This document lists various workshop options for students to choose from. The workshops involve volunteering for charities like making toys for sick children, cleaning beaches and parks, fundraising, teaching older adults technology skills, and more. Most workshops are free or cost $5-10 and take place at the school as well as locations in the community. Students are asked to select a first and second choice workshop and submit their selection forms by Friday November 19th.

1. Workshops
2010

2. Sacks for Santa
Starship Children’s
hospital would like
calico dolls for the
sick children to
decorate and Santa
Sacks to put the
children’s presents in
at Christmas Time.
• @ School
• $5 for materials
• Mrs Tagaloa

3. Toys for Tots
• Like creating things with wood? The
Auckland City Mission would like
donations of new wooden toys.
• @ School
• $5 for materials
• Mr Newbrook
Gifts for Xmas

4. SPCA
• Are you keen on
helping animals?
Come and join our
SPCA workshop.
This will involve
making toys for
the puppies and
kittens, and a visit
to the SPCA.
• @ School & SPCA
• $10 for trip
• Ms Knell
SPCA

5. Habitat for Humanity
• Calling Bob the Builder! Are you keen to help
build housing for underprivileged people in South
Auckland.
• You can only join this workshop if you are 15
years old and have someone to supervise you.
• @ Habitat for Humanity
building sight in Otara
• $5 for transport to
Otara
• Mr Ratnam
Bob the Builder

6. • Interested in the
environment. Come and
take part in some ecological
and historical restoration on
Motuihe Island.
• @ School and Motuihe
Island
• $25 for ferry trip to Motuihe
• Mr Wadsworth
Adventure Island

7. Beach Clean Up
• Come and help
clean up the local
community. This will
involve visiting a
local beach &
children’s
playground and
cleaning it up.
• @ Local beach &
children’s playground
• Free
• Mrs Wells
Beautify the Bay

8. Artwork for the Creche
• Are you a budding artist? Come and help
us paint murals for the local crèche. This
will involve a visit to the crèche.
• @ School & the Crèche
• $5 materials
• Mrs Wensor & Ms
Fletcher
Art work for
Crèche

9. • @ School & the
creche
• $5 for materials
• Mrs Ankersmit
Babies & more
Creative types apply here! Come and join us to
make a fabric mural and other soft toys to
donate to the local day care centres. We will
also make cushions to donate to Middlemore
Hospital.
Fabric Art

10. Pimp my Ride
• Come along and help us
free the area around
Lynfield College of
graffiti. In this workshop
we will be painting over
tagging and tidying up
the local area. Some
students have already
been approached to be
part of this workshop.
• @ School & local
parks
• $5 for materials
• Mr Su’a
Adopt a Spot

11. Saving lives
Want to learn some basic surf life
saving, first aid and bush survival
skills. Come and join us. We will be
visiting Piha as part of this workshop
and local bush areas. Explore the
outdoors – learn to save a life.
• @ School & Piha
• $25 for transport &
lunch
• Mrs Findlay
Saving Lives
Do you want to
go swimming in
the ocean on a
summer’s day?

12. Designs for Dementia
• Sunset Villas would
like some murals
painted for their
dementia patients.
Come and join us in
creating fun and
exciting outdoor
murals.
• @ School &
Sunset Villas
• Free
• Mr Hambridge
Designs for Dementia

13. Mean Maori Mean
• Like kapa haka. Fancy
yourself as a weaver!
Come along and learn
about traditional Maori
culture. This will
involve taking some
workshops with New
Windsor Primary and
two local day care
centres.
• @ School & the
local primary
school & crèche.
• Free
• Ms Kairua
Mean Maori Mean

14. Fun Fundraising
• Are you Lynfield
College’s answer to
Donald Trump? If ideas
and marketing are your
thing come along and
help organise a fund
raising event. All
proceeds go to charity
of course!
• @ School & in the
local community
• Free
Fun Fundraising

15. Robotics
• Calling all the
Robotics team!
During this
workshop we will
be holding robotics
demonstrations at
the local
intermediate
schools.
• @ School & the
local intermediate
schools.
• Free
• Ms O’Brien
Robotics

16. • Do you enjoy playing games!
If so come along to
Peacehaven rest home and
join the fun. We will be
joining the residents for
morning tea followed by
games and entertainment.
We will also be helping
Peacehaven with their
Christmas decorations.
• @ School &
Peacehaven
retirement home.
• Free
• Mrs Whalen
Peacehaven

