November meeting postponed one week

Dear wonderful Darlington parents, staff, friends and community,

The Fete on Saturday was a brilliant success, in part because of the weather but primarily because of the incredible effort, time, optimism and sheer kindness of so many of you who volunteered beforehand and on the day in A myraid of different capacities. A massive thanks to you all - ESPECIALLY STALL CO-ORDINATORS who may never have volunteered had they known the incredible output required of them for 8 hours on Saturday. It was particularly astonishing that the whole school was stripped and cleaned up within an hour of the Fete finishing. Now that really is an advertisement for the might of volunteer labour!

In gratitude
The Fete Team

Now for some important information which you should have received from your child on a yellow A5 note.
THE FETE



Congratulations and Thanks

To all parents, staff, children and over 100 volunteers who made the Giant Halloween Fete such a magnificent day.



$ Raised

Approximately $12 000



RAFFLE DRAW AND ICECREAMS

The raffle will be drawn this Friday 6th Nov, 1pm instead of December 11 so please bring any raffle tickets in before then. Children can bring coins to school this Friday to purchase the leftover drinks, juice sticks and icecreams from the Fete.

Cornettos $2

Mini Magnums $1

Drinks $1

Frozen Fruit tubes 50c



POSTPONED NEXT School And Community Association MEETING

The next meeting of the S and C has been postponed from this week to next Wednesday 11th November, 6-7.15pm - staff room. All welcome to attend.



Officebearers for 09/2010

President – Nick Vanos Treasurer – Jen Burn

Secretary – Marijke Tombs and Sue Newsome

Fete Donations

Hi everyone
It's now time to start bringing in all those donations for the Fete you've been storing up. All the information for where to bring them is below. Thanks for all your contributions in advance. Saturday week should be a fabulous day for our School and the local community.

Giant Darlington Halloween Fete - Saturday 31st October, 10 – 4



Including spectacular demonstrations of Kung Fu @10.30, Darlington School Band @ 12 and Whacky Magical Cabbage Chemistry @ 2

Bring your friends & relations. There’ll be plenty of bargains, scrumptious food, proper coffee, oodles of fun & a plethora of prizes.



DONATIONS



From Monday 26th October onwards please bring your donations for the Fete to 4 locations according to what you have.



1. BUS GARAGE (via corridor past the office)

Gourmet Hamper items; jewellery; books, CDs/DVDs, computer games; prizes for lucky dip; gift vouchers; temporary tattoos; white elephant items in good condition eg. toys, clothes, ornaments.



2. PRESCHOOL (Meli’s room) Tombola Prizes – bottles & jars of soaps, sauces, jams, lollies, chocolates, olives



3. COMMUNITY GARDEN AREA OUTSIDE THE OFFICE, behind the seating - Potted plants



4. KITCHEN/CANTEEN - Home baked cakes, biscuits, slices, breads, pickles, jams.

ONLY bring these on Friday 30th Oct or the morning of the Fete



Random request: Do you know anyone who may be willing to donate bags of ICE for our Snow Cone machine?

Volunteers still needed: for the Raffle/auction/lucky dip stall; Tombola; White Elephant; Café; Drinks/icecreams



If you are able to volunteer on a stall or have any questions please email darlo.parents@hotmail.com or

call Marianna: 0433953648; Lulu: 0402717138; Kathi: 0420395930; Marijke: 0414 678 706; Nick: 0423782628

All welcome to the Halloween Fete

Important information about the Halloween fete

Hello Darlo friends,

You may now be aware that Darlington School and Community Association is hosting a Giant Halloween Fete on Saturday 31st Oct from 10am – 4pm. This is just 2 weeks after the children return from holidays.

We need your DONATIONS please

2^nd hand

• White Elephant goods such as clothes, toys, crockery in reasonable condition. (Yes, Thea Butler has agreed to co-ordinate it, thanks Thea.)
• Books, CDs, DVDs, computer games
• Jewellery
• Potted plants

Hand made

• Jewellery, clothes, jam, pickles, cakes, slices, bread, biscuits

Prizes for

• Children’s Halloween lucky dip
• Raffle hampers – eg wine, chocolates, gormet goodies, soaps, candles
• Preschool Tombola – everyone who enters the Tombola for around $1wins a prizes so we need donations of anything that people might be pleased to take home eg stationary, pantry, bathroom goodies

When to bring donations to school?

From Monday 26^th October –the beginning of week 2, term 4

Perishable items such as cakes/biscuits/bread/slices can be brought to the Canteen on the Friday before the Fete – 30^th Oct or on the day of the Fete.

