Kōwhai Week 6 Newsletter – Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto

Hi Everyone,

We hope that you have all have a wonderful weekend and enjoyed the wonderful weather!

Here are the essentials for this week:

Trip to the School of Gymnastics

We are going to the school of Gymnastics over tow days for the children to have the opportunity to explore and use professional gymnastic equipment.

Monday- Nick and Kate's home group

Tuesday - Paulette and Rowe's home group

We ask that on the day that you child is going to the School of Gymnastics, they are not wearing any jewellery, have shorts, pants or bike pants to enable them to access all the apparatus. We will be travelling by Red Bus. Please refer to the previous blog post for more details.

Wearable Art Show

The children have been working incredibly hard to create their wearable arts items. It has been quite a challenge for many of the children to turn their plan into a wearable piece. We have been highly impressed with the high levels of problem-solving and persistence the children have shown.

We will be sharing their constructions in a Wearable Arts Display on Thursday 5th September, Mapuna (School Hall). Please have your child at school by 6.15pm so we can get them ready for the performance which will begin at 6.30pm. We look forward to seeing you all there!

Readathon

Thank you for supporting this wonderful fundraiser that has been organised by our incredible PTA. The cards and money need to be returned to school this week. Each child will receive a bookmark for participating.

Swimming Hui

We are having a discussion about our swimming programme in the staffroom on Tuesday at 2.15pm. This is an opportunity for you to share any thoughts or consideration in regards to our current swimming programme and ways we might improve it for future years.

FYI- Parenting Week

‘Strategies to help your family through the difficult times and enjoy being together’

‘Neighbourhood Trust' is proud to bring you Parenting Week here in Canterbury. It’s happening from the 9th to 19th September and has around 30 events for any stage of parenting. They have a great line-up of experts including Mike King, Pio Terei, Dr Sue Bagshaw, Jenny Hale and Jax Hamilton, all right here.

Their facebook page: Parenting Week, Christchurch www.facebook.com/parentingweekchch has all the events listed and more information.

Indonesian Cultural Festival
If you would like to have a taste of Indonesian culture, there is a show this coming Saturday 7th September at Middleton Grange.

That's all for now.
Kōwhai Teaching Team