Pōhutukawa Update, Term 4, Week 2

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 Ngā mihi e te whānau, warm greetings to you all, what a busy start to Term 4 we've had! It’s been great to make the most of this warm spell of weather to be able to be outside on the Park these past 2 weeks preparing for our school Athletics Day yesterday. We also had a lot of keen students competing at the Huxster MTB relay on Wednesday, and the Choir has been preparing for their big night tonight at the Christchurch Music festival. Special shout out to Megan for supporting them at dress rehearsal today and at their performance at the Christchurch Town Hall tonight. Have fun and sing your hearts out!

Athletics Day

The tamariki embraced the challenges and ran, jumped, threw, and supported each other through a very successful day. It all of our students itwas not only a great way to show out kete value 'We Love Challenge', but also a chance for our students to connect and show support to our junior school... and of course for some it was a much anticipated chance to showcase their amazing athletic abilities! Well done to all students for making these really successful day, and congratulations to those who have qualified for the Zones.

The South Zone Athletics day will be held at Hansen Park on Tuesday November 4th. As students can only compete in 3 events, we will help those who have qualified for more than 3 events, to make the decision about which events to compete in. This sometimes opens up other spots for more students to compete. Thank you for your patience as we work through this decision making process with the budding athletes. We will be sending out more information about the South Zone Athletics Competition next week after these conversations.

Long Jump Next Tuesday - Parent Help Required

On Tuesday afternoon we will be walking to Hillview Christian School with the Pōhutukawa students who have opted to do competitive long jump. We have 40 students, and require some parent help to ensure a successful trip. We aim to leave school just after 1:20 pm, walk to Hillview Christian School, do the long jump, and return by 3 pm. If you can assist, please email your child's Homegroup teacher. We thank you in advance for your support.

Huxster MTB Relay

Hearty congratulations to the amazing contingent of Year 5-6 students who competed at the Huxster Mountain Bike Relay on Wednesday.  

The Huxster Mountain Bike event is a time trial through various tracks at McLeans Island. The objective is to complete as many laps in a given time around a circuit. Our students competed in pairs

Well done to all the competitors for taking on the wero, challenge and giving it their all. Huge congratulations go out to Zach G and Ben S for finishing in 1st place, and Izzy C and Laura S for placing 2nd in their categories. Amazing!

Thank you to Melissa Hurst for the photo of the kids in front of our flash new gazebo!

Full results are here:  HUXSTER24

CCC and Life Education Visit

Our CCC classes are continuing and this term we are covering digital technology (coding), learning languages (NZSL), biology (human anatomy), and physical education (Ki o Rahi). Lots of great learning to be had, as well as plenty of learning conversations to be had at home.  Life Education Trust is a charity that educates and empowers children to make healthy choices so they can live full and healthy lives. The key questions we will be covering with them and the students are How do we know how others are feeling? and What is peer pressure and how can we deal with it? Lots of great learning to be had, as well as plenty of learning conversations to be had at home, too.

AVAILLL

This term we are running the AVAILLL literacy programme, which entails students "reading" selected films with the subtitle feature turned on. While the students read/watch the films they engage in activities to develop vocabulary, fluency, comprehension and spelling. The emphasis is on understanding how words are constructed and the activities reflect this. The aim of the programme is to develop vocabulary, fluency, comprehension and spelling. 

Have a great weekend, everybody. Kia pai ngā rā whakatā

The Pōhutukawa Team

 

Kahikatea News Term 4 Week 2

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Kia ora e te whānau,

We hope you all had a lovely holiday. Term 4 is an exciting term with lots of activities planned, and with the sunshine and wonderful warm weather, the children have been happy and settled back in school so quickly. We thank you for all the support to ensure such smooth transitions.

Labour Day Weekend

A quick reminder that school will be closed on Monday as it will be Labour Day holiday, and will resume on Tuesday 29th. We hope you'll have a relaxing and fun long weekend with your whānau.

Swimming (Water Safety Programme)

Swimming will start next week (week 3) on Tuesday 29th October and go until Friday 1st November, then week 5 from Monday 4th November to Thursday 7th November. Please note that there will be NO literacy books sent home in these two weeks due to the time taken for these water safety lessons. 

