Beckenham School Newsletter, Friday 17 February 2017

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Principal's Patch

Kia ora koutou

Our thoughts have been with all of the families impacted by the tragic events of the past five days. We also share with the rest of Christchurch in our appreciation of the tireless efforts put in by the hundreds who continue to work together, in many different roles, to bring the fires under control.

While this afternoon had been planned to be our first House event where the children spent time on the park in their house groups, getting to know the younger and older children in their house group, the rain was so welcome that spending the time singing together in the hall was no hardship at all.

Today we saw the arrival of a large crane onto the West building site as the rafters were hoisted into place.

By Wednesday next week, there will be a bigger crane on site, lifting the pre-fabricated wall and roof panels into place.

Kia kaha

Sandy Hastings
Principal - Tumuaki

Important Dates

Upcoming Events

Tue 21st Feb - Training Band starts today at Hillview Christian School at 8am. Children need to make their own way there and the bus will collect them for Champion St at 9am.

Wed 22nd Feb - Board of Trustees Meeting (was postponed last week) - Staffroom - All Welcome

Thu 23rd Feb - Yr 5-8 Swimming Sports at Wharenui Swimming Pool.  12:30-3:00pm

Mon 27th Feb - Fri 3 Mar
Yr 7 & 8 Camp at Wainui

Fri 10th Mar
1:30-3pm School Duathlon

Tue 14th Mar
Zone Swimming sports at Jellie Park Recreation

Wed 22nd Mar - School photos at Beckenham School (class and individual)

Term Dates

Click here to view the 2016 and 2017 term dates.

Citizen of the Week

Cooper Reddecliffe - Year 4

Cooper, you are growing into your role as a junior leader. You demonstrate the Beckenham School values "We love challenge" and "We get there together" by showing effort and enthusiasm for your learning and by helping others in the hub to complete tasks. You have shown persistence and resilience since the beginning of the term, demonstrating a growth mindset to your peers and teachers. Thanks you for all of your effort so far, Cooper. You are a superstar who makes our hub rock!

Sharing our Learning

Kowhai Team

 Inspiration Stations In Hub 7/8/9

We are now starting the day with Inspiration Stations which are proving extremely popular with the children in Hub 7/8/9. We have various stations for the children to work at ranging from Lego challenge stations to play dough creations to puppet plays. We have also managed to include a bit of measurement too. The children were challenged to find the right measurement tool to measure their feet, hands, ankles and wrists and they also compared their heights to one another. It was a bit tricky but they managed by doing it with their buddies and getting there together!


Key Values in Team Kowhai:

For the last two weeks the children have been focussing on our key values of “We care” and “We get there together”. This is really important as we get to know each other and begin to establish our ways of working together.

We have been using kind words like “Can I help?”, “Are you okay?”, “You are awesome!” and we have been practicing kind actions such as Hi 5s, smiling, looking at people when they talk and helping people.

We know how important it is that everyone feels safe and happy in our hubs. One of the ways that we have been practicing this is by participating in our hub Inspiration Stations. During this time the children are working co-operativley on a variety of different activity stations. When choosing a station, the focus is on the two school values, “We love learning” and “We love challenge”. The teacher’s role is to question what  the children are learning and for the children to be able to explain why they have chosen the task and how they know that they are thinking.
“I know when I am thinking because I have to do things much more slowly.” Zoe
“I am challenging myself by trying to make a 3D minion. I’m using my 2D minion as my guide.” Emma and Justine

Mindfulness

In Kowhai team, we believe in the importance of teaching the children how to stay calm and relaxed. Each afternoon we have time to give our bodies a time to stop and for us to think about being calm and relaxed. We are currently learning how to do belly breathing which helps us if we ever feel anxious or upset. This is when we have to breathe deeply so our tummies go right out!

Junior School Leaders


As we are on two sites, the Year 4 students in our team have been given the opportunity to become Junior School Leaders. We have been incredibly impressed with the high level of maturity and reliability the Year 4 children have demonstrated. At present we have children being responsible for being receptionists at morning tea, organising lunch monitors, being milk monitors and sport shed supervisors. Here are some of our Term 1 leaders. In Term 2, we will allocate new leadership roles to provide the children with the opportunity to become a leader if they haven’t already or to try a new role.


