The 2019 fete will be held on Saturday 23 March from 10am - 2pm.  Please take the time to see how you can assist/donate -- there are plenty of opportunities right now before the fete: cook up some jams/preserves for the cake stall, clear out the excess/unread books collecting dust or declutter the kids wardrobes to drop off during the allocated drop off times - Saturday 2 and 3 March 2-4pm and Saturday 16 and 17 March 2-4pm.

The Country Fair theme went so well in 2018 and made for a fabulous atmosphere so we are doing it all again in 2019. We are also offering the chance to ‘sponsor a hay bale’ again this year.  You can do this using Qkr. This year, the bales will be donated back to farmers in the Canberra and surrounding areas in need.

Class Baskets

The themes for the raffle baskets are:

Kindergarten – Better Homes and Gardens – make a house a home, ideas include homewares, candles, placemats, tea towels, pot plants, garden ornaments.

Year 1 – Boredom Buster – think ultimate rainy day fun – puzzles, books, dvds, games, stickers, colouring books, cards etc.

Year 2 – Easter

Year 3 – Celebration – balloons, streamers, cheeseboards, lollies, party bag fillers etc.

Year 4 – Easter

Year 5 – Stationery and Craft – gel pens, pencils, notebooks, post-it-notes, stickers, embellishments, textas.

Year 6 – Cookin’ up a Storm – all things kitchen, baking and cooking.

Raffle Tickets and Value Tickets

Raffle tickets have been sent home. This year you have the option of paying for your tickets using the Qkr App. Value ticket order forms will be sent home next week. 

Sponsors

We are always looking for new sponsors so if you or someone you know is able to donate either items for our chocolate wheel or cash amounts to cover the costs of our entertainment, attractions or food stalls we ask you to please contact the fete team at: stmfete@gmail.com.

Volunteers

We are also of course, always looking for volunteers to help on our various stalls on the day (all volunteers require a Working with Vulnerable People card so be sure to apply for yours soon if you don’t yet have one).

White Elephant Drop-offs

We are also looking for volunteers to help with our white elephant drop offs which this year will be on 2, 3, 16 and 17 March from 2:00pm – 4:00pm in the school hall. We need some helpers on these days to sort the many fabulous items we receive. If you can help, please email us or just turn up on the day(s).

Books

Please send your pre-loved books to school with your children for our bookstall. The class who collectively donates the most books each week will win a weekly prize. Also, our wonderful Fete Bookstall Co-ordinator Andrea Bolitho is collecting books for the 2019 fete. Please contact Andrea directly on 0407 397 233 to arrange drop off or collection, or alternatively you are welcome to drop books to Andrea's home at 10 Edmunds Place, Spence.

We extend a big thank you in advance to our school families and community who always give so much to bring our fete together. We know we ask a lot of our school families, but as this is our biggest annual event and raises more money for the school than any other annual fundraiser, it is well worth the effort everyone puts in to making the day a success.