It would be a good idea to pack extra snacks and food in your child's lunchbox during these 2 weeks if possible to ensure our tamariki have full bellies after swimming. Please ensure that your child comes to school on swimming days with a NAMED swimming bag, clean towel and togs. You can also have a look at our Swimming Social Story with your child to know what to expect.

Thank you to our whānau who offered to help during the trips, you can either meet us at Pioneer or come with us on the bus. The departure time of each group is as follows:

Group 1 - Sarah's Homegroup + some of Amber's students: 9.30am

Group 2 - Ella's Homegroup + some of Amber's students: 10am

Group 3 - Quynh's Homegroup + some of Amber's students: 10.30am

The bus will be waiting on Eastern Terrace.

Please note: No Literacy Group Lessons will take place on the days we are swimming. 

Swimming- Parent Helper Information

Ngā mihi e te whānau, warm greetings to you all, 

Thank you for being a parent/whānau helper for our swimming session/s. 

Please read carefully through the this information as this provides details about what to do as a parent/whanau helper during our time at Pioneer Pool. 

Helping Children

  • We want everyone to feel safe and comfortable at all times, so if you assist children in the changing rooms, please give verbal guidance. You do not need to dress or undress the children. 
  • Encourage the children to be as independent as possible and prompt them with what they need to do. 
  • Encourage children to use quiet voices in the changing room and keep their belongings in one place. 
  • Two or more parent/whānau helpers should be present, while others can wait at the changing room entrance to check that children have all their belongings. 
  • Parents can assist children to put their belongings into one of the cubbies provided. 
  • Parents/whānau are not required to be in the pool with children. 
  • Please let the teacher in charge know if you have any questions or concerns.
  • If a child needs to use the toilet, please show them where it is (these are in the teaching pool area, you will not need to use the public toilets), send the child in, and wait outside. 

Many thanks for your help with swimming this year!

 Please email your child’s teacher if you have any questions. 

Home Group Spaces

We moved homegroup spaces at the end of term 3, so here's a fresh walk-through of where we're based at the moment:

Ella - Atrium

Amber - Breakout Space

Sarah - Nook

Quynh - Theatre


Athletics

The tamariki from the Kahikatea team did so well at athletics on Thursday, what an awesome bunch! We saw a lot of demonstration of our values 'We Love Challenge' and 'We Get There Together' during our practice sessions AND the actual event, ka mau te wehi - how amazing! Below are some photos.















































Sunhats and Sunscreen

A friendly reminder that term 4 is a hats term, children are required to wear a hat when going outside. If they don't have a hat, they will need to stay in the shade by Tahaki building or the hall during playtime. Your child can bring their own sunscreen to school if they wish, please ensure that this stays in their bag during the day and your child takes responsibility for looking after it.


Maths- A Focus on Fractions 

Sarah's Homegroup has been learning about fractions, what they mean and what the symbols look like. The children then made a fractions robot in each group, they were super engaged and keen to make their robot look unique. What a cool activity!




Muesli Bar Wrappers

Ruby's whānau in Quynh's homegroup who have been sharing that, each year, they participate as instructors of the E3 expedition and make sustainability goals. This year they have gone back to this one around muesli bars which was last done back in Dec 2022. Below is the story told by the family.

"This was from our social media posts

https://www.instagram.com/p/ClsRXZdp-g1/?img_index=1 


So we did the numbers & came up with this…

* each person on E3 consumes 3x muesli bars per day. Avg per day = 16 people X3= 48

* 48 X 11 days = 528 bar wrappers. WOW THATS A LOT!!!!

* That’s just for 1 E3

But what does 528 wrappers look like? Hence the video of 100’s of wrappers falling out of that bucket. 

That’s 528 wrappers for each E3 that are not going into a landfill. 

And the remaining pics are the alternative. Over 1000 muesli bars so lovingly made by a few caring people who care about the planet… care about creation & care enough to demonstrate to you & all of us that meaningful change is achievable. All part of the great 10 Years of E3."

