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Growing Excellence Together
Piki ake te tihi ngātahi
Newsletter 19 March 2015
Important Notes
Things to note…
►March 27 Jnr Cross
Country, PP Day 1 April.
►March 30 Centrals
swimming.
►April 2, Thurs, last Day of
term 1.
►April 20 First day of Term
2.
►May 6 Yr 5-8 Cross
Country (Zones 19 May.)
Has your child lost a
collector’s album?
Apply at the office.
Our Awesome Road
Patrollers on duty rainhail - or shine. Thanks
to everyone for
following the "cross
now" instructions so
well.▼
Nau mai haere mai, Talofa lava, Malo e lelei, Bula Vinaka!
We are all excited at Avonhead School! Early next week/877 we expect to be
connected to high-speed fibre! We have waited for it for a long time and as we use
a lot of devices throughout the school day, there are many times when the internet
is slowed down as the copper wires are a bottle-neck at the moment. You may be
interested to know that our school is ready to use the new fibre system as we have
had a network upgrade throughout the school and the wireless system has
recently been upgraded! We look forward to sharing educational videos with
classes without the ‘buffering’ delays!
Just a reminder that the term-1 school holidays are earlier this year. We finish
school at 3pm on Thursday 2nd April and children return back to school on 20th
April. Also, please remember that Monday, April 27th is a holiday for students as
it is the first of the ‘Mondayisation’ of a public holiday – having a public holiday on
Monday as ANZAC day falls on a Saturday. Finally, just want to remind you (or
alert you) to the fact that the 29th May is a ‘Teacher Only Day’ when the school
will be closed. This is attached to the Queen’s birthday weekend so it can allow
families to have a good break.
It’s great to see the Senior students settling into the ‘HQ’ – the new buildings, and
some of the new furniture is starting to arrive. It’s awesome to be able to walk
through and see the wonderful things happening and the work that the children are
producing. Every student I have spoken to tells me how much they love the new
buildings and enjoy being in there. It’s amazing what a difference an amazing
environment makes to the learning enjoyment/satisfaction of students. When we
get all the new furniture sorted we will have an open day when you too can
appreciate the new learning environment.
On another note, the Senior team is looking for a wonderful parent/grandparent or
friend-of-the family to building a custom-made, standalone shelving unit with
cupboard doors, so if you can help, we would love to hear from you. Let us know
in the office if you can help. Thank you.
Thank you to the nine Avonhead families who looked after our Korean student
teachers when they were here for the first four weeks of the year. I will be
travelling over to Korea with the Principals of neighbouring schools at the end of
this month and we will be presenting a seminar to students there on the NZ
Education System at Gongju University. Gongju is a well-known and well
respected, prestigious educational institution and we are delighted to be involved
with this collaborative initiative involving the others schools in our cluster.
Yellow Line stoppers!
Charles Levings
Principal
Contact Us
Please treat this as an alert that the traffic wardens will be
targeting drivers stopping on yellow lines to let children off
on Nortons & Avonhead Roads. This is an unsafe practice.
Address: 55 Avonhead Road, Christchurch 8042 Phone: 03 348-7361
E-Mail: admin@avonhead.school.nz
Website: http://avonhead.school.nz
Sports
NorthWest Swimming Sports…
Were held at Jellie Park on Tuesday 10 March.
Results...
Eliza McIntosh was 1st in the 11 Yr breaststroke & 2nd in 11 Yr backstroke.
Isabella Parmenter came 2nd in the 9yr breaststroke & 1st in the 9 Yr freestyle.
Our team of Hunter Mason, Will Mason, Molly Dunlop & Eliza McIntosh came 3rd in the mixed
relay 11 Yr
Congratulations to these swimmers!
COME AND HEAR AN INSPIRING SPEAKER WHO IS A WORLD RENOWNED EXPERT ON SUPPORTING
CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES;Parent Evening being held in Christchurch on the 12th May at
7pm - Commodore Hotel. This
is designed for parents and children, to give parents and children
the tools to help children cope with learning difficulties. Cost: $30 per head or $50 per couple children free.Bookings Essential as there are limited spaces - if you are interested please
contact:peter@aquillabooks.co.nz or Ph: 07 8821447▼
AVONHEAD GIRLS BASKETBALL
TRIALS YEAR 7 AND 8
This Wednesday the 25th Mar
1.00pm in the Hall
Games to be played on Fridays
at Bishopdale YMCA Term 2
◄Budding Builders in the
junior school practising
their skills with the new
construction table and
tools at discovery last
week
Budding Environmentalists in Team 3 & 4
creating a worm farm as a result of inquiry
through reading - Learning in real contexts.▼
SPORT HELP NEEDED
So we can give the children @ Avonhead School the very best sporting opportunities
possible could you please contact Shirley-Anne Collins -sa.collins@avonhead.school.nz
I would like to be involved in the followingFRIDAY WINTER SPORT ( tick)
SPORT
Rugby
Netball
Football
Hockey
Basketball
YEAR5/6
YEAR 7/8
COACHING
MANAGER
OTHER SPORTS
FRIDAY WINTER SPORT ( tick)
SPORT
Basketball
Volleyball –summer
sport/tournament
T Ball-summer sport
Rippa rugby-summer
sport
Rugby fun day-24
April
Aerobics
Hip hop
Cricket -boys
Cricket-girls
other
YEAR5/6
YEAR 7/8
COACHING
MANAGER
Community Notices
FUN STICKS—Hockey
Registration. Children can register on line via the Harewood Hockey Club website or by attending the
first session on 2 May or subsequent sessions. To assist planning, registration prior to the first session is
preferred.
SCIENCE ALIVE! Celebration of Light Festival
A family based Light Festival April 11 – 17th at CPIT Madras St.—For more info on the festival www.sciencealive.co.nz/events/
Dear Parents/Caregivers,
The April school holidays have a way of creeping up on us all! The Air Force Museum is running an
OSCAR-endorsed holiday programme titled - ‘Nature’s Flight’, starting Tuesday 7th of April and
running until the 17th of April. You can choose half days, full days, or a full week. For more
information please check out our website, www.airforcemuseum.co.nz or call the Public
Programmes Team on 03 3439504. Book now, spaces are filling fast!
Adventures in Antarctica Holiday Programme!
Parents/Caregivers! Do your
children want adventure? Do your children want fun? Do your children want excitement? If they do, then have them
join the explorers at the International Antarctic Centre for their new and exciting holiday programme! The
adventures will be running every day from 13 – 17th April 2015 from 9 – 5.30pm. Each day will be different so book a
place now for one day or more. For all enquiries and bookings Email education@iceberg.co.nz
Faith Jeremiah, PhD candidate at the University of Canterbury, is conducting a small
study on society's perception of disposing animal waste. It will only take 2 minutes of your
time with a chance to win some MacDonald's vouchers. We are looking for pet owners
only to fill it out.
Here is the link https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LTSYD9K
The Avonhead Community Trust Holiday Programme. Avonhead Community Trust is running another fun
filled OSCAR approved holiday programme from the 13 – 17 of April. We offer three programmes for years 1-4,
years 5-8 and years 9-10. Please contact Leah Coleman at the Trust office on 348-6742, 021-168-2827 or email
holidayprogramme@actrust.org.nz to register your youth. It is a first in, first serve bases.
April 2015 Holiday Programme fun!
http://www.sportcanterbury.org.nz/new-zealand/holiday-programmes/
An Introduction to Anxiety in Children/teens Is to the topic of Community Conversations @ St
Marks, Avonhead.
Wed 18th March 2015
7.30pm—$10 per person.
Stmarks.communityconversations@gmail.com