Meeting Next Thursday?

Hi everyone,

Would you like to do a meeting next Thursday, May 5th, 7PM at Bean to Cup?

Thanks, Kathy

Fieldtrip to Planet Bee

Hi Everyone,
Fieldtrip to Planet Bee 5011 Bella Vista Road on Tuesday, May 17th at 1:00 p.m.
Tour, demonstrations and lessons on beekeeping and bees. Approximately one hour.
Cost is $3.00 per child (pay at time of fieldtrip to Planet Bee).
Minimum is 12. Maximum is 30. Please e-mail Delia at bdmajor@shaw.ca

North Okanagan Meet-up Group formed

I have recently been trying to get on the list to receive emails about Noche's activities and then I received this from Lina. Thought some of you might be interested in signing up for this North Okanagan meet-up group too. (Very similar name to our group)

Hi Everyone.

The leadership team has decided to try to streamline the way we communicate. We have set up a "Meetup" group. This is a web based program where you go to find out what is happening in our area for homeschooling. It is also the new way to post an event, field trip, etc. that you have organized. We will not be using the email list anymore (although I will keep it just in case). If you want to continue to receive notices of upcoming events, then you will have to register on the Meetup. Please go to www.meetup.com/north-okanagan-homeschoolers to sign up. I would recommend placing it on your "favourites" for easy access. There is a calender on this site which you can bring up to see what is happening in the month at a glance. Also, there are several forums that you can participate in.

We are running this web site independenly of NOCHE. Therefore it is not a NOCHE website. We have created this so that all homeschooling families in the North Okanagan can unite and get to know each other. We hope that many new friendships will be formed through this Meetup

We will run NOCHE independently so that we still have our monthly meetings for prayer and support. NOCHE will post those meetings on the Meetup so you will continue to know when and where they are.

As with anything new, there might be glitches at first but if you experience anything, please let us know.

Regards,

Lina Rogers

Atlantis Waterslide Pass Sale

I just noticed that Atlantis Waterslides has their Pre-Season Hourly Pass sale on now. They don't mention how long it is on for though.

They are on sale for 40% off of the regular price

50 hours regular price $160 Sale Price $96
100 hours regular price $280 Sale Price $160
200 hours regular price $410 Sale Price $246

add HST to those.
You can go to their website and print off the application form and mail it or fax it in or you can go to their office Monday to Thursday 11am - 4pm

Free Energyplex Open House for Homeschoolers

WOW, the response to the Home School Drop In has been awesome! Thank You

Because of the amount of people who have expressed interest, we at the EnergyPlex would like to create an opportunity to allow you to have your first experience of our facility ON US!

So what we would like to do is invite you to an �Open House� on Tuesday the 19^th from 2pm to 3.30pm. During this complimentary period your kids will be able to use all the facilities as I described in my previous email. Unfortunately because of an existing commitment we cannot include the swim during the open house. Of course the swim will be available during the regular Home School Drop In sessions.

During this Open House you will have an opportunity to discuss any suggestions or issues with the EnergyPlex Management. Also as an extra bonus, if you sign up for a ten punch pass we will give you a �Friday Night Family Pass� for free. This free pass may be given to a friend if you feel that they should come a check us out, or used for yourselves!

The Friday Night free pass offer will only be available during the Open House period; however you may purchase the ten punch pass cards without the free pass at any other time.

There have been a number of questions asked and I would like to take this opportunity to answer these.

Please note that some of the following information has been tailored for the Home School Drop In Sessions and the information may not be accurate for other periods.

Q � What are the age restrictions?

A- First off, under two will be free! And yes they will be allowed to use all of the facility as long as you are supervising them. Second, as there is no formal structure to the drop in sessions kids aged from 2 � 17 will be allowed to mix. The facilitator on the day will use his discretion and, as an example, at times may announce that for the next half an hour only kids under six can be in the gym or vice verse, he may equally decide that only kids 12 � 17 can be in there.

Q � Can my kids stay longer if we turn up late?

A- As a rule No, we don�t mind a few extra minutes but the time period that we have provided is an off �peak� period. The period immediately after is a time that kids are out of school and we consider this to be a �peak� period.

Q � If we arrive late, after 12pm, can my kids still participate in all the activities?

A � Yes, all activities will be running simultaneously, there are no formal lessons or teaching, the emphasis is on natural undirected play. Your kid can go from the gym to the rock wall then to the cube, whatever he wishes to do. There may be some restrictions on time in some areas but this will be coordinated by the facilitator on the day and will only be done to allow for fairness and safety.

Q � Will the sessions be weekly?

A- Yes, we plan to run a regular Home School Drop In session every Tuesday 12pm � 3pm

Q � Can the School that I am registered with, I.E. Heritage, Self Design pay for the activities?

A � Yes, however some of these organizations have different methods of doing this, I believe Wonder Tree (Self Design) have Visa cards available, Heritage I believe would prefer it if you bulk purchased and gave them a receipt, but I am unsure how the other organizations prefer to do it.

