South Island HEART 2012 is here!

Home Educators' Annual Re-Treat is designed especially for Home Schooling Mums to have a weekend away to refresh and re-focus.

Featuring Rosie Boom, Alison White and other presenters
$155 for Early-bird registration.
Venue: Glenroy Lodge, Canterbury
Organisers and Speakers have a Christian world-view.
All Welcome!
20-22 July, 2012

Claire and Stacey plan to drive up for this, so contact either of us if you're interested in ride-sharing, or
finding out more (Claire went last year and had a great time).

A pdf containing prices and workshops etc was sent out with the newsletter. Contact Stacey if you didn't get it :)

High School workshops??

The Settlers' Museum has programmes aimed at secondary students. I would be interested in booking for the "Monster to Miniature - a history of computing presentation by OSM curator Peter Read and a tour of the museum's computer collection." and a museum careers talk - would there be interest from other families with highschool aged students for these?

Contact Kathrin to book or for more information.

Otago Settlers' Museum workshop

Wednesday 20 June, 1.00 - 2.30 Otago Settlers' Museum workshop - "Bridge Construction" Students will find out about different types of bridges, the science behind bridges, how they are made and what they are made of, then design and construct a model bridge. Aimed at students from year 3 - 8, but flexible on this.

Contact Kathrin to book or for more information.

This Wednesday's meet up

This Wednesdays met-up is at Moana pool.
Casual swim/free play and lunch from 12:30 - 3pm, 16th May

Health services for home educating families

As we have had a few new families join lately, it's a good time to remind everyone about the free health services available to us.

• Dental care is available through the school dental clinics – contact your local school for details. Available from when your baby's first teeth appear :)

• Hearing, vision and glue ear checks-
Dunedin Central
Vision, Hearing and Glue Ear.
Every Monday Morning
Dunedin Hospital
Ph (03) 4765800

South Dunedin
Hearing and Glue Ear.
Approx. 1st Thursday each month
Aurora Health Center
Ph (03) 455 0006

Mosgiel
Vision, Hearing and Glue Ear.
Every 2nd Friday Morning
Mosgiel Health Center
ph (03) 4895135

Museum trip May 9

Note: For anyone only checking the blog, and not getting the newsletter, many apologies, I (Stacey) have been super busy with other stuff and the blog is not updated nearly as regularly as it should be. *Do* sign up for the newsletter if you want to know what is going on! 

From Michelle:
About the Otago Museum trip “What's the matter” May 9 - $6.50 per child – 12-1.30pm
So far we haven’t got enough people. If I haven’t got enough I will have to cancel it next Friday as they need a bit of notice. So far I only have 5 out of the 12 kids needed to be able to have it run.
Email Michelle to book

Bush walk next week

Just a reminder that next Wednesdays (2nd May) meet-up is a walk through the bush up on to signal hill ridge. The address is 34 Tui street St Leonards. Directions are to continue up the concrete drive at the top of Tui street. When the concrete ends turn right 90 degrees and park in the paddock directly ahead.
Contact Anna for more details