Summer Fayre
What a brilliant day everyone had!! Scorching hot sunshine all day long!!
Well it was a busy time for us all on the morning of July 1st. We arrived at school at 9am to help other members of the friends committee and their partners to set up stalls ready for the opening. It was very hard work and very hot!! We were all rushing around and constantly clock watching to make sure we had plenty of time. Two members of the kitchen staff were already busy hotting up oil ready for cooking chips, and refreshments were set up in the dining hall so that people could come out of the sun if the wanted to.
Excitement was growing as the time was coming closer, and I was keeping an eye out for the Captain of Colchester United, Karl Duguid to arrive ready to open our fayre for us. All the children were briliantly behaved while us adults buisied ourselves with the preparations. There were three great bouncy castles, hook a duck, raffles, face painting, beauty, second hand goods, darts game, treasure hunt, assault course and many more attractions for people to enjoy.
James enjoying one of the bouncy castles.
I greeted Karl in the car park, and it was great to see him as I hadn’t seen him since one of our family celebrations. He brought his dad along too for a bit of support. It was quite a nervous thing for him to do, and for me too.
Me doing my embarrassing speech.
People started to arrive at the gates, and the atmosphere was fun. Mrs Jasper our head mistress told me to introduce Karl to everyone, and I was very embarrassed as there was quite a lot of people there waiting to go in. Karl was grinning at me and I felt very silly at having to do a speech but it was fun. Then it was my turn to grin at karl while he cut the bunting that we had strung across the gates. It was his turn to look a bit embarrassed and I laughed.
Karl opening the Fayre.
Once the gates were open, crowds of children started coming and asking for Karls autograph. I think he was surprised at how many people asked and lots of adults wanted to chat to him. We wandered around and he had a go at the penalty shoot out game. It was getting hotter and hotter as the afternoon wore on. Despite having sun cream on, we still were finding we were getting burnt.
James posing with Karl and enjoying every minute of it. He got his hat and his shirt signed.
Me with Karl before he opened the Fayre and things got busy.
The BBQ was a great success and many people wanted food and drinks. As fast as Tiffany could fill up the fridges with drinks, people were buying them. We found it very difficult to keep them cold. The chips sold out very quickly and we were very pleased. The stalls all did well, especially the second hand goods. We had the privilege of having the SGR Colchester Black Thunder with us for an hour or so.
SGR Black Thunder.
There was dancing in the arena, and some of the students involved were our year 6 some of whom I could recognise. The assault course was very popular as was the beauty. Tattoos were very popular with the children, and many had their hair red and white. There are just so many different things I could mention. Must say though that my car did look rather good with all of those balls in it.
My prize possesion.
The advertising was brilliant this year, and we feel may have contributed to the success of the fayre. Karl stayed far longer than anyone could have expected and that was very much appreciated by all. The whole event was a huge success and we are very pleased. We rushed around clearing away at the end so that we could all get home for the football.
We had some lovely comments from people who had attended our fayre. The turn out had been huge and we were amazed at how many people came. A GREAT SUCCESS!! WELL DONE and THANK YOU to everyone who helped before the day, on the day and afterwards.