The family are setting a goal of collecting 2000 muesli bar wrappers to demonstrate how many wrappers have been saved from going into landfill by making their own for the expedition. In Kahikatea, Ruby and friends have started collecting these wrappers from other children's lunchboxes. If possible, we would also love to collect these from you, just hand them to Quynh or your child's homegroup teacher. 


Learning Through Play






Personal Space - Boundaries

In Kahikatea, we have been talking about and discussing boundaries, and what we can say when someone is being too close to our personal space. The video below is a fabulous resource, as the catchy melody and simple language make it so much fun for our tamariki to remember the key phrases. Please have a look with your child and sing along, we guarantee it'll get stuck in your head rather quickly.



Have an awesome long weekend!

The Kahikatea team

Amber Donovan | amber.donovan@beckenham.school.nz
Ella Rainbow | ella.rainbow@beckenham.school.nz
Quynh Nguyen | quynh.nguyen@beckenham.school.nz
Sarah Angelo | sarah.angelo@beckenham.school.nz
Lisa Collier | lisa.collier@beckenham.school.nz

Kōwhai News Term 4 Week 2

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Kia ora whānau, 

There has been so much happening in the Kōwhai hub already, and it's only week 2! Here's an update on the latest happenings in Kōwhai over the last two weeks. 

Maths 

All Maths groups in Kōwhai have enjoyed learning about the language of Chance and Probability in their Maths groups. Some of our tamariki were involved in a Probability Carnival held in Pūkaki. 






Writing 

For our Writing this term, we have begun with Procedural Writing, then later in the term we will be moving on to Poetry Writing. You may need to be prepared for them bring home instructions for making Tangy Lemonade, Delicious Pizza, or Fizzy Sherbet!



Athletics Day 

This week, we held our whole school Athletics Day and it was great to see everyone out on the park participating in their various events and disciplines. In the Kōwhai team, all the homegroups had 5 rotations: high jump, long jump, discus, shot put and sprints. It was amazing to see everyone give it a go and doing their very best. Congratulations to you all!









Swimming 

We will be heading off to our Swimming Lessons next week and also in Week 5. Please remind your tamariki to pack their swimming bag with their togs, a towel and goggles, if they have them, on Tuesday. 

Being SunSmart 

It has been great to see so many children remembering to wear their hats at school, especially with all these sunny days we have been experiencing. Please do continue to make sure that your child has a hat at school every day and that it is clearly named. There is always the option of keeping hats at school, either in tote trays or in an allocated hat tub. We also encourage everyone to have sunscreen on. This can be applied before coming to school and we also have sunscreen at school if anyone needs to top up or they forget to put sunscreen on. Thank you so much for your support with this. 

Staying Safe Online: Snapchat and Privacy

Snapchat is a popular messaging app that lets users exchange pictures and videos (snaps) that are meant to disappear after they’re viewed. Many young people love Snapchat but it’s important that they understand how to protect their privacy on the app.


Check out Netsafe’s Privacy on Snapchat page for some helpful information on Snapchat’s features. You can also find out more information about privacy, security and safety on Snapchat’s help centre.



Have a great weekend!





Koru Team News: Term 4 Week 2 (25/10/2024)

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Kia ora, e te whānau,

A very warm welcome back to our fourth and final term of the 2024 school year. We especially welcome the families of the new children to our Koru team: Atlas, Isabella, Oliver, Ruby, Remy and Johnny. They've all made a lovely, positive start to school. Well done, tamariki!

Routines:

All children have embraced our routines and have fallen back into the swing of things with impressive ease. Earlier in the year, the children helped to develop our Learning Through Play guidelines, as follows:

  • Use gentle hands and gentle feet
  • Treat everyone with kindness and care
  • Use quiet inside voices
  • Tidy as you go
  • Follow instructions quickly and quietly
  • Be part of the team at tidy up time
  • Don't tip everything out of a container, just take what you need (unless it's a jigsaw puzzle!).

These guidelines were the children's ideas and we revisited them at the start of this term, just as a reminder, and also so that our new children would be familiar with them. 

