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Silverdale School’s Country Show Day has changed along with the community around it, becoming less ‘country’ as the years go by.
It remains a hugely popular event, which this year will offer a wide variety of games, rides, food and live entertainment, kicking off with the school’s own Kapa Haka crew.
Co-organiser Davina Tahere says they hope to have some farm animals on site to provide a bit of a country feel – pony rides are definitely on offer. She says the judging of children’s hand-reared farm animals has gone, as numbers of students living on rural properties have greatly reduced over time.
She says the school is especially excited about this Country Show Day, after last year’s event had to be cancelled due to lockdown.
The event is a major fundraiser for the school – this year the money will go towards the water playground and costumes for the Kapa Haka group.
Many popular rides will be there, provided by Gils Amusement, Funco and Go Vertical.
Parents will run the quick fire raffle and stalls such as toys, cakes and second hand uniforms as well as games like chuck a choc, gumboot throw, can knock down and the teacher dunk.
Market stalls will provide a good place to browse for Christmas gifts, with items such as jams, clothing, bunting, dolls, soaps, stationery and jewellery.
Food from around the globe will suit everyone’s taste – whether it’s Mexican, Double Dutch fries, gyoza, paella, or candyfloss, slushies and ice cream.
Helicopter rides will once again be a big attraction.
Items donated by a huge range of businesses can be bid on in the silent auction from October 10-29 at 32auctions.com/CSD2022.
The Country Show Day at Silverdale School, Longmore Lane, Silverdale, is on Saturday, October 29, starting at 10am. Info: look for Silverdale School Country Show Day on Facebook.
Dairy Flat School’s Ag Day is also taking place on Saturday, October 29. It will include food and market stalls, a silent auction, games and rides (including pony rides) and its famous white elephant and cake stalls. Rural activities include the Young Farmer competition, a scarecrow competition and judging of hand-reared farm animals – calves, lambs, goats or chickens. Children can bring caged pets (not dogs or cats) also and there will be other categories for those unable to rear an animal. The event is the school’s biggest annual fundraiser. Principal Katie Hills says next year Ag Day may be a little different, because the school’s demographic is changing with less rural families enrolled. “We need to make it more inclusive,” she says. Ag Day at Dairy Flat School, 1220 Dairy Flat Highway, runs from 8.30am-2pm.
