Hamilton West Christian Homeschoolers

ATTENTION ONE AND ALL!!!!!!!………

This is a very special and important opportunity we are creating

DEFINATELY for ALL our TEENAGERS!!!!

(and children aged 10/12  or older who have a desire and interest in understanding money management).

This is an ESSENTIAL area that our teens need to understand well in order to survive and be successful in this world financially.

We have the privilege and pleasure of bringing Sylvia Bowden from Tauranga across to run a seminar for us specifically to prepare our young people to be financially wise as they grow into adulthood and begin to make financial decisions for themselves.

When:

Thursday 21^st October in 2 sessions:  3-5:30 pm, take a break for dinner, and then 6:30-9pm.

Cost will be calculated according to the number of registrations we receive but will be in the realm of +/-  $20 per student attending. (Depends on numbers registered).

Details yet to be confirmed – venue(will definitely be in Hamilton) and final costs. An idea for dinner is to get a big group order for fish & chips and share together?

Sylvia is a financial wellness educator, budget advisor, life coach who has a diploma in Counselling.  She is a fun and engaging presenter.  She is also the author of a book called “Parents – How to Stop Your kids from going broke!  Her material is very practical and easy to understand. She has a passion for helping our young people get off on to a good footing with managing their money matters.

You may want to check out www.miomo.co.nz  (making it on my own), which is a dynamic programme for 16 – 25 year olds where she has been a regular presenter to teenagers. 

Did you know that 43% of young people aged 18 – 24 in New Zealand have a negative net worth (ie: they are broke) and are going to be starting their life off in debt.

With statistics like these, our young people are either uneducated about money and the implications of debt or they are undisciplined, or both! If this mentality continues 43% of our young people are doomed to live a life of financial bondage.

We do not want that for our children!

We will need an RSVP by Sunday 10^th October for attendance to Leatitia:    alama5@slingshot.co.nz with names and ages of attendees please.

 Hi everyone,

Many thanks to all those who were able to be present last Wednesday for your valuable contributions to the groups planning and running!

I came away feeling very excited about next term! So here goes…

The dates are:

 13^th Oct  – Bike Safety/Maintenance, followed by a rally ride! 

 27^th Oct –  Special trip to Auckland with Gary Madden to AK International Airport for mock crash fire, MAF/Customs tour, Airport security and Bus tour of Airside.

10^th Nov –  Cross Country Run, and visit to Equestrian Centre – a chance to experience horse grooming &  tacking, and have a ride.

24^th Nov –  Olympic Games- Athletic Sports Day

14^th  Dec TUESDAY –  End of year Breakup. We will meet together to make Christmas gifts/goodies to take to rest homes , learn and practise the Carols together, have a shared lunch together, then go out to the resthomes to sing, visit and deliver the gifts to the elderly. Please note – this is a TUESDAY. We have moved this date forward a week so it does not clash with swimsafe, which several families are involved with, in the previous week.

Venues yet to be announced for the Bike rally, Olympic Games and End of Year breakup.

For some reason there seems to be quite alot of people who didn’t receive
the class lists – so sorry for those who’s getting a double dose – but here
we go again.  This time not an attachment. The areas in red might need a
helper or confirmation. There’s been a few changes since the first list –
sorry for the confusion. Simple Science has been replaced with Maths/Science
Games & a Rhythm Guitar Class has been added to session two.  Happy
choosing!!
Blessings
Leatitia

Homeschool Group Classes Term 3 2010
   Session One
Creche  (0-3 yrs) Chris Bovill and helpers
Beginner Ballet (5-8 yrs) Marilie van As
Story & Music time  (3-7 yrs)  Max 15 Rosalie Griffith & Helper Please
 Softball (All ages)(No Limit) Sooz Wright
Cooking (7yrs +) Max 10   COST ? Amanda Edgecombe & Leatitia van As
Woodwork Routering (9yrs + )Max 5 COST Kate Whitten & helper please (First
places to chn new to this)
Sewing ‘ BYO Project’ (AND machine)!10 yrs + Robin Thomson and helper please
max 5
Archery, Shooting & Table Tennis (6-8yrs) No limit  Gilly Rowling & Jane
Hunter
Digital Photography (10 yrs +)   Max 7 Colleen Kaluza & helper Must have own
camera. 
Craft(Yet to be announced – ? String Art  (9yrs+ ) Delwyn McPherson +
Charleen Seiuli
Money Matters,  Budgeting, & Developing an  Entrepreneurial Home Business
(No limit) (Approx- 10 +yrs)Yvonne Jonker
Guitar Lessons   Jo Bovill   Max 6 
Computers: From Building to using them cost Matt Reid/Moses Cherrington
(Age 10+) No limit

