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2012 Auckland Regional Opportunities for Home Educating Families

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KEY DATES FOR 2012 in the Auckland Region
Below are some key events co-ordinated by Auckland Home Educators Inc, your regional network.  So get out that shiny new diary/electronic gadget and note them down now so you and your family can be included.  They’re open to everyone so do forward to your contacts, that friend who’s always wanted to know more, the friends/family/neighbours you’d like to invite along!  Just watch out for separate notification and further details about each event – at least the date will already be in your diary.
Mon 16 Jan 7.00pm to 9.00pm – AHE Information Session – Greenlane (fully booked – held regularly so look out for more)
Wed 25 Jan 7.00pm to 9.00pm – AHE/Ministry of Education Forum: The Exemption Process – Mt Eden
Wed 7 Mar – Inaugural AHE Auckland Regional Art Fair – Mt Albert War Memorial Hall
March – date to be advised – AHE Science Fair Workshop
July – date to be advised – 6th Annual AHE Auckland Regional Science & Technology Fair
Tue 18 Sep – 7th Annual AHE Auckland Regional History Fair
WHY GO TO REGIONAL EVENTS?  I wrote an article for the last AHE members’ newsletter about this.  Since it’s particularly relevant to your family – and hopefully inspiring as you embark on a new year – I’d like to share it with you here.  I really encourage you to share your home educating lifestyle and journey with many others, and feel sure we’ll catch you at an event or two throughout the year.
Here’s to a great start to 2012!

Dawn Headley
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From the Smiths:

https://hef.org.nz/2011/craig-smith-26-january-1951-to-30-september-2011/

Updated 10 December 2011: Life for Those Left Behind (Craig Smith’s Health) page 6 click here

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Needing help for your home schooling journey:

https://hef.org.nz/2011/needing-help-for-your-home-schooling-journey-2/

And

Here are a couple of links to get you started home schooling:

12th Annual Regional Home Education Celebration with AHE

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12th Annual Regional Home Education Celebration with AHE
12th Annual Regional Home Education Celebration with AHE, Auckland, 2 February 2012
Thursday 2 February 2012, 10.30am to 2.00pm
Venue: One Tree Hill (Maungakiekie) Domain, 670 Manukau Road, Epsom, Auckland
Calling everyone who home educates (aka homeschools), their supporters and anyone who’s thinking about it! Take this fab chance to kick off the year, uniting some of the 2,500 or so home educated young people and their families from the Auckland region. And if you’re outside Auckland, feel free to join us – we’d love to welcome you!
For full details, visit this listing
This event is one of a number organised by volunteers of Auckland Home Educators Inc, networking across Auckland’s region & beyond for current and prospective home educators
See you there!

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From the Smiths:

https://hef.org.nz/2011/craig-smith-26-january-1951-to-30-september-2011/

Updated 10 December 2011: Life for Those Left Behind (Craig Smith’s Health) page 6 click here

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Needing help for your home schooling journey:

https://hef.org.nz/2011/needing-help-for-your-home-schooling-journey-2/

And

Here are a couple of links to get you started home schooling:

HSLDA e-vent: “Shining Armor: Your Son’s Battle for Purity”

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Thursday, December 1, @ 8:00 p.m. (ET)—“Shining Armor: Your Son’s Battle for Purity” 

Hal and Melanie Young
Hal and Melanie Young

Your son is faced with questionable images almost every day. How can you train him to filter out these images and stand for purity? How will your son treat his future wife? Your son will be faced with trials and temptations as he grows up to be a man, and the fight must begin at an early age. In the e-vent “Shining Armor: Your Son’s Battle for Purity,” authors and homeschool parents of six boys Hal and Melanie Young will show you how to help arm your son as he fights for purity. Come learn these valuable lessons by signing up today!

2012 school terms and holidays

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2012 school terms and holidays

This page provides information on the 2012 School Terms and Holidays for State and State-Integrated primary, intermediate, secondary and composite schools. It also provides information for Anniversary Day Holidays for 2012.

2012 term dates

For primary and intermediate schools

Term Start date End date
1 Between
Monday 30 January (at the earliest); andTuesday 7 February (at the latest.		 Thursday 5 April (86-96 half-days)
2 Monday 23 April Friday 29 June (96 half-days)
3 Monday 16 July Friday 28 September (110 half-days)
4 Monday 15 October No later than Thursday 20 December (96 half-days)*

* Or to a day in December which ensures that the school has been open for instruction for 388 half-days in 2012.

