Actions Needed:
Voting for Amesbury School Board by-election - closes 23 April
Sign up for Co-curricular Lessons - commencing Week 1 of Term 2
Training for school cross country - taking place on Tuesday 29 April
Registrations for Junior Tough Guy & Gal Challenge
Holiday Activity Opportunities
Amesbury School Board By-election - poll closes at 4pm 23 April
We received three nominations for the two available spaces for parent representatives on the school board. We will therefore be running an election.
Voting papers have been sent out to all eligible parents/caregivers on the voting roll.
The poll closes at 4pm on Wednesday 23rd April - a ballot box will be situated in the school reception area for hand delivered voting papers.
Postal votes will be accepted until 5pm on Monday 28th April and votes will be counted on Tuesday 29th April and results will then be announced.
Elected parent representatives will take office from Wednesday 30th April.
The office will be open during the holidays so please take the opportunity to deposit your votes into the ballot box.
Medical Alert
We have been advised of a confirmed case of Impetigo (School Sores) in Pōhutukawa Hub.Please follow the link for more information on identification, precautions and treatment for this contagious skin condition.
Part Time Teacher Aide Position for Term 2
2 hours per morning 9.30am - 11.30am.
We feel this role would suit a person who is part of our school community and enjoys supporting students.
More information can be found here Part Time Teacher Aide Role Term 2 2025
Co-curricular Classes in Term 2
Our lessons for Term 2 commence in Week 1, so now is the perfect time to sign up for new or additional classes, or to make changes to existing classes.
We really appreciate the support that we receive from parents for our co-curricular programme. This enables us to:
provide opportunities for tamariki to try out new things, or to become more proficient, all in school time
receive additional funding for the school to provide extra activities for our tamariki
achieve this within school time - meaning that parents don't have to use out of school time to take their children to lessons; and
all at a lesser cost than enrolling tamariki in commercially provided lessons.
Read all about our co-curricular classes here, and contact John to sign up and with any questions that you may have.
Junior Tough Guy & Gal Challenge
For those to entered last year it's a no-brainer that you will be entering again this year. For those Years 3, 4, 5 & 6s who didn't here's your chance if you like water, mud, obstacles, tunnels, hills, and did I mention, water?!
Sign up now for the Junior Tough Guy & Gal Challenge being held in Wainuiomata on Tuesday 20 May. While registrations close on 15 May, if you sign up 3 weeks before the event, you will receive your very own personalised bib number.
Running Events in Term 2
We have a range of running events coming up in Term 2. Please see here for details.
Most importantly, the annual school cross country, for all year groups, will take place on the second day of next term - Tuesday 29 April. We will have an early morning tea break and look to have the first race underway at 11.10am.
Passion Projects in Koru!
This term Koru have been planning and preparing their passion projects all ready for making next term.
What is a Passion Project? What does it involve? And what have they achieved so far? All good questions! For the answers please read this Passion Project Report for the term.
Congratulations to the Easter Raffle Winners
The raffle was drawn today during Amesbury Awesomeness and Share and Celebrate.
Congratulations to the basket winners
Lydia
Bella H
Isaac
Benji
August
Thank you to everyone who contributed to the Easter Raffle. We appreciate the donations and the amazing 312 tickets that were sold.
Touch Rugby - Season Highlights
Touch Rugby is over for Term 1 and all of the tamariki involved in the three Amesbury teams had an enjoyable and fruitful experience.
See here for the three team reports along with comments from those players involved.
Look out for registrations for Term 4 when touch rugby recommences.
Amesbury Awesomeness Awards and Share & Celebrate Week 11
We held our latest Share & Celebrate on the last day of term recognising the special things that ākonga (students) were noticed doing as well as announcing our Amesbury Awesomeness Awards for the term. These fortnightly celebrations are an opportunity to recognise the quite often unnoticed things that contribute to making Amesbury a better community.
This Week's Garden-to-Table Recipe
Amesbury is a part of the Garden-to-Table programme in which our older tamariki spend time each week growing produce in our garden and then preparing a food in the kitchen based largely on what has been harvested. For more information on the programme please go to the website.
Angela, who is our Garden-to-Table Coordinator, is pleased to share this week's recipe for Apple & Cinnamon Muffins. Give it a go at home!
Contact information
Need to contact us or want to know if we're trying to contact you? Here are the school's numbers to store in your mobile phone 04 477 3423 and 021 86 55 28. If you have recently changed your address or contact details, or would like to update emergency contacts, please email office@amesbury.school.nz.
We have received notifications from a number of organisations of activities that they are running during the forthcoming holidays. These have been consolidated here and the list will be added to as further notifications are received.
Phil Hope Memorial Concert
Phil was our guitar/ukulele teacher for over seven years until he retired at the end of 2023, having started numerous Amesbury kids on their musical journeys. We all remember the sounds wafting through the school as Phil and his charges strummed along and sang "Playing Guitar at Amesbury". Thanks for the memories, Phil.
Sadly Phil passed away last month. Now, his fellow musicians are coming together to celebrate Phil’s legacy the best way we know how: through music.
