Happy Holidays from Pōhutukawa


 Ngā mihi e te whānau, we have made it! As our Kete Value We Love Challenge states, at Beckenham te Kura o Pūroto: We are determined, resilient, and never give up. We persevere. We aim to be a better version of ourselves every day. Bring on the challenge, nau mai te wero. Well, 2022 was a year that started and finished with some mighty challenges which provided us a wonderful chance to embrace this kete value of ours.

 Covid related disruptions and extra challenges meant that communication and relationship-building were a little trickier this year. We would like to express our thanks to you all for navigating these challenges with us. We are so proud of how the tamariki rose to new challenges in 2022 with determination, resilience, and perseverance.

Last week we capped our year off with a trip to MASH Tough Kid 2022. The excitement of being able to jump on a bus and head to a fun-filled event was a joy to see, and the tamariki represented our kura with pride and were terrific ambassadors for Beckenham on the day. Once again, we faced a challenge, and every one of the students embraced it. They once again needed to call on all of their determination, resilience, and perseverance in order to meet their point of challenge and finish the course, through obstacles, mud, gunge, and even fire hoses! A fitting finale to our year of challenge.

When we reflect on this year, we celebrate the resilience and adaptability that your tamariki showed in the face of challenges. We wish our Year 6 students all the best as they head into their intermediate years, and we are looking forward to seeing our Year 5 cohort flourishing in their role as tuakana in Pōhutukawa next year. We hope you all enjoy a lovely holiday season with your tamariki, and we look forward to the fresh and exciting challenges of 2023. Nau mai te wero!

We wish you all a safe and happy festive season, ngā mihi o te Kirihimete me te tau hau

The Pōhutukawa Team

Kahikatea News Term 4 Week 9

Kia ora e te whānau,

One final post for the year to say a huge thank you to you all for your support this year. We have had a wonderful year of learning in the Kahikatea Team. We have been honoured to work with your tamariki as they fill their kete for the journey ahead. 

Bubble Fun & Ice Blocks!

We had a fabulous time celebrating a successful year on Wednesday. We surprised the children with an afternoon of bubble fun and ice blocks. The delight on the children's faces and the squeals of glee were priceless. A common phrase we heard around us was, "This is the best day of school ever!"






















Wishing you all a happy and safe holiday break! 

Katie, Krystal, Lisa, Emma, and Megan 










Kauri Whānau Final 2022 Post

 Well, that's it, we are all done and dusted. We wish you all a safe and super happy holiday. We have loved doing school life with your children this year and wish the 64 wonderful Year 8s all the best, as well as our two departing Year 7s. 

There are a number of Year 8 pencil cases still in the hub. We will be back on site in late January if your child would like to pop in and collect theirs. 

Below are some pics from the Year 8 pool party and today's slip'n'slide.































Kōwhai News Term 4 Week 9

Kia ora whānau,

Here we are at the end of the year and what a fantastic and busy year it has been! 

Ukulele Concert

In the last week, we had the pleasure of listening to a ukulele concert put on by Roger and his students from Kōwhai. 



Final Celebration Assembly

We also had our final assembly. Congratulations to the recipients of the end-of-year kete certificates for showing all the school values throughout the year. 

Hut Day

This week, we have been doing all sorts of fun activities to finish off the year, the favourite being our Hut Day on Monday. The children were brilliant at putting up all sorts of different hut creations and the hub looked incredible. Have a look for yourselves! 






























Finally, thank you to you all for your continuing support throughout the year. We are truly grateful as we cannot get there without you! We hope you have a restful summer break and a Happy New Year!

From the Kōwhai team


Final Blog post from the Koru team

 

Kia ora e te whānau,

It feels very hard to believe that here we all are, at the very end of the 2022 school year. Your children have all settled so beautifully into life at school this year, and their learning has been impressive, to say the least. 

It's been very exciting for us as teachers, and you too, we're sure, on the home front, to witness the social, emotional and physical progress, as well as the academic learning that the children have all made since starting at school. What a wonderful group of tamariki they are! We're going to miss them terribly over the long summer holiday, and will be looking forward to seeing them back again (mostly as members of the Kahikatea team), with their beautiful smiles at the start of next year.

Several of you have requested support with your children's continued learning over the summer holiday, and although the Learning At Home site is no longer accessible through the Beckenham te Kura website, we have found a way of providing you with the link to the site which you were able to access throughout the Red and Orange Traffic Light settings. We do hope that you find this helpful with its range of links, from Phonological Awareness activities to Structured Literacy activities, from Maths to waiata, and there's also an area on the dropdown menu called 'Stories' where your child is able to choose a picture book read by one of the Koru teachers!

Here is the link which takes you directly to the Koru Learning At Home site. We really hope that you find this valuable, as well as lots of fun too!

Final few days:

Many thanks to those parents who have offered to help with some of the cleaning, sorting and tidying tasks that we have listed on the whiteboard outside Hangere this week. We really appreciate your support at this very busy time of the year! There are still a few jobs we'd love some help with:

  • cleaning and packaging our Skip and Bouce whiteboard sets
  • sorting, tidying and cleaning the games and equipment shelves in both Hangere and Kōmanawa
  • sorting, tidying and cleaning in the kitchen area (tote trays, cupboards and drawers, etc.)
  • sorting the Lego table and the Duplo container
  • cleaning and sorting the sandpit toys
  • sweeping, cleaning, sorting and tidying in the shed
Not too many jobs there, as you can see!! Please let one of the teachers know if you're able to help with any of these tasks - we'd be ever so grateful :)

Please do ensure that you check that you have all of your child's belongings, before leaving on Thursday:

  • all clothing, including sunhat, polar fleece and socks (we have several pairs and single socks, as well as T-shirts and polar fleeces)
  • their lunchbox and drink bottle (there are often drink bottles left behind on the last day)
  • your child's folders, which will include their books and art works from throughout the year.
If, by chance, we don't see you before the end of the year, we do wish you all a very safe and happy summer holiday. It has been an absolute pleasure to have had you and your children as members of the Koru team in 2022!
All best for 2023, and we'll catch up with you in the new year, either in the playground or if you're able to pop in and say 'hi' that would be wonderful too.

Ngā mihi mahana ki a koutou,
Elizabeth, Georgia, Nicola, Tracey and Stacey