Staff Profile

Anna Reid

I have now been teaching for 4 years at Beckenham and enjoyed every minute of it! I love the fantastic community spirit at Beckenham and the way that the children are at the heart of everything we do. I have taught New Entrants up to Year 4 and just love developing relationships with these wonderful children. I am passionate about teaching children to be open-minded and to celebrate and embrace each other's differences. I live in St. Martins with my husband and three daughters. My husband, Ben, is an IT consultant and works at the EPIC centre in Christchurch. My eldest daughters, Maia (16) and Holly (14) go to Cashmere High School and my youngest daughter, Cara (11), goes to St. Martins Primary. As a family, we love to go for tramps and to go swimming and paddle boarding at the beach. I, myself, do a lot of running and have completed 4 half-marathons so far. I also love to just relax and read or do some crosswords and sudoku puzzles.


School Notices

Congratulations


Congratulations to Amanda (our NE teacher in Hub 10/11 last year) and Callum McLean on the arrival of their bonny boy, Arthur.  Mum, Dad and Arthur are all doing well and loving being together as a family.

Lunchonline:

Pita Pit has amended their menu to include a mandatory size option. This is to accommodate the children who find the kids size pita a little small.
The two choices are Regular Size or Kids Size.
The Kids Size is the pita that is currently being supplied. The Regular Size are larger and the size you would order in store.
So, next time you order your Pita Pit, you will be prompted to select a size if you forget.

School Road Patrol:

We still require some more willing parent helpers to support our children by supervising morning road patrol on Sandwich Road. Please contact Michelle Maule on deputy,principal@beckenham.school.nz if you are able to help out with this and keep our children safe.

Sports News

Beckenham School Orienteering

The Beckenham School orienteering group are looking forward to another great year and welcome anyone who would like to come along.

We will be organising weekly orienteering training sessions on Monday afternoons starting on March 13th. We also take part in many events put on by the local orienteering club. These usually take place on Sundays but there is currently a summer series of Tuesday evening events underway. Orienteering is suitable for children from year 5 up to do on their and any age to do accompanied by an adult or older child. If you or your child are interested to try orienteering contact Jenni jennia.home@gmail.com to be added to the Beckenham orienteering mail list. You can come along to as many or as few orienteering sessions as you would like.

The highlight for 2016 was the trip by 5 Beckenham students to the Australian Orienteering champs in Queensland. The group achieved many excellent results with the best being in the relay championships. Seven teams representing various Australian states battled the two New Zealand teams in the 12 and under category; NZ1, including Kaia Joergensen, emerged the victors while NZ2 consisting wholly of Beckenham students, Rosie Zinzan-Dickie, Daisy York and Isaac Macdonald took out second place!

Community Notices

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

Girls Brigade:

The 5th ChCh Girls Brigade Company, part of Beckenham Methodist Church, is looking for new girls.
We meet every Wednesday during the school term at the Church Hall on Martin Avenue.  We enjoy fun activities to share, inspire and develop physical, art, craft social and educational skills.
5-8 yrs meet from 6-7pm and 9yrs and over meet from 6-7:30pm.
Please phone Dianne Claughton: 3322889 for further information.

Cashmere Netball Trials: 

Trials are being held on Sunday 12th March & 19th March for years 6-13. No trials for years 5 and below. Please visit www.sporty.co.nz/cashmerenc for more information.  All trials will be carried out at Hagley Netball Courts.

Highland Dancing Classes

Highland Dancing classes for Boys and Girls are held at the Caledonian Hall, 5 Michelle Road, Wigram, commencing on Saturday, the 1st April.   All new entrants should be at the hall by 9.30am for a starting time of 9.45am.    Boys and Girls from Age 5 years upwards plus any that are due to turn 5 in the near future will be very welcome.     This year we are making a special drive to attract more boys to join our many young female dancers.  The learning of Highland Dancing contributes to children’s bodily strength, musical appreciation and  co-ordination, as well as providing the opportunity to socialise with their peers. Highland Dancing can become a life-time interest. All information on our classes can be obtained by emailing calyhighland@paradise.net.nz or c.cole@clear.net.nz or visiting our facebook page – Canterbury Caledonian Society Highland Dancing or the Canterbury Caledonian Society website – Highland Dancing.   Our Caledonian Society Classes are kept at a minimal cost to accommodate family budgets. All enquiries will be welcomed.

