JULY NEWSLETTER 2010

Sizzling sunshine for the Summer Fair - do you know anyone who got soaked? More photos in the section on the right.

SUMMER FAIR SUCCESS

This year’s fair raised over £13,500 – a really fantastic result. An additional £500 was raised by and for the After School Club, the Royal Marsden Cancer Campaign and the sale of Arts Week t-shirts. What an achievement! To raise this amount of money during difficult times is outstanding so thanks to all the teachers, the year 6 PA’s and school staff who helped on the day and everyone who came along and supported the fair - we really appreciate it!

We also had the first ever finale of Belleville’s Got Talent which kept audiences enthralled, with further entertainment from some of the school’s clubs. There was swirling and stamping from the flamenco dancers, sponsored by John Nicholas Antiques and organised by Abbey McAuliffe, elegance and poise from Miss Lucy and her ballet class and wonderful singing from the students of the Mandarin class of Marieke van Eijndhoven. And as ever we had our favourite stalls of hook-a-duck, lucky dip, bouncy castle, tattoos, face painting and the children’s and adult tombolas. We had amazing food again from South Asia, France and Italy and great home baking from the parents and children at the school.

We also saw the welcome return of the Caribbean stall and this year we had a new BBQ, with steak sandwiches and hotdogs. Paloma Belaunde supplied some new games of target golf and cork shooting, Jane Riordan gave us badge making and Mr Speller provided the return of the penalty shoot out. We were kept cool with the ‘Soak a Friend’ stall and the bar was well stocked to ensure no-one need go home thirsty.

Sandra, Patrizia and Alison would like to thank so many parents who pulled together and helped make the fair such a success. Preparations started many months ago, with Lorraine Martin and Anna Wechsberg and her team securing wonderful donations, alongside those from parents, to be used for prizes in the auction, raffle and on the tombola stalls. These stalls, run by Steve and Ann Kelly, Fiona Wilkins and the Governors who manned the stall on the day (auction), Annabel Howcroft (raffle) and
Annabel with Maud Gambier (adult tombola) raised £4,500 of the final total! Meanwhile, Jo Martin, Coco Weller and Asele Toigonbaevs managed the Estate Agent boards, Coralie Walker found us free advertising and kept the website updated, whilst Delana Durman organised a new programme and Ann Kelly printed the posters and programmes. Estelle, Sharon and Brenda in the office helped with the distribution of book bag flyers and raffle tickets, with Claudia Hughes. Finally, on Friday Baki and Neil Findlay set up the gazebos and the stage and Kirstie Howard organised the floats. On the day, we had Ginger Spice, Elvis, Agnetha, Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson donning costumes in the heat. Steve Bishop, Pete Durman, Nick Ward and a team of dads set up the gazebos, electrics and tables, and an army of helpers set up, decorated and ran the stalls. Lucy Van den Brul did a fantastic job on the PA system, Kirstie Howard, Amina Stellon, Oliver Eiss and Heiko Krakowitzer collected the money, Sarah Ward and Jo Martin kept the day running smoothly and many thanks again to the die-hards who stayed to clear up at the end of the day. And as usual we cannot thank Baki enough.

We would especially like to thank our sponsors Youngs, Rampton Baseley, Marsh & Parsons, John Thorogood, Cluttons and Garnier and all the local and national businesses who generously donated to the Fair.

BIG BIG THANK YOU TO STALL ORGANISERS AND HELPERS
Thanks to all stall holders and their teams of helpers - it cannot happen without you!
Paul McGill & Dads Jim Dutton Catherine Warren Maud Chatriot
After School Club Sandra Janssens Deardra Sharif, Sonal Karim, Asma Karim
Jane Riordan Maria Nada Sandrine Develay, Isabelle Aurand
Mr Speller Teachers Mark McGuinness, Alex Foulds
Mr. Ziriat, Mr. Morris Paloma Belaunda Marieke van Eijndhoven
Cynthia Thomas Maud Gambier Ellis Anne and Steve Kelly, Fiona Wilkins
Sharon Brown Penny Jones Kerry Walles & the Yr 6 PAs!
Melissa George Jayne Wedge Wayne Forward, Ian & Battersea Fire Station
Annabel Howcroft Eileen Marshall
Nursery Parents Oliver Reiss Amina Stellon Heiko Krakowitzer

BELLEVILLE’S GOT TALENT
Our fabulous new talent show run by Shakira Conningham and Ellie Baptiste was an amazing success.
After 55 auditions over 4 days, 16 finalists went head to head at the Summer Fair for Belleville's Got
Talent We were privileged to witness some dazzling performances from all year groups and the judges
had the unenviable task of choosing group winners and then selecting the best two acts for the
audience's vote. We'd like to thank Mary-Lyne Latour, Aneesah Karim (6Z), Jim Dutton, Nicky Wright
and Geraldine Burke for their excellent judging on the day and Carolina Bustos for her unwavering
support. Big thanks also to Ellie Baptiste (RB) for auditioning all the acts over lunchtime and selecting
such great performers!

The Group Winners were:
Group 1: We Love Michael Jackson/5 - Will, Khalid, Jay, Cam & Edward (Yr 2)
Group 2: Max (3L)
Group 3: Agathe Yr (6)

This year’s popular joint champions are: We Love Michael Jackson/5 & Agathe. All credit to the
audience who cheered their hearts out for their favourites. Belleville's Got Talent is here to stay!

RAFFLE PRIZE WINNERS
Congratulations to our winners:
1st prize - PSP Games Console and games donated by Marsh & Parsons - ticket no 02538
2nd prize - £100 cash donated by Gerard Murphy/Leading Teams Europe - ticket no 03668
3rd Prize - £100 Debenhams voucher - ticket no 04219
4th Prize - Beauty products from Giorgio Armani worth £150 - ticket no 01729
5th Prize - £50 co-op voucher - 04287
6th Prize - 4 tickets for London Eye - 04320
7th Prize - £40 voucher from Buona Sera - 01352
8th Prize - Tattinger Champagne from Oddbins - 04326
9th Prize 4 - 4 tickets for Kew Gardens - 00560
10th Prize - Fruit Hamper from Ted Price on the Fruit - 00663

ESTATE AGENT BOARDS FOOTNOTE
THANK YOU to everyone who hosted or offered to host an estate agent board this year. The boards should all have been removed by now but if any have been missed or if any damage caused by the boards please let Jo Martin know.

Additional news: If you would like to see the Northcote Road Carnival next year, please write to Wandsworth
Council’s Economic Development officer at mbrook@wandsworth.gov.uk and cc info@crumpet.biz.