Actions Needed:
Sign up for the Kapa Haka Performance Group -Last Chance
Send gear for Brydon's & Gar Kee's Whānau Swimming - Monday 29 June
Send gear for Charlotte's, Rupert's & Sarah/Bina's Whānau Swimming - Tuesday 30 June
Please, add an item to your weekly shop to help our vulnerable neighbours - Downtown Community Ministry
Link your New World Club+ card to the school by completing this form
Register for ICAS exams - Close 2 July
What's on this week?
Brydon's & Gar Kee's Whānau Swimming - Monday 29 June
4-year-old Programme - 2-2.45pm Monday 29 June
Charlotte's, Rupert's & Sarah/Bina's Whānau Swimming - Tuesday 30 June
Regional Cross Country - Tuesday 30 June
Co-curricular Lessons (catch ups) - Wednesday 1 July
School Reports go live on HERO - after school Wednesday 1 July
Rāroa Intermediate Experience for Year 6 Students - Thursday 2 July
Regional Cross Country (ppmt date) - Thursday 2 July
Amesbury Awesomeness - 2.15pm Thursday 2 July
School Finishes for the Term - 3pm Thursday 2 July
School Closed: Staff Only Day: Maths Curriculum - Friday 3 July
First Day Term 3 - 9am Monday 20 July
Amesbury Kapa Haka Performance Group - Please Sign Up ASAP
Every year Amesbury sends a performance group along to the St. Brigid’s Kapa Haka Festival. This year it will be held on Saturday 19 September at Newlands College.
With it being a non-competitive festival we invite all interested tamariki to participate from any year level. Participants are asked to complete this form and in Term 3 our Kapa Haka Tutor, Hemi Prime, will work with them during school time to prepare.
More details about the festival can be found here. Please read and sign up.
Co-curricular Lessons in Term 3
Our co-curricular lessons are proving more and more popular, especially with the addition of both Cricket & Chess this year. But there is so much more.
Sign up for any co-curricular classes from the range offered. We may even be able to provide individual lessons in additional instruments - please ask John. With classes commencing in Week 1, now is a perfect time to do so.
Read all about our co-curricular classes here, and contact John to sign up and with any questions that you may have.
Chess Tournament Success
We were excited to host the NZCF Wellington Region Tournament this week, but were even more excited when one of our teams won the tournament, thereby qualifying for Nationals later this year.
Details of the tournament can be found here.
Share & Celebrate
We had our latest Share & Celebrate on Friday, to recognise the latest group of students who have stood out doing a variety of deeds which uphold the values of Amesbury.
Read all about these tamariki here.
School Uniform Price Increase
Unfortunately, due to supplier price increases, some uniform items will increase in price from 17 July.
For details of what will increase and their new prices, please see Rachel's article.
ICAS Exams 2026 - Registrations close Thursday
ICAS are on again this year and will be facilitated by Amesbury for any of our interested Year 3-6 tamariki. Read here for all of the information you need to take part.
Next steps:
For those who have not participated in ICAS exams at Amesbury previously parents are required to attend a short meeting held in Pōhutukawa on Thursday 18 June @ 4:30pm
Complete an ICAS Registration Form for each child no later than Thursday 2 July
Make payment for the exam prior to sitting the exam
Lunch
Please, no glass containers for food at school (due to the safety reasons when dropped)
If your child is regularly bringing yummy food that requires a utensil to eat it, please pack a fork, spoon or chopsticks in their lunchbox, or have one they can rinse after using and keep in a bag or container in their school bag.
Entertainment Books
The Offer :
Buy One Membership, Get One Free
Plus, chance to win a $5000 Entertainment Travel Voucher
Promotion Date: Friday 26 June 7pm to Wednesday 1 July 2026 at 7pm.
Furthermore, don’t forget that any Membership purchased in 2026 goes into the draw to win the Ultimate Expedition to Antarctica for Two (worth over $40,000).
Amesbury School Fundraising Page
We have received notifications from a number of organisations of activities that they are running during the forthcoming holidays. These have been consolidated here and the list will be added to as further notifications are received.
Muritai School - Where in the World Travel Raffle
