Reminder that Kindo orders for the FOTS Sausage Sizzle Lunch on Thursday 20 June will close on Tuesday 18 June at 1pm.

Coming Up

• BOT Meeting - Tuesday 18 June - 6.30pm (Staffroom)
• FOTS Sausage Sizzle Lunch - Thursday 20 June (orders on Kindo by 18 June 1pm)
• Year 2 Kelly Tarlton`s Trip - Monday 24 June
• School Reports to Parents - Thursday 27 June - 3pm

• Matariki Day - Friday 28 June (School Closed)
• Parent/Teacher Conferences - Wednesday 03 July & Thursday 04 July
• Junior Assembly (Y1-3) - Friday 05 July - 9.45am (Y3 Hosting)
• Senior Assembly (Y4-6) - Friday 05 July - 11.15am (Y6 Hosting)

• Term 2 Ends - Friday 05 July - 3pm

• Term 3 Starts - Monday 22 July

Contents

Principal News

• Newsletter Feedback
• School Policies
• Parent / Teacher Conferences
• Welcome Room 7.....

School Notices

• Photolife Photos
• Miniball/Basketball/Flippaball Registrations
• Updating School Records
• Hearing and Vision Concerns
• ICAS Exams

Friends of the School

• Sausage Sizzle Day Lunch
• Read-A-Thon coming in Term 3

School Events

• Superstars
• Year 5 Museum Trip

Principal News

Newsletter Feedback

Thank you for the feedback on the newsletter format. I hope that you are finding it a bit more user friendly to read on a mobile device and the translation option is useful. There are usually lots of photographs at the bottom and if these include your child you can copy and save them.

In planning for next term I am also thinking about the frequency of the newsletter and the information we include. I would really appreciate it if you could complete the short survey linked here. The survey also includes the opportunity to be part of a Focus Group to talk about communication more generally. 

School Policies

I am lucky to work with a committed and experienced Board of Trustees at Browns Bay School. The Board and the Principal work together to set the strategic direction of the school. 

If you are interested in the work of the Board you can find out more on our school website.

Part of the work that the Board do is to review the Policies that govern the school. Policies are reviewed on a regular cycle. If you would like to review our Policies, check out our School Docs page.

Parent /Teacher Conferences

Early next week you will receive a follow up newsletter with details on how to book an appointment with your child's teacher. Thank you to everyone who has completed the form about collecting their child early. Your support is much appreciated.

Please complete the Google form by clicking here.

Welcome Room 7

I would like to welcome our new students in Room 7 and their teacher Sharlene Atkins.

School Notices

Photolife Photos

The school photos are now available to be viewed online. Photolife have informed us that parents have been emailed their child`s unique Key Code to go online to view and purchase 2024 school photos. ***FREE DELIVERY EXPIRES Midnight Sunday 23 JUNE *** Please check your junk/spam folder. For any queries, please contact Photolife direct: enquiries@photolife.co.nz.

Miniball, Basketball and Flippaball - Semester 2 (Terms 3 & 4) registrations are now open.

If you are currently in a team in any of the following leagues, you should have received an email today. Please follow the instructions on the email:

Year 3/4 Miniball

Year 5/6 Basketball

Year 4 to 6 Flippaball

If your child is not currently playing Miniball, Basketball or Flippaball and would like to play in Terms 3 & 4, please register via the school website under Sport. 

For new players, a place in a team is dependent on spaces available in existing teams, or if there are enough new registrations new teams can be entered for the start of Term 3 to continue through Term 4.

More information can be found on the school website under Sport.

Registrations close at 9am on Thursday 20 June.

Updating School Records

Thank you to all the families that have returned their Updating School Records forms that were sent home in Week 4. All requested changes have now been made.

If you would like to see the information that we have recorded for your child, you can do so at any time through the @school app.

Please remember to update the school office if any of the contact information for your child changes during the school year.

Hearing & Vision Concerns

For Vision Concerns:

Specsavers have a free full eye check for children who are between 5 to 15 years old, so parents can take their children to an optometrist at Specsavers for further assessment.

