Upcoming Event

Event: Circus Connection

Date: Sunday 25th May

Location: Commonwealth Reserve in Williamstown

You are invited to become a part of an exciting community project involving schools, businesses, and community members called ‘Circus Connection’.

Circus Connection is being created to enrich the educational experiences of students in the Hobsons Bay area, and to create connections between schools and the community.

Circus Connection will involve many businesses and companies in Melbourne and your involvement will enable you to become a part of this community, and contribute to the educational experiences of many students.

Circus Connection will involve fundraising, and an extraordinary circus event in Williamstown, which will be a free public event for anyone who wishes to attend.

The event will be held on Sunday 25th May at the Commonwealth Reserve in Williamstown.

Circus Connection will be an entertaining and fun day for businesses, schools, and community members to come together and celebrate our achievements, and diversity and acceptance.

Circus Connection is a project, which is run by teachers, parents, and students at schools in the Hobsons Bay Area. We are seeking the support from the wider community to meet the aims and goals of the project, for the educational benefit of our school students.

Aims of the project:

• To create a meaningful connection between the school communities and the wider community in the Hobsons Bay area, based on acceptance and diversity
• To ensure that ALL students are able to participate in school excursions, and NO child misses out as a result of financial hardship
• To enable students in the Junior School Council to be empowered to make a difference in their community
• To give teachers the freedom to choose excursions based on educational need as opposed to financial limitations

Goals of the project:

• To raise $20,000 for an excursion fund which will be accessible to the schools involved, for excursions
• To involve 10 schools in Circus Connection from the Hobsons Bay Area
• To form a committee with members of each school community to distribute the funds and co-ordinate the organisation of Circus Connection
• To hold a public circus event in Williamstown to celebrate acceptance and diversity
  
• The committee will consist of parents, teachers and students and will be   responsible for distributing funds when needed by schools
  
• The committee will meet for brief meetings to co-ordinate the organisation of the event, and update their fellow members with their own schools progress
  
• A large portion of the organisation will be via phone and email, and committee meetings will be minimal

How are the funds being raised? The funds are being raised by donations and sponsorship from local businesses and companies.

What are the details of the Circus Connection event?

• The venue for the event is the Commonwealth Reserve in Williamstown.
• The confirmed date for the event is Sunday 25th May. This will enable groups sufficient time to organise their portion of the event, and will ensure that the funds are available from Term 2 onwards
• The event will consist of food stalls, circus performers, street performers, musicians and student displays

Who can I contact for more information or to contribute?

Sally Hunter
Hobsons Bay Primary School
Maddox Road
Newport
Victoria    3015

Phone- (03) 9391 2168 or 0422 645 609
Email- hunter.sally.j@edumail.vic.gov.au

Thank you for taking the time to read the details of
Circus Connection.