Our Year 5 and 6 children are excited to present our School Production next week. 🎟️Last chance to purchase tickets on Kindo for this amazing show!!🎟️

Coming Up

• FOTS Beats By Bingo & Silent Auction (R18) Night🎶 - Saturday 30 August (School Hall)🎟️ Tickets available on Kindo until Friday 2.30pm🎟️

• School Production - Tuesday 02 September - 7pm (School Hall)

• School Production - Wednesday 03 September - 7pm (School Hall)

• School Production - Thursday 04 September - 7pm (School Hall)

• Y4 Motat Trip - Tuesday 09 September

• Y5/6 Cluster Football - Tuesday 09 September

• Pie Day - Thursday 18 September

Contents

Principal News

• Pool Opening

Awhi Update

• Friendship Know How

School Notices

• School Production Update

• 2026 Northcross Intermediate Enrolments

• ICAS

Friends of the School/P.T.A

• Hellers Sausage Sizzle Lunch

• Beats By Bingo & Silent Auction

• Pie Day

Principal News

Pool Opening

In the newsletter last week, I explained the difficulty of opening the pool during weekends and over the summer holidays. As I explained, the water needs to be tested regularly throughout the day when the pool is open. The person testing the water needs to hold a certificate and we need to arrange that as soon as possible.

Unfortunately, we have not yet found anyone from within our community who is willing or able to volunteer to help out, so we will start to look to employ someone for the position. This will need to be added to the hire of a key, which will increase the cost significantly.

Next week, I will advertise for the position through the student job search, but if you know someone who is 18 or over who may be interested, please email teresab@brownsbay.school.nz

Before we spend a significant amount of time employing someone for the job, we need to ensure that it is worthwhile and we can cover all of our costs. To help with that, please could you complete the expression of interest form for a pool key if the cost is $200-$225 per key. Based on some initial calculations, we would need to charge at least this amount to cover the cost of employing a staff member for weekends and periods when the Property team are on leave, the cost of chemicals and cleaning materials.

Please understand that I really want the pool to be open for the community to use. It is a great facility and I know how much fun the children have at weekends and during the school holidays. We will continue to work on a solution but any help or support you can give will be very welcome.

Awhi Update

Friendship Know How

Everyone wants and needs at least one good friend. Learning to be a friend is an important skill. This week's lesson is teaching your children how to be a great friend when things are going well and when things don’t quite go to plan.  It follows on nicely from last week’s lesson about tattling and telling. We want our students to know how to solve kids sized problems themselves and to ask for help when the problem is bigger than them. It would be wonderful if you could reinforce this learning at home, during play dates etc. Ngā mihi nui ki a koe. 

School Notices

School Production

We are now less than a week out from opening night and the Senior School is abuzz with Production preparations!

Tickets are still available on Kindo so don't miss out. 

• All tickets purchased before 3pm today will be sent home this week.

•  Bring the family along - no unaccompanied children please. 

• Ticket sales for each performance will close at 2pm on the day of performance.

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

Doors open from 6.30pm. Performance starts at 7pm sharp.

*For all performers and their families there will be a separate newsletter coming to you in the next 24 hours with all you need to know.

2026 Northcross Intermediate Enrolments

Important information for those parents who are intending to enrol their child into Northcross Intermediate School in 2026.

ICAS

We have now finished the ICAS exams. Results are now becoming available - just go to https://orti.icasassessments.com/ortiStudent and sign in. Your child's Tap ID and password to sign in are on their previous results certificates and these will remain the same for all years. If you are not able to access those details, please contact Karen Cebalo karenc@brownsbay.school.nz

Friends of the School/PTA

Hellers Sausage Sizzle Lunch

Last Thursday was a perfect day for the FOTS / Hellers Sausage Sizzle lunch. A big shout out to Hellers Sausages for supplying all the sausages, and to New World Browns Bay for supplying the bread.

Thank you also to all the FOTS volunteers who cooked and organised the day for everyone! Another great fundraiser. 

Beats By Bingo & Silent Auction

FOTS Beats By Bingo & Silent Auction (R18) Night🎶 - Saturday 30 August (School Hall)🎟️ Tickets available on Kindo until Friday 2.30pm🎟️

Pie Day

Just a reminder, the next FOTS Pie Day is on Thursday 18 September. Orders available on KINDO until Tuesday 16 September. Don't miss out on these delicious pies, courtesy of Euro Patisserie.

Community Notices

We are excited to invite your students and their families to our upcoming Youth Day, taking place on Monday, September 30th from 10am–2pm. This free community event is designed especially for primary-aged children and promises a fun-filled day of hands-on learning and entertainment.

Activities on the day will include:

• Little Scientists – engaging dry ice experiments and STEM fun

• Kea Performing Arts – interactive dance, drama, and music workshops

• Arts & Crafts Station – creative projects for all ages

• Board Games Zone – classic and modern games to enjoy together 

Tickets are free but limited, so we kindly ask parents to register in advance using the link here.