Monthly Archives: August 2021

Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto Newsletter Friday 6 August 2021

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Kia ora koutou

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Important Dates

Upcoming Events

Sun 8 Aug - Working Bee (10am-12noon)

Term 3, Week 3:

Tue 10 Aug - School Duathlon (12:00 - 3.15pm)
Thu 12 Aug - South Zone Winter Sport (12:00 - 3:00pm)
Thu 12 Aug - Board of Trustees Meeting (5:30 - 7:30pm) All welcome

Term 3, Week 4:

Tue 17 Aug - School Duathlon Postponement date (12:00 - 3.15pm)
Wed 18 Aug - ESOL Whānau Hui (2.15 - 2.55pm)
Thu 19 Aug - South Zone Winter Sport (12:00 - 3:00pm)

Term Dates

Click here to view 2020 term dates.

Citizen of the Week

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School Notices

Staff Only Day - BOSCO8

BOSCO will be open on the next teacher’s only day - on the 27th August.
Book now for an exciting day making Minion clothespins and awesome popsicle stick puzzles. We will play games and sport outside and in the afternoon we will bake biscuit wands. Contact Juanita by emailing office@bosco.org.nz to find out more or book online via Aimy Plus.

Staff Profiles

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Sports News

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PTA News

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BOT Update

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Community Notices

(Notices placed here are contingent on space and do not reflect the views or opinions of the school.)
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Kōwhai News – Term 3 Week 2

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Kia ora whānau, 

It's been a busy start to Term 3 and spring is just around the corner. We can't wait! 

Keeping Ourselves Safe (KOS) 

This term, our wellbeing focus will be the Keeping Ourselves Safe programme. Your child/children may bring home some tasks which you can help them to complete (such as learning their phone number and address). 

Keeping Ourselves Safe is a comprehensive child abuse prevention programme for schools. Its purpose is to:

  • teach students a range of safe practices that they can use when interacting with other people, both online and face to face
  • teach students how to recognise the difference between healthy and unhealthy relationships, and encourage students who have been or are being abused to seek help
  • prevent abuse by making parents and teachers more aware of their responsibilities to help students avoid abuse.

School Community Officers are available to support schools to plan and implement Keeping Ourselves Safe.

source: Keeping Ourselves Safe

Readathon 

Your child should have brought home the yellow slip for Readathon last Friday. On Friday the 20th we will have a book character day to celebrate the Readathon, where your child can come dressed up as their favourite literacy characters. We do not expect you to go and buy a costume for your child for this. 

Learning Games 

Please remember that if your child wants to play the Maths and Structured Literacy/Spelling games at home, they will need to sign in with their school Google account. Please talk to your child's homegroup teacher if you are not sure what this is. 

Here are a few picture of our first few weeks of Term 3.  














Have a lovely weekend. 

The Kōwhai Team - Laura, Nick, Rowe, Quynh and Meagan 

Kahikatea News Week 2 Term 3 2021

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Gymnastics 

Our first gymnastics sessions start on Monday! Our tamariki are very excited. We have shared the social story (link below) and encourage you to take a look through it with your child/children over the next few days. 

Please ensure your child is wearing appropriate clothing/footwear on Monday's and Tuesday: 

  • No tights, extra long pants or school dresses 
  • Easy to remove shoes
  • School shirt or equivalent (eg a red t-shirt) 
  • Leggings or shorts

Please also ensure your child/children have had a lovely big breakfast as this will provide them with the energy they will need to really enjoy their time, to stay focused and to be great listeners! 

Gymnastics Social Story

We have sufficient numbers of parent/whanau helpers for gymnastics and information has been sent out to those of you who are coming along to support us. 

*For parent/whanau helpers with Lisa and Amber please be in the hub at  9.40am to assist staff and prepare students for departure at 10am. 

*For parent/whanau helpers with Katie and Charlotte please be in the hub at 10.40am to assist staff and prepare students for departure at 11am. 

Keeping Ourselves Safe (KOS) 

Next week teachers will begin the first lesson in the Keeping Ourselves Safe programme. Your child/children may bring home some tasks which you can help them to complete (such as learning their phone number and address). 

Keeping Ourselves Safe is a comprehensive child abuse prevention programme for schools. Its purpose is to:
  • teach students a range of safe practices that they can use when interacting with other people, both online and face to face
  • teach students how to recognise the difference between healthy and unhealthy relationships, and encourage students who have been or are being abused to seek help
  • prevent abuse by making parents and teachers more aware of their responsibilities to help students avoid abuse.
School Community Officers are available to support schools to plan and implement Keeping Ourselves Safe 

Duathlon Information for Year 5 – 8 Competitors

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 This message is for those with children who have entered the school duathlon. Please share this post with your duathlete. 

  • Our duathlon is this coming Tuesday afternoon, starting at 1:30. 
  • Duathletes can wear their house top and will need a warm jacket for before and after their event. For those who need them, please to remember their inhalers.
  • Children are to bring their bikes to the bike-stands which will be by the Norwood entrance to the park on Tuesday morning before school. Year 7 & 8 will need to be extra early, as they will need to do this before getting to the hub at 8:30 for tech. 
  • Children need to lock their bikes and take their helmets with them to their hub.
  • Duathletes eat lunch at 12:40 and then unlock their bikes.
  • The daily notices will tell them when to meet at the cricket pavilion.
  • Parents are welcome to support their children. Please stay on the park near the finishing area, to avoid getting in the road of the competitors.
We need the support of some adult helpers to run this event. Please fill in this form if you can help out.

The course description is below. It would be a great idea to practice this before Tuesday. Please email Nicky if you have any questions about the course.

Run 1 (1km)

  • Start on park, out from the adventure playground
  • Follow the marked course on the grass towards school and on around the park
  • Run along the fenceline of the park and down the hill towards Eastern Tce.
  • Once on Eastern Tce run towards Fisher Ave, along Fisher Ave to Norwood St and down Norwood to the park entrance.
  • Run into the park to the bike racks which will be on the right near the park entrance.

Bike: (1.8km)

  • On bike follow the garden loop track to the main path
  • Stick to the right-hand side of the path
  • Ride along the gravel path in front of school and around to the path that leads down to the ponds, before the adventure playground. 
  • Turn left onto the path that goes above the ponds
  • Ride to the hairpin bend that takes you back up to the park.
  • Follow the gravel path towards the adventure playground and on around in front of school.
  • At this point there will be bikes going both ways - stick to the right.
  • Keep following the gravel path up to where it branches off toward Norwood Rd
  • Loop back onto the garden path for a second full lap. (repeat what you have just done)
  • At the end of your second lap, hand your bike to the marshalls who will lay it on the grass

Run 2 (1km)

  • Run out to Norwood St and turn right heading to Fisher Ave
  • Run down Fisher to Eastern Tce
  • Run down Eastern Tce to the park entrance.
  • Run up the hill and follow the cones to the finishing chute which will be in front of school.