Campbells Bay School

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Number 37

17 November 2014

Welcome

Elijah Dyck Maisie Janes Lucas Gilberd

Jiwoo Son Xinnuo Liu

Samuel Lynch Charlotte Smith

Coming Up

Monday 17—21 November Book Week Wednesday, 19 November Special invitation to

grandparents Cricket Tournament Thursday, 20 November Waterwise Regatta Friday, 21 November Thank You Morning

Tea. Book Parade

2014 Term 4 13 October—17 December

2015 Term 1 3 February—2 April Term 2 20 April—3 July Term 3 20 July—25 September Term 4 12 October—18 December

Book Week 17—21 November

WOW BOOK WEEK IS HERE! We have some amazing authors this week including Sandra Morris, Paula Green, Piggy Pasta Ladies, John Parker, James Russell, Stephanie Thatcher and Vasanti Unka. We also have special guest appearances from other cool characters. The Book Fair is all up and running in the school library. Make sure you come and check it out. Remember you can donate a book to the school too and you will get your name printed in the book and be the first to take it home! Special invitations to grandparents from 9.30m—10.40am on Wednesday 19 No-vember. We are looking forward to showing them our COOL school. See page 7 for our Parent Session—Tips for Parents on how to make your children love reading. WOW the Year 4/5/6 children were lucky to listen to the amazing author Brian Falkner on Friday (as pictured below). He ran a special writers’ workshop with Room 30 on Friday afternoon. He was funny and inspirational and an AWESOME way to kick start Book Week.

Cup Cake Sale There is a Special Cup Cake Sale on Wednesday 19 November outside the hall. Cup Cakes are $1. Thank you to all those amazing bakers who have offered to bake for this. The money raised will go to new bean bags in the library. Please note, it is not compulsory to buy a cup cake, on keeping with our food policy statement—page 4.

Year 6 Dates

Tuesday, 3 December Rainbows End Trip, all day

Wednesday, 10 December Year 6 Graduation - Dinner for Students,

5.30pm - Graduation Ceremony,

7.00pm

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End of Year Concert The end of year concert will be held, weather permitting, on the field starting at 5.30 pm on Tuesday 16 December. The junior classes (Years 0 - 2) will perform at 5.30pm followed by Years 3 - 6 who will commence their performance at approximately 6.00pm. Kapa haka will also perform. The concert is expected to be completed by about 6.30 - 6.40 pm. The concert provides the opportunity for our community to get together to enjoy singing and dance performed by the children in a picnic atmosphere on the field. There is no cost and you are welcome to bring along food and refreshments. For those of you who are new to the school, this is a fairly informal occasion although the children work hard to perform well given the challenges of singing outdoors. Should the weather not permit the concert to take place on Tuesday evening the postponement date is Wednesday 17 December at 11.00am. This will allow those of you who are coming to collect your children from school at 12.30pm to enjoy the concert. Fingers crossed for a warm, still and windless evening on 16 December. Hopefully, we will get rid of the foul weather by then!

Calendars, Cards

and Diaries

We expect these orders to be returned to school by early December. Second Hand Uniform Sale

See details on page 4.

Principal’s Awards Congratulations to the following children who were presented with Principal’s Awards at assembly last Friday. Alexander Less (Rm 1), Poresha Yee (Rm 2), Daniel Lewthwaite (Rm 3), Isabelle Prince (Rm 4), Jack Zeng (Rm 5), Samuel Pates (Rm 6), Rosa Troughton (Rm 7), Ben Dickson (Rm 8), Campbell Jones (Rm 9), Zac Manning and Billy Otgonbayar (Rm 10), Noah Robb, Oscar James and Adrienne Aston (Rm 11), Samantha Mackenzie (Rm 12), Aine Maloney and Hadley Murray (Rm 13), Abigail Tsang and Olivia Kohey (Rm 14), Tessa Walker (Rm 18), Elise Mackie (Rm 19), Sophie Lin (Rm 20), Oliver Managh (Rm 21), Jamie Hanton (Rm 22), Xavier Chang (Rm 23), Rory Mulcahy (Rm 24), Jorgina MacKenzie (Rm 26), Chloe Gielen (Rm 27), Michael Peng and Mikaela Keer-Keer (Rm 30), Coco Mauger and Callum Walker (Rm 31), Tom McDonald (Rm 32), Sasha Roberts (Rm 33), Charlie Dawson (Rm 36), Cynthia Yang (Rm 37). Congratulations to Will Spicer from Rm 14, who was awarded the MRE Award. Will is pictured on the right with his Mum and Dad and Tony Ebert from MRE. Well done Will!

Sharing Food at School There has been increasing concern expressed about the sharing of what could probably best be described as 'sweet treats' by children to other children, often when celebrating special occasions.

A once or twice a year event when a child might have something given to them because of a special event has become very much an everyday / week event that takes place without parental consent.

Hence, we are going to trial a 'no sharing of special occasion food at school' regime. Please refer to page 4 of the newsletter to find out the details. You will also find a 'Food - Hot tips for Parents' section from the Ministry of Education.

Wanted - Jam Jars!

