Newsletter 25 August 2016

25 August 2016
Newsletter 14
PRINCIPALS MESSAGE
CONTENTS
Dear Parents and Caregivers
Kia Ora
UNION MEETING
The New Zealand Education Institute has requested its members attend a Paid Union
Meeting on September 9 at 1.30pm. NZEI are entitled to have paid union meetings twice in
a year. Browns Bay School will remain open during the afternoon. We are organising an
alternative programme for the Friday afternoon with school closing at the usual time of
3pm.
“RED”
A Production the size of “RED” is quite a massive undertaking and as a school community we
are very fortunate in having the facilities and people such as Karen Warren to lead the
process. Karen has been working tirelessly this term in the development of the Production.
Karen has been fortunate in being supported by our creative Year 4 to 6 teachers who have
shown great skills with the dances, props, costumes, acting and drama.
Principals Message
 Union Meeting
 RED
 ERO Report
Upcoming Events
School Events
 Super Stars
 Full School
Assembly
 Cluster Hockey
 Rippa/Rugby
Field Day
 Student
Achievement
Notices
 School Beanie
 Daffodil Day
 2017 Dates
 School Property
 Production
 Gastroenteritis
FOTS
Community Notices
These events tend to take over the class curriculum, yet it is amazing how much learning
can be gained from such an occasion. The actors are learning the power of voice and
movement to dramatically express speech. The dancers are learning to pace their
movements with the rest of their group and to the music. The Production is an opportunity
for our students to be part of a large event where they can work as a team, be on stage, and
be under lights in front of a large audience - it is an experience our children will remember
for a long time. In educational terms it is “a powerful form of expression that … through
movement, sound, and image, transform people’s creative ideas into expressive works that communicate layered
meanings.” (NZ Curriculum). We are also aiming for our students to have a fun time … and to all involved “break a
leg”.
ERO REPORT
The School report is now online (see link)
www.ero.govt.nz/review-reports/browns-bay-school-08-08-2016/
Peter Mulcahy
UPCOMING EVENTS
A full schedule of events for Term 3 is available on our website calendar with the most current events included in
each newsletter.
Friday 26 August – Daffodil Day (Mufti)
Wednesday 31 August – Maori Whanau Hui 7.30pm
Friday 2 September – Full School Assembly Y2
Monday 5 September – Dental Van until Sept 9
Friday 9 September – Paid Union Meeting 1.30pm
(School open)
Tuesday 30 August – X Country (31 Aug Save-day)
Wednesday 31 August – Room 14 Conferences
Wednesday 07 September – Tickets go on sale for School
Production - RED
Thursday 08 September – Room 14 Conferences
Wednesday 14 September – FOTS Meeting – 7.30pm
ROOM 14 CONFERENCES
Parent-teacher conferences for Room 14 parents and students with Mrs Hartley will be held over two weeks at the
following times:
2.15 pm – 6.30pm
Wednesday
31 August
2.15 pm – 6.30pm
Thursday
8 September
Parents must book their interviews online through www.schoolinterviews.co.nz. The website is live today. Please
enter this address into your browser, and enter the event code: nkhgu
SCHOOL EVENTS
SUPER STARS
At the last full school assembly, the following pupils received certificates for their achievements:
YEAR 0/1 TEAM – Lexi Jones 7, Lexi White 8, Amelia Rowlands 9, Tia Billinghurst 11, Jasmine Fair 12, Riley Stuart 13
YEAR 2 TEAM – Elaine Chen 3, Sophie Higgins 4, Ruby Wandler 5, Eli McLean 6
YEAR 3 TEAM – Rhiannon Dennis 1, Charlie Ellis 2, Jackson Brown 14, Caitlyn Brading 15
YEAR 4 TEAM – Ella Williscroft 16, Grace Hirst 24, Daniella Kieser 25, Maia Lee 26
YEAR 5 TEAM – Madison Costello 17, Talia Mills 22, Emily Rhodes 23
YEAR 6 TEAM – Daniella Glen 18, Rosalie Gerlach 19, Brooke Taylor 20, Nahye Rhim 21
VALUES CUP - Anna Gorbey R21
ARTS AWARD – Lauren Agar R21
ACHIEVEMENT CUP – Niki Begic R22
SPORTS CUP – Riley Sheldon R19, Kaiden Kenny R19
SERVICE TO SCHOOL – Jack Murray R21
FULL SCHOOL ASSEMBLY – YEAR 0 AND YEAR 1
Year 0's and Year 1's hosted a fairy tale full school assembly.
