nz+a+thon

Great start to the first week- keep getting sponsers and stamps media type="custom" key="10282379" Dont forget to Funraise and make some money either on your sponser form or online @http://www.fundraiseonline.co.nz/fundraise/useremail.aspx?e=816&c=393

One of our major fundraising events this year is the NZ-A-THON. An ‘a-thon’ is a way to raise both much needed funds and test your knowledge about a particular subject. However this ‘a-thon’ will be slightly different to most.... Our NZ-a-Thon will focus on our core learning inquiry of citizenship. Children will be involved in a range of activities which will require them to answer questions, locate and record information, make and create objects (usually icons), learn songs and dances, talk with you/their parents about their learning and attend learning workshops about New Zealand. Each child will have a mock New Zealand passport to collect stamps in when they complete an activity. Children will have a target number of stamps to collect. The NZ-a-thon questions and activities will be on here

your children regularly (to keep up momentum and motivation).
 * o The NZ-a-thon is over 3 weeks – please take time to go over the questions/research tasks and activities with

**__ How To Use The Passport __** Children record their answers in their passports (unless otherwise stated). They need to record the question number or title of the activity/research completed. __ Stamps are given: __ Questions – 1 per answer. Activities – 5 per completed activity (up to your standard). This includes the orienteering, the library and Where is George activities. Research – 5 per completed research (up to your standard). The aim is for all children to collect at least 50 stamps – but the expectation is for them to get a lot more than this. You might like to set goals or points for children to encourage them to succeed in the NZ-a-thon.

** Important New Zealand-a-Thon dates: ** ** Focus for each week of the New Zealand-a-thon 29th August - **** 16th September ** ¬ Week 1 - ‘Our Place’ ¬ Week 2 - ‘Citizenship’ ¬ Week 3 - ‘That’s Unusual’ ¬ Completed passports will be sent home to celebrate achievements on Friday 16th September. ** 19th – 23rd September ** ¬ Sponsorship money due. Money should be brought to school in a sealed envelop or bag with the sponsorship form named and attached. Teachers will have a NZ-a-thon class list, please record against the child’s name the amount and date. ** 7th October ** ¬ Prize-giving for students - prizes for most sponsors gained, team rewards for classes with all forms and money returned (1 per team), top effort awards and spot prizes for the best passports.

