After School Care.  We are looking for someone to look after Jack on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday 3.00 to 5.30 pm and also some time in the school holidays.  This would be in home care for Jack 12yrs old with Down syndrome. If you are interested or would like more information please call Anna on 021 2957223.

Mainland Uniforms back to school 2018 layby special.  Come in and layby your uniform from 5 September - 22 December 2017 and receive 10% discount.  Payments can be made through internet banking.  We can resize the uniform in January and change any sizes if required.  Mainland Uniform shops are located at 405 Ilam Road and 511 Wairakei Road, ph 360 3037 for enquiries.  

'Kids Safe With Dogs' Animates school holiday free workshops.  Your local Animates store will be hosting free seminars at 11.00 a.m. on Thursday 5th and 12th October.  Trained staff will use interactive real life scenarios, using a toy dog, to teach children how to behave around their own dog, and those that they encounter on the street.  Key points will include:

• How to approach a dog (when tied up, when eating, when in a car etc)
  
• How and where to pat a dog
  
• How to make eye contact with a dog including best body language to use
  
• Learning the importance of always asking permission before approaching a dog
  

These sessions will also be beneficial if you are thinking about introducing a fluffy friend to the family.  Although bookings aren't necessary, the events are usually well attended so it is advisable to arrive early.

Parents are you interested in being prepared for the teenage years?
The Tweens and Teens Toolbox is completely realistic – it addresses the serious dangers and problems that teenagers can encounter and gives practical coaching strategies to handle them. But it is also encouraging in that the course never loses sight of the fact that there is so much to enjoy as your children go through this stage.

Monday 16 October- Monday 20 November, 7:15pm- 9:15pm (6 sessions), 74 Breens Rd, Bishopdale.  $20 single, $30 couple.  Contact: Lynley on Lynley.garratt@theparentingplace.com or phone: 379 6053

Book online: https://www.theparentingplace.com/event/tweens-and-teens-toolbox-course-bishopdale/#

OSCAR St Albans Holiday Programme.  If you would like your children to have fun and enjoy the October holidays, please consider our holiday programme.  Time: 7.30 am – 6.00 pm.  For enrolment form and activities list, please contact: Office:19 Thames Street.  oscarstalbans@vodafone.co.nz.  Tel: 3554918.  Mob.0273554919

Junior Triathlon Summer Training.  Do you have children that are keen on triathlon or want to give it a try?  Canterbury Triathlon Club runs a Triathlon programme for children (10 years+) over the summer terms. With two coached sessions per week, children will learn specific triathlon skills and build fitness over all three sports.

The ideal preparation for the Primary Schools Triathlon at the end of November!  For more details visit http://www.canterburytriclub.co.nz/junior-programme/ or email junior@canterburytriclub.co.nz

School Holiday Golf Coaching Programmes.  Have fun learning golf these school holidays, programmes running 2-13 October, venues include Hororata, Rangiora, Russley, Waimairi Beach and Waitikiri. Contact rachel@canterburygolf.co.nz or 359 4000 ext 2 to find out the details of a programme running near you. 

Young Writers holiday writing workshops for Year 7 and Year 8 students. There are still spaces available for Year 7 and 8 students in the Spring Into Writing Holiday Workshops Tuesday October 3.

10.00 – 12.00 Poetry with Pictures: Have you heard it said that a picture is worth a thousand words? Bring your artistic skills — draw a picture and then write a poem about it! Stick drawings work just as well as great art! And then learn how to write another kind of poem — a concrete poem. Turn your words into pictures by changing the shape of them. You will make great poetry by writing in images, about images and with imagery!

Lunch: supervised. Children need to bring their own lunch if staying for both workshops.

12.30 – 2.30 Pick-a-Path extravaganza! Borrowing all the best bits from our favourite stories, we’ll kick off a story together as a class, then split off into smaller groups, taking the story in different directions, and everyone will get to write their own ending – be it romantic, gruesome, spectacular, tragic, victorious or heart-breaking. Choose your own adventure!

You can book for one or two sessions per day.

Cost: $15 per session or $25 for two sessions on the same day.

Where: The Writers’ Block, Hagley Community College. Entry via Waller Terrace

Book for the Spring into Writing Workshops CLICK HERE

St Andrew's basketball camp.  To get prep and intermediate school kids prepared for the next level of basketball, St Andrew's college is offering a 2 day skills camp to fine tune fundamentals for Year 7 & 8 students of all schools.  The camp will be offered to both boys and girls.  This camp will be lead by St Andrew's senior A and U17 Canterbury boys's representative coaching.  The camp will run 8am - 3pm both days and the cost of the camp will be $100 per student, this will also include a camp t-shirt.  For a sign up sheet or more information please contact Aled_jones@hotmail.co.nz

Camp Schedule:  

• October 28: Footwork, ball handling, shot technique and passing.
  
• October 29:  Defence, transition, offensive spacing and gameplay.
  

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