Kauri Whānau Weekly Update: Term 3 Week 11

We have had two zone sports events this week, cross country on Monday and basketball on Wednesday, at which we saw several awesome examples of positive sportsmanship. Seeing some of our seniors cheering on every runner, even when others had zoomed to the finish line, was a great example of getting there together and making a difference. Special congratulations to the girls' basketball team, who won their competition and have qualified for the Canterbury Indoor Tournament. Congratulations to Jonty Mitchel, who placed 4th in the cross country, earning him a place at Canterburys next term.

Camp

When we had to cancel camp before lockdown in term 1, we quickly penciled in a booking for term 4, just in case the situation improved. Now that we are in Level 1, the decision has been made to go ahead with our Dunedin / Waihola Camp in term 4 from October 19 - 23. This is the second week in term 2.  I will be contacting our term 1 camp parents to check on their availability for these new dates.

In order to make the camp as affordable as possible, we will be doing some more fundraising in term 3. This will include another round of cheese rolls, selling bulk packs of toilet paper, raffling a bike and holding a comedy evening. If many people pitched in in a small way, we can share the load of these projects. Please click here to let us know how you can contribute.

Unfortunately, since booking this new date, Primary Sports Canterbury have released their postponement date for the Canterbury Duathlon, which is October the 19th. We are happy to discuss options with any of the children who qualified back in March at our school event who wish to still compete at Canterburys.

Ski Trip

We have all our parent helpers confirmed and the buses are booked for our ski day on Friday, August 28th. We now need information about every child so that we can best meet their needs on this day. We need every family to click here and complete this form.

Cashmere High School 

We are in the process of arranging an evening where the principal of Cashmere High will come to speak with students and parents about the transition to secondary school and specifically about the transition to Cashmere High School. Once the date is set we will let you know. In the meantime, here is an informative video that CHS has put together.


Cashmere High School Combos and Big Bands will perform an evening of Jazz on Thursday July 2nd in the Cashmere High School McCombs Performing Arts Centre, 172 Rose Street at 7pm (Doors open 6.30pm). We would like to extend an invitation to our wider community to enjoy this event with us.



From Badminton Canterbury


A number of the children in our hub have shown an interest in badminton, so we thought that this might be of interest.

Keep fit and be active these school holidays with the opportunity to either give badminton a try for the first time or build on your existing skills.
Sessions will include a combination of fun games, skill practice and some game time. Racquets provided for all sessions.
Please bring food and drink bottles. Must have non-marking sole shoes.

ZHU Badminton Centre – 98 Aidanfield Drive, Wigram
Must have non marking sole shoes

Cost is $15 per session. 
Minimum of 4 children per session for it to go ahead

7th July 10am – 12pm Coach: Yuri
      12.30 – 2.30pm Coach: Yuri
8th July 10am – 12pm Coach: Yuri
      12.30 – 2.30pm Coach: Yuri
16th July 10am – 12pm Coach: Yuko
17th July 12pm – 2pm Coach: Yuko

Register online at: 
For enquiries email Jo on shuttletime@badmintoncanterbury.com






Term 2 Week 11 Koru News

Kia ora e te whanau, Welcome to all our new children and their whānau. The children have settled into school life quickly and with confidence. Ka pai! What a fun couple of weeks we have had! The learning happening through the play has been varied and full of wonderful ideas, and inquisitive questioning and wondering.
Fun with boxes
 
 
 
 
 
Literacy fun
 
 
 
 
Sandpit fun
 
 
 
Pyjama fun
 
 
 
 
PTA Rainbow School Disco
A reminder that the school disco is tomorrow, Friday 26th June, 4.30 - 5.30pm in the school hall. Bring a gold coin donation for entry, named water bottle and extra gold coins if you want to purchase popcorn or other snacks.
Learning Conferences
A reminder that these are on next week, Tuesday 30th June and Thursday 2nd July, from 2pm. School closes at 2pm both of these days.
Term 2 ends Friday 3rd July
As this is the last Koru Blog Post for the term we would like to take the opportunity to wish all the tamariki a safe and restful holiday break. We will see them back at school Tuesday 21st July.
Ngā mihi mahana,
Elizabeth, Sophie, Stacey and Jo

Team Kahikatea: Reminders Week 11

PTA Disco Friday 26th June 2020 


Our amazing PTA is running a disco this week! The theme is Rainbow and your child/children will need a gold coin for entry. 
BRING your own NAMED drink bottle. 