17. • Like chatting to
people. Come along
to Powley house and
help the activities co-
ordinator entertain the
residents. You’ll also
be helping with the
Xmas decorations.
• @ School &
Powley House
• Free
Powley House

18. BHB Santa Parade
• Come along and help with the
organisation of the Blockhouse
Bay Santa Parade.
• @ Lynfield College
& BHB main street.
• Free
• Mrs Prasad
BHB Santa parade

19. Are you ever bored on a Friday night? Come
along and have your say on what activities are
offered for teenagers at the Blockhouse Bay
Community Centre. You will also be designing a
brochure for the centre and helping with ideas to
represent the centre in the BHB Santa Parade.
• @ Blockhouse Bay
Community Centre
• Free
• Mrs Green
BHB Community Centre

20. Peace Banner
• Do you want world
peace! ‘One People One
Planet’ are trying to get
school students to create
the world’s largest peace
banner. Contribute to this
banner by joining this
workshop and creating
Lynfield College’s peace
banner.
• @ Lynfield
College
• Free
Peace Banner

21. Music
• Do you like to entertain? Come and help us
put together a performance. Everyone must
be involved in the choir. Instrumental
opportunities also available.
• @ Lynfield College,
local rest homes &
disabled school.
• $5 for transport
• Ms Evans
Music

22. Sports
• Interested in sports
coaching. Come
along and organise a
sports day with the
local primary school
students. You will be
running your own
station with an activity
or sport.
• @ School
• Free
• Mr Burne
Leaders in Sport

23. Caring for the Kereru
• Do you enjoy the outdoors? Come and help us
install Weta monitoring boxes, lay bait and
improve the local bush walkways.
• @ locations in
Hillsborough & Mt
Eden
• Free
• Mr Welsh

24. • Calling all budding Peter Jackson’s.
Come and help us create a news report
about our project.
Lights, Camera, Action
• @ School & locations
around the
community
• Free
• Mr Howell

25. • Come and make Christmas Cakes and puddings
for the City Mission and West Auckland Hospice.
Finish them off with some gift wrapping and hand
made cards.
Xmas Cakes
• @ School
• $5 for ingredients
• Mrs Rushton

26. • Love technology! Come along and teach
older people how to use computers &
mobile phones. They would love to be
able to text as much as you do.
Terrific Technology
• @ School & Avondale
Community Centre
• Free
• Ms Wilson

27. Local History
• Do you enjoy history and
technology? Help the
Blockhouse Bay historical
society photograph some
of their artefacts and
digitalise their archives.
They would also like a
calendar to be created out
of some of their local
photographs.
• @ School & the
BHB Historical
Society.
• Free
• Miss Derbyshire
Past Present & Future!

28. • Can’t get enough of singing and dancing.
Come and join us. We will divide into two
groups. One will write and perform raps. The
other will rehearse some song and dance
routines to perform.
Glad wrap
• @ School & local
• Free
• Ms Nicholson & Ms
Allpress

29. The Lynfield Leader
• @ School &
locations around
the community
• Free
• Mrs Carswell
Would you like to be a reporter? Come along
and help us create a newspaper about the
activities everyone is involved in.

30. • Come and help us
clean up the local parks
and reserves. We will
meet at school at
9:00am, walk to a local
reserve and clean it up.
A picnic lunch with
optional games will be
held. We will return to
school by 3:00pm.
Park Clean Up
• @ Local Parks
• Free
• Miss Han

31. • Come along and help us
make cards for Christmas.
You can design your own
cards and we will get them
printed off and sold for
charity. We will also make
some hand made cards so if
you enjoy scrapbooking
come along and join this
workshop.
• @ School
• $5 for materials
• Mr Angus & Ms
Munro
Cards for Charity

32. • Calling anyone keen to help create distraction
toys, puppets, mobiles for Kids First Children’s
Hospital at Middlemore.
Toys for Tots
• @ School
• $5 for materials
• Ms Austin

33. • Calling all Pacific Pride Leaders.
Come and play music and interact
with students at Glen Avon School.
These students will mainly be
future Lynfield College students so
you can show them all the things
you love about Lynfield.
Your Place, My Place
• @ School & Glenavon
• $5
• Mr Tonks & Mrs Lange

34. Remember
• You have to select your 1st
choice and your
2nd
choice.
• Your workshop selection forms are due
this Friday 19th
November. They should
be returned to your form teacher.