Planting Day at the Beckenham Park Ponds

Posted on 7 September, 20207 September, 2020 by Anne Batchelor

Kia ora whānau,

Sally Airey (our Healthy Ōpāwaho faciltator) has organised and invited Pōhutakawa to complete planting at the ponds on Wednesday September 16th, supported by local CCC rangers and a river volunteer (and expert). It'll be an awesome opportunity to make a difference to our local environment, and is being held as part of our annual Clean Up Week at Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto.

Groups of 30 children and their teacher will attend the ponds, listen to a local plant expert, and undertake planting at these intervals:

9-9.45am: Group 1
9.45-10.30am: Group 2
10.30 - 10.50 break time (whole school)
11- 11.45am: Group 3
11.45am - 12.30pm: Group 4

We would be very grateful if we could have some parent help volunteers for some or all of this time. At least two parents per time slot would be very much appreciated. Please can you email Anne at anne.batchelor@beckenham.school.nz if you are available for some or all of this time. Thanks very much for your support.

Pōhutukawa News Term 3 Week 6

Posted on 26 August, 202026 August, 2020 by Anne Batchelor

Kia ora whānau,

Just a couple of reminders about up and coming events for our learners in the next few weeks.

Wacky Hair Day

Next Friday, 4th September, is Wacky Hair Day

Wear mufti and wacky hair, a wig or a hat

Please bring a gold coin or two to support the Child Cancer Foundation.

From the Student Council

Staff Only Day

As per our school calendar, school will be closed this coming Monday August 31st for a Staff Only Day.

Winter Sport

This week is the final week of winter sport - thanks to all of you who have supported our teams. Please remember that at Level 2 we are asking you to refrain from coming along to watch the games. Thanks for your understanding.

Winter Sport at Level 2

Posted on 19 August, 202019 August, 2020 by Anne Batchelor

We are following Sport Canterbury's lead on our decision around winter sport for the remaining two weeks. Secondary school sport has resumed with no spectators and contact tracing.

We have been in consultation with the other schools in our zone and we feel confident that we can go ahead with this week's games. We have existing systems in place that will enable us to easily identify who was where should the need for contact tracing arise. We ask that you refrain from spectating this Thursday's game.

Parent Help for Pōhutukawa Term 4 Camp

Posted on 30 July, 202030 July, 2020 by Anne Batchelor

Kia ora whānau,

Please complete the Google form below if you are available to come along as a Parent Helper for our Term 4 camp. This form needs to be completed by Friday, August 14th please.

Parent Help Expression of Interest Form

Any questions, please contact your child's home group teacher.

Pōhutukawa Camp Term 4 2020

Posted on 3 July, 20203 July, 2020 by Anne Batchelor

Kia ora whānau,

Great news! Planning is underway for our Pōhutukawa Camp at Living Springs. The camp will run for three days and two nights from Wednesday the 25th to Friday the 27th of November, which is in week 7 of Term 4.

The cost of camp is likely to be no more than $180 per child. You can start making contributions for this as soon as you are able to, by setting up a small automatic payment. If you set that up this week, $9.50 per week would ensure that your contribution towards camp was fully paid by the time camp happens. To set up an automatic payment, please copy the school’s bank account number:

12-3148-0131641-00 into your internet banking and use your child’s name and 'Y5/6Camp' as the reference.

We will be needing some parent helpers for the camp, and will be putting out the call for parents who may be interested and available early next term. Next term you will receive more information about the camp, as we firm up the camp programme of activities.

We hope you have a restful and fun filled holiday break.