To make life easier we have made available a ten session punch pass. As mention above if you purchase one of these during our open house we will give you a free �Friday Night Family Pass�

Please come to the open house and make suggestions on this subject.

Q- Can we bring our own drinks, snacks and food?

A � With the exception of water No, we have a well stocked Caf�/Snack bar that is reasonable priced.

So these are probably just the tip of the iceberg for questions, I am sure there will be many more. The Home School Drop In is a new feature for us and we will have a lot of things to learn ourselves. So please allow us the chance to naturally mature, develop and get things right.

I hope I have provided enough information for you right now, if I haven�t and you need to know before the open house please feel free to ask. You may also call the EnergyPlex. If you call the EnergyPlex please ask for me - Derek if unavailable Bruce or Tracy can help.

I look forward to meeting you

Thanks

Derek Deans
www.energyplex.ca

Energyplex Homeschool Drop-In

I am forwarding this from the Kelowna blog:

I have just started as a Supervisor at the EnergyPlex Recreation Center in Kelowna.

The owner is a former home school parent, and has given permission for me to organize a regular home-school drop in session.

The Center is very unique and offers some pretty cool activities, we have a 30ft indoor rock wall with qualified facilitators that are available to belay climbers as they climb and to offer coaching points if needed. We have what we call the Energy Cube which is a huge indoor play ground similar to Jungle Mania in Salmon Arm, a small teaching/fun pool with qualified Red Cross Swim Instructors, a well supplied Cafe/Snack bar and most popular of all is our Gymnastics Gym. The gym is exceptional, and is fully equipped to meet all levels of gymnast and of course we have qualified instructors available. In the gym you will find sunken trampolines, balance beams, a foam dive pit, bars, tons of mats, spring boards and a fully sprung floor.

What I am proposing is a regular three hour drop in session per week. There will be NO lessons however staff will offer "FREE" advice and coaching in swimming, rock climbing and gymnastics but only if asked for and wanted by the kid! There will no formal structure to this session as the main emphasis will be UN-DIRECTED PLAY! All of the facilities will be available for your kids to go nuts on! There may be some time restrictions on certain activities to allow for fairness.

We offer an almost identical session on a Friday night to the general public however as this is a very good deal this session is very busy, also we do not offer the free advice and coaching during these Friday night session. The home school drop in session will be a lot less busy and way less noisy!

So here it is, please accept my invitation to attend the EnergyPlex's Home School Drop In Sessions

Tuesdays from 12 - 3pm
Starting from Tue Apr 19
Cost $9 for discount members
$12 for non members

Please no outside food brought in
Parents are free, up to two parents per kid so yea if there is two kids four adults may enter the facility.

Discount members are entitled to $3 off per person, per drop in visit, on all drop in activities. It also gives you a discount on all other services which if I am honest I can not remember at the moment. The cost of this discount membership is extremely reasonable - it is just $45per family per year! You do the math on this one!

I am genuinely eager to organize and offer quality home school activities for you, I am a parent of three young girls and can assure you my girls are excited. I am also very keen to hear your suggestions for other activities that we may be able to organize and would welcome your suggestions.

To better help me with the launch of this session I would appreciate it if you could show me your interest, no commitment obviously, by sending a reply simply saying you are interested. This is so that I can accurately forecast staffing requirements. Also please direct any initial inquiries to myself via email.

Please forward this email to any one you may feel would be interested
Thanks
Derek Deans

Great Local Teacher

Devon teaches flute, saxophone, and guitar at Caetani Cultural Centre, and native flute at a Westside immersion school. That school bestowed on her a new moniker: Ms. Music. She also holds a diploma as a Certified Music Practitioner (CMP) where music is used as a healing agent. Private lesson days are Tuesdays and Thursdays. Devon may add a Songwriting course if there is enough interest. Music meditations are also one of her offerings to develop the imagination and achieve internal balance. Instrumental lessons are $75/month and group lessons are $45/month. Devon believes in creating a positive space for kids to enjoy the life-long, health-enhancing benefits of music. Playing an instrument contributes to finger dexterity, to lung development, and it helps students with their studies, including math, through brain patterning. It also develops new skills and self-confidence. A recital at Caetani is planned for early June.

FREE BOWLING program Capri Valley Lanes

This was posted on the Kelowna blog but I thought some of you may be interested:

Just wanted to let you know that Capri Valley Lanes will be running the Kids Bowl Free Program again this year.

To get the free bowling, families just sign up at the website on the attached card.

Coupons for 2 FREE Games are emailed to them every Sunday for the whole week.

Kids Bowl Free site is TOTALLY SAFE as we ran this program last year and there were no issues with personal information.



Please click on the website www.kidsbowlfree.com/caprivalley to sign up your family for FREE Bowling. Please feel free to forward this to anyone you know with children, grandkids 15 and younger so they can enjoy the Free Bowling. Let your friends and co-workers know. They just need to go to the website and sign up. Very simple.

Thanks

Ruby

Meeting this week?

Just thought I would see if anyone is into a meeting this Thursday, or another day if that works better.