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.

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.

Parent meeting, Tuesday 17th June

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

New saying of the month

See if you know what this saying means and post your comments below . . .
As you make your bed, so you must lie on it

A reminder that our International Parents Meeting will be at 2.15pm on Tuesday 17th in the staffroom next week.
All welcome :)

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

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.

Saying of the week

Thanks to those of you who posted on last week's Idiom of the week.
"Over the hill" generally means that a person is too old to do some things anymore due to their age.

This week's saying is "What's good for the goose is good for the gander".
What does this mean?  Please post your ideas . . .

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

Hangi and meet the teacher

Thanks to an amazing group of parent volunteers, we had a first hangi as a school community last night.  The food was delicious and a great opportunity for many of us to try something new. 

This was followed by a welcome from Mr Richardson and the Parent Association AGM. 

After this parents could meet the child's class teacher and hear about programmes of learning for 2014.

Idiom of the week

Following discussion at the Meet the Teacher hangi last night it was suggested that I could post an idiom of the week for parents to ponder and discuss.
So, here is our first one (as suggested by Aeny!)
What does "over the hill "mean?
Post your ideas as a comment in the comment box.
Enjoy!

Hangi and Maori Cultural Night

See below the details of this event.

Notes from parents' meeting

Six parents met today in our lovely sunny staffroom.  We introduced ourselves, discussed ideas for future meetings and shared tea and baking.

Here are the dates and topics for meetings this term.

Tuesday 25 February - no meeting as Parent Teacher Interviews
Tuesday 11 March - Learning model (trees) discussion with Mr Richardson
Tuesday 25 March - Helping with homework.  Please be prepared to offer your ideas of how your family manages homework.
Tuesday 8 April - Social event to be arranged.

International Parents Meeting

Our first International Parents meeting for 2014 will be held on Tuesday 11th February at 2.30pm in the staffroom.  This will be an informal meeting to welcome new parents and plan for future meetings.  Tea, coffee and some baking will be provided.  Preschoolers are welcome.