Stalls still needing helpers

Books/CDs/DVDs/computer games,

BBQ;

Café

Cake stall

Face Painting,

Halloween lucky dip / silent auction, raffle ticket sales

Icecream /drinks / scones

Jewellery,

Plants/herbs

School and Community Association Stall

Temporary tattoos - applying

Ticketek for rides, Laughing clowns; Fairy Floss

Tombola

White elephant

If you can volunteer at the Fete or have any questions please email darlo.parents@hotmail.com or

call Marianna: 0433953648; Lulu: 0402717138; Kathi: 0420395930; Julie: 0412400912; Marijke: 0414 678 706 Nick: 0423782628

Gardening working bee: join us for a fun day of gardening at Darlington!

Don't forget the gardening working bee!

This Saturday, 19 September 1pm-5pm

We will be:

-- drilling the raised beds for drainage
-- preparing/layering the beds to build a no-dig garden
-- planting the veggie seedlings/trees/native plants in the raised beds
-- pruning/chopping/composting existing unwanted plants
-- putting stakes in the natives up the back

-- informal discussion of future garden maintenance

Come and contribute for as much or as little as you want. Bring your gardening gloves, secateurs, large watering cans (if you have them), hats, water, and sun screen!

GIANT DARLINGTON HALLOWEEN FETE

Calling all Darlo parents and friends,

Recently there was a Fathers Day movie Mayhem at which approximately $550 was raised. Thanks to the teachers who took care of the children and parents who utilized the night of child-minding.

The Revue Night originally planned for Sep 25 has been postponed for the moment but definitely not cancelled.

What’s next?”

THE GIANT DARLINGTON HALLOWEEN FETE

SATURDAY 31 OCTOBER, 11AM – 3PM

2 weeks after the school holidays

Here are just some of the activities and stalls that you can enjoy:-

Affordable Amusements (Giant slide, Cowboy Capers, panthers Den, Fairy Floss, Laughing Clowns); BBQ; Books/CDs/DVDs; Bread/cakes;Café; Drinks/Icecreams; Ghost House; Hampers/raffle/silent auction; Halloween lucky dip; Jellybean guessing competition; Jewellery; Plants; S and C Stall; Sports/Games; Tombola

How can you and your family be part of this unmissable day!

• Keep Oct 31 free and ask everyone you know, (especially people planning to send their children to Darlo next year) to come. There will be something for everyone.
• Sell raffle tickets for the hampers and prizes when they come home with your kids.
• Buy unlimited ride wristbands for your children when the order forms come home.
• Set up a box in your house and collect 2nd hand books, CDs, DVDs, computer games, jewellery, items for the Preschool Tombola (you win a prize every time so lots of different items can be prizes – sauces, detergent, mugs, lollies, drinks, candles etc)
• Pot some flowers/herbs; make jewellery.
• Buy/make items for raffle hampers eg wine, chocolate, coffee, fudge, tea, soaps, biscuits.
• Buy/make spooky items to be wrapped for Halloween lucky dip.
• Choose what recipes you are going to cook for the cake and bread stall or the cafe

We will let you know when to bring your collections in and where to take them.

• Volunteer for some jobs if you haven’t already. Eg.

Before Sat Oct 31, could you

€ Letterbox drop your area?

€ Put up Fete posters in local shops and cafes?

€ Help set up tables on Friday 30 October?

€ Help sort out goods brought into school during the week beforehand?

€ Canvas businesses for prizes/donations?

On the Day

€ Look at the top list and volunteer to person a stall for 1 – 2 hours. We will give your name to the co-ordinator to contact you. The cake stall, books and BBQ are almost OK for volunteers but the others need people.

We need people with the following SKILLS

Busking, giving massages, face painting, sticking on temporary tattoos, animal balloons, making popcorn with necessary equipment, other….?

We need people with advertising ACCESS

to local magazines, newspapers, radio stations, email networks to advertise the Fete.

White elephant, toys and clothes?

At this stage there won’t be white elephant, toys or clothes stalls because at the last Fete, the Hall was full, too few people were able to sort out all the stuff and bus loads were taken to Tempe Tip afterwards. However…..if you love bric a brac and are prepared to organize a white elephant stall, then please make contact and we will go ahead because many people do love browsing through bric and brac and others love to create space in their homes.

To offer to help for any of the above or to ask questions please contact:

darlo.parents@hotmail.com

Marianna Koulias: 0433 953 648; Lulu Mitchell: 0402 717 138; Kathi Hillier: 0420 395 930

Hi there
Here is a quick reminder of 2 imminent S and C events this week and 2 dates to keep free down the track.

1. Today, Wednesday 2 Sept is the Annual General Meeting in the Staff room from 6-7.15pm. Nominations and voting will take place for the positions of President, Vice president, Secretary and Treasurer. Nominations of people will not be received on the night unless they have been given prior notice and are happy to be nominated. Bring $1 for your S and C membership renewal.

