Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto Newsletter Rāmere (Friday) 1 July 2022

One more week of school to go before the July holidays. Next week is a big week with school finishing at the early time of 2pm on Monday 4th and Wednesday 6th July, for Learning Conferences.

Please would EVERY family fill out this form before Monday, to let us know what the plans for your children are at 2pm on Monday and Wednesday. If you need your child to be supervised at school between 2 and 3pm, we need to know.

If you haven't yet booked a Learning Conference, you can still do that by clicking here. (Year 7/8 whānau - please allow half an hour for your learning conference.) This will be an opportunity for you to meet with your child's home group teacher and discuss their progress and next steps.

Reports went live this afternoon on HERO. To view your child report, log into HERO on your smartphone, computer or tablet, and click on the 2022 report option. You will also see a summary of their attendance for 2022.

In Term 1, a group of tamariki from the Kauri team started work conceptualising and choreographing our ShowQuest performance. The group wanted to explore how gender stereotypes and societal expectations can impact our well-being. After many creative ideas were proposed and discussed, the group settled on telling the story of a young boy who opens the wrong present on Christmas morning. The present, that was meant for his sister, is a doll. It's the gift he's always wanted, but society tells us that boys play with trucks and super heros, not dolls. The boy hides the doll in his toy box and goes to sleep. Once he is fast asleep, the toys come to life...

The group have worked incredibly hard creating this performance and they have done everything from choreographing, designing costumes, creating the backdrop, editing the music and video wall, and making props. Two weeks ago, their hard work came to fruition as they performed their dance at the Town Hall. Two students received training so that they could work in the lighting booth. The dance was professionally filmed and a digital showing went live on 27th of June. 

They put on an outstanding performance that was full of energy and expression. We are very proud of them all. 

A huge thank you to Jenny Diggle for supporting our rangitahi with this performance and to the caregivers who provided transport, did hair and make up and supervised the children the day they went to perform.  

Bryn Smithson  - Year 4

Bryn, you are a superstar in our team. You persistently demonstrate a positive and enthusiastic attitude in all areas of learning and you are a fantastic role model to other students. You are a self-motivated learner and constantly strive to improve yourself. You are very thoughtful, friendly and polite. Well done for always putting 100% into your learning. Keep up the outstanding work, Bryn!

Mana Ake are offering a 6 session parenting programme during Term 3 called "Tuning into Kids - Emotionally Intelligent Parenting"

Details are shown below. To register, email the facilitator of the course that you wish to attend.