Newsletter

Wednesday 4 August 2021

Kia ora, Talofa, Malo e leleli, Kia orana, Fakalofa lahi Atu, Taloha Ni, Ni sa bula, 你好, Namaste, 안녕하세요, Hola. 

Welcome

Welcome to the following children who started with us this week. He-Xun Lee, Emma Cameron, Cody Adams, Tiffany Zheng and Cooper Seaman. Our current roll is 870.

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to Ayn Cho, Harry Anderson, Chase Robson, Anna Xia, Xiante Pretorius, Mia Mackesy, Jaiden Farnhill, Angela Gu, Matilda Field, Jaxon Rihari, Aaliya Syed, Leo Wo-Onsri, Hunter Barnes and Ericko Uy.

2021 Country Show Day

Preparations for our 2021 Country Show Day are now in full swing with the big day fast approaching. For those of you who are new to the Silverdale Country Show Day it is the biggest fundraising event in our school calendar and is a great family day out. It will be THE place to be on Saturday 30 October.

We have another fabulous lineup of events this year. We are bringing back the best of the old, mixed in with some new! The helicopter rides are back, Funco will be there with their most popular rides and games for the kids, Eat Street is back and we have a great selection of stalls. We have already secured some great items for the silent auction. More of the old and exciting new events will be revealed in the coming weeks.

School Docs

Our school has been using SchoolDocs for our policies and procedures for over a year now. 

The school works on a subscription basis with SchoolDocs to maintain, update, and review our policies. SchoolDocs provides us with a comprehensive core set of policies which have been well researched and follow the Ministry of Education National Administration Guidelines. The policies and procedures are tailored to our school, and the school supplies specific information such as our charter, and procedures for behaviour management, reporting to parents, etc. 

SchoolDocs updates, modifies, or creates policies in response to changes in legislation or Ministry guidelines, significant events, reviews/requests from schools, and regular reviewing from the SchoolDocs team. Our board of trustees has the opportunity to view changes/additions and comment on them before they are implemented. We will advise you when policies are up for review and how you can take part in the review. 

We invite you to visit the site at http://silverdaleprimary.schooldocs.co.nz/ (note that there’s no “www”). Our username is silverdaleprimary and password millwater .

1.       Go to www.schooldocs.co.nz
2.       Click Search for Silverdale School.
3.       Start typing the school’s name and then select it from the dropdown list.
4.       Enter the community username (silverdaleprimary) and password (millwater).

Our term 3 policy reviews are:

• Concerns and Complaints

• Behaviour Management

School Uniform

Please ensure your child wears the correct uniform each day and that all items are clearly named. To order new uniform items please go to http://www.schooluniform.co.nz/ 

School Uniform

Green polo shirt (with school logo) Year 0-6 

Green fleece jacket (with school logo) 

Black culottes             

Black cargo shorts or cargo pants (no track pants) 

Black school shoes or black sandals (no boots)

Black socks or stockings (no ankle tights/leggings)

Black sun hat with school logo (Terms 1 and 4) 

Black, white or green hair bands/ties

Short sleeved thermals are permitted to wear underneath.

Jewellery is not to be worn except for watches, stud earrings and items of a religious or cultural nature.

2022 Enrolments

Do you have a child who is turning 5 in 2022? Or do you know of a family who has a child about to turn 5?  If so, we would like to have all enrolment forms for any children turning 5 in 2022 into the school office as soon as possible. This information allows us to plan ahead and ensure that we have classrooms ready and class teachers appointed for our new entrant classes. If you have any questions please feel free to email me cameronlockie@silverdaleprimary.school.nz

Swimming at Northern Arena 

The first week of swimming happened last week for our youngest students.  They all had a blast!  This fortnight it is the Y2’s turn, followed by Y3/4’s the fortnight after that.  

Please ensure your child has their swimming cap, goggles, togs and towel with them each day.