Swimming Sports Update

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Swimming Sports 23rd February at Wharenui Pool

We are delighted to have received lots of entries for Swimming Sports this year from the Pohutukawa and Kauri Hubs with 81 children participating across a range of events.

On the day:

  • All participants must be wearing their togs under their uniform before they get on the bus. They will not be able to change at Wharenui Pool. There will be time to change after the event.

  • The children will have an early lunch at Champion Street before boarding the buses for Wharenui pool at 12 midday.

  • Please ensure your child has a good lunch and a water bottle with them for the day.

  • We are aiming for a 12.30 start and will then run through all events (which are organised by age and distance) for each stroke. There will be a House Relay as a finale. The order of events are as follows: Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly, 75m Medley, House Relay.  

  • We welcome you to join us and support our swimmers. We will have a space for spectators on poolside opposite the children, (who will be sitting in house groups). To support us in running this event, we ask that you stay on the side allocated for spectators.    

  • If you would like to pick up your child after the event at Wharenui Pool, please ensure that you check them out with a teacher.

We are looking for some amazing parent helpers to assist us with a few jobs on the day. If you are willing and available to help out then please email Jenny on jenny.diggle@beckenham.school.nz.  

If you have any questions, please get in touch with Jenny or Gayle.

Interim News Update, Wednesday 15 Feb, 2017

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News Update:

Kia ora whānau

Today our thoughts continue to be with the firefighters and teams who are supporting them. 

Our focus at school has been to reassure our children of their safety and, once again, remind them that school is a safe place and we will look after one another here.

Before lunch we were made aware of the following health warning from the CDHB.

Canterbury District Health Board's Community and Public Health Division have issued a health warning to residents over the smoke coming from the Port Hills fires. They are recommending that the elderly, and children, remain indoors. We are taking a conservative approach at our Beckenham site and are keeping the children inside for lunch today. 

Based on that information, we made the decision to keep the children on the Beckenham site indoors at lunchtime. Champion St was less impacted and they continued on as normal.

We were advised at 1:55pm that the Champion St site had no power and we are aware that power has gone out in other parts of the city. Power was back on again by 2:25pm. Our Beckenham site has had continuous power.
Lack of power, particularly in summer, is not a reason we would usually close the school so we are continuing on as normal.

PTA Support for Firefighting teams

Our amazing PTA have contacted the fire service, and have posted the following message on the Beckenham School PTA facebook page today:

We are all feeling for our fire fighters & support crews so let's show our support & fill their tummies. 
We've spoken to CHCH Fire Station this morning & services are stretched right across the city...not just the Port Hills. 
If you would like to help please drop off savoury & sweet baking to the Beckenham School Office Reception between 3-3:30pm today OR Thursday between 8:30-9am
Thank you.

BOSCO

BOSCO will be carrying on as normal - and will keep the children indoors, using both the BOSCO rooms and the hall. If you need to contact BOSCO, pls call Yvette on 027 645 6632

Kind regards

Sandy and the Team

Kauri Whanau: Term 1 Week 3

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Camp: 

Two weeks from now we will be knee deep in adventure at Wainui! Excitement is definitely building. On Monday this week we sent home a paper notice which included a gear list and medical form. Please get the medical form filled in and returned by this Friday (Feb 17th). I will include the notice and gear list at the end of this post. Two parents have already volunteered to make a pasta bake dish for our first dinner at camp; we just need 8 more volunteers. Please email me if you can help out: nicky.dunlop@beckenham.school.nz. All ingredients will be provided.

Swimming Sports:

Swimming Sports 23rd February at Wharenui Pool. We are delighted to have received lots of entries for Swimming Sports this year from the Pohutukawa and Kauri Hubs, with 80 children participating across a range of events.

On the day:

  • All participants must be wearing their togs under their uniform before they get on the bus. They will not be able to change at Wharenui Pool. There will be time to change after the event.

  • The children will have an early lunch at Champion Street before boarding the buses for Wharenui pool at 12 midday.

  • Please ensure your child has a good lunch and a water bottle with them for the day.

  • We are aiming for a 12.30 start and will then run through all events (which are organised by age and distance) for each stroke. There will be a House Relay as a finale. The order of events are as follows: Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly, 75m Medley, House Relay.  

