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Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto Newsletter Friday 4th September 2020

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Kia ora koutou

Another busy week has gone by and we are already past the half-way mark of this term, with four weeks remaining until the school holidays.

Whilst we are responding to the ever-changing COVID situation, you will have noticed that we have returned to weekly newsletters, to keep you up-to-date as much as possible.

As we continue at Alert Level 2, we are aware that the use of masks in the community is increasing and, like in Auckland, may become more of an expectation for adults as the COVID-19 situation continues. 
Below is a link to a story for children about wearing masks that you may find useful to share with your children, if they are asking questions about why adults are wearing masks. Whilst we have no indiciation that there will be an expectation for children to wear masks, they are certainly already seeing adults wearing them.

The Task of the Mask


Sandy Hastings
Principal - Tumuaki

Important Dates

Thu 10th Sep - BOT Meeting - Staffroom 5:30pm, All welcome
Wed 23rd Sep - PTA Meeting 7:30pm All Welcome
Fri 25th Sep - Last day of term 3.  School finishes at 3pm
Mon 12 Oct - Staff Only Day - SCHOOL CLOSED
Tue 13 Oct - Term 4 begins

Citizen of the Week

Matilda Barr - Year 4

Matilda, you are a pleasure to have in the Kōwhai hub. You are a motivated learner and always try your best at everything that you do. Your calm and quiet confidence makes you a fantastic role model to your peers. You consistently demonstrate our school values, showing a positive and caring attitude and are a great friend to others. Tino pai! 

School Notices

Mana Ake “Drop-Ins” are continuing…

A number of whānau have already made great use of the Mana Ake “drop-ins” that are available on Wednesday mornings from 8:30 – 9:30am. These drop-in sessions are here to provide parents with an opportunity to have a private, informal conversation around the well being of their child with one of our Mana Ake workers (kaimahi). If you feel like you would like to attend a drop-in session, please book in a time via the link here: Mana Ake booking  The code to use is 88t39. Alternatively, you can contact Jacky in the office and she will make a booking for you.

Dental Care during the School Holidays                                           

The Community Dental Service will be providing dental care for children enrolled with our service during the upcoming school holidays.  The clinics will offer treatment and relief of pain sessions by appointment only.   To make an appointment please call/email our Contact Centre which operates between the hours of 8am and 4.30pm, Monday to Friday throughout the holidays.
The following Dental Clinics will be open during these school holidays: 

·       Aranui Clinic, 240 Breezes Road, Aranui,

·       Lincoln Clinic, 35 James Street, Lincoln,

·       Rangiora Clinic, 163 Ashley Street, Rangiora,

·       Timaru Clinic, Level 1, 18 Woollcombe Street, Timaru

The clinics will offer appointments between 8.15am and 4.45pm for school-age and preschool children requiring treatment.  If your child has dental pain because of an accident, please contact your dentist in the first instance.
To book an appointment at one of our clinics please: call 0800 846 983
Or email commdental@cdhb.health.nz

Springtime at the Ponds...

Being spring, there are ducks and other birds nesting around the ponds. Please keep dogs on a lead in the ponds area, and encourage children to be mindful of the nesting birds as they are easily frightened at this time.


Student Council

A huge 'Thank you!' to everyone who participated and contributed to our 'Wacky Wig and Hair Day' today, in support of the Child Cancer Foundation.



We were really thrilled to have raised $660.90 to give to the Child Cancer Foundation.



Thanks also to the children who ran a 'Mighty Alex' bakesale in the weekend, and raised another $122.50!

We Get There Together!

BOT Update

Casual Vacancy for an elected trustee

A casual vacancy has occurred on the board of trustees for an elected parent representative.

The board has resolved under section 105 of the Education Act 1989 to fill the vacancy by selection.

If ten percent or more of eligible voters on the school roll ask the board, within 28 days of this notice being published, to hold a by-election to fill the vacancy, then a by-election will be held.

