Rock Solid

Youth Alive Trust has been running a weekly Rock Solid club for over 20 years for local intermediates. We will do in-house events, as well as some outings, so get ready for some wild, zany, funky times that will ROCK your world!

For: Years 7 - 8

Each: Friday

From: 4pm - 6pm (Updated for Term 4 2023)


Latest Updates

5 Mar 2024

We have had an amazing last 2 weeks at Rock Solid. Have you seen the incredible work our young people achieved last week for our New Brighton Kaitiakitanga at Rāwhiti Domain? If you haven’t check it out HERE!

We have a special night coming up for our outing on Friday 15th of March, we are heading to Clip and Climb! Meeting at Youth Alive Trust at 4:00pm. We will be going altogether in the vans, leaving YAT around 4:15pm so please don’t be late! We’ll be back at YAT finishing at a later time of 6:30pm.

We only have a limited number of spots, so either put down your name on the list this coming Friday night or if you’re unable to make it this Friday, then reply to this email and let us know your child will be coming to Clip & Climb. 

 

If you’ve paid the $50 term fee, there is no extra cost for the night.

If you pay the $5 each week, then the cost is $15.

Payments can be made via eftpos or online at:

Youth Alive Trust

11-7892-0066444-00

RS & Child’s name

5 Feb 2024

Rock Solid is back in 2024 and we have an awesome term planned with our same awesome leaders. Some activities we have planned are New Brighton Kaitiakitanga and Fear Factor!

Starting back on 23 February 2024!

Click on the ‘Latest Brochure’ link to see the term plan.

This year we have increased the terms fees for Rock Solid to $50pp (including outings).

There are limited spaces, and we will close registrations once full, so please register early if keen using your normal email and password at https://yatclubs.aimyplus.com

If you’ve not registered for YAT programmes before, click ‘New Parent’, then complete your profile before making a booking.

Any club registration questions, email: rego@yat.org.nz

2 Nov 2023

We have a special night coming up on the 10th November for Rock Solid as we are heading to Laser strike! Meeting at Youth Alive Trust at 4:00pm. We will be going altogether in the vans, leaving YAT at 4:30pm at the latest so please don’t be late! We’ll be back at YAT finishing at the later then normal time of 6:30pm.

If you’ve paid the $40 term fee, there is no extra cost for the night. If not, the evening is $15. Please email us before the 8th November if your Rangatahi is planning on attending as we only have 36 spots available. There will also be a sign up sheet available this Friday.

Reminder you can view photos of what happens at Rock Solid and our other programmes
on our Facebook page

If you have any questions, please email Emma at emma.anderton@yat.org.nz

3 Oct 2023

*IMPORTANT* ROCK SOLID WILL NOW BE STARTING AT 4PM AND WILL BE RUNNING UNTIL 6PM! We will be trialling these earlier timings for term 4 of 2023 and depending on how things go, they might stay this way.

Rock Solid will be back in the 1st week of Term 4 with Pizza Night! We’ll be making pizza!

We have lots of other awesome activities planned for the term including going mini-golfing & capture the flag!

Click on ‘download our latest brochure‘ to see the full term plan.

The whole term and all activities is $40pp including outings. Alternatively you can pay $4 per week but outing costs are extra. You can pay with cash or Eftpos but we prefer payments direct into our bank account. Do not let money put you off coming; speak to us if you have concerns. We keep costs down thanks to grants from CCC, Lotteries, Rata Foundation and donations from individuals through our Friends of YAT.

NAME: Youth Alive Trust
ANZ: 11-7892-0066444-00
REF: RS & Child’s name

Even if you registered for Term 1, 2 or 3, you’ll still need to register for Term 4 using your same email address and password at:

https://yatclubs.aimyplus.com

Any club registration questions, email: rego@yat.org.nz

If you have any questions, or comments, email or chat to us at sign-in.

Ngā Mihi

Emma, Henry, James & the Rock Solid Team

12 Sep 2023

Kia ora Parents/Caregivers,

We have a special night coming up this Friday (15th September) for Rock Solid as we are heading Ice Skating! It’s both a late start and a late finish, meeting at Youth Alive Trust at 7:00pm and then we’ll be back at YAT just before 10:00pm.  We’ll be joining the The Alpine Ice normal Friday night session which runs from 7:30 – 9:30pm. If you would rather drop them there or pick them up there directly, please let us know.

We won’t be taking any new registrations this Friday, as we will be limited by transport, but friends would be welcome to just go to the public session (but not be under our guardianship).

