please.

Inflatables – Wrist bands $25 ($20 CSEF eligible parents) purchase here.

We will have some fun inflatable activities (Meltdown, Wipe Out, Fire rescue on the oval and something special on the basketball court. On the day single ride tickets ($5) and wrist bands ($30) will be available. There will be 5 different activities. Four are suitable for smaller primary school aged children, three will be suitable for small or young children with parent support.

If you are in the position please consider purchasing a wristband for your kids and making an additional donation to support other families. We try and make the market inclusive and acknowledge it can be an expensive day for families.

Musicians bring magic to the winter market

Live music is one of the highlights of the Winter Magic Market. There will be plenty of opportunities for the kids to perform as well. This year to make things a little easier we are looking at some options to bring the fun as well as create the lovely ambience we all so enjoy. One of the ideas being developed is a karaoke option where for a fee you can nominate someone to perform a song, the bidding then begins for them to either buy their way out of the performance or others to put in bids to ensure the performance happens.

Art Auction items (Kim Pickburn, Jane Eckett, Sam Everton)

This year the art auction will be ‘live’, displayed across the art room and multipurpose room, but to reduce crowding all bidding will be done online through airauctioneer.com We’ll also be offering kids’ artworks, made during art class in term 3, for sale (not auction) on the day.

Whether painting, drawing, sewing, photography or sculpture is your thing, we welcome any and all contributions to the art auction. Please drop it off at the school office, with a completed donor form (available from the office), or contact Jane Eckett (jleckett@unimelb.edu.au) to let her know what you plan to donate so she can prepare the online auction site. Bidding can begin online as soon as an item is listed, so the earlier you drop off the work the better!

Book Week

Catherine Beswick