19 September - Term 3 Week 9

Teresa Burn — May 1st, 2024

We raised $1039 for the Child Cancer Foundation from our Wig Wednesday Fundraiser 👋👍️

Coming Up

BOT Meeting - Thursday 19 September - 6.30pm (Staffroom)
Level 4 Waterwise - Friday 20 September - Millenium Centre
Y5 Camp (Rms 19/21) - Monday 23 September - Tuesday 24 September
Y5 Camp (Rms 18/20/27) - Wednesday 25 September - Thursday 26 September
Whole School Assembly - Friday 27 September - 9.45am (Y4 Hosting)
Last Day of Term 3 - Friday 27 September - 3pm
First Day of Term 4 - Monday 14 October

Principal News

Fridge List
Thanks to FOTS and all of the Disco Volunteers

School Notices

Discretionary Fund
Library Notice
2025 Enrolments/Leavers

Friends of the School

Start collecting Jars for Jingle
Monster Mash Disco Success

School Events

Wig Wednesday
Room 24 and Room 2 Buddy Classes 'Kiwi' Games Afternoon
ESOL Learning
Mid-Autumn Festival and Chuseok
Room 11 Inquiry Work
BBS EPR08 Technology Challenge 2024
Winter Netball Results
Y5/6 ESOL End of Term Celebration
ICAS Results and Awards 2024

Principal News

Thank you to the people who responded to the Traffic Survey in the last newsletter. I know that many of you are frustrated about the situation, but you are the solution. Reducing the number of cars around school makes it safer for everyone.

If you use Masterton Road at pick up time you will see some of our wonderful Student Leaders who have been working on signs to remind you of good practices. Please show these students respect by always using the crossings and waiting until you are past the yellow lines before dropping off.

In response to feedback from you, our Student Leaders will also start a system to reward children who cycle and scooter to school.

Next term is a great time to start thinking about new habits. Making one small change will help everyone.

Did you know that you can ride your bike or scooter to school?

You must be a Year 5 or 6 student to be able to ride your bike or scooter to school by yourself.

If you are Year 4 or below you can still ride your bike or scooter but you must be accompanied by a parent.

Year 5 or 6 children wishing to ride to school need to get an application form for a bike or scooter license from the school office. When it is returned, signed by your parents, you will be issued with a High Viz vest.

All students riding bikes or scooters to school must wear a helmet and a High Viz vest.

Fridge List

This term we sent home a "Fridge List" with important dates and events for the term. If you found that useful please complete this form and we will make a new one for Term 4.

If you prefer to work digitally you can also subscribe to our School Calendar by clicking here.

Thanks to FOTS and all of the Disco Volunteers

If you were one of the many helpers who supported the disco last Friday - thank you so much for your time.

I feel so lucky to work at a school with such a committed group of volunteers. FOTS have made a huge donation to the school for the new Astroturf and those projects would simply not be possible without the hard work of a small group of volunteers.

If your child enjoyed the disco, please consider coming to a FOTS meeting. They are great fun and make a massive difference to our school.

School Notices

Discretionary Fund

FOTS is inviting applications for the 2024 Discretionary Fund round #2. If you are a staff member, coach or helper and require funding for a small school project or activity, please click on the link for application information and form.

Applications must be submitted via the above link to the online form by 3pm on Monday 14 October. Successful applicants will be notified within the first few weeks of the term, and allocated funding must be used in Term 4.

For further information, please contact Tanya Sheppard: tanyas@brownsbay.school.nz or the FOTS Discretionary Fund sub-committee: fots@my.brownsbay.school.nz

Library Notice

2025 Enrolments/Leavers

We are now looking at enrolments for 2025 and are beginning to establish class numbers. If your child turns 5 during 2025, please enrol them as soon as possible using the online form: https://www.brownsbay.school.nz/index.php/enrolments/process-forms

If you know you may be changing schools next year, please advise the school office or email bbs@brownsbay.school.nz

We would appreciate the notification.

Friends of the School

Less than three months till Jingle time!! – Jingle Jars are coming!

Hey Parents!