  • We welcome you to join us and support our swimmers. We will have a space for spectators on poolside opposite the children, (who will be sitting in house groups). To support us in running this event, we ask that you stay on the side allocated for spectators.   

  • If you would like to pick up your child after the event at Wharenui Pool, please ensure that you check them out with a teacher.  

We are looking for some amazing parent helpers to assist us with a few jobs on the day. If you are willing and available to help out then please email Jenny on jenny.diggle@beckenham.school.nz.  

If you have any questions, please get in touch with Jenny or Gayle.

BYOD:

With a number of families considering purchasing a device for their children to use at school, you may be interested in checking out Cashmere High School's BYOD recommendations: http://www.cashmere.school.nz/our-school/byod.html

House Warming:

Our house captains and deputies are currently organising activities for our first house event this Friday afternoon. All children will return to Beckenham for this event which starts at 2pm.

Home-learning:

A reminder that maths home learning is due in this Friday.


Passion Friday:

Passion Friday kicked off last week. Here are some photos...

Photographers in action downloading and commenting on their photos, which explored different camera angles.

Code club, learning the proper way to code.

Who new that wedding could be such fun?

Planning our approach to J-Rock.


Wainui Camp Notice:

Where: Wainui on Banks Peninsula. We will be travelling by bus and private car, as opposed to two buses. This helps to keep costs down.

When: Monday Feb 27 until Friday the March 3.

Required from you: Please complete the attached Health Profile and return it to school by this Friday, Feb 17th. Parent helpers also need to complete one of these forms.

Parent helpers: We now have enough parent helpers. Many thanks to those who have offered to join us for a fun filled week: Rebecca Hindin, Simon Kingham, Bryan Pratt, Wayne Reddecliffe, Karen Stevens, Ian Newton, Shaun Ryan, Hugh Reynolds and Tamsin Hardwick. We will see you at our meeting next Monday at 5:30pm in the Beckenham staffroom.

Help required: We are looking for 10 parents who would be happy to make up a pasta bake dish for our first meal on camp. We will send home bags of  ingredients next Friday. Please email Nicky if you can help with this. nicky.dunlop@beckenham.school.nz.

Activities: There are a wide range of activities on offer, during which the children will learn new skills, take risks and develop teamwork. The children have made activity choices and we are currently confirming these.

Cost: The cost of Wainui camp works out at $175 per child. This takes into account fundraising profits from the sale of photo-books at the end of last year. As the Student Account statements are not due to go out until after camp as taken place, we would encourage anyone wanting to pay prior to camp (or in installments) to please use "Yr 7/8 Camp" and your child's name as the reference for payments direct to the school's bank account and/or letting the office know when paying via eftpos.  If you have any questions regarding payment, please contact Tracy Dunn at  accounts@beckenham.school.nz.

Baking: We would like all children to bring some baking to camp, for our morning and afternoon teas. This will be collected when they arrive at school on Monday, before getting on the bus. If you would like the baking container back, please make sure it is named.

Gear: Please carefully check through the gear list on the next page, that Wainui has provided. Key items include: a raincoat (activities go ahead despite the weather), thermal tops and bottoms, sunhats and beanies ( we need to be ready for all weathers) and an old pair of closed toe shoes ( old sports shoes) for water activities. We don’t want you to feel you need to buy items for camp; we would rather help you to borrow.


Wainui Camp Gear List

Please ensure all of the items below are named. Gear needs to be packed into a sturdy bag.

  • Warm Sleeping Bag or Bedding
  • Pillow
  • Pyjamas
  • Toiletries: Toothbrush, Toothpaste, Soap, Shampoo etc.
  • Beach Towel and Bath Towel
  • Plate, Bowl, Mug, Cutlery (named and in a bag)
  • Waterproof Jacket
  • Warm Polar Fleece or Woollen Jumpers
  • T-Shirts
  •  Jerseys
  • Shorts
  • Trousers
  • Socks
  • Underwear
  • Thermals / Base Layer (polypropylene or wool) for Coasteering/ Kayaking
  • Swimming Togs
  • Warm Hat / Beanie
  • Sunscreen
  • Sunglasses
  • Sun Hat
  • Trainers or Boots for Land Activities
  • Sturdy, closed toe footwear for water activities (old trainers are ideal, no thin neoprene shoes)
  • Torch
  • Small Backpack
  • Water Bottle
  • Any Required Medication
  • Plastic bags for transporting wet kit home
Optional Items
  • Camera
  • Wetsuit. (Wainui provide wetsuits for coasteering.  Children will need to wear shorts over the top of these wetsuits.)
Not Recommended
Cellphones / electronic items (if taken, these will be collected on arrival), jewellery or money.



