{"id":12842,"date":"2024-06-21T10:40:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T22:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/?guid=274e7acaa0d1dd883e00db6235f798b0"},"modified":"2024-06-21T10:40:43","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T22:40:43","slug":"kauri-whanau-update-term-2-week-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/kauri\/kauri-whanau-update-term-2-week-8\/12842","title":{"rendered":"Kauri Wh\u0101nau Update: Term 2 Week 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;In this post:<\/p><p><\/p><ul><li>Best of luck for ShowQuest!<\/li><li>Cyber-safey<\/li><li>Opera<\/li><li>Young Writers<\/li><li>Hagley College Year 9 enrolment<\/li><\/ul><h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">ShowQuest:<\/h3><div>Jenny and our ShowQuest team have put in countless hours to prepare for tonight's performance. Their 8-minute dance delves into our obsession with phones and cleverly communicates some thought-provoking messages. We wish them all the best!<\/div><div><br \/><\/div><h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Cyber-Safety: Awareness of Online Harm:<\/h3><div><div>Many parents didn\u2019t grow up with the internet, so it can be hard to imagine how tamariki may use it. But these days, digital technology is a key part of our young people\u2019s lives. They use it for learning, communicating and entertainment.<\/div><div><br \/><\/div><div>Netsafe has released research that looked into <a href=\"https:\/\/netsafe.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Factsheet-Parental-awareness-of-childrens-experiences-of-online-risks-and-harm.pdf\">parental awareness of children\u2019s experiences<\/a> of online risks and harm. The research found a mismatch between parents\u2019 awareness and their children\u2019s experiences of upsetting online content.<\/div><div><br \/><\/div><div>To check out the research, and other Netsafe resources, <a href=\"https:\/\/netsafe.org.nz\/parent-awareness-child-online-risk-harm\/\">visit this link<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/div><\/div><h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Opera:<\/h3><div>Our tamariki responded enthusiastically to the NZ Opera in Schools performance of Donizetti\u2019s The Elixir of Love last Thursday. It was a great introduction to opera: not too long, cheeky appealing characters and a story that was easy to follow. Their parting advice for anyone interested in singing performance was to join a choir.<\/div><div><br \/><\/div><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiXbW4Y75QgqffIMuI1r7pSkEVqOeOruZqmb2izZj2rcFYXFt87WXWMnF6ta9Yk5XvMNjZQMlXbWaJVvIfiewtQPzfeG3RH1G-hDSJnjDo1wPwXJXTgc7N9zKRui7r4O_dVrYgxk9Lj_BPE6KPBA2QHlkbAYWo3kYkjFrS__lLpChNC2HKVgXWrBnpQcvM\/s1800\/Elixir.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1200\" data-original-width=\"1800\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiXbW4Y75QgqffIMuI1r7pSkEVqOeOruZqmb2izZj2rcFYXFt87WXWMnF6ta9Yk5XvMNjZQMlXbWaJVvIfiewtQPzfeG3RH1G-hDSJnjDo1wPwXJXTgc7N9zKRui7r4O_dVrYgxk9Lj_BPE6KPBA2QHlkbAYWo3kYkjFrS__lLpChNC2HKVgXWrBnpQcvM\/w400-h266\/Elixir.png\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div><div><br \/><\/div><div><br \/><\/div><h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Young Writers:<\/h3><div>&nbsp;See below for great opportunities from the School of Young Writers for the upcoming holidays and term 3.<\/div><div><div><br \/><\/div><div>We have a fabulous lineup of masterclasses for your Year 7 - 13 young writers in the July school holidays and&nbsp; on Fridays in Term 3<\/div><div><ul style=\"text-align: left;\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.schoolforyoungwriters.org\/masterclasses-term3-2024\">Term 3 Masterclasses for Years 7-13<\/a> ( click this link for more details including links to our July holiday Midwinter Masterclasses)<\/li><\/ul><\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div><div>Don't delay in signing up as places are strictly limited.&nbsp;<\/div><div>Due to popular demand, we have increased initial school bookings to allow up to 6 students per school. Please note that the podcasting classes are for a group of 4-6 students.&nbsp;<\/div><div><br \/><\/div><h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">A Message from Hagley College:<\/h3><\/div><div><div>Enrolment applications for Hagley College Year 9 2025 are closing soon, on Thursday 27 June at midday \u2013 ahead of the long Matariki weekend.<\/div><div><br \/><\/div><div>Our close-off date is firm and we will not be able to receive any new applications after this date. We are aware that our closing date is a little earlier than for many of the other high schools, so I am just hoping to avoid anyone missing out.<\/div><div><br \/><\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div><div>If any of your students and their wh\u0101nau are keen but haven't put an application in yet, they need to go to https:\/\/www.hagley.school.nz\/enrolment\/year-9-enrolment\/ and click the button to start a new application as soon as possible.<\/div><div><br \/><\/div><div><br \/><\/div><div>Any questions can be directed to me any time at the below number or email address. I do also have paper copies of the enrolment form here for families who are unable to apply online (though we may be cutting it a little fine to rely on physical post at this point).<\/div><div><a href=\"mailto:lisa.amer@staff.hagley.school.nz\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\" ><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">lisa.amer@staff.hagley.school.<wbr><\/wbr>nz<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;In this post:Best of luck for ShowQuest!Cyber-safeyOperaYoung WritersHagley College Year 9 enrolmentShowQuest:Jenny and our ShowQuest team have put in countless hours to prepare for tonight&#8217;s performance. 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