Amesbury Notices - 3 March 2025
John Murrihy — March 2, 2025
Lots of items in the "Actions Needed' column this week ....
Actions Needed:
Parental Consent Needed for Google Apps Access - Due Today
Nominations for the Board of Trustees By-Election
Children's University Registrations for Year 6s
Volunteers needed for Term 1 Disco
Registrations of Interest for Northern Suburbs Netball 2025
Renew or subscribe for your Entertainment eBooks
What's on this week?
4-year-old Programme - 2-2.45pm Monday 3 March
Board of Trustees Meeting - 5.30-7.30pm Tuesday 4 March
Co-curricular Lessons - Wednesday 5 & Friday 7 March
Basketball (Yr3-6) - Kiwi Hoops programme - Thursday 6 March
Community Gathering - 4-5.30pm Friday 7 March
Parental Consent Needed for Google Apps Access - Due Today
As part of Google’s commitment to student safety, new checks are being introduced to ensure that students have permission to use Google apps. From March 2025, all schools must confirm parental consent each year for our students (e.g., YouTube, Google Maps).
Please complete this Form by Friday, 28th February.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact Gar Kee.
School Community Gathering - Friday
All of the Amesbury community are invited for fun, food and sun (no promises around the latter) to come along this from 4-5.30pm this Friday (7 March).
What's planned? See here.
Nominations are open for the election of TWO parent representatives to the school board.
All of the required documentation is attached to this formal notification.
Please note that nominations close at noon on Wednesday 19th March.
Children's University for Year 6
Children's University Massey is running again in 2025 for our Year 6 tamariki.
If you want to know more about this exciting programme or wish to sign up please read this article and follow the links within.
Registrations of interest close on Saturday 15 March. In the meantime, if you have any questions, please contact Gar Kee.
It's on! Friday 28 March.
Kirat has provided all of the initial information here.
Most importantly at this stage, though, is that she is looking for parents and caregiver volunteers to provide some of their time to help out to make the discos an enjoyable time for the tamariki. Please read through the list of tasks and, if you can help out, please complete this form.
We are looking for expressions of interest from any tamariki who wish to play netball for Amesbury in Terms 2 & 3.
Amelia has provided all of the details and the form here.
We had our latest Share & Celebrate to finish the week at school. lots of singing and lots of generous for the recipients, a full list of who and why can be found here.
School Donations - how you can help
Amesbury School - like every other school - needs to supplement the operational funding received from the government. We endeavour to enrich the learning of all of our tamariki and we, in part, look to parents and caregivers to provide donations to the school. The rational and amounts are provided here. Additionally, donations made to the school are eligible for tax credits
What are using the donations for? Please read all about it here.
The annual Winter Project clothing drive is back, and we need your support to ensure everyone in Wellington stays warm this winter.
If you have any warm winter items in good condition that you no longer need, please bring them in and place them in the donation box located in the school reception area.
To see more precisely what is needed please see here.
Movin' March 2025 - Starting this week
Help yourself - help the environment - win prizes - everyone wins so get into Movin' March 2025!
What's happening? Read all the details for this year's Movin' March.
Entertainment eBooks
Play, dine and save using the Entertainment eBook. While you save, Amesbury School also earns 20% of the purchase price of every book. Plus you also get a free e-book on household savings.
Here is a link to the website to purchase one: https://subscribe.entertainmentnz.com/fundraiser/11026z1.
Kelly Club
This coming week's theme is colourful autumn We will be:
making warm vanilla cookies
creating oobleck which will be a cool experiment to watch it go from a solid to liquid continuously
combining football and cricket into one sport by playing football cricket
playing a classic game of charades
We are so excited for next week and cannot wait to see you all there.
Community Notices
Yoga for Kids in the Amesbury Hall
Children's Chorus Auditions
New Zealand Opera preparations for La bohèmeare now underway!
As part of our casting, we will be assembling a small, children’s chorus of unbroken voices. Children between the ages of 8-14 years are invited to apply to audition using this link.
Te Whanganui-a-Tara | Wellington
Saturday 22nd March | 11.00am – 1.00pm
Te Whaea 11 Hutchison Rd Wellington
For more information please email karen@nzopera.co.nz.
