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Wellesley Centenary Celebrations

Thursday 23 October DINNER WITH MR G

6pm – 8.30pm Wellesley School Hall

Friday 24 October BACK TO SCHOOL 10am – 3pm Wellesley School

Friday 24 October A FEW QUIETS 6pm – 10pm Wellesley School Hall

Saturday 25 October A DAY AT THE BAY 10.45am – 2.30pm Wellesley School

Saturday 25 October CENTENARY DINNER

7pm – 1am Te Papa, Wellington City

Tickets available online: This formal Centenary Dinner at Te

Papa will be the highlight of the weekend – a glittering evening including cocktails, followed by three course dining, speeches, entertainment and dancing to the ‘Beat Girls’ and the Hypnotics.

For bookings and full details visit www.wellesley100.co.nz

Tickets are available online for this event which is for Current Year 7 & 8 boys and old boys up to and including Year 13. An old style school dinner will be served with house quizzes, a comedy debate and Mr G running proceedings.

Wellesley College Newsletter # 8 1st September 2014

No booking required - The school will be open with Senior

boys ready to take visitors on a guided tour. Come and see what has changed and what has remained the same. Boys will perform at a special assembly at 1.30pm in the Centennial Hall which you are welcome to attend.

Tickets available online: an opportunity for a catch up with

Wellesley connections and enjoy a selection of Wellington craft beers and gourmet food. Master of Ceremonies Matt Mallett will keep things tidy – not the easiest job. Some tall tales and a lot of laughs are guaranteed. Buses will be on hand to take guests back to Wellington city and the Hutt Valley at 10.30pm.

No booking required: Welcome from the Junior School, 11am

Centenary Assembly led by Principal Warren Owen. Archive displays, Old Boys Art exhibition, School tours, Fun and games/activities - All-comers Cross Country (1pm) - Bush walk led by Warren Owen(1.15pm) - Mass wharf jumping (2pm). Gala atmosphere.

Anyone with an association with Wellesley is most welcome to attend the events below:

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Dear Parents These photos mark two special occasions; on the left our Junior School honouring the WW1 100 year anniversary with a service around the flagpole and on the right our Senior Choir singing at the Cathedral. Term 3 is charging on and school life is full and busy. I know I am repeating myself, but on page 9 I have written a short item on one of the most important pieces of advice I could offer after having three children of my own (and making many mistakes) and twenty years of being a Principal. It is on the subject of ‘learned helplessness’. Parenting is a tough job as we try and walk the line between supporting our children and allowing them to grow into strong independent adults ready to face what the world will throw at them. This not only applies to their academic learning but also to their social development. I also encourage you to read the piece on ‘What is a boy?’ (Page 9).

To Give is to Receive

One of the values we foster in the boys is to get involved in service type activities. So far this year there have been many opportunities for the boys to do this. Recently some of the older boys volunteered to collect for Amnesty International. Particular thanks must go to the boys who put on their uniform and gave up part of their Saturday to collect in Eastbourne (Theo and Dominic in the photo below). As you know, earlier in the year, many boys across the school took part in the World Vision 20/40 Hour Famine and raised almost $9000 for this very worthy cause. We have also actively supported the refugee programme via our support to St Michael’s in Taita and Holy Cross School in Miramar. (Report page 5) Many thanks to Eve Owen (Amnesty and Refugee Art programme), Veronica Stevens (World Vision) and all the staff for their time and energy in promoting these service activities (Duncan in photo below middle). Please Note: Mufti day on Tuesday 9th September for the organisation ‘So You Can’ – the boy we sponsor to go to school at the Aberdare Ranges School (Kenya) is calle Bidan Gathumbi. Bidan is 10 years old and likes school and enjoys playing football. http://www.sotheycan.org/projects/aberdare-ranges-primary-school/ The cost of sponsoring him has gone up, up and away and we have a target of $800 to hit. Please encourage the boys to bring $2 minimum and the odd note would be awesome, thank you! (Sarah Bleier)

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Year 7 Parent/Son House Breakfast – Marlborough and Wellington Thursday 11 September, 7.20am at the Pavilion

This will be the second of these as Selwyn and Croydon had their breakfast last Term. A letter will be sent home soon to parents of boys in Marlborough and Wellington Houses. Please return the sheet as soon as possible.

