Kia ora e te whānau,
Nau mai haere mai ki te wiki o te reo Māori!
How awesome to be back on site together now that we are at Alert Level 2! Having had experience in school at this level before has really made a difference in lowering anxiety for our returning students. Learners are excitedly coming through the gates every morning and have adjusted to our increased hygiene and personal safety measures with ease. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank some people for their amazing efforts over this most recent lockdown.
Thanks to our wonderful parents, caregivers, grandparents, older siblings and whānau who supported our children at home. Thank you for balancing running a household, looking after your family, working from home, and sorting home learning.
Thank you to our incredible learners who showed resilience through yet another lockdown, made a difference by helping around the home, spent time with their family, stayed connected with classmates and teacher and made the most of any learning opportunities.
Thank you to our amazing staff who worked throughout all alert levels, connecting with students and their families, creating opportunities for home learning and supporting our families and each other.
This has really been a team effort - and a good one at that. Seeing how happy our community has come back is testament to how hard you have all worked and the priority we placed on wellbeing through this time.
It is a disappointment that with Alert Level 2 restrictions, many of our school events still need to be postponed, changed or cancelled. This is to reduce any risk to our school family and to operate in line with Ministry of Education guidance. Where ever possible we need to reduce numbers on site and so we are asking our parents and community not to come on site unless it is completely necessary - then follow our process of signing in, wearing face covering and keeping a distance from others. It also means we won't be in a position to have events where we invite families on site to watch or attend (fun run / school discos etc) until Alert Level 1.
I also wanted to inform you that we have decided to cancel our scheduled teacher only day we had booked in for the last day of term (1/10/2021). We know that balancing your family situation through lockdown has been complex at times and many of you are just going back to work now at Level 2 - having a teacher only day this early on after lockdown does not seem appropriate.
As always our community has been hugely understanding and supportive of our changes and restrictions. If you do have any questions - please don't hesitate to get in touch with me by phoning through to the school office.
Noho ora mai,
Michael Harrop
Principal
Upcoming Dates:
Seesaw reporting posts out - Wednesday 29 September
CANCELLED Teacher Only Day - Friday 1 October CANCELLED
Run for Fun day - Friday 1 October
Last day of Term 3 - Friday 1 October
First day of Term 4 - Monday 18 October
Teacher Only Day - Friday 22 October
Labour Day - Monday 25 October
Celebrating our Cultures Week - 1 - 5 November
As you may know, this week is Te wiki o Te Reo Māori! As a school we have already been celebrating this beautiful language in a range of ways; from waiata, kapa haka, scavenger hunts, quizzes, writing Māori kupu/words on the concrete, learning new phrases to playing ki-o-rahi.
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Volcanoes, caves, continents, rivers, lakes, earthquakes and more!
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Prior to Alert Level 4 Lockdown, our students immersed themselves into the non-fiction world of books during Book Week.
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Earlier this term Room 18 have been learning about different roles people have; and in Mathematics we have been collecting data and graphing our results.
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We are hugely appreciative of Wendy Smith for providing a water safety session in our classrooms this week.
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On Friday, 13th August our Year 1 and 2 learners walked to Hillcrest High School to watch some short plays produced by Year 11 drama students.
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Although we do our best to keep areas blocked off when particularly muddy, there are times when getting wet or a bit dirty or having an accidental slip, still happens; particularly if we are out doing class physical education or fitness!
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Next meeting: Tomorrow, Thursday, 16th September, 7pm, school staffroom. Please come along! The Parent Teacher Group (PTG) is a group of parents and teachers that work to create fun events for the kids and fundraise for the school. We always welcome new members - we’d love to see some new faces at our meetings. If you can’t commit to meetings but would like to help out at events, please let us know. We especially need parents that can help out during the day occasionally.
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Due to the Lockdown, Berkley Normal Middle School extended their enrolment timeline.
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This fundraiser for Silverdale Normal Year 5 and 6 Basketball Teams is available for students to buy on Friday mornings before school.
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This is now to be held on Friday, 1st October. We are requesting an optional gold coin donation that will go towards True Colours, who support a number of families in our community. Children are welcome to dress up in bright colours for this event. All children will need to bring a change of clothes as they will get wet.
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If you have not already completed and returned this form that was sent home before lockdown, can you please do so as soon as possible. Additional copies are available from the School Office.
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Please contact Mrs Moffat on <berniem@silverdale.school.nz> with your request. Bedding availability listed below.
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Vision Hearing Technicians from Community and Southern Rural Health will be visiting our school next term. The objective of the test is to identify previously undetected vision and hearing defects. If any parents/caregivers do not want their child to be checked, or their child is currently under specialist care for a vision or hearing defect, please let the school know.
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These need to be collated before the end of the term, so please send any stickers you have saved to the School Office in the next couple of weeks. Each year we earn sports equipment from these stickers, so please keep saving them for us.
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NZ Sign Languages classes will be held in Hamilton and Cambridge in Term 4. Cambridge is a Level 1a beginners class and Hamilton is Level 1b. Classes will be starting the week of the 18th of October. See the flyer attached.
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We wish to advise you that we will not be restarting our school banking programme in Term 3 but will look to restart in Term 4.
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We have some exciting sessions happening at Silverdale Normal School for Term 3. As well as our 3 themes of Active, Creative and Life Skills we have Y-Active on a Wednesday and YBots on a Friday all Term 3.
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For children from ages 5 to 13 years old. (OSCAR Approved & WINZ Subsidy)
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Term 4 registrations are open for Year 4-6 students from Berkley's contributing schools. Term 4 fees will be $100 which includes 6 x 1hr skills sessions (coaching provided by 4Zero Futsal Academy) and WaiBOP's Friday night playing fee (29th of October to the 10th of December - 7 weeks).
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We’re bringing back our upgrade Membership offer + 1 extra month FREE!
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Winning designs - There will be two winning designs in each student category. A total of eight winning designs will be allocated. The winners will be notified via their schools at the start of Term Four. By entering the competition winners agree to their names being published and to be photographed and/or interviewed by the press or the promoter for publicity purposes.
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