School Fetes

The School Fete is usually one of the biggest fundraisers of the year and a lot of hard work and effort go into its planning - from the P&F Committee to staff and students.

Better Amusements Hire – Joylands operates hundreds of school fetes throughout the year and it has been part of our core business for over 20 years.

Our main aim is to take the stress out of organising the amusement side. Our profit share schemes are easy and simple to follow.

No question is too hard or too silly - the whole process can be very daunting for the new fete coordinator ! We help you out with the pre selling and provide marketing kits containing advertising hints and posters for the school and surrounding local area to help you out.

How Does it All Work ?

An initial phone call to our office will start the process rolling.
Firstly, is your fete date available?
Please remember that 70% of school fetes are Spring Fairs and September is the busiest month of the year, It gets booked out very early, say in March / April so if your planning a September fete, the earlier the better – some people book the year before to secure their dates. Limited dates are available as we have set bookings that we do every year.

What ride package ?

With the help of viewing our website and the photos of our amusements you should be able to come up with a package to suit your school. Of course we can help you with this and can recommend packages based on student capacity and type of school.

What is our Commission ?

Once we have established a ride package Better Amusements will quote you on how many pre sold vouchers you would need to pre sell. This is a formula we use and is based on our cost price. This covers all expenses for us to go and work at your school.

 

 

For example your ride package might consist of:

• Mini Ferris Wheel
• Nemo Jumping Castle
• Flying Elephants
• Cup & Saucer
• Cha Cha

For a 4 hour hire you would need to pre sell 215 vouchers at a discounted cost of $25 each. This enables the student to exchange their voucher at our ticket box on the day of your event for an all ride, 4 hour, armband.

Armbands will be for sale on the day of your event at the inflated cost of $30 each along with single ride tickets of usually $5 and $6 each.

At the end of your function Better Amusements Hire – Joylands will donate 20% of all profits back to your Committee. This includes your pre sold vouchers.

Should you not meet your pre sold requirements, however, we do reserve the right to omit rides to cover costs. A lot of schools do “guarantee” us. This means that even if they fail to sell their required vouchers the School has decided to make up the shortfall to pay us our 80% of the pre sold.

As a thank you for booking with us, Better Amusements will donate 2 side show games to your ride package at no cost to you. These are not part of the armband scheme however and are a 'pay as you play' game. At the end of your event Better Amusements will donate 20% of all takings back to your Committee. Something for nothing !!

Site Inspections

These need to be done by one of our trained Supervisors to make sure there is enough access and ground space for the ride package you have selected. Site Inspections can be booked in from our office and usually take place on a Tuesday or Wednesday. All inspections are carried out once confirmation of your booking has been received.

Please note that rides are transported on semi trailers, flat bed trucks, flat trailers and 4 WDs so things like access, turning capacity and overhanging trees etc are all taken into account.

Should a site inspection fail to accommodate the rides you have selected our supervisor and sales staff will work together to supply you rides of equality that are available.

Food

To add to the authenticity of your carnival why not add in some Popcorn, Fairy Floss or Snow Cones ? Get all 3 in a small canteen or perhaps just one machine. Food is on a cash only basis but at the end of your event Better Amusements will donate 20% of all takings back to your Committee. No outlay to you !!