July Holidays Info

Our July enrolment form is now available online.
These holidays our focus will be film and photography.

Sports Photographer Phillip Rollo will be coming in.
Click on image to view his website

The children will have the opportunity to work with a film crew and trial a new 3D movie camera and because it's Rugby World Cup time we'll look at sports photography all interspersed with computers, sports arts and fun!

Monday, 18 July 2011 – Friday 22 July 2011 and Monday 25 July - Friday 28 July


Activ8 Director Scott Randrup

Activ8 director Scott Randrup will be visiting teaching
bush survival skills and very importantly how to make
a hot chocolate on your gas cooker! :-)

To Register: Register Online or book by phone, bookings essential.
Daily workshops or weekly bookings.

Venue: Nelson Central School Library/Computer Suite

Age: 5 – 14 years

Time: 9.00am – 5.30pm

Cost: $25 half day till 1.00pm * $30 till 3.00pm * $40 full day * $185 full week booking * $150

full week till 3.00pm. WINZ subsidies available.

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Film Crew and Pointillism

Tara introduced us to pointillism and here is one of the results of her tutoring. Ellie's Mini Masterpiece The film crew were INSPIRING which is pertinent because they are from Inspire Productions Nelson. Zac the Cameraman Finally we completed the editing stage of another movie trailer started on Monday......here's Jaws V! Earlier in the day.......Today the film crew come in and will help us create our own chat show. Tara will be tutoring the children in Pointillism.....I had to wikipedia this term. This photo from wikipedia is a clue: Detail from Seurat's La Parade de Cirque (1889) Will post later the results from our day. (See above)

We plan and prepare a schedule but the actual programme evolves with the personality of the children coming and the friendships that develop. So our programme ends up being better than what's "on paper". Most of our children are children who return each holidays. If Nelson were first to get the fastest internet speed in the Southern Hemisphere then it will bring great profile and economic development to our region.Yikes wants to take part to support our community. Some quick facts In 1969 Walter Kronkyte named Chattanooga the most polluted city in the US. Last year Chattanooga was ranked first for economic growth potential. They have the fasted internet speeds in the whole country O/seas companies set up in their town. One NZ town will be chosen to be first with the fastest internet in the Southern Hemisphere It will bring profile to our city and potential for economic growth So we're going to jump in these holidays and take part in: So using this...

Tour Guide Training

Today we are learning in our Computer Session how to be a good tour guide. We have learnt that: A good guide is sensitive to the needs of others. A good guide is well organized. A good guide has knowledge of the local area. So we are learning to use Google search to gather information. This site offers some good tips about using search: http://cihnelsonlessons.blogspot.co.nz/search/label/Google Also did you know you can use google search as a calculator or a dictionary? It's pretty cool. Is this tour guide being sensitive to the needs of his group?

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