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