If you have any questions don’t hesitate to contact us. There will be another notice next week with final details.

Beckenham School Newsletter Friday 10 February, 2017

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Principal's Patch

Kia ora koutou

It was lovely to see the range of flags paraded in our Welcome Assembly yesterday to welcome our newest students and their families to our school.
The term is well underway and it is great to see children at both sites settling into their new routines.
I was fortunate to spend most of today at the Champion St site. Our learners there were highly engaged in learning and having a lot of fun at the same time.


Building work continues to progress, with more concrete being poured on the East Hub today for the verandahs.

Enjoy the weekend.
Ngā mihi nui
Sandy Hastings; Principal - Tumuaki

Important Dates

Upcoming Events

Tue 14th Feb - CSM lessons start today (except Clarinet) at Champion St
Tue 14th Feb - Concert Band starts today - at Hillview Christian School from 3-4pm (The Champion St bus will deliver the concert Band students to Hillview Sch at 3pm)

Wed 15th Feb - CSM Clarinet lessons start today at Champion St

Thu 16th Feb - String lessons with Anne Robinson (CSM) start today.
Recorder lessons with Rosamund McDonald (CSM) start today.
Cello Lessons with Rebecca Bendre (CSM) start today
BOT Meeting from 6-8:50pm at Beckenham School.

Tue 21st Feb - Training Band starts today at Hillview Christian School at 8am. Children need to make their own way there and the bus will collect them for Champion St at 9am.

Thu 23rd Feb - Yr 5-8 Swimming Sports at Wharenui Swimming Pool.  12:30-3:00pm

Mon 27th Feb - Fri 3 Mar
Yr 7 & 8 Camp at Wainui

Wed 22nd Mar - School photos at Beckenham School (class and individual)

Term Dates

Click here to view the 2016 and 2017 term dates.

Citizen of the Week

Taylor Carberry - Year 3

Taylor, what an amazing role model you are! You strive to do your very best in all situations and show the Beckenham School values of 'We Care' and 'We get there Together' by offering to help those around you. You have taken on extra responsibilities of being a fabulous teacher in our hub and being an outstanding role model for others. You put in an excellent effort in all you do with a smile that sparkles. Thank you for making our hub an amazing place to be!

Sharing our Learning

Koru Team


What an exciting time we have had!  In Hub 1-4, the year 1-2 children have been playing games to get to know each other, which has helped us learn each other’s names and find out about what we enjoy. We have taken part in many pair and small group activities, to really get to know each other.
We have also been collecting ‘me bags’ with family photos and special stories about our family history. We will be sharing these over the coming weeks, and learning more about the cultures at Beckenham School. We will also be sharing our passions or areas of expertise, such as a love for reading, gym, drawing, scootering etc….and we are looking forward to teaching our skills to each other in class! Not only the teachers can teach - we can too! Peers play an important role in developing children’s confidence, social understanding and learning about the world.


The children in Hub 10/11 have made a wonderful start (back) to school. All have settled beautifully and easily to the new spaces and routines. Throughout the Junior school our focus at the start of each day is on learning through engaging in Discovery Station activities. The learning that is taking place at this time is complex and multi-layered, involving not only academic learning, but also learning within the New Zealand curriculum’s Key Competencies: Thinking; Relating to Others; Understanding Language, Symbols and Texts; Managing Self; and Participating and Contributing.
Vygotsky (a developmental psychologist who developed a sociocultural theory of child development designed to account for the influence of culture on a child's growth and development) tells us:
“Play is a powerful vehicle for learning, thinking, generating ideas and communicating. Play thus creates potential spaces in which ‘a child always behaves beyond his (or her) average age, above his (or her) daily behaviour; in play it is as though he (or she) were a head taller than him/her-self.’

School Notices

Is your pre-schooler enrolled at school yet?

