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The new Addington Knitters meet every Friday in Miss Blackburn's classroom where they are learning all sorts of knitting, including finger knitting, French knitting and crocheting.  Miss Blackburn got her husband to put nails into wooden blocks so that the children could learn French Knitting. She says the children have been working extremely hard and all of them seem to enjoy the knitting. Many of the children take their knitting home and have inspired other family members to take up knitting. At playtime and lunch times you can see children knitting around the school.

On Thursday, Wayne Smith (the “backs” coach of the All Blacks), Bryn Evans and Neemia Tialata (current All Blacks) came to visit the Pre -School and Primary School Conductive Education children  at Addington. We asked Wayne Smith if he knew about Conductive Education and he said he had visited lots of times and he thought it was fantastic because it teaches children every day skills.  It was Bryn and Neemia’s first visit and they were both very excited. After introducing themselves, the men met all the children and gave them a poster each. Then we all went outside for a game of “tug -of-war” . Conductive Ed verses the All Blacks!!! Conductive Ed WON!!!!!  Next Bryn and Neemia practised  rugby line outs and scrums with the children. Brittany from our school caught the ball in the line out. Go Brittany!! Then we asked Bryn and Neemia about being an All Black and they told us that they both get nervous before a game, but that was a good thing. They had both had serious injuries inclu...

Funding cuts recently announced in the Budget could have devastating affects on our Conductive Education Unit. Cuts have been made in the money given to our school as part of our therapy entitlement. It is from this funding that we are able to pay our two wonderful conductors. Our principal Trudy Heath has recently travelled to Wellington to put our case for continuing the  present funding for our Conductive Education Unit. The Ministry is keen for the Addington Conductive Education Unit to continue however, without the therapy entitlement, the whole programme is currently under threat.

Papmandering: 'The art/science of redrawing electoral boundaries, electoral laws and/or the constitution for the purpose of maintaining overwhelming control of Parliament through the mechanics of clearly articulated arguments in favour of an inclusive form of democracy' We are familiar with the concept of gerrymandering. It is the process by which electoral boundaries are redrawn to produce a distinct advantage for a candidate. Gerrymandering is possible in a first-past-the-post system whereby voting districts that appear to strongly favour an incumbent can be made to swallow up adjacent voting districts that appear to support opposition candidates. In most countries employing the first past the post system, the principle governing redistricting or redrawing of constituency boundaries is based on the idea of equal representation for voters. Absolute equality in representation is impossible to achieve. However, boundary commissions/committees attempt to find approximate e...

Grace Roselli July 9 - July 31, 2009 Reception: Thursday, July 9, 6-8 PM Gallery Thomas Jaeckel 532 West 25th Street, New York Rosa Almeida, Marcy Brafman, Zac Braun, Amy Chaiklin Chrissy Conant, Veronica Cross, Alicia Gibson, James Gilroy Ian Hughes, Liz Insogna, Yuliya Lanina, D. Dominick Lombardi Sandra Mack-Valencia, Norma Markley, Jesse McCloskey John Monteith, Mary Murphy, Mark Power, Grace Roselli Mary Ann Strandell, Roya Tabib, Adam Thompson, Ginna Triplett Chris Twomey, Kathleen Vance, Ruth Waldman, Deborah Wasserman Rosa Almeida Marcy Brafman Zac Braun Amy Chaiklin Veronica Cross Alicia Gibson James Gilroy Ian Hughes Elizabeth Insogna Courtesy Winston Wachter Gallery Yuliya Lanina D. Dominick Lombardi Sandra Mack-Valencia Norma Markley Jesse McCloskey Courtesy Christopher Henry Gallery John Monteith Mark Power Grace Roselli Mary Ann Strandell Roya Tabib Adam Thompson Chris Twomey Kathleen Vance Ruth Waldman Deborah Wasserman

At today's senior assembly, four children were awarded  Addington Article Reporter pages for their Citizen Passports. These children have had articles published on the school blog, and are now official Addington Article Reporters. Melissa, Damon, Bayleigh and Zane received their pages from Ms Heath.  Addington Passports recognise children's achievements towards their citizenship at our school. This begins as soon as they start  within the Junior school, and continues throughout their time at Addington. Other awards include, learning milestones, achievements within various school activities, both  sporting and cultural, and leadership roles within our school.  By the time children leave Addington School at the end of year six, they will have amassed a wonderful collection of pages within their passports reflecting their achievements during their time with us. Also receiving an award today was Khale for his amazing work as our official "Wet Grass Manager".

Addington School has a new school bus. A Walking School Bus! Every Wednesday morning at 8am children from Addington School are meeting at three different places around the Addington area and walking together to school. The PTA have organised this activity. The children wear reflective vests and walk in lines to school. During their walk they sing, chat and get to meet other children from different classes. 

On June 16 th 2009 the Addington A-Tunes performed a beautiful song, ‘Welcome Home’ by Dave Dobbin. The A-Tunes have been practising every week for the past two terms. The children have all made a huge commitment and showed a great passion for singing. Every member of the Addington A-Tunes, should be very proud of their performance. Their efforts were outstanding and have been acknowledged by other schools as the standout performance of the night. They received the loudest applause and a standing ovation. Ka pai A-Tunes!

Jack The Pelican Presents 487 Driggs Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11211 June 26 - July 12, 2009 Reception: Friday, June 26, 7-9 PM Zac Braun Amy Chaiklin Alicia Gibson James Gilroy Rebecca Goyette Scott Kiernan Tine Kindermann Liz-N-Val Rachelle Mozman Grace Roselli Rosemary Taylor These artists are my heroes because they attempt to make art (create vision, communicate with society, speak for a community) in a world that doesn’t need it, doesn’t ask for it, and only benefits from what they can give. Each of them grapples with the demands of their craft, their thematic agendas, and with how they feel their work will be received within the art world, knowing full well that the cards can easily be stacked against them. Yet they persevere. They strive, and sometimes they thrive. I have selected artists who come from vastly different generations, and whose work generally speaks to an edgy urban quality; to a sense of perverted idealism; to sensory overload and transient reflection; to innoc...