TERM DATES FOR 2012
Term 1: Tuesday 31st January to Thursday 5th April
Term 2: Monday 23rd April to Friday 29th June
Term 3: Monday 16th July to Friday 28th September
Term 4: Monday 15th October to Friday 14th December
Enviro School
Our school has had a history of involvement with Environmental Education over many years and it has been strongly supported by our community.
We have had on-going links with a number of community organisations for well over ten years. These include DOC, Bream Head Conservation Trust, Experiencing Marine Reserves, the Landcare Forum, See Orca - Ingrid Visser, North Tec. etc. These relationships have enriched the childrens' learning with real issues from their community.
We have also had a long standing relationship with the Northland Regional Council, especially Susan Karels, their Environmental Eduction Officer and Enviroschools Co-ordinator. As well as Julie Holt also now an Environmental Education Officer and Enviroschools Co-ordinator. They have guided us through our Bronze and Silver Enviroschools Awards.
Although a lot of work has been done, we still have many ideas and projects we would like to work on to take us into the future. We will continue to use the Enviroschools guidelines to help us to do this.
Take a look at some of the photos in our photo gallery section.
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2012
ART CLASSES AT THE HEADS 2012
Introductory Workshop Day: An all day tutored workshop to introduce you to the disciplines of various forms of art making ie preintmaking, clay, painting etc .First Tuesday of each month 9.30am - 2.30pm. Cost $5 per day to cover materials. Tutorage FREE.
Open Day: Last Tuesday of each month.
Tutored Day and Evening Classes:- tutored by Carole Prentice
Nature Journaling:Flora and Fauna - tutored by Carole Prentice.
All classes will be held in the Art Shed situated in the Whangarei Heads School grounds.
For further information re course information, costs, etc, contact Carole Prentice, 4340114.
FUNKY FISHING AND DIVING COMPETITION
This year's FUNKY FISHING AND DIVING COMPETITION will be held on SATURDAY 17TH MARCH.
Weigh in and prizegiving will be held at the Whangarei Heads School.
Early Bird Ticket Discount and Prize Draw: Purchase your fishing tickets before 17th February and be in the draw to WIN!!!
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iPod touch (senior draw prize)
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Digital Camera (junior draw prize)
Senior Tickets - $15 (saving $5) Junior Tickets: $4 (saving $1). This offer only available until 17th February.
(Ticket prices will be $20 and $5 for the tournament)
Visit our Funky Fishing website: www.funkyfishing.co.nz for more information
The Incredible Years
The Incredible Years programme is a parenting programme aimed at helping parents have better relationships with their children, child's teacher; gain skills to feel more confident about their parenting and have a positive and nurturing parenting style.
The course will be held at school every Thursday morning weekly for fourteen weeks commencing 23rd February. Parents, grandparents and caregivers are welcome to attend.
The course presenters are all Miriam Centre trained facilitators.
WELCOME
WELCOME ....WELCOME ...WELCOME
Welcome to the 2012 school year. We are looking forward to having you and hope you are ready to enjoy the exciting challenges that our school offers.
All students are important to us. We want our school to be a great place to learn and a fun place to be.
OUTDOOR EDUCATION ACADEMY FOR YEAR 7 & 8 PUPILS
Next year we are starting an exciting new initiative in our Year 7 & 8 class – it will be ‘Excellence Through Action’ with our Outdoor Education Academy. The programme of learning will be run by Matthew Dennis, one of our awesome team here at school. We realise how very important academic achievement and the preparation of our students for High School is to our parents and students. We also realise that we live in a unique environment, one that offers incredible opportunities for learning; our Academy will make the most of these things. This proposal was presented to the parents and students who will be in Year 7 & 8 in 2012, and we have had overwhelming support for the concept. We will keep you informed of our progress as this exciting prospect unfolds!
We continue to have a steady stream of students enrolling – it’s great to see so many new families joining our school and community, especially at the junior end of the school. They offer huge support to our school and I must say a huge thank you for all the assistance we receive.
Upcoming Events
- Incredible Years Parenting Programme(Now)
- Room 1 Camp Peach Cove(7 hours)
- Assessment Week(4 days)
- BOT Meeting(19 days)
- FUNKY FISHING AND DIVING COMPETITION(23 days)
- End of Term 1(42 days)
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