We are aware that many of our current families have pre-schoolers at home and we are assuming you want them to be at Beckenham School with their siblings when they turn five. To assist us with forward planning, PLEASE would you arrange to enrol your preschooler as soon as possible, especially if they are turning 5 this year or next . It makes a big difference to us to be able to plan in advance.
If you have friends and neighbours who live in the area whom you know are either considering or are planning on enrolling their pre-schoolers at Beckenham, please urge them to also make contact with us and enrol. We are very happy to meet with prospective parents to show them around and discuss how Beckenham School can support their child with their education.
Enrolment information and forms can be found on the school website here.

Ballot for Out Of Zone Enrolments

The ballot for Out of Zone Enrolments closes on Wednesday 1st March. If you, or your friends, are wanting to enrol a child and you live out of our school zone, you need to submit your application for a place via the ballot. Information about the school zone and ballot forms can also be found on the school website here 

Dropping off at school in the mornings and collecting in the afternoon:

As we now have our Year 5-8 students needing to be at Eastern Tce before 8:30am to catch the bus to Champion St, we realise that their younger siblings may be arriving at school slightly earlier than 8:30am also.
Please can you ensure that children are not dropped off at school before 8:15am. Teachers will not necessarily be in classrooms before this time and cannot be responsible for the safety of your children before then. Thank you for your help with this.
At the end of the day, we expect that all children have been collected by 3:15pm. Please remind your child that if they are ever in the situation where they are waiting for you, and you don’t turn up for some reason, that they need to go to the office where we will help to locate you, or the person who is responsible for picking them up. It is very important that all of our children understand this procedure, so that, in the unusual event of them not being picked up, we can be made aware that they are still waiting at school.

Desperately Seeking SJ Warburton.  

The school has received some payments from an ‘SJ Warburton’ and we are having trouble connecting these payments to a particular student - can anyone help?  Please contact Tracy at accounts@beckenham.school.nz 

And Desperately Seeking the owner of the Decorated Wooden Box


This beautifully decorated wooden box was found in the office foyer this week...is it yours?
Please come to the office to claim it.

CSM Band Programme @ Beckenham School

For those of you with children in the CSM Band programme (Year 5-8) this year, lessons begin next week.
The Training Band children (all of those new to the programme) will have a lesson next week on Tuesday (or WEdnesday for clarinet) at Champion St. There is NO TRAINING BAND NEXT WEEK. Training Band starts on Tuesday 21st Feb at 8am at Hillview Christian School Gym. There will be a special bus arriving at Hillview at 9am to take the band students to Champion St.
Concert Band children start both their lessons AND band next Tuesday, 14th Feb. Lessons are all at Champion St on Tuesday (or Wednesday for clarinet). The Concert Band students will be dropped off at Hillview Christian School by their bus at around 2:55pm on Tuesday and the band rehearsal will be finished at 4pm. Families need to make their own transport arrangements from Hillview at 4pm.

CSM Recorder Lessons @ Beckenham School

Yesterday, Rosamund McDonald, the CSM Recorder Tutor, visited to demonstrate the recorder and encourage children to consider taking up recorder lessons this year. 



Lessons begin next Thursday, 16th February. If you would like your child to learn recorder, they need to be in Year 2-4 (Year 1 children can look forward to learning next year). The enrolment form is attached through this link and you can contact Rosamund with any questions by emailing rfamcdonald@googlemail.com

ASB Home Loan offer

If you, or someone you know, is in the process of getting a home loan through ASB, by mentioning Beckenham School, ASB will donate $500 to our school.
This offer is valid until 30 June 2017.


Staff Profiles

We plan to profile our staff each week in our newsletter this year, to help you to get to know us all. We realise that often parents get to know just the teacher(s) who their child has contact with, and the rest of our team might be vaguely familiar, yet unknown, faces. 

Caitlyn Downing

Kia ora! I am in my third year teaching at Beckenham and my first year teaching in the Year one and two team, Koru. I am originally from Greymouth where I grew up with my family swimming, kayaking, hiking, biking, basically anything and everything outdoorsy. This is still a huge part of my life. I have now lived in Christchurch for seven years with my boyfriend, Jake, who is also a West Coaster. We love spending our weekends watching movies and hitting up the new Adventure Bike Park.