Any eligible voter who wishes to ask the board to hold a by-election should write to:

Chairperson
Board of Trustees
Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto
71 Sandwich Road
Beckenham
Christchurch 8023

or email: office@beckenham.school.nz by: 12noon, 17 September 2020.

Community Notices

(Notices placed here are contingent on space and do not reflect the views or opinions of the school.)

Crater Rim Ultra: 18th October 2020 

Based from St Martin's Hansen Park, with a range of trail running distances from 10 km to 50 km, this exciting community led event also hosts the Athletics New Zealand Trail Running Championships. 
We’re thrilled to confirm the children's race will continue in 2020. It is a short blast around the Park for all ages.  Entries and info from:




Landsdowne Terrace Playcentre 

Landsdowne Terrace Playcentre (8 Landsdowne Tce, Cashmere) are having a Monster Garage Sale! Saturday 19 September from 9am till 12pm. There will be something for the whole family; clothing, toys, books, white elephant, bake sale, bouncy castle, sausage sizzle and a coffee cart. Please come along and support your local Playcentre

Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto Newsletter August 21st 2020

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Consultation on our next steps...

Thank you so much to the whānau who attended one of our two 'Community Conversation' sessions this week, to input your ideas and contribute to our way forward. 
If you did not get the chance to attend, there are still two opportunities to share your ideas.
One is by responding to this survey where you will find the questions we discussed at the conversations meetings.
The other is to come along to the Whānau Rōpū Hui, now rescheduled for  Wednesday 2nd September from 5:30pm - 7pm.
We have also sent an email today to caregivers of our 2019 Year 8 students, inviting them to come and give feedback on Thursday 27th August from 3:45pm. 

New Learning Spaces to be built

The Ministry of Education has advised us that we have qualified for two new learning spaces, to replace the Hangere block, that runs adjacent to the Treemendous area and parallel to Eastern Terrace. In this instance, the particular building design has been pre-determined by the Ministry, and we will work with them to ensure that the interior fit-out meets our teaching and learning needs. We have been advised that the demolition of the current block is likely to begin after this school year finishes, with completion ready for the start of Term 2 2021.

Staff Only Days - Monday 31 August & Monday 12 October

Please ensure that you add these dates to your calendar. We have received feedback from some whānau that the first day of term is not their preference for Staff Only Days and we will take this into consideration when planning these dates next year.

Ngā mihi nui 
Sandy Hastings
Principal - Tumuaki

Important Dates

Sat 22 Aug - Quiz Night - Hall
Wed 26 Aug - PTA Meeting, 7:30pm - All welcome.
Thu 27 Aug - Past Y9 students afternoon tea and consultation 3:45pm 
Fri 28 Aug - Kauri Ski Trip BUS DEPARTS 6am
Mon 31 Aug - Staff only day.  SCHOOL CLOSED                                                                        
Wed 2 Sep - Whānau Rōpū Hui  5:30 - 7pm
Fri 4 Sep - Wacky Wig and Hair Day - gold coin donation please
Thu 10 Sep - BOT Meeting - Staffroom 5:30pm, All welcome

Term Dates

Citizen of the Week

Jain Cooper - Year 8

Jain, you are a stunning member of our team. You show a love of learning by putting a focused effort into your learning tasks. Jain, you are so reliable in the way you carry out leadership responsibilities. You demonstrate grit and teamwork on the sports field and you make us laugh every day with your dry sense of humour. 

School Notices

Mana Ake “Drop-Ins” are continuing…

A number of whānau have already made great use of the Mana Ake “drop-ins” that are available on Wednesday mornings from 8:30 – 9:30am. These drop-in sessions are here to provide parents with an opportunity to have a private, informal conversation around the well being of their child with one of our Mana Ake workers (kaimahi). If you feel like you would like to attend a drop-in session, please book in a time via the link here: Mana Ake booking  The code to use is 88t39. Alternatively, you can contact Jacky in the office and she will make a booking for you.

Better Beckenham Project

Over the next six months, our students from our kura will be involved in a special project - the Better Beckenham Project. The project is part of the NZTA (New Zealand Transport Association) Innovating Streets Fund.  It is designed to help communities retrofit streets to reduce vehicle speeds and create more space for people.  This could be anything from pop-up community-led street events to pilot a new walking or cycling facility, to a low-traffic neighbourhood to re-allocating more street space for people to connect with each other.  One part of the project will be designing and making benches to be placed around the river for people to sit on and enjoy the surroundings. 

This Sunday 23 August, from 10:00, at the St Saviours building at 200 Colombo Street, a group from the Cashmere New Life Church is going to deconstruct some palettes and start to prep the wood for these park benches. Anyone is welcome to join in the fun! There will also be a working bee on this project in 2 weeks time - we will keep you posted.

A new Student???


Who is this who has arrived at Beckenham? Ask your child if they know anything about him/her... Watch this space for more news

Student Council Event

The student council are excited to announce that Wacky Hair Day will be happening on Friday, 4th September, in support of the Child Cancer Foundation.


Dress up your head with your favourite hat, wacky hairdo, or wig, and bring along a gold coin in support of the Child Cancer Foundation.

Board of Trustees Update

Casual Vacancy for an elected trustee

A casual vacancy has occurred on the board of trustees for an elected parent representative.
The board has resolved under section 105 of the Education Act 1989 to fill the vacancy by selection.
If ten percent or more of eligible voters on the school roll ask the board, within 28 days of this notice being published, to hold a by-election to fill the vacancy, then a by-election will be held.
Any eligible voter who wishes to ask the board to hold a by-election should write to:

Chairperson
Board of Trustees
Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto
71 Sandwich Road
Beckenham
Christchurch 8023

by: 12noon, 17 September 2020.

Sports News

Canterbury Schools Orienteering Festival 

Are you interested in taking part in the Canterbury Schools Orienteering Festival taking part on the weekend of 12/13 of September. The competition is open to all school children. You can compete individually or in pairs or teams. Courses to suit all range of abilities. Beginners welcome.  Contact Sarah Wright on tandswright@xtra.co.nz for more information.
More details on the competition can be found on the website http://papo.org.nz/

Community Notices

(Notices placed here are contingent on space and do not reflect the views or opinions of the school.)





Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto Newsletter 7th August 2020

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Your voice is important!

At Beckenham we strive to be a 'Learning Community' working in partnership with our caregivers, staff and students to achieve the very best outcomes for all of our learners.

A successful community knows the direction it is heading in, and works together to periodically review and reset that direction. They work together to establish a pathway for achievement of equity and excellence.

We would like to invite all of our caregivers to attend one of the following opportunities to have a conversation about our direction for the next three years.

Tuesday 18th August    5:30pm - 7:00pm       Whānau Rōpū Hui - children welcome

Tuesday 18th August    7:15pm - 8:30pm        Community Forum

Friday 21st August        9:00am - 10:15am    Community Forum

Sandy Hastings - Principal - Tumuaki

Important Dates 

Upcoming Events

READATHON - one more week to go! Cards due back from Mon 24 Aug

Wed 12 Aug - Canterbury Cross Country - Halswell Quarry
Fri 14 Aug - Book Character Day!
Fri 14 Aug - Celebration Assembly 2:20 - 2:50pm
Tue 18 Aug - Whānau Rōpū Hui 5:30pm - 7:00 pm - Staffroom
Tue 18 Aug - Community Forum - 7:15pm - 8:30pm
Fri 21 Aug - Community Forum - 9:00am - 10:15am; Staffroom
Sat 22 Aug - Quiz Night - Hall
Wed 26 Aug - PTA Meeting, 7:30pm - All welcome.
Fri 28 Aug - Kauri Ski Trip

Term Dates

Click here to view 2020 and 2021 term dates.

Citizen of the Week

Connor Ingram - Year 7

Connor, you are a dependable and trustworthy member of the Kauri whānau. Whether it's carrying out leadership responsibilities or completing learning tasks to the best of your ability, we know we can depend on you to get it done. You treat others with kindness and respect and show a love of challenge on the hockey field. Thank you for the way that you show our school values everyday and all that you bring to our team.

