By Christine Gillard | Posted: Sunday August 7, 2016
Nathan Wallis Presentation
In this presentation Nathan Wallis will explore and explain the latest understandings of the adolescent brain and the changes that are taking place. An understanding of these changes allows us to be innovative in our approach to young people.
Nathan will discuss:-
· Risk taking
· Decision making
· Alcohol and drugs
· Technology
· Sleep patterns
· Peer pressure
· Plus much more
Tickets are $20 per person and available at www.playcentreshop.co.nz
Date : Tuesday 23 August from 7-9pm [doors open at 6.30pm]
Venue : Jack Mann Auditorium, University of Canterbury, Solway Avenue, Christchurch
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Storylines Christchurch Family Day
The 2016 Christchurch Family Day takes place on Sunday 28 August at the Upper Riccarton Library, from 10 am to 3 pm. Free (gold coin koha appreciated).
The Family Day is a wonderful celebration of NZ Children's Literature with activities for all ages. Authors from throughout New Zealand will be present with talks, readings and illustrations, plus there will be book-oriented games, face painting and Clifford the Big Red Dog.
AUTHORS & ILLUSTRATORS – Book talks, Book readings, Book signing
§ Fifi Colston (Wellington author/illustrator)
§ Leonie Agnew (Auckland author)
§ Scott Tulloch (Queenstown author/illustrator)
§ Jane Bloomfield (Queenstown author)
§ James Norcliffe (Christchurch author/poet)
§ Gillian Candler (Wellington non-fiction author)
§ Steve Gurney (Queenstown non-fiction author)
§ Elena De Roo (Auckland author/poet)
PERFORMERS:
§ Jody Keehan (Christchurch musical storyteller)
§ Greg O’Connell (Christchurch performance poet)
§ Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Whānau Tahi Kapa Haka Group
Programme highlights:
Arts and crafts get fashion friendly with NZ Book Awards finalist for Junior Fiction, Jane Bloomfield, and so can you! Join in the Lily Max fun and make chokers and wristcuffs. Dress and style a Lily Max paperdoll for a chance to win a Holler T-Shirt from Jane Bloomfield herself! Check out the Lily Max Fan Club on Facebook to find out more about Lily Max style.
Bird Games (All ages)
For those who love our feathered forest friends, join Gillian Candler for a wonderful mix of science and crafts. Match beaks with birds, create an origami kiwi bookmark, or colour and cut out a kaka mask. There will be no end of fun in our Factopia corner.
Teens and adults who are beginners or interested in getting started in adventure sports such as mountain biking, off-road running, open water swimming, kayaking, reading maps, orienteering, etc., etc., will enjoy our activities with Steve Gurney, inspirational speaker and author of Beginners Guide to Adventure Sports. In addition to an entertaining “Book Talk” session he will also give a lesson on how to repair a tyre. If you’ve been too embarrassed to admit you don’t know how to fix a puncture, then this is a great practical session for you to come and learn. Steve will start from the basics, and you can ask any questions you like, no such thing as a dumb question, it’s all about learning in this session!
Things to bring if you have them:
§ your own bike wheel if you have one, and especially good if you have a puncture already, (or you can pretend it’s flat!)
§ 2 tyre levers (or 2 dessert spoons will do)
§ a puncture repair kit (something like $5 dollars from your bike shop)
§ bike pump
§ a rag to clean your hands with.
Come and hear our special guests, award-winning junior fiction authors Jane Bloomfield (Queenstown) and Leonie Agnew (Auckland) share their methods in designing characters their readers love. This free workshop is one not to miss!
Help Fifi Colston make a Wearable Story!
Fifi Colston is the author of award-winning costuming books for children, Wearable Wonders and Ghoulish Getups. She will be seeking help to drape a mannequin with a Wearable Story! See her illustrations for The Tortoise and the Soldier, by Jennifer Beck.
Take a trip through the making of the award-winning I am Not a Worm, written and illustrated by Scott Tolloch.
Are you a high school-aged student who would like to share a positive book review on Family Day? Five selected students will have five minutes to rave, read or recite fan fiction about a favourite NZ Book. We can’t wait to hear your reviews!
Download the application form and complete your entry.
Experience the picture book He Taniwha i te Kura with the students of Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Te Whānau Tahi.
This year will be a Poet’s Paradise at the Storylines Family Day. Be inspired by esteemed poets James Norcliffe, Elena De Roo and Greg O’Connell who will discuss and recite poetry for children. Be entertained with a Family Poetry Show by Greg O’Connell, interactive poet. Create glorylines at poetry workshops for all ages.
Riccarton High School students and other volunteers will be on hand again this year to brighten young faces with creative designs. Mum and Dad can sip coffees in the Red Café while the kids are bedazzled.
Have a go at our Christchurch treasure hunt - download the A3 or A4 poster and colour it in (All ages).
On-the-Day Christchurch Family Day Competitions
Style and design a Lily Max paperdoll. Best paperdoll wins a Lilly Max ‘Holler’ T-shirt from Best-Selling author Jane Bloomfield. Prize-giving will be at 2:00 during Jane Bloomfield’s Books Out Aloud session. (Ages 7 to 12)
We’ve hidden a sentence? Can you find it? Hunt around the library, unscramble the words, and voila! Enter your completed sentence for a drawing of wonderful book prizes from Walker Books, Potton & Burton, David Ling and Duck Creek Press, and Scholastic. Prizegiving will be held at 2.45pm in Welcome Area at the Christchurch Family Day. (All ages)
Get creative and dress up as your favourite hero or villain. Great costumes can win spot book prizes.
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GIRLS CRICKET - St Albans, STARTS IN TERM 4 – Register now or in September
Girls love playing cricket – they enjoy making friends with new girls their own age, they love learning new skills, they thrive in being part of a team and they pick up the great values that the game can teach.
Fortunately we have enough girls playing that we do have several girls only grades.
St Albans Cricket Club has more females playing cricket than any other club in Chch. We currently have 3 women in the NZ team – more than any other club in NZ and we have plenty of younger girls as well. We really value and look after our females!
Our registrations open in September but you can register early if you wish. Ideally we are looking for girls in year 4-8 to play cricket. Sisters can usually be in the same team, as can friends.
Season starts – mid October (after school holidays) but registrations are open from now to September. The season lasts till the end of March and we stop over the Xmas school holidays.
Games – are Saturday morning 9-12. These are usually played at Hagley Park. All players guaranteed to bat and bowl each week.
Grades – there are 3 girls only grades at the junior level ( 1. A Year 3,4,5 girls grade 2. A Year 5/6 girls grade and 3. A year 7/8 girls grade ). There is flexibility within the grades to move girls based on ability and friends/ family.
Gear – all gear and coaching provided by the club. We also provide shirts and caps.
Cost – Subs are approx. $100 per girl for the season
Practice – we practice at Hagley Park – usually on a Thursday 4-5.30pm (this does depend on the team members availability)
Parents – you may be interested in coaching, umpiring, scoring or managing – if so, let me know. We are always looking for parents who are happy to get involved with a team. Alternatively you may just want to watch your daughter – that’s fine too.
If you are interested in knowing more or registering your daughter
Email : barry@denver.co.nz or call or text 021 336837