If you’ve paid the $40 term fee, then there’s no extra cost for the night.

If you’ve not paid the full term fee, then the cost of the evening is $15 which can be paid on the night with cash, eftpos, or online:

NAME: Youth Alive Trust
ANZ: 11-7892-0066444-00
REF: RS & Child’s name

We would also like to introduce the new coordinator of Rock Solid, Emma Anderton. Whoop whoop! She has covering Melissa’s maternity leave, running clubs, programmes, events and in-school support. Emma has a passion for the outdoors, sport, theatre and is a trained school teacher.  Please come and say hello at drop off or pick up!

Registrations are already open for Term 4, at https://yatclubs.aimyplus.com although our Term plan hasn’t been finalised yet.

Reminder you can view photos of what’s been happening recently at Rock Solid on our Facebook Page or see information about all our programmes on our website www.yat.org.nz, including a new Singout workshop in the next school holidays for ages 11-15.

If you have any questions, please email James at james.ridpath@yat.org.nz

Ngā Mihi

 

The Rock Solid Team

26 Jun 2023

Rock Solid will be back in the 2nd week of Term 3 with Waffles! We’ll be making waffles!

We have lots of other awesome activities planned for the term including going ice skating & capture the flag!

Click on the Brochure to see the full term plan.

The whole term and all activities is $40pp including outings. Alternatively you can pay $4 per week but outing costs are extra. You can pay with cash or Eftpos but we prefer payments direct into our bank account. Do not let money put you off coming; speak to us if you have concerns. We keep costs down thanks to grants from CCC, Lotteries, Rata Foundation and donations from individuals through our Friends of YAT.

NAME: Youth Alive Trust
ANZ: 11-7892-0066444-00
REF: RS & Child’s name

Even if you registered for Term 1 or 2, you’ll still need to register for Term 3 using your same email address and password at:

https://yatclubs.aimyplus.com

Check out the best of Rock Solid’s Term 2 photo’s at THIS HYPERLINK

If you have any questions, or comments, email or chat to us at sign-in.

Ngā Mihi

Melissa, Henry, James & the Rock Solid Team

1 May 2023

This Friday Night for intermediates, in partmership with CDN Trust. Register for Rock Solid for $40 for the whole term or $10 for the night at: https://yatclubs.aimyplus.com

27 Apr 2023

Rock Solid is back in Term 2 starting tomorrow with the Ultimate Hot Chip Challenge! We’ll be out on the streets testing the various local hot chip options to decide who really does the best hot chip in Brighton! (you may want to consider what, if any, dinner you’ll need afterwards or before!)

Week 2 we have our annual Big Night Out at Move X!  Meet at YAT as normal and at the normal 4:30pm start, and we’ll travel together in vans. The night ends with free Pizza, before returning back to YAT at a later time of 7:00pm. If you need collecting before that or dropping off late, just reply to this email letting us know. Cost $10 per person, unless you’ve paid the term fee.

We have lots of other awesome activities planned for the term including a Dance Party in Youth Week & our popular Toastie Master Chef challenge!

Click on the Brochure to see the full term plan.

The whole term and all activities is $40pp including outings. Alternatively you can pay $4 per week but outing costs are extra. You can pay with cash or eftpos but we prefer payments direct into our bank account. Do not let money put you off coming; speak to us if you have concerns. We keep costs down thanks to grants from CCC, Lotteries, Rata Foundation and donations from individuals through our Friends of YAT.

NAME: Youth Alive Trust
ANZ: 11-7892-0066444-00
REF: RS & Child’s name

Even if you registered for Term 1, you’ll still need to register for Term 2 using your same email address and password at:

https://yatclubs.aimyplus.com

Check out the best of Rock Solid’s Term 1 photo’s at THIS HYPERLINK

If you have any questions, or comments, email or chat to us at sign-in.

Ngā Mihi

Melissa, Henry, James & the Rock Solid Team

1 Feb 2023

Rock Solid is back in 2023 and we have an awesome term planned with our same awesome leaders.

Click on the ‘Latest Brochure’ link to see the term plan.

There are limited spaces, so please register early if keen using your normal email and password at https://yatclubs.aimyplus.com

If you’ve not registered for YAT programmes before, click ‘New Parent’, then complete your profile before making a booking.

