Newsletter – Wednesday 14 May

Newsletter – Wednesday 14 May

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

Welcome to Braxton Hoefhamer and Ivira Nglam who started with us this week. Our current roll is 662.

Happy Birthday

Happy birthday to Seth Minnaar, Liam Halliday, Nixon Holtom, Ishaan Singh, Tatum Harris, Benjamin McSkimming, Max Steynberg, Matt Dalere, Evie Burgess, Yash Karnati, Johanna Sayo, Apolosi Vaea, Ricky Zhang, Jessie Geng, Hugo Dodson, Kevein Liyanaarachchi, Chane Boshoff and Lachlan Whittaker.

Mothers/Significant Adult Morning

Thank you to everyone who came along to Mothers/Significant Adult Morning on Monday morning. It was great to see so many people at school enjoying all the activities the teachers had organised. Your presence made the morning a great success, and we appreciate you taking the time to connect with your children and our school community.

Book Week

Book Week will be taking place this term from Friday 9 May to Thursday 15 May. The Scholastic Book Fair will be held in our school library. Please come in that week and look at the range of books and other items available for sale. Details of the times it will be open are below and will also be on notices around the school. 

On Thursday 15 May we will finish off Book Week with our traditional Book Character Parade in the hall. Students take part in a parade dressed up as a favourite book character. Please start getting your child to think about which character they would like to come dressed up as. All are welcome to attend the parades.

For the Year 0-2 classes the Book Character Parade will take place in the hall at 9.00am – 9.40 am.

For the Year 3-4 classes the Book Character Parade will take place in the hall at 9.40am – 10.20am. 

For the Year 5-6 classes the Book Character Parade will take place in the hall at 10.40am – 11.20am.

Principal Awards

Congratulations to the students who received principal awards at last week’s assembly.

KERI Awards

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

Assembly Presenters

Congratulations to our assembly presenters at last week’s assembly.

Get Involved! Sponsor Silverdale School’s Country Show Day 2025!

Excitement is building as we plan our biggest and most anticipated fundraising event of the year: the Silverdale School Country Show Day! Mark your calendars for Saturday, 18 October 2025, as it’s shaping up to be the biggest event in Silverdale this year, and we want you to be a part of it!

We’re now offering fantastic opportunities for local businesses to partner with us through Country Show Day sponsorship. This is a prime chance to showcase your business to the wider Silverdale community and support our tamariki and school.

Interested in becoming a sponsor? For more information on our various sponsorship packages and the marketing benefits available, please email the Silverdale PTA at silverdalepta@gmail.com and request our Sponsorship Expressions of Interest document.

Do you have items to donate to our famous Silent Auction? Your generous contributions help us make the Country Show Day a huge success! If you have any products or services you’d like to donate, please email the PTA at silverdalepta@gmail.com with details of your contribution.

We appreciate your support in making our Country Show Day a memorable and successful event for our students and the Silverdale community!

Pink Shirt Mufti Day – Friday 16 May

We are encouraging children to dress in pink to support Pink Shirt Day. We want our school to become a sea of pink. By taking part in Pink Shirt Day on Friday 16 May, we’re doing our part to eliminate bullying by celebrating diversity and promoting kindness and inclusion.

Kōrero Mai, Kōrero Atu, Mauri Tū, Mauri Ora – Speak Up, Stand Together, Stop Bullying!

Whole School Fun Run – Friday 16 May

Our school will have a Pink Shirt Mufti Day and Whole School Fun Run on Friday 16 May beginning at 10.40am. 

Approx times for the fun run:

• 10.40am Whole School to meet on the courts in class lines.
• 10.45am Team Tūī Fun Run (1 lap compulsory / 2 laps optional) 
• 10.55am Team Pūkeko Fun Run (1 lap compulsory / 2 laps optional) 
• 11.00am Team Te Õhanga and Team Kiwi Fun Run (1 lap compulsory / 2 laps optional) 

• Students should run in shoes.

Teacher Only Day

The school will be closed on Friday 30 May for an Kāhui Ako ki Orewa teacher only day with Orewa Primary School, Wainui School, Dairy Flat School and Orewa Beach School, Ahutoetoe School and Nukumea School.

Please return the sibling photo request form to the office no later than Monday 19 May for sibling photos.

Sports Team Photos – Last chance.

If you are the manager/or coach of a Silverdale School sports team and would like a team photo while Photolife are here (20, 21 and 22 May), please contact the office no later than FRIDAY 16 MAY with the following details:

– Sport

– Team Name

– Manager / Coach name

– Players full names

Year 5 and 6 Interschool Athletics

At the end of last term we took the winners of our Year 5 and 6 Athletics Day to compete in our cluster inter school competition. All the children did Silverdale School proud, with a few getting places in events.

Year 6

Hudson Macky

1st in High Jump

2nd in Discuss

Mianka Claassens

1st in Shot Put

Thalia Carter 

3rd in High Jump

Kyra Geens

1st in Long Jump

Year 5

Ada Hefer

1st in Shot Put 

Alice Bowater

3rd in 800m

Thank you to our Newsletter Sponsors

Community Notices

School Uniform Co upcoming break: 

School Uniform Co will be closed from Friday 30th May – Friday 6th June for a family holiday.

Parents will still be able to order, but no orders will be dispatched until Monday 9th  June.