Actions Needed:
Send gear for Brydon's & Gar Kee's Whānau Swimming - Monday 4 May
Year 3 Parents - email Urs if you are attending the Tuesday 5 May focus group
Send gear for Charlotte's, Rupert's & Sarah/Bina's Whānau Swimming - Tuesday 5 May
Send gear for Koru Hub Swimming - Thursday 7 May
Can you help Rufus & Mei Mei Fundraising for the Cancer Society
Sign up for Amesbury’s Got Talent 2026 - closes Monday 11 May
Registrations for Tough Guy and Gal Challenge
What's on this week?
Brydon's & Gar Kee's Whānau Swimming - Monday 4 May
4-year-old Programme - 2-2.45pm Monday 4 May
Charlotte's, Rupert's & Sarah/Bina's Whānau Swimming - Tuesday 5 May
Year 3 Parent and Whānau Focus Meeting - 5-6pm Tuesday 5 May
Co-curricular Lessons - Wednesday 6 & Friday 8 May
School Board Meeting - 5.30-7.30pm Wednesday 6 May
Koru Hub Swimming - Thursday 7 May
Pōhutukawa Swimming Lessons - Begin this week
Pōhutukawa Swimming begins this week with the different whānau groups on separate days:
Brydon's and Gar Kee's whānau groups are on Mondays
Charlotte's, Rupert's and Sarah's/Bina's whānau groups are on Tuesdays
Please note the day that your child attends swimming and ensure that they bring their swimming gear along on the appropriate day.
For more detail please read through this information article from Brydon.
Koru Hub Swimming - Continues on Thursdays
Swimming for Koru Hub began last week.
If you haven't done so already, please read this info which tells you which group your child is in, what they need each swimming day and the logistics for the day.
Learning Celebration in Week 5
As we near completion of our first learning module for the year - based on Newton's three laws of motion, friction, and gravity - it's timely to let you know that we have planned a Learning Celebration where the ākonga can demonstrate what they have learnt and created. This will occur at 2pm on Friday 29 May. However, if you can't make it at that time, you are welcome to come along between 8.30-9am that morning to view the displays and have your own child explain them to you. Either way, we hope that you can make it along.
For more details about what ākonga have been learning and what is happening on the day and what the other modules there are this year please read this information item.
Online Safety for Ngā Tamariki
We live in a digital world and a major parental focus is ensuring that we keep our tamariki safe while they are online.
To this end, Urs has put together this guidance around the issues and a link to resources that will assist in keeping your tamariki safe while on line.
Supporting The Winter Project
Not everyone in Wellington is fortunate to have all they need to keep themselves warm during the winter. With this mind, eleven years ago, a group of students from Samuel Marsden Collegiate School started The Winter Project. The Winter Project collects winter clothing and blankets that are then distributed to schools with families in need in the Wellington region.
On their behalf we have a collection point in the office for donations of warm jumpers, pants, jackets, polypros, blankets, beanies, scarves, gloves from now until 15th May. All donations will then be collected and distributed around King's Birthday weekend.
A sincere thanks in advance.
Morning Tea Sausage Sizzle
At morning tea time on Tuesday 12 May, alongside our annual Junior Invitational Cross Country which is being held at Amesbury, we will be holding a sausage sizzle fundraiser.
Please preorder sausages via Kindo no later than Sunday 10 May. Sausages are $2 each. Sausage options are: regular, gluten-free and vegetarian.
We also need at least 4 adult volunteers to prepare and to run the BBQ from 9am until approximately noon. If you are able to help for some or all of the time, please email hannah@amesbury.school.nz.
Fundraising for the Cancer Society
Two of our ākonga (students) Rufus & Mei Mei are undertaking activities to provide fundraising for the Cancer Society Relay for Life - and you can help!
After school on Friday 15 May they are holding a lemonade stall and bake sale. You can:
Contribute items
Purchase from the stall
Donate online
Please read here for all the details and more specifically you can be a vital part of the fundraising for an essential cause.
Scholastic Book Club
Orders for Issue 3 of the Scholastic Book Club are now open.
