{"id":11534,"date":"2022-03-04T17:34:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T05:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/?guid=ff71e5e92d9e0792a5bfd51aae9353e3"},"modified":"2022-03-08T11:51:49","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T23:51:49","slug":"beckenham-te-kura-o-puroto-newsletter-ramere-friday-4-march-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/newsletters\/beckenham-te-kura-o-puroto-newsletter-ramere-friday-4-march-2022\/11534","title":{"rendered":"Beckenham Te Kura o P\u016broto Newsletter R\u0101mere (Friday) 4 March 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

Principal's Patch<\/h2>

Kia ora koutou<\/h3><\/div>
We are very aware of the multiple challenges that are presented to us daily, particularly through the media, with COVID, the Wellington protest, and events unfolding in Ukraine. Protecting our children from some of this media and the adult discussions around it is a positive action that parents can take.<\/div>
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The welfare of our students is always at the top of our minds. With the deeply sad events unfolding in Ukraine, we are aware that this may be having an impact on some of our students, especially those who are from, and\/or who have family and friends in Ukraine and Russia. This is also being heavily covered in the media, and the reporting and content has been very harrowing and may cause anxiety for our wider student community. <\/div>

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Kindness and respect for our students who may have European connections is especially important in these very challenging times. Our school has supports in place for students who may be impacted, and we encourage anyone with concerns about the safety and wellbeing of a student to contact us.<\/div><\/div>

Learning from Home<\/span><\/h3>
Over the next few weeks, we do expect that some children will need to begin periods of time where they are Learning At Home, especially if they are Household Contacts. We encourage you to have a look at the Learning At Home Website<\/b><\/a> and familiarise yourself with how it will support your child\u2019s learning if they are isolating\/unwell at home. <\/span><\/div>

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There are a range of learning options on the site, some that are digital and others that do not require access to a device to complete. This is particularly true for the NE - Year 4 students. If your child is in Years 5-8, they will be more digitally focused.<\/span><\/div>

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Please contact your child\u2019s Homegroup teacher, or the school office, should you need any support with accessing Learning At Home.<\/span><\/div>

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It is important that you let us know if your child is at home sick, or if they are learning at home, as this will also determine how their absence is coded.<\/span><\/div>

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Ng\u0101 mihi nui<\/span><\/div>
Sandy Hastings<\/span><\/div>
Tumuaki - Principal<\/span><\/div><\/span><\/div>

Important Dates<\/h2>

Upcoming Events<\/h3>Mon 14th Mar<\/b> - School Photos
Wed 23rd Mar - <\/b>PTA Meeting 7.30pm - 9.30pm (Green Room)
Wed 30th Mar<\/b> - BOT Meeting 5.30pm - 7.30pm (Staff Room)

Term Dates<\/h3>Click here to view 2022 term dates<\/a>.

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Citizen of the Week<\/h2>

Bella Toledo-Riveros - Year 8<\/h3>Bella, you are such a warm and inclusive member of the Kauri hub. Your honesty, compassion and tolerance are widely appreciated by your peers. Bella, you live our values 'We Care' and 'We Make a Difference' in the way that you lift other people up. Thank you for being such an awesome role model. Tu meke Bella!<\/div>

Sristy Lasiyal - Year 4<\/h3>Sristy, you have made an outstanding start to the year. You consistently focus on doing the right thing and are an extremely helpful member of the team. You and kind, caring and positive. You are a fantastic role model to others. Well done, Sristy!        <\/span><\/div>

School Notices<\/h2>

Walk or Wheel to School Week - THIS COMING WEEK!<\/span><\/h3>
This coming week is \"Walk or Wheel Week\", which is a fun week that encourages school children and their families to walk, cycle, scoot or skate to school. We hope some of our wh\u0101nau will take up the wero (challenge) and give it a go! <\/span><\/div>

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If your child walks or wheels to school at least three days next week, they can go into the draw for some spot prizes that have been provided by Christchurch City Council.<\/b><\/div>

COVID-19<\/h3>
As you will have seen in the messages sent out last night and this morning, we now have active cases in our immediate school community. A further case was confirmed after this morning's message went out, bringing our total cases so far to four.<\/span><\/div>

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As advised by the Ministry of Education, we are not spending time focussing on where each case is in our school, or who the close contacts might be. We are living with this virus in our community and we are all focussing on behaving in the safest way that we can, wearing masks, distancing, using good hygiene practices, and staying at home when we are not well. We are noticing that a number of people who have developed sore throats and headaches have tested negative for 2 or 3 days before eventually testing positive around day 4 or 5. Even though they had initially tested negative, they still had symptoms so had stayed at home, meaning that the risk of further spread has been minimised..<\/span><\/div>

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Kidshealth.org.nz<\/b><\/a> is a great health and wellbeing information website and they have<\/span> put out a useful video about caring for a child with COVID-19<\/b><\/a> which you may find helpful.<\/div>

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To help everyone at school, we need you all to:<\/b><\/div>