Nicky Dunlop

I’ve been teaching for around 27 years now, 80% of this in Year 7 & 8; I love this age-group. I spent 14 years teaching at St Martins, followed by 6 years at St Margaret's College, coordinating their primary classes. I came to Beckenham in 2009 and love working in this friendly and supportive community.  My husband , Grant, is CEO for Workbridge and works in Wellington 4 days a week. Our boys Tim and Jack are in Year 10 at Cashmere High this year. As a family, we love camping, skiing, biking and watching movies on Friday nights. In my down time I love to curl up with a good book, create things and keep fit with a spot of jogging or walking. While I enjoy teaching all subjects across the curriculum, I’m in my element when teaching maths and art. Another passion is using ICT as a tool for learning. The last four years have been by far my best years in teaching. I love working collaboratively and seeing how engaged the students are in their learning. I'm enjoying working together with two fabulous teachers to facilitate exciting learning with our Year 7/8 children.


Community Notices

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



CHRISTCHURCH SCHOOL OF MUSIC OPEN DAY
SATURDAY 18 FEBRUARY 9.00am-12.30pm
62 FERRY RD (CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL COLLEGE)

Whether you are 2 or 92, the CSM has something for you-foundation classes, lessons, orchestral, wind, jazz and rock instrumental ensembles, choirs and theory classes.

Come and see the school in action any time between 9am and 12.30pm.
Check out our website for specific ensemble times
http://www.csm.org.nz/ensemble-timetable

Rugby Club

2017 Junior Registration Dates

Junior registrations Boys and Girls (Under 6 to Under 18) will be held in the Sydenham Lounge at the Cashmere Club, 88 Hunter Terrace, Cashmere.

Wednesday 1 March 2017 from 4pm to 8.00pm
Sunday 5th March 2017 from 10am to 2pm

Please complete a new registration or update your existing online registration information and pay your subscription at www.sydenhamrugby.co.nz
Birth certificates are required for all new members..
Jackets and jerseys will be fitted on registrations days and shorts and socks will be available to purchase at this time.

Also this year the CRFU is looking at running Girls only grades
8 and under all girls Rippa Rugby
10 and under all girl’s tackle grade
If you are interested in playing Girls Rugby we can arrange for one of the Sydenham Senior Women’s players to come and talk to the children. Please contact the club to arrange a time.

Act2 Drama Group

Registrations are now being taken for  your child aged 6-13, or yourself aged 13 and over for our 2017 Drama Stars Program.
This course commences Friday 17th February and runs weekly for six weeks.
Juniors 5-5.50pm, Seniors 6-6.50pm.
Venue is the St Albans Community Centre, 1047 Colombo St, St Albans, Christchurch
This program teaches all the essential skills, techniques and tips of drama.  It involves our students in all on-stage and back stage elements of a production, where they run the show!
Auditions are held during week 3 for the Drama Stars for their very own 4 performance production.
Every student who auditions gets a role.
They will then attend twice-weekly rehearsals, culminating in a well polished production at the end of the April school holidays.  Cost is $75.
For registrations or query’s please call Fay on 0210431108 or email act2dramagroup@gmail.com
Cashmere Technical Football Club

Cashmere Technical FC

Registration is now open for Cashmere Technical FC.  Please register online at www.ctfc.co.nz Registration will close on 12th March.  Trial dates for 10th Grade and above are on our website

14th CHCH Boys’ Brigade:

BB is an action packed programme geared for Young Kiwi guys.
Boys’ Brigade is a fun filled Christian based programme for boys aged 5-19 yrs old.  We operate in three sections, Anchor 5-7 years, Team Adventure 8-10 years and Company Xtreme 11-19 years old.  Activities include Crafts, games, camps, outdoor pursuits, leadership training, life skills and lots more. We meet on a Friday night at Beckenham Methodist Church Hall, 52 Martin Ave, Beckenham. New members welcome for 2017, interested contact Stephen 337 2296, admin@14thbb.org.nz or visit www.14thbb.org.nz  Accept  the Challenge.

O'Callahan Dance Studio 

Boutique school nurturing and developing young dancers.
Now taking enrolments for 2017!  Classes in Ballet, Jazz, Contemporary Lyrical and Acro.
Medal test, exam and performance opportunities.
Contact Ciara for more information on 027 335 2759 or  ocdancestudio@hotmail.co.nz
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