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Science roadshow Monday 19th March

February 12, 2012 by · Leave a Comment

Hi everyone,

Lorna D. is happy to make a booking for the Manawatu Home Educators Group to attend the Science RoadShow this year on Monday 19th March.

It is being held at Palmerston North Intermediate, Ferguson St.

It is most suited to years 5-9 or ages 8yr-13yr, however older and younger children are welcome to attend. If you are bringing preschoolers PLEASE ensure they are well supervised!

If you have never been to one before it is TOTALLY worth going (even if you are not very science oriented)!!

Session times available are:

1. 10:35-11:55
2. 12:30-13:50
3. 13:35-14:55

Please indicate your preferred time (although I can’t guarantee it until booking due to limited numbers in each session). I will be booking one session time only based on the most preferred time by those wishing to go.

The Roadshow has a new programme for 2012 including two new demonstrations:

  • Spectacular Changes : a look a physical and chemical changes
  • The Hidden World : focusing on aspects of the world that cannot be seen without the aid of special equipment

In addition there will be a range of over 60 interactive exhibits under the themes of:

  • Astronomy
  • The Human Body
  • Earth Science
  • Farming
  • Forces
  • Light

The programme is a 1 hour 20 minutes session.

Admission is MHE members $7.00 per school-aged student, non-members $8.00 per student, with teachers and parent help free.

Please contact Lorna D. (see our CONTACT page) to register your interest. I will need numbers by Wednesday 15th Feb in order to make the booking.

You can check out their website www.roadshow.org for more info.

Thanks, Lorna.

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12+ sports – Kayaking

February 10, 2012 by · Leave a Comment

30th March Friday

  • 1.45-­3.15pm meet at the Chalet by the Centennial Lagoon
  • MHE member price $4.00 per person
  • Non-­member price $5.00 per person
  • Depending on numbers price may be a little more or less, as we pay a set price
  • Contact for booking is Wendy A on the CONTACT page
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75th Anniversary RNZAF Airshow, Ohakea Airforce Base

February 10, 2012 by · Leave a Comment

31st March Saturday

  • Ground displays commence at 9.00am
  • Entry $10 per person, $30 per car/family, children under 5 free
  • Cash on entry at gate only. Lots of cool stuff to do and see, not an MHE event (obviously!!) but some of our families will be actively involved in this big day out, so take the time to check it out at…

http://www.airforce.mil.nz/operations/whats-on/75th-anniversary/air-show-information.htm

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Interested in biochemistry

February 9, 2012 by · Leave a Comment


The Cell’s Design book comes with a series FREE of MP3 lectures. Grab the sample chapter from here.

See also:

Unfortunately we don’t have this microscope, but we do have other stuff. See our Science Supplies page.

Microscopes are cool, so (thanks to Wayne’s World) you can enjoy this picture…

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Messianic Prophecies For Children

February 3, 2012 by · Leave a Comment

From the beautiful Ariel Winter Mailer PDF here.  Ariel Ministries New Zealand office is here.

See also Ariel Ministries founder Dr. Arnold Fruchtenbaum’s itinerary and visit to Palmerston North and New Zealand here.

CHECK OUT SOME BEAUTIFUL FREE TEACHING AND STUDY RESOURCES HERE.

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Making use of the public library

February 1, 2012 by · Leave a Comment

We looooove the Palmerston North City Library, but what if they don’t have the books you want to read? Well, you fill in the request form.

And if you loooove eBooks, you should check out ePukapuka. Unfortunately you may have to avoid their many sleazy family-unfriendly book covers as you browse.

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Fundamentals of the Faith

January 22, 2012 by · Leave a Comment

This is a great workbook for working through the basics of the Bible.

A teacher’s guide is also available.

You can buy it from here (USA) or here (and Teacher’s Guide) in New Zealand.

In addition, there is a FREE MP3 series that runs along with the workbook, so there is minimal input required from the parent.

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What does Apple’s new iBooks and iBooks Author mean for homeschool education?

January 20, 2012 by · 5 Comments

Apple’s iBook event video:

http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/1201oihbafvpihboijhpihbasdouhbasv/event/index.html

What does this event mean for home schoolers? I suspect it means a lot, but we may not see the results in our midst for a year or two. In a nutshell:

  1. Textbook authors can now easily make their own beautiful digital textbooks for the iPad and sell them on the iTunes store. These textbooks are at most $14.99 USD and can be full multimedia.
  2. Schools can now follow the iTunes U (University) model and put full courses including notes, lectures, video lectures, and assignments online for free.

This surely opens the doors for full homeschool curricula to be defined and offered worldwide to any iPad user with minimal input required from the parent-teacher.

What do you think? Amazing? Exciting? Would you use a curriculum (e.g. SonLight or Apologia Science) if it was available on the iPad?

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Education options for Christians

December 7, 2011 by · Leave a Comment

From here: http://da.rryl.me/2011/education-options-for-christians-intro/

When our first child was ready for school, we put her into a public school. We had reasons. We wanted her to be in the world, learn how the world works and be prepared. We wanted our family to be “light” in the world (for want of a clearer way of putting it) by teaching our children about the Lord and living that testimony with them before others.

But things came unstuck for us as we asked the children what they learned about at school. The answers often concerned us. Some of what the school taught as fact was not fact – it was philosophical or just plain opinion, and whatever it was, it was not in accordance with how the Bible says we should be raising our children.

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The perfect Christmas present?

December 5, 2011 by · Leave a Comment

From here in New Zealand:

We now have this DVD and you are welcome to borrow it. Highly recommended.

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MoE Home Schooling payments

November 21, 2011 by · Leave a Comment

Urgent Reminder — you need to get you Ministry of Education “Home Schooling Declaration and Allowance July — December 2011” form completed and returned to the office by:

Friday 25th November 2011.

Payment will be made Monday 12 December 2011.

“Unless you confirm your bank details, the Home-schooling Allowance will not be paid.”

An incomplete form will result in a delayed payment.

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Secrets of Mental Math: Free Video Lecture on How to Memorize Numbers

October 7, 2011 by · Leave a Comment

Download the lecture for a limited time here:

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Planning meeting

August 6, 2011 by · Leave a Comment

Tuesday 4th Oct

Activities planning meeting for term 4.

Time: 7.30pm

Location: 342 Tremaine Ave, Palmerston North.

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Water treatment visit

August 6, 2011 by · Leave a Comment

Tuesday 4th Oct

Visit to Water Treatment.

Details to follow.

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Home and country show workshop day

August 6, 2011 by · Leave a Comment

Thursday 29th September 1.30pm

Gateway Christian Fellowship 174-178 Church Street.

This is a workshop to help adults and children prepare and get ideas for entering the Home and Country show held on October 29th.

Further details to follow.

Please contact us using the CONTACT page to register your interest.

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