Session Two
Creche  (0-3 yrs) Chris Bovill and helpers
Story & Music Time (3-7yrs) Rosalie + helper please
Ripper Rugby & Other Sports (3-8 yrs) Alisha Seiuli, Hannah Molloy. ( No
Limit)
Cooking (7yrs +) Max 10   COST ? Amanda Edgecombe & Leatitia van As
Woodwork Routering (9yrs + )Max 5 COST Kate Whitten & helper please (First
places to chn new to this).
Sewing ‘ BYO Project’ (AND machine)!10 yrs + Robin Thomson and helper please
max 5
Board Games & Team Challenge  (6-8 yrs) Gilly Rowling & Jane Hunter
Computer Management of Dig Photos (10 yrs +)   Max 7 Colleen Kaluza & helper
Must have own camera.
Needle Felting   (8 yrs+) Max 9 COST Rosemary Christie & Cathy Dewes   
Money Matters,  Budgeting, & Developing an  Entrepreneurial Home Business
(No limit) (Approx- 10 +yrs) Yvonne Jonker
First Aid Course (Age 10+)  Max 10 Karen, Jessica& Carlee Wright
Computers: From Building to Using them Cost Matt Reid/Moses Cherrington (Age
10+) No limit
Rhythm Guitar (Age 8+) (bring own guitar) Bryony Greene
Maths/Science Games  (8yrs +)  Max 10 Memphis Wright & helper please

Hello all you wonderful ladies!!!!

Haven’t we just had an absolutely WONDERFUL weekend at HEART!!!!! I know all of you who were able to attend, will have just LOVED the rich fellowship, teaching and encouragement, and if you are like me,  have come home with a number of areas you want  to work on and “ tune Up” as well! Which we do  need – don’t we! It’s good for us to be reminded again of where we are going and what we need to do to make sure we stay on course along the way.

Those of you who were not able to come, I can’t recommend HEART highly enough to  you. It is such a RICH OASIS of inspiration and blessing along our homeschooling journey!!!! YOU NEED TO BE THERE!!!! Come next year! 24^th-6^th June 2011.

Any way…We have an exciting line up of classes for next term, including some that are new, never offered before!

Leatitia will send them on to you and you need to RSVP to her to register your child’s requests. We have some very exciting new classes –

1)      Money Matters – Entrepreneurial Home Business – especially for the homeschooled child who would like to learn more about money, and how to develop their own business from home!!! Yvonne Jonkers has offered this one. It is a subject close to her heart, and one I think would be super good especially for our older children to come to!

2)      Computers from Building to Using them . Matt Reid is coming to teach the children with Moses Cherrington assisting him. He has just purchased a whole trailer load of computer components, and will teach the children how to build a computer from scratch, then progressing through to using the different programs etc. He has enthusiastically prepared lesson plans for us detailing what will be covered. Sounds great! We will charge approx $3 per child for his class just to reimburse him for his time.

I think he would like the children to have a notebook and pencil please.

3)      Sewing BYO Project (and your sewing machine please!). Robyn, a designer herself, and new to our group, has kindly offered to take this class. SOOO your child can bring along ANY sewing project they like (AND your sewing machine !!!), and Robyn is happy to help them complete them. ( Just make sure you don’t choose something too complicated!) Im sure Robyn could use some willing helpers too please ladies!

4)      Woodwork and Routering – Kate has very kindly offered to take another set of classes offering this wonderful opportunity firstly to children who have not done it before. If there are still spaces then possibly a child may repeat these classes but they have been very popular so we thought it best to do it this way.

5)      Digital Photography and Computer Management of these photos. Colleen has done a fantastic job over term 2 and there has been a lot of very positive feedback from these classes. Thank you Colleen! This second session will best suit those wanting to learn how to manage their photos with the latest techno on the computer. If your child can bring a long a laptop to this class, it would be helpful, though this is not essential. (Just makes it easier if not everyone is huddled around trying to see one screen).

