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20 February 2019

Newsletter 02 Term 01

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Welcome

Welcome to William Koyi, Max Briant, Jessie Cai

and Carter Honore. Our current roll is 688.

Happy Birthday

Happy birthday to James Webster, Daniel

Robinson, Ava Smith, Constantine Su, Indigo

Sweeney, Zahra Stil, Tarla Davies, Cole Pulley,

Wyatt Pipkin and Leo Ashkettle.

School Values

Our school values are:

Kindness/Atawhai

Excellence/Hiranga

Respect/Whakaute

Integrity/Ngākau pono

At Silverdale School we believe:

* positive behaviour can be learnt and difficult

and disruptive behaviour can be unlearnt;

* individual children are not a ‘problem’ – we

need to change the environment around them

to support positive behaviour;

* punishing and isolating children doesn’t bring

about long-term and sustainable changes in

behaviour;

* we need to concentrate on a small number of evidence-based programmes and

frameworks that we know work;

* there are no quick fixes. Behaviour change takes time.

We have already seen significant positive behaviour changes within our school. Our

children are continually learning what it means to show, Kindness/Atawhai,

Excellence/Hiranga, Respect/Whakaute and Integrity/Ngākau pono and are

continuously make great efforts to show these values.

Something to think about, a quote by John Herner which can be seen as an underlying

theme of positive behaviour.

“If a child doesn’t know how to read, we teach.

If a child doesn’t know how to swim, we teach.

If a child doesn’t know how to multiply, we teach.

If a child doesn’t know how to drive, we teach.

If a child doesn’t know how to behave, we… ….teach? ….punish?

Why can’t we finish the last sentence as automatically as we do the others?”

Longmore Ln, Silverdale North, PO Box 538, Silverdale 0932 Phone (09)4265510 Fax (09)426 2397 Email: office@silverdaleprimary.school.nz

SILVER PATHWAY

WHATS ON! 22 Feb Subway Lunch

25 Feb BOT Meeting 7pm

01 Mar Whole School Assembly – Team

Pukeko

01 Mar Jesters Pie Lunch

01 Mar Twilight Family Picnic

06 Mar SchoolTalk Parent information

9.00am

07 Mar Swimming Gala Y5&6

13 Mar PTA Meeting 7.00pm

15 Mar Whole School Assembly – Team Kiwi

22 Mar Grandparents Morning

28 Mar Swimming Interschool Y5&6

29 Mar Subway Lunch

29 Mar Whole School Assembly – Team Te

Ohanga

01 Apr BOT Meeting 7pm

04 Apr Ultimate Interschool Y5&6

05 Apr Jesters Pie Lunch

08 Apr International Languages Week

11 Apr Softball Interschool Y5&6

11 Apr Transition to School Meeting 9.00am

12 Apr Whole School Assembly – Team Tui

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

These values came out of discussion with the children and staff in 2017. Every second

Monday we have a KERI assembly which reinforces our values and we also reinforce a

behaviour expectations Our school-wide incentive programme is our Caught by KERI

Stars, children can receive a Caught by KERI Star for displaying one of our values. These

Caught by KERI Stars are then collected and the children go into a draw to pick out of the

prize box at our KERI assembly.

Caught by KERI

Ka pai to the following students who were drawn out at our KERI assembly for

demonstrating our school values.

Kindness/ Atawhai - Aria, Charlotte

Excellence/ Hiranga - Anqi, Suhani

Respect/ Whakaute - Anna, Emma

Integrity/ Ngākau pono - Petra, Sam

Meet the Parent Evenings

Thank you to all the families that came along to Meet the Parent evenings last week, it was

a great turn out. We have a great team of teachers and staff here and they all work hard

to deliver the best possible education and outcomes for your children. If you have any

concerns, queries please contact your child’s teacher. We ask you if you want to see your

child’s teacher in the morning please make it after 8.30am or if that doesn’t suit then email

or phone to make an appointment.

Car Parking

Just a reminder that there is no parking in both carparks at school. Please don’t park by the

kindy as these parks are reserved for kindy parents. Thanks for your cooperation with this.

Communication

Communication is very important to us. Good two-way communication between families

and school is necessary for your child’s success. Research shows that the more parents and

teachers share relevant information with each other about a student, the better equipped

both will be to help that student achieve academically.

Opportunities for two-way communication include:

Parent/teacher conferences

Face to Face

PTA

Phone calls

E-mail or school website

Parent involvement benefits students, including raising their academic achievement. There

are other advantages for children when parents become involved — namely, increased

motivation for learning, improved behaviour, more regular attendance, and a more

positive attitude about home learning and school in general.

Parental involvement can free teachers to focus more on the task of teaching children.

Also, by having more contact with parents, teachers learn more about students' needs and

home environment, which is information they can apply toward better meeting those

needs.

Donation

Thank you to all the families that have paid their donation. The school donation is $200 per

child and can be paid in full or $50 a term. If you pay your full donation before March 1 you

will go into the draw to win back your donation. If you pay termly there will be a draw at

the end of the term to win back your term donation.

Kids Corner

This section is to showcase children’s work from throughout the school. Over the next few

newsletters I will be showcasing Team Tui’s children’s work.

Dream holiday

I survey the oceans around me. What used to be towering waves, are now calm laps of water running to the beach. A dim light flickers across the beautiful blanket of blue in front of me. I walk back into the villa and flick a switch, which sends an array of lights beaming across the room. Ambling towards the fridge, I find myself resisting the unnecessary urge to sleep. I reach my hand into the fridge and pull out a red cylinder with the words: coca cola, imprinted on the side. I slump down on the couch and pop open the soft drink before gurgling it down. I lazily dawdle towards my bag, rummaging through my belongings before taking out my tooth brush, after 2 minutes of brushing my teeth, I stumble over to my bed before having a well deserved sleep. By Alex Neethling, Rm 32

Art in the Foyer

Children in rooms 2 and 4 have been completing their fox art work. Some of their art work

has been chosen to be displayed in the office foyer. The art work will change throughout

the term.

Cameron Lockie Principal

Sushi Lunch

All orders need to be placed via Kindo before 10am Thursday 21

February.

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 Sushi tab

3. Choose another day: 22 February

Sushi will be delivered to your child’s classroom at lunchtime Friday,

22 February.

PTA NEWS

Silverdale School Netball 2019

Please see the attached newsletter (please click on link) for information about the

upcoming netball season. On the newsletter, there is a link to the registration from.

Please ensure you fill the form in by the closing date. It is unlikely we can accommodate

late registrations once teams are finalise.

CONGRATULATIONS

"Congratulations to Sadie Lees, Charlotte Patterson, Eva Webster, and Anja Husselmann

of The Dance Floor on passing their RAD Ballet Exams with such great results. Sadie

gained High Merit in her Grade 2 Exam, Charlotte earned herself a Distinction in her

Primary Exam, Eva gained High Merit in her Primary Exam, and Anja got great results in her

Pre-Primary exam (no mark for this exam). Well done girls!"

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