Other routines, which the children have embraced once again, include: unpacking their bags when they arrive at school in the morning, including putting their Literacy folder in the right container; remembering their poetry books and library folders on Friday; lining up after break times; 'showing five' whenever they are sitting on the mat; and following the expectations in their small Literacy group lessons (sitting up, chair pulled in, focusing on the learning and 'whiteboards are for writing, not drawing').

Friendship list:

Georgia will, once again, be sending out an invitation to those of you who would like to have your details added to our Friendship List, so please keep an eye out for an email about this.

Term Overview:

We have a very busy term ahead of us. Some of the topics that we'll be focusing on include:

  • our school-wide focus areas (including How We Play, Moving Inside, Speaking and Listening and Tidying)
  • our Word of the Week continues (including Being an Upstander, Honesty, Inclusion, Showing Respect, Friendship and Determination, along with several other key values)
  • Life Education (with a focus on friendship - further details in the next Blog post)
  • Cyber Safety (and again with further details to come)
Athletics Day yesterday:
Thank you so much to those families who were able to come along and support the tamariki during their Athletics activities today. The children all did SO well and, at the same time, had a lot of fun! Congratulations to each and every child for the wonderful effort put in, and special congratulations to those who also ran in the house relay. Some of our wee ones even stepped up and ran in the relay, having only had a few days at school. Now that takes confidence! We have just a few photos from our Athletics Day, but will be able to post more in the future, so keep an eye out for them.

Here are a few photos from our first fortnight back at school:

















We're loving this warmer weather! Thank you so much for sending your children to school with sunblock and their hats. 
All best for a lovely long weekend ahead and we look forward to seeing those wide smiles and sparkling eyes back at school on Tuesday.

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


Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto Schoolwide Newsletter, Rātapu (Sunday) 20 October 2024, Week 1

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Principal's Patch

Kia ora koutou

First week of Term 4 and we enjoyed seeing everyone back after the break and hearing stories of travel, 'staycations' and relaxation! 
On Friday we welcomed our new whānau and their tamariki to Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto. Welcome to our kura and we look forward to our time with your whānau.
This week we also have school athletics. Please see the notices below for more information.
Also, read the PTA notices, they have been very busy! We appreciate the work they do in support of the tamariki and our kura. 
As we begin our final term for the year a reminder, please feel free to contact your child's Home Group Teacher at any stage. They are more than happy to hear from you to celebrate successes and about any questions or wondering you or your child may have.

Staffing update

In 2025 we will welcome Hugo Weaver to our staff. Hugo will be the Kauri (Year 7 and 8) Team Leader. Hugo is excited to be joining us and working with the Kauri team.

Congratulations to Sarah Angelo. Sarah has been appointed to a permanent teaching position here at Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto. Sarah is currently working in the Kahikatea team. 

Our Team Leader Structure for 2025:
Koru - Katie McFarlane
Kahikatea - Sarah Junghenn
Kōwhai - Anna Reid
Pōhutukawa - Steve Cooke
Kauri - Hugo Weaver

Our thanks to Amber Donovan and Stacey McLachlan for so capably filling the roles of Acting Team Leaders. Thank you for stepping up and supporting the school in this way for 2024.

2025 Enrolments - do you have a 4 year old!

We welcome enrolment forms for any New Entrant students who may start with us in 2025. It is never too early to pre-enrol your child, and having this data early will help us in the coming months when we begin to organise teaching staff for the following year.

If you know of any in our area, please encourage them to enrol.

Enrolment forms can be collected from the Office or can be found online here.

Upcoming Curriculum Day

The Ministry of Education has allocated a curriculum day for all schools to work on the English and Mathematics curriculums in preparation for implementation in 2025. A reminder that our Curriculum Day is on Monday, November 18th. The school will be closed for students on this day. 

We are fortunate to have BOSCO open and available to book on this day. If you wish to sign your tamariki up for BOSCO on this date, please either head to

bosco.aimyplus.com to make a booking, or, contact Harriet on 027 645 6632 or via email at office@bosco.org.nz

Considerations for home-group placement for 2025

As we start to put together home groups for 2025, we know that you may hold particular information or insight that you want to share that will support the placement of your child for next year.
While our teachers hold a lot of knowledge and understanding around the needs of our children, we are keen to also know if there is anything particular you think we should be aware of as we make these decisions.

