{"id":11703,"date":"2022-07-30T17:20:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T05:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/?guid=3863e3b76a68550a347bafba3b7fe0ca"},"modified":"2022-07-30T17:20:52","modified_gmt":"2022-07-30T05:20:52","slug":"beckenham-te-kura-o-puroto-school-newsletter-ramere-friday-29-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/newsletters\/beckenham-te-kura-o-puroto-school-newsletter-ramere-friday-29-july\/11703","title":{"rendered":"Beckenham Te Kura o P\u016broto School Newsletter, R\u0101mere, (Friday) 29 July"},"content":{"rendered":"

Principal's Patch<\/h2>

Kia ora koutou<\/h3>

Welcome back to Term 3!<\/h3>
It was certainly a more challenging start than hoped for, with Sandwich Road being closed on Monday, and then the significant rain that once again fell and made the everyday actions of getting to school and going about daily life much more tricky! However, we made it through with lots of smiles and joy at seeing nearly everyone back to school again!<\/div>

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We held two Welcome Assemblies on Friday. In keeping with our current indoor gathering setting of maintaining smaller numbers in the hall, we held a Year 5-8 Assembly and then repeated the welcome for the NE-Year 4 students, with the flag parade, Te Wh\u0101nau performance and Blake and Liv from Year 7 capably leading both assemblies. Along with the 6 New Entrants and a Year 3 student who started on Monda6y, we also welcomed another 6 New Entrants who started during the last term, along with a Year 1, a Year 2 and a Year 6 student. Along with New Zealand and M\u0101ori heritage, these students have cultural links back to China, Pakistan, the UK, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Nepal, India, and Syria. The rich diversity of our community continues to be grown and we welcome all of these new students and their families to our school community. This new intake of students takes our roll to 496.<\/div>

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We are also pleased to welcome two final year Speech Therapy Students from the University of Canterbury to our school for their final practicum placements this term. Lilly <\/b>and Sarah<\/b> will be working with many of our Kahikatea learners over the course of the term, in varying capacities. <\/div>

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ShowQuest - 3rd in New Zealand!<\/h3><\/div>
Further to the exciting news last term that our Year 7\/8 ShowQuest team had won the Regional Finals, we have just found out today that they placed 3rd in the National Finals! This is an outstanding achievement! We acknowledge the dedication and passion that each of these students brought to putting this performance together. Special thanks to Jenny and the team of wh\u0101nau who supported them.<\/div>
To watch our amazing students performance, click on this link<\/b><\/a> and watch the 2022 National Finals. The Beckenham performance starts at 1:25:10<\/div>

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COVID Update<\/b><\/div>
As we are all well aware, COVID continues to impact our community and our wider health system, Winter illnesses and influenza are also taking their toll. Public health advice urges all of those who are able to, to get our COVID boosters. Both adults and children are able to get flu shots, and keeping up-to-date with all your children's regular childhood vaccines, including Measles, continues to be very important.<\/div>
At this stage, based on the information we have received from you, it appears that 48% of our students and 64% of our staff have now had COVID. Please continue to let us know if your child(ren) has tested positive for COVID.<\/div>

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Rain... gumboots... slippers... umbrellas... coats...<\/h3>
We are certainly experiencing plenty of winter weather at the moment! We encourage children to wear gumboots to school on wet days, and bring a pair of slippers in their bag for inside. Umbrellas and coats are also very helpful in wet weather! Please ensure all items are clearly named so that we can help them make it home again!<\/div>

The Commonwealth Games: 28th July - 8th August<\/h3>
Many of our tamariki have shown a lot of interest in the Commonwealth Games that are currently being held in Birmingham. We encourage you to engage with the games with your child and you can follow the NZ team through this link: https:\/\/www.olympic.org.nz\/<\/b><\/a><\/div>

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Board of Trustees - Nominations close this coming Wednesday<\/h3>
It is not too late to put your nomination in to stand as a Trustee on our Board. See the information further below for details.<\/div>
Our school needs to always have a board that is diverse and has a strong focus on inclusion, well-being and success for all of our tamariki. What that means is - we need you!<\/div>

