{"id":954,"date":"2022-06-08T17:26:10","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T17:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/st-joanofarc.islington.sch.uk\/pa\/?p=954"},"modified":"2022-06-30T10:02:30","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T10:02:30","slug":"2022-summer-fete-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/st-joanofarc.islington.sch.uk\/pa\/2022-summer-fete-appeal\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer F\u00eate 2022 Appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Summer F\u00eate is back (Saturday July 2nd, 12pm-4pm) and <strong>we need everyone&#8217;s help<\/strong> to make it a great success!<\/p>\n<p>First of all, we need (virtually) every family to <strong>volunteer<\/strong> at least for one shift, two if you can. Please see the available spots and sign up here: <a href=\"https:\/\/signup.com\/go\/WxqZFVF\">https:\/\/signup.com\/go\/WxqZFVF<\/a><br \/>\nUPDATE: A tremendous thank you to all who have signed up so far! Unfortunately, we are still missing too many volunteers for the second and third shifts, which means some stalls may have to stop mid-fair. Please sign up if you can! Your children can help you as well and it will be a fun experience for all!<\/p>\n<p><del>In addition, we are still <strong>urgently seeking a BBQ lead<\/strong> and unless someone comes forward by next Monday 13\/6, we will unfortunately have to cancel the BBQ stall at the F\u00eate. This would be a shame as it is the second biggest earner and many people rely on it for their lunch at the F\u00eate! The BBQ lead is not an overwhelming amount of work, and the previous lead will support you throughout.<\/del> UPDATE: A huge thank you to Chris, Richard O. and Richard D. for signing up as BBQ leads! <del>We are now seeking two volunteers to do the <strong>cash and carry shop<\/strong> on Thursday or Friday. Please email sjoacommittee@gmail.com if you can help.<\/del> UPDATE: Another huge thank you to Jana and her husband who have done the whole cash and carry shop by themselves!<\/p>\n<p>Here are other ways you can contribute:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Donations in <u>good condition<\/u> for the <strong>jumble sales <\/strong>(all items to be brought to the school office from 27\/6):\n<ul>\n<li>Toys, dressing up, complete games<\/li>\n<li>Scooters, bikes, baby equipment<\/li>\n<li>Books, CDs, DVDs (no VHS please)<\/li>\n<li>Accessories and jewelry (<strong>no clothes please<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>Bric-a-brac and plants<\/li>\n<li>Carrier bags<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bottles<\/strong> for the bottle tombolas: wine, prosecco, spirits, liqueurs, beer, etc. and non-alcoholic bottles: soft drinks, juices, cordial, etc.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kids tombola<\/strong>: pick up a stripy bag or two from the school office or the PA table (when we are there) and fill it with party-favor-type toys that you have lying around at home (no chocolate or sweets please).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Craft materials<\/strong> for the upcycled crafts stall: Yarn\/wool<br \/>\nFabric\/fabric cuts offs<br \/>\nFelt<br \/>\nBeads<br \/>\nRhinestones<br \/>\nLeather\/ faux leather cuts<br \/>\nMedium\/heavy Card<br \/>\nFoam board<br \/>\nString<br \/>\nButtons<br \/>\nOld badges<br \/>\nFeathers<br \/>\nPom poms<br \/>\nGoggly eyes<br \/>\nPipe cleaners<br \/>\nGlitter&#8230;<br \/>\nDeadline: EOP Thursday 30 June<br \/>\nWhere: Box for donations outside the school office.<\/li>\n<li><del>Donate a <strong>big ticket raffle prize:<\/strong> theatre tickets, electronics, a stay at a second home that you rent out&#8230; please email sjoacommittee@gmail.com by 13\/6<\/del> UPDATE: A huge thank you to the Mattila Family for donating our\u00a0 third prize, and to Waitrose for donating our first and second prizes for the grand raffle, plus the first prize for the kids raffle!<\/li>\n<li>Ask local businesses to hang a <strong>Summer F\u00eate poster<\/strong> (posters available from the school office)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sell raffle tickets<\/strong> to family, friends and neighbours (tickets available from the school office or the PA table, when we are there). More info on the raffle here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/st-joanofarc.islington.sch.uk\/pa\/summer-fete-grand-raffle\/\">https:\/\/st-joanofarc.islington.sch.uk\/pa\/summer-fete-grand-raffle\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Lastly, on the day you can contribute by:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Making sure you <strong>come to the F\u00eate<\/strong>! Parents with children in Years 1 to 4, in particular, please mark your calendars as your children are scheduled to take part in a <strong>performance<\/strong> at the F\u00eate and it would be a shame if they have to miss it.<\/li>\n<li>Signing your children up to <strong>SJA&#8217;s first Cake Competition<\/strong>! <del>The entry fee is \u00a31<\/del> Entry is free and the winners will be announced and receive their prize at the F\u00eate. More details closer to the date.<\/li>\n<li>Donating <strong>international<\/strong> <strong>food and cakes<\/strong> to the food stalls.<\/li>\n<li>Helping tidy up at the end of the event! If everyone lends a hand,\u00a0it will only take\u00a0a few minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Bring your own cup and plenty of cash!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The F\u00eate programme is now <a href=\"https:\/\/st-joanofarc.islington.sch.uk\/pa\/2022_summer_fete\/\">available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-845\" src=\"https:\/\/st-joanofarc.islington.sch.uk\/pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Beam-sponsorship.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1748\" height=\"1240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/st-joanofarc.islington.sch.uk\/pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Beam-sponsorship.png 1748w, https:\/\/st-joanofarc.islington.sch.uk\/pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Beam-sponsorship-768x545.png 768w, https:\/\/st-joanofarc.islington.sch.uk\/pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Beam-sponsorship-1536x1090.png 1536w, https:\/\/st-joanofarc.islington.sch.uk\/pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Beam-sponsorship-1240x880.png 1240w, https:\/\/st-joanofarc.islington.sch.uk\/pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Beam-sponsorship-508x360.png 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1748px) 100vw, 1748px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Summer F\u00eate is back (Saturday July 2nd, 12pm-4pm) and we need everyone&#8217;s help to make it a great success! First of all, we need (virtually) every family to volunteer at least for one shift, two if you can. Please see the available spots and sign up here: https:\/\/signup.com\/go\/WxqZFVF UPDATE: A tremendous thank you to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":961,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/st-joanofarc.islington.sch.uk\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/st-joanofarc.islington.sch.uk\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/st-joanofarc.islington.sch.uk\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/st-joanofarc.islington.sch.uk\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/st-joanofarc.islington.sch.uk\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=954"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/st-joanofarc.islington.sch.uk\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1004,"href":"https:\/\/st-joanofarc.islington.sch.uk\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954\/revisions\/1004"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/st-joanofarc.islington.sch.uk\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/st-joanofarc.islington.sch.uk\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/st-joanofarc.islington.sch.uk\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/st-joanofarc.islington.sch.uk\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}