Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto Newsletter Friday 26 November 2021

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Kia ora koutou

Welcoming new staff for 2022

We are very excited to introduce four new teaching staff for 2022. In next week's newsletter we will share the teams for 2022.

Kia ora, I'm Krystal Hunt and I am excited to be joining the teaching team at Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto in the new year. I have been teaching since 2013 and have recently moved to Christchurch from Australia with my family. I love helping all students reach their full potential. I can't wait to meet you all. 

Krystal Hunt

Kia ora - I'm Emma Hayes-Smith and I'm just finishing up my first year teaching up in Wellington at Houghton Valley School. I has a love for music, Te Reo Māori and literacy and a passion for learning new things. I'm originally from Christchurch and am looking forward to coming back to my hometown.

Emma Hayes-Smith

Kia ora koutou! I’m Georgia McKenna and will be a new teacher at Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto in 2022. I am a qualified beginning teacher with a Bachelor of Teaching and Learning (Primary) from the University of Canterbury. I was born and raised in Ōtautahi. I love the outdoors and sports, baking sweet treats, reading books, and going on adventures with my partner and our dog Rocky! I am so excited to begin this journey and be a part of an amazing school! I look forward to meeting you all! Stay safe and take care!  

Georgia McKenna

Tēnā koutou katoa. My name is Anna McNeill, I am a newly qualified teacher and am looking forward to commencing my career in 2022. I am very excited to be joining the teaching team at Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto and becoming part of the school community. Ngā mihi nui.

Anna McNeill

Ngā mihi nui
Sandy Hastings
Tumuaki

Important Dates

Upcoming Events

Wed 1st Dec - BoT Meeting (5.30 - 7.30pm in the Staff Room)
Fri 3rd Dec - Book Character & Rainbow Diversity Day - Bring a gold coin

Thu 9th Dec - Corsair Bay Year 7/8
Thu 9th Dec, Fri 10th Dec, Mon 13th Dec, Tue 14th Dec  - Beckenham Cycle Safety
Tue 14 Dec - Year 8 Graduation (livestreamed event)
Wed 15th Dec - Last Day of School for 2021 - School Finishes at 12.30pm

Term Dates

Click here to view 2021 & 2022 term dates.

Click here to follow our school Facebook page.

Citizen of the Week

Morgan Lee - Year 8

Morgan, the energy you bring to school everyday makes you a joy to be around! You set high expectations for yourself both in the classroom and out on the sports field giving everything 110%. You treat everyone around you with respect, kindness and you wear a smile in all that you do. Keep being you! 

School Notices

Mana Ake Drop Ins

A number of whānau have already made great use of the Mana Ake “drop-ins”. Sessions are now on Tuesdays from 9:30 - 10:30 for parents, starting on November 2nd. These drop-in sessions are here to provide parents with an opportunity to have a private, informal conversation around the well being of their child with one of our Mana Ake workers (kaimahi). If you feel like you would like to attend a drop-in session, please book in a time via the link here: Mana Ake booking  The code to use is yj2ed. Alternatively, you can contact Jacky in the office and she will make a booking for you.

Book Character & Rainbow Diversity Day! Friday 3rd December

Get excited because Student Council and Diversity Group are teaming up to bring you an exciting, new mufti day. Just like we did in term 1 when we did “Purple day and Lots Of Socks day’ we are combining our fundraising efforts to support the Child Cancer Foundation and Qtopia.


We are giving you the option of wearing the book character costume that you didn’t get to wear during lockdown, OR dressing up in something rainbow coloured to support the LGBTQ+ community and celebrate diversity. It is a fundraiser so it would be greatly appreciated if everyone could bring a gold coin donation. The day that this will be on is next Friday the 3rd of December.

Celebration Assembly & Intermediate Leadership Awards.

All of our ākonga (students) gathered together today and were able to celebrate each other in the nice early morning sun. We had performances from Te Whānau Kapa Haka, as well as The Strum, Strike Blow team and our Ukelele group.
Congratulations to all of our students who received awards today.
students in Te Whānau Mahi Tahi, acknowledging the recipients of the Māori Culture Awards through a haka

Special Contribution to Māori Culture

Janne Rowson ICT Award

O'Sullivan Cup for Excellence in Art

Kete Certificate recipients


PTA News

Weetbix Kids TRYathlon

The Weetbix TRYathlon is on (fingers crossed!) next year, Sunday 6th of March in the morning at Jellie Park. There will be a gazebo for the kids to hang out in and a BBQ cooking well deserved sausages on the day. It’ll be a great day family day out and something to look forward to for next year!

If you have a child aged 6 or older who is keen to get involved you can easily register them online at https://tryathlon.co.nz/locations/christchurch/ and join our school group by searching “Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto”.

Salami Fundraiser Collection

Please note that pick up is from Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto at the following times:

Thursday 9th December 2021
  • 9.00 - 10.00am
  • 2.30 - 3.30pm
Friday 10th December 2021
  • 9.00 - 10.00am
  • 2.30 - 3.30pm
Thank you to our whānau who were able to place an order, your support is as always really appreciated!

Keep in touch with the PTA

To stay up to date with the PTA, please check out our Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto PTA Facebook page, linked here. Or come along to one of our meetings - all welcome.
 
Meeting dates can be found in the weekly school newsletter, or on the school calendar - linked here.
These meetings are usually held on a Wednesday night 7.30-9.30pm.

The PTA bank account is 12-3148-0244558-00.

Community Notices

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

Christchurch South Lions Live Zoom Magic Show 2021

Today the World is a Very Different Place. You would normally come to Us - instead this year, we're bringing the Magic Show to Your House.

5 Great Magical Acts
45 minutes of Magical Fun for the Family
Fully Live and Interactive Zoom Performance
Join in to see Magic like you've never seen before.
Turn on Your Camera!
Bring a Deck of Cards!
Have a chance to be Part of the Magic!  

Tune in 10 minutes early to enjoy Pre-Show entertainment.

👇👇 Click the Link Below to Enter the Magic Show!  👇👇
Christchurch South Lions Club Live Zoom World Festival Of Magic
Sunday 12th December 2021 - 3:00 PM

Meeting ID: 912 4580 8383
Passcode: 622975

The Star of Christmas: 

WIN TRANSPORT, ACCOMMODATION & STUDIO TIME WITH NATHAN KING FROM POPSTARS 


This Christmas morning on Newstalk ZB – it’s The Star of Christmas singing competition… on The Crazy Kiwi Christmas Kids Show! The grand prize? The opportunity to professionally record any Christmas song with Nathan King, judge from POPSTARS. You’ll be treated like a star – with return flights for two to Auckland (if you’re out of Auckland), hotel accommodation, and a music studio tour. If you can sing, and are under 13, email your audition singing a Christmas song to christmas@newstalkzb.co.nz or call 0800 843 864 before 13th December. Then tune into Newstalk ZB on Christmas morning from 6am to see if you’ve won! 

Edible Canterbury

Feed the future with fruit trees for schools, community groups and public spaces in Canterbury.

Christchurch Youth Council

Kōwhai News Week 6 Term 4

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 Kia ora whānau, 

We have had a lovely week in Kōwhai this week. It is great to have the weather becoming nicer, so we can do more activities outside. 

It was fantastic to see so many caregivers at our Student Led Conferences. It feels like it has been a very long time since you were in the hub. We loved having you back in and being able to chat with you about your tamariki, the year they have had and any wonderings about next year. 

During Week 5, 6 and 7 the student leaders have been leading House Games on a Thursday at 12pm. It is a great opportunity for our tamariki to get together with their houses and play a variety of team games. 

Kapa Haka

Next week we will be filming our Kapa Haka performance to share with you. If your child is part of Kapa Haka please make sure they are wearing their correct red uniform top on Thursday. 

Here are some pictures of some of the activities we have been doing in the hub over the last few weeks. 















Have a lovely weekend.

The Kōwhai team 




Koru News Term 4 Week 5

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Kia ora whanau, 

It is hard to believe it is already Week 5 of Term 4! We have had a very eventful couple of weeks and we love seeing the children bursting into school with big smiles, energy and enthusiasm. 

We are so proud that every child participated in the Junior Athletics Day recently. This involved competing in the sprints, the high jump, the gumboot throw and the bean bag toss. The children demonstrated eagerness, dedication and a wide variety of techniques! They were also incredibly calm and patient, as evidenced when there was an unexpected fire drill halfway through their events. 

Here, we have captured some of the action and some of those magical moments:













'Bears in the Night' and 'We're going on a Bear Hunt' have been the focus for shared reading this past week. The children have explored a range of vocabulary, including prepositions, e.g., The bears go out their window, down a tree, over a wall, under a bridge, around a lake, through the woods, and up a hill, where they are spooked by an owl. 

The children have enjoyed actively joining in with the stories and predicting what happens next. They have been practising retelling the story in their own words and then sequencing the events. 

During Learning Through Play, the focus has been obstacle courses and some children have represented parts of the bear stories and the vocabulary involved. It is wonderful to see the children taking risks with their ideas and working collaboratively on their creations. 









It is always an absolute joy to see our Koru children standing up in assembly with their Kete awards and their proud faces. It is lovely to hear that these awards are celebrated at home, too. 





Learning Conferences: 
Thank you to those of you who have already booked in for your child's Learning Conference for next Tuesday, 23rd November or Thursday, 25th November. We look forward to sharing and celebrating your child's efforts and achievements.

Over these final few weeks, the children will be introduced to their new learning spaces for 2022. We will be visiting the Kahikatea team teachers on several occasions for introductions and some little activities with the teachers.

We look forward to catching up with you all next week. 

Ngā mihi mahana ki a koutou, 

The Koru teachers: Elizabeth, Nicola, Tracey, Chelsea and Stacey. 


Kauri Whānau Weekly Update: Term 4 Week 5

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 In this post:

  • Coming up
  • Relationships and Sexuality
  • Top Team
  • Congratulations

Coming up:

We are down to the last three and a bit weeks of 2021 at school and it feels like the time is racing by! Here is a rundown on what lies ahead in the next few weeks.
Week 6:
  • Tuesday, Nov 23 and Thursday, Nov 25: Learning conferences. School will finish at 2pm on these days. See the school newsletter for details on booking a conference and after-school care.
Week 8:
  • Tuesday, Dec 7: the last technology session.
  • Thursday, Dec 9th: Corsair Bay trip. Many thanks to the parents who have signed up to help with this. If you would like to join us and have yet to fill in the form, click here.
Week 9:
  • Monday, December 13th: Year 8 pool and pizza party. Liz May has kindly offered us the use of their pool; we will send address details out the week before. This event runs from 4pm until 6pm.
  • Tuesday, Dec 14th: Year 8 Graduation. This year we will be live-streaming graduation as, due to Level 2 restrictions, parents sadly are unable to attend. Year 8s will finish school after lunch that will follow graduation.
  • Wednesday, December 15th will be the last morning for Year 1-7.
  • We are also organising two high school transition events for our Year 8s. Firstly, a 'high school hacks' session, with a group of Year 9s returning to share their advice. Near the end of the term, the 24/7 youth workers and a couple of ex-Beckenham seniors from Cashmere High will be hosting an afternoon of information and fun. 

Relationships and Sexuality:

Over the past two weeks we have been exploring relationships. Next week we finish this topic off and move on to 'growing and changing'. This topic includes discussing changes at puberty, the reproductive system and conception.

Top Team:

With so much canceled recently, due to Covid, it was exciting to be able to gather on the field to enjoy the fun and team spirit of Top Team. Many thanks to the parents and teens who helped with the running of this event. Check out the end of this post for photos and a movie.

Congratulations:

Well done to our zone athletics team who competed last Monday at Hansen Park. See the newsletter for details about results and the exciting Year 7 relay race.

Over the past two Fridays, we have presented the literacy and drama Year 8 awards at our celebration assemblies. Below are the citations.

The Literacy Cup was jointly awarded to Fergus McMillian and Grace Howard. 

Fergus, any teacher who has ever taught you will know that wherever you are, there will undoubtedly be a book close at hand. There is being an avid reader and then there is being an avid reader to the Fergus Mcmillan degree. As a result, you have a deep understanding of what the reader needs and what makes writing effective. As a writer, you use your extensive vocabulary and creative mind to craft texts with the reader in mind. Your writing is deliberate, controlled and complex. I’m going to miss reading your stories next year. 

Grace, through your love of literature, you have acquired an extensive understanding of what it means to captivate an audience and what makes a truly successful writer. You have the ability to transport your reader to new worlds with your bank of rich vocabulary and your precise use of language features within your crafted texts. With these talents, you have been rewarded with incredible results, most notably through your participation in ‘The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition’ where you have been awarded with both silver and gold merits. Grace, you have a wonderfully sophisticated mind and I can’t wait to see what the future holds for you. 

The  Radcliffe Award for Special Contribution to Drama was jointly awarded to Syesha Mee and Jalori Mathias.

JJ, I have been so impressed with your leadership and maturity in helping lead your Theatre Sports team this year. You are so calm, cool and collected and have the patience of a saint. You have embraced your love for drama and music with your whole heart. You have sought opportunities outside of school to help you gain more skills with something you obviously love doing. You have the confidence and the drive to do great things JJ, so keep nurturing your ‘theatre wings’ and fly!

Syesha, you have been a committed member of Theatre Sports for two years. As a Year 7, you watched, learned all you could and developed your drama skills. As a Year 8, you helped lead a team, stayed 100% committed to our team and made all of us laugh with your offbeat characters. You always stepped up, Syesha, and because of that you will be an important part of any drama/theatre group that you are a part of in the future.  I will miss your leadership skills next year. Congratulations Syesha!


















































Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto Newsletter Friday 19 November 2021

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Kia ora koutou

This is a shorter newsletter than usual, as you will have already received at least two important emails/posts separately through HERO this afternoon - if you haven't seen these already, please do look for them.

One is about how to access your child's report through HERO. These went live just aftr 3pm this afternoon.

The other is an important update about our end-of-year celebrations.

Learning Conferences next week

A reminder that this coming week, school finishes at 2pm on Tuesday 23rd AND Thursday25th to allow for Learning Conferences.

If you are NOT able to collect your child at 2pm, please let Jacky in the office know and we will keep them in the staffroom waiting for you until 3pm. If you want your child to walk home, and they don't usually do that, please also let the office know that, so we don't worry if they disappear and we can't find them! 

To book a Learning Conference with your child's home group teacher, please go to  www.schoolinterviews.co.nz and use the code wwwsx 

Ngā mihi nui
Sandy Hastings
Tumuaki 

Important Dates

Upcoming Events

Tue 23 Nov - School finishes at 2pm - Learning Conferences
Wed 24 Nov - PTA Meeting 7.30pm - 9.30pm
Thu 25 Nov - School finishes at 2pm - Learning Conferences
Fri 3rd Dec - Book Character & Rainbow Diversity Day - Bring a gold coin

Term Dates

Click here to view 2021 & 2022 term dates.

Citizen of the Week

Eva Bethwaite - Year 3

Eva, you are a magnificent role model in our hub. You are always extremely positive, kind, caring and thoughtful. You always put your best effort into learning and are an outstanding helper. Thank you for always demonstrating our school values in everything that you do. Eva, you are a star!

School Notices

Senior Jackets (Year 7 & 8 students)

Students who will be in Kauri in 2022 are eligible to wear the senior jacket.  This is an optional item of uniform.
Senior jackets are only available from Mainland Uniforms,  189 Peterborough Street, Christchurch. Here is the link for their website:
As with all items of uniform please ensure it is labelled prior to your student wearing it to school.

HERO Notifications

To choose how you receive your HERO notifications, including important updates and newsletters. Please follow the below instructions:

1. Sign into your HERO app, which will take you to the home page that looks like this:


2. Click on the circle or photo in the top right corner, which will open a drop down menu.
3. Then, select edit profile.




4. Scroll down to the 'My Devices' section, which will look like this:


5. From here you can choose your notification preferences:

Mana Ake Drop Ins

A number of whānau have already made great use of the Mana Ake “drop-ins”. Sessions are now on Tuesdays from 9:30 - 10:30 for parents, starting on November 2nd. These drop-in sessions are here to provide parents with an opportunity to have a private, informal conversation around the well being of their child with one of our Mana Ake workers (kaimahi). If you feel like you would like to attend a drop-in session, please book in a time via the link here: Mana Ake booking  The code to use is yj2ed. Alternatively, you can contact Jacky in the office and she will make a booking for you.

Book Character & Rainbow Diversity Day! Friday 3 December

Get excited because Student Council and Diversity Group are teaming up to bring you an exciting, new mufti day. Just like we did in term 1 when we did “Purple day and Lots Of Socks day’ we are combining our fundraising efforts to support the Child Cancer Foundation and Qtopia. 



We are giving you the option of wearing the book character costume that you didn’t get to wear during lockdown, OR dressing up in something rainbow coloured to support the LGBTQ+ community and celebrate diversity. It is a fundraiser so it would be greatly appreciated if everyone could bring a gold coin donation. The day that this will be on is Friday the 3rd of December.

Sports News

Zone Athletics

We had a glorious day for our Year 7/8 Zone Athletics at Hansen's Park on Monday. To meet Covid restrictions meant that we had to run a very different event than we usually would with a smaller number of competitors and no spectators and it was really good to be able to keep this event on our calendar after so many cancellations. Thank you to the parents who provided transport and helped with the running of an event. 

I was really impressed with how our Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto team conducted themselves at this event. They kept on top of the timetable, got themselves to their events on time, gave their all during their event and encouraged others while spectating between their events. 


'We love challenge' was the theme of the day. There were many impressive results and children who achieved personal bests over the course of the day. An event that warrants a particular mention was the Year 7 mixed relay. We always get the inside lane which can be a tricky place to start as it gives the impression that you are way behind the pack. This didn't phase Caitlin in the slightest. "It will just make me work harder!" And what a fantastic start she made too! The hand over to Soriel went smoothly and he rocketed up the far straight. Bella took the baton next, giving it all she had and holding our position in the pack, which was now second. Another smooth hand over to Billy who accelerated down the final 100 metres to cross the line first. It looked like a clear win but unfortunately, a dog had interfered with a St Martins runner, who had until that point been in the lead. A rerun of the event was required. The BTKP children had just given that race their everything and now needed to do it all over again. They took it on the chin, determined to prove themselves and win fair and square. Nau mai te wero! The second time around went just as smoothly as the first. A strong start from Caitlin, gains made by Soriel and Bella, and as the runners came around the final corner, Billy dug deep and found the speed needed to cross the line first. 

Results

Year 7
Lola - 2nd 60m, 1st discus, 3rd shot put
Caitlin - 2nd 100m
Keanna - 3rd high jump
Billy - 1st long jump, 1st 60m
Mixed Relay (Caitlin, Soriel, Bella and Billy) - 1st

Year 8
Molly - 1st long jump
Ava - 2nd long jump
Cooper - 1st discus, 1st 100m, 3rd high jump, 
Jonty - 2nd long jump, 3rd 60m
JJ - 2nd 100m
Mahli - 3rd high jump
Mixed Relay (JJ, Mahli, Jonty, Cooper) - 3rd


Unfortunately, there is no Canterbury level competition this year due to our current alert level. 

Sports Uniforms

The only children who still require a sports top are the Year 3/4 mini ball teams. Please, could you check at home for any sports uniforms that your child may have and return them to the office as soon as possible. 

PTA News

Weetbix Kids TRYathlon

The Weetbix TRYathlon is on (fingers crossed!) next year, Sunday 6th of March in the morning at Jellie Park. If you have a child aged 6 or older who is keen to get involved you can easily register them online at https://tryathlon.co.nz/locations/christchurch/ and join our school group by searching “Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto”.

There will be a gazebo for the kids to hang out in and a BBQ cooking well deserved sausages on the day. It’ll be a great day family day out and something to look forward to for next year!

Salami Collection

Please note that pick up is from Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto at the following times:

Thursday 9th December 2021
  • 9.00 - 10.00am
  • 2.30 - 3.30pm
Friday 10th December 2021
  • 9.00 - 10.00am
  • 2.30 - 3.30pm
Thank you for placing your order, your support is as always really appreciated. 

PTA roles for 2022

Our parents association plays such a vital role in our school- it’s our job to help raise funds, and also to advise and create events that build a strong school community. With several key members leaving next year, the time has come to ask new and interested Beckenham families to bring their fresh ideas and love for our community to join us. We particularly need people to volunteer for some key roles within the PTA. You are welcome to come to our next meeting just to see if this is something you could be a part of in 2022, or please message here to discuss or ask questions about the committee or the roles we need to fill for next year.
We’d love to have Beckenham families on board to help grow our kura funds and community events- please do get in touch. 2022 is going to be a big one for our little school!

Keep in touch with the PTA

To stay up to date with the PTA, please check out our Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto PTA Facebook page, linked here. Or come along to one of our meetings - all welcome.
 
Meeting dates can be found in the weekly school newsletter, or on the school calendar - linked here.
These meetings are usually held on a Wednesday night 7.30-9.30pm.

The PTA bank account is 12-3148-0244558-00.

Community Notices

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

Opportunity for Ōtautahi Rangatahi 12-24 years old!

End of year recruitment is open! Check out the information below or apply now!


The Christchurch Youth Council (CYC) open night is at YCD (Youth & Cultural Development), 301 Cashel Street. This is an opportunity for any young person to come along and find out more about what CYC is and who is within the organisation already.

If you have any questions, please email us at chchyouthcouncil@gmail.com, or message our Facebook.

Law change that impacts tamariki and whānau

Huntsbury Community Preschool

Huntsbury Community Preschool is offering FREE FEES for two-year-olds who enrol and start their sessions with us in Term 4 of 2021.  Conditions apply, phone 03 332 6001 or email: info@huntsbury-preschool.org.nz for more details if you'd like to secure a place in this limited-availability promotion!