As you will appreciate, putting home groups together is a hugely complex puzzle where the needs of all children need to be carefully considered. This means that we are not asking for 'requests' for teachers or for friendship groups as we would never be able to meet all of those. What we are seeking, is to be made aware of anything important you think we need to consider that we might not be aware of. We will add your thoughts to ours, and do the best we can to make sure that everyone's needs have been considered in our process.

If you have anything you want us to know, please email me (not the teachers) so that I have all the information in one place. I will need this information by the end of Week 5  - Friday 8th November.
email: principal@beckenham.school.nz

Ngā mihi nui
Jo Smith - Tumuaki (Acting Principal)

Important Dates

Upcoming Events

Mon 21 Oct - Fri 25 Oct - Walk or Wheel to School Week
Wed 23 Oct - PTA Meeting, 7:30-9:30PM, Green Room
Wed 23 Oct - BOT Meeting, 5:30-7:30PM, Staff Room
Thu 24 Oct - School Athletics 
Mon 28 Oct - Labour Day (kura/school closed)
Fri 1 Nov - Kauri Sausage Sizzle
Thu 7 Nov - Strings Concert, 11:00am in the Hall
Sat 9 Nov - PTA Bingo Night, in the Hall
Fri 15 Nov - Canterbury Anniversary Day (kura/school closed)
Mon 18 Nov - Curriculum Day (staff only - kura/school closed)
Wed 27 Nov - PTA Meeting, 7:30-9:30PM, Green Room
Wed 11 Dec - BOT Meeting, 5:30-7:30PM, Staff Room
Fri 13 Dec - Final Celebration Assembly, 9.45-10.30am, in the Hall
Mon 16 Dec - Year 8 Graduation
Tue 17 Dec - Last day of Term 4, School finishes 12.30PM

Term Dates

Click here to view 2024 term dates 

Citizen of the Week

Molly McGuigan - Year 4

Molly, you are a great example of  someone who demonstrates all our school values. Molly, you have a beautiful, kind and caring nature. You are loyal, empathetic and considerate. Thank you for the positive impact you have on those around you. Tino pai, Molly!

Maadev Samaratunge - Year 4

Maadev, you are a very kind, caring and positive member of the hub. You consistently demonstrate our school values on a daily basis and you are an outstanding role model to others. Well done, Maadev!

BOT Update

Principal Appointment

The Board of Trustees is pleased to announce the appointment of Cade Englefield as our new Principal. With nearly 30 years of experience in education in both New Zealand and the UK across all primary school year levels, Cade will be joining us from his current role as Associate Principal at Christchurch South Karamata Intermediate School. He will officially start with us on Monday, 27 January 2025. We are confident that Cade’s experience and leadership will be a great fit with the Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto culture and values.

We would also like to sincerely thank Deputy Principal Jo Smith, who has done an outstanding job as Acting Principal since January. Whilst Jo opted not to apply for the permanent position, her leadership, along with support from the wider team, has provided valuable continuity and speaks to the depth of experience and commitment across our kura leadership team.

We look forward to welcoming Cade as he joins us in continuing the great work at Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto.

School Notices

2025 School Term Dates 

Staff Only Days
Monday 27, Tuesday 28, Wednesday 29 & Thursday 30 January

Term 1
Friday 31 January to Friday 11 April

NB: Learning Conferences all day Friday 31 January and Monday 3 February. Supervision will be provided for families who have requested it. Classes start Tuesday 4 February. 

Waitangi Day Tuesday 6 February - School Closed

Term 2
Monday 28 April to Friday 27 July

Term 3
Monday 14 July to Friday 19 September

Term 4
Monday 6 October to Tuesday 16 December

These dates will be added to the website in further detail next week.

Food Allergy Guidelines

Across our school, we have a number of children with different food allergies.