For secondary and composite schools

Term Start date End date
1 Between
Monday 30 January (at the earliest); andTuesday 7 February (at the latest)		 Thursday 5 April (86-96 half-days)
2 Monday 23 April Friday 29 June (96 half-days)
3 Monday 16 July Friday 28 September (110 half-days)
4 Monday 15 October Friday 14 December (88 half-days)*

* Or to a day in December which ensures that the school has been open for instruction for 380 half-days in 2012.

2012 Holidays

Schools must be closed in 2012 on Saturdays and Sundays, and on the following days:

  • New Years Day – 1 January
  • Day after New Years Day – 2 January
  • Waitangi Day – 6 February (Monday)
  • Good Friday – 6 April
  • Easter Monday – 9 April
  • Day after Easter Monday – 10 April (Tuesday)
  • Anzac Day – 25 April
  • Queen’s Birthday – 4 June (Monday)
  • Labour Day – 22 October (Monday)
  • Christmas Day – 25 December
  • Boxing Day – 26 December

And the relevant Anniversary Day holiday as listed below:

Anniversary Day holidays 20121

Province2 Includes Actual day Date observed in 2012
Southland Invercargill, Bluff, Milford Sound, Fiordland 17 January Monday 16 January
Wellington Wellington, Manawatu, Whanganui 22January Monday 23 January
Auckland Waikato, King Country, Coromandel, Bay of Plenty, Gisborne/East Coast 29 January Monday 30 January
Northland Whangarei 29 January Monday 30 January
Nelson Nelson, Tasman, Buller and parts of North Canterbury 1 February Monday 30 January
Otago Dunedin, Queenstown 23 March Monday 26 March
Taranaki (New Plymouth) New Plymouth 31 March Monday 12 March
South Canterbury 25 September Monday 24 September
Hawkes’ Bay Napier, Hastings 1 November Friday 19 October
Marlborough Blenheim, Picton 1 November Monday 29 October
Canterbury Christchurch, Ashburton 16 November Friday 16 November
Chatham Islands 30 November Monday 3 December
Westland Greymouth 1 December Monday 3 December

1 Provincial Anniversary Days are generally observed on the Monday nearest to the actual day.

2 Provinces relate to the former Provinces of 19th Century New Zealand and are not related to or determined by present-day Districts or Regions.

Information provided by the Department of Labour

Cambridge Exams: The Basics

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* Do you have a student sitting Cambridge exams in the next few years?

* Are you still undecided about your secondary level options?

* Interested in finding out further information?

The number of homeschooled students sitting Cambridge Exams is growing
rapidly. To find out more about this option for high school, you are invited
to an introductory information session covering the basics of Cambridge.

Subjects covered include:

Why study Cambridge? The pros and cons.

The structure of the Cambridge Exam system

Cambridge for Private Candidates

Cambridge in a homeschooling setting

Using Cambrige as a pathway to University

Suggestions for timetable planning

Due to time constraints, we can only cover the basics during this
introductory session but we may be able to offer a more in depth session if
there is sufficient demand at a later stage.

Numbers for this session are extremely limited due to the venue size so we
strongly suggest booking ASAP to secure your place.

Date: Friday 25 November i.e. NEXT Friday!

Time: 10-11.30am

Cost: $8 per participant

(Please note: The cost is purely to cover the hireage of the room and
handouts. Cambridge Exam Solutions operates in a not-for-profit capacity.)

Venue:

The Parenting Place
300 Great South Road
Greenlane
Auckland, 1151

Bookings

Bookings are essential. To book, please contact Erena:

Ph 269 3590

Text 0274 79 0002

Email – info@cambridgeexamsolutions.co.nz

Payment Deadline: Midnight on Wednesday 24th November.

If your payment is not received by this time, your space will be offered to
the next person on the list. We are unable to give refunds due for
non-attendance but you are welcome for someone else to take your place
should a last minute emergency arise.

Due to limited time and space, we would appreciate it if there were no
children present in the actual session.

Best regards,

Judith Tizzard & Erena Fussell

NB This session is similar to the workshop offered at the Auckland
conference held in June this year and will cover the same material as the
Hamilton conference to be held early next year.

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From the Smiths:

https://hef.org.nz/2011/craig-smith-26-january-1951-to-30-september-2011/

New 14/11/11: Craig Smith’s Health page 6 click here

 

Needing help for your home schooling journey:

https://hef.org.nz/2011/needing-help-for-your-home-schooling-journey-2/

And

Here are a couple of links to get you started home schooling:

https://hef.org.nz/getting-started-2/
and
https://hef.org.nz/exemptions/