ICAS Computer Skills 118 boys sat the 2014 International Computer Skills Competition. Of those, 4 scored High Distinction (top 1%), 19 boys achieved Distinction (next 10%), 44 achieved Credit (next 25%), and 13 achieved Merit (next 10%). Special congratulations to Max Abbott who not only achieved High Distinction, but receives an award for the top score in New Zealand. The other High Distinction certificates were achieved by Oliver Pope, Matt Bevan and Tim Griffiths. Distinction achievement certificates were gained by Jesse Richardson, Hugh Morrison, Dougal Colquhoun, Paul McDonald, Oliver Fernyhough, George He, Ethan Henry, Benjamin Stirling, Andrew Sutcliffe, Ned Lutyens, Jack Holland, Gabriel Giller, Aidan Cushman, William Chandler, Judd Adamson, Tim Stirling, Finbar Mallett, Joshua Langford and David Lillis.

Max –top ICAS mark in NZ James and Ben sharing a book with Mr Owen Seb Morton, our new GAP tutor

Our New GAPPER

Seb Morton, our new GAPPER, has started off really well. He clearly is enjoying the role and we in turn appreciate his input (Seb introduces himself below). This term Seb is staying with the Ross family (Ben and Jake). We are always looking for other host families going forward. The GAP year scheme provides short-term job placements for school leavers who wish to have a ‘gap year’ between their secondary and tertiary studies. Successful applicants work in schools or in outdoor education centres assisting as teacher aides in the classroom, coaching sport, music etc. This hosting could be on a 10 week term basis or longer if it suited you. Hopefully this would be a two-way cultural adventure. If you have any interest in being involved, please ring Steve Girvan to discuss the matter without any pressure of commitment. We can give you the names of past host families if you wish to discuss their experiences. A Little About Me Hi, my name is Sebastian (Seb) Morton and I come from a small town called Beccles which weirdly enough is Mr Parker’s home town. Prior to leaving for New Zealand I attended Langley School in Suffolk where I studied history, government and politics as well as geography.

I chose to travel to New Zealand and Wellington in particular to travel and see what the country has to offer as well as a chance to grow up. One of the main reasons I chose New Zealand was the rugby. If there was anywhere to get better at rugby, NZ is the place to go (this is coming from a keen England supporter also). I also liked to play a little cricket, although I’m pretty atrocious at catching. So far Wellesley has lived up to expectations and everyone has been incredibly friendly, making me feel at home from the day I arrived. If there was anywhere I could have chosen, it would have been Wellesley, just for the view alone.

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Following this year I hope to study International Relations or History, however, I do not know where yet.

I look forward to working at Wellesley school in its Centenary year and helping the boys in any way I can, as well as coaching my mighty 3rds Football team.

Science and Technology We’ve been having loads of fun in the science and technology room this term. With the school wide science fair over with, we’re now having a focus on technology and a number of classes have been coming along for robotics sessions. Once the class has covered some basics we move on to more interesting challenges. Year 7/8T had a rather noisy robot battle which the boys really loved. The junior classes are all enjoying making their own periscopes and it’s been wonderful to see them taking pride in their work and helping each other out. The Junior Syndicate also had a fantastic trip to the Carter Observatory and they’ve been learning about space with their teachers. The Science room also had a visit from Campbell Live. They did a story on the NIWA Wellington Science and Technology Fair and they interviewed three of our boys about their exhibits. Bede Brown, Toby Marks and Tim Harris did an outstanding job of presenting their investigations and representing Wellesley.

Science Club Our Middle School Science Club is up and running. A number of boys have come along in their lunchtime to enjoying having a play and learning about some different kinds of science. I took the first session and we got to have a look at some beef and lamb bones and skulls. Equipped with gloves, the boys soon got over their surprise and shock! They were fascinated with the skulls, checking out the eyes and handling a backbone. This week we were fortunate to have the Dowse Art Gallery educators come out and take a session with their Kinetic Sand. The boys also loved having this opportunity to explore its unusual texture and make guesses about what it is made from. We only have two parent volunteers helping with the Science Club this term. We really need lots more to help this continue and run successfully. Hopefully you can come along and run a session or even just come along to help out and see if you would be keen to run a future session. Please have a look at my blog for a more detailed description of what it involves. http://wellesleyscienceandtechnology.blogspot.co.nz/p/science-club.html Feel free to email me with any questions. jo@wellesley.school.nz

Moana and Zeebong entranced us all with their story telling Arthur (Y3)