Can you help us please? The Year 6 team require medium/small clean, no labels, jam jars. Please deliver to Nikki Urlich in the school office, as soon as possible. Many thanks.

Sports Photos and Results

Weekly sports results can now be found at: https://sites.google.com/a/cbsprimary.org/campbellsbayschool/sport/sports-results Could all managers of sports teams email news and results to Liz Brotherton, lizb@campbellsbay.school.nz

Swimming Pool You are now able to purchase a key for the swimming pool to use over the coming summer between 18 December until mid March 2015. The cost of the key will be $80 and there are limited numbers of keys available. Keys will be given on a ‘first come—first served’ basis once payment has been received. Keys can be purchased via Kindo ONLY. Either click on the link on the school website - under Campbells Bay School Online Payments or go to

https://shop.tgcl.co.nz/shop/user_home.shtml?session=false&shop=Campbells%20Bay%20School

Copies of the contract are now available from the school office or to down-load on our google site under notices - all school.

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Trampoline The North Harbour Schools’ Trampoline competition was held in November in Browns Bay. Campbells Bay had four entries this year. The boys had to perform a routine in their selected grade and earn points for their performance. Well done boys, you were great sports for our school. Dominic Saunders Level 5 2nd Rhys Pattimore Level 5 3rd Matt Drury Level 4 4th Zakariyya Rachmadi

Campbells Bay School Comparison of School Travel Results 2012—2014

Congratulations - our car use is down!

On Wednesday morning before school, the Travelwise team will be conducting a 'Cross Safely' campaign outside CBS near the pedestrian crossing.

Please keep being Travelwise CBS, despite the weather!

Comparison of School Travel Results

Year Walk Walking School

Bus Cycle Scooter Bus Family

Car Friend's

Car Car/Walk Mode Shift

2012 25% 3% 1% 7% 4% 42% 2% 16% -22%

2013 27% 2% 2% 5% 3% 42% 1% 18% -22%

2014 30% 3% 6% 8% 5% 25% 2% 21% -35%

Walk 30%

Walking School Bus 3%

Cycle 6%

Scooter 8%

Bus 5%

Family Car 25%

Friend Car 2%

Car / Walk 21%

Annual Survey Results 2014

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Friends of Campbells Bay - Second-Hand Uniform Sale – Term 4, 2014

The Friends of Campbells Bay will be running a second-hand uniform sale at school on Tuesday 16 December and Wednesday, 17 December from 8.00am until 10.00am. Buyers

Please come to the sale. Cash and cheque only. Sellers

Please bring any clean unwanted uniform to the school office any day Please set a price for each item you wish to sell, taking into account the condition of the item. Please price to the

nearest dollar as this will help with change. Safety pin a small square of cardboard (approx. 5cm square) with the following information - Size, Description,

Price. An example is below

Size – 8 Sports Shorts $15

Place all items in a plastic bag with the completed registration form and leave at the school office. The registration form is on the school google websitehttps://sites.google.com/a/cbsprimary.org/

campbellsbayschool/pta Secondhand Uniforms folder SecondHandUniformSaleRegistrationForm1.pdf . Please ensure that you have completed all the registration information and securely attached your pricing tag to

your items. We need to be able to track each item sold or returned to the registration form to be able to pay you correctly.

The Friends of Campbells Bay group will collect 20% of the sale price to cover any administration costs, and as a fundraiser for the benefit of the school. After each sale, we will pay you in cash for the items sold (ie, 80% of the sales price) or return your unsold items. Donations of uniforms - The group will gratefully accept any donations of uniforms and will sell these and 100% of the sales price will be collected for the benefit of the school. We aim to price donated good quality uniforms at half the price of new uniforms. Please drop off donated uniforms at the school office. Queries to Euphymya Lavelle - email – euphymya@slingshot.co.nz or phone 027-4541072 Thank you - Tēnā Koutou

Sharing: To Eat It or Not To Eat It

The Issue

That is the question. And what a question it is proving to be in this age of huge choice and so many opportunities to eat so many different foods. It is most certainly a first world dilemma and one that, as a school, we have to address. Until now we have largely taken the view that ‘market forces’ would prevail in terms of what children brought to school to share on special occasions to them. In recent times, as a school, we have been challenged to justify children being given food by other children that could best be described as ‘sweet treats.’ On reflection, our response of telling children they must take the goodies home to ask their parents if they can eat it has not been as successful as we would have liked. This is particularly so given that a trend appears to have emerged whereby many children come to school on their birthday with sweet treats for their classmates. As the reality is that many of the treats don’t get home before being consumed many children are eating food that has not been approved of by their parents. (Surprise, surprise!) Hence, we are rethinking our approach to what a child eats at school that has not been supplied by their parents. Here is what it looks like. The Information

We went to the Ministry of Education and downloaded their ‘Hot Tips for Parents’ re food. (Attached.) We believe the tips are relevant to school as well. While many of the tips are clearly aimed at the home situation, a number of the suggestions apply equally to the school setting, namely:

Avoid using food or drink as a treat or reward – a special activity can be used instead. Avoid calling ‘good’ or ‘bad’ food – instead say ‘every day’ and ‘sometimes food’. Treat overload. A treat is not a treat if it happens every day! Check how often your children have treat foods.

