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24 October 2018
Newsletter 32 Term 04
Hello, Tēnā koutou katoa, 你好, Nǐ hǎo
Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday to Jake Anderson, Quinn Honorè,
Sienna Bibbie, Kahn Heath, Camryn Scott, Hollie
Fuller, Sophie Atkin, Hailey Smythe, Chase Anania,
Ayeong Lee, Xavier Zhao and Junyeong Lee.
Welcome
Welcome to Maamalea Vaea, Molina Vaea,
Senila Vaea and Ivy Li. Our current roll is 717.
Leah Haworth
Leah Haworth who is currently teaching in Room 20
will be leaving us on Friday 2 November to have her
second baby. We wish Leah and Jason all the best
with the birth of their second child. Sarah Betts will
be teaching in Room 20 from Monday 5 November
until Thursday 15 November. Tracey Kaminski will be
teaching from Friday 16 November until the end of
the year.
Hats
Please make sure that your child has their school
hat at school. The wearing of the school hat is
compulsory during term 4. Children not wearing a
school hat will have to sit in a shaded area during
play and lunch times.
2019
If you know your child is not coming back to our
school next year can you please email me
Having this information is very important to me as it
helps with planning for next year, which is fully
underway now.
Longmore Ln, Silverdale North, PO Box 538, Silverdale 0932 Phone (09)4265510 Fax (09)426 2397 Email: [email protected]
SILVER PATHWAY
WHATS ON!
26 Oct Gold Coin Mufti Day for CSD
27 Oct Country Show Day
29 Oct BOT Meeting 7pm
31 Oct Photolife (Teams and Groups)
07 Nov Athletics Day Whole School
07 Nov Andrew Lines Parent Evening
08 Nov Super 8’s Cricket Year 5-6
09 Nov Cake Stall Fundraiser – School
Council
09 Nov Whole School Assembly Team Pukeko
14 Nov Athletics Day – Save Day
20 Nov Tag Interschool Year 5/6
23 Nov Whole School Assembly Team Kiwi
27 Nov Athletics Interschool Y5&6
28 Nov Transition Meeting Y2 – Y3 6.30pm
29 Nov Team te Ohanga Kelly Tarltons
30 Nov Tu Maia Festival Y5&6
03 Dec School Band Performance @
Centrestage
06 Dec Transition Meeting Y1 – Y2 6.00pm
06 Dec Transition Meeting Y4 – Y5 6.30pm
06 Dec Transition To School Meeting
9.00am New Entrants
07 Dec Whole School Assembly Team tui
11 / 12 Dec Team Tui Challenges
14 Dec Te Ohanga Christmas Show
9.00am
17 Dec Y6 Leavers Night 17.30 – 19.30
20 Dec Term 4 2018 Finishes Noon
07 Feb Term 1 2019 Starts
12 Apr Term 2 Ends
29 Apr Term 1 Starts
05 Jul Term 2 Ends
22 Jul Term 3 Starts
27 Sep Term 3 Ends
14 Oct Term 4 Starts 20 Dec Term 4 2019 Ends
Country Show Day
Thank you to everyone who have helped us in any way in the organisation of our Country
Show Day. The PTA have been working extremely hard in making this day an exciting and
fun day for all. This is our major fundraising event of the year so please come along and
support your school and children.
Saturday 27 October: 10am - 2pm
Brought to you by Bayleys
As well as a lot of the classic stalls and rides we have some NEW AMUSEMENTS for you to
experience.
There will be a large array of food, something for everyone. A Cake Stall with so many tasty
cakes, slices and other baked goods you'll find it hard to choose which one you'll take
home.
We have a great range of silent auction items - there is something there for you! Get on our
silent auction website now and start browsing!
You need to logged in to participate and to
win the auction go to
https://www.32auctions.com/CSD2018 to
create an account.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Please no dogs are allowed at Country Show
Day.
Boomerang Bags
Thank you to our students in Room 36 who
helped one of our wonderful Grandmothers
to sew these Boomerang Bag. These bags
are to be left at the library to be given out to
people who forget to bring a bag. They can
either be returned for others to use, or kept at
home and reused for other things.