Room 36 goes swimming…

I like swimming. It is so fun because I like kicking and I feel the water. I can’t wait for Friday because it is life jacket, fun day!    Catherine 5ys

I loved swimming. It was so fun! I loved it when the teacher threw me over the pool. It felt good when I did backstroke. I learnt to do bubble bubble roll and I loved going on the bus.    Mia 5ys

I like swimming and I like backstroke and I like arm circles. I felt the bubbles when I went through all the bubbles in the water.    Erin 5ys

Ohhhh! I love swimming it makes me warm. I love swimming!    Lazar 5ys

I see bubbles in the water. I hear kicking. I feel the warm water.    Florence 5ys

Red Nose Day Fundraiser

In conjunction with Kelly Club, we managed to raised $1,500 dollars for Cure Kids through our Red Nose Day donations.  Thank you for your support.  

Reading at Silverdale School

Some children will be bringing the same reader home several nights in succession.  They will be practising some of the skills below, and once they are able to read the book with mastery of these skills they will move on to another book.  

Some nights they will bring different books home; this will be because at the first reading they were able to read the book with the necessary skills.

It is important that they learn to become as independent as possible, so if your child makes a mistake or cannot read a word, PAUSE before helping.  Let them attempt to work the word out by themselves.  If they are struggling, give them the word.

Enjoy your time listening to your child read.  They will respond to this with a feeling of confidence and will want to read.

Teachers are working very thoroughly on each text, teaching the children to:

• Read with expression and fluency
• Retell a story in sequence
• Learn some aspect of word study, e.g. endings of words
• Instantly recognise basic sight words that occur in the book
• Read with self-monitoring skills, i.e. self-correct when errors are made, make an independent attempt when faced with an unknown word

Guidelines Around Reading At Home

• Find a time that suits everyone.
• Make it an enjoyable, fun, stress free time.
• Find a nice, quiet place. It’s a great time to have a cuddle.
• Praise, praise, praise you child and celebrate their success.
• Model reading to your children – if they see you reading and you explain why you are reading it will give them more meaning.
• It is ok for books that come home to be easy for your children.
• Re-reading a book is valuable as there are many different skills they are learning in class and need to revise.

Helpful Hints for Reluctant Readers…

If your child doesn’t want to read –

• Look at the pictures. Can they retell the story to you?
• Connect the story to their own life experience.
• Take turns. You read a page and then your child can read a page.
• You can read the story to them, modelling fluency or punctuation.
• Keep it up beat and fun. Reading needs to be enjoyable!

We will be holding a mid year stocktake of our library in week 4 of this term, beginning Monday 16 August.  

“Congratulations to Charlotte Patterson of The Dance Floor on passing her Solo Bronze Medal in Lyrical Dance with the top mark of Honours Star. Well done Charlotte”

OREWA COLLEGE

Orewa College Enrolment

Applications are now open for 2022 enrolments.

Please visit our website www.orewacollege.nz under Information/Enrol.

Out of zone applications can be submitted the same way and close on 1 September, with a ballot taking place on 8 September 2021.

Y7 Information Evening is on Thursday, 26 August 2021 at 7.00pm in the Orewa College Arts & Events Centre.

Queries can be emailed to: enrolments@orewacollege.nz

Thank you to our Newsletter Sponsors

Thank you Country Show Day Sponsors

Community Notices

Hi fabulous families!

Silverdale School Cheer Team 2021

Crave Athletics are now open for any new year 3-6 members interested in joining.

Competitive Cheerleading is a provisionally recognised Olympic sport. It builds strength, develops coordination, and fosters teamwork. During practices, athletes will be taught the basic foundations of stunting, tumbling, jumping, and dancing. These skills will be strung together into a routine that will be competed against schools all over the Auckland area.

No prior experience required.

Practice is every Friday during lunchtime in the school hall.  Year 3 – 6 only.

Please follow this link to join or enquire.

LINK