Amesbury Notices - 18 September 2023

What's on this week?

• St Brigid's Kapa Haka Festival @ Rāroa Intermediate School Hall - 9.30am-3.30pm Saturday 16 September
• 4-year-old Programme (last session for the term) - 2-2.45pm Monday 18 September
• Gymnastics (final session for the term) - Tuesday 19 September
  
• Student Conferences - Tuesday 19, Wednesday 20, & Thursday 21 September 
  
• Co-curricular lessons - catch ups - Wednesday 20 September
• Board of Trustees Meeting - 5.30pm Wednesday 20 September
  
• Term 3 Learning Celebration - 2-2.40pm Thursday 21 September
  
• Amesbury Celebration - 2-2.45pm Friday 22 September
  
• School Finishes for the Term - 3pm Friday 22 September

Learning Celebration - 2pm Thursday (21 September)

Whānau are invited along to the Learning Celebration on Thursday starting at 2pm.

To showcase their learnings this term, we have organized an Arts Showcase, where your tamariki have created artistic representations in one of three chosen Arts areas: Music, Drama, and Visual Arts.

For details, please see here.

Amesbury Celebration - 2pm Friday (22 September)

Come along and join us next Friday (22 September) at 2pm for the Amesbury Awesomeness Awards and the Co-curricular Showcase to see a glimpse of the talent we have in our tamariki.

St Brigid's Kapa Haka Festival Tomorrow (Saturday 16th September) at Rāroa Intermediate School

• All performances are being done in brackets of four schools at a time
• People are asked not to enter or leave the hall during a bracket; transitions in and out of the hall will be done between each bracket
• To allow fire regulations to be adhered to, whānau and friends are asked to please only attend and stay in the hall for the bracket that includes their tamariki. Please do not stay in the hall for other brackets. This allows us to enough room in the hall for friends and whānau of the schools performing without crowding the hall too much.
• Amesbury's bracket is from 12:30 - 1:35pm. 

Come along and see the Amesbury Performance Kapa Haka group perform.

Student Conferences - This week

We have Term 3 Student Conferences coming up this week. Please check the time that you have booked in. The conferences are intended to include parents/caregivers, tamariki and kaiako (teachers).

Bookings close at 8am on Tuesday (19 September). 

Churton Park Community Association Clean Up Day - 16th September

This is the same day as our St Brigid's Kapa Haka Festival. Students not involved in the festival are encouraged to participate in the clean up day. The main areas to be covered are:

• Lakewood Reserve
• Churton Park Reserve

The event will run from 10am-3pm but come along for whatever period you can.

Amesbury Speech Competition

I thoroughly enjoyed the finals of the Amesbury Speech Competition this afternoon. Each one was of a very high standard and it was obvious the amount of work that had gone into crafting the speeches as well as the delivery. Ka pai tamariki!

For Kirat's summary and a some photos please see here.

Onesie Day

We had a very successful Onesie Day last Friday.

The array of sleepwear was amazing but, more importantly, the fundraising for Wellington Free Ambulance was extremely generous. See for yourself, here. 

InterZone Swimming

Congratulations to Isaac, Zoe and Jiya who recently represented our kura at the InterZone Swimming meet. We acknowledge your dedication and hours of training to make it to this point. You are incredible athletes! 

Results from Thursday's event will soon be circulated by the organisers and Eilís will share the them with the tamariki and their whānau. Well done again for making it this far.

Futsal 2023

Thanks to the tamariki who opted in to the futsal festival held at the Ākau Tagi centre on Wednesday. You represented our kura so fabulously well and managed to have lots of fun at the same time. We hope you enjoyed celebrating sport with the hundreds of other tamariki. 

Thanks to Rupert and the other adults for their guidance and help on the day - we really appreciate you choosing to help out. Action shots from the day can be viewed here. 

Kelly Club

This coming week at Kelly Club embraces all of the excitement around the Rugby World Cup! We will be baking our own All Black biscuits, playing some games of touch rugby and capture the rugby ball! We will be crafting our own trophies and we will be finishing off the week with a party night to celebrate the end of term! 

You can book here! https://kellyclub.co.nz/kelly_events/view/15007.

Holidays are also approaching fast! Join in the fun as we have some awesome days like ‘Ginormous Galaxies’ and ‘Daring Detectives'! We also have some epic trip days, we will be going swimming, roller skating and going to the gym for gymnastics! We also have a magician coming in to show us all of their special magic - book in through this link so you don’t miss out! https://kellyclub.co.nz/kelly_events/view/16149

Holiday Activity Ideas

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.

Community Notices

Korea Week & Activities - 6-8 October

• KOREA WEEK is a cultural celebration organised by the Korean Embassy in New Zealand, dedicated to sharing the richness of Korean heritage and contemporary culture. South Korea boasts over 5,000 years of history, making it a nation of unique traditions, exquisite cuisine, and vibrant modernity.

Drama Remedy Holiday Programme

Tots to Teens

Spring time is upon us, and our latest issue is jam-packed with content to help Kiwi parents https://issue2309.totstoteens.co.nz

Chorister Open Day

Do you have a child who loves to sing? Bring them along to our CHORISTER OPEN DAY, where they can experience what it is like to sing with the Cathedral Choristers.
Includes a tour of the Cathedral and Fish and Chip supper.
Thursday 19 October, 3:30-6:30pm
Register here: https://www.wellingtoncathedral.org.nz/chorister