Newsletter – Wednesday 19 November

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Newsletter – Wednesday 19 November

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.

Giving Effect to the Principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi

With Parliament passing amendments to the Education and Training Act removing the requirement for school boards to give effect to the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. I want to let everyone know that Te Tiriti o Waitangi is and will remain, an essential part of our kura’s governance and leadership. The government’s decision in this matter does not align with our KERI Values or the vision we hold for our tamariki and our community. Silverdale School will continue to uphold Te Tiriti in our kura.

Sustainability Challenge

Last week we had a large number of children from Team Tūī representing our school at Auckland Councils Sustainability Challenge.

What is the Sustainability Challenge?

It’s a race for teams of 4 students, who will compete in a two-hour event, which includes a mix of running/walking, navigation and sustainability-based activities. Teams have to navigate to as many checkpoints as they can, collecting points for each checkpoint visited. To earn extra points teams can complete sustainability themed activities which will require some research and teamwork. Examples of activities could be to identify native bird calls, match a pest to the correct trap used or make something from flax.

This event aims to help students:

Foster a sense of kaitiakitanga for our Auckland regional parks, raise awareness of how special they are, the threats posed to them and how students can make a difference by taking positive action for the environment.
Work together as a team developing key competencies
Enjoy and value the ‘ecological sustainability’ of our regional parks.

This event took place on 14 November at Long Bay Regional Park.

Our team of Maddy, Ana, Alice and Alinda came fourth overall and won the Year 5-8 event. Well done girls.Thank you to everyone who helped out on the day. Thank you to Whaea Pip, our fantastic enviro teacher for organising all the teams.

Happy Birthday

Happy birthday to Evie Remihana, Asher Kanji, Ethan Zhao, Hana Marami, Jordyn Torbet, Carter Ross, Tamer Alqaq, Livia Yang, Tyler Hemana, Harry Yang, William Kim, Devyn Smith, Hana Lingard, Anna Ku, Lexi Ross, Noelle Deviatova, Pipi Ruka, Mitchell Gillies, Alice Bowater, Zaiden Matthews, Max Hastings, Huriwhenua Parata and Aiden Havenga.

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.

	Team Te Ōhanga	Team Kiwi	Team Pūkeko	Team Tūī
Kindness/Atawhai	Eden	Cohen	Felix	Abby
Excellence/Hiranga	Amelia	Harper	Ara	Aviel
Respect/Whakaute	Daniel	Abby	Cara	Sereen
Integrity/Ngākau pono	Via	Wilson	Daniel	Abby

Assembly Presenters

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

Silverdale Snakes Leaving the Court on Top.

On Tuesday 4 November, the Silverdale Snakes won the Basketball League C Grand Final at Stanmore Bay. This was a great finale for the team, most ofthe team has been representing Silverdale School for the last 4 years and it was a great way to send them off. The team had a perfect record in the regular games and continued this into the finals. The team had a great team spirit and their hard work in training certainly paid off.

Coach: Jack Donaghy

Team