success as the sun set

Community Success

Alison Sanza

Student Leadership Coordinator

Sincere thanks to the multitude of people – students, parents, teachers and the wider Brunswick community - who were involved in planning, setting/packing up, participating in and donating to the Twilight Market. Thanks also to our wonderful and generous Parents’ Association for the donation of valuable time as well as goods for sale.  

The event offers a wonderful opportunity for innumerable sections of the school community to work collaboratively, providing students with the chance to gain valuable skills in critical and creative thinking, collaboration, teamwork, communication and problem solving. It also allows us to draw on the resources and goodwill of both our parent community and the local Brunswick/Coburg community. 

The excellent weather, great music and range of interesting stalls ensured that the event was a great success. 

Learning Success

Liberty Redican

Year 7

When organising the donations for the Silent Auction and raffle, I got the opportunity to collect donations from local businesses and shops in Brunswick alongside Stephanie Barwick. 

I got to speak to business managers in a professional manner and to organise donations. I also learned how to manage my time more wisely when organising things. Many businesses and shops were happy to donate to our school, for a community event.  

Overall it was a great experience and I learned a lot from being involved in the Twilight Market.  

Tara Dennison

Year 10

The Twilight Market is always a super fun night at Brunswick Secondary College. This year with the new locations, everything felt so fresh and just a lot more exciting! This year I had the honour of being the Events Leader and my main role in the Twilight Market was to co-ordinate our new student stalls run by Year 7 and Year 8 students. Our students ran stalls such as a Hoop Toss game and a painting activity for charity, as well as the Plant Stall (that produced the highest sales!)

It was great to see so many people from the school community become involved in the Twilight Market this year, and I hope many more can be a part of it in 2020. Thank-you to everyone who helped put the night together!  

Max McKenzie Fitzpatrick

Year 8

I really enjoyed being on the SRC team and contributing to this  giant community event. It was great  to see it all come together and the night was really fun. I can't wait for  next year - to do it all again!

Sienna Calvani  & Sanjana  Akula 

Year 8

The Twilight Market was successful for everyone,  including our own stall. We had plenty of young families head over and participate. It was an incredibly fun night to be surrounded by friends, good food, and even better music! We look forward to next year’s market! 

And VERY Special Thanks to...

Eric Seychell and Hannah , our School Captains, for doing ANYTHING and EVERYTHING that was needed

Emily Palekis, Harvey Carroll, Jude Angove, Josie Coyle and the Music faculty – who sourced, planned, set up  and delivered the entertainment for the night

Chris De Grandi for the site map and careful planning for the allocation of stalls which accurately allowed us to chart out stall locations

SRC members who collected donations, did letter drops, helped pack goods, made signs for stalls, helped set up and pack up

Ella Davis, Lexie Sharples and Aisha Tabbitt for the sourcing and setting up the lighting. 

Stephanie Barwick, Liberty Redican, Ella Davis and Sienna Seychell for organising and sourcing donations for the Silent Auction

Lara Yardim and Pippa Barnes for building and painting the cubby houses and organising the raffle

Year 7 and 8 Student stall holders 

Scott Bell and his crew who set up and packed up with the help of several diligent staff and students

Jessica Chapman-Adams who set up floats for the stalls and collected the money at the end of the night

Our wonderful BSC office staff who collected donations and generally provided any help that was asked of them

BSC Parents’ Association for organising and running the Uniform Stall, Bake & Craft stall, Bar and Silent Auction (for which they sourced a range of fabulous goods)

The school community – teachers and parents for their donations towards the Second-Hand Stall, Bake Stall and their support of the raffle

The local Brunswick and Coburg traders who generously provided items for our Silent Auction

Nelson Alexander for providing the advertising signage, posters, flyers and the very popular Photo Booth