Thursday, October 30, 2014

Combined Graduation to End 2014 in Dunedin

Well Tuesday 21st October saw nearly half of our annual allotment of families graduate. It had it's moments with three different venues and times and then two Principals at meetings and one very unwell BUT we pulled it off in the end. We had 43 families graduating from three different schools, Halfway Bush, Brockville, and Carisbrook. We also had 13 participants graduating from Stepping UP classes being held in Carisbrook and Brockville Schools. There was also eight children from Halfway Bush School who received their iPad Minis through our BYOD scheme. It was an absolutely huge night but the team enjoyed meeting all the families and catching up with families they had been training over the past term and a half. Once more we were blown away by the numbers indicating they were wanting to attend next weeks Stepping UP classes and these will be held at Halfway Bush and Carisbrook. We were also pleased to see 50% of all families taking up the subsidised Internet option. All this means we should have some pretty switched on and connected families all over Dunedin this summer holidays. Hope you enjoy checking out the photos from the not so shy participants on the night. Thanks to all three Principals Ben Sincock (Carisbrook), Craig Hickford (Brockville) and Brian Filipo (halfway Bush). Your support of the programme and your families and wider communities has been amazing. Combined Grad Oct 2014 on PhotoPeach

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Pinehill Start our End of Year Graduations

Well 2014  seems to be rapidly coming to an end with all our classes finishing their training. The little group at Pinehill School started them off last week. They chose to have a smaller (more intimate) graduation sharing it with family and few others.
They completed their final class at 7 pm on Monday 20th October and went straight into graduation. All seemed keen to get home with their new toys and have a play.
This class were the only class that has been through Computers in Home sin Dunedin with a 100% attendance. I could set my watch by the time I received their e-mails each week.
At the celebration it was really awesome to hear that of the seven graduating five are going to be returning next week, same place same time to start the Stepping UP training.
What awesome role models you are. Well done.

Pinehill Grad 2014 on PhotoPeach