6)      First Aid Karen Wright and the girls are offering this course – something different. Will be fun and no doubt educational!

7)      Craft/?String Art Delwyn McPherson will possibly be taking this session! Always a hit. Yet to be confirmed.

GREAT NEWS!!! For all you Mums who would really love to learn more about managing your digital photos on your home computer, Colleen, has offered to have a class especially for us, at her home one evening! This will be in the 3^rd term, and the date will be announced closer to the time…watch this space!!!

Thank you to all you lovely ladies for you contributions at our planning meeting. It sure made it easy having it right then and there on sight didn’t it!!!? Better than a night out in the middle of Winter!

Some have been asking if Karakariki is happening this Wednesday (30^th  June)? The answer is no, it is not. We have had our 5 sessions this term.

The dates for term 3 at Karakariki are: Wed 21^st July, Wed 4^th Aug, Wed 18^th Aug, Wed 1^st Sept, and Wed 15^th Sept

That’s probably about it from me, we (the Austin family) won’t be with you all for the first two sessions next term, as we are having a family holiday overseas, for a month. We get home Fri 6^th August. We will be thinking of you all, and pray your families, and  homeschooling, (and holidays!), are very blessed!

We would appreciate your prayers for safe travel, and Gods abiding presence, as we are gone.

Much love to you all!!! We will miss you!

Jackie

Homeschool Group Wed 3^rd March 2010

What : a trip to Mt Maunganui with an ‘Ocean” theme

1) A visit to the Tauranga Coastguard, (Optional gold coin donation if you like)

2) A tour of the Ports of Tauranga (NZ’s largest exporting port). (COST $2 per person for coach)

3) Possibly visit the Sandfords Fish processing Company (yet to be confirmed)

4) The beach!

5) The mount!

6 The hot pools if you wish! Entry costs will apply

7) Lovely waffle cone icecreams! (Cost!)

When:

Arrive at Tauranga Coastguard at 9:15am.

(We need to be organised into groups for the tour – of the boats and control room)

NB- Please keep hold of the little ones when we are walking on the marina piers!!!!

11:30 – 1:30 pm Lunch break together   ?on the beach

2pm Coach tour of the Ports of Tauranga (We have booked two 50 seater buses).

(Takes about an hour)

3pm Free time to enjoy any other points of interest you may have at the mount – the beach , walk the mount, hot pools,

IMPORTANT: PLEASE RSVP TO LEATITIA BY Mon 1^st March so we can confirm our coach hire. Thanks!!! (we will need to limit our numbers to 100 for the coach tour).

family@alva.co.nz   Remember to state the Tauranga trip, Names and ages please.

HOW: Where to go…

The Coast guard address: BE Here 9:15 am please.

(I suggest you look on a map or google search for this  – I tried to copy the map to this email but it wouldn’t do it sorry!)

Keith Allen Drive

Tauranga

Ph:07 578 5579

1 Take City Toll rd toward Tauranga  (Costs $1) but worth it!

2 Roundabout at Elizabeth St – go straight through

3 Flyover expressway – Lft  lane to Sulphur Point on Mirrilees rd, toward   port.

4 Take next road on left “Cross Road” (Takes you down to the Mariner).

5 When you get to the mariner you will see a big shed labelled

COAST GUARD. There is plenty of parking – you can park on the lawn.

The Port Tour Meet at 1:45 pm please  at Rata street near the entrance to the port.

There is a big green area there we can park on. The two big coaches will come and collect us from there to do the port tour.

Lastly I must tell you all that my computer will be out of action for a while so if you have any questions please either email Leatitia or phone

Jackie 07 871 6416

Leatitia 07 825 9710

Don’t forget to email your replies!

See you all soon!

God bless,

Jackie

Our next trip is… Wednesday March 3rd. We are going to spend the day at Mt Maunganui!!!!  We are still liasing for final details but the plan is to visit the Coastguard sevice! Gary Palmer (Rebecca’s husband)’s Dad, Brian Palmer, works with the Coastguardover there and he has been very helpful re setting us up for this visit! We will go into the control room and even get to go out on the coast guard boat! The day may include some other intersting visits as well as the lovely beach, swim at hot pools, walk around Mount etc- as you wish. They can take around 30 at a time at the coast guard so will need to break into groups this size to manage everyone. More details to come on this one.