On the night we have a live auction with major prizes including an Auckland hotel staycation, a Riverhead lunch and boat cruise and a Rainbow`s End family pass. Scan the QR code above or click on the link in the FOTS section below to learn more 😀

Coming Up

• FOTS Hellers Sausage Sizzle lunch - (TOMORROW) - Thursday 21 August (Orders on Kindo close at 9am Thursday) 🌭🌭🌭

• BOT Meeting - Thursday 21 August - 6.30pm (Staffroom)

• FOTS Meeting - Monday 25 August - 6.30pm (Staffroom)

• ICAS Maths Exam Y5 & Y6 - Tuesday 26 August - 9am (School Hall)

• ICAS Maths Exam Y4 - Tuesday 26 August - 1.30pm (School Hall)

• FOTS Beats By Bingo & Silent Auction (R18) Night🎶 - Saturday 30 August (School Hall)🎟️ Tickets available on Kindo now 🎟️

Contents

Principal News

• Pool Opening

• School Board Elections

• Keeping Ourselves Safe

• Math-A-Thon

• New Lunch Option

Friends of the School/P.T.A

• Hellers Sausage Sizzle Lunch

• Beats By Bingo (R18) Event

School Events

• Superstars

• Trimper

School Notices

• School Production

• Scholastics Book Club

Principal News

Pool Opening

During the summer we are hoping to open the pool to the community again. Last year, the season was curtailed because the pool needed re-painting, but this year we are looking at the possibility of making the pool available for the whole season.

There is quite a process involved and we will need the support of the community to make it work.

The water in the pool needs to be tested three times every day and adjustments made to the chemicals. There will be some days during the holidays when the Property team are able to manage some of this, but they are not available all of the time or at weekends. The person or people undertaking responsibility need to attend training and hold an NZQA qualification. It is possible to build the cost of paying someone to undertake the responsibility into the hire costs, but if you are willing to volunteer it will help to keep the costs down for everyone.

At the end of each day we also need someone to take responsibility for making sure that the changing rooms have been left clean and tidy for the next day. This includes disposing of any rubbish that has been left and giving the rooms a quick sweep. If we can put a timetable of helpers together, it will be another cost that we don't have to include in the pool key fees.

If you are willing to volunteer for the water testing for some or all of the holidays I would love to hear from you. Please email teresab@brownsbay.school.nz

School Board Elections

Voting is still open for the School Board elections. Please check your inbox for information from Election Pilot if you haven't voted yet.

Keeping Ourselves Safe

We have now completed our Keeping Ourselves Safe unit, and it has been a valuable time of learning and discussion for our students. The programme helped children understand how to make safe choices, both in person and online, and how to seek help if something doesn’t feel right.

During the lessons, we were surprised by how many children shared that they sometimes talk to strangers online or use devices without an adult nearby. While it’s natural for children to be curious, these situations can put them at risk. We encourage families to take time to talk about safe online behaviour, check privacy settings, and ensure that device use is supervised.

If you have not yet had the chance to look at the resources I encourage you to take the time to have a look by following this link. If you can reinforce conversations at home, together, we can help our tamariki grow up confident, informed and safe in both the digital and the real world.

If you missed the Year 5 newsletter last week it is linked here.

Math-A-Thon

Thank you to everyone who took part in the Math-A-Thon. The funds that were raised will go towards an upgrade of the Middle School playground. It is going to be a huge project, but it is great to have made a start.

Morgana, Sarah and the team put a huge amount of time and energy into FOTS. Thank you to the team who are working so hard to build community as well as fundraising for projects.

I am looking forward to seeing as many of you as possible at the Beats by Bingo evening. It will be lovely to see everyone supporting our school in a fun and relaxed setting.

New Lunch Options

A parent from our community is now ready to accept orders for lunches, as an alternative to Ezlunches. The lunches can be ordered online and will be delivered to your child's classroom. Orders can be placed up to 9am on the day of delivery.

Check out the new menu at  www.mealy.co.nz

Friends of the School/P.T.A

Hellers Sausage Sizzle Lunch

A reminder that we will have a Sausage Sizzle lunch tomorrow sponsored by Hellers sausages, and New World, Browns Bay are donating all the bread. Orders on Kindo close at 9am tomorrow, Thursday. There will be limited cash sales on the day.

We are still in need of volunteers. If you can spare some time tomorrow between 10am-2pm, please fill in this Google form .

Beats By Bingo Event (R18) & Silent Auction

This is going to be an amazing night of fun and fabulous prizes in the School Hall. Get your team together and buy your tickets on Kindo now. Selling fast!

Click here to view the amazing prizes up for grabs!

School Events

Superstars

Our Superstars are pictured here with their certificates and awards. Well done everyone!

YEAR 0/1 TEAM - Leo Cheng R8, Bentley Kim R8, Markus Gebhardt R9, Elsa Wang R9, Kai Lizana R10, Heidi Wang R10, Ahad Mansoori R11, Ayden Chan R11,  Lumae Vans R12, Maxwell Hu R12

YEAR 2 TEAM  - Tia Ejamme R2, Finn Niederer-Downs R2, Lily Ward R3, Oliver Klun R3, Tyler Edenborough R4, Abigail Tan R4, Vojin Vasovic R5, Grace Wang R5

YEAR 3 TEAM -  Songting Yu R14, Rossouw Brand R14, Austin Bai R15, Winslow Warman R15, Matthew Skinner R16, Ava Kindred R16, Jack Weir R17, Christine Chen R17

YEAR 4 TEAM - Jayden Yan R30, George Qiao R30, Sophie Attwood R31, David Shan R31, Sarah Wang R32, Ethan Xu R32, Farah Crow R33, Gunner Whittingham R33

YEAR 5 TEAM - Olivia Wei R18, Brett Mann R18, Kevin Wen R19, Bonnie Dong R19, Carter Billinghurst R20, Avnoor Kaur R20, McKenzie Verrell R21, Sophia Chu R21

YEAR 6 TEAM -  Gloria Wang R24, Jack Fowler R24, Kira Li R25, Charles Du R25, Cyrus Yii R26, Lily Wandler R26, Austin Cui R27, Mirabelle Leong R27, Runa Kambe R28, Lume Du Pisanie R28

SENIOR VALUES AWARD  - Harold Yang R28

SERVICE TO THE SCHOOL – Ruan Du Pisanie R27

ACHIEVEMENT CUP - Ava Bartley R30

ARTS AWARD  - Ana Regotti R25

SPORTS CUPS - Agnes Jun R26,  Theo Corbett R28

Trimper

Arlo and Jayden from Rm 15 have been seen demonstrating our school values this week.

Well done boys!

School Notices

School Production - Tickets on sale now on Kindo!

TUESDAY 2nd September        

 WEDNESDAY 3rd September     

 THURSDAY 4th September

at 7.00pm

Join us for an evening of entertainment at our BBS Production of "Good In The Hood". Tickets are now available on Kindo and selling fast! 

• Bring the family along - no unaccompanied children please. 

• Please check that you are buying your tickets for the correct evening - we are very limited in our ability to make changes.

• Any ticketing inquiries to HollyH@brownsbay.school.nz

LET US ENTERTAIN YOU!

Scholastics Book Club

Parents wanting to order Scholastics books, to do so online by Monday 25th August. 

There will be no cash orders at school.

For online book orders go to scholastic.co.nz/LOOP or download the LOOP app.

Community Notices