To support the wellbeing of these students we have the following guidelines in place which we ask you to follow
  • All students should only eat lunches and snacks that have been provided by their caregivers.  
  • Bottles, other drinks, and lunch boxes provided by caregivers should be clearly labelled with the name of their child.  Home group teachers and caregivers will decide where the children’s bottles and lunch boxes will be kept during the day to ensure no cross contamination occurs.
  • Parents are asked not to bring food into school to be shared with other children.  Whilst we understand that there are times you want to celebrate special events for your children with their friends at school, e.g. birthdays or being awarded prizes, by bringing food and treats for them to share, we have a policy of children only eating the food that their whānau have prepared and sent with them.  We have a number of students with food allergies and also need to respect the wishes of some families who want to monitor what their children are eating and prefer their children just to eat food they have prepared. From time to time, there may be an event that teachers have organised that will involve food (cultural or learning activities) and they will have advised families in advance that this will be happening.  
  • At the beginning of each year caregivers will need to check the expiry dates on any medication to be held at school.  
  • On the first day of school, caregivers will need to bring their child’s medication to the school office.  Caregivers will need to sign a medicine authority form (School Docs).  The responsibility of monitoring the expiry dates of medications rests with the parent.
  • Caregivers may be asked to come and talk to staff about their child’s specific health needs and ways we can support them at school.
We will inform you during the year if specific guidelines for your child’s hub change. 

Our full allergy policy and guidelines are available on the Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto website under Information - Policies - SchoolDocs, then search ‘allergy’.

If you have any questions or concerns, please discuss them in the first instance with your child’s home group teacher.

Walk or Wheel to School Week (starts Monday)

In Week 2, from Monday 21st October to Friday 25th October 2024, our school is participating in Walk or Wheel to School Week, brought to you by the Christchurch City Council. This fun and action-packed week is to promote walking and wheeling to school. There are daily themes and prizes up for grabs for students who participate. For more information head over to the Christchurch City Council webpage. We can’t wait to get started next week!

If students walk or wheel to school 3 mornings or more during the week they will go in the draw to win spot prizes.  Cards that students need to fill out if they are participating will be sent home (pictured below). Tamariki (children) need to write both their name and hub on this card. 



Healthy Lunches

Good nutrition is essential for fueling the body and brain for optimal learning and wellbeing. It is so great to see so many healthy, balanced school lunches coming to school. 

We have noticed a number of children are growing and needing extra protein and carbohydrates. An easy way to provide this is the addition of a cheese sandwich or similar.

Please also ensure that your child has a full bottle of water each day.  

Below are some reminders and hopefully some inspiration from NZ Nutrition Foundation to support you with your children's lunches.

Lunchbox Ideas

Lunchboxes can be a real challenge – you want to make sure your children eat a variety of healthy foods, but you also need to know the lunch will be eaten! By including foods from each of the four food groups you will help ensure they get all the necessary nutrients. Asking your children what they would like, or involving them in preparing their own lunchboxes, will reduce the likelihood of the food being thrown away or coming home uneaten.

The Healthy Lunchbox

Let’s think about filling our lunchbox in terms of the four food groups:

Vegetables and Fruits
  • Vegetable sticks – carrot, cucumber, and celery with an optional dip such as cottage cheese, hummus, pesto, Greek yoghurt, tzatziki
  • Small (cherry) or chopped tomatoes
  • Fresh fruit – chopping bigger fruit  beforehand will make it easier to eat – a variety throughout the week maintains interest and ensures a variety of nutrients
  • Fruit pottles
  • Mini salads – coleslaw or a lettuce salad with tomato, grated carrot, and cucumber
  • Small packet or handful of raisins or dried fruit
Grain foods (bread, rice, pasta, breakfast cereals)
  • Sandwiches
  • Cereal bars
  • Plain biscuits
  • Plain popcorn
  • Rice crackers
  • Potato or pasta salad
  • Potato cakes
  • Leftover pasta and rice dishes
Milk and milk products (milk, cheese, yoghurt)
  • Pottle of yoghurt or yoghurt squeezable
  • Plain or flavoured milk
  • Cubes or slices of cheese
  • Cottage cheese – add to sandwiches or use as a dip for vegetable sticks
Legumes, nuts, seeds, fish and other seafood, eggs, poultry, and/or red meat with the fat removed
  • Meat or chicken sandwiches
  • Egg or tuna sandwiches
  • Hard-boiled eggs
  • Hummus – Add some to sandwiches or put a couple of tablespoons in a container to go alongside vegetable sticks
  • A small handful of nuts and seeds (unless your child's hub is nut-free)

