Community Day Fair – Saturday 22 March 2025

The 2025 Community Day Fair will be held on Saturday 22 March from 10.00am – 4.00pm.

There will be lots of fun for the whole family, so be sure to save the date in your diary.

Activities on offer include:

  • Carnival Rides
  • Musical performances on the Lawn Stage
  • A wonderful student art exhibition
  • Aesthetic sports demonstrations
  • See our swimmers in action in the newly renovated Hawkes Sports Centre pool
  • Visit the Harefield Museum and chat with our Archivist
  • Backstage tours of the Leonardian Centre including a sneak peek at the set for the upcoming performances
  • Cheer on the students as they compete in the Senior School House Olympics
  • Social Action tent – learn about the social action projects that our students are involved in
  • Showbags and novelties
  • Jams and Preserves stall – made with love by our community members
  • A fabulous Silent Auction
  • Cake Stall – made with love by our community members
  • Enjoy lunch or a snack from one of our fabulous food stalls
  • An opportunity to dunk a teacher in the Dunk Tank
  • Try your hand at an art activity
  • Pick up a bargain at the secondhand uniform sale 
  • Update your bookshelf at the secondhand book sale

Program of Events

Click here to view the Program of Events.

To view the Community Day Fair Stalls and Activities Map, please click here.

ParkingNo parking will be available on campus. Parking in the surrounding streets will be limited. Please do not park across driveways or block roads. Council officers will be patrolling the surrounding streets.

We suggest that you bring a backpack for your shopping and either walk or ride your bike (the bike racks outside the HSC will be open, BYO bike lock).

The pedestrian gates next to the main drive on South Road will be open as will the gates on Ratho Avenue.

Free EntryEntry to the Community Day Fair is free (wristband or tickets required for rides and some attractions). Cash and CardUnless otherwise stated all stalls will accept both cash and card. If paying with cash, correct change is appreciated.

Note: The Chocolate Trailer Game and the Backstage Leonardian Centre Tours will both require gold coins.

Rides Wristbands 

The easiest way to access all of the rides and attractions at the Community Day Fair will be to purchase a wristband.

Purchase Your Ride Wristbands Before Online Purchases Close and Prices Increase at 4.00pm on 19 March!

Alternatively, if your child only wishes to go on a couple of rides, you may pre-purchase a book of 12 tickets (Note: rides require different numbers of tickets depending on the attraction – the number of tickets will be advertised at the entrance to each ride).

  • Early Bird pre-purchased ACCESS ALL wristbands are $75.00 each (or $80.00 at full price) and allow access to all of the rides and attractions (unless max age, weight or height limits apply)
  • Early bird pre-purchased JUNIOR (ELC – Year 4) wristbands are $60.00 each and allow unlimited access to the rides suited for younger children
  • Early bird pre purchase JUNIOR AND ACCOMPANYING PARENT wristbands are $70.00 (or $75.00 at full price). This bundle allows a PARENT to accompany a child wearing a JUNIOR wristband on all of the rides suited to younger children (unless max age, weight or height limits apply).
  • Early Bird pre-purchased STRING OF 12 TICKETS are $45.00 or $50.00 at the full price (different rides require a different number of tickets)

Pre-purchased wristbands and ticket books may be collected from the picnic table at the Junior School Undercroft from 3.00 to 3.45pm on Friday 21 March. Pre-purchased wristbands and ticket books not collected before the Fair may be collected from the yellow Ticketing and Information Tent on the day of the Fair.

You may also buy wristbands and tickets from the Ticketing and Information Tent on the front lawn on the day of the Fair.

Rides Age and Height Restrictions:

  • Sky Flyer – 9+ must be 130cm to ride
  • Free Style – 9+ must be 130cm to ride
  • Dodgem Cars – 4+, 100-130cm with another driver, 130cm can drive
  • Pirate Ship – 6+, 110-120cm with adult, 120cm+ can ride alone
  • Sizzler – 8+, 110-130cm with adult, 130cm can ride alone
  • Tea Cups – 18m+, children under 3 must ride with an adult
  • Giant Slide – 2+, children under 90cm must be accompanied by an adult
  • Fun Factory – 2+, children under 3 must be accompanied by an adult
  • Animals of Oz Display – no restrictions

Volunteers

If you would like to be involved in this fun day, please email the Community Day Fair volunteer committee CommunityDayFair@stleonards.vic.edu.au or click on the links below. There are lots of different ways to be involved in the Community Day Fair:

  • Join the Committee
  • Run a stall or activity
  • Help out on a stall or activity for two hours during the Fair
  • Assist with set up on Friday 21st March and early morning of Saturday 22 March or pack up from 4pm on 22 March or from 9am on 23 March
  • Help out with administration tasks in the week leading up to the Fair
  • Help our Secondhand Books team sort and categorise donated books
  • Help our Silent Auction team to source donations and create hampers
  • Help our volunteers team to recruit and manage our parent, student and staff volunteers

Parent Volunteers

Parents, please click here to sign up to volunteer.

Student Volunteers

Students from Years 5 to 12 may click here to sign up to volunteer.

 

The parent organising Committee thanks for your support.

Cake Stall Bakers Needed

One of the highlights of the Community Day Fair is the cake stall!

The cake stall needs your help to bake the scrumptious cakes, muffins, slices and biscuits that will be sold at the Fair.

To make it easy for you, we have assembled some cake packs which have been sent home with all children in ELC to Year 2 and the youngest child in each family (Years 3 to 7).

Students from Years 8 to 12 and staff can pick up cake packs from the tubs in the Middle School Cafeteria, Senior School Cafeteria and at Main Reception.

The cake pack consists of a bio plate, wrap and ribbon and includes all the instructions you need in order to bake, wrap and deliver your goods for the Community Day Fair.

If you love baking and would like to make more than one cake, then please collect another pack from Main Reception.

Please bring your baked goods to the Cake Stall located in the Marjorie Menzies Hall in the Junior School on Friday 21 March from 3.00pm – 5.00pm or on Saturday 22 March before 10.00am.

Happy Baking!

Silent Auction Donations

The Silent Auction team is busily packing hampers for the Silent Auction but they still need a few more items to ensure that there is something for everyone.

Below is the list of items that have been allocated to each year level.

In addition, we also ask each student to donate a block of nut free chocolate for the chocolate trailer.

Collection boxes are located at the Administrators’ Desks in each School or items may be delivered to Community House, at 12 Ratho Avenue.

Please send your donations by Monday 17 March 2025. All donations will be gratefully received.

ELC 3 – Picture books, baby and toddler toys

ELC 4 – Lego 4 + / Duplo / imaginary play / soft toys, dress ups

Prep – Games, puzzles, card games

Year 1 – Arts and Crafts e.g. hama beads, colouring books, pencils, textas, crayons, glitter glue, crazy tape, stickers, chalk

Year 2 – Lego 7+, squishmallows, Beyblades

Year 3 – Fun in the Sun e.g. Picnic baskets, picnic blankets, BBQ tools, beach umbrella, pool toys, scooters, skateboards, beach bags, beach towels, goggles

Year 4 – Minecraft, Pokémon, stationery, chapter books, Kawaii, Hello Kitty

Year 5 – Entertaining at home e.g. cookbooks, cheese boards, pate and cheese knives, wine glasses, serving dishes, serving spoons, place mats, coasters

Year 6 – Sports equipment e.g. table tennis sets, badminton set, cricket set, juggling balls, tennis balls, baseball mitts, footballs, soccer balls, basketballs, netballs, shin guards, sweat bands, caps

Year 7 – Easter Basket – Easter eggs and boxes of chocolates

Year 8 – Pamper pack e.g. candles, oil diffuser, essential oils, reed diffuser sticks, hand cream, face masks, nail polish, manicure set, soap, gift vouchers

Year 9 – Green Thumb e.g. Gardening tools, plants, seeds, pots, hose, watering can, gardening gloves, gardening books

Year 10 – Morning Tea e.g. coffee beans, coffee pods, tea bags, loose tea, biscuits, teacups, tea pots, tea strainers, coffee mugs

Years 11 and 12 – Food items for a Gourmet Hamper e.g. artisan crackers, local honey, mustards, sauces, fudge, spices, beverages

Financial Contributions Instead of Item Donations

The Committee appreciates that not everyone has time to purchase an item for inclusion in the Silent Auction, so for those who wish to contribute but are time poor, a link has been set up to allow you to make a small financial contribution instead. Contributions will be used by the Committee to purchase items to include in the silent auction. Please click here if you would like to contribute.

 

Silent Auction Bidding

The Silent Auction will be hosted on the Galabid Silent Auction Platform.

The link to the silent auction is here.

While the auction will not be open until 3.00pm on 21 March you may browse the auction items and register now so that you are able to bid as soon as the auction becomes live.

The Auction will close at 3.00pm on Saturday 22 March.

Successful bidders will be notified by text.

 

The Community Art Project.

Celebrating Earth Hour through Art

The Community Art Project provides people with an opportunity to reflect on sustainability and the environment as they use their collective imagination to create artworks using recycled materials. 

Please join the student Art Leaders and Visual Arts staff to explore the intersection of creativity and sustainability! People of all ages are welcome.

For a donation of $5, participants can enjoy a combination of the following activities:

  • ‘All wrapped up’ – relief printmaking – using stamps made from recycled materials to create unique wrapping paper and printed cards to take away.
  • Participants can take part in a series of large-scale collaborative artworks that will be showcased throughout the school.

Join the community and make your mark!

 

TeamKids Quiet Space
If your child/ren need a break from the excitement of the Fair please make your way to the TeamKids room in the Junior School. This will be the designated quiet space at the Fair. Children will be able to engage in some quiet activities, read a book, or just rest. The TeamKids space will be staffed between 11.00am – 2.00pm. We thank TeamKids for providing this service to our families.