Happy Summer!!
Only two more weeks left of school! Can't believe how fast this term is going! The end of term means several exciting end of term events. Along with each event is a notice that has gone home. Notices and money are due in to the classroom teacher ASAP.
The events to keep note of are:
Tuesday, week 8: End of term house event in the afternoon. The house captains have been working away creating all sorts of fun games and activities for everyone to enjoy.
Friday, week 8: Waltham Pool day! The whole HQ will head to Waltham pools for a day of fun in the sun -- hopefully! Please bring appropriate clothes for the weather and lots of food to snack on throughout the day. There is a field, court and a big pool for us to enjoy. Please bring your notice and $9 to secure your spot.
Monday, week 9: All years 8's have been invited to Adrenalin Forest! This will happen after school. Everyone is expected to arrange their own transport but to make things easier, discuss carpool options with friends who live in similar areas. Barbecue is provided! Your notice and $30 is required as soon as possible so we can let the venue know how many people to expect.
Tuesday, week 9: Tough kids! Get your costumes ready this weekend and make sure your notices are in so you can race in this exciting event.
Tuesday, week 9: HQ 3 formal dinner at 6 pm.
Thursday, week 9: Senior prize giving! 6 pm in the hall. See you there!
I believe that's all for now, stay tuned!
Have a great weekend and enjoy this weather!!
Thursday, 30 November 2017
Thursday, 23 November 2017
Term 4 Week 7, 2017
The final three weeks of term are here!
Remember tonight is the school disco! The senior disco starts at 7 pm and goes until 10 pm. See you there!
Wednesday, November 29th is the Pegasus Triathlon beginning at 10 am. Good luck to those students participating in that race!
A note that all library books must be returned to the library ASAP. Teachers have notices for those students who have overdue books so if you are not sure, please ask your homeroom teacher.
The FWA Christmas Picnic evening is being held at Avonhead School on Thursday.
I hope everyone has a great weekend!
Remember tonight is the school disco! The senior disco starts at 7 pm and goes until 10 pm. See you there!
Wednesday, November 29th is the Pegasus Triathlon beginning at 10 am. Good luck to those students participating in that race!
A note that all library books must be returned to the library ASAP. Teachers have notices for those students who have overdue books so if you are not sure, please ask your homeroom teacher.
The FWA Christmas Picnic evening is being held at Avonhead School on Thursday.
I hope everyone has a great weekend!
Tuesday, 21 November 2017
Cheviot students visit the Senior HQ!
Today in the HQ we welcomed Miss Dodge and her class of Year 7 and 8 students from Cheviot. They came to visit Avonhead School to experience a day in the life of the Senior HQ! So after our students returned from technology we welcomed them with a hui. We had a home room session and each class had some Cheviot students in with us to take part in technology challenges, science experiments and student demonstrations. During lunch time, our Senior HQ students started up some games to challenge the Cheviot crew. Cricket and touch were the top two. Our visitors also enjoyed some time on the senior playground and hanging with our students on the field. After lunch we did our usual silent reading and Te Reo sessions, which our new friends joined in with. To wrap up the day, we had an almighty game of capture the flag. We had a blast and have made some new friends along the way. Who knows....maybe next year our new crew of Year 7/8 students might be able to go and visit Miss Dodge and the students in Cheviot for a day in the country! Thanks for the great day Cheviot!
Wednesday, 15 November 2017
Latest Movies Featuring Our Senior Students!
Hello families.....
Check out our latest movies featured below from recent school events, all compiled by our talented media team. This is one of our extension groups available to Year 7/8 students. The Avonhead Primary School news bulletins are regularly in our school assemblies on Monday afternoon for the whole school to see! Check out the links below.
Diwali afternoon across the school.......
Our latest Avonhead Primary School news bulletin......
Check out our latest movies featured below from recent school events, all compiled by our talented media team. This is one of our extension groups available to Year 7/8 students. The Avonhead Primary School news bulletins are regularly in our school assemblies on Monday afternoon for the whole school to see! Check out the links below.
