Week 2 Wednesday 15 February
Thank you
Thank you to everyone for your support when we had to close the school due to Cyclone Gabrielle. I hope everyone was safe during this time. School had little damage and it was great to see the children back on Wednesday.
Welcome
Welcome to Alston Ma, Thea Li and Blake Hoffmann. Our current roll is 734.
Happy Birthday
Happy birthday to James Collins, Maggie Derriman , Carter Honore, Mae Dalere, Elsie Taiapa, Rosa Meng and Daniel Robinson.
Whole School Pōhiri/Pōwhiri
Our Whole School Pōhiri/Pōwhiri that was to welcome all our new students that was going to be held on Monday 13 February will now be held on Monday 20 February at 11.30am in the hall. Parents/caregivers are all welcome to attend.
Meet the Parent Evenings
Our Meet the Parent Evenings are being held on Wednesday 22 February and Thursday 23 February from 3.15pm to 6.00pm on both days. These interviews will be 10 minutes and the main purpose of these interviews is for you to let your child’s teacher know about your child. It is also a time for you to gain some information about how your child’s class will operate and learn about the journey your child is embarking on this year. Children will not be required to attend.
To make a booking go to: www.schoolinterviews.co.nz.
The school code is: rg7q5
Uniform
Children are expected to wear the school sun hat in Terms 1 and 4 at school. Silverdale School has a no hat, no play policy.
Shoes are a part of the uniform and should be worn to and from school. These should be completely black in colour and can either be sandals, lace-ups or buckle shoes. Headbands and hair ties for girls should be in one of the school colours (green, black or white). Students with long hair need to have it tied back. The only jewellery that is permitted are watches or stud earrings.
Car Parking
Just a reminder that there is no parking in both carparks at school. Please don’t park by the kindy as these parks are reserved for kindy parents. Thanks for your cooperation with this.
School Values
Our school values are:
Kindness/Atawhai
Excellence/Hiranga
Respect/Whakaute
Integrity/Ngākau pono
Our School Values in Chinese
Kindness – 善良
Excellence – 卓越
Respect – 尊重
Integrity – 正直
Our School Values in Korean
Kindness – 친절
Excellence – 우수
Respect – 존경
Integrity – 청렴
Our School Values in Afrikaans
Kindness – Goedhartigheid
Excellence – Uitnemendheid
Respect – Respek
Integrity – Integriteit
Our School Values in Hindi
Kindness – दयालुता
Excellence – उत्कृष्टता
Respect – आदर करना
Integrity – अखंडता
At Silverdale School we believe:
* positive behaviour can be learnt and difficult and disruptive behaviour can be unlearnt;
* individual children are not a ‘problem’ – we need to change the environment around them to support positive behaviour;
* punishing and isolating children doesn’t bring about long-term and sustainable changes in behaviour;
* we need to concentrate on a small number of evidence-based programmes and frameworks that we know work;
* there are no quick fixes. Behaviour change takes time.
We have already seen significant positive behaviour changes within our school. Our children are continually learning what it means to show Kindness/Atawhai, Excellence/Hiranga, Respect/Whakaute and Integrity/Ngākau pono and are continuously making great efforts to show these values.
If a child doesn’t know how to read, we teach.
If a child doesn’t know how to write, we teach.
If a child doesn’t know how to multiply, we teach
If a child doesn’t know how to swim, we teach.
If a child doesn’t know how to behave….we teach!
(adapted from Colvin, 2007)
These values came out of discussion with the children and staff in 2017. Our school-wide incentive programme is our Caught by KERI Stars, children can receive a Caught by KERI Stars for displaying one of our values. These Caught by KERI Stars and then collected and the children go into a draw to pick out of the prize box at our KERI assembly.
Getting to and from School
If your child/ren are walking/biking/scootering to or from school can you please go over with them how to do this safety. Below are some general tips.
How to stay safe when walking
- Use pedestrian crossings or cross at traffic signals.
- Stop and check at every driveway.
- Walk on the footpath, close to the houses and away from the road.
- Hold hands if walking with a young child near roads or in carparks.
Crossing the road, when there’s no pedestrian crossing
- be patient and cross the road only when it’s safe to do so (it takes time for a vehicle to stop)
- then use the kerb drill:
- Stop one step back from the kerb.
- Look and listen for traffic coming from all directions.
- If there is traffic coming, wait until it has passed and then look and listen for traffic again.
- If there is no traffic coming, walk quickly straight across the road.
- While crossing, look and listen for traffic, wherever it may come from.
When using a pedestrian crossing
- Use official crossings where possible – in fact, if you’re within 20 metres of a pedestrian crossing, the law requires you to use it.
- Check that approaching vehicles have seen you and can stop before you step out.
- Cross as quickly as you are able.
- For crossings with signals, only cross when the green person or message shows.
School Donations
Our school donation is $200 per child. This money was used to pay for a large number of additional curriculum resources, subsidise a number of school wide activities such as swimming, production, art, dance and drama resources, sporting functions, developmental material and related photocopying and other essential resources. No child was excluded from using these resources but it does seem that quite a number of families relied on the goodwill of others to support their child.
Each term the BOT puts all the names of those donations that have been made into a draw to give one child the chance to have their fees paid for the following term. The families that have received these in the past have been very grateful. We understand that a donation is voluntary and that it can be at times very difficult to manage. Mrs Reid in the office, is very happy to discuss possible arrangements for meeting this cost for your child. Each small contribution adds up across the course of time and helps to enhance the substance of this school.
A huge thank you to all those families who paid their donation last year.
Newsletters
Newsletters will be sent home each Wednesday. We will be emailing newsletters to each family. If you wish to have a paper copy please let your child’s teacher know. If your email address has changed from last year please send us your new email address so we can update our records.
2023 Term Dates
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Term
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Start
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Finish
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Term 1
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Tuesday 8 February
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Thursday 6 April
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Term 2
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Monday 24 April
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Friday 30 June
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Term 3
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Monday 17 July
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Friday 29 September
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Term 4
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Monday 9 October
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Wednesday 20 December
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Pick Up and Drop off Students
Scheduled Appointments
If you have a scheduled appointment for your child during school hours please follow these instructions:
- Email the teacher (all teachers emails are on the School Website) before 8.30am with the time you will be collecting your child.
- You will pick up your child from the stop, drop, go area.
- Please stay in your car and call or text this number 0273369199 telling us you are at school.
- We will send your child to you, please stay in your car.
- Please call or text this number 0273369199 telling us that you have your child.
Early Pick Up
If you need to pick your child up from school before 3.00pm please follow these instructions:
- Email the office what time you need to pick up your child. office@silverdaleprimary.school.nz
- You will pick up your child from the stop, drop, go area.
- Please stay in your car and call or text this number 0273369199 telling us you are at school.
- We will send your child to you, please stay in your car.
- Please call or text this number 0273369199 telling us that you have your child.
Late Drop Off
If you are dropping your child to school late, please do not get out of your car just send your child to their classroom, they do not need to go to the office.
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