Trip to Rapaki Marae
This year one of our strategic goals was that every child from Year 5 to 8 should visit a marae. We are very pleased to let you know that we have arranged visits to Rapaki Marae on Tuesday 1 November (Hub 14/15) and Thursday 3 November (Hub 21/22).
Outline of the Day:
We will travel to Rapaki by bus and be dropped off at the top of the road. We will walk down and be formally welcomed onto the marae. After the powhiri we will have morning tea and then be taken on a tour of the wharenui where we will learn the history of the marae.
We will have lunch and some free time down at Rapaki beach. After that we will make our way back to the marae for a formal poroporoaki (farewell) before meeting the buses.
We will leave from Beckenham at 9am and will return to Beckenham at 3pm.
We need your help:
This is a very new experience for us and we would be very grateful for your support. Each group will need a male who is prepared to speak for us at the powhiri. This is very important for Hub 14/15 as the teachers are both female. This person does not need to speak Maori - English is fine!
As part of the powhiri we will need a woman to reply to the karanga. Sherrilee will be with Hub 21/22 on Thursday and will do this for us. She is unable to come on the Tuesday so we would be extremely grateful if any parent is able to help us with this.
We also need parent help to support us with supervision during the trip and at the beach.
If you can help with this please email your child’s home group teacher.
Parent Donation for the Trip
The cost of the trip is $7.50. This includes the cost of the buses. This amount will be added to your school account.
This will be a valuable and authentic experience for all our children and we are very excited that they will have this opportunity.
School Camp
As you are aware Team Pohutukawa will be going on camp to Living Springs from 23 to 25 November.
Today your child brought home two forms that need to be completed as soon as possible. One is a consent form and the other is a health form. Even if we already have this information we need it updated for camp. Please also include any dietary requirements as Living Springs will shortly be asking us for this information.
Year 5&6 Choir (Glee Club)
The choir will be performing at the Christchurch School’s Music Festival on Thursday October 27. If you have not yet purchased tickets for the festival they are now available at Ticketek.
On the morning of the 27th we will be travelling to the Horncastle Arena for a final massed rehearsal. The bus will leave Beckenham School at 8.30am and return to Champion Street at lunchtime.
Sexuality Education
Thank you to everyone who attended our parent evening last Thursday. If you have any questions about this topic please email your child’s home group teacher.
Peanut Free Hub
A reminder that we are peanut free in Team Pohutukawa. We ask our children to monitor the ingredients in their lunches. If an item with peanuts is inadvertently sent to school we will ask the child to take the item back home and eat it after school.
A&P Tip Top Ice Cream Sales
The PTA are working hard to try and fill all the shifts for the Tip Top Ice Cream sales fundraiser at the A&P show in November. At this stage we have lots of gaps that we need to fill to be able to run the fundraiser effectively. If you can help please let us know by emailing office@beckenham.school.nz
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