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Performing Arts Choir recap by Hamish Hutton In Term 2 the Wellesley College Choir had three performances, two of which I would like to write about. Science evening: It was the first one in the new school hall, so at 6:45pm when roughly 3/4 of the choir were there we were all pretty excited and frantic. 15 minutes later, after a hurried run through of “Didn’t my Lord Deliver Daniel”, and a quick introduction speech by Arlo and I, it was show time!! Now, I personally think that even though we had a couple of small hiccups throughout the song I think it was one of our best performances! The following day was a performance for “Grandparents’ and Special Friends’ Day”. It was basically the same as the Science Evening performance, apart from a larger, older crowd and the orchestra was performing as well. Once again we had a short introduction speech by Arlo and I, a few tiny little minor mistakes but otherwise a great show! Early this term, the senior choir performed at the Wellington Diocesan Schools Music Festival held in the Cathedral of St Paul in Wellington. The day of rehearsals ended with a memorable evening concert performance which included two massed choir items and two solo performances from every choir. It was a big challenge, but our boys love a challenge and did very well both in preparation and in performance. It was a great opportunity to be part of a ‘mini big-sing’ and to experience being part of the wider musical community. Many thanks to Mrs Garland, who gave up the whole day to support and help out; to the parents for their support; and to Michael Stewart, Director of Music at the Cathedral for organising the day. The Wellesley Orchestra has also been busy. They gave a spirited performance at Grandparents’ and Special Friends’ Day last term. As well as this, they were the youngest group of boys to perform at WEBO (Wellington Bands and Orchestra Festival) held on Sunday 24 August. Our orchestra has come a long way in a short time and as always, the orchestra boys are a dedicated bunch. It was fantastic to see many ex-Wellesley Orchestra boys performing in other bands and orchestras on the day (8 boys in three different bands and orchestras). Andre Paris conducting our orchestra at the WEBA festival. Logan, Dominic, David, Theo and Caleb with old boys Marty Millington Hicks and Maxwell Symmons playing in the Onslow band.

Visual Arts The term has started with a focus on drawing and engaging right brain thinking. This can be done by shifting the way we look at things. As with all art it is about creating observant souls who notice the things around them. Watching out for people is an important attribute too and this term there have been two occasions which have made me proud of the boys. Firstly, the willingness of them to collect for Amnesty, especially Monty Daley and Harry Summers who offered to do this on Saturday. The community feedback was lovely and collectively the boys raised just under $500.00 The other occasion was the evening where the boys who had painted with the refugee children came to the exhibition opening and we celebrated their work. The other schools involved commended our boys on their warmth and kindness to these refugees and described the day as the highlight of their year. The cloaked figures they painted have been well received and the café-gallery is keen for us to exhibit again. Special thanks should also go to the Year 8 boys who offered to take photos that evening- Monty Daley, Theo Hertzig and Arlo Doak. The support of the parents is greatly appreciated.

Refugee Day Ben (Y5) Eggs by Ollie (Y1)