2. This Friday 4 Sept - Fathers' Day Movie Mayhem - put your forms into the office now. You leave your kids at school on Friday night so they can have a sausage sizzle and watch a movie under teacher supervision while you go out for the evening. $15/child. +$5/sibling. 6-10pm. Send you child with a snack to share for dessert.

3. 2 more dates to keep free - watch out for advertising and requests
- Spring Fling - parent dinner and revue night on Friday September 25
- Grant Fete - Saturday 31 st October

Two items: Gardening working bee and Term 4 Fete

Gardening working bee: join us for a fun day of gardening at Darlington!

Since being awarded funding from the City of Sydney Council to start a garden in the school, the gardening subcommittee of the S&C has been hard at work on getting the ball (or dirt) rolling. We are launching the start of the gardening season with a working bee day and would love your help. So, whether you sport a green thumb or have never seen the inside of a compost bin, bring your energy and enthusiasm and let's get this green-party started!

Working bee day: 19 September '09 1pm-5pm.
Early dinner will be provided.

We plan on accomplishing the following at the working bee:

-- drilling the raised beds for drainage
-- placement of all raised beds
-- preparing/layering the beds for no-dig planting method
-- connecting hoses between the down pipe and tap to all the beds
-- planting the seedlings in the raised beds
-- pruning/chopping/composting existing unwanted weeds
-- possibly labeling equipment and sorting out the storage area
-- putting stakes in the natives up the back

To facilitate a smoothly run working bee day, we will have one after-school meeting before the working bee to organize and make preparations. We'd love your help if you are interested.

If you are interested and plan to come, please email Kyong Choe at:
kyongaroo@yahoo.com
Indicate in the subject heading with one of the following options:

-- yep, i'll come to the working bee day only! (A)
-- i can help to organize but i don't do dirt (B)
-- holy cow yes, count me in for both! (A+B)

also:

TERM 4 FETE

The S and C hasn't run one since 2003 but on Saturday 31 October there will be another Darlington Fete. The giant slide, fairy floss, snow cones and other rides are booked. Next, we need to find volunteers to co-ordinate the stalls. If you think you'd like to co-ordinate a stall on that day Marianna Koulias or Lulu Mitchell would just LOVE to hear from you. Send them an email at darlo.parents@hotmail.com or give them a call (Marianna - 0433 953648, Lulu - 0402 717 138) and indicate what kind of stall you might like to run. For example, a cake stall, BBQ, books and CDs, jewelery, potted plants, arts and craft, games, cafe...

Bingo Night is coming 20th June

This is just a quick reminder that our next meeting is next week, Wednesday June 3rd, and that our next major fundraising event - Bingo night at the school - will be in three weeks on Saturday June 20th.

***2 Imminent School and Community Association events***

A MEETING WITH A DIFFERENCE - WEDNESDAY 6 MAY

Parents, discover how your children are learning Maths and English these days.

Hear Mr Paul McLean, renowned Year 4 Darlington teacher, explain 2 of his passions - Mathletics and Accelerated Literacy.

This presentation will equip you to better help your children at home.

Time

6.00pm - 7.15pm

Where

Paul McLean's Goanna classroom (top corridor, 1st classroom on the right)

Supper, tea coffee, wine provided

Program

6 - 6.20pm - Reports from Principal, S & C Treasurer and President

Break

6.30 - 7.15pm - Presentation "Mathletics and Accelerated Literacy"

Cost - NOTHING

☺☺☺ MOTHERS' DAY MOVIE MAYHEM - FRIDAY 8 MAY 2009 ☺☺☺

An opportunity for parents to have an evening out, leave their kids in safe hands and raise

money for the school

Sausage sizzle and mystery movie for the kids

Supervision by Darlington teachers in the school hall

Time: 6.00pm – 10pm

COST: $15 / child; $5 additional sibling

Bring: dessert/fruit to share

Check your child's bag for a note and return the tear-off slip with money to the school office by Thu 7 May

(Sorry, no children who do not attend Darlington School)

Regards
Marijke
on behalf of S&C team

Back online

Hello everyone from the Darlington public school community.

I just wanted to apologise for the long silence here on the S&C website. For those who don't know, not long after the last S&C meeting recorded here I lost my son Telemachus in a tragic accident.
Since I had only just set up the website no one else had been organised to take it over, hence it being left inactive during my grief.

Last month I recommenced attending S&C meetings, though I have resigned as secretary. Our previous secretary Sarah Barker stepped in for the last months of last year and the beginning of this year, and as of last month's meeting Marijke Tombs and Sue Newsome are the new joint secretaries. I am going to keep updating the website but am no longer a member of the executive.

So from now on Darlington S&C will have an up to date website and a stable executive once more. Last month's minutes are now on this site, as are the dates for S&C meetings in the coming months. Over the next few weeks the S&C calendar of events will be added, and any other items that are available.

thanks for your patience,

Michael Texilake.