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

Important Dates<\/h2>

Wed 3 Aug <\/span>- Board Nominations Close<\/span><\/div>
Fri 12 Aug- Staff Only Day (School Closed)
<\/span>Thu 18 Aug - BOT Meeting (5.30-7.30pm in te R\u016bma Kaimahi)<\/span>
Fri 19 Aug - Book Character Day (dress up)<\/span>
Wed 24 Aug- <\/span><\/span><\/span>PTA Meeting (7.30-9.30pm in the Green Room)<\/span>
Wed 7 Sep - School Photos<\/span><\/span><\/div>
Wed 7 Sep - Board Election Day<\/span><\/span><\/div>
Mon 19 Sep - <\/span>Staff Only Day (School Closed)<\/span><\/div>
Thu 22 Sep - BOT Meeting (5.30-7.30pm in te R\u016bma Kaimahi - Staffroom)<\/span><\/span><\/div>
Fri 23 Sep - PTA Disco (TBC)<\/span><\/span><\/div>
Wed 28 Sep - PTA Meeting (7.30-9.30pm in the Green Room)<\/span><\/span><\/div>
Fri 30 Sep - Last day of Term 3<\/span><\/span><\/div>
Mon 17 Oct - First day of Term 4<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/h2>

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Term Dates<\/h3>

Click here to view the 2022 term dates.<\/a><\/div><\/h2><\/div>

Citizen of the Week<\/h2>

Liam Ottley - Year <\/span>8<\/span><\/span><\/h3><\/div>
Liam, you are an exceptionally personable, positive, and hardworking member of the Kauri team. You bring joy to others with your fun-loving and caring nature; we love the interesting facts, riddles, and jokes that you share with us. You show a love of learning through your curiosity, and complexity of thought. Always quick to lend a hand and show consideration towards others, you make a positive difference every day. Thank you for all that you bring to our Kauri wh\u0101nau. <\/div><\/span><\/div>

School Notices<\/h2><\/div>

School Board of Trustee Election 2022 - 3 Parent Representatives<\/h3>
Our kura is undertaking a parent election for our School Board, and we need nominations to fill the 3 Parent Representative seats available.

By now you will have received your nomination papers by email, or post, if you are on the Parent Roll.<\/div>
Nomination papers are also available at the school office. The school will send these<\/div>
on to CES for processing upon receipt from candidates.

Alternatively, if you are interested please complete the online nomination form on our election website: beckenham.boardelections.nz<\/b><\/a><\/div>

The Board of Trustees is responsible for governing the school and setting its direction, including curriculum, staff, property, health and safety, finance and administration. The board makes decisions that the principal and teachers then put in place.<\/div>

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More information about our Board is available on our website, linked here.<\/b><\/a><\/div>

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Nominations close this Wednesday 3rd August at 12 noon - don't miss out!<\/span><\/b><\/div>

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We look forward to your participation in this process. If you are considering applying yourself, and have any questions, please feel free to email our Board Secretary, Reihana, at pa@beckenham.school.nz<\/b> with any queries you may have!<\/i><\/div><\/div>

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Term 2 Reports - Will be turned off on Monday on HERO<\/h3>
From 9am on Monday morning, the ability to view Reports on HERO will be turned off. This allows our teachers to continue updating information about student achievement for the next term and a half. Reports will be turned on again in November when the end of year reports will have been added. If you should need a copy of your child's report in the interim, please contact the office and a pdf of the report can be downloaded and sent to you.<\/div>

Y7\/8 Open Night - Tuesday 16 August 7-8pm<\/h3>
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Congratulations to...<\/h2>
Hamish Zinzan<\/b>, who competed in the orienteering Schools South Island Year 7\/8 Championship grade and placed 3rd in the Sprint and 3rd in the Long! Ka rawe, Hamish! Excellent!<\/div><\/div>

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Lunch Orders <\/h3>

Sushi Meets Dumplings<\/h3>
Order here<\/b><\/a> for Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday lunch delivery services.<\/div>
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Lunch Online<\/h3>
Lunchonline is a lunch delivery service that our families are able to access for their children, which is available on Wednesdays (Subway) and Fridays (Sushi Factory). Please ensure that you update your child's details on their database so lunches can be matched up with your child more easily when they are delivered.<\/div>

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To access this, you will need to set up an account with LunchOnline here.<\/a><\/div><\/div>

Food Allergy Guidelines<\/h3>
Across our kura, we have a number of children with different food allergies.<\/div>

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To support the wellbeing of these students we have the following guidelines in place which we ask you to follow:<\/div>