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Sports Report

The term has been very busy with PE, interschool fixtures and a large number of teams in local competitions. In the first week of term Wellesley’s senior teams travelled away to play HIBS. This fixture was postponed from last term. HIBS were able to provide opposition for all of our seven teams which was the first time this has happened. Wellesley won the 1st rugby and hockey and drew the 2nd hockey. Wellesley hosted Auckland’s King’s School. King’s is a large school and always provide stiff opposition when we play them. The football team conceded a late goal to lose a tightly contested game. The rugby boys fought hard but King’s were too strong. The hockey boys were outplayed in the first half but really competed in the second. Thank you to the large number of billeting families! The highlight of the winter season was the trip to Hawke’s Bay for five Senior teams. They travelled on the Wednesday morning with the 1st teams being hosted by Lindisfarne College and the 2nd teams by Hereworth School selection teams. The hockey team was the only one to lose on Wednesday afternoon. The boys were billeted by host families which is an integral part of the touring experience. Hereworth games on the Thursday morning were keenly contested. The 1st XV had an impressive victory and the two football teams fought out draws. The hockey team and 2nd XV were competitive in going down to their opposition. Thank you to the large number of parents who transported boys and supported the teams! The fourth week of term brought a new challenge in hosting Huntley School’s Senior teams. The football was transferred to an extremely cold, wet and windy Alex Moore Park in Johnsonville. Our 1st and 3rd teams comfortably beat Huntley’s top two teams. Huntley always provide a challenge in the rugby and this year was no different. Both Wellesley teams were committed and put real pressure on the opposition but Huntley pulled away in the second halves. The 2nd XI hockey team enjoyed a rare game but Huntley won both games this year. The Middle School sport has continued on Tuesday afternoons. The Colts teams hosted Huntley School while the Senior teams were in Hawke’s Bay. Wellesley was convincing winners in the football and hockey but lost the rugby to a bigger and more physical opposition. Judd Adamson’s speech at the afternoon tea was well prepared and delivered clearly. The last winter fixture for the senior teams was last week against Scots. The Colts teams finish this week with a Zone tournament for the hockey boys and games against Hutt Central for the rugby and football teams. Please ensure any school gear is returned to coaches. Thank you for the enthusiastic and positive sideline support throughout the season. I’d also like to thank the staff and parents for coaching teams and organising activities. Wellesley has entered eight basketball teams from years 5 to 8 in the Hutt Valley and Karori leagues this term. All the teams were together last term and this has helped with teamwork and skill development. We are reliant on parents to lead the teams and appreciate the time and effort that goes into this. All parents have a responsibility to help the coaches with supervision before and after games. The Waterpolo teams have been getting up early on Wednesday mornings to get to Naenae Pool for training and then playing at the same pool after school. The season was delayed last term because of issues with the Naenae Pool. The two Wellesley teams are right into the swing of the season and are into the season proper after a series of grading games. The Senior Underwater Hockey team was entered in a tournament on Saturday 16 August. They won gold again and have become a formidable team. Thank you to Anna Loughnan who managed and Emily Colquhoun who coached the team. The majority of the school has concluded a gymnastics unit recently. A lot of newly purchased equipment was greeted enthusiastically and extended many. The highlight, for the majority, was the tramp and the big mats. The boys gained a large amount of confidence and satisfaction from using this apparatus. Callum Hancock has been appointed captain of the large 80 strong Wellington Schools’ Regional Cross Country team competing at the end of the term. I hesitate before mentioning the upcoming summer season. The majority of summer sports don’t start yet but most clubs will be taking registrations before the end of the term.

Darren Houston

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Kristian on the break Hugh running amok 2nd XV Gabe and Liam all set to jump.

1st XI Jack considering his options. 2nd XI Soccer at Hereworth 1st XV Rugby at Hereworth

Underwater hockey champs Kyle Challenging 2nd XI Hockey

Unveiling of Statue

Alison Garland coordinated a beautiful Chapel service at which a statue purchased in memory of Roger Mexted was presented to the school. Roger’s father, Brian Mexted, ex pupils of Roger’s and all the staff and parents who knew him so well attended. Roger’s father referred to a time when he visited Roger in his class as he was in full flight exciting the boys about pirates and reading a “Captain Pugwash’ book that he had received from his parents as a child. The picture below shows teacher Chris Parker surprising Roger’s father with that same book found in Roger’s old classroom. The service touched everyone and the David Bromley statue was acclaimed by all. The statue will now reside in our hall foyer. RIP Roger Mexted. (Wellesley 1986-2011)

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School life is always dynamic. These pictures show the Year 5 trip to the army base in Trentham, the enviro group planting out the dunes as service to the community and Tim getting his Year 7 Boostrix, an Immunisation against tetanus, diphtheria and whooping cough, technology challenge at QM, wheels day and the Junior School planetarium visit.

Centenary Weekend Sponsorship Opportunities

As you are hopefully aware our Centenary is being supported, not only by our generous Centenary sponsors (see logos below) who are helping us financially and in kind with their goods and services, but by other offers of help. Programmed Maintenance Services (PMS) have decided their expertise can make sure the school is alluring as possible for the celebrations with a good wash and touch up with paint where needed, so we can be best dressed in the bay. Thank you PMS. During the celebrations there are five key events with distinct target markets for the wider school community. We would like to extend an opportunity to our Wellesley Friends to support any one of these events and gain naming rights if desired - or anonymity if not! It’s a wonderful opportunity to get your name in front of a diverse group of people who love this unique school and we would appreciate the support while you get the visibility. These for which there are sponsorship opportunities are:

Dinner with Mr G

Back to School

A Few Quiets

Day at the Bay

Centenary Dinner at Te Papa

For further details please contact margie@wellesley.school.nz 576 2274

Regards Geof Shirtcliffe (Chair) Centenary Committee

CENTENARY BADGES

The school Council has designed a special Centenary badge for sale for $10 each for all current boys to wear with pride. The badges are available from the school office and can be charged to your account. Due to high demand, we recommend boys get in quickly. The House Captains will be marketing these on their blazers. The badges will also be part of the memorabilia available at the Centenary weekend for Old Boys and Friends of Wellesley. For further information please contact josephh@cloud.wellesley.school.nz

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Art is provocative!

