Newsletter Wednesday 26 April

Newsletter – Wednesday 26 April

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

Welcome Back

Welcome everyone to Term 2. A HUGE welcome to our new families. It was great to see so many happy faces coming into school on Monday. 

If you have any concerns or questions about what is happening at school please contact your child’s teacher. To contact your child’s classroom teacher there are a number of ways, phone, email or face to face. All staff email addresses are on our website. www.silverdaleprimary.school.nz.  If you would like to see me personally please contact the school to make an appointment. 

 

2023 Engage in Your Child’s Learning

We are holding a 2023 Engage in Your Child’s Learning evening, Thursday 11 May at 6.30pm, in the school hall, during this evening we will be giving information about:

• The Resilience Project
• Wellbeing at Silverdale School
• Digital Citizenship
• How to engage in your child’s learning
• What our teaching and learning programmes look like throughout the school

Child care will be available and nibbles and drinks will be supplied.

 

Our Mission 

To actively prepare each child to take responsibility for their own life-long learning, values and behaviour, in partnership with the home and community.

 

Our Values

Our Silverdale School values are:

Kindness/ Atawhai

Excellence/ Hiranga

Respect/ Whakaute

Integrity/ Ngākau pono

 

Our Learner Assets

Our Silverdale School learner assets are:

Self Manager

Communicator

Collaborator

Innovator

As a school we strive to support our whanau and community to establish strong values in our children. We look forward to working together with you to instil these wonderful values in our tamariki.

 

Welcome

Welcome to Billie O’Connor, Chase Vannan, Kira Vannan, Sybil Kelly, Daniel van Staden, Zahra Syed, Averie Zou, Lucy Garnett, Jacob Holland, James Doesburg, Max Doesburg, Tom Bowater, Leila Kanji, Luca Hoshino, Shaylinn Spasimante, Ailin Ramazan, Te Ahikā Winitana, Ejay Bracero, Dean Palad and Lexis Paranihi. Our current roll is 772.

 

New Staff

Please welcome Suzanne Prakash who is starting with us in the reception room with Therese and Khalla Herrick and Mindy Jeffs who is starting with us as learning assistant’s.

 

Happy Birthday

Happy birthday to Matthew Hurter, Florence Ma, Leo Naufahu, Evelina Mikaelian, James Campion, Charlize Neilson, Elimyss Caingod, Andrew Baek, Vaani Kumar, Lau Senekal, Kayla Ross, Gracie Mikosza, Kaden Scott, Arton Fenelus, Olivia Bowater, Ellie Tuohy and Ben Crossman.

 

2023 Term Dates

Term	Start	Finish
Term 2	Monday 24 April	Friday 30 June
Term 3	Monday 17 July	Friday 22 September
Term 4	Monday 9 October	Tuesday 19 December

Teacher Only Day

The school will be closed on Friday 2 June for an Kāhui Ako ki Orewa teacher only day with Orewa Primary School, Wainui School, Dairy Flat School and Orewa Beach School, Orewa College, Ahutoetoe School and Nukumea School.

 

KERI

KERI is our school mascot who is the guardian of our school. KERI is a karearea and the karearea was chosen because it was our Year 7/8 intermediate team name. Also it is a strong and resilient bird whose prowess is clearly recognised.

Like the karearea, we want our learners to take their learning to new heights. We want them to take risks in their learning and constantly push their boundaries exploring their learning world. We want them to try new challenges and share their growing learning power.

Our Team Names Meaning

The choice of Te Ōhanga (The Nest), Kiwi, Pūkeko, Tūī as our team name fits with our school motto – Learn to Journey – Journey to Learn, Ako ki te Haere – Haere ki te Ako, from our fledgling learners through to our learners who push the boundaries of their learning.

 

Team Te Ōhanga

A nest provides those that live in it all that they require to survive; food, warmth and shelter. It is a place to be nurtured and loved.

Our nest for the Year 0 and 1’s is the starting place for all our learners to begin their learning journey. Everyone starts in the nest needing similar requirements to help them grow and become independent. The Nest nurtures our students and makes them have a love for coming to school, a love for learning, and realise that school is a place to have fun. ​

Team Kiwi

The kiwi is well grounded searching through the undergrowth for their food, ideally adapted to suit their environment. While they do not use their wings they are still there ready to use should the need arise. 