Diwali afternoon across the school.......
Our latest Avonhead Primary School news bulletin......
Thursday, 2 November 2017
Term 4 Week 4, 2017
Welcome back to regular school routine! I hope everyone has had the chance to catch up on their sleep after a busy week of camp.
Today we had the school wide market day. There were so many great goodies being sold. It was clear that everyone put in a lot of work to their products! Excellent work everyone!
Next week we will be welcoming two guests into the HQ to share their expertise with us. On Tuesday Annette Pau'u will be working with the Te Reo group to do Harakeke weaving. On Thursday Richard Brunton will be sharing a presentation based on our Inquiry Unit - Healthy You.
Summer tournament is on Wednesday for those involved.
On Friday afternoon, the school will be celebrating Diwali through the creation of various arts and crafts. The seniors will be working as Tuakana with the year 3/4's. If you have any old CD's or 2L plastic bottles, please bring these into school at some point next week to use for these crafts.
Please bring any overdue library books to the library ASAP!
Enjoy your weekend!!
Today we had the school wide market day. There were so many great goodies being sold. It was clear that everyone put in a lot of work to their products! Excellent work everyone!
Next week we will be welcoming two guests into the HQ to share their expertise with us. On Tuesday Annette Pau'u will be working with the Te Reo group to do Harakeke weaving. On Thursday Richard Brunton will be sharing a presentation based on our Inquiry Unit - Healthy You.
Summer tournament is on Wednesday for those involved.
On Friday afternoon, the school will be celebrating Diwali through the creation of various arts and crafts. The seniors will be working as Tuakana with the year 3/4's. If you have any old CD's or 2L plastic bottles, please bring these into school at some point next week to use for these crafts.
Please bring any overdue library books to the library ASAP!
Enjoy your weekend!!
Wednesday, 25 October 2017
Hanmer Springs Camp 2017
Hello all!
We are having a fantastic time on camp here at Hanmer. The weather has been very kind and the rotation activities have been lots of fun. Our students have been busy taking part in mountain biking, tree climbing, bush hut building, orienteering, history sketching, mini golf and hiking (just to name a few). We've had a good giggle every night with the funny awards given out for hilarious things students have done and also challenges and goals that others have met.
Tomorrow is another action packed day with groups completing activities here at camp, up at the cemetery and within the township of Hanmer. Here are some snaps from our adventures to date:
We are having a fantastic time on camp here at Hanmer. The weather has been very kind and the rotation activities have been lots of fun. Our students have been busy taking part in mountain biking, tree climbing, bush hut building, orienteering, history sketching, mini golf and hiking (just to name a few). We've had a good giggle every night with the funny awards given out for hilarious things students have done and also challenges and goals that others have met.
Tomorrow is another action packed day with groups completing activities here at camp, up at the cemetery and within the township of Hanmer. Here are some snaps from our adventures to date:
Tuesday, 17 October 2017
Camp Information/Update - 17/10/17
Hello parents, caregivers and students!
With our Senior HQ camp just around the corner we are right into preparation for this big event. A reminder that camp is next week - Tuesday the 24th of October until Friday the 27th. Tonight we had our parent meeting in the HQ to brief the parent helpers on the information they need for the week of camp ahead. It was a great success and we thank the parents for attending. Students are setting up their camp books over the next few days and will be getting information about their bunk rooms, activity groups, camp programme etc.
It would be useful to start working through the packing process as soon as possible this week, using the gear list emailed previously or the paper copy that has been sent home. This will ensure you have everything on the list before next week. The list included check boxes to tick off as you go.
Please remember to supply the utensils and plastic plates and bowls etc which are CLEARLY NAMED in vivid or with a label. Even taping them or using sticky plasters will work. These are collected all together with everyone else's so they must be well named, just like the 2 tea towels your child also needs to bring.