The beautifully framed mirror in our foyer is an art piece by Wayne Youle; celebrating his Wellesley art residency in 2011. It was kindly donated by art appreciator friends of Wellesley. It is entitled, ‘What little boys are made of’ and it elicits much of the essence of what it is to be a boy. Like any worthwhile art, it has always provokes a lot of responses from the boys and adults passing. I plucked a related poem from a site (www.poeticexpressions.co.uk) and adapted it to be more concise. (see below) Of course the commentary is very generic but it captures so much about boys. It is a bit extreme in places. Boys are our focus and to understand them is so important. And finally from me, I want to once again thank the 50-60 parents that travelled to Hawkes Bay for the two day winter senior sports’ tour. Your support and good company was appreciated by the boys and the staff. I know parent help is happening in one way or another across the school and this is greatly appreciated. Best wishes Warren Owen

What is a boy?

Between the innocence of babyhood and the dignity of manhood we find a delightful creature called a boy; Boys come in assorted sizes, weights and colours, but all boys have the same creed: to enjoy every second of every minute of every hour of every day.

Boys are found everywhere; on top of, underneath, inside, climbing on, swinging from, running around, or jumping onto. A boy is truth with dirt on its face, beauty with a cut on its finger, wisdom with bubble gum in its hair, and the hope of the future with a frog in its pocket. When you are busy, a boy is an inconsiderate, bothersome, intruding jangle of noise. A boy is a composite; he has the appetite of a horse, the disposition of a sword-swallower, the energy of a pocket size atomic bomb, and the curiosity of a cat, the lungs of a dictator, the imagination of a Robin Hood, the shyness of a violet, the audacity of a steel trap, the enthusiasm of a fire cracker, and when he makes something he has five thumbs on each hand. He likes ice-cream, knives, saws, Christmas, comic books, the boy across the street, woods, water (in its natural habitat), large animals, dad, trains, Saturday mornings, and fire engines. He is not much for Sunday school, company, school, books without pictures, music lessons, ties, barbers, girls, overcoats, adults or bedtime. Nobody else is so early to rise, or so late to supper. Nobody else gets so much fun out of trees, dogs, and breezes. Nobody else can cram into one pocket a rusty knife, a half-eaten apple, 3 feet of string, 4 empty chippie packets, 2 gobstoppers, 15 marbles, a slingshot, a chunk of unknown sticky substance, and a genuine supersonic code ring with a secret compartment. A boy is a mystical creature; you can lock him out of your workshop, but you can't lock him out of your heart. You can get him out of your study, but you can't get him out of your mind. Might as well give up; he is your captor, your jailer, your boss, and your master. A freckle-faced, pint-sized, cat-chasing bundle of noise. But when you come home at night with only the shattered pieces of your hopes and dreams, he can mend them like new with two magic words; 'hi dad!' or ‘hi mum!’

Parenting Spot

Life isn’t fair, get used to it!

A little boy came upon a butterfly struggling to emerge from a chrysalis. He helped it to emerge by gently pulling the chrysalis apart. When the butterfly tried to fly, it fell to the ground and died. The strength it needed to develop to emerge from the chrysalis was the same strength it needed to fly. The boy trying to help had inadvertently made the butterfly helpless. Sometimes we need to struggle to build up our strength to grow and develop so we can cope with what life will throw at us. In our desire to be good parents and/or teachers we can step in too much and prop up children and create ‘learned helplessness’. We have to allow our children to make mistakes because from these mistakes comes a learning opportunity. Life can be tough and if we help our children to help themselves, then we are doing them a big favour. The hard thing is to know when to step in and when to insist on more effort. Praise is so important too! Praise for trying and doing one’s personal best. It is destructive to praise mediocrity. “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says, I’ll try again

tomorrow.”

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ARTBOURNE100 - Our first century of inspiring boys - This Labour Weekend – 23rd to 26th October 2014 – Wellesley College turns 100.

What is ARTBOURNE100?

