Organisation logo

Amesbury School

Amesbury School Digest

Kia ora koutou

What a crazy couple of weeks since I last wrote for the digest! I wonder if it has been like that for you too - not a moment to breathe? 

Next week is a big week for the school - a team of three reviewers from the Education Review Office will be spending a few days here carrying out their review of our school. 

From January 2016, ERO's reviews have focused on Māori student achievement. Their main evaluative question is: How effectively does this school respond to Māori students whose learning and achievement needs acceleration? However, ERO have acknowledged that with only a small number of Maori students, the evaluative question for Amesbury School will be more general: How effectively does this school respond to students whose learning and achievement needs acceleration?

ERO reviewers will be talking with us about how we identify and respond to students whose progress needs acceleration. They will want to understand how our planning, implementation and review processes help us improve teaching practice to accelerate students’ progress.

ERO arrive at 10.30am, Monday 27th June. We will be putting on a powhiri to welcome them to the school. Parents are most welcome to attend the powhiri. 

It has been three years (almost to the day) since ERO reviewers last visited. We are very pleased that Ann Brouwer who was on the last review team is returning and will lead the review. 

We are looking forward to having the opportunity to share our learning journey with ERO next week.

Have a great weekend! Oh... the weather forecast is not looking promising. A weekend inside perhaps.

Nga mihi nui and take care. 

Lesley

Contents

Notices and News (10th - 23rd June)

by Amesbury School

Visit this article

Emergency Water Tank

by admin Amesbury School

Please find attached more information about the tank recently installed at Amesbury School...

Visit this article
Image c/o PublicDomain.Pictures.net

Head along to our Amesbury School Olympics learning celebration!

by Urs Cunningham

You are all cordially invited to our learning celebration for Term 2, which will be run as a School Olympics event.

Visit this article

Interzone Cross Country

by Demelza Topp

On Tuesday, four Amesbury School students journeyed to Grenada North to take on the rest of the zones at the Interzone Cross Country...

Visit this article

Amesbury School Mini-ball Teams

by Amaria Picard

Would you like to have a go at playing mini-ball? It's similar to basketball and no experience is needed..... 

Visit this article
Music Lessons

Music & Drama Tutors

by Beckie Duffy

Meet the talented bunch of tutors teaching music and drama at Amesbury!

Visit this article
Music and Drama Lessons

Term 3 Music & Drama

by Beckie Duffy

Term 3 is shaping up to be a great term for music and drama with the return of some favourite classes and the addition of some exciting new ones!

Visit this article

Book Return - friendly reminder

by Amesbury School

If you borrowed one of these books when your child was starting school, and still have it at home, would you please drop it back to us - thanks!

Visit this article

School Holiday - Netball Skills Clinics 

by Amesbury School

2 or 3 day options from 10am-2pm for students up to Year 8.  Book now to reserve a place...

Visit this article

Swimming Sports

by Amesbury School

Check out the photos and results...

Visit this article

Pick up of students is a safety issue and causing considerable concern

by Lesley Murrihy

With the growing numbers of students and the congestion this is causing at pick up time, some careless and unsafe practices are becoming common place again. A number of complaints have been received from parents who express fear that a student will be seriously injured one of these days.

Visit this article

Head lice Checks 

by admin Amesbury School

We have had reports of students with head lice so to help prevent the spread in school, it is important everyone checks their whole family.  If signs of head lice are found, the whole family should be treated...

Visit this article

Important Health Information

by admin Amesbury School

Please read the following notice from Regional Public Health regarding measles preparedness...

Visit this article