Ashleigh Maule - Year 4

Ashleigh, you are a fantastic role model in our hub. You consistently demonstrate a positive, supportive and caring attitude. You work hard to do the right thing at all times and are extremely polite and respectful. You have excellent self-management skills and are very responsible. Thank you for always demonstrating our school values. Well done, Ashleigh!

School Notices

Mana Ake drop ins

A number of whānau have already made great use of the Mana Ake “drop-ins” that are available on Wednesday mornings from 8:30 – 9:30am. These drop-in sessions are here to provide parents with an opportunity to have a private, informal conversation around the well being of their child with one of our Mana Ake workers (kaimahi). If you feel like you would like to attend a drop-in session, please book in a time via the link here: Mana Ake booking  The code to use is 88t39. Alternatively, you can contact Jacky in the office and she will make a booking for you.

BOOK Character Dress-up Day - This coming Friday 14 August! 

Go all out, or take a subtle, understated approach! Everything goes when we dress as our favourite book character.

BOSCO

BOSCO will be open on Monday, 31st August for the Teachers Only Day. We have a fun day planned with the kids baking chocolate chip cookies, doing scratch art and building a mini city.

You can book using the online booking or contact Juanita at supervisor@bosco.org.nz

Crusaders vs Highlanders

We have been given a special offer for families to be able to purchase cheap tickets to the next home game for the Crusaders. $5 KIDS & $10 ADULTS TICKETS - THANKS TO ISAAC CONSTRUCTION

Crusaders v Highlanders
When: Sunday 9 August, 3.35pm
Where: Orangetheory Stadium
The link to tickets is:  Purchase tickets for Crusaders
Promo code: Isaacs

Sports News


Congratulations to our Senior Girls Basketball team, who came 4th overall in Canterbury at the Canterbury tournament on Monday 27th July.
A huge thanks Anna, Cory and Grant for coaching, managing and supporting the girls. It definitely sounded like an exciting competition - one where the girls rose to the challenge, gave of their best and applied qualities of great sportsmanship. To get 4th in Canterbury is an outstanding achievement and, we’re pretty sure, a first for Beckenham.

PTA News

READ-A-THON 2020

Hopefully, your child’s Read-a-Thon sponsorship card came home on Friday - check those bags for the sponsorship cards. If your child still has not received their card, please contact their teacher.

Their reading journey will end on Friday 14th August. Every child who brings their sponsorship card back will be given a bookmark.

Bring your sponsorship form to the school reception by Thursday 27th August and, during assembly on Friday 28th August, we will have a lucky dip draw for one child in each team (for children who have brought their sponsorship form back).

Enjoy your book / books of choice and remember Dr Seuss' wise words...


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Community Notices

(Notices placed here are contingent on space and do not reflect the views or opinions of the school.)

Helen O'Grady Drama Academy - Come out of your Shell

Do You Want your child to:
 Grow in Confidence
 Increase their Self Esteem
 Develop Speech and Language skills
 Express themselves Creative
 Have Fun and Make Friends
 Be Part of a Team
We can help Your Child achieve all this... and more

Helen O’Grady Drama Club’s
For DRAMA with a DIFFERENCE
Call Now: 0800-161-131, enquiries @helenogrady.co.nz,  www.helenogrady.co.nz

Garden City Rotary McDonalds Youth Duathlon 2020 update

This is a reminder that we are on track to run this popular event on Sunday September 20.. 2020

A limited number of spaces are still available so we would appreciate your support in passing this reminder on to your students and encouraging them to book online www.mcdonaldsduathlon.co.nz

BMX Clubs

Registration Day is 16th August.  there are a number of great tracks around the Canterbury region.  find the one closest to you and have a go.
ChCh City BMX Club 11am - 1pm, Kyle Park, Waterloo Road, Hornby. chcbmx@hotmail.com  North Avon ChCh BMX Club, 12 - 2pm  Bexley Reserve, Pages Road, nacbmx@gmail.com.
Nth Canterbury BMX Club, 12 - 2pm.  32 Millton Avenue, Waimakariri, ncbmxclub@gmail.com.




Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto Quiz Night

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Quiz Night Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto

Every Year the Kauri hub have a week-long camp, usually this is in Term 1 but due to Covid 19 it was postponed to Term 4.  We are off to Dunedin and Waihola, our programme is packed with learning about wildlife, history, a sports morning at Carisbrook School and more. We will be travelling by bus, leaving at 9am on Monday and returning late on the Friday afternoon.

To help with the cost the Yr 7/8 hub raise funds to reduce the cost for every student.
Our biggest fundraiser this year is a quiz night. We are very lucky to have secured the exceptionally talented and witty Jarred Skelton to be our Quiz master for the night.

Supper and nibbles are provided with a cash / eftpos bar, Raffle tickets will be on sale and our main prize is a 15" Haro flightline Mountain bike worth $530.

There is a maximum of 6 persons per team and the cost is $10 per person.

Payment is through the schools online account : 12 3148 0131 641 00 (ref Quiz and Name) or at reception with cash or eftpos.

This is the only Adult only event in the school calendar this year, it will be a sell out event so please get in early to guarantee a table / seat.

Click on the link below to book your tickets.


Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto Newsletter Friday 24th July 2020

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It was wonderful today, to have our first Welcome Assembly again since our last one that was held on February 7th. We welcomed 41 students and 5 staff - a record for one Welcome Assembly. There was a huge parade of flags on show, and exciting to see two beautiful new flags presented - those of Cambodia and Kazakhstan.
Cambodian Flag

Kazakhstan Flag

Readathon and Book Week - coming up in Weeks 3 & 4.

An exciting group of annual events on our school calendar are the Readathon and Book Week, culminating in Book Character Day on Friday 14th August.
The Readathon is an important fundraising event that our PTA runs for us. Your child will come home on Monday 3rd August with a Readathon card. 
The Readathon works by children selecting a daily reading goal (usually a time they will spend reading each day), then collecting sponsorship to complete that goal every day for two weeks.
Please take some time to discuss with your child in advance, what you all think a reasonable expectation for their reading goal should be. This goal will be different for every child and should be appropriate to their age and reading level. For a young child, it might be about number of books read each day e.g. two books each day, whilst most children will probably go for a time goal of independent (or shared) reading time e.g. 10mins a day - 30 mins a day.
As caregivers, your responsibility is to sign off the reading goal on their readathon card each day. Please support your child to get sponsorship for their goals, and ensure that the cards and money are returned to school the week after the Readathon.
The second week of Readathon is nominated as Book Week, and there will be a range of activities at school promoting books and reading. This all culminates on Friday 14th August with 'Book Character Day". This is an opportunity for your child to dress up as any character from a book that they would like to! Get your thinking caps on now and start talking about what this might look like for your child.


Important Dates

Upcoming Events

Mon 27 Jul - Y7/8 girls at Canterbury Basketball Tournament
Mon 27 Jul - Y8 Family Meeting - meet Joe Eccleton, Principal of Cashmere High 6pm - 7pm
Tue 28 Jul - Y7/8 ShowQuest students filming 'on location' in the city
Thu 30 July - Winter Sport Yrs 5 - 8
Fri 31 July - Celebration Assembly 2:20 - 2:50pm
Mon 3 Aug - Fri 14 Aug - Readathon
Thu 6 Aug - Winter Sport yrs 5 - 8
Thu 6 Aug - BOT meeting 5:30 - 7:30pm
Wed 12 Aug - Canterbury Cross Country - Halswell Quarry
Fri 14 Aug - Book Character Day
Fri 14 Aug - Celebration Assembly 2:20 - 2:50pm

Term Dates

Click here to view 2020 & 2021 term dates.

