July 2020 – YAT Update
Dear Parent/Caregiver,
We hope the school holidays have started well for you. We only have a few holiday programme spots available on our junior programme on Friday, otherwise everything else, including Breakaway and Teen Babysitting is FULL. Here’s a few updates:
1. CLUBS: Term 3
Bookings for next term are now LIVE and Term Plans are online too (click on the hyperlinks below). Why not try something new for a term or forward to a friend as spaces are available for all clubs. Register for this term (or the whole of 2020) at: https://yatclubs.aimyplus.com
Start dates for Term 3:
– Kitchen Klub (School Years 5 – 8) – Monday 20th July
– Beach Tots Playgroups (Pre-Schoolers) – Tuesday 21st & Thursday 23rd July
– Craft Club (School Years 5 – 8) – Thursday 23rd July
– Rock Solid (School Years 7 & 8) – Friday 24th July
– Surge (School Years 9 – 13) – Friday 24th July
– Basketball Club (School Years 3 – 6) – Monday 27th July
– Kōtirotiro Girls Club (School Years 1 – 6) – Wednesday 29th July
– Tamatāne Boys Club (School Years 1 – 6) – Thursday 30th July
2. NEW Vans
We’re stoked to announce that YAT has now replaced its two older vans after 2 years of fundraising! The old Transit and 20 year old Hiace have both been replaced with 12 seater Toyota Hiace Minivans (2016 & 2014) thanks to various funders such as Rotary and 20 individual donors who gave anything from $40 to $5,000 as well as the Crichton Cobbers legacy fund and their trade-in value. We now begin our fundraising drive to build garaging to protect these 3 vans from the sea elements.
3. After School Oscar (School Years 5 – 9)
We have some awesome activities planned for the winter term coming up, including CIRCUS SKILLS WORKSHOPS every TUESDAY! This has been funded by CreativeNZ and we have a maximum of 20 places for the 10 week term, so there is no extra cost if you’re enrolled on our Tuesday Oscar. The workshops run from 3:30-5:00pm at the Roy Stokes Hall, over the road from our offices, by the Christchurch Circus School and will be learning Aerial Arts: trapeze, silks and lyra, Balancing /equilibristic arts: globes, rola-bola stilts and tightwire and learn acrobatics and juggling arts. The rest of the week timetable:
Mondays: Kitchen Klub
Tuesdays: Circus Skills
Wednesdays: Kōtirotiro Girls Club or Boys Activities
Thursdays: Tamatāne Boys Club or Craft Club
Fridays: Rock Solid
We now do pick up’s from 5 local schools; Rawhiti, SNBS, NBC, Nova and Chisnallwood, in our 3 modern Hiace 12 seater minivans and many are also eligible for the government subsidy (eg: if you have 2 children, you have to be earning more than $1,600 a week to not get anything). Register now: https://yat.aimyplus.com/ or email Shelly with any questions: rego@yat.org.nz
4. Upcoming Events
We’re about to release information of two workshops we’re running in partnership with MHERC on Suicide Prevention, on Tuesday 28th July. We’re also planning a massive Intermediates EPIC Dance Party on Friday 18th September and can confirm our holiday programmes will again be in Week 1 of the October School Holidays, 28th Sept – 2nd October.
5. Other News
Other recent news includes purchasing a community AED, advice and tips on how to protect your kids online, how to drink a blended Happy Meal, and how to pull off some amazing Trick Shots at YAT.
Keep updated with other news by following our Facebook Page, Instagram, You Tube, or Website
Ngā mihi
The YAT Team
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