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ANZAC Day is on Friday the 25th of April, and the unit will be attending a number of different services in Christchurch. Please ensure you attend at least 1 of the services but you are welcome to attend more if you would like. The Services the unit will be attending are; the Cathedral Square Dawn Service, Harewood Dawn Service at the Harewood War memorial, Hornby Service at the Hornby War memorial, Air Force Museum Service and the service at the Templeton RSA.

More information, please refer to the warning order under activities forms on the unit website.

We will have poppies available for purchase at the unit this Thursday night. Please bring a gold coin (or more!) donation to the RSA to receive a poppy.

Please see below the notes from the recent orientation session for those parents of new recruits who missed the session or those who would like to refer back to these.

Reminder: It is the first week of the month, so all cadets are to be in 3B uniform this week. Bring your jersey in case it is cold, but do not arrive in it.

There will be PT this Thursday (27th March) so remember to bring along your PT gear and arrive in CWDs with sleeves rolled up!

Recruit camp, 4-6 April – applications are still open. This camp is open to all Cadets, but specifically targeted at new recruits. We recommend all new recruits attend. If you have not yet applied for this camp on CadetNet, please do so ASAP and make payment in our shop 17squadronatc.com/shop

Basic 1 (new recruits) flying day, 23 March – there are still a number of spaces available on this activity. If you wish to attend and have not yet applied on CadetNet, please do so by this Thursday. The activity details and cost can be found here https://www.17squadronatc.com/forms/

Basic 2 Microlight flights, 23 March – places are full and we have several on the reserves lists for this activity. Those that have been accepted have been informed. If you have missed out you will be allocated a space on our next flying day in term two.

A reminder that the parents and caregivers of our new recruits are invited to an orientation evening this Thursday, 20 March, 7-9pm at the ‘block’.

We highly recommend this session to bring parents up to speed with the processes, policies and IT platforms we use at 17 SQN.

Existing Cadet parents are welcome to come along too if they wish!

Recruit Camp is open for applications on CadetNet.

Basic information on the camp can be found on our activity forms page here: https://www.17squadronatc.com/forms/ and a comprehensive joining instruction with gear list will be issued to all Cadets attending before the activity.

Payment can be made via our shop https://www.17squadronatc.com/shop/. There is no limitation on places on this camp, so you do not need to wait for confirmation before paying.

We have received a complaint from one of our neighbours regarding cars being parked over driveways on a Thursday evening. Please do not park over any driveways, even if you are still in your vehicle. It’s important for us to keep up a good relationship with our neighbours!

A reminder that Cadets are to be picked up from Isitt Lane (near the Air Force Museum) at the end of the parade night, not the Corsair Drive entrance. If you are a Cadet – do not leave this area until your parent/caregiver has arrived.

Once all of our new recruits are enrolled, we will put out another carpooling survey to try and help with the logistical juggling of getting your Cadets to/from ATC.