CLUSTER HOCKEY
Browns Bay sent both year 5 and 6 boys and girls teams to the
Cluster Day at Harbour Hockey. The Neon Ninja girls’ team
competed extremely well coming away 2nd overall in the girl’s
competition. They have worked hard over the course of the season
and have continued to exhibit dedication and commitment to their
team and improving their skills.
The BBS Panthers boys’ team showed incredible determination and
despite the team consisting mostly of players new to hockey, their
skills have come a long way. They all showed spectacular
sportsmanship on the field and have continued to show Browns Bay
values on and off the field.
After playing 3 matches each, Browns Bay took the bronze medal
coming out 3rd overall at the cluster day. Congratulations to all
players for a fantastic season. You have made Browns Bay School
and your coaches extremely proud.
A special congratulations to the following players who have made
the North Harbour Hockey Representative Development Squad:
Cleo Loader, Nicole Waretini, Hayley Boyce, Amy Lees Baker, Jaimie
Miller, Anna Greenhalgh and Alex McDonald.
RIPPA/ RUGBY – FINAL FIELD DAY
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
Daniel Brunton obtained a silver medal for the
individual kumite category at the Auckland
Open Karate Championships. Well done,
Daniel!
SCHOOL NOTICES
SCHOOL BEANIE
The new school beanie has arrived! The beanie is available for sale from the school office at $15.00 each. We only
have a small initial supply so it will be first in, first served.
DAFFODIL DAY – TOMORROW!
The school will be supporting the Cancer Society’s annual Daffodil Day appeal on Friday 26th
August. This appeal provides us with a wonderful opportunity to remember and support those
affected by cancer.
All children are invited to wear mufti to school, with a yellow theme, and bring a gold coin donation
which will be passed onto the Cancer Society.
2017 SCHOOL DATES:
Term 1
Term 2
Term 3
Term 4
Tuesday 31 January to Friday 15 December
Tuesday 31 January
to
Thursday 13 April
(holidays include Easter and ANZAC Day)
Monday 1 May
to
Friday 7 July
Monday 24 July
to
Friday 29 September
Monday 16 October
to
Friday 15 December
Public Holidays are:
Waitangi Day
Queen’s Birthday
Labour Day
Monday 6 February
Monday 5 June
Monday 23 October
In 2017 we have set aside one day to use as a Teacher Only Day for teacher professional development. On this day
the school is closed. This day is to be advised and we will give plenty of warning.
SCHOOL PROPERTY
The Property Team have reported that they are finding incidences of vandalism around the school. This year we have
had to repair windows, a skylight, outdoor lighting structures and several planters. We have also noticed people are
entering the school pool enclosure; as a result of this we have put higher fencing in place to ensure all people on our
site are safe. This is not a new area of concern for the school yet we have noticed the cost of repairing damaged
items is increasing (Junior slide $2000 and Skylights $1000). The BOT is looking at alternative ideas to ensure the
school property is secure.
If you are using the school grounds and see anything of concern or somebody behaving suspiciously please call our
security team (phone number on stickers on buildings) or the North Shore Police.
PRODUCTION
‘Red’ – update.
Week 5 and we are now working together on the stage for the first time after 4 weeks of
workshopping and skills building. Things are coming together very nicely and a priority for us right now is to fine
tune and communicate the organisation required for costumes, props, makeup and hair. With so many children
involved and extremely busy teachers, this takes an awful lot of coordinating! We are hoping to get this information
out tomorrow – if not, then very early next week. We are trying to send it all out in one hit to make it easier for
home planning. Tickets will go on sale in a week or so – notices will be sent out to families of cast and crew detailing
nights of performances, (including which nights the Year 3’s are performing), performance times etc. Our hall will be
jam packed for the three evening performances with record numbers of performers this year. Have you noticed our
fantastic billboards?? Please email any questions you may have to me [email protected].