Have ‘everyday’ foods for everyday occasions, like school, and keep treats for special occasions like parties. Continued on next page

Two Important Notes:

We are, absolutely not talking about what parents provide their own children to eat at school. What is in lunch boxes for eating at school by your child and supplied and/or ordered by you is entirely a matter for you to determine. We are not going there! What we are referring to is what children bring to school for sharing with other children.

We are aware that there are differing views regarding what constitutes healthy food and we are not wishing to

enter that debate either! Rather, we are sticking to the aforementioned Ministry of Education tips. The Solution (we hope)

Using the Ministry of Education suggestions we will trial the following and see how we go.

As ‘sometimes’ food can quickly become ‘everyday’ food when there is ‘treat overload’ we ask that children do not bring sweet treats to school to share with other children to celebrate birthdays or special days for particular families. As we approach Christmas, this applies to ‘candy canes’ and other festive sweet treats. If you wish to provide something special to your child’s classmates to mark a special occasion for your child, we suggest something other than food such as stickers, stationery, cards or special messages. However, please be aware the school has no expectation that such sharing is necessary.

As a school we will modify our ways in view of the Ministry suggestions as well. This means that we will not have

food rewards such as jelly beans from the principal or breakfast at McDonalds for winning classes in ‘athons. As has been stated, there are numerous non-food treats that can be on offer.

In the context of ‘sometimes’ food we will still have the occasional class party where this type of food might be

available but, as a parent, should you wish your child not to have any sweet items you can notify the class teacher of this in advance. Please note that this does not apply to class cooking where children create their own culinary masterpieces as class cooking can occur with little prior notice. However, if you do not want your child to eat anything created during class cooking sessions please remind your child about this. Teachers will certainly be sensitive to any child who does not take part in the eating stage.

In Conclusion

This is a start. It is a trial. We will see how it goes. As mentioned, I am aware there are various points of view in terms of food. What we are attempting to do is to create a ‘food consuming environment’ that seems to be about right and fulfils the intent of the Ministry tips. Please do feel free to communicate your thoughts with me: principal@campbellsbay.school.nz NOTE: Information below comes from the Ministry of Education

Hot tips for parents Children and young people need healthy food for their bodies and brains to work properly. Get them into healthy habits with these tips.

Keep a variety of fresh vegetables and fruit on hand for snacks. Encourage children to drink water throughout the day. Service it in a jug with ice. You could add slices of orange,

strawberry, kiwifruit or lemon. Hooked on sweet drinks? Wean your children off gradually by making water the only option at breakfast, then add

lunch, then dinner. Soon they’ll be drinking water with meals all the time Eat in season– seasonal vegetables and fruit are the cheapest, freshest and tastiest.

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“What should we eat at our main meal?” Try meat (size of the palm of your hand), add some rice/pasta/potato

and plenty of vegetables or salad. Eat together as a family as often as possible Avoid using food or drink as a treat or reward – a special activity can be used instead. Cook a meal with your children once a week – you’ll be surprised what they can do, and their future flatmates will

thank you! Help children stay active – it’s a great way to have some fun and spend time together. If you have time, eat breakfast with your children – it sets everyone up for the day. Avoid calling food ‘good’ or ‘bad’ – instead try ‘everyday’ and ‘sometimes’ food. Treat overload. A treat is not a treat if it happens every day! Check how often your children have treat foods.

Have ‘everyday’ foods for everyday occasions, like school, and keep treats for special occasions like parties. ‘Lighten up’ and use reduced fat versions of mayonnaise, coconut cream, cream cheese, minced beef and milk

(for children over two). Try foods from a range of different countries and cultures for new flavours, colours, textures and aromas. Offer children a variety of healthy foods – different types, colours, textures, flavours, smells and temperatures –

so they get all the nutrients they need. Introduce wholegrain bread by making it the only option for toast or by making sandwiches with one wholegrain

slice and one white. Get more vegetables and fruit into their diet – fruit smoothies, carrot sticks before dinner, savoury/fruit muffins,

grated vegetables in mince/bolognaise/homemade hamburgers. Pack an extra sandwich or piece of fruit for that after school hunger! Bananas make a great snack for hungry children. Take fruit to keep them going when collecting your children

from their ECE service or school. Try swapping:

chocolate biscuits with plain fruit biscuits potato chips with plain popcorn fruit juice with a whole piece of fruit ice cream with yoghurt chocolate bars with dried fruit or nuts

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Maria from “Next Page Please” will be there with her vast knowledge of chil-

Campbells Bay School

In conjunction with Next Page Please, specialist childrens’ book store.

Come and join us for

I Spy a Great CBS Reader

Tips for parents on how to make your child love reading

WHEN?

Wednesday 19, November

6.30pm – 8.30pm

WHERE?

our School Library

The Book Fair is open Monday 17 – Friday 21, November 8.30am – 9.15am

and then 2.30pm – 3.15pm

All proceeds to our library!

EFT-POS available