Celebrating our Musical Diversity concert - Tuesday 23 September, 7:30pm

International Parents' Meeting to plan for the fair - Friday 12 September, 2.15pm

There will be no International Parents' meeting this week, due to the production.
We will meet instead the following Friday to finalise our food and ingredients for the fair.

Gardening fun

Our Garden Club has just completed their latest design project.  An area has been converted into the so called "keyhole" garden, with design and planting work done by the students.

Great work team!

Cambodian Cultural Evening, Friday 29 August, 6pm, St Christopher's Church

Khmer food, music and dancing and an auction hosted by Anne and Anthony McCormick and Khmer Fellowship from Papanui Baptist Church.  Tickets $20 each (family discounts) from St Christopher's Church.

International Parents' Meeting 25/07/14

Today eight parents met for our first meeting of the term.  We discussed reporting, homework and preparation for the fair.  Click here to see more detail.

Our next meeting will be on Friday 8th August, where we will discuss strategies to help your child at home.  Bring your good ideas and technology (Ipad, tablet etc) and we will share ideas.

Planting fun

Last week the members of Garden Club got busy planting new native plants down the driveway.

Book Week

Yesterday we dressed up as our favourite book character.  Here are some children from Room D.
Can you guess who we are dressed as?

Parent meeting, Tuesday 17th June

Our International Parents group meets tomorrow at 2.30pm in the staffroom.
All welcome.

A Magical Night with Elgregoe

Cultural week at ACS - off to a great start!

Cultural Week is this week.  Have a look at some of the amazing activities.  Already our students have been involved in

• Chinese, African and Indonesian crafts
• learning Korean language
• learning about South Africa and Japan

 . . . and there's lots more to come!

Learning about South Africa

Raffelsia

Look at my African drum

Making Chinese crafts in the library at lunchtime

A very special Easter Assembly

Today Mr Coleman lead our Easter assembly.  We retold the story of Jesus' death and resurrection.

Everyone was given a very special stone.  One side is grey with a black cross.  The other side is yellow like the sun, with a red heart.  The stone helps us to remember the sadness of Jesus dying on the cross for our sins, and the glory of His resurrection.

Easter Blessings to you all!

Cross Country

On Tuesday, we had our school Cross Country.  Despite a lot of rain in the days leading up to the event, the weather was perfect and Miss Nixon and Mrs Booysens did an amazing job in their running the event.  Here are some pics.

Band concert

Last week, students from our Training Band and Concert Band combined to give a concert to our school community. 

The students really enjoyed their performance!

Middle Years Parenting Course



Project Esther Trust - Single Mums Group is running a ‘Middle Year’s’ (6 – 10yr) Toolbox Parenting Course next term. This begins May 12 to June 23, 9.30 - 12pm, at 248 Lyttleton Street, Spreydon. Please Contact Evelyn 03 338 4158 or email: ekenneally@swbc.org.nz

International Parents' meeting, Tuesday 11 March

Ten parents and five preschoolers met with Mrs Anthony and Mr Richardson to discuss our ACS Learning model (the tree) last Tuesday.  Click here HERE for a pdf of the senior learning model.

Discussion included how parents might build on this model at home.  Suggestions were made by the parents.  These included having the poster on the fridge and referring to it as appropriate with your children.  We are interested to hear other ways that families are using this model, so please add a comment here if you have used this in your home.  Your ideas will most certainly benefit other families.

Saying of the week

Thanks to those of you who posted on last week's saying which was "What's good for the goose is good for the gander".  This means "if it is good enough for me, it is good enough for you".

This week's saying is as follows: "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing".  Post your ideas below.

International Newsletter March

To view our latest newsletter click HERE

Swimming Sports

Our Year 4-10 students recently participated in our school swimming sports at Halswell Pool.  Students raced in competitive and fun events,  Many parents were involved as spectators and helpers.
Winners from these swimming races go on to compete in local events against other schools.

Garden Club

On a very hot Tuesday lunchtime, over 20 students met to weed and harvest in our school garden. 

We had lots of fun!

Rice Cube

Further to the earlier post about the Hangi night, here is some more information about Rice Cube.  This ministry is a community for international people and kiwis who love connecting with people from other cultures.  Check out this link for more information about this local initiative: http://www.swbc.org.nz/ministry/multicultural/rice_cube