What a great way to care for each other
and our planet!
Transition Meetings
We will be holding transition and information
meetings for our Year 1 children and parents,
Year 2 children and parents and our Year 4
children and parents. These meetings are to
inform parents and children about what to
expect when they move teams next year.
Our first meeting is for our Year 2 children and
parents on Thursday 29 November at 6.30pm.
On Thursday 6 December at 6.00pm we have
our transition meeting for our Year 1 parents
and children.
On Thursday 6 December at 6.30pm we have
our transition meeting for our Year 4 parents and children. More information to follow.
Prizegiving
This year there will be no Silverdale School end of year prizegiving.
To start with, here is a quote from Alfie Kohn:
In short, good values have to be grown from the inside out. Attempts to short-circuit this
process by dangling rewards in front of children are at best ineffective, and at worst
counterproductive. Children are likely to become enthusiastic, lifelong learners as a result
of being provided with an engaging curriculum; a safe, caring community in which to
discover and create; and a significant degree of choice about what (and how and why)
they are learning. Rewards–like punishments–are unnecessary when these things are
present, and are ultimately destructive in any case. (Alfie Kohn, The Risk of Rewards)
There are a number of reasons we have decided that we will no longer have an end of
year prizegiving. There is abundant research showing that awards, rewards and other
external incentives undermine intrinsic motivation. For the majority of children who don’t
receive awards, the prizegiving spurs boredom, anger or resentment. Handing out awards
at the end of year prizegiving doesn’t aligned with our beliefs and values. Learning should
be the reward, children who didn’t receive a prize hear that they weren’t good enough or
that their unique combination of attributes don’t truly count. It’s not an award at the end
of the year that drives achievement. Excellence comes from a school culture that fosters
collaboration and provides opportunities for children to lead, especially in those areas
where children have special talents and skills. If school is an actual community, separating
out individuals for special notice makes no sense. We hope that children will continue to
develop their best selves for their own benefit, not because someone tells them to or
because there’s an award at the end of the year.
Schools are not about ranking and sorting. They are about learning and creativity in a safe
and caring environment. They are about empowering all children, not just the ones that
are strong at the core subjects. If we continuously tell our children that EVERY SINGLE ONE
OF THEM is important to our school, I do not see how end of year prizegiving align with this
belief. Do you?
Cameron Lockie Principal
Jesters Pies Fundraiser
The School Council are having Friday Pie-day this Friday 26 October. For every pie sold we
will get $2!
All orders need to be placed via Kindo before 10am Thursday 25
October.
To place an order please follow the instructions below:
1. Log into Kindo via the school website or your EZunch account
2. Click on the Jesters Pie tab
3. Choose another day: 26 October
Jesters Pie will be delivered to your child’s classroom at lunchtime
Friday, 26 October.
PTA NEWS
On Friday 26th October I shall be travelling with my 5 local women companions….all loaded to
the gunnels with goods for the families of Madang School near the the Annapurna region in
Nepal.
I would like to say a huge thank you to all the generous Silverdale Primary School families who
have sorted through their children’s warm winter clothing that is no longer needed, and kindly
donated these clothes to children in Nepal. Winter is approaching fast in Nepal now so I know the
clothing will be welcomed.
The smiles on the faces of the children lucky enough to receive some of these beautiful clothes will
say it all……thank you, thank you.
I shall also be taking no longer needed library books from the school library to Nepal as well. So a
huge thank you to the school and to Cushla in the library.
It’s wonderful to be a part of a close knit school community that supports so many events in the
local area.
Many, many thanks to everyone,
Miriam Godfrey.
COMMUNITY NOTICES – These notices are inserted on behalf of the community.
BearCats Basketball will be resuming Term 4 training at Stanmore Bay Leisure Centre on Sunday 28th October. Professional coaching is provided by Shayne McCauley (ex NBL, Harbour, Coast) and is great value at just $65 per term. We realise that most school teams are coached/managed by supportive parents who may not have much basketball experience themselves so this is a great way to get the team's skills and confidence up so they can better enjoy and progress in games. (We also offer all new players a FREE "try us" session.)
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