{"id":9832,"date":"2020-06-12T22:31:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T10:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/?guid=74bc9904326db4d17eff097c2b47e631"},"modified":"2020-06-12T22:31:46","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T10:31:46","slug":"beckenham-te-kura-o-puroto-newsletter-friday-12-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/newsletters\/beckenham-te-kura-o-puroto-newsletter-friday-12-june\/9832","title":{"rendered":"Beckenham Te Kura o P\u016broto Newsletter Friday 12 June"},"content":{"rendered":"

Principal's Patch<\/h2>

Kia ora koutou<\/h3>Now that we are at Alert Level 1, we are seeing the return of much more normality in the events that we are used to having at school and as part of our curriculum. It was with great excitement today, that we held our first full school Celebration Assembly since Friday 13th March. This week also saw the start of a different and more localised winter sport programme between our sports zone schools for our Year 5-8 students.  Next week we have more events back on the calendar.<\/span>

<\/span>The first of these events will be the school Cross Country<\/b> which will be held on Beckenham Park this coming Tuesday, 16th June from 2-3pm.
The order of running will start with Year 8s and conclude with Year 3s.
All children in Years 5-8 are expected to participate unless there has been a prior notification to their teacher. Year 3\/4 participation is optional.
Children are encouraged to wear their house shirt if they have one, otherwise wear their school polo shirt. Trainers are essential.
Adults who are available to help out - please meet Jenny on the field at 1:45pm.

Also,  next Friday will be the Mid-Winter Bring-A-Can Breakfast<\/b>, and the following Friday will be the annual school Disco<\/b>! Please scroll down for further information about both of these exciting events!

We had exciting news today that the <\/span>Cultural Festival <\/b>has not been cancelled, as was originally thought might happen. This year will be the final year of the Cultural Festival, so we are thrilled that it will happen, in the third week of Term 4 (27-30 October). Hannah Elliott will be sending important information home next week to the wh\u0101nau of our Senior Kapa Haka group, Te Wh\u0101nau Mahi Tahi, about this event. We will be asking for a commitment from you to ensure your tamariki attending the extra practices that they will need to commit to so that they can perform with confidence and pride.<\/span>

Potentially Concerning Behaviour<\/h3>We were advised by the Ministry of Education that there was an incident in Christchurch this week where school students were approached by a stranger asking for help to find his dog. See the <\/span>Stuff<\/a> <\/span>article. There was also an incident yesterday where a man was behaving in an inappropriate way at the Beckenham Ponds, prior to school finishing at 3pm. Police arrested him, and anyone who has any information about that incident should contact the police.<\/span>
Please do regularly speak to your children about staying safe on the way to school and remind them of stranger danger rules. It is also a good idea to organise for children to walk to and from school in pairs or groups whenever possible.

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Reminder: Learning Conferences - last week of Term 2<\/h3>During the last week of Term 2, we will be having Learning Conferences. This will provide an opportunity for you to talk with your child and their home group teacher about their learning and wellbeing at school.
If you haven't yet done this, please book a learning conference time for each child you have at school.
The learning conference bookings are for 15 minutes each (NOTE that in Year 7\/8, even though you will be booking for 15mins, the conference will take 30 mins as your child has a bigger role in the discussion at the intermediate year level.) If you have more than one child to book for, please do not book back to back time slots, as you will lose some of your time in moving from one conference to the other.
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The conferences can be booked by going to www.schoolinterviews.co.nz<\/a> and entering the code yseec<\/b>

Ng\u0101 mihi nui

Sandy Hastings
Principal - Tumuaki<\/div>

Important Dates<\/h2>

Upcoming Events<\/h3>
<\/b>Tuesday 16 June - <\/b>Cross Country for years 3 - 8.  2pm - 3pm in Beckenham Park
Friday 19 June <\/b>- PTA\/Student Council Mid-Winter Breakfast from 8am in the hall
Friday 26 June<\/b> - Celebration Assembly 2:20 - 2:50pm in the hall.  Everyone Welcome
Friday 26 June<\/b> - School Discos - see below for specific times
Monday 29 June<\/b> - Zones Cross Country event at Halswell Quarry.  9am - 12:45pm
Tuesday 30 June<\/b> - Learning Conferences - School closes 2pm<\/b>
Thursday 2 July<\/b> - Learning Conferences - School closes 2pm<\/b>

Friday 3 July<\/b> - Final day of Term 2.  School closes at 3pm

Term 3 begins TUESDAY 21 July<\/b><\/h3>

Term Dates<\/h3>Click here to view 2020 term dates<\/a>.<\/div><\/div>

Citizen of the Week<\/h2>

Emma Elphick - Year 6<\/h3>Emma, your enthusiastic and positive approach to everything you do is contagious! All activities are confidently given a go and you persist until they are your very best work. You bring a bright smile and warm friendliness to our hub every day which is appreciated by everyone around you. We love having you in our team! Tino pai.

Kate Breitmeyer - Year 6<\/h3>Kate, you are a joy to be around. Your enthusiasm for learning is second to none and indeed, you are a student who shows all of our kete values on a daily basis. Your creativity is an inspiration to many others, as is your desire to continue to add to your knowledge and skills. This will stand you in good stead for your future.<\/div>

Congratulations to...<\/h2><\/div>
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... Henry <\/b>for placing First in the Sustainable \u014ctautahi Christchurch Year 7\/8 Category of the 'Speaking 4 the Planet\" Speech competition.<\/div>
Listen to his speech here:<\/div>

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