As you may have already seen in a previous newsletter, the University of New South Wales is offering your child to take part in the ICAS assessment programme.

ICAS is an independent, skills-based assessment program which recognises and rewards student achievement. Students compete against other students from all around the world. ICAS is unique, being the most comprehensive generally available suite of academic assessments for primary and secondary school students, and give students the opportunity to compete against students from all around the world.

Entries are administered by the school. For further information, please consult the ICAS website - https://www.eaa.unsw.edu.au/icas/about. Each participant will receive a certificate and a detailed report of their performance.

This year, we are offering the Digital Technologies, Science, English, and Maths assessments.

Each assessment costs $15.00 per assessment to enter (please note that this has increased from previous years, due to the transition from paper-based assessments to an online test). Payment for these competition fees will need to be paid in full by Friday 2 August 2019. You can pay with EFTPOS at the school office or online school's bank account (ASB 12-3148-0131641-000) with the reference ‘ICAS’ and child’s name as the code.

If you wish to enter your child, please fill in this form.

Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact Hannah via email - hannah.elliott@beckenham.school.nz.

Kia ora everyone and we hope you have had a great couple of weeks. Here are some brief reminders for the start of term 3.

If your child is signed up for BYOD, please remind them to bring their device to school every day.

Every child needs to have headphones or ear-buds (named) at school.

In the first three weeks of term, children will be working on a Cantamath project at home. This is due on Friday August 9th. There is a slideshow on Google Classroom that we shared with the children on the last day of term 2. This has heaps of ideas and the guidelines for each project. We will be handing out instruction sheets on Monday.

If your child is interested in competing in the Primary Schools Ski Competition on 18th of August this year at Mount Cheeseman, please email Jenny.

You may see Megan on the News tonight. Her house neighbours the property in Northwood that exploded today. Her husband, Brad, was one of the first responders. As you can imagine, this has turned their life upside down. They are unable to return to their house at present. We may see Megan on Monday, or we may have a reliever. We have sent her our love, best wishes and offers of support.

Enjoy the weekend and stay cosy. We are looking forward to welcoming everyone back on Monday.

Last chance to order a camp book:

4pm today is the cut off time for Wainui camp book orders. All details on this form. A number of people have ordered, but still need to transfer payment.

A project for the holidays:

On Friday we shared ideas for Cantamath projects. This will be a home learning activity for everyone in the first three weeks of term 3 however, some children may like to get underway with this over the holidays. The slideshow that was shared with the children on Friday can be accessed by them via Kauri Google Classroom.

We have finally finished the 2019 Wainui Camp photo book. This is a 26 page hard covered book filled with photos and descriptive writing from our camp at the end of term 1.

A quarter of our children have written descriptive pieces that are included in the book: Eva, Gemma, Kate, Millie G, Millie J, Tessa, Ruby M, Paolo, Maddi, Charlotte Grey, Abby C, Lucy, Isla, Olivia K, Florence, Mia, Holly, Charlotte T, Daniel C, Freddie, Ben E, Ruby L, Joel, Meg, Emma, Ella C, Sumaiyah and Arran.

If you would like to order a photo book, you need to do two things.
A) Fill in this form.
B) Pay $30 either into the school account (Bank number, 12-3148-0131641-00, reference Camp book) or at the school office.

I will be placing the order on Monday, July 8th. Orders will be placed for those who have paid before 4pm on that date.