Each child is required to bring a packet or bag of biscuits - home baking or nice bought ones. These will be used in lunches and for morning and afternoon teas daily, so ensure you have your packet in your gear. All packets will be collected as soon as we get to camp and stored in the kitchen.
Be mindful that weather is changeable in Hanmer so ensure students are prepared for warm weather, but most importantly cold weather too. Layers are important, along with a waterproof jacket. We won't be stopping activity rotations if the weather is wet. Several pairs of sneakers would be useful in case a pair get wet, so then you have another dry pair while the wet pair dry out. A swimming bag/plastic bag for transporting wet swimwear in a day pack (backpack) will also be useful along with another plastic bag for putting dirty clothes in for washing back home.
We are still in discussion about whether or not devices will be permitted. We will email parents and let the students know once the final decision has been made.
Regarding the hydroslides - we've suggested to keep costs down that your child goes on these on just ONE night if they want to at all. We visit the pools three nights but a single evening is perfectly adequate and keeps costs down. Your child needs to bring their $10 to camp and down to the pools on the night they would like to get the hydroslide pass, should they wish to go on them.
Finally, we are on the hunt for a chiller trailer/refrigerator trailer to borrow for the camp food. With so many chilled and frozen food items needing to be transported from school and collected from shops on the way, we are investigating to see if anyone has one or access to one that we could borrow or hire. Please email me directly on kmoore@avonhead.school.nz if you are able to help.
If you have any further questions, feel free to contact your child's home room teacher directly or email me on kmoore@avonhead.school.nz.
Thanks for your ongoing support!
With our Senior HQ camp just around the corner we are right into preparation for this big event. A reminder that camp is next week - Tuesday the 24th of October until Friday the 27th. Tonight we had our parent meeting in the HQ to brief the parent helpers on the information they need for the week of camp ahead. It was a great success and we thank the parents for attending. Students are setting up their camp books over the next few days and will be getting information about their bunk rooms, activity groups, camp programme etc.
It would be useful to start working through the packing process as soon as possible this week, using the gear list emailed previously or the paper copy that has been sent home. This will ensure you have everything on the list before next week. The list included check boxes to tick off as you go.
Please remember to supply the utensils and plastic plates and bowls etc which are CLEARLY NAMED in vivid or with a label. Even taping them or using sticky plasters will work. These are collected all together with everyone else's so they must be well named, just like the 2 tea towels your child also needs to bring.
Each child is required to bring a packet or bag of biscuits - home baking or nice bought ones. These will be used in lunches and for morning and afternoon teas daily, so ensure you have your packet in your gear. All packets will be collected as soon as we get to camp and stored in the kitchen.
Be mindful that weather is changeable in Hanmer so ensure students are prepared for warm weather, but most importantly cold weather too. Layers are important, along with a waterproof jacket. We won't be stopping activity rotations if the weather is wet. Several pairs of sneakers would be useful in case a pair get wet, so then you have another dry pair while the wet pair dry out. A swimming bag/plastic bag for transporting wet swimwear in a day pack (backpack) will also be useful along with another plastic bag for putting dirty clothes in for washing back home.
We are still in discussion about whether or not devices will be permitted. We will email parents and let the students know once the final decision has been made.
Regarding the hydroslides - we've suggested to keep costs down that your child goes on these on just ONE night if they want to at all. We visit the pools three nights but a single evening is perfectly adequate and keeps costs down. Your child needs to bring their $10 to camp and down to the pools on the night they would like to get the hydroslide pass, should they wish to go on them.
Finally, we are on the hunt for a chiller trailer/refrigerator trailer to borrow for the camp food. With so many chilled and frozen food items needing to be transported from school and collected from shops on the way, we are investigating to see if anyone has one or access to one that we could borrow or hire. Please email me directly on kmoore@avonhead.school.nz if you are able to help.
If you have any further questions, feel free to contact your child's home room teacher directly or email me on kmoore@avonhead.school.nz.
Thanks for your ongoing support!
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