{"id":8715,"date":"2019-06-29T20:32:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-29T08:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/?guid=1bb97680b75abcc3b1623b68fc3f444f"},"modified":"2019-06-29T20:38:20","modified_gmt":"2019-06-29T08:38:20","slug":"beckenham-te-kura-o-puroto-newsletter-june-28th-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/newsletters\/beckenham-te-kura-o-puroto-newsletter-june-28th-2019\/8715","title":{"rendered":"Beckenham te Kura o P\u016broto Newsletter June 28th 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Principal's Patch<\/h2>

Kia ora koutou<\/h3>What a wonderful way to end the term with the Wh\u0101nau Roopu which was held in the staffroom on Wednesday evening.  Thank you to our Ao M\u0101ori team Steve, Jules, Elizabeth, Hannah, Kate and also our iwi representative from the Board, Samson Karst, for the organisation behind the evening.  Huge thanks also to all the teachers, wh\u0101nau and tamariki who joined us for pizza, soup and buns and some great discussion.  The staffroom was filled with great smiles, interesting chatter, discussion, waiata, activity and karakia. We brainstormed ideas around the priorities for Te Ao programmes including Kapa haka, Te Reo, Tikanga and also our aspirations for Te Ao M\u0101ori in our Kura.  We will share the ideas generated from the night with you all soon.

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Paulette and some of our student council showed our school values \u2018We Care\u2019 and \u2018We Make a Difference\u2019 when they dropped the donations of cans and dried food collected, at the shortest day breakfast, to the Salvation Army. The team at the Salvation Army were blown away with the amount of food we donated.
A huge thank you goes out to our wonderful PTA<\/b> for organising this collection and to everyone who donated cans. It was very much appreciated and will help many families in need.

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We also end the term with a note on cyber safety.  <\/div>
Our children live in a very different world to the one we were bought up in.  Social media can add a dimension of complexity for our tamariki and whanau.  Our job as parents now includes equipping our families to be cyber-safe, introducing and strengthening the tools needed when engaging in the online world.<\/div>
 At this young age, children often have yet to develop the filters and thought processes required to make good choices when commenting on posts and chatting online. This can result in them saying things they would never say to a person face-to-face. The result can be extremely harmful.  We encourage you to have regular conversations with your child about their use of any social media.<\/div>
A great way to support your child's online safety is to know exactly what sites\/apps they are using and monitor their use closely. At present some of our tamariki appear to be using an app called TikTok.  On researching TikTok we found that even though TikTok reports it is for children 13 and over, a recommendation from 'common sense media' reports that this app is suitable for people over 16 years of age. As parents, we need to know what our children are using and how they are interacting online. Our children need your support and guidance to help them remain safe.<\/div>
Many of our children do not have access to social media, even though your child may tell you that 'everyone else' has access.  Many of our families also use a \"no devices in bedrooms\" rule so parents can monitor usage.<\/div>
If you discover that your child is receiving unwanted\/hurtful communication online, the first step is to take a screenshot of the message and secondly block the person who has sent the message. Most social media platforms have reporting functions for inappropriate activity - we recommend you use this function. <\/div>

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Kia Kaha. Ng\u0101 mihi nui.<\/div>
Sue, Nigel and Paulette.<\/div>

Important Dates<\/h2>

Upcoming Events<\/h3>Term 2<\/b>
Tuesday 2nd July - <\/b>Year 0 - 4 Cross Country at Hillview (Zone level)

<\/b>Term 3<\/b>
Wednesday 25th July - <\/b>PTA meeting.  7:30pm  All welcome.
Friday 26th July - <\/b>Welcome Assembly and morning tea for new families.
Thursday 8th August<\/b> -  BOT Meeting.  5:30pm at school.
Monday 12th August<\/b> - Staff Only Day.  Professional development - maths and digitech.

Upcoming Assemblies<\/b>
Celebration Assembly Week 10<\/b>
Next week at Celebration Assembly our items will include