It was a fabulous day: lovely weather, exciting rotations, delicious food and talent to boot - who could ask for more?
Thursday, September 24, 2015
Dear Paddington Bear...
Koru Hub enjoyed having a visitor and helping him plan his next adventure around the world.
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Day 3: Roaring around rotations
We started the first of our two rotation days today. We worked our way through our first rotation module of archery, slingshot paint balls and the challenging confidence course. We also started our second of three rotation modules of zip line, climbing and team building.
Bikes in Schools application submitted by Amesbury School with support of Churton Park School
Amesbury School's application is now in for the next round of the WCC's Bikes in Schools project.
Your school needs you!
Amesbury School is hoping to hold an International Festival week 16 - 20th November. However, it will not happen without community support.
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Harakeke storms the Abel Tasman.
We had a fabulous day walking in the Abel Tasman National Park today.
2 minutes of brushing
The mouth - just one of the many interesting things we learned about this term...
End of Term 3 - Housekeeping
As we approach the end of term 3, there are a few things we'd like to draw your attention to;
Monday, September 21, 2015
Day One of our South Island Camp
A bumpy start to our camp with quite a rough crossing across the strait. However, we're here and all settled in now.
High Five Awards - Week 9 (14-18 September 2015)
Congratulations to all students who received a High Five Award in week 9.
Playground funding
Many thanks to the NZ Community Trust for funding $5,000 towards the new playground!
Friday, September 18, 2015
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Netball 2015
Well done to all our netball players who represented Amesbury School this season...
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Wellington North Primary Schools' Citizenship Awards
Which Year 6 student from Amesbury School will be presented the award for showing "true leadership, citizenship and contribution to school life"?
Women's Movie Night - Wednesday 23rd September @ 7:00pm
Lesley and Mary Jane would like to invite you to join them for another of Amesbury School's famous Women's Movie Nights.
Friday, September 11, 2015
Chinese Artistry
Today we had Chinese artist, Deyu Cheng teaching us how to do traditional bamboo paintings...
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Survey - Out of School Care Programmes
Whether you currently do or don't use, anticipate, consider or might use, we need your input and feedback on our out of school care service...
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Churton Park International Festival (Mon 16th - Fri 20th Nov)
Just 9 weeks to go, so we've started planning. Would you, or someone you know, be interested in sharing a part of your culture?
Monday, September 7, 2015
High Five Awards - Week 7, Term 3 (31 August - 04 September 2015)
Congratulations to our High Five Award recipients last week.
Friday, September 4, 2015
We're on the right track!
Personalising learning (also known as targeted teaching or differentiated learning) has been much talked about but is still seldom done well in schools. It's a hard road but Amesbury School is definitely on the right track!
Thursday, September 3, 2015
Good Morning World - From Mt Ruapehu
Our dreams were answered! No wind and lots of snow this morning. We are looking at a winter wonderland out there!
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Ski Camp Day 2 with Horizontal Snow
Snowmen, snow fights, igloos and games master challenges. Wind, wind and more wind!
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
New look Amesbury School website due for launch
Amesbury School staff have worked with Firebrand to create an all new website with a very clean and crisp look.
Artsplash 2015
Fourteen students from Amesbury School joined 800 other students from around Wellington to put on a spectacular show.