WHAT’S ON @ Devonport Library

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Thank you all for the wonderful response we have had to our children’s and adult’s events throughout the past month. We have had some very special days and evenings with stories, poems and songs filling this, our community living room, with amazing people and warm community connections.

June will now be a quieter month for library events as we all prepare for a hugely busy July to come. On Tuesday 27 June at 7pm, we look forward to the Devonport Library Associates next evening event. A date for your diary as the speaker/author will be announced soon and we expect a great response.

In July, we are very excited to be contributing to the Mataraki celebrations and commemorations in Devonport. It will coincide with the library’s school-holiday programme, which is also Matariki themed, so expect a variety of activities for tamariki, story readings and much much more!

Please follow our Facebook page, the Devonport Peninsula Trust’s website and look for the flurry of posters around the library. The school-holiday programme will also feature the Beanstack online reading and activity challenge for children to encourage our tamariki to keep up their reading habits over the holidays. This opens on the first day of the school holidays in July.

The regular preschool children’s events will continue till the school holidays begin.

Storytime 10am Mondays, Rhymetime 10am Thursdays, Wriggle and Rhyme 10am Fridays and the ever-popular Lego Club for school-aged tamariki at 3:30pm on Thursdays. You can spot some of their amazing creations on display. And don’t forget to tell your elderly or frail family and neighbours that there is a Community House van that will pick them up from their home and bring them to and from the library on Thursday afternoons. We will serve them a cuppa at the fireside on the comfy sofas and help them with any library needs. Just call 09 445 3068 to book and it will only cost $2:00. See you soon. Ma

Takapuna Grammar School’s Cactus dance company enjoyed major successes at the National Dance Challenge held over King’s Birthday weekend. The student-led team came first in the Jazz category and second in the Contemporary category.

The competition is for schools and independent troupes, competing in different dance genres. The schools this year were mostly from Auckland, but dancers from across the country competed in the Troupe and Solo categories.

Cactus co-leader Hayley Macduff told the Flagstaff she felt “pretty amazing” about the team’s efforts. “I’m super-happy with how we did, really proud of my team.”

The year 13 student said that the team had beaten schools it had finished behind in previous competitions.

Hayley and the other two leaders choose the songs Cactus dance to, come up with the choreography, refine it and then teach it to the team.

Hayley said being student-led allows the team to be more open with collaboration and helps create a no-judgment environment, as everyone is on an equal level. “It keeps a very relaxed vibe and makes the team closer I think.”

Cactus rehearses twice a week and has recently been taking advantage of the secondary-school teacher strikes by practising on the days when classes were cancelled.

Hayley said it can be a challenge to practise both jazz and contemporary dance genres, as they have different “vibes” and manners of presentation, but the relaxed environment helps the dancers work together and cope.

The team now shifts its focus to the Dance NZ Made Auckland regionals in August, when a top-two finish will qualify them for nationals.

Ball Season Is Upon Us

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Enrolment for Out of Zone Students for 2019

ENROLMENTS FOR TERM 3 2023

Enrolment for Out of Zone Students for 2019

Devonport Primary School invites applications for out of zone enrolments in Years 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 for 2019

Applications close: 17th Oct

Ballot Date (if required) - 24th Oct

Devonport Primary operates an enrolment scheme, details are available from the school office. Applications for out-of-zone places, across all ages, are invited for admission from 17 July to 22 September 2023, with a deadline of 16 July. If required, a ballot will be held, and parents notified on 17 July. Multiple out-of-zone enrolment ballots may be held throughout 2023.

Devonport Primary School invites applications for out of zone enrolments in Years 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 for 2019

Please contact the school for application forms, or an opportunity to visit 445 0183

Applications close: 17th Oct office@devonport school nz www devonportschool nz

Ballot Date (if required) - 24th Oct

If planning to enrol later in 2023 please contact the school as soon as possible to assist our planning.

Please contact the school for application forms, or an opportunity to visit.