{"id":10537,"date":"2021-02-26T14:48:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T02:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/?guid=29e94e0766926297da7249ce0ba52ffd"},"modified":"2021-02-26T14:48:20","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T02:48:20","slug":"beckenham-te-kura-o-puroto-newsletter-friday-26-february-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/newsletters\/beckenham-te-kura-o-puroto-newsletter-friday-26-february-2021\/10537","title":{"rendered":"Beckenham Te Kura o P\u016broto Newsletter Friday 26 February 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

Principal's Patch<\/h2>

Kia ora koutou<\/h3><\/div>
We have made the decision to return to weekly newsletters. These will come out every Friday and it means that you can expect to get a school newsletter in your inbox every week. This has been made possible because we have welcomed Reihana Dougherty to our Admin Team, which is enabling us to spread the load, and build capacity. Reihana will be around the front office Monday through to Friday, with sole responsibility on Fridays as Jacky will now only be working Monday through to Thursday.<\/div>

Building Update<\/h3>
The Ministry of Education have advised us that building will commence on Monday on the new double learning space at the Eastern Terrace end of the school. <\/div>

Earthquake Memorial - 10 years on<\/h3>
It is hard to believe that we have just remembered the 10th anniversary of the Christchurch Earthquakes. So much has changed across our city since then, and across the schooling sector too. Post-earthquake the schooling network had a huge amount of change which also had both positive and negative impacts on different communities, depending on the changes. A number of schools were closed, some were merged, new schools built, and nearly every school in Christchurch is in the Christchurch Schools Rebuild programme. We were one of the early schools in this programme, coming out of our rebuild in mid-2018. Some schools are still waiting for this rebuild to begin.<\/div>
We appreciate that, for our current students, none of them were at school when the earthquakes happened, and only our oldest students were even born.<\/div>
On Monday, our staff talked with the students about the earthquake with a focus on the way that it showed how a community can pull together and demonstrate many of the values we hold important at school - in particular, We Care, We Get There Together and We Make a Difference. Our students then had the opportunity to write messages to our wider community on the footpaths on Eastern Terrace, Sandwich Road, Norwood St and within the school.

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Many thanks to Karen Wyngaarden for responding to our request for someone to make slipcovers for seats and curtains. They look great and the children are able to use the seats again which is awesome!<\/div>

Our Year 7\/8 team are looking forward to their camp at Wainui next week. <\/div>
I hope you all enjoy the weekend.<\/div>
 <\/div>Ng\u0101 mihi<\/div>
Sandy Hastings<\/b><\/div>
Tumuaki - Principal<\/b>
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Important Dates<\/h2>

Upcoming Events<\/h3>Week 5:<\/b>
Mon 1 - Fri 5 Mar<\/b> - Kauri camp at Wainui YMCA
Wed 3 Mar<\/b> - 4.15 - 5.45 Kiwi Volleyball at Hillview Christian School
Thu 4 Mar<\/b> - 3.15 - 6.00 Miniball Grade C at Pioneer Stadium

Week 6:<\/b>
Wed 10 Mar<\/b> - 4.15 - 5.45 Kiwi Volleyball at Hillview Christian School
Thu 11 Mar<\/b> - 3.15 - 6.00 Miniball Grade C at Pioneer Stadium
Fri 12 Mar<\/b> - 12.00 - 12.30 Celebration Assembly

Week 7:<\/b>
Wed 17 Mar<\/b> - 4.15 - 5.45 Kiwi Volleyball at Hillview Christian School
Thu 18 Mar<\/b> - 9.00 - 1.15 Zone Swimming Sports at Jellie Park

Term Dates<\/h3>Click here to view 2021 term dates<\/a><\/b><\/div><\/div>

Citizen of the Week<\/h2>

Emma Reedy - Year 7<\/h3>Emma, being kind, fun, loving and respectful are just some of the wonderful qualities you possess. You embrace opportunities to learn, lead and try new things. Your positive and proactive nature makes you a stunning role model to others.  <\/div>

School Notices<\/h2>

Food Allergy Guidelines<\/b><\/h3>
Across our school, we have a number of children with different food allergies.
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To support the wellbeing of these students we have the following guidelines in place which we ask you to follow:
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