Kauri Sausage Sizzle fundraiser

The senior students are running a sausage sizzle on Friday 1st of November.
Sausages will be delivered to classrooms. Sausages are $2 each, and all proceeds are going towards the Year 7 and 8 school end-of-year trip to Cass Bay.
There will be a group of senior students collecting orders and money outside of the hall next week on Thursday and Friday before school. Limit 2 sausages per person. The sausages are Hellers brand. There are a small number of halal and vegetarian sausages available. Please make sure to order these specifically if required.

Orders will be taken outside the hall on Thursday 24th and Friday 25th of October 8:30-8:55am.
Thanks for your ongoing support of the Kauri team!

Parking Around Schools & Infringement Fee Increase

Please see the below infographics from the Christchurch City Council, which covers the most common reasons parking fines are given around schools.

These infringement fines are increasing as of 1 October 2024 because the amounts set by central government are being changed for parking fees across the country.

Please take note and ensure that you are parking correctly, to keep everyone safe, and avoid fines.


Strings concert 7th November at 11:00 in the hall. Caregivers welcome.

If you would like your child to learn the violin, viola, cello please come along and listen - there will be details of enrolments for 2025 at the concert.
Anne Robinson is our itinerant strings teacher and Head of Strings for Christchurch School of Music.
Please contact Anne if you wish to find out any further details.
annejohnrobinson@gmail.com.
(021)1322604

CSM

The Christchurch School of Music is a busy and great place to learn and play music.

Enrolments for 2025 are open.  Please complete this google form if you are planning on re-enrolling for 2025 lessons https://forms.gle/AxPyLK1d8MuWr1VE8

Sports News

Koru Games Recognition

We were incredibly humbled to receive the below email:

"As the dust settles on the 2024 Koru Games, we just wanted to say a huge THANK YOU for the part you played in making the Games such a success! We hope Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto enjoyed their time at the Games. 

The Selwyn Sports Trust was very impressed with the way the students from Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto conducted themselves during the Koru Games and played within the spirit of the Games. To acknowledge your positive contributions to the Games, you have won a $1,000 Dynasty Sport teamwear voucher. 

We look forward to hosting Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto at the Koru Games in 2025!"

This is such awesome recognition of our tamariki and all the coaches who fostered amazing team spirit within their teams.  

Athletics

Our whole school athletics is on Thursday the 24th of October.

The day celebrates the teaching and learning of athletics and Run, Jump, Throw that has been happening across the school. 

Timings 
Koru - 9:15 to 10:00
Kahikatea - 1:30 to 2:20
Kōwhai - 10:50 to 12:40
Pōhutukawa and Kauri - all day

You are welcome to come and encourage our tamariki (children). Please leave dogs at home as some of our children can be afraid of dogs and this can impact their participation - thank you. 

Helpers

We are looking for five adults or senior students to support us with the running of the Year 5 to 8 events. No prior experience is needed.  You will work alongside one of our Kaiako (teachers) and they will explain how the event runs. If you do have prior experience or expertise, that would be a bonus!

The roles we need filling are:
1 x to support with sprint heats
2 x to support with shot put
2 x to support with discus
 
If you can help out, please fill out this form. 

What to wear
Children can wear their house top or red polo with black shorts, track pants, leggings, or similar. For footwear, trainers or shoes that are comfortable to run in are ideal. Shoes must be worn for shot put and discus.  

Please make sure that your child has their sun hat and water bottle with them on this day. 

What to do if your child is injured
If your child is injured or can not participate for any reason and will still be at school on Thursday, please let your child's homeroom teacher know. 

Children who are unable to participate may be able to take on a role where they help on an athletics rotation, take photos or support in another way. This way they still participate and contribute in the event. 

House Relay
If you would like to participate in the house relay in the teacher's and whānau team, please fill in this form.

The House Relay is the final event and the whole school comes out to cheer the runners on. The tamariki, (children) adore seeing their kaiako, (teachers) and whānau, (family) take part. Don't worry if you don't consider yourself a fast runner; the children would love for you to participate and they'd love it even more if they beat you!