For Hearing Concerns:

For those children whose teachers/parents have serious concerns regarding their hearing, parents can contact Child and Family Service on 09-4868996 option 2 to make an appointment for a free hearing check.

ICAS Exams

Each year, Browns Bay School invites children from Years 4, 5 and 6 to sit the ICAS English, Digital Technologies, Maths and Science exams. This year the exams will be held in August and registrations are now open. If your child has sat an ICAS exam before, you will already have been sent an email with the registration information. If you haven’t received this but would like your child to take part, please contact Karen Cebalo karenc@brownsbay.school.nz . Please be aware though that the exams are very challenging with a good level of English required, and we do want to make sure all children feel successful in what may be their first external exam. The exams are all sat online in school time.

Friends of the School

Sausage Sizzle Day Lunch

Reminder that orders for the FOTS Sausage Sizzle Lunch on Thursday 20 June will close on Tuesday 18 June at 1pm. Kindo sales only.

Read-A-Thon

“Get ready for Read-A-Thon! Happening in Weeks 2-4 of Term 3. There will be lots of prizes and fun events happening - keep an eye out for more information coming soon!”

CONTACT FOTS

If you would like to subscribe to our volunteer's mailing list, or if you wish to learn more please email: fots@my.brownsbay.school.nz, or find us on Facebook www.facebook.com/Browns-Bay-School-Friends-of-the-School.

School Events

Superstars

At the last school assemblies, the following pupils received certificates for their achievements:

YEAR 0/1 TEAM - Logan Brill R8, Layla Cameron R8, Deanna Carr R9, Shuyi Liao R9, Henry Guo R10, Louis Liu R10, William Paterson R11, Finn Hart R11

YEAR 2 TEAM - Kiara Jones R1, Nolan Li R1, Szofia Farago R2, Evelyn Justin R2,

Phoebe Qiu R3, Alan Shu R3, Tommy Cairns R4, Iris Nenadov R4

YEAR 3 TEAM - Carter Eatwell R14, Amelia Driessen R14, Lindrie Robbertse R15,

David Shan R15, Cayleigh De Wet R16, Eric Jung R16, Abigail Yang R17, Max Dobbie R17

VALUES AWARD - Kobe Milsom R16

YEAR 4 TEAM - Ada Wang R30, Madelyn Eliasson R30, Levon Kam R31, Stanley Qiu R31, Max Wang R32, Harper Jackson R32, Cody Seward R33, Elle Turner R33

YEAR 5 TEAM - Logan Skinner R18, Bini Jung R18, Leah Wang R19, Levai Ngungutau R19, Jack McDonald R20, Henry Liu R20, Charlotte Weeks R21, Osanda Rathnayake R21

YEAR 6 TEAM - Olivia Peng R24, Bruce Liu R24, Layla Russell R25, Stefan Zvijer R25, Kennith Nagpal R26, Caitlyn De Wet R26, Tim Petrov R27, Kerri Wen R27

VALUES AWARD - Jackson Seward R25

SERVICE TO THE SCHOOL - DJ Lee R24

ACHIEVEMENT CUPS- Leah Wang R19, Kora Ren R20, Victor Chen R20,

Lea Gimaret R21, Margarita Qiao R27

ARTS AWARD - Smith Jarvis R27, Aiden Lawrence R27

SPORTS CUPS - Isobel Edmonds R25, Jared Zhang R26

Year 5 Museum Trip

The Year 5 students went on their trip to Auckland Museum this week. They have been learning about the early Polynesian voyagers who journeyed from Hawaii and other Pacific Islands to land and settle in New Zealand. The children loved looking around the museum, seeing the exhibitions and the many ancient artefacts that date back to the early voyagers. They were lucky enough to have a learning session with some of the museum educators. They spoke about how the early voyagers came to New Zealand and showed them the tools that they used. The children got to take turns with the wooden drill that was used to help create the wakas that travelled such vast distances. This was a fantastic day that supported all of the learning they have been doing this term. Thank you once again to the parent helpers who supported us in making this trip possible and such a success.

Community Notices

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