Wednesday 30 June Silverdale School Newsletter

Silverdale School Newsletter

Wednesday 30 June 2021

Kia ora, Talofa, Malo e leleli, Kia orana, Fakalofa lahi Atu, Taloha Ni, Ni sa bula, 你好, Namaste, 안녕하세요, Hola. 

Welcome

Welcome to Freddie Gardiner, Riley Farnhill and Damian Bruwer. Our current roll is 848.

Welcome 

Welcome to Sarah Campion who has started with us this week, Sarah is teaching in Room 5.

Welcome

Welcome to Robyn Joyce who will be teaching in Room 21 from Monday 23 August until the end of next year as maternity leave cover for Nicole Fletcher.

Term 2

Last Day of Term 2 is Friday 9 July, school will finish at 3.00pm. The first day of Term 3 is Monday 26 July.

Happy Birthday

Happy birthday to Jordan Johansen, Catherine Cai, Sofia Brown, Cayden Bloom, Brendon Zhang, Aimee Brehaut, Sammy Hart, Tatum Teo, Lisone Teo, Ayana Basil, Lydia Husselmann, Dylan Sung, Miller Wickman, Brandon Jordaan, Katherine Pang, Hudson Macky and Liam Daniels.

Matariki Celebrations 

Friday/Rāmere, te 2 o July/Hōngongoi to Friday/Rāmere, te 9 o July/Hōngongoi, our kura/school will be celebrating Matariki 2021 (Maori New Year) with various events and activities. Feel free to take a look at our Planning Overview here.

You are all invited to come along on Friday/Rāmere, te 2 o July/Hōngongoi to watch our Matariki performance in the school hall. This will be filled with performances by some of our talented tamariki. 

Over the course of the following week, there will be a number of activities, the most popular being our annual manu tukutuku/kite making. On Thursday//Rāpare, te 8 o July/Hōngongoi, at 11.25am, the whole kura/school will go with our whānau to Metro Park to fly our manu tukutuku/kites. 

Finally, on Friday/Rāmere, te 9 o July/Hōngongoi, we will have a shared morning tea in our rooms as a way to round off the week.

Key dates for Matariki:

Friday/Rāmere, te 2 o July/Hōngongoi

Matariki Performances (Open to whānau)

9:05am Performance for Years 0-2 and whānau

10:00am Performance for Years 3-6 and whānau

Tuesday/Rātū, te 6 o July/Hōngongoi

Bring in materials for kite making

Thursday//Rāpare, te 8 o July/Hōngongoi

Kite Flying at Metro Park (Open to whānau)

11.25am Meet on courts before walking down.

Friday/Rāmere, te 9 o July/Hōngongoi

Shared morning tea (Students to bring a plate with listed ingredients) (Kite flying weather contingency day)

PTA Disco

Thank you to our wonderful PTA who ran and organised our school disco last week. The children and adults all loved the disco and all had a great time. Thank you to everyone who helped out with this amazing event.

Our PTA are a group of fantastic, hard working parents who run amazing events for our children and our school community. I would like to thank our PTA for all their hard work and the fantastic effort they put into our school.

The PTA Matariki disco was such a success. On behalf of the PTA we would like to thank:

• Golstruct
• Bayleys 
• Clear energy
• Millwater Superette 
• DJ cards Elliot Cardwell
• Little black photo booth 
• All the amazing helpers

Thank you to all the children and parents for making last night such a successful night. We sold out of pretty much everything, even though we bought more than last year and the children had an absolute blast! Can’t wait to do it all over again next year!

Police Visit to School

Yesterday we were very lucky to have the Police visit our school. The Eagle Helicopter, Police Motorbike and Police Dog squad came to school and talked with our children. The children had a great time.

Kids Corner

A group of Year 5 boys have been learning about the water cycle, below is their explanation and model of a water cycle.

KERI Awards

Well done to the following children who received Caught by KERI awards at Monday’s assembly. 

Sushi Winners: Rhys Room 2 and Hudson Room 6

Principal Awards

Well done to the children who received principal awards at last week’s assembly.

Class and Sibling Photos

It’s that time of year again. Photolife is coming. Class and sibling Photos will be Monday 5 July and Tuesday 6 July. Team Photos will be Wednesday 7 July.

Sibling forms are in the office. Or email  the office and we can email you a copy.

These forms will need to be returned by FRIDAY 2 JULY 2pm. NO EXCEPTIONS.

A Big Thank You!!!

We are very excited to announce that Restore Hibiscus & Bays has just granted our Kura/ School $3000 to help with the management and removal of weeds in our ngahere/bush. You will be aware that this is a special Taonga and resource for our school and the children simply love ‘going bush!’ Once the weeds have been removed, it will be an even more exciting place for learning and exploring.  A special thank you to Kane Kvasnicka and Rachael Randal for all their support and help during this process. He mihi nui!

OREWA COLLEGE

Orewa College Enrolment

Applications are now open for 2022 enrolments.

Please visit our website www.orewacollege.nz under Information/Enrol.

Out of zone applications can be submitted the same way and close on 1 September, with a ballot taking place on 8 September 2021.

Y7 Information Evening is on Thursday, 26 August 2021 at 7.00pm in the Orewa College Arts & Events Centre.

Queries can be emailed to: enrolments@orewacollege.nz

THANK YOU! FREE UPGRADE OFFER EXTENDED!

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For the first time ever, anybody who purchases a $69.99 Single City Membership will be upgraded to a Multi City Membership valued at $119.99 for FREE! Hurry – this is for a limited time only.

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