Exciting Dates From Rose

AFTERNOON TEA for Home Educators, especially for NEW or INTENDING Home Educators or people new to the area, mainly to meet up and maybe share ideas, curriculums used, etc.  Bring a plate if it suits, don't worry if it doesn't.  "Older" HEs very welcome also.

This will be at 2pm at Rose's on MONDAY, 9 JUNE.

ALSO:

Quite separately from home educating, I am presently involved in bring Warwick Pascoe and his educational presentation- The Making of a Masterpiece-to the West Coast.  He plans to be here on 28/29 July and I don't see why we Home Educator's should miss out!  He takes us on an amazing hour-long animated journey from birth back to conception in an interactive, humorous way, and having seen him in action, I can definitely recommend it and can also assure everyone that it is quite suitable for all ages and quite non-controversial.  Will let you know more when detais are finalised but mark those dates.  Will probably be OUTSIDE school hours.  You can look it up on www.masterpiece.org.nz.

ALSO:

My apologies for Project Day not happening last year - time just seemed to get out of hand.  So have decided to get in early this year and am looking tentatively at THURSDAY, 3 JULY at KAIATA HALL, GREYMOUTH AREA.  If some thing comes up, or there is illness around, we might look at shifting it 

to the beginning of the 3rd term.  For all of you  who know about Project Day, start preparing or dusting up your projects and practise doing speeches

to your families.  Can be about something you have studied, or are interested in or are expert at or maybe tell about somewhere you have been.  I was thinking that this year we should have a cultural theme for the shared lunch, prepared by the children if possible, for something different.  Maybe if everyone could make something that reflected their ethnicity?

I still haven't sorted out an afternoon activity yet so welcome any ideas please or maybe we could look at going to the Aquatic Centre?

ALSO:

If anyone is interested in joining in with part or all of a Ski Week with the Correspondence School Parent's Association Canterbury Branch -NB - You do not have to be doing Correspondence- let me know and I can send you details.  The week starts 11 August, will be in Cardrona, Treble Cone area and they are a nice bunch of people to be away with.  Skiing is very expensive but this group manage to get really good deals, being educational!  If you are keen, let me know sooner rather than later as they need to book accommodation especially.

That's all from me at the moment.

Will be good to catch up with you all,

Rose

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Camp

HELLO EVERYONE,

My apologies for such short notice but I thought we had better run with this while this wonderful weather is holding and before it starts getting too cold.

So for the details:

WHERE: LAKE MAHINAPUA DOC CAMPING GROUND (just south of Hokitika for any new people)

WHEN: This Wed, Thurs and Fri - 9th, 10th and 11 April.

TIME: If we arrive and set up on Wed morning and can get started after lunch would be good.

We will finish up and pack up again after lunch on Friday.

WHAT IF? You haven't got a tent, like your own bed too much or have other appointments?

Feel free to turn up to activities whenever it suits you.

COST: It costs $6 per night for adults and $3 per night for schoolage children, (Age below 5 are free) to camp the night and fees are paid into the supplied honesty box, so it is handy to have the right cash available.

No fee if you are not staying the night

WHAT TO BRING? Bring all your own food, clothing and camping gear. If you have bikes or boats - and can fit them in! - bring them along but not essential.

Whatnot Puzzle Page Answers

CLOWING AROUND

Dodo is at B (clue 1). Coco has been with the circus 3 years and the clown at

A for 2 years (clue 2), so Coco is at C. By elimination, Bobo whose real name is

Mike (3), is at A. Tom has been with the circus 5 years (4), so is at B.

By elimination, Jack is at C.

HUB-WORDS - Solution

9-letter word - EDUCATION Some other words of five letters or more containing the hub letter I: actin, adieu, antic, audio, audit, canid, cited, coati, cutie, dicot, dicta, edict, indue, nicad, tenia, tonic, tunic, unite, untie, action, atonic, auntie, coined, detain, induce, induct, notice, united, untied, aconite, auction, caution, conduit, noctuid, noticed.

Shared Meal Break Up

Dentist

The Hokitika dental nurse is now seeing homeschoolers. Call her if you want an appointment.

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Break Up

Hi all,

We'd like to invite you to a homeschool breakup from 4pm onward on Tuesday the 17th of December.

We will have a wise man theme - come dressed as wisely as you can, or as another member of the Nativity.

It will be a shared tea/barbecue.

It will be at Samuel & Kim's

An indication of numbers would be helpful but not necessary.  Hope to see you there!

Whatnot Puzzle Page Answer

For the camel one:

Ask your Mum!