Any club registration questions, email: rego@yat.org.nz

8 Aug 2022

7 Jul 2022

Bookings for Rock Solid in Term 3 2022 are now live! Melissa and her team have some awesome activities planned such as Big Night Out & Get Crafty. The full term plan can be found by clicking on the ‘download our latest brochure’ link. Just $40 for the term includes all activity costs and a trip. We will limit spaces if registrations become too high. If you have any questions for the coordinator, contact Melissa at: melissa.entwistle@yat.org.nz.

Register for the term or the whole of 2022 using your normal log-in and password and chose to Make a Booking at: https://yatclubs.aimyplus.com

Or if you’ve never registered, click New Parent, complete the information it asks for, then make the booking. It will take a bit of time the first time you register, but after that, bookings are easy as! Any questions about the sign-up process or paying fees, contact: rego@yat.org.nz

20 May 2022

We have a special night coming up on 10th June for Rock Solid as we are heading Ice Skating! It’s both a late start and a late finish, meeting at Youth Alive Trust at 7:00pm and then we’ll be back at YAT just before 10pm.  We’ll be joining their normal Friday night session which runs from 7:30–9:30pm, so if you need to drop off or pick up outside of our times, please let us know.

Also our free 3 day Intermediates Breakaway programme is coming up from 18th – 20th July. Bookings will be live on our aimyplus database from 8th June, so mark it in your diaries.If you’ve paid the $40 term fee, then there’s no extra cost for the night. If not, the evening is $10 (we are subsidising it for you). You need to have written down your name on our list the week before or emailed us before the night, so we can plan transport and a make a booking.

Reminder you can view photos of what happens at Rock Solid and our other programmes on our facebook page.

If you have any questions please email Melissa at melissa.entwistle@yat.org.nz

2 May 2022

Term 2 bookings and term brochure is now LIVE! Check it out by clicking on ‘Brochure’.  We’ve got some sweet nights planned such as Pop Star Night, Where’s Wally and a trip to Ice Skating! No vaccine passes required for anyone now, so pop along to give it a try or sign up for the whole term via Aimyplus.

4 Feb 2022

We’re excited to be starting a new year at Rock Solid! Melissa, Jayden and their team have some awesome activities planned including an Ice Cream Challenge, Waffle Madness, Park Wars and a trip to Move X. The full term plan can be found by clicking on the ‘download our latest brochure’ link. Just $40 for the term includes all activity costs and the trip to Move X. We will limit spaces if registrations become too high.

Register for the term or the whole of 2022 using your normal log-in and password and chose to Make a Booking at: https://yatclubs.aimyplus.com

Or if you’ve never registered, click New Parent, complete the information it asks for, then make the booking. It will take a bit of time the first time you register, but after that, bookings are easy as!

*All young people aged over 12 (+3 months), plus volunteers and staff must have a vaccine pass to attend this programme.

Any questions, email: rego@yat.org.nz

18 Oct 2021

We’re back and starting Week 1 this term (we normally start Week 2 of Term, because of two weeks of holiday programmes, but Term 4 we start WEEK 1, as we all had a week’s break last week, plus Term 4 is a shorter term with a number of public holidays).

We have a heaps of cool activities planned this term, so click on ‘Download our Latest Brochure’ to check out the plan. Either register for the term via https://yatclubs.aimyplus.com OR pop along for the night to check it out first, and decide if you want to come back! Any registration issues, email: rego@yat.org.nz

26 Jul 2021

Here we go – Term 3! The coordinators have put together a plan and you can make your term bookings online now! OR you can book for the rest of the year, so you don’t have to think about it next term. See the term plan by clicking on the ‘Download our Latest Brochure’ link.  We don’t chase people for unpaid term fees, so if you prefer, just contribute $3 towards the clubs you attend each night, or pay $30 for the whole term online

NAME: Youth Alive Trust
ANZ: 01-117892-0066444-00
REF: TAM & Child’s name

Click ‘Register Online’ to go to the Aimyplus YAT CLUBS website, and log-in using your normal email and password, or click on New Parent, if you’ve not registered for any of our programmes before.

To contact the club coordinator, email: melissa.moore@yat.org.nz 

10 May 2021

Term 2 at Rock Solid kicks off this week! We have some sweet activities planned including the Great Hot Chip Challenge, Spot Light and a trip to Flip Out with Pizza for everyone! The full term plan can be found by clicking on the ‘download our latest brochure’ link. Just $30 for the term includes all activity costs and Flip Out Trip. We will limit spaces if registrations become too high.

Register for the term or the whole of 2021 using your normal log-in and password and chose to Make a Booking at: https://yatclubs.aimyplus.com

Or if you’ve never registered, click New Parent, complete the information it asks for, then make the booking. It will take a bit of time the first time you register, but after that, bookings are easy as!

