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Amesbury Digest - 25 March 2024

Actions Needed:

  1. Book a student conference with your child's whānau teacher
  2. Miniball Registrations close @4pm 25 March
  3. Buy Easter Raffle tickets close @4pm 27 March
  4. Koru parents: fill in the swimming form by 28 March (Pōhutukawa = swimming will be in Term 3)
  5. Buy disco tickets
  6. Year 3-6 Netball Registrations close @4pm on 3 April
  7. Year 1-2 Netball Registrations close @4pm on 3 April

Contents

Term 1 2024

From our Tumuaki / Principal

by Urs Cunningham

Inā kei te mohio koe ko wai koe, I anga mai koe i hea, kei te mohio koe. Kei te anga atu ki hea. If you know who you are and where you are from, then you will know where you are going.

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Amesbury Notices - 25 March 2024

by John Murrihy

Bookings for Student Conferences are now open - book early to choose a time that best suits you

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Years 1 & 2 - Northern Suburbs Netball 2024 - Register now

by Rupert Webb

Sign up your child for the Northern Suburbs Netball competition.

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Share and Celebrate Week 8

by Urs Cunningham

Every fortnight we have a whole school Share and Celebrate in the hall, where we gather as a school, sing some waiata (songs), and celebrate some of the fabulous things that have been happening in the past two weeks.

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Northern Suburbs Netball 2024 - Register now for years 3, 4, 5 & 6

by Rupert Webb

Sign up your child for the Northern Suburbs Netball competition.

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Term 1 Disco

by Hannah Sadler

The long awaited disco is back for 2024!

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Kī-o-rahi Festival - REGISTER NOW - Years 5 & 6

by Rupert Webb

Nairnville Park - 9:30am to 2:30pm, Tuesday 26 March 2024.

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Easter Raffle 2024

by Jemima Colquhoun

As part of our fundraising for Year 5/6 camp, we are running an Easter Raffle. Our Year 5&6 whānau have kindly donated prizes for Easter baskets.

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Paid union meetings for teachers this term

by Urs Cunningham

NZEI (New Zealand Educational Institute) is holding paid union meetings for all primary kaiako (teachers) who are union members, and all members must attend one of these meetings.

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Miniball - REGISTER NOW - Starts May

by Rupert Webb

Years 3, 4, 5 & 6. Nairnville Recreation Centre, Khandallah

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Want to continue your cricket into Winter?

by Rupert Webb

Grab your friends and enter a 6-a-side team in the World Series Indoor Cricket competition.

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Phones at school and an hour of reading, writing and maths a day

by Urs Cunningham

At the start of this year our government announced two requirements for all schools nationally. This article gives more detail about how these requirements are being implemented at Amesbury School.

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Sports events coming up

by Rupert Webb

Yr 5 / 6 Ki-o-rahi festival and Chess tournament

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What's on in Term 1, 2024

by John Murrihy

Our list of school activities for Term 1 ....

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Pedal Ready Programme for Year 5 and 6 - Next Week

by Lisa Bengtsson

Over the coming weeks, our year 5 and 6 students will be taking part in the pedal ready programme which is targeted at increasing their bike skills and safety knowledge.

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Movin' March 2024!

by Jemima Colquhoun

Mā raro, mā wīra rānei nā te mea… He Pai! I walk or wheel because it feels good!

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Pizza day lunch orders

by Rachel @ Amesbury Office

Do you have 20-30 minutes available to help with pizza orders on some Thursdays?

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Issue 1 2024 of Scholastic's Book Club is now available for online ordering. The closing date is Friday the 5th of April 2024.

by Kirat Singh

About Scholastic Book Club: 20% of sales go towards school library books and/or resources is an NZ publishing company draws on over 50 publishers worldwide as well as provides quality NZ Children’s books offers all the hottest new books, and at great prices discounted books start at $2

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Term 1 Whānau Information 2024

by Jemima Colquhoun

Tēnā koutou katoa. Nau mai haere mai ki te kura o Amesbury mo te rua mano rua tekau ma wha. A very warm greeting to you all. Welcome to Amesbury School for 2024. We are really looking forward to seeing each of you again or to meet you for the first time. Our teachers have been hard at work preparing learning for all our ākonga and we are excited to get back into school and to continue supporting students in their formal education journey.

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Co-curricular Lessons

by John Murrihy

Are your tamariki interested in taking up any of our co-curricular lessons this year?

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Access to the Amesbury Learning Sites

by John Murrihy

There are multiple ways that parents/caregivers can see what their tamariki are learning at school, including the detailed weekly timetable.

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How to view learning information for your child on Hero

by Demelza Topp

In this article, we have provided information that will enable you to get the most out of HERO. Please click on the links below to find the information you are looking for.

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