Week 7 Happenings

We had a fun filled morning on Thursday when we invited the Year 6s in for a taste of life in the Intermediate Hub.






The speech finals on Thursday afternoon where highly entertaining and informative. Well done to the finalists who all did a superb job. A special congratulations to the place-getters: Kara, Daniel, William, Tim, Mitarina and Jasper.






Term 3, Week 7 Newsletter

Metro Sport Cricket Sessions 

On Wednesday each of our hub classes enjoyed a mini cricket lesson in the hall. Here are a couple of the top shots of the day:




Print Making

Our print making continues in earnest and we are thrilled to see that all of our effort is coming to fruition! Bet you can't wait to see these amazing artworks up on the walls! They will also be used this year for the calendar art. 









Science Alive

Science Alive on Tues 15th September - Fri 18th September

As part of our inquiry learning this term on 'Looking Forward - Modern Learning Indoor and Outdoor Spaces', we have invited Science Alive to visit each learning hub to guide us in a lesson on building design and safety. The children will be able to use these skills in their group inquiry.

The timetable is as follows:
Hub 4 - Tues 15th Sept at 11:00 - 12:30
Hub 3 - Tues 15th Sept at 1:30 - 3:00
Hub 2 - Wed 16th Sept at 11:00 - 12:30
Hub 1 - Wed 16th Sept at 1:30 - 3:00

If you are able to help please let your child's teacher know as soon as possible.
The cost of this visit is $8.00 per child and a request for this donation will be added to your school account.


Quaky Cat Mufti Day

There were plenty of fabulous felines around Beckenham School today...here are some of the cats on show: 


















Project Brief

Early this year, I spent a considerable amount of time, putting together a project brief for the Design Team. The template and format of this brief was designed by the Ministry of Education. I was supported to write this by Lorraine Moss and Vikanda Bagrie, from the MOE, with a dual purpose of our brief being used a) to focus the attention of the Design Team to the specific needs of Beckenham School; and b) as an intial  example to share with other schools who will subsequently need to write their own brief for this process.

The information in the brief was collated from a variety of sources, including staff meetings over the past 18 months, school documentation, Board of Trustees input, feedback from students and feedback from families via our whānau hui.

Accompanying the brief, was a pdf of annotated photographs, designed to show the Design Team what learning and being part of the wider school community at Beckenham School looks like.

You can read the brief (which is not brief!) here:
Beckenham School Education Project Brief

and see the images here:
Images to accompany the Beckenham School Education Project Brief.