Principal's Patch
Kia ora koutou
A reminder to all that this Monday the 19th of September, the school will be CLOSED to all students, while our kaimahi (staff) participate in a Staff Only Day of professional learning and development. We will be continuing to develop our understanding of "Trauma Informed Practice", as well as working on moderation of assessment, use of HERO and preparation for end-of-year reports.From Wednesday to Friday of this last week, I was at our new conference centre, Te Pai, attending the annual New Zealand Principals' Federation Conference with over 860 other primary principals from around New Zealand. It was a huge privilege to be able to host this event in Christchurch for the first time in over 12 years, and to be able to showcase our amazing new convention centre and increasingly re-built city. We were challenged by numerous speakers, including a youth panel that included past-student, Lucy Gray, to consider the impacts and reach of our leadership. Each speaker gave us a new 'wero' or challenge to strive for better outcomes in terms of equity, excellence, inclusion, sustainability and wellbeing.
We are delighted to welcome Megan Harris back onto our staff. Megan was a teacher in our Year 7/8 team a number of years ago, and has recently returned from a time in Dunedin. Megan is currently working in the Kahikatea team.
Ngā mihi nuiSandy HastingsTumuaki - Principal
Ngā mihi nui
Sandy Hastings
Tumuaki - Principal
Important Dates
Mon 19 Sep - Staff Only Day (School Closed)Thu 22 Sep - BOT Meeting (5.30-7.30pm - te Rūma Kaimahi - Staffroom)Fri 23 Sep - PTA Disco - Gold Coin entryMon 26 Sep - Public holiday - Queen Elizabeth II memorial (School Closed)Wed 28 Sep - PTA Meeting (7.30-9.30pm in the Green Room)Thu 29 Sep - Parent Evening with Cashmere High School Principal (6-7.15pm Staffroom)Mon 17 Oct - First day of Term 4Mon 24 Oct - Labour Day - (School Closed)Tue 25 Oct - Netsafe Workshop for all whānau - St Martins School, 7pmFri 11 Nov - Canterbury Anniversary Day - (School Closed)Thu 15 Dec - Last day of Term 4 - School closes 12:30pmMon
Term Dates
Citizen of the Week
Jaxon Gardner - Year 4
Jaxon, you are a polite and helpful team member who is always willing to take on extra responsibilities and show our school value "We Get There Together." It has been fantastic to see you grow into such a positive role model to all students this year. You have wonderful self-management skills and are a very responsible student. Thank you for always demonstrating our school values. Ka pai, Jaxon.School Notices
Q&A Evening - Y8 Cashmere Bound Ākonga
We welcome all whānau of Year 8 Cashmere enrolled ākonga (students) for 2023 to join us for the opportunity to meet with Cashmere High School Principal, Joe Eccleton. The idea of this meeting is to provide whānau and ākonga the opportunity to ask questions in a smaller group as opposed to the larger Year 8 Parents Evening hosted at Cashmere later in the year.
ECO Warriors Kids Club
A big mihi (acknowledgment) to our little people getting together during their lunch break to ensure we look after te taiao (the environment/natural world) by picking up rubbish around our kura!
Crossing Tennyson St safely
Whānau please talk to your tamariki who are coming to school by crossing over Tennyson Street by the end of Norwood Street. Please reiterate to them that the safety island is NOT a pedestrian crossing. Cars are not required to stop for them when they are in the safety island; they need to look both ways before crossing the road if they are in this safety island.
There was a near miss this week due to a student presuming a car would stop and not looking properly before crossing from the island.
Community Dental Service - Clinics open in October School Holidays
Priority for Community Dental Service appointments during the school break will be for immediate dental needs at the following clinics:
- Woolston Community Dental Clinic, 11 Hopkins Street, Christchurch
- Hornby Community Dental Clinic, 2 Hei Hei Road, Christchurch
- Timaru Community Dental Clinic, 18 Woollcombe Street, Timaru
To access these appointments, call our Contact Centre on 0800 846 983 noting that priority is given to children with immediate dental needs.