SUSPECTED GASTREOENTERITIS OUTBREAK AT TAIAOTEA KINDERGARTEN
We have continued to not notice anything outside our normal sickness incidences yet as a precaution we would
appreciate any child suffering from vomiting and / or diarrhoea does not attend school until free of any symptoms
for at least 48 hours.
FOTS – Friends of the School
FOTS Discretionary Fund
One week to go until applications close - Friday, 02 September 2016.
FOTS has an allocation of funds to assist small projects at BBS. We are inviting applications from within the school
community for this fund. If you are a staff member, a coach or a helper and require financial support to assist your
work or initiative, please get in touch for an application form by contacting either Jacky Carr by
email: [email protected] or Sarah Smith and Jan O'Connor-Brown: [email protected]
Applications need to be submitted at the school office reception by Friday 02 Sept.
Fun on the dance floor
The junior and senior discos were held on Friday, August 12. It was a big night of fun for the students and we raised
over $4000 for our school! Thanks so much to all the staff, parents/caregivers who helped coordinate money
and tickets, set up the disco and worked on the stalls during the events. We couldn't have done it without you! A
special thanks to the BBS staff for their loads of help on the night and to the FOTS Disco committee: Katy Dakin,
Carmen Chatterton, Helen Lees-Baker, Sarah Swift and Jacky Carr.
FOTS would like to acknowledge the huge effort put into our school discos over many years by FOTS committee
member Lisa Leveridge who has worked tirelessly on these events. The 2016 disco was Lisa's last as her child will be
moving on from BBS in 2017. Enormous thanks Lisa for all the hard work in creating some truly memorable events.
For more pics from the disco, please see our public Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/BrownsBay-School-Friends-of-the-School
Kids artwork calendars, diaries, notebooks
Look out for more information coming home very soon about how you can order cool stationery items that
feature artwork your child has created at school. These items make great gifts!
Quiz & Auction Night 2016
The big quiz night will be held on Saturday, November 12. Please diarise this date now and start working on
getting together a quiz team of 10. We have a range of sponsorship opportunities (from $200 to $1000) for
businesses to support this event for our school through cash sponsorships and item donations for auctions.
We would love to hear from you if your business would like to get involved.
Please email [email protected]
Next FOTS meeting - Wednesday, September 14, 7.30pm, staff room
We're working on plans for next year right now! Come and get amongst it at our meeting and help make
BBS an even cooler school next year.
FOTS contact
To contact the FOTS team, please email: [email protected]
Community Notices
Thinking Caps Maths tutoring is working at Browns Bay School every Thursday morning. If you want extra
help for your child's maths, we have spaces available. Years 3-6. Sessions based on the school curriculum with
friendly and experienced teachers. Phone: Julie 027 2453870 or Office 09 424 3536 www.thinkingcaps.co.nz
RANGITOTO KINDERGARTEN ANNUAL FAIR
Saturday 3rd September 10am-1pm - 2a Hythe Tce, Mairangi Bay
Lucky Dip * Pony Rides * Face Painting * Bouncy Castles * Police Car & Fire Engine * Haunted House * Photo Booth *
Beauty Parlour * Books & Toys * 2nd Hand Clothing * Coconut Shy * Preserves * International Food * Coffee &
Drinks * Sausage Sizzle * Sweets & Cakes * Candy Floss
We have a fantastic range of products and vouchers up for tender, from weekends away at popular hotels to entries
to family events, photography packages, restaurant vouchers, signed memorabilia and lots more exciting things up
for grabs!
BIG BUDDY
Big Buddy is an organisation matching adult male mentors with fatherless boys. We work with the simple
philosophy that boys need good male role models to become good men.
Unfortunately some boys do not have a father or other male role model around. Big Buddy finds these boys
a well screened volunteer male mentor, fostering a long-term relationship similar to that of an uncle.
It’s as simple as a good man turning up regularly in a boy’s life, going
out into the world and doing activities together, being available to
listen to him, modelling what it means to be a good man. The boy’s
sense of self develops, he will do better at school and be less inclined
to crime and abuse. The statistics on positive mentoring are clear and
compelling.
Mentors may be available in your area now.
If you are interested in this for your boy, simply contact us: Martin Hosking at Big Buddy: Phone: 027 207
8662 or Email: [email protected]
More information and stories are available on our media sites: www.bigbuddy.org.nz and Facebook