PTA News

Calendar Art

All the students have been working hard to produce amazing art work.
Every child has received an ordering sheet with their unique ordering number. With that code, you will be able to access your child’s art work (on www.kidsartworks.com) and order some high-quality, personalised, christmas presents!

Orders close MONDAY 21st of October at 11.30pm.

Bingo Night 9th November 2024

Get ready for Bingo Night!!!!! 

On 9 November, the PTA is hosting a Bingo Night in the hall to fundraise for Kapa Haka uniforms for our Tamariki. This event promises to be a fun-filled evening for our community. 

Tickets are $16. This includes 1 Bingo card, but extra cards can be purchased on the night. Supper and snacks will be provided. We have had some generous donations come through and we are so excited about some of these prizes! 

Leading up to the big event we will be selling raffle tickets for an epic raffle package! Make sure you’re following our Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto PTA Facebook Page for the big raffle package reveal over the weekend!

Gazebo

A massive thank you to everyone who bought CookieTime cookies to help fundraise for our new school gazebo.  We also thank the family who made a generous donation towards this as well. The gazebo has just arrived and is looking awesome, we can't wait to use it next week for athletics.

Weetbix Tryathlon

  • Entries are open for the Weetbix Tryathlon on 23rd February 2025 at Jellie Park. Early bird entries get a discount so sign up today.
  • The TRYathlon is all about giving it a TRY and is a rewarding and fun day out for you and your child. Every child gets a t-shirt and medal. We have the school gazebo set up where children and parents can meet and each year the PTA usually have an offering for the children.
  • Children 6 years old on event day can complete in the Splash & Dash
  • Children aged 7-15 years old on event day, can complete the TRYathlon as an individual or in a team of two.
Our school has created a School Group which you can join when you enter from home. Search for Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto when prompted. By linking to our school group it will give us the chance to win some great prizes.
The direct link to register into our school group is https://raceroster.com/registration/09e74114-05e0-4912-a758-1d8430d4edc3/entry?team=697038

Community Notices

(Notices placed here are contingent on space and do not reflect the views or opinions of the school.)

Luminaires Singing and Acting Workshops - Term 4

Our workshop participants will work towards performances at a special Christmas event!
In the workshops we focus on helping each individual to improve their skills and technique in a fun and supportive environment.

Thursdays at Phillipstown Community Hub
Singing 4-5pm
Acting 5.15-6.30pm

You can sign up for one or for both
Prices are $150 per term ($120 Community Services)
15% discount if you sign up for both
SCHOLARSHIPS available!

Follow the link to sign up and find out more (late enrolments are fine)

Free Envirokids Sessions For Kids

Envirokids is a free program for kids aged between 5-13 years old that runs every Saturday from 10am-1pm in the kiosk at the Botanic Gardens. The activities run incorporate a mix of interactive fun and environmental education.

Southern Districts & South East Ōtautahi Cricket - only a few gaps across grades!

Harcourts & NZ China Friendship Society Art Competition 2024

A copy of this poster about our upcoming Art Competition is below and also a document with all the details about the competition or for these details,  click here or scan the QR code in the poster with your phone. 

Te Radar's CookBookery - A CHS Spanish Class Fundraiser

A fundraising event for the Cashmere High School Spanish class trip to South America in 2025. All profit will go towards the trip. The show starts at 7:00pm with food, beverages and other fundraising events starting from 6:00pm. Buy tickets here.

The Show - A comedic celebration of food from the beloved and bizarre cookbooks of our past. Te Radar has sampled a century and a half of New Zealand cookbooks to find the tastiest morsels, with a side of sumptuous vintage food photography.




Bike lessons will be starting tomorrow /Wednesdays ,16 October 5-7pm , at Addington School. Please tell your friends and help us spread the word!

New students are welcome! You can start as a beginner at any class - we have lots of help available, and will support you whatever your skill level. 

We are also keen to keep supporting our current students. We will help you build your skills and confidence, to help you achieve your bike riding goals, whether this is riding on the road, or just for fun! 

Can't wait to see you tomorrow