School Notices - 14 September 2020

By: John Murrihy | Posted Sunday September 13, 2020

What's on?

Student Conferences for Term 3

Bookings for our student conferences, that will be running next week, on 23 & 24 September, are still open.
Please follow the link in the email sent out on 20 August for more information about the conferences and how to book.

Do you have any Preschoolers?

If you have any preschoolers and you are thinking of sending them to Amesbury, it would be appreciated if you could enrol them, or at the very least advise us of those children. This will help us with our projections of school numbers for the next couple of years.

Boxes Needed

Harakeke Hub needs boxes for their science displays. If you have any at home, or any coming in the next two weeks - please send them our way.

Anything medium sized is good - between 30cm - 1.2m high. They can be flattened down for ease of carrying. Thanks.

School Lunches

Wednesday to Friday Lunch Orders continue to be popular - particularly with Kalesha as she finishes the last of her pizza!

Image by: John Murrihy

                                    The Leaning Tower of Pizza - Amesbury Version!

Entertainment Book

Support local businesses whilst saving and make a difference!

Join Entertainment today & Amesbury will receive an EXTRA $10 or $20 on top of the 20% we already receive from every Membership purchase! All memberships are Valid for 12 months from Activation!

https://www.entertainmentbook.co.nz/orderbooks/11026z1

Sunhats 

Now is a good time to find, wash and name sunhats ready for Term 4. If you need to buy one, we have 5 sizes (XS-XL) in stock

Lost and Found 

Items not collected before the end of this term will be donated to charity or sold as second hand uniform items.

  • Jacket (Macpac) size 10yrs
  • Soft rabbit toy (Citta)
  • 'Cat in the Hat' book
  • Hoodie (H&M) blue
  • Hoodie (Star Wars)
  • Top (Judo South Africa) black
  • Baby Vest Jacket (Seed) navy
  • Black long sleeve top (Torpedo7) size 8-10yrs
  • Large bin full of clean paired socks
  • Amesbury beanies x2 OSFA, x1 Size one and x1 Size two)
  • Fleeces
    • These have been in lost property since end 2019 or Term 1&2 so will be made available to purchase second hand if not claimed before the end of term 3): x1 near new size 2 fleece, x1 size 8 fleeces, x2 size 4 (one has an ohm symbol raksha bandha in pocket and no zip, the other with hard to read label), and x1 size 10 (has a nasal inhaler in the pocket) 

Community Notices

Whitby Collegiate Open Day Sunday 20 September 11am-1pm

Whitby Collegiate is the first co-educational, independent school in the Wellington region for Years 7-13. We believe in small classes, big thinking, individual attention and collective responsibility - all focused on helping children be the very best that they can be, in every aspect of their lives. There are easy transport links to school as our buses collect students from the Hutt Valley, Johnsonville, Churton Park, Tawa and Aotea, and connect with the train for students travelling from the Kapiti Coast.

Our Open Day is an opportunity for you to come along and enjoy a tour of our campus. To register for our Open Day visit our website whitbycollegiate.school.nz or call us on 04 2341070.

NZ Marine Studies Centre

In this month’s newsletter the NZ Marine Studies Centre would like to introduce you to ‘SOAK’!

What is Soak, you ask? Soak is the loveable, but unreliable, pied cormorant/shag behind a new series of short videos on the Marine Environment brought to you by the NZ Marine Studies Centre.

Soak and our Nelson educator, Richard de Hamel, explore everything from fish to plankton. Each 4 minute video ends with questions to discuss and an accompanying sheet with a variety of ‘student ready’ related extension ideas, questions or activities all whimsically illustrated by light-hearted cartoons.

You can check out more information on the series in our newsletter here.

Summer Series Netball and Football Competition

Below is information on the Kelly Sports Summer Series Football and Netball Competition which starts Friday, 30 October, 2020.

Image by: John Murrihy

October Holiday Drama Programme - Drama Remedy

The October holiday programme will be three days of activities based on Play Production. During the course of the 3 days we will work on a play script to suit the ages, interests and abilities of the children who are taking part. Everybody has an important part to play! Be it acting, making props, designing costumes, make-up, sound & music etc.

  • Dates: 28th, 29th & 30th September 2020
  • Time: 9.00 am - 4.00 pm (doors open from 8.30 am)
  • Location: Churton Park Community Centre
  • Cost: $120 per child for the 3 day workshop or the price per day per child $45. We provide morning and afternoon tea.

For more details or for enrolment contact: dramaremedy@gmail.com 04 478 5962 or 022 0273316 www.dramaremedy@gmail.com

Maneesha (Drama Remedy) provides Speech & Drama lessons in our co-curricular programme.

Element Rhythmic Gymnastics

Is your daughter or son looking for something a little different to do in Term 4? Come along to a Rhythmic Gymnastics class and give it a try!

Ellie, who teaches our co-curricular gymnastics lessons, is a senior coach at 'Elements'.

Email info@rhythmicgym.nz to arrange a free trial. For more information about Elements and their classes, visit www.rhythmicgym.nz.

Olympic Junior Athletics

Registration is now open for our Junior Athletics Season.

Club nights are Wednesday evenings. Please see www.olympicjuniors.nz for information on our club nights (see Junior athletics tab) and registration (see membership tab).

Our first club night is Wednesday 21 October 2020, at Grenada North.

Further details about other athletic events such as interclub meets at Newtown and Colgate Games will be available at club nights.

Athletics is a great sport for developing not only in the track and field area but also in skills for all other sports.

KidzStuff Theatre

These school holidays KidzStuff Theatre for Children are presenting Thumbelina, Written by Rachel Henry and Directed by Hilary Norris.

  • What: Thumbelina
  • When: 26th September - 9th October 2020
  • Where: Tararua Tramping Club, 4 Moncrieff Street, Mt Victoria, Wellington
  • Times: Weekdays 10am & 11:30am, Saturdays 10am, no show Sundays
  • Tickets $11.00pp, Children under 2 Free
  • Bookings: www.kidzstufftheatre.co.nz

Te Moana Glow Show

Wellington October 26-28 @ 10am & 11.30am daily - Shed 6 three days only! Term 4 - Week 3 Book @ www.ticketmaster.co.nz $15.50pp + fees.

The Te Moana Glow Show is a giant scale puppet show for 2-10 year olds with magical glow-in-the-dark characters from Māori myth and legend. This innovative, cutting edge new concept features more than 40 glow-in-the-dark puppets under ultraviolet light in a black box theatre environment. The ALL NEW TE MOANA GLOW SHOW 2020 is set around the takutai moana (coastal sea) and Te moana-nui a-Kiwa (the Pacific Ocean), with the show being a delightful story about our kai moana and the whakataukī “He waka eke noa. We are all in this together.”

Rich in Te Reo Māori, it’s an upbeat show that has the audience buzzing from the onset. This masterful 45-minute show is underpinned by catchy music that engages the audience immediately, followed by a Q&A session afterwards for our tamariki. There’s an abundance of educational content to take back to the classroom. This production is suitable for special needs children.

If you'd like free tickets, enter the colouring competition:

  1. Go to our website to choose one of the sheets, and print it
  2. Have fun colouring it in!
  3. Take a photo and post it on Facebook! Make sure to tag The Glow Show Company and mention which region you'd like tickets for

It's as simple as that! In a few week's time, we'll be choosing some winners to receive free tickets!

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