Our young learners are like this, fossicking amongst all that is to be learned, absorbed and adapted to suit the environment and each individual.

Team Pūkeko

The pūkeko is a bird that takes ownership of its world, engaging in short bursts of flight. The pūkeko is eternally inquisitive, wanting to know everything that goes on about it.

Our Year 3 and 4 learners are like this – taking those bursts into learning, retracing their steps, seeking clarity and beginning to really push those boundaries of  learning.

Team Tūī

The tūī is a striking bird who is no longer a ground dweller but seeks to explore the tree tops. The tūī is one of the early birds to announce its presence and sing with great skill and delight.

Our young people in Team Tūī are like these birds. They are flexing their learning muscles, enjoying life and take their learning into the wider world. They embrace life and learning.

The Resilience Project

We are pleased to have The Resilience Project’s wellbeing curriculum in our classrooms this year. The Resilience Project delivers emotionally engaging programs and provides evidence-based, practical strategies to build resilience. As part of the programme students will take part in weekly lessons and will receive their own journal/workbook.

 

Kelly Club is kindly subsidising the cost for our students. The $10 fee goes towards the cost of the journal for your child. If you are interested in finding out more about the programme visit https://theresilienceproject.org.nz/

 

The Resilience Project is a schoolwide programme from Year 0-6 that provides practical, evidence-based, positive mental health strategies to build resilience and happiness. The programme focuses on three key pillars that have been proven to cultivate positive emotion; Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness (GEM). The programme also has a strong focus on Connection, Purpose, Kindness, Emotional Literacy and Physical Health. As part of the programme children receive a journal that they will use in their weekly lessons.

Welcome back to school after the school holidays newsletter

 

Digital Presentations

Martin Heppell is the star of digital presentations. 

Parent/carer presentations – 5 x videos and program information (no login for parents). Click this link to access the parent modules.  https://theresilienceproject.com.au/parent-and-carer-hub/

For a more detailed bio on Martin, please click the following link – https://theresilienceproject.com.au/about/

 

TRP @ Home helps to connect the GEM principles with our families. 

• TRP@Home provides families with resources, ideas and activities to practice GEM whilst at home.
• TRP@Home also includes a blog with articles relating to the GEM and its practice.
• Take home activities on TRP@Home linked to the classroom lessons. 
• To visit TRP @ Home https://theresilienceproject.com.au/at-home/

School Donation

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 Silverdale School Board 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.   

Our full refund winner for paying the $200 donation before 1 March is Joshua Van Wyk, Room 27.

Our term 1 refund winner is Jordan Thomson, Room 17.

A huge thank you to all those families who have paid their donation this year.

Walking School Bus

What is a Walking School Bus?

It is a group of children who walk together to/from school with parent supervisors along a set route.

Why should I join a Walking School Bus?

There are so many benefits of a walking school bus! Parents get to connect with one another, children get to have fun and get active. There is less congestion at school gates with more people walking which helps to improve the safety of the roads around schools.

Details for our current walking school bus routes:

Route A – Start 8:15am 11 Harris Drive : Bankside Rd : Silverdale School.

Route A – 3 days a week (days vary). Contact Sophie 021 8000 98

Route B – Start 8:20am 14 Skipjack : Whaley Greens : Manuel Rd : Walkway down to  Miller Rise : Bankside Rd : Silverdale School.

Route B – 5 days a week. Contact Kate 021 258 6275

Route C – Starts 8:25am Crn Arbors Track & Madison Terrace : Bankside Rd : Silverdale School. 

Route C – 5 days a week. Contact Alice 021 047 3043.

Please contact route coordinators for more information. 

Anyone interested in starting another route please get in touch with Louise Cameron. (Louise.Cameron@at.govt.nz)

North Harbour Softball will be offering a Softball Fundamentals Coaching Programme in Term 2, starting on Thursday May 4th. Children can go straight from class to the school field and join in comprehensive coaching sessions,  teaching throwing and catching skills, striking and hitting off a tee and rules of the game. All equipment is provided for the children to use and is open for children from Year 2-6. Parents do not need to attend or stay during the sessions, but you are also most welcome to attend and watch from the sideline

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