Newsletter – Wednesday 25 June

Newsletter – Wednesday 25 June

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. 

Waha Ātea Opening

Last week with immense joy and pride as we officially unveiled our magnificent Waha Ātea – Te Pae Kārearea. This new entranceway isn’t just a structure; it’s a timeless symbol of our school’s connection to local history, identity, and te ao Māori. The opening was held during Matariki, was a poignant occasion for storytelling, honouring our past, celebrating our present, and envisioning our future, firmly establishing the Waha Ātea as a sacred taonga for our entire community.

Te Pae Kārearea, marks a pivotal milestone in Silverdale School’s journey of “Learn to Journey, Journey to Learn.” This ambitious project was “written by many hands over many years,” blossomed from a shared vision and a growing awareness of the vital importance of place, language, and identity in our kura.

Recognising our kura’s visual story needed richer reflection, we successfully secured Creatives in Schools funding. This enabled a powerful collaboration with the talented artist and kapa haka kaiako Lee-Anne Wade, a valued member of our local marae, and the skilled kai whakairo (carver) Poutama Heteraka, who holds deep mana whenua connections to this area.

Past Deputy Principal Kat Porter, Laura Webster, and Whaea Cerys worked closely with our creative team and ākonga, collectively exploring the fundamental questions of “Who are we? Where have we come from? What do we carry into the future?”. Whaea Lee-Anne’s profound knowledge of tikanga and kaupapa Māori, coupled with her strong relationships, proved instrumental in gathering our community’s stories and walking the whenua. Poutama then meticulously brought these narratives to life through his design, firmly grounding the Waha Ātea in Silverdale’s unique identity.

Mid-Year Achievement and Progress Report

We are now ready to share your child’s Mid-Year Achievement and Progress Report with you on Thursday 26 June. This will be emailed to you directly from SchoolTalk.

This report gives a snapshot of where your child is currently achieving in relation to the new Refreshed English Curriculum and the Refreshed Mathematics and Statistics Curriculum, Te Mātaiaho. It will show a graph of achievement outlining how your child is progressing against each of the New Zealand Curriculum expectations for Reading, Writing, Oral Language and Mathematics, along with three next steps that your child will be working towards.

In conjunction with this report we will be holding learning conversations on Wednesday 16 July and Thursday 17 July which will enable the teacher to talk to you in depth about your child’s learning. Please see the school newsletter for further details.

Attached to this newsletter to an information sheet explaining the Mid-Year Achievement and Progress Report.

Welcome 

Welcome to Yinuo Liu and Marley Nuttall who started with us this week.

 

Happy Birthday 

Happy birthday to Harper Wiltshire, Lucas Blenkinsop, Somya Joshi, Senuki Gunawardana, Owen Shu, Sam Lyons, Queena Hu, Hudson Clough, Brendon Zhang, Katherine Pang, Hudson Macky, Presence Admore, Raymond Li, Paige Harris, Hazel Bulkeley, Ethan Yang, Tiffany Zheng, Yu Wang, Ryleigh Karlin, Edward Gee, Ahil Goel, Sofia Spurr, Nasa Gillespie, Albie Donaghy, Mianka Claassens, Daniel Penn Sawers, Mikayla Cloete, Lucas Che, Parker Snell, Beau Taylor and Ella Petersen.

 

Term 2 Thank You

I want to extend a massive thank you to everyone who has helped out at school this term. Your contributions, big or small, are truly appreciated and vital to our success.

We particularly value your ongoing support for our fantastic teaching and learning programmes. The strong partnership between home and school is incredibly important for our children’s learning journey. When you support school activities and engage with us, you’re not just helping out; you’re actively building those strong relationships that make such a positive difference for every child.

Thank you again for being such an integral part of our Silverdale School community. We’re truly grateful for everything you do.

 

Last Day

The last day of term 2 is Friday 27 June, school will be finishing at the normal time. I wish everyone a relaxing and safe break. Term 3 will start on Monday 14 July.

 

Lost Property

We have a mountain of lost property if your child is missing any uniform please come into school to search for it.

 

Farewell

Farewell to Josh Storey who was our garden specialist in our Garden to Table programme. His last day will be Thursday 26 June. Josh has been a valued member of our Silverdale School community. I wish Josh the best of luck in the future.

 

Learning Conservations – Wednesday 16 July and Thursday 17 July

These conversations are later that normal because of the updated New Zealand Curriculum.

The learning conversations are three-way conferences with the teacher, child and parent. Three-way conferences take the form of a conversation between the child, the parents and the teacher as they sit together and talk about the child’s learning, with the child taking an equal role. This approach give children an opportunity to share with their parents their growth as a learner. The three-way conferences are designed to achieve one or more of the following goals:

• to help children demonstrate evidence of learning,
• to teach children the process of reflection and self-evaluation,
• to facilitate the development of child’s organisational and oral communication skills and to increase their self-confidence,
• to encourage children, parents, and teachers to engage in open and honest dialogue,
• to encourage children to accept personal responsibility for their learning.

Times for Learning Conversations are:

Wednesday 16 July 3:15pm – 6:15pm and Thursday 17 July 12:30pm – 6:15pm 

On Thursday 17 July the school will close at 12.00pm, can you please collect your child at this time this is only for Thursday 17 July.

Each learning conversation session lasts for 15 minutes.

To book a learning conversations with your child’s teacher go to https://www.schoolinterviews.co.nz/ and use the code u7ctw

 

2025 Matariki at Silverdale School

Kia ora e te whānau,

From Thursday/Tāite 19 ō Hune/June to Friday/Paraire, te 27 ō July/Hurei, our kura will be celebrating Matariki 2025 (Maori New Year) with various events and activities. 

On Tāite/Thursday 26 o Hune/June, at 12:50pm, the whole kura/school will walk to Metro Park to fly our manu tukutuku/kites at 1.00pm. This is always a hit with the tamariki and you are all welcome to come along.

On Paraire/Friday 27 o Hune/June, we will have a shared morning tea in our classrooms, so students will need to bring in something to share.

 

Key dates for Matariki

Thursday/Tāite 26 o June/Hune- Kite Flying at Metro Park (Open to whānau, meet at Metro Park at 1.00pm).

Friday/Paraire 27 o June/Hune – Shared morning tea (Students to bring a plate with listed ingredients).

PTA News

Quiz Night

Friday 1 August, see information below.

Congratulations 

Congratulations to our Year 6 netball team who went to the Netball North Harbour field day at Northcote, last week.

They played really well against some very competitive teams. They represented the school well and maintained their KERI Values. The team finished 7th out of 20 teams and second in their section.

Thank you to their coach Christine Boshoff, and the parents who assisted on the day.

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