Amesbury Notices - 20 November 2023

By: John Murrihy | Posted Sunday November 19, 2023

What's on this week?

  • 4-year-old Programme (last session) - 2-2.45pm Monday 20 November
  • InterZone Athletics - Tuesday 21 November
  • Co-curricular lessons (last lessons) - Wednesday 22 & Friday 24 November
  • Learning Celebration - 1.50-2.50pm Thursday 23 November
  • Amesbury Awesomeness - 2.15-2.45pm Friday 24 November

Interzone Athletics

The staff and ākonga wish to extend our well wishes to the 8 athletes who will represent Amesbury and the other Northern Zone schools at Tuesday's Athletic meet. 

We are extremely proud of your efforts and hard work in making it this far and we know you will do your very best again at Newtown Park. Enjoy the occasion and best of luck to Shiloh, Lachlan, Jade, Ruby, Josh, Sofia, Heidi and Jiya. 

Tūwhitia te hopo, mairangatia te angitu - feel the fear and do it anyway! 

Uniform Check

Students have been doing a few activities in different hub spaces lately so there are a few misplaced/missing sunhats and fleeces. Please check if your child/ren have their own, and if they have accidentally picked up another student's named sunhat or fleece, please return it to the office. 

Lunch Orders: last days this week

  • Pizza: Thursday 23rd Nov
  • Lunchonline: Wednesday 22nd and Friday 24th November

Year 0-2 End of Year Camp

All the details for this year's Year 0-2 end of year camp can be found here. It includes where, when and how much.

Pōhutukawa Camp

Pōhutukawa are still looking for volunteers to assist during their end of year camp to ensure a safe and enjoyable time. If you can help please contact Gar Kee (garkee@amesbury.school.nz).

Library Books and Readers

It's that time of the year that we are looking for the return of all library books and readers.

If you have any lying around please return them to the library by the end of Week 7 (24 November).

Kelly Club

This upcoming week is kids' choice! We've asked the kids for their favourite activities and they've delivered: they chose to make slime, go on a scavenger hunt, make some pizza, and so much more!

We can't wait for next week to come around! To book, click:https://kellyclub.co.nz/amesbury.

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Community Notices

Nanogirl Live!

Last year we had the Nanogirls Lab Team come along and present a show at school. Now, they are presenting a live science theatre show - Nanogirl Live! - on 3 December. Please book tickets here.

Churton Park Christmas Carols

The Churton Park Christmas Carols will be held at Amesbury School starting at 6pm on Saturday 9 December.

The Christmas Carols will be supported by the Capital Harmony Choir and the Porirua City Band. The Johnsonville Lions Club will be providing a BBQ and the Saint Johns Church a cafe. Donations will be going to the Life Flight Trust.

We look forward to families participating in this event as we approach Christmas.

Holiday Computer Classes

Grand Training runs educational and fun computer classes over the holidays at our Wellington City location for ages 5 to 16.

  • Minecraft from Introduction to Mods and Servers
  • Learn to Code; Scratch, Python or Java.
  • Code and Create 3D Games.
  • Web Design, HTML and CSS
  • Build a PC
  • Film and Video Editing
  • Discovery Course in Computing - suitable for younger children
  • Online Safety and Privacy

For information & bookings 499-2211 or grandtraining.co.nz.

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