Newsletter Wednesday 13 September

Newsletter – Wednesday 13 September

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. 

Happy Birthday

Happy birthday to Kaylee Coventry, Yugveer Chudasama, Jemma Mason, Ethan Steyn, Sienna Gibson, Maisie O’Mara, Deacon Barnard, Deniz Kaplan, Aaryan Shukla, Jax Cornelius, En Rui Che, Ollie Oldfield, Eva You and Ju Won Ahn.

 

Tū Māia Kapa Haka Festival – Whangaparāoa College

On Friday 8 September we sent 50 children to the Tū Māia Kapa Haka Festival at Whangaparāoa College. This is a Hibiscus Coast Schools/Kura Kapa Haka Festival. Twelve schools will be attending with over 600 students performing over the day. 

Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori / Māori Language Week 2023

Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou katoa. Greetings to you all. 

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori happens from 11-17 Hepetema (September) 2023. The theme of Kia Kaha Te Reo Māori – making the language stronger – will continue this year, picking up from where it left off in 2022. The campaign is an essential piece of the puzzle to achieving the goal of 1 million speakers of te reo Māori in 2040.

About Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 

Māori Language Week has been celebrated in Aotearoa since 1975. This special week is an opportunity for the concentrated celebration and promotion of te reo Māori, helping to secure its future as a living, dynamic, and rich language. 

In the mid-20th century, there were concerns that the Māori language was dying out. The future of te reo Māori was the subject of a Waitangi Tribunal claim in 1985. The tribunal’s recommendations led to far-reaching legislative and policy changes. Māori became an official language of New Zealand in 1987. Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori was established in the same year to promote te reo. 

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori is part of a broad Māori language revival programme and raises public awareness for Māori language learning and public usage. Mahuru Māori is an initiative begun in 2017 to promote the use of te reo Māori throughout the month of September. Mahuru Māori in 2023 is on Friday 15 September, in line with maramataka Māori.

Ways you could participate: 

• Māori Language Moment. Is a great website to get involved with Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori / Māori Language Week.
• You can talk with our tamariki about how they have celebrated te reo Māori each day and use a little te reo Māori at home.
• You could use a little te reo in your homes and workplaces.

Principal Awards

Congratulations to the students who received principal awards at last week’s assembly.

KERI Awards

Well done to the following children who received Caught by KERI awards at this week’s assembly. 

	Te Ōhanga	Kiwi	Pūkeko	Tūi
Kindness/Atawhai	Eesa	Kayla	James	Harper
Excellence/Hiranga	Hayley	Maya	Freya	Meredith
Respect/Whakaute	Vaani	Jeffrey	Nicolas	Raya
Integrity/Ngāku pono	Beau	Lexi	Maisie	Liam

Assembly Presenters

Congratulations to our assembly presenters.

Help shape the future of our school.

Information about the school planning and reporting process

Our school charter will be replaced by a three-year strategic plan and an annual implementation plan.

We must consult with our school community when we create our 2024-2025 strategic plan. We are starting to draft our 2024-2025 strategic plan now.

Why is school planning and reporting important?

We need to work together with you, our community, to plan for the future. This allows everyone, including children and young people, parents, whānau, and the wider community, to establish goals for the school that reflect the needs of all learners and support them to succeed.

Your voice will help us to make improvements to provide all learners with the best school experience.

What do schools have to do?

We need to create long-term and annual plans based on what we hear from you and what our data (such as achievement data) is telling us should be prioritised.

Through our plans, we are required to ensure that:

» every learner at the school can achieve their highest educational standard

» the school is a physically and emotionally safe place, ensures students’ human rights are upheld and takes steps to eliminate racism, stigma, bullying and other forms of discrimination

» the school is inclusive of, and caters for, learners with different needs

» the school gives effect to the Treaty of Waitangi, by:

› including tikanga, mātauranga, and Te Ao Māori in their plans

› taking reasonable steps to teach about tikanga Māori and te reo Māori

› achieving equitable outcomes for Māori students.

 

What do we need from you?

Face to face meetings to discuss our draft 2024-2025 strategic plan. We will be sending dates for these meetings in the coming weeks, these meetings will take place early term 4. The meetings will be a mix of before school, after school, evenings and during the school day. The face to face meetings will be held in the new classroom Room 43, the ground floor classroom closest to gate 2.

Before school meeting dates 8.30am-9.00am:

Wednesday 25 October

Thursday 26 October

Monday 30 October

Tuesday 31 October

After school meeting dates 2.30pm-3.00pm:

Monday 30 October

Tuesday 31 October

Tuesday 7 November

Evening meeting dates 5.30pm-6.00pm:

Wednesday 1 November

Thursday 2 November

Tuesday 7 November

During the school day meeting dates 11.00am-11.30am:

Tuesday 31 October

Wednesday 1 November

Tuesday 7 November

1.00pm-1.30pm:

Tuesday 31 October

Wednesday 1 November

Tuesday 7 November

LAST WEEK TO ORDER!

The PTA Calendar Art fundraiser is in it’s last week!

All orders can be made via the Kids Art website. By now you should have received your individual printed letter with your 

child’s code and instructions on how to purchase the products.

Follow these instructions to place your order online:

1/. Go to www.kidsartworks.com

2/. Use the Entrance Code: KZ1029

3/. Enter your child’s room & name when prompted

The fundraiser will run from Monday 28th August till Monday 18th of September. 

Please be aware that we will only be offering this purchase time.  After this cut off time no purchases can be made.

This year we have calendars, notebooks, greeting cards, a mouse pad, diaries and a range of pens available to purchase, which make some fantastic Christmas gifts! Once logged in you can choose to use your child’s artwork or alternatively, load your own photo for printing on your artwork. 

Any further questions please contact silverdalepta@gmail.com

• https://subscribe.entertainmentnz.com/fundraiser/9918d1

Thank you to our Newsletter Sponsors

Community Notices

TOTS TO TEENS MŌRENA Spring time is upon us, and our latest issue is jam-packed with content to help Kiwi parents https://issue2309.totstoteens.co.nz What’s in this issue for parents? » Calm, cool, co-regulation tips » How tamariki learn to read » Is your kid ready for sleepovers? » Adorable and tasty slice recipes » What’s on near you » Going outside for healthier eyes » Itchy, scratchy spring time support » Molluscum contagiosum… what is it?! » Slimy spooky craft + $3,600 of EPIC GIVEAWAYS Ask your tamariki to find this issue’s Te Reo Māori