Community Notices:
Events happening in and around our community:
2020 Term Dates for your diary:
Term 1
Monday 3rd February - Thursday 9th April
Term 2
Monday 27th April - Friday 3 July
Term 3
Monday 20 July - Friday 25 September
Term 4
Monday 12 October - Tuesday 15 December (end date subject to change)
Teacher Only Days - Tuesday 2nd June & Friday 23rd October - both are subject to change
Avonside Girls YR9 2020:
A ballot will be run for out of zone placements for Year 9 students for 2020. No applications will be taken after July 26th 2019.
This year Avonside Girls have an enrolment form online: https://parentportal.avonside.school.nz/ however if you prefer a paper copy please contact:
Tanya Phillips
Tumuaki Tuarua / Deputy Principal
Te Kura Kohine o Ōtakaro
Avonside Girls' High School
ph +64 3 389 7199 xtn 752
Cathedral Grammar Open Day:
Comprising one event per week over winter, the programme kicks off on Sunday 30 June when The Cathedral Grammar Junior School opens its doors and its rooftop playground for all to encounter for one day only.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1177364139132613/
This open building will be of particular interest to school aged families.
Many of the school’s key spaces are outdoors. So if the weather is fine, make sure you try the slide and get a view from above.
Come along and enjoy the behind-the-scenes access between 10am and 4pm, when you can encounter this special building on your own terms and at your own pace.
Our aim is to bring more people back into the central city and to experience architecture on their own terms and at their own pace.
This includes school students as our open buildings are three very different inner-city schools - all engaging examples of how design impacts students' experiences when they are at school.
Two very different inner-city school buildings open in the weeks that follow: the stunning heritage building, Christ’s College Memorial Dining Hall (Sunday 4 August); and Ao Tawhiti, Christchurch’s only vertical school (Saturday 7 September).
More information can be found here:
https://teputahi.org.nz/2015-programme/open-christchurch/
Do you have a concern for your child’s health, learning or behaviour?
Then you won’t want to miss this one-day only presentation!
Gina Wilson (BHSc, B'Ed Tchng, ND, DipHerbMed) is a Naturopath specialising in health, learning and behaviour; Nutrition Consultant; and Biomedical therapist. Gina works with children to improve their overall health via nutrition, natural supplements and education.
There aren’t many health professionals in NZ who have the depth of knowledge and ever-developing, up to date information in this field as Gina and we are fortunate to have her visiting Christchurch to present here for the very first time!
Gina’s presentation offers practical help and covers:
The importance of the gut and its effect on the body and brain
· Fussy eating and what you can do
· Poor sleep, some of the reasons why
· Constipation/ diarrhoea and how to address these
· Suggestions of some basic supplements and why they may be needed e.g. zinc, magnesium, b- vitamins
· Common nutritional deficiencies that may contribute to ASD/ADHD behaviours
· Environmental toxic exposures that may contribute to ASD/ADHD behaviours
· Lifestyle habits that may contribute to ASD/ADHD behaviours
· How to identify underlying triggers for children’s behaviour (including anxiety and low mood) and learning problems
· How to address these causes so the child can thrive, concentrate, and learn with ease.
Location: St Albans School, Christchurch
Time and date: Saturday 31 August 2019 from 10am – 12noon
Cost: $25 per ticket
To register interest (or for any queries) email Kate Wood by Friday 5 July 2019
Spaces will go quickly so don’t hesitate to register your interest ASAP
Come and join our amazing.....
MARRZIPAN HOLIDAY WORKSHOP!
Students will devise their own play, create characters they feel awesome portraying, learn to direct each other, design the set, bring in costumes, use iMovie to create a commercial for their play on the iPad aaaaaand get to perform to family and friends at the end of the final day!
Dates - Wednesday 10th - Friday 12th JulyLocation - Ladbrooks Hall
Price - $60 per day You can sign your child up via our website www.marrzipandrama.co.nz (we have contact numbers on there too, should you prefer to talk to a human!)
Brick Show:
The Christchurch Brick Show is back again organising and promoting our annual Lego Brick Show to be held in Horncastle Arena on 13th and 14th July 2019. The Christchurch Brick Show is listed as a key event in the Kids fest magazine
Some of our highlights this year will be a 7m long LEGO interactive carnival scene and back on display we will have the LEGO replica of the New Brighton Pier.
We are excited to have more than 200 exhibitors displaying an assorted variety of LEGO sets and individual creations. Children will have the opportunity to go hands-on with various LEGO focused activities in Imagination Station’s huge build and learn zone. Free activities include building spaces, mechanics benches, mosaic walls, gaming area, remote control LEGO vehicles and epic ramp races.
We would like to request your support in our event, by promoting this within your school newsletter and / or social media websites.
NZ Police - Non Emergency Number:
NZ Police recently launched a new non emergency number, 105. We’ve done this to make it easier to get hold of us in the event of non-urgent situations or ‘Things which have Already Happened’, which don’t require Police assistance immediately.
You can call us on 105 for all non emergencies, or you can go online at 105.police.govt.nz to report things like:
- Lost property
- Theft for a public place or car
- Intentional property damage
- Or to get an update or add info to a previous report
In the event of an emergency, always call 111 - Things that are Happening Now.
Car Parking /Vigilance
A huge reminder to PLEASE take care when pulling in and out of car parks close to school. One of our parents was hit this week (not badly but could have been) because the driver did not look. Please be careful when dropping off and/or picking up students. Our little people are hard to see sometimes. Please use the school crossing always when crossing over Queenspark Drive.
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