Our Easter Fete (Carnival)

It has been an Easter tradition that Wellington State School hosts an annual fete (carnival) as the major fund-raiser for the year. Looking back, in fact it is comparable to a small community fair that many of us are familiar with in Canada. Like carnivals and fetes everywhere, this one included:

Train rides for the little ones

 

The Scrambler - we've all been on it

 The fete grounds were on an oval close to the school

 

Getting the Lucky Dip booth ready

 

Japanese food booth

Shooting galleries and a small - a really tiny - ferris wheel

 

The Round Up

Camel rides on the lower oval

A climbing wall

Sack slides

 

The police with their radar gun clocking kids running

 

 

 

Crafts, art, books, baked goods 

 

and of course - lollies!

No good school fete can be successful without a bar and beer

 

Flowerpots for sale painted by Nancy's year 1 students

The Lego exhibition

 

An audience awaiting the talent contest and, given the hot day, resting their weary feet

Budding Celtic dancers

 

 The Cent Auction

 

The lucky dip booth - pick a ticket, if the number ends with 0, 3, 6, or 9  you win a baggie of trinkets and treats.  We had over 500 bags of treats donated for this booth!

 Marching band

Easter Bonnet parade

with, of course, the Easter Bunny

Alice the Moose with her weekend mentors. She has a new Easter dress for the fete 

 

 No carnival can conclude without the requisite fireworks - in this case at 7:00 PM