Newsletter – Wednesday 3 May

Newsletter – Wednesday 3 May

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

Welcome

Welcome to Shaylinn Spasimante, Milena Podoaba, Viyana Limbachiya and Chelster Orayan who started with us. Our current roll is 773.

Pick Up and Drop off Students

Scheduled Appointments

If you have a scheduled appointment  for your child during school hours please follow these instructions:

1. Email the teacher (all teachers emails are on the School Website) before 8.30am with the time you will be collecting your child. 
2. You will pick your child up from the stop, drop, go area.
3. Please stay in the car and the teacher will release your child at the specified time that you have requested.
4. Please call or text this number 0273369199 telling us that you have your child.

Early Pick Up

If you need to pick your child up from school before 3.00pm please follow these instructions:

1. Email the office what time you need to pick up your child. office@silverdaleprimary.school.nz
2. You will pick up your child from the stop, drop, go area.
3. Please stay in your car and call or text this number 0273369199 telling us you are at school.
4. We will send your child to you, please stay in your car.
5. Please call or text this number 0273369199 telling us that you have your child.

Late Drop Off

If you are dropping your child to school late, please do not get out of your car just send your child to their classroom, they do not need to go to the office.

Happy Birthday

Happy birthday to Bella Pan, Savith Wijayasinghe, Cameron Hand, Emmy Smith, PK Toongart, Arlo Huia, Isobel Biesiek, Iris Li, Jemma Vannan, Vinisha Jadam and Nico West.

2023 Engage in Your Child’s Learning

We are holding a 2023 Engage in Your Child’s Learning evening, Thursday 11 May at 6.30pm, in the school hall, during this evening we will be giving information about:

• The Resilience Project
• Wellbeing at Silverdale School
• Digital Citizenship
• How to engage in your child’s learning
• What our teaching and learning programmes look like throughout the school

Child care will be available and nibbles and drinks will be supplied.

Mothers/Significant Adult Morning

Mother’s Morning/Significant Adult morning is on Friday 12 May from 8.55am to 10.55am. All mothers or significant adults are invited to their child’s classroom to spend the morning with them. At 10.55am our Mother’s or Significant Adults are invited to stay with the class and share morning tea with the class.

Collective Statement from Principals

You may have seen in the media that primary and area school principals who are NZEI TE Riu Roa members have voted to stop working with the Ministry of Education and to limit our work hours. We have taken this action as we believe it is necessary to highlight the significant issues that we need to address in the current round of negotiations.

We are committed to continuing to lead our schools and to ensure that they are safe, healthy places where students are learning during this time. Our day-to-day work to do this will continue, but we will no longer be working with the Ministry on their education system work or to introduce or implement new initiatives. As principals we make a significant contribution of time and expertise to this work. There is little additional resource or staffing to support this which has a negative impact on us.

We will continue to meet with our boards.

We will not be available for work or to be contacted before 8.00am and after 5.00pm on weekdays. This includes sending or receiving digital communications. We also are not available at all on Saturday, Sunday or public holidays.

We hope to receive an acceptable offer in negotiations and will end the work ban when that happens.

Teacher Only Day

The school will be closed on Friday 2 June for an Kāhui Ako ki Orewa teacher only day with Orewa Primary School, Wainui School, Dairy Flat School and Orewa Beach School, Orewa College, Ahutoetoe School and Nukumea School.

What’s Happening in Garden to Table

Walking School Bus

What is a Walking School Bus?

It is a group of children who walk together to/from school with parent supervisors along a set route.

Why should I join a Walking School Bus?

There are so many benefits of a walking school bus! Parents get to connect with one another, children get to have fun and get active. There is less congestion at school gates with more people walking which helps to improve the safety of the roads around schools.

Details for our current walking school bus routes:

Route A – Start 8:15am 11 Harris Drive : Bankside Rd : Silverdale School.

Route A – 3 days a week (days vary). Contact Sophie 021 8000 98

Route B – Start 8:20am 14 Skipjack : Whaley Greens : Manuel Rd : Walkway down to  Miller Rise : Bankside Rd : Silverdale School.

Route B – 5 days a week. Contact Kate 021 258 6275

Route C – Starts 8:25am Crn Arbors Track & Madison Terrace : Bankside Rd : Silverdale School. 

Route C – 5 days a week. Contact Alice 021 047 3043.

Please contact route coordinators for more information. 

Anyone interested in starting another route please get in touch with Louise Cameron. (Louise.Cameron@at.govt.nz)

North Harbour Softball will be offering a Softball Fundamentals Coaching Programme in Term 2, starting on Thursday May 4th. Children can go straight from class to the school field and join in comprehensive coaching sessions,  teaching throwing and catching skills, striking and hitting off a tee and rules of the game. All equipment is provided for the children to use and is open for children from Year 2-6. Parents do not need to attend or stay during the sessions, but you are also most welcome to attend and watch from the sideline

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