Mrs Fiddlesticks
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Fete season?Anyone else got a fete on in the next few weeks - seem to be about 4 round here this weekend including our school one tomorrow.
I've got the first cake in the oven and am suppose to be rounding up tablecloths for them to borrow.
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Barefoot Andrew
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It's the Ysgol Porth-y-Felin summer fair in Conwy this afternoon... 3.30pm till 5pm. Not that I'll be going... I'm in Derbyshire...
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PS Porth-y-Felin is Conwy's junior school...
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cir3ngirl
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My sons school has not had a fete in years. The chair of PTA felt lack of support from parent would make it fail. Her last child leaves this time. So the two of us left on the committee have started planning one for next year. Everyone we have spoken to thinks it a good idea.
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Northern_Lad
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| Barefoot Andrew wrote: | It's the Ysgol Porth-y-Felin summer fair in Conwy this afternoon... 3.30pm till 5pm. Not that I'll be going... I'm in Derbyshire...
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PS Porth-y-Felin is Conwy's junior school... |
Conwy's only got one junior school?  I know from previous visits that I wouldn't like to breed with most of its population, but they do serve alcohol there.
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Mrs Fiddlesticks
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| cir3ngirl wrote: | | My sons school has not had a fete in years. The chair of PTA felt lack of support from parent would make it fail. Her last child leaves this time. So the two of us left on the committee have started planning one for next year. Everyone we have spoken to thinks it a good idea. |
definitely a good idea. Ours is the main fundraising event of the PTA calendar. Getting the school behind it is the best bet for support - if the kids do a singing/dancing display or make things for stalls or help man them, then parents will come to support and watch them.
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cir3ngirl
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Our big money maker is our sponsored bounce. All the children get get 1 minute on a bouncy castle and get sponsored per bounce. Some can do over 100 in 60 seconds  Then we give small gift to child with most bounces and the child who returns the most money.
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| cir3ngirl wrote: | | My sons school has not had a fete in years. The chair of PTA felt lack of support from parent would make it fail. Her last child leaves this time. So the two of us left on the committee have started planning one for next year. Everyone we have spoken to thinks it a good idea. |
she was probably concerned that she would have to do a lot of the work for it. We have a very small group that are very active in the PTA and unless you have volunteers coming out of your ears, it can get very stressful.
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sean
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What Toggle said. You need to pin people down to helping with specific tasks. Otherwise *everyone* will say it's a good idea but you'll end up running yourself ragged doing all of it.
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Nick
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Indeed. And, assuming you run the PTA as a legal entity, you need, legally, three people on the committee, at least (Chair, secretary, treasurer).
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cir3ngirl
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| Nick Howe wrote: | | Indeed. And, assuming you run the PTA as a legal entity, you need, legally, three people on the committee, at least (Chair, secretary, treasurer). |
We have parent of new intake who have signed up.
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Nick
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Fresh meat is always a good find, and so easily manipulated. 
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alison
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Our best fund raisers are a fun run, in the evening, 100m for the under 5's, 500m for KS1, 3k for KS2, and any adults, and a 6k for adults too. BBQ, bar and medals for all who take part, plus cups for group winners, and fastest family of 4 in.
Christmas gift evening. End of November, in the village hall. Every stallholder pays £10 and provides a raffle prize. School has certain stalls, eg cakes, money tree, child craft project, bottle tombola, raffle. Parents donate cakes, everyone pays to come in, and gets a mince pie, and a glass of mulled wine. The craft project last time was each child painted a terracott pot at school and then planted a hyacynth bulb. The choir open it, with three songs, so all the parents come and watch, and then it goes from 6 - 9.
We have a school of 150 children, and the last craft thing raised about £2000, the fun run £500.
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Mrs Fiddlesticks
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we've only got 55 kids in the school. For a craft project our head came up with each child painting a portrait of a member of their family, sold at a £1 - well you can't not buy that can you?
Another good fete stall is the £1 bucket. All you need is a bucket (obviously) and a pile of round £1 sized stickers. You put your name and phone number on your £1 with the sticker and put it in the bucket. One £1 is pulled out at the end and gets half of however much is in the bucket - PTA keep the rest. Easy and someone can walk round with it, doesn't even need a table.
We also do Wine and Water. Donated wine, and empty wine bottle filled with water and re-corked. Cover both with wrapping paper so you cant tell the difference. Can't remember how much we charged - £1 I think - and you get to choose a bottle. You may be lucky or you may be not..
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Jamanda
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| Mrs Fiddlesticks wrote: | we've only got 55 kids in the school. For a craft project our head came up with each child painting a portrait of a member of their family, sold at a £1 - well you can't not buy that can you?
Another good fete stall is the £1 bucket. All you need is a bucket (obviously) and a pile of round £1 sized stickers. You put your name and phone number on your £1 with the sticker and put it in the bucket. One £1 is pulled out at the end and gets half of however much is in the bucket - PTA keep the rest. Easy and someone can walk round with it, doesn't even need a table.
We also do Wine and Water. Donated wine, and empty wine bottle filled with water and re-corked. Cover both with wrapping paper so you cant tell the difference. Can't remember how much we charged - £1 I think - and you get to choose a bottle. You may be lucky or you may be not.. |
Posh your way. We only charge 20p a thing.
(But we do raise hundreds ans sometimes thousands)
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