Our school was full to the brim with arohanui on Tuesday the 30th of May, with the largest group of visiting grandparents we have ever had.

On Friday 2nd June, a team of year 5 and 6 students went along to Arbor Day to help plant a range of trees with other schools and community groups.

Kia ora e te whānau, We are extremely fortunate to have the support of Kidscan at Silverdale Normal School, which allows us to give jackets to all students. A few years ago, we gave every student at our school a brand-new jacket with room to grow into it.

Room 5 children were very privileged to have two of our parents come along and present a series of Science experiments using liquid nitrogen.

On Wednesday morning, 24th May one of our Silverdale parents came to school with the Fonterra milk tanker that he operates.

We are the kaitiaki (Guardians) of our environment and our tuarangi/solar system. This was the main focus for our senior tamariki in Term Two.

On Thursday, 18th May, over 110 year 5 and 6 students participated in our annual Winter Sports Day. This event has the largest gathering of tamariki from our cluster group and is designed to encourage tamariki to try new sports. This year we had a record number of children participating in the event with a Rippa Rugby team, two Netball, two Basketball, four Football and two Hockey teams.

Our school will be closed for instruction of Friday, 16th June as a Kāhui Ako wide Teacher Only Day is being held on this day.

Huge thanks to the Tania Dalton Foundation for supplying us with a very large box of new basketballs and volleyballs.

On Thursday, 25th May, our staff celebrated Pink Ribbon Breakfast Day with a Pink Ribbon Morning Tea in support of Breast Cancer Foundation NZ.

Thank you very much for your Gumdrops orders we were able to raise around $1,000 to go towards a set of 4 Frame Trestles for the Junior Play Area. Dr Julie’s Kitchen is our current fundraiser, healthy slow cooker packs and cookie kits with gluten and dairy free options. Orders are due back by Monday, 12th June to the school office please. Order forms are attached. Kits come home week 10.

Ms Wale was excited to watch as Silverdale Normal School Senior FutureFERNS team "Kia Kaha" played on Wednesday, 17th of May at Minogue Park.

If your child would like to purchase a cup of milo, please give him/her a reusable cup to bring from home (unbreakable if possible). The cost is $1.00 and will available this term from the student kitchen window between 8.30-8.50am.

Each Wednesday at morning tea time our school Cultural Club will be selling samosas from the Kids Kitchen. This is a fundraiser for our Cultural Club.

For a number of years now we have celebrated Fête de la Musique, an annual music celebration that takes place on 21st June, a day when people are urged to play music outside in their neighbourhoods or in public spaces and parks. We are asking children, parents and staff to bring instruments to school and play during morning tea break between 11.00 and 11.30am that morning.

To support the launch of the Fieldays Sustainability Hub, which aims to provide easy access to accurate information about sustainability and the environment for all ages, we’re running a colouring-in competition. To enter, and for a chance to win a T-Rex Pest Trap and a $100 Prezzy Card, we’re asking kids to bring their entry to Fieldays (14-17 June) and pop it in the letterbox in the Sustainability Hub.

Please ensure you have a change of clothing packed in your child’s school bag each day. It is more important than ever during Terms 2 and 3.

A reminder, if you have not already done so, to please download our school app to your phone. This can be downloaded from either the Google Play Store or Apple App Store.

We would love it if you could collect the stickers from Yummy Apples and cut-outs from 1.5kg bags of Yummy Apples anytime now (if you haven’t already started) for Silverdale Normal School's share of sports gear. Some more good news – Yummy will be switching over to compostable stickers in the next few months.

Our students are able to join the school banking programme with First Credit Union! First Credit Union's Jimmy Jumper account is the perfect first savings account for any children aged up to 11 years old. There are no monthly account fees.

We have an amazing week lined up with bush walks, archery, air rifle, rock climbing, fire building and cooking, hut building, tenting (optional), orienteering, team building and confidence activities, & night activities. Based at Aongatete Lodge- near Katikati, BOP

Books for Kids in Grey Street is hosting the book launch for this lovely little NZ girls' soccer series Sat June 10th from 12.00 -2.00pm. Young players are invited to come in their soccer gear to meet author and former Football Fern Dr Michele Cox, who will be at the signing!

Lugton Park Squash Club is offering the opportunity for students aged 5 to 10 to try Squash for free in the month of June for 4 weeks from 5.00 – 6.00pm.