{"id":13406,"date":"2025-02-07T14:31:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T02:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/?guid=5b55f16b6e870b4e50f133d3885872ce"},"modified":"2025-02-11T13:11:02","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T01:11:02","slug":"kowhai-news-term-1-week-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/kowhai\/kowhai-news-term-1-week-2-2\/13406","title":{"rendered":"K\u014dwhai News Term 1 Week 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kia ora wh\u0101nau!<\/p>

Welcome to our very first blog of the year. We have had a great start to the term with the children getting to know each other and all the staff in the K\u014dwhai team. We have had lots of fun doing Discovery every day and also cooling down in the afternoons doing water play (see photos below). We have also been learning how to log on to the Chromebooks and how to access the online resources that we have in the K\u014dwhai team.<\/span><\/p>

Resources<\/span><\/h3>
We are on the lookout for spare electronic parts for children to deconstruct. The children have been loving taking bits of machinery apart and discovering how they have been put together, learning lots along the way.<\/span><\/div>

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We are also needing more cardboard boxes for construction. The children have been creating all sorts of things with cardboard boxes of all different sizes such as houses, monsters and cars and we are now in need of more boxes such as toothpaste boxes, tissue boxes, chocolate boxes, muesli bar boxes and so on. If you have any that you are willing to donate to the school, please bring them in and deliver them to your child's homegroup teacher. Thank you so much!<\/span><\/div>

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Access To The School<\/span><\/h3>
We would like to encourage you to access the school grounds by the park side or the main Sandwich Road entrance by the flag. The BOSCO gate access is meant for BOSCO use only before and after school and remains locked at all other times. Thank you for your understanding and support with this.<\/span><\/div>

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Top Team<\/h3>
We have organised a Top Team event for our K\u014dwhai children this term which is very exciting! Weather permitting, the event will take place on Friday 7th March in the afternoon and the children will be taking part in all sorts of fun activities. Just a heads up that there will be some water activities involved so please make sure your child has a change of clothes (including shoes) in their bag and a towel to dry off after the event. <\/div>

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We also require 11 parent helpers for this event to ensure it runs successfully. You would need to arrive at school before the Top Team briefing at 1:10pm and the event will finish around 2:55pm. It will involve running an activity station, explaining the activity to the children and generally overseeing it. If you are keen to help, please let your child's homegroup teacher know and we will get back to you as soon as we can.<\/div><\/span><\/div><\/span><\/div>

Staying Safe Online<\/span><\/span><\/h3>
As our tamariki spend more time online, it\u2019s important parents and wh\u0101nau help them <\/span>stay safe. Now is a great time to talk to them about how we use the internet and digital <\/span>technology.
<\/span>Netsafe has created an <\/span>Online Safety Parent Toolkit<\/span><\/a> so parents, families and wh\u0101nau have
<\/span>all the information they need to talk about online safety.
<\/span>If you or anyone in your wh\u0101nau needs support, you can contact <\/span>Netsafe<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/div>

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