Our YEAR 3 STUDENTS have the option of joining the NE to Year 3 disco from 4.30pm to 5.00pm OR Year 3 to 6 disco from 6pm to 7pm. 
Teachers from team Kahikatea will be at both disco's. 

Learning Conferences Tuesday 30th AND Thursday 2nd July 

Please remember, we have an earlier finish on both days. 
Your children can be collected at 2pm. 
Conferences start at 2.15.  We are looking forward to seeing you all! 

Kapa Haka 


Our YEAR 3 STUDENTS have Kapa Haka every Friday for 30 minutes with our new Kaiako Kath from 11am. 


THANK YOU!

We appreciate all of your donations (requested in our last blog). Please keep them coming. 

Kowhai News Term 2 Week 11

Kia ora Kōwhai whānau,

We have had a busy week in Kōwhai this week. The students  have all been working very hard on our information reports about various different topics. We have also started learning more about Matariki during our Inquiry time and Kapa Haka.

The Rainbow School Disco 
We have our school Disco on Friday. Year 3 students can choose whether they attend the 4:30-5:30 disco or the 6-7pm disco. They cannot attend both discos. Year 4 students will attend the 6-7pm disco. We look forward to seeing everyone in their rainbow clothes.

Learning Conferences -  Tuesday 30th June  and Thursday 2nd July (next week)
Please remember that school finishes at 2pm on these days. We look forward to seeing you there.

Headphones
A reminder that your child is able to bring headphones in to use with a device during our learning times. Please make sure they are named. They will live in their tote tray and are the students responsibility to look after.

Parents Volunteers
If anyone would like to volunteer to help the teachers with reading to students or putting reading books away, please email Laura - laura.williamson@beckenham.school.nz

Discovery Time
Hatsumi and Elsie have created a "Rock Hunt" which they are going to advertise to the students next week and see who can find their rocks around the school.


We had great fun at our Pyjama and PTA breakfast day last Friday.





We hope you have a great weekend!
From the Kōwhai Team
Rowe, Tracey, Nick and Laura 

Kahikatea Newsletter Term 2 Week 10

Kia ora whānau
We hope you enjoy this update from our last two weeks at school.

Learning through play:
We are looking for donations of the following to support our play-based learning:  
  • Old newspapers and non-glossy magazines
  • Unwanted craft items e.g. wool, string, material scraps, 
  • Old clean socks 
  • Large suitcase (for storing dress ups)
  • Boxes for creations (eg biscuit boxes, soap boxes, etc) 
  • Clean plastic milk bottles 
  • Plastic caps (from milk bottles etc) 
  • Old kitchen pots, pans, spoons, etc. 

Wellbeing/Hauora











We continue to focus on children's wellbeing, with daily discussions and weekly home group circle time. Making time for gratitude, and making new friends have been key focuses recently.  Do feel free to discuss these at home with your child.

You might like to try this Sparklers Gratitude Journal in the next school holidays.

Personal "Space Bubbles"
Moving safely - We are noticing that some of our students are moving/playing in very busy and boisterous ways, and bumping into each other. Other times, some students are playing games that involved crashing, grabbing, pinching, and the like. 

While some of these games are fun for some students, they are upsetting for others. Thanks for your support in helping the children maintain their personal space bubbles, moving safely, and showing kindness to others. 

Take a look at this social story about maintaining safe spaces between people: 
 Space Bubble Social Story 


Parent Help
We are looking for some parents to volunteer their help during reading, by playing literacy games or supporting a group on a task, any day between 9.10-10.10 am. 
We also would love some volunteers to put reading books away. Putting reading books away can be done before school or at a time that suits you. If you can help, please email charlotte.verity@beckenham.school.nz

Week 12 Learning Conferences: If you haven't already, please book in for learning conferences. Go to www.schoolinterviews.co.nz and entering the code yseec

Enjoy some of our latest learning through play photos: