Principal's Patch
Kia ora koutou
What an amazing PTA we have! Three back-to-back Discos tonight with smiles all around from our amazing team who continue to ensure that our children get to have these amazing experiences! Thank you to all of the parents who helped the PTA on various rosters like door duty, selling crisps, sweeping the floor between events! Thank you to all the staff who came along and joined in with their cool dance moves!And a huge thank you to Max and Lou van Tongeren who organised the sounds! What a great innovation to have teams of awesome students doing the DJ-ing!
Staffing Update
We are delighted to welcome Tracey Maloney back to our staff as she starts on Monday in our New Entrant team, taking our fourth home group.
Have a great weekend everyone!
Ngā mhi nui
Sandy Hastings
Tumuaki - Principal
Important Dates
Upcoming Events
Week 7:Wed 16 Jun - South Zone Basketball Tournament Yr 7/8
Wed 16 Jun - Strum, Strike, Blow - Christchurch Arena
Thu 17 Jun - 9am-10am Structured Literacy - Parent Seminar
Thu 17 Jun - South Zone Winter Sport
Fri 18 Jun - PTA Mid-Winter Breakfast (8am-9am)
Week 8:
Tue 22 Jun - 7pm - 8pm Structured Literacy Parent Seminar
Wed 23 Jun - Canterbury Cross Country (Halswell Quarry 9am-2pm)
Wed 23 Jun - PTA Meeting (7.30 - 9.30pm)
Thu 24 Jun - South Zone Winter Sport
Thu 24 Jun - 9am-10am Structured Literacy - Parent Seminar
Thu 24 Jun - Board of Trustee's meeting (5.30pm - 7.30pm)
Fri 25 Jun - Celebration Assembly (12.00noon-12.30pm)
Fri 25 Jun - PTA Sausage Sizzle (1:20pm)
Week 9:
Mon 28 Jun - Winter Tournament (Hagley Park North)
Tue 29 Jun - Year 0-4 Cross Country Challenge (Hillview Christian School, 12noon-3pm)
Wed 30 Jun - Whānau Rōpū Hui and Hangi (more info next week!)
Thu 1 Jul - Postponement date for 0-4 Cross Country Challenge
Term Dates
Click here to view 2021 term dates.Citizen of the Week
Kobe Freeman - Year 4
Kobe - your kind and thoughtful nature shines in all that you do. You have an enthusiastic attitude towards all areas of learning and love sharing your learning and understanding around different topics. You show a lot of empathy when relating to others and show "We Care" in the hub often. Thank you for being a superstar in the Kōwhai whanau! Ka rawe tō mahi Kobe!School Notices
Structured Literacy Parent Seminars are back!
If you missed out in Term 1, we have three more sessions coming up that you can choose from:
Join us in the staffroom on
Thursday 17th June 9am-10am
Tuesday 22nd June 7pm-8pm
Thursday 24th June 9am-10am
Caroline Morritt, our Resource Teacher of Literacy will explain our new approach to teaching reading and writing. Based on the science of reading, Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto uses an explicit, systematic structured literacy approach to build a strong literacy foundation.
Come along and learn about the programme and see the decodable books we are using to support targeted classroom teaching of phonological awareness and blending and segmenting skills for accurate, automatic reading and spelling.
Road Safety
We were reminded recently of how quickly an accident can happen when we heard of a student from a neighbouring school who stepped out onto the 'quiet street' going home from school and was hit by a car, luckily living to tell the tale. Please do remind your children about using the crossing outside school as the safest crossing point for that part of their journey, and make sure they are well-practiced in looking 'right, left, and right again' before they cross the road.
Missing Uniform
We have a number of children at the moment with missing items i.e. school polar fleeces. It is an easy mistake for uniform items to land in the wrong bag, so would you please take a moment to check your child's uniform/s and ensure they have the right name on the tag! If you have the wrong one you can drop it to the office, and take a look at our uniform rack filled with lost property that lives under the verandah by the library, during school hours. A great reminder to label your items so they can return to you!
ESOL Update
ESOL students have continued to focus on weather. This week, Kōwhai students looked at how the wind comes from different directions and made and tested their own weather vane.
Last week, we discussed the rain and floods in Canterbury. The students listened to a short story about the different types of clouds and created their own cloud in a bottle.
Mana Ake “Drop-Ins” are continuing…
A number of whānau have already made great use of the Mana Ake “drop-ins” that are available on Wednesday mornings from 8:30 – 9:30am. 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 88t39. Alternatively, you can contact Jacky in the office and she will make a booking for you.
Pride Week
Next week is National Schools Pride Week. Anne has created an awesome display of books in the library and invited the children to create rainbow art to enhance the display. Today, at lunchtime, the Diversity Group hosted an art session in the Kauri hub where children could create rainbow art with a positive message.
Strum, Strike, Blow - see our Ukulele players in action...
Best wishes to our Strum, Strike Blow ukulele players who will be performing in this combined schools Recorder, Ukulele and Marimba Festival this week.
Tips for Parents
Every weekend all over the world millions of parents, children and coaches set off for their weekly sporting ritual ‘Match Day’. Many will follow the same process each week and will never question their routine or behaviour… With winter sport beginning, parents and coaches may find this article interesting: The “Unknown Damage” caused from the touchline
Sports News
Teams from Year 5 to 8 enjoyed an afternoon of sport in the sun on Thursday. There was a lovely community feel when walking to our games as we passed teams from other schools heading to different venues. There was strong competition from other teams in our zones and there were lots of close and exciting games. We commend the children on representing our school values on the sports field.
PTA News - Midwinter Breakfast - this Friday 18 June
Get your PJs on for our annual midwinter breakfast!
Come to school from 8am for warm porridge and gluten-free weetbix.
Bring a can of food to donate to the City Mission and bring your own bowl and spoon!
Community Notices
(Notices placed here are contingent on space and do not reflect the views or opinions of the school.)