For any dental advice please call the Contact Centre on 0800 846 983 or email commdental@cdhb.health.nz
New long-term strategy for COVID-19
You’ll be aware that New Zealand will move to a new, long-term approach to COVID-19. These changes have been made based on public health advice and reflect high levels of immunity and declining case numbers across New Zealand.
This new approach will only result in minor changes to the way we operate.
The good news is that only people who test positive need to isolate for 7 days and that household contacts of a person with COVID-19 do not need to isolate, but instead are asked to complete a RAT test each day, for five days. Therefore, ākonga who are household contacts but test negative and do not have COVID-19 symptoms, should continue to attend. It is the best place for them to be so they can be engaged in their learning, and connected with their teachers, classmates and friends.
Information on how to get RAT kits can be found here: Request a RAT– Ministry of Health
Mask wearing is no longer required. If you or your child would still like to wear a mask for your protection, you are very welcome to do that.
All the other recommended public health measures will stay in place as we know they reduce the spread of infectious illnesses including COVID-19. These include ensuring our indoor spaces are well-ventilated, maintaining good hand hygiene, encouraging everyone to cough or sneeze into elbows and, most importantly, staying home and getting tested if they have COVID-19 symptoms.
Thank you for your ongoing support.
Chewies
All humans have sensory needs that we regulate throughout the day. A great way for some children to gain the feedback they need is via the oral/motor sensory system. If your child tends to chew/suck on clothing, fingers, ends of pencils etc, or if your child tends to lack concentration or becomes restless during the day, a chewy could be a great sensory tool. Chewies are mobile, they are fun and child friendly, and can help organize, calm, soothe, and regulate their sensory systems. We have a stock of chewies at the office and are selling them for $8:00 each.
Upcoming Free, Webinar Series
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Sports News
Netball - Year 7/8 Canterbury Winter Sport
On Thursday, one of the year 7/8 netball teams traveled to Hagley Park to compete in the Canterbury Winter Tournament. They were up against 31 different schools and came 5th overall. We are so proud of the sportsmanship shown by this team, not only to each other but to their opponents as they represent our kura. A huge thank you to Cory Harris who has dedicated his own time to coaching this time through both this tournament and our South Zone Winter Sport Competition.
PTA News
Check your child's bag! It's Calendar Art Time! Every child should have brought home a Calendar Art order form during this last week.
Orders are open for this years Calendar Art.
Go to www.kidsartworks.com Put in their own unique code to check out their art and sort all your Christmas pressies in September!
ORDERS CLOSE 30TH SEPTEMBER (The last day of school)
And the countdown is on! It's disco time next Friday the 23rd of September.
New Entrants and Year 1-2, will have their disco from 2.00-2.45. Parents are welcome.
Year 3&4 4.00-4.45
Years 5&6 5.10-6.10
Years 7&8 6.30-7.30
There will be chips for sale. Please bring a drink bottle of water.
Gold coin donation on the door. (Ne and Year 1/2 coins will be collected in the morning when children arrive at school. No chip sales at the NE/Year 1/2 disco)
Many thanks to everyone who has offered to help out and make this event possible.
BOT Election Results
Thank you to all of our whānau who stood for the recent Board Election. Congratulations to Marcel Frei and Nicole Forster who were re-elected, and to Thomas Barta who was newly elected. Our heartfelt thanks to all the other candidates who stood and were not elected. We are extremely fortunate to have had so many people willing to support our school by standing in this election.
Results below from our Returning Officer (published with vote count as required by legislation):
Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto School Board Election 2022For 3 Parent RepresentativesDECLARATION OF PARENT REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION RESULTSParent Representatives VotesFREI, Marcel 105FORSTER, Nicole Deniese 77BARTA, Thomas 67OLYKAN, Joshua 62MACDONALD, David 45MITCHELL, Keith 36DAVIES, Paul 20INVALID VOTES 0I therefore declare the following duly elected:Thomas Barta, Nicole Deniese Forster and Marcel Frei.
Wayne Jamieson - Returning Officer, Canterbury Education Services.
Community Notices
(Notices placed here are contingent on space and do not reflect the views or opinions of the school.)