5 Feb 2021

We’re excited to be starting a new year at Rock Solid! Melissa, Jayden and their team have some awesome activities planned including Candy Land, Capture The Flag, a Pizza Party and a trip to 10 Pin Bowling. The full term plan can be found by clicking on the ‘download our latest brochure’ link. Just $30 for the term includes all activity costs and 10 pin bowling trip. We will limit spaces if registrations become too high.

Register for the term or the whole of 2021 using your normal log-in and password and chose to Make a Booking at: https://yatclubs.aimyplus.com

Or if you’ve never registered, click New Parent, complete the information it asks for, then make the booking. It will take a bit of time the first time you register, but after that, bookings are easy as!

20 Nov 2020

Kia Ora Families,

This is a special update for Intermediates to let you know of a few one-off events we have coming up:

  1. Friday 27th November – Rock Solid is going ICE SKATING!

Meet at YAT 7:00pm and you’ll be returned to YAT by 10:00pm for pick up.  We have 40 spaces available in our vans, so if you’ve not yet put your name down, email: melissa.moore@yat.org.nz  If you’ve paid your Term 4 fee of $30, then there’s no extra cost for Ice Skating! If you pay weekly, then you’ll need to pay $15. You can either pay online or cash/eftpos on the night.  As always, contact us if money is a barrier.

Bank account name: Youth Alive Trust

Account number: ANZ Bank 117892-0066444-00

Reference: RS & your child’s name

  1. Friday 4th December – Rock Solid has a POOL PARTY at Rawhiti School!

The final Rock Solid of 2020 we’ll be swimming, playing games and having a BBQ at Rawhiti School Pool. Everyone needs to Meet There and be picked up from there: 150 Leaver Terrace. Normal $3.

  1. 21st – 23rd December – BREAKAWAY for Intermediates! FREE!!

The Intermediates also have a Breakaway from Monday 21st – Wednesday 23rd December, and it’s FREE! We’ll be playing Canoe Polo, going swimming, BloKarting, and having a lot of Christmas fun!!  View the Brochure HERE. There are only 38 places, so it will sell out. We’re promoting it to our regular Rock Solid’ers to give you first priority, so sign up now on the aimyplus link below:

https://yat.aimyplus.com

If you’ve logged in before, use your normal email and password. Select ‘Youth Alive Trust Oscar’ as our Base, then ‘Holiday Programmes’, then chose the Breakaway programme that fits your child’s age.  You will receive confirmation after a staff member has confirmed your place, if there are still spots left. Any questions, email: rego@yat.org.nz

  1. Summer Holiday Programmes

We’re also running our normal holiday programmes in the Summer Holidays, for School Years 1 – 4 & 5 – 9. These include days before Christmas and the final two weeks of January.  These are not free, but many receive a government Oscar Subsidy, if they need childcare because of work or study. You can find out more about all those programmes by clicking here:

www.youthalivetrust.org.nz/holiday-programmes/holiday-programme-years-1-9/

  1. Year 8’s – High School Programmes in 2021

Even though we’ll be sad to see the Year 8’s leave our Intermediates Programme, it’s not the end, because we run programmes for High Schooler’s too!  Our teenage youth club, similar to Rock Solid, is called Surge, and runs on Friday nights from 7pm – 9pm.  It is full of ex-Rock Solid’ers, and they have their own crew of cool leaders. Click HERE to see what Surge did this term.  All Clubs will be starting the week of 15th February 2021.  Grace Church also runs a Youth Group each Wednesday from 7-9pm for High Schoolers, called GVY Beach. There is no cost for this and everyone is welcome regardless of your beliefs.  There are also teen camps, such as the Surge Summer Camp, Eastercamp and other events just for teens. Come along and bring your new high school mates too.

 

If there’s anything else we can help with, don’t hesitate to get in touch.

 

12 Oct 2020

Into Term 4 already and we have some amazing nights planned including a Banana Bonanza, Family Quiz, Pool Party and a trip to Ice Skating!!!!!  Full programme on the brochure which you can download on the link on this page labelled “Download our latest brochure”.  Newbies welcome to join, just $30 for the whole term, or chat to us if money is an issue. We start Week 1 of Term so see you on Friday 16th October.

Register online using your normal log-in and password and chose to Make a Booking at: https://yatclubs.aimyplus.com

Or if you’ve never registered, click New Parent, complete the information it asks for, then make the booking. It will take a bit of time the first time you register, but after that, bookings are easy as!