Hi there everyone!
How exciting – homeschool Group is starting THIS week with so much that is NEW!!!
This Term we are changing our venue – to The Narrows Park, Hamilton, on Airport Road.
Al
and Dot Belcher run this camp now and are homeschooling themselves, so
have offered this venue to us, which will make a nice change.
The Dates for Homeschool Group this Term are Wednesdays: May 8th,22nd, June 5th 19th, July 3rd.
Attached is the Class Option List for Term 2.
Important! (Registrations now Closed).
Here is the Daily Plan:
Arrive 10am to set up.
10:15 Announcements.
Classes will start 10:30 sharp.
11:30 Change over classes
12:30 Lunch
Fellowship time
Clean up
So looking forward to seeing you all there!
Our
mid-year terms provide such great opportunities for making and growing
friendships, and for support in your Homeschooling journey.
As well as the great opportunities for our children to learn new skills in these classes!
May God bless you all,
Jackie, Charleen, Rochelle and Mary
Session
One 10:30-11:30am
Creche
/ M&M’s 0-6yrs
No limit. Theresa Shephard & mother
helpers - Music & Movement.
Out
Door Sports Open Ages
No
limit
Charleen +
Helper
pls
Art Lessons 6-10yrs
Max 6 NEW
CLASS!!! Michelle Dyman
Using the Faber Castell DVD
Beginner
Ukelele Lessons 8yrs+
Max 10
NEW CLASS!!! Rosalie Welch
(Practise will be necessary) – at least
3x per wk.
Maori
Language/Weaving Open age No
limit Marietta - see
notes for more info...
Helper pls
Cooking
7yrs +
Max 10
COST Mary,
Chris Bovill, &
Monique. See notes below...
Downhill
Trolleys & BMX Bikes 8yrs+
Wendy & Jo Daczo (BYO
bikes or use the Narrows’) Bikes cost
$3 per person for using Narrows Bikes, there are 6 of them
suitable up to about age 10
Tivaivai
Quilting 9yrs+ New
Class!!!
Grace Meneer
Helper pls
Girls must be able to hand
sew . See notes for more info...
Basic
Machine Sewing (BYO
machine & item to make)
10+yrs
Max 5 NEW
CLASS!!! Rochelle will teach & supervise.
Choose a basic item to make & bring it to cut out on first wk
Creative
Writing Lessons
8-12yrs
Max 20 NEW
CLASS!!! Cost
Luke
Williamson English tutor (see attached info).
Computer
10yrs+ Lynda
Flavell Microsoft
Office class - Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Valuable life skills.
Laptop & Microsoft Office needed. Helper
pls
Outdoor
Adventure Activities 10 yrs+ No
limit Includes
Archery/Shooting/Go-Carts/Orienteering/Burma Trail/team Building
Games & more (See notes below)
Cost $11 per person per term for everything.
Dot
Belcher , Jackie & Helper
pls
Session
Two 11:30-12:30pm
Creche/Story
time/Singing/Craft 0-6 yrs
Sheena/Charleen
Fun
Games 6-7 yrs (Max
8) NEW
CLASS!!! Debra
& Helper pls
Educational
maths & literacy games
Computer
5-9yrs Lynda
Flavell Using Word Pad Mouse/Keyboard
skills and Paint. Fun class! Laptop required Helper
pls
Maori
Language/Weaving Open age No
limit Marietta - see
notes for more info...
Helper pls
Cooking
7yrs + Max
10
COST
Mary, Chris Bovill and Monique. See
notes below...
Downhill
Trolleys & BMX Bikes 8yrs+
Wendy & Helper
pls (BYO bikes or use the Narrows’)
Bikes cost $3 per person for
using Narrows Bikes, there are 6 of them suitable up to about age 10
Beginners
Crotchet 8yrs + Max
10
NEW
CLASS!!! Jo
Daczo & Helper
pls
Art
Lessons 6-10yrs
Max 6 NEW
CLASS!!! Michelle Dyman
Using the Faber Castell DVD
Photography
12 + yrs
Max 6 Colleen & Jann
Drama
10-17yrs (No
limit) Cost
NEW CLASS!!!
Luke
Williamson English tutor (see attached info).
Outdoor
Adventure Activities 10 yrs+ No
limit Includes
Archery/Shooting/Go-Carts/Orienteering/Burma Trail/team Building
Games & more (See notes below)
Cost $11 per person per term for everything.
Dot
Belcher , Jackie & Helper
pls
Notes
for more information on the classes offered...
Firstly
we are very glad to have Mr Luke Williamson,
come to teach us English and Drama. It is
always a blessing to be able to supplement and complement our
homeschooling with input from someone else! At the planning meeting
we asked the Mums what they felt would be their children’s
greatest need as far as English tuition was concerned, and then
also, what they felt their children would most enjoy learning! To
provide for both of these needs, Luke is offering two different
classes – both will be fun and full of variety!
The
cost of the lesson will depend on how many students in the class –
but will probably be somewhere between $3 and $10 each. Obviously
the more students in the class the better! We would like to see his
classes very well attended as this is a wonderful opportunity for
your children to grow their English skills!
Here is a note from him regarding ideas for the first 3
classes in Creative Writing...
Writing lesson 1
Repetition in Storytelling - Students will write the Puss in
Boots story based on a simple visual prompts with scope for
creativity.
Writing lesson 2
Fables/Proverbs.
Starting with a
moral idea and letting writing techniques serve it is sadly lacking
in our sensation-loving culture.
Students will
choose from three or four simple, vivid Biblical proverbs and write
a story to illustrate the point.
Writing lesson 3
Rhyming etc.
What is it about?
Language has a sort of music to it. This lesson is about the ways in
which words can match, such as consonance. We will look at some
simple poems with a high level of consonance etc. Then the students
will create their own list poems. Co-operation will be an option.
For the writing
lessons, I would love for the students to present their work for
each lesson at the start of the following lesson. However, depending
on how many students there are, this may take a lot of time. Perhaps
this could be done outside of lesson time? Or perhaps the students
could be satisfied with presenting their work to me and to their
families at home?
And his Drama
classes:
Each session will
begin with a session of easy theatre sports (drama practice
activities). Then we will practice a drama. Emphasis will be on
expression, actions, and being visible and audible to an audience.
There will be ample feedback and tips to help each student take that
one step further. Learning lines will be kept to a minimum and there
will be a fresh start and a fresh drama each session. The aim is to
build the students’ confidence and help them to not merely speak
and do things but act and perform. The dramas chosen have plenty to
do for all participants. I will write a few comments on each student
after each class so that there is something to perform for apart
from me watching. If any parents or other people could watch the
final performance at the end of each class or even video it, that
would make it even better.
Also
we have Rosalie Welch offering to teach
Ukelele lessons .
Here is her note...
I
thought I'd better write to tell you about what I want to do for the
ukulele lessons next term.
The
children will need their own ukulele to practise on at home and
bring to lessons -although I do have one extra one that I can lend
out and I am always considering buying more -such great
instruments... For the actual lessons, I do have two extra ukuleles
that I can bring along for playing on during the lesson. The lessons
are quite short, although by the time everyone is tuned up and has
had a go at all the chords and strums, they can easily take 40 mins.
Most recently I taught my three nieces (Jessica Darlington's girls)
and because they had practised, and there were only three of them,
we got through in only 15 mins. And, I can pad out the lesson with
some singsong at the end, it can probably give them an idea where to
go next after their lessons. Also, I would like it if each family
bought -or I can buy them if reimbursed -a clearfile book for the
music handouts. I think they are easy to find at most $2 stores. It
would need at least ten pages -each lesson has 4 sides you see and
if I continued in term 3, another set of 5 lessons with 4 sides per
lesson adds up to a 20 page book.
Making
a Tivaivai Quilt. Grace Menneer.
We
will work together to make a tivaivai quilt that Mr Seuli will take
to Samoa and give to someone recovering from the cyclone that hit
there last year. If you would like to see what a tivaevae looks like
go to www.atiu-fibrearts.com/catalogue
for some examples. Each student will make their own design to add to
the whole. This is a ‘missions’ class in the sense that it is to
give away to those in need. Materials provided but you are welcome
to contribute if you like.
BMX
BIKES and Downhill Trolleys 8yrs+
- Wendy & helper
please for session 2. The
BMX bikes cost $3 per
person for using Narrows Bikes, there are 6 of them suitable up
to about age 10. If everyone brings their own bikes they can do it
for free :) Any age can ride around the park on their bikes, the
older kids might like to go down some of the bigger hills and sheep
tracks, the younger ones (10 and under) would be best suited on the
BMX track.
From Dot and Al –
who run the Narrows park...
“The archery
and air rifles could be run together, that would be fine.
There are usually 4 people shooting bows at a time and 4 people
shooting air rifles at a time.
Keep in mind we'd
have to pay for any equipment if it was damaged (ie. broken arrows
cost $10 to replace)
The downhill
trolleys are suited to all ages from 8 up. They can push
them around on the flat as a team game, they could then go up the
hills. If the older ones find it easy they can go to the top of the
hill (which is pretty high) and try different tracks. Most school
groups would use them for 30-40min. I think we'd need to come up
with 2-3 type games with them to fill an hour. eg. down the hill,
racing around obstacles against the clock?
All of the Narrows
Park Activities (the paid for ones) are taught to our adults to
supervise by a Narrows Park staff member first. Once we are
confident with them then we can run them ourselves but they say to
keep the same trained adult on the same activity.”
Outdoor
Adventure Activities We will select a
variety of activities from this list – something different each
time. The $11 charge covers the Go Karts/ Archery and Shooting for
one person for the whole term.
Free
Orienteering
Burma Trail
Field sports like
soccer, volleyball, cricket
Team building type
games - eg. there are hoops, "snow shoes" which are planks
with 3 sets of foot holds for 3 people to walk together on, rope
swing onto pallet towers,
Bivouac making
(constructing huts from Bamboo poles and twine or flax)
There's also a
medic game using the same materials to make a stretcher and carry a
team member to a chosen location. skills like knots, construction
and the ability to work as a team to carry someone.
We could also do a
pond study or eeling
Build little
outdoor fires and cook damper or marshmallows
Maori
Language Classes –
From Marietta: I can include a
little bit of flax work while we learn the Maori names for these
things and perhaps even learn a popular Maori song and/or a stick
game. We could learn to make poi too. Oh so much we could do. One of
those things each week would actually fill the weeks very well. It
would of course be basic stuff, like counting, vowel sounds,
greetings and learning nouns.
Cooking
The 22nd May and 19th June the children will
be cooking a hot meal for everyone at Homeschool Group Catering
Style– available to buy for a small cost. A wonderful learning
experience for the children, and such a blessing for all of us as we
get a yummy hot meal for lunch! The other weeks the children will
get to take home their cooking.
Photography - Please bring your own camera, with charged batteries and sufficient space on memory card to take photos. Also bring a USB stick that we can copy notes onto for you.