Advent Fayre 2022!

The Friends are busy planning the Christmas Fayre and we have a lot of exciting plans to make the Fayre a fun family day out!

The Fayre will be home to the following stalls on the day;

·  Refreshment stalls, including cakes, soft drinks, tea, coffee, hot chocolate and mulled wine.

·  Balloon stall – Everyone loves a balloon!

·  Make wildlife friendly reindeer food – Keep Rudolph and his friends energized on Christmas eve with a bag of food!

·  Festive biscuit decorating – Come along and ice your own biscuit in a festive theme!

·  Fun badge making – Come and design your own badge and help turn your design into a badge that you can wear!

·  Glitter tattoos – The hugely popular glitter tattoos return for another year!!

·  Letters to Santa – Come and write you letter to Santa and post it in the special post box!

·  Fun photo booth – Come along with your family and friends and take some fun photos.page!

·  Make s’mores with Mr and Mrs Orchard – Join the Orchard Family around the camp fire in the Forest School area and make some delicious s’mores to eat!

·  Scavenger hunt – Look around the playground and hunt for clues and see if you can discover what the missing word is meant to be!

·  Tombola’s – The ever popular tombola’s are set for a big return this year. Take your pick from the bottle tombola and the chocolate tombola or have a go on both!

·  Children’s toys and game – Let the children spend some of their change on the hugely popular pre-loved stall!

·  Games – There will a huge variety of games including; lucky dip, knock Santa off of the box, Rudolph’s magic carrots, drop the coin on Rudolph’s nose, Guess the number of sweets, Grab a Teddy and guess the name of the pig!

Alongside all of these fabulous stalls, games and things to do we will also be hosting St Richard’s got talent again so ask your child to have a think about their act and get ready to sign them up when the details are released.

As you can see there will be so much going on that it promises to be a really special day, but we really need all of your help to make it happen!

We understand that there are lots of things to remember at this time of the year and this may be a lot to take in so here is a summary of how your donations will help us and when to bring them in! It may seem like a lot, but every year you all come up trumps with your very kind donations so let’s make this a bumper year to remember!

Colour Hamper

A donation in the colour your child’s class was allocated. The raffle will be drawn during the Advent Fayre.

WHEN - From now, please ask your child to give their donations directly to their class teacher.

Last Date -  Monday 28th November so that the classes can decorate and organise their hampers ready for the Fayre!

Chocolate Tombola

NUT FREE chocolate in all varieties, big bars, bags, boxes, selection packs etc.

WHEN - On Friday 11th November in exchange for wearing home clothes – please give your donation to the Friends at the school entrances.

Last Date - We would love all donations to be bought in on the 11th of November please.

Bottle tombola

Bottles in all varieties – alcohol is fine, we won’t give them to any children!

WHEN - On Friday 2nd December in exchange for wearing home clothes – please give your donation to the Friends at the school entrances.

Last Date -We would love all donations to be bought in the 2nd of December please.

New items stall

Raid those cupboards and dig out your unwanted Christmas gifts from last year; toiletries, gift boxes, childrens toys etc.

WHEN - From now, please place your donations in the black wheelie bin by the office marked up with the Friends Donation Point poster or please take to the school office if the wheelie bin if full.

Last Date - By Friday 2nd December please

Children’s pre- loved toys and games stall

If you have any unwanted toys, that are clean and in good, working order we would be delighted to receive them.

WHEN - From now, please place your donations in the black wheelie bin by the office marked up with the Friends Donation Point poster or please take to the school office if the wheelie bin if full.

Last Date - By Friday 2nd December please.

Books and DVD stall

Books and DVDs (for adults or kids) will be gratefully received

WHEN - From now, please place your donations in the black wheelie bin by the office marked up with the Friends Donation Point poster or please take to the school office if the Wheelie bin if full.

Last Date - By Friday 2nd December please

Refreshment stall

Cakes, biscuits mince pies

WHEN - On Friday 2nd December during school hours please

Last Date - On Friday 2nd December during school hours please or on the day of the Fayre itself.

Sweet stall

Bags of sweets – This year the Friends won’t be sending out the normal pink striped bags for your sweet donations. To make sure that we are being Covid safe we are asking families to donate bags of sealed sweets only. Bags of Maltesers, Skittles, Haribo etc

WHEN - From now, please give donations to the school office

Last Date - By Friday 2nd December please

St Richard’s Children have got Talent!

Sign up forms will be released on our website soon for our well loved St Richard’s Children have got Talent event. The children cans showcase any talents that they like be it singing, dancing, playing an instrument etc. Please can we ask that you chat to your child/ren and see if they would like to showcase their talent. They can enter in a pair or groups with their friends. It is not a competition, it is simply a way of celebrating the talents of our wonderful St Richard’s children.

WHEN - Registration form from Monday 31st November, please sign up on our website by filling out the online form.

Last Date - By Wednesday 2nd December please.

Finally, we will need lots of helpers on the day!

The Friends will release a sign up sheet soon so please do sign up for any time that you can spare – help is required on the Friday evening, the Saturday morning and of course to run the stalls in the afternoon. We would be grateful for any offers of help – no matter how short or long! We would also love help from secondary age children that have moved on from St Richard’s to help out on our games stalls on the day of the Fayre. Please sign up your older children on the sheet or email friends@strichardsprimaryfrineds.org if they are willing to join in the fun!!

The night before the fayre – Male sure the whole family get a good night’s sleep so that you are all ready for the festive fun that awaits you at the school!

On the day - As with previous years, we all know a quick visit to the bank in the week leading up to the fayre to change our notes into change, is a good idea! We will have lots and lots of stalls that cost 50p - £1 to play, donation buckets for change so please come armed with your bags of change!! We will have card readers available on the day and these will be located at the refreshment stall for your use.

Come hungry and enjoy lunch with your family and friends and lastly let’s make this day a Fayre to remember. After the past few years, we would all love for everyone to come along, enjoy the day and create some fabulous festive memories!

The Christmas Fayre is one of the highlights of the school year and we are so grateful for all your donations of time, prizes, second hand toys etc. It promises to be a magical day for the children …. And their families!

If you have any questions at all, please speak to any of the committee members, email Jenny on chair@strichardsprimaryfrineds.org or email the Friends on friends@strichardsprimaryfrineds.org

With best wishes,

The Friends