Parking
If you are parking on the grass opposite the school can you please role model to your children to use the traffic lights to cross Longmore Lane. I have seen some near misses by people trying to cross the road by the gate. Please walk to the lights and cross the road. This is the safest way to cross Longmore Lane. The traffic is increasing using Longmore Lane and I don’t want to see anyone get hurt trying to cross a busy road.
PTA
Congratulations to the following people:
Chairperson – Davina Tahere
Secretary – Jackie Gardner
Treasurer – Aimee Coventry
COVID-19 (novel coronavirus).
During the weekend there has been much media coverage on this topic.
You may be wondering what Silverdale School is doing to plan and prepare for an event like this.
The Ministries of Education and Health have been providing excellent communications to school principals on this issue for the last few weeks.
If you have checked our Pandemic Planning Policy on-line you will have seen that school specific content is no longer there. Instead we will follow the daily updates from the Ministry of Education and Health.
Here is the current advice to us all:
Everybody should follow the following basic principles to reduce the risk of getting an acute respiratory infection or passing it on to others:
– regularly washing hands (for at least 20 seconds with warm water and soap and dry thoroughly).
– covering your mouth and nose when you sneeze.
– staying home if you are sick.
– avoiding close contact with anyone with cold or flu-like symptoms.
– if you feel unwell you should avoid public gatherings and events.
Here are two links for those who wish to read more.
Ministry of Education
http://www.education.govt.nz/school/health-safety-and-wellbeing/student-and-staff-health/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov/
Ministry of Health
https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/covid-19-novel-coronavirus (English)
https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-xin-xing-guan-zhuang-bing-du-xin-xi (Chinese)
Kids Corner
Room 28/30 are taking part in the NZ School Kit writing this term. This involves having a partner class in another part of New Zealand who they will be sharing their writing and poetry with. They have started this by looking at some of the ‘naughty’ things we have done as young children and modeling this around the poetry of Carlos William’s poem ‘This Is Just To Say’.
This Is Just To Say
William Carlos Williams – 1883-1963
I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
Room 28/30
THIS IS JUST TO SAY POETRY…
This Is Just To Say
I have cut the barbies hair
That was my sisters
And which she was probably wanting to play with
Forgive me it was very funny
So mean and so evil
India Beven Room 28
This Is Just To Say
I have eaten
The Ice-cream
That was for the family
And which you were probably saving
Forgive me it was yummy
So sweet
And so delicious.
Isabella Pretorius Room30
This Is Just To Say
I have deliberately
tried unlocking the phone
that belonged to my Mum
that was on the couch
and you were going to tell me off.
Forgive me
it was so tempting
so dark and so evil.
Felix Love Room30
Principal Awards
Well done to all the children who received Principal Awards at last week’s assembly.
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