Citizen of the Week

Cayla Digan - Year 6

Cayla, you bring a calm, caring presence to everything you do, and your quiet confidence makes you a wonderful role model in our team. You have a gift for knowing exactly when and where to lend a helping hand, and to whom. Thank you for truly showing how We Get There Together. Tino pai tō mahi, Cayla.

School Notices

School Donations

Thank you to everyone who has paid their school donation, or set up a regular payment to contribute to this ($150 per student, per year). If you would like a tax receipt for last year's donation, please email accounts@beckenham.school.nz and request one.
We do rely on your donations to be able to support the diverse range of curriculum activities and resources that we are able to offer our children.

PTA Donation to School

We are very grateful to the PTA for donating $850 towards Learning Through Play equipment, and for agreeing to fund the cost of the SeeSaw licences ($1700) that we purchased during lockdown to support the online learning of our junior students.

Year 8 whānau meeting - Transition to Cashmere High

Monday 27 July, 6-7 pm - Staffroom
Families of Year 8 students are invited to come along and meet Joe Eccleton and other senior Cashmere High staff, talk about the transition from Year 8 to Cashmere High.

Free event for All Ages - Mike King




Mike King is coming to Christchurch to give a free public talk about Normalising the Inner Critic - "that little voice inside our heads that's constantly second-guessing us."
Canterbury has been over the past 10 years impacted by multiple large scale traumatic events and with the COVID pandemic still very current, particularly impacting our young people. We have invited Mike down to talk as we have witnessed increasing levels of mental health distress, thoughts around self-harm, and suicide.

WHERE: The McCombs Performing Arts Centre, Cashmere High School

WHEN: August 3rd, 2020 at 7pm

THIS IS AN ALL AGES EVENT

Please register your interest by clicking below on the Familial Trust Facebook page event so they can have an indication of seating numbers.
Or Contacts us at

PLEASE NOTE : For multiple bookings Click here to email
or Phone (03) 9811-093 with your name and how
many seats required.

State Secondary Schools Enrolment Scheme

All state secondary schools in the Greater Christchurch area have an enrolment scheme or enrolment zone.

Applications for out of zone places in any of these schools close on Friday 31 July. To help schools with planning for 2021, enrolments from students living in zone for their local secondary school should also be submitted by this date.

Contact the school for enrolment information.

Mana Ake “Drop-Ins” are continuing…

A number of whānau have already made great use of the Mana Ake “drop-ins” that are available on  Wednesday mornings from 8:30 – 9:30am. These drop-in sessions are here to provide parents with an opportunity to have a private, informal conversation around the well being of their child with one of our Mana Ake workers (kaimahi). If you feel like you would like to attend a drop-in session, please book in a time via the link here: Mana Ake booking  The code to use is 88t39. Alternatively, you can contact Jacky in the office and she will make a booking for you.

PTA News

Clubbercise

Clubbercise is a fun, sweaty, dance exercise class. The lights are low, with disco lights flashing so no one can see how unco you are, but Chloe is a master teacher and even those of us with two left feet can join in and get the heart rate up! Tickets are $10, and thanks to Chloe’s generosity, almost all of the ticket price comes back to school. We can only do these in winter in the dark, so don't miss out, the first night is coming up soon 29 July at 7pm. Click this link to register and book your ticket.
Clubbercise ticket booking


Community Notices

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Studio One Performing Arts

Your local dance school, is currently giving Ballet, Jazz and Contemporary lessons in your area. The school’s director is teacher, choreographer & ex-ballet dancer Patricia Paul A.R.A.D. (London). Ballet lessons from 3 years through to Advanced, and all levels in Jazz and Contemporary starting from age 7. For all enquiries please phone 372-9191 or email info@studioone.co.nz




Cashmere Choral Groups 

Cashmere choral Groups will perform along with guest groups from Villa Maria and the Christchurch Youth Choir

Thursday July 30th in the Cashmere High School McCombs Performing Arts Centre, 172 Rose Street at 7pm (Doors open 6.30pm).