Please read the details of issue 3 and follow the easy link to place your order.
Online orders close on Monday 1 June.
Amesbury’s Got Talent 2026
Amesbury’s Got Talent is back. Registrations are now open for our annual talent contest.
Get preparing your item now to meet the following timetable:
Sign ups - close Monday 11 May
Heats - Weeks 5 & 6 (18th - 29th of May)
Finals - 2pm on Friday 12 June
For more details please read Hannah's Amesbury's Got Talent item.
Chess Opportunities
If you would like the opportunity to play in a chess tournament, here is your chance.
Hannah has set out details for four chess tournaments that are coming up. Read all about it here and enter any or all of them. NOTE: One of the tournaments provides a section for brand new players, so everyone is catered for.
Share & Celebrate Term 2 Week 2
We held our latest Share & Celebrate to close out the school week. What a great array of reasons to recognise the various tamariki this week - sport, leadership, helping others.
However, there was one in particular that caught my attention, and it was to Ollie and Callan (who is a former student) - both aged 9 - who wrote and published a book called The Adventures of Activity and Pig. How amazing is that! What's more it's available for sale if you are looking to assist a couple of aspiring authors.
For all the details on all of the recipients, read here.
Out of School Care
A reminder that we have two out-of-school care organisations that operate here at Amesbury School. While they are both independent of the school we acknowledge the contribution that they make in providing for Amesbury tamariki. Please use their services, if appropriate, as we would not like to lose them from school due to insufficient patronage.
Kelly Club offer before and after school care as well as holiday programmes
Kelly Sports provide a programme on Wednesdays (3.05-4.05pm). Unless they receive more sign ups the programme will be suspended this term.
Lunch Orders
Here’s what’s on the menu:
Wednesday: Subway - new in Term 2
Thursday: Pizza Hut
Friday: Lyxe Sushi
Ordering is quick, easy, and one less thing to think about in the morning. You order from home (or on the go), and your child's lunch is delivered to school, ready to eat.
Here's how:
Log in to the Kindo app (or set up an account at shop.kindo.co.nz)
Pick from the menu on your school's available days
Your child collects their lunch at school
Order & win!
Every Ezlunch order placed between 27 April - 22 May goes in the draw to win 1 of 5 x $50 Kindo credits each week.
Order here mykindo.co.nz
T&Cs apply.
This coming week our theme is Mother's Day and we have so much fun planned. We will be:
baking some yummy heart shaped pastries
using coffee filters to make some amazing flowers
playing some football; and
creating some really cool coasters.
We cannot wait to see you all there and have a great weekend.
Sign up now for Kelly Sports - happening at Amesbury - it happens on Wednesday from 3.05-4.05pm.
Thai Festival 2026
You’re invited to a free cultural experience at the Thai Festival 2026.
The Royal Thai Embassy, together with the Thai Community in New Zealand, warmly welcomes you to Thai Festival 2026: “Sawasdee New Zealand, 70 Years of Friendship”, marking 70 years of diplomatic relations between Thailand and Aotearoa New Zealand. This free, family-friendly event offers a rich and immersive experience of Thai culture.
Event details:
Date: Saturday, 16 May 2026
Time: 10am – 4pm (Opening Ceremony at 10:45am)
Location: Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington
Entry: Free
The Breakthrough Parent
The Breakthrough Parent is a national hybrid event bringing together leading researchers to provide practical, evidence-informed guidance for parents around:
• Emotional wellbeing and behaviour• The impact of social media• Supporting children through stress and change• What helps build resilience and connection at home
Date: 23 May - Tickets from $19 – Early Bird Ends 10 May
View event details:www.thebreakthroughparent.com
Online Child Protection
Whānau, parents and caregivers are invited to a FREE Online Child Protection session with expert John Parsons.
When: 5.30-6.30pm Tuesday 9 June
Where: Tiakiwai Conference Centre - National Library of NZ - 70 Molesworth Street, Thorndon, Wellington (Best access to the theatre is from the entrance on Aitken St).
Cost: FREE
Register Here (spaces are limited)