Every two years, Wellesley College’s hall is transformed into a contemporary art gallery hosting

Wellesley’s ARTBOURNE exhibition. This year, however, marks the School’s centenary with a range of events

planned to celebrate that milestone. As a result, ARTBOURNE has been reworked for 2014 as ARTBOURNE100

with a focus on the School and its’ creative history. ARTBOURNE100 will be an introspective / retrospective

exhibition celebrating the creativity of former Wellesley pupils and our “honorary old boys”, our artists in residence

– Wayne Youle, 2011 and Ben Timmins, 2013. The exhibition will reflect the diversity of talent that has emerged

from the school and will include painters, sculptors, photographers and designers, as well as the portfolios of some

of our recent school leavers with strong creative streaks.

There will be some art for sale.

The exhibition is open to the public and will run alongside several of the centenary events. TheARTBOURNE100

opening hours will be:

Thursday 23 October: 6.00pm – 7.30pm

Friday 24 October: 10.00am – 3.00pm and 6.00pm – 7.30pm

Saturday 25 October: Midday – 2.00pm

We welcome you to come along and experience ARTBOURNE100 and to celebrate Wellesley’s first 100 years of

inspiring creativity. For further information and images of artists gallery updated from time to time, please visit

http://artbourne.org.nz/

We intend to return to the usual ARTBOURNE exhibition format in 2016 and to offer once again the ARTBOURNE

artist residency in 2015. All interest in either of these should be directed to foundation@wellesley.school.nz .

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PUBLIC NOTICES

Please note that notices posted in this section of the Principal’s Pen have not necessarily been vetted by Wellesley College. We therefore advise that if you are

interested in any of the services advertised that you check them out yourself.

Upcoming Literary Events 1) Popular Australian author Jacqueline Harvey (Clementine Rose/ Alice Miranda) will be at The Children’s

Bookshop in Kilbirnie Plaza at 4pm on Wednesday September 3rd to meet her readers and sign her books. All are welcome, free to attend, no requirement to book, children may bring their own books for signing. 2) Skulduggery Pleasant author Derek Landy will be speaking at Scots College at 5.30pm on October 3rd. $10 adult or child or $33 for copy of The Dying of the Light (normally $28) + ticket. All profits to Save the Children. to book contact The Children's Bookshop Shop 26 Kilbirnie Plaza - Kilbirnie Wellington Phone: 04 387 3905 Email: books@thechildrens bookshop.co.nz

Have a week to yourself next January by sending your kids off on a holiday of their lifetime! Kiwi Kids Holiday Adventures and Travel has added the Hobbiton Movie Set Tour to the already jam-packed camp. Other highlights include Rainbows End, Splash Planet, Sheep Shearing, Gondola & Luge, and Auckland Zoo. Kids will step outside of their comfort zones, make new friends, and gain confidence as we travel New Zealand having a whole lot of fun. Check out the itinerary at www.KiwiKhaat.co.nz. The fully inclusive seven-day camp cost is $1,150. Payment options can be arranged (total due by 14 December).

Enrollments close 31st August. There are limited spaces so contact Olivia on +64 27 347 3001 or Olivia.Dean@KiwiKhaat.co.nz to save a seat on in minibus now. Check out some past camp videos at

www.YouTube.com/KiwiKhaat and find us on Facebook www.Facebook.com/KiwiKhaat.

'NEW YOGA CLASSES to suit busy Mums. Drop kids off and then come enjoy 45mins of Energising Sun

Salutations with some restorative relaxation near the ocean, at the start and end of each week. Starting Monday

25 Aug 9.45am and Friday 29 Aug 9.30am at Muritai Yacht Club, Eastbourne. $10 per class. First class

FREE. FB/Sonnysyoga or call 021 800512'.

FUN Spanish for kids in Eastbourne

We have a wonderful Spanish-speaking teacher available

Lots of interactive and communicative

activities – role play, craft, lively games, songs and drama.

Free trial class as soon we have enough children, to start in term 4

Contact Stefi Plimmer-Blattner on stefi@lcfclubs.co.nz, or phone 562 8211.

Visit the website www.lcfclubs.co.nz.

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QMC Parents' Association Event: Save the Date

Date: Friday 12 September

Time: 6.30 - 10.30pm

Tickets: $35.00 each

Casual fun get-together. Free return Fun Bus from Eastern Suburbs.

Silent Auction of Holiday Home and other tempting treats.

Click Here to RSVP