Term 2

School Closed

8 May 12 noon – paid union meeting

10 May All Day – Teachers Only Day

4 July -Parent/Teacher Interviews

School Cross Country

14 May - All welcome

Juices will be on sale on the day for $1.00

Senior Kids Can Ride To School

Week of 27 to 31 May

PTA

Juicy Day 14 May

6 June Disco

7 June Donut Day

Last Day of Term 2

5 July

First Day of Term 3

22 July

Dear Parents

Welcome to Term Two! It is wonderful to see the return of our families as well as a number of new families to Bellevue School. Board of Trustees Elections The Board of Trustees elections will be held over this term. All parents / legal guardians will receive via mail, nomination and voting papers. If you are considering standing as a candidate and would like to know more about the function and role of the Board of Trustees feel free to come and have a chat with me or go to www.nzsta.org.nz. Being a Board member is a most rewarding role. Bellevue School has been blessed with excellent Board of trustees. Bellevue School Charter/Strategic Plan 2019—2021. The Board has approved the 2019—2021 School Charter which has been forwarded to and accepted by the Ministry of Education. Electronic copies are available from the office. To obtain a copy please email: admin@bellevue.school.nz. Bellevue School 2018 Annual Report The Board of Trustee’s Annual Report is available to view on the school’s website www.bellevue.school.nz School Cross Country Students are already preparing for our school cross country which is to be held on Tuesday 17 May. You will have received information recently. If you are available to help with marshalling please email Clare Lawrence: clawrence@ bellevue.school.nz. Term 2 & 3 Winter Sports Teams It is pleasing to see our students involved in the Bellevue School winter sports teams. This year we have three hockey teams, two netball teams and four miniball teams. Thank you to staff and parents who have offered to manage and coach the teams. Teacher Only Day Reminder The school will be closed Friday 10 May to enable all teaching and support staff to attend professional development in Restorative Justice Practice. Paid Union Meeting Reminder School will finish at 12:25pm Wednesday 8 May to enable all teaching to attend a union meeting 1:30 at Mount Maunganui Intermediate. Teddy Bear’s Picnic A huge thank you to the Student Leaders who organised and ran a most successful Teddy Bear’s Picnic for the Juniors. The afternoons activities included: Parachute Teddy, Teddy in a Bucket, Teddy Bear Tag, What’s the Time Teddy, Obstacle Teddy; Teddy Hunt and a shared lunch. Access to the School Newsletter We will no longer be sending hard copies of the school newsletter home via your child. The school newsletter will be emailed out to families who have supplied us with email addresses. You can also access the newsletter through our website www.bellevue.school.nz. However, there will be some hard copies available at the school office for those families who do have access to the internet. Nga mihi nui David Bell

Newsletter4Wednesday 6 May 2019

Upcoming Events

Around the School

Hailey was awarded "Sportsman ship of the year for 2019"

as well as most improved athlete!

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Go Carter! Carter won the 7 year old boys Field Champion

(Discus, Shot Put and Long Jump) And he also won the “BIG” one for 7-10 year olds Junior Lions Trophy, for the most points earned throughout the season. We are very proud of you!

Sports

Making a splash in the Bay! Congratulations to Devlin Langton for competing in the Tall Poppies Year 7&8 BOP Swimming Championships last term. Devlin made it through the heats into the finals in 100m medley, 50m and 100m freestyle, 50m backstroke. He placed 2nd overall in the year 7 boys 50m freestyle and 3rd in year 7 boys 100m freestyle races. Well done Devlin!

Great opportunity to get behind your school

Have your logo displayed promptly on the Uniform

Currently looking to secure sponsorship for Netball Uniform, Basketball Vest, Sports Jackets and General PE Uniforms (soccer/ripper rugby/touch rugby)

We would love to hear from you! Please call Dave Bell (Principal) or Scott Symes (Deputy Principal) on 07 576 5916.

Or send any emails of interest to admin@bellevue.school.nz

Next BOT Meeting Monday 20 May 7:00pm in the Board Room.

Meetings are open to the public.

A copy of the agenda is available at the office from 2.00 p.m. on the Friday prior to

the meeting.

Community

Interested?

Juices on Sale

14 May $1.00

Cross Country Day

Entertainment Books

$65.00

Also available as a Digital App!

Books at the Office

Disco 6 June

Donut Day 7 June Order forms for Donuts to home on the 20 May

The PTA are looking to organise cultural cooking classes to be held school, as part of our

fundraising efforts. Any parents, teachers or others in the wider community who are

interested in volunteering their time to teach/cook one of their favorite traditional

recipes, please contact us for more information. We would love to hear from you. Contact details: Chanchal

Saraswat – chanchal2527@hotmail.com

Debbie Butler……… - dbutler@bellevue.school.nz

Lost- Dolphin Greenstone necklace – if found please return to Eva in room 15

Casio Pink Watch by the pool on 25 March – if found please call Mel Donald on 022 091 6038

Found- We have a collection of items that are Not clothing held at the office

Calling all girls who want to play football in term 2 in 2019

Otumoetai Football is proud to be part of the Bay of Plenty Girls Football league. We provide girls only football teams for players from 4yrs to 14yrs and then through college to Senior Women’s and we would love more girls to join this fantastic sport.

If you are interested in joining a girl’s only football team, register online at comet.co.nz and select

Otumoetai FC.

If you have any questions about girl’s football, please contact the Amanda and Kelly on juniorgirls@otumoetaifootball.co.nz

GET INTO FOOTBALL WITH

OTUMOETAI FOOTBALL CLUB

We have football teams for all abilities starting from 4yrs old. Get out and enjoy the beautiful

game with Otumoetai Football Club.

Registrations are now open for 2019

Register at comet.co.nz

Any questions contact Carla at admin@otumoetaifootball.co.nz

After School Care right here at our

School for your convenience. Call

YMCA today to find out more or click on

hyper link…

http://www.ymcatauranga.org.nz/after_scho

ol_care

Phone: 07-578 9272

CAP Life Skills

A friendly group where you'll discover the life skills to thrive

Money impacts all areas of our lives: what we can or can't afford, our relationships, what we eat, our

health and wellbeing and much more.

Your local CAP Life Skills is a friendly group where you'll gain practical skills and discover new ways to live for a brighter future.

Life Skills covers Money

• money saving tips • budgeting skills • shopping tips

Organisation • meal planning • budget building • shopping to a list • time management

Health and Wellbeing • healthy eating • positive wellbeing • self-worth

Relationships • building healthy relationships • communication • forgiveness • loving others over eight sessions your CAP Life Skills coach will provide you with practical and

relevant support to ensure you get the most out of the course. They are open and caring people who will walk with you every step of the CAP Life Skills journey. CAP Life Skills provides a community of like-minded people from your area that you can support and be supported by throughout the course. They’ll be people in similar situations to you - people who will understand you and can encourage you.

Life Skills Course details

Starting on: Thursday 9th May 2019

Time: 9:30am-12pm

Location: St Peters Church

To Book contact St Peters House 571-5916

Or Text Lee on 022 321 734