Can you believe it? Our Jingle fundraiser is less than three months away, and we’re already getting excited! One of the biggest hits every year is, of course, our Jingle Jars, and we need your help to make them as awesome as ever!

In the first few weeks of Term 4, we’ll be sending out all the details on how you can pitch in by donating and filling jars with fun little surprises for the kids. But for now, we just want to give you a heads-up to start setting aside empty jars from home – and remember, keep the lids off once they’re clean!

We’ll share lots of fun ideas soon, so stay tuned. Thanks in advance for helping to make this year’s Jingle the best one yet!

Monster Mash Disco Success
The kids all looked amazing and had a ball at our disco last week.
We wanted to thank all the parent volunteers and teachers for their time and hard work at the disco (loved seeing all the dance moves from not only students but also parents and teachers ;) )

Without parent volunteers we would not be able to host these fun events for the kids, and we are so very thankful for each and every one of you!

The FOTS Team

School Events

Wig Wednesday

Thank you so much for supporting this cause. The children looked great and the school raised $1039.00 for the Child Cancer Foundation.

Room 24 and Room 2 Buddy Class 'Kiwi' Games Afternoon

Room 24 and Room 2 had buddy class time on Friday.
They had a ‘kiwi games’ afternoon. (Sack and three legged races!)

ESOL Learning

Our ESOL children have been working hard this term.
Last week they were learning about past, present and future tenses.

Mid-Autumn Festival and Chuseok

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival to our Chinese families, and Happy Chuseok to our Korean families this week! Mid-Autumn Festival and Chuseok are a special Thanksgiving time when we spend time being together with our families. Chinese families will often gift and eat Mooncakes, and Korean families will eat Songpyeon.

Room 11 Inquiry Work

These are some marble runs and bubble wands that Rm 11 have made during their Inquiry this term. They shared these with their buddy class.

Winter Netball Results

Well done to all the students who played Winter Netball this year. We had 14 teams competing over 2 different leagues - over 115 students from Years 1-6. So much fun and learning was had by all.

A special mention to the following teams who have been or are going to be recognised at their respective Netball prizegivings:

Year 2 Kiwis - 2nd in Ponga Grade

Year 3 Diamonds - 2nd in B Grade

Year 4 Magic - 3rd in A Grade

Year 6 Team 2- First in Grade 6 NNH

A huge thank you must be given to all of the parents who coached and managed teams over the season. It is impossible to run sports like this in the school without the support of you all.

Y5/6 ESOL End of Term Celebration
Y5/6 ESOL students enjoyed an end of term celebration, eating hot chips and ice cream and enjoying some ‘Kiwi’ games.

ICAS Results and Awards 2024

All results are now available online. Congratulations to all of our students who challenged themselves academically by participating in these exams and especially to these children who have been awarded a Distinction or High Distinction!

The certificates are not yet available but, once they arrive will be given to the students by their teacher. Those who have been awarded a Special Distinction will be presented with theirs at Assembly.

Well done, everyone!

ENGLISH

Distinction: Kevin Wen, Yomal Navaratne, Meilun Song, Chris Xu, Charlie Yang, Harold Yang, Ryan Deng, Ella Gao, Grace Gao, Jerry Luo, Rocky Meng

High Distinction: Jessica Feng, Victor Chen, Agnes Jun, Margarita Qiao, Leah Wang, Felicia Yu

MATHEMATICS

Distinction: Chien-Hui Lo, Victor Chen, Charles Du, Nicole Ni, Margarita Qiao, Celine Shi, Meilun Song, Adam Wang, Charlie Yang, Burton Yu, Qiansong Zhang, Ella Gao, Unju Hwang, Euan Kim, Eric Liu, Jerry Luo, Rocky Meng, Yuyu Ren, Yichen (Eason) Wang

High Distinction: Jessica Feng, Leah Wang, Ryan Deng

SCIENCE

Distinction: Chien-Hui Lo, Agnes Jun, Yomal Navaratne, Margarita Qiao, Kora Ren,Harold Yang, Eileen Zhang, Jerry Luo, Rocky Meng

High Distinction: Victor Chen, Leah Wang, Ryan Deng