Homeschool Group Annual Swimming Sports Day

When:

Wednesday 1st February

BE THERE 9: 15 am for a 9:30am sharp start time.  (We have to be out of the complex by 12:30pm or else we pay more).

Where:

Municipal pools, Lower Victoria St, Hamilton.

(Pay Parking available across the road). (Meter maids do patrol the street).

What:

* A fun filled day of swimming and competition for everyone!

*Sausage Sizzle available for lunch. (*Only if we have some people volunteering to bring their portable BBQ and set this all up) Leatitia is not here this year, so someone else needs to organise it please! Email me if this is you...?

*Prizegiving afterwards!

Who:

All children from preschool to upper level teens – even parents can swim in the parents race if you are keen!

How:

Bring…

* Your best Cheering Voices!!!,

* Hats, sunscreen, plenty of drinking water, picnic lunch, camera!

* Older teens – this is a great day for you!!! Don’t miss out!

* Money – Costs: $2 per swimmer, Money for Sausage sizzle, Parking,

  * We will need plenty of parent help on the day with record keeping, place-giving etc. Come expecting to be given a job! J

Lets look forward to a great day out together!

God bless you all,

Jackie, Charleen, Rochelle, and Mary.

Term Dates and Events

Hi everyone,

Well there is only one more week left of these glorious holidays before we all have to roll up our sleeves again and get back into the work!!!

I must confess to a certain degree of reluctance on my part, and then I felt the Lord say to me ‘ Put your whole heart and soul into it girl, and give it your very best!!!’.         
Col 3v23 “ ...do your work heartily as to the Lord...” Wow – ok Lord – I ‘m not going to argue this one!

So we are looking forward to a great year ahead!!!

The School TERM dates for 2012 are:

Term 1: Between Mon 30 Jan  and Tues 7^th Feb till  Tues 7 Feb

Term 2: Mon 23^rd April till Fri 29^th June

Term 3: Mon 16^th July till Fri 28^th September

Term 4: Mon 15^th Oct and no later than Thurs 2oth Dec.

Our Homeschool Group Dates and Events for this term are:

1)     Wed 1^st Feb  Annual Swimming Sports Day Starts at 9:30 am! Cost $2 per swimmer  (see separate email).

2)     Wed 15^th Feb   Te Waihou Walkway and Blue Spring (Out Putaruru way)

3)    Wed 29^th Feb   Double programme: – A tour of the Hamilton SPCA and - Games and lunch at the Hamilton Lake.

4)    Wed 14^th March  ? Tour of Huntly Power Station and/or Rivermill Bread factory in Huntly. (To be confirmed).

5)     Wed 28 March  Graeme Braddock Art – This time doing Cartoons!

At this stage 29^th Feb and 14^th March may be swapped around, and have yet to be confirmed. Watch this space!!!

Tomorrow our family is heading away for the week to Ohakune (of all places in the summer!) for our holiday, so please do continue to email me, but just know that I may not be able to reply until I get home next weekend.

Love and God bless you all!

Jackie

T.H.E.N. Homeschool Conference

Saturday 11 February 2012

Hillcrest Baptist Church

Corner of Clyde St and Knighton Rd
Hillcrest

You are invited to a day of encouragement, innovation and information for your homeschooling journey. T.H.E.N. is sponsoring another Homeschool Conference in February next year. There will be 3 sessions, each with 3 separate workshops, held over the day.

Morning and afternoon tea is provided and there is a shopping centre 2 minutes walk away for those that wish to buy their lunch.

We have a selection of curriculum vendors attending for the day and you are able to purchase all through the conference until 4pm.

To encourage the men in our families to be involved, a special price of $30.00 for couples is being offered to THEN Members.

Costs for registrations prepaid by 27 January 2012

$20.00 per person - THEN Members

$30.00 per couple - THEN Members

$35.00 per person - non Members

Cost from 28 January 2012 and on the day - $40.00 per person THEN member or non member.

Registrations are now open.

Register online here.

THEN Homeschool Conference

February 11^th 2012

Hillcrest Baptist Church
Corner of Clyde St and Knighton Rd
Hillcrest

Programme

09:00am Open for Registration

09:30 - 10:00am Morning Tea (Provided)

10:05am Start and welcome

10:10 – 10:30am Keynote Address – Cynthia Hancox

10:45 – 11:45am Session 1

Goodbye Chaos, Hello Peace	Cynthia Hancox
Getting Started	Christine Cave
Secondary School Options	CUPS, CIE, Correspondence School, ACE
Reluctant/Later Readers	Cally Brown

11.45am - 12.30pm Lunch (Tea/coffee provided)

12:30pm – 1:25pm Session 2

Cambridge Intrernational Exams	Erena Fussel/Judith Tizard
Christian Worldviews	Gladys Billing
Keeping It Simple	Margaret Evans
Ideas For Dads	Nigel Taylor
Meet & Chat	Cynthia Hancox

1:30pm – 2:30 pm Session 3

Food Intolerance & Its Effects On Learning	Cynthia Hancox
Unschooling	Cally Brown
Lapbooking/Unit Studies	Johanna Whittaker
Alpha Careers First	John Oehley

2:30pm – 2:45pm Afternoon Tea (Provided)

2.45pm – 3.15pm Session 4 Panel

Homeschool graduates and homeschooling parents

Auditorium

Close and thanks.

Vendors stalls open until 4pm

Writing classes and Tutoring

Institute for Excellence in Writing by Andrew Pudewa

 

For your information.

 

Writing classes offered for all ages.

 

Please feel free to send to other groups you are involved in.

 

Please contact me if you have any questions.

 

Thanks

Yvonne  y.jonker@xtra.co.nz

Planning Meeting for Term 1, 2012

Hi everyone,

We will be having a planning meeting for term 1 this Wednesday 18^th Jan at 10 am at Mary Shepherds home, 89 Poaka Ave, Hamilton.  Sorry this is relatively short notice, but it is the only time we could have it.

It would be great to have as many of you come as possible, to brain storm ideas for the events and trips we like to do in this term.

At this point we can confirm that the Annual Swimming sports will be held on WEDNESDAY 1^st Feb 2012 on our first get together for the year - at the Municipal pools, Victoria Street, Hamilton.

We will be starting at 9:30 Am sharp as we only have a 3 hour slot booked in, so we need to be there well before then to be settled, changed and ready to go!

More details will be sent soon.

Hope to see you in a couple of days at Mary’s.

Meanwhile, enjoy your hols!

Jackie

Card Making Classes

Dry Embossing Card Making Class

Time: Thursdays 12.30pm -2.30pm commencing in Term One 16th February - 3rd April.

Maximum:( 6 )we have only two spaces left.

Age: more suited to 10-14 year old girls but everyone welcome.

Fun social class cost is $40.00 for the term.

Each week children will be given a card making pack containing enough for one or two cards depending on the degree of difficulty.

All paper and tools are provided except scissors.

Children take home cards they have made.  

Make a display on A3 card to share at the end of term with home school group sharing techniques they have learned.

  

 - Thank you cards

 - Birthday Cards

 - Get Well Cards

 - Anniversary Cards  etc

 I have a large range of brass embossing templates.t teach children how to dry embossing using a light box or even a window.

flowers, Animals, dresses, presents, Christmas themes, cars, trucks, tools and boats, hearts, ladybugs, and much more. 

So we will start with two basic cards and end with one or two more complex cards layering paper together.

Each child will receive a gift pack at the end of term with a quality brass stencil from Lasting Impressions USA, an embossing tool and some paper.

 Cheers Melissa

219 Boyd Road

Horsham Downs

Hamilton North.

PH 078545475

 cmhodgkinson@xnet.co.nz