John Keble Church of England Primary School
Class 4
Class 4
Easter Fayre
Thursday 20th March 2008
Straight after lunch on Thursday 20th March, Class 4 swung into action. There was much haggling about which stalls would be located where. We were initially planning to hold the event in the playground, but it was bitterly cold, and as the school hall was out of bounds due to the building work, most of the stalls set up in the classroom. The Fayre was open for an hour in total and all the other children and staff came to take part in the activities on offer. Once the Fayre had closed, we gathered the whole school together so that prizes could be awarded and the raffle drawn. Each group counted up their taking, less the £2 float that I had provided, and then another team checked their total in an informal audit.
In total the children raised the staggering total of £175.
After the event, each team was asked to evaluate the success of their stall and consider how they could have raised more money. The children also all researched a charity of their choice and a class vote was held. They decided in the end that the money should be donated to Cancer Research.
Stall by stall in detaiils
Stall: Bat the bunny
Cost to enter: 25p for one go or 50p for 3 goes
Amount of money raised: £13.95
Josh, Jake, Tom and Harry adapted the traditional Bat the Rat game and turned the rat into a bunny by adding ears! As a marketing tool, Harry up as a bunny and he touted for trade inside! In their evaluation the boys gave themselves eight out of ten, and concluded that on a windy, drizzly day, it may have been better to have stall that took place indoors.
Stall: Lucky Dip
Cost to enter: 20p
Amount of money raised: £31.15
Daisy, Emily, Eleanor and Sophie gave themselves nine out of ten. They had just slightly more prizes than they needed, and at the end of the Fayre they gave these away for free. The girls put a lot of thought into making their stall look appealing to their customers.
Stall: Coconut Shy
Cost to enter: 10p for 3 balls
Amount of money raised: £11.80
Alistair, JJ and Tom gave themselves five out of ten. They decided that their stall was too cheap to enter. They also felt that they should have made some colourful posters to attract more customers. Unfortunately, because they had to be on the grass, they were a bit tucked out of the way, and this was beyond their control.
Stall: Treasure Hunt
Cost to enter: 30p
Amount of money raised: £5.50
Sasha and Abbi awarded themselves just three out of ten. For the treasure hunt, children had to initially put their names down and then some time later the girls rounded them up, and then went with them as they followed written clues which led them round the classroom. Once the final clue had been followed every child was given a mini egg.
In retrospect the girls were able to point out the following shortcomings. Firstly, they thought that calling it a ‘treasure’ hunt might have been overselling it as the children only got a mini egg at the end. Secondly, they thought their stall looked a bit boring, as all it had on it was a piece of paper where they wrote down names. Thirdly they thought that perhaps they made the clues too hard, as the little children could not read them and even the older children where not familiar with the layout of our classroom.
Stall: Guess the name of the bunny
Cost to enter: 30p or £1 for four goes.
