BARGAIN-HUNTING: Browsers enjoy the 50 cent day at St Claudine Thevenet School
ROLL UP: One of the games on offer at St Claudine’s 50 cent day
PUPILS at St Claudine Thevenet in Wainuiomata got to miss classes for the better part of a Friday to put on an enjoyable day and fundraiser for their school
The primary/intermediate school held “50 cent day” where classes had stalls around the school grounds selling a variety of items all for 50 cents, the fundraising goal being iPads for classrooms.
Local MP Trevor Mallard was there and fancied his chances at the various raffles on sale. He also checked out some of the huge variety of stalls, which included lollies, baked goods, book-ends (made by the pupils), shaved ice, animal moulds made from melted crayons, and the youngest class donating bags of their toys to sell.
Some of the classes had based their stalls on books they had been reading in class. Teacher Karina Campbell’s year three class had made “Frobscottle”, the favourite drink of Roald Dahl’s Big Friendly Giant.
One of the most popular stalls was the Lolly Jar Stall run by room D2, a mix of year seven and eight pupils. At this stall, pupils, parents, staff and even Mr Mallard had to guess how many lollies were in the line-up of jars to win a prize.
The whole event was planned by the St Claudine’s student council, with help from parents baking and donating, and overseen by principal Sue Jury.
Ms Jury said the student council’s taking charge of the event “gave the students the opportunity to have an impact on their own school”.
Student council member Zion Tui said, how many iPads they could get would depend on how much the 50 cent day raised. “Everyone was really enjoying themselves, and I think everyone’s favourite stand was the ice cream and jelly stand,” said Zion.
The school had had a concert planned for the rest of the afternoon, which would have involved all the classes doing a performance, but was postponed due to the stormy weather.
“It was a bit of a bummer about the weather, but the day was seriously a success. The student council did a fantastic job organising and running it,” said Ms Jury.
TAKINGS: Charlie Brosonham (left) and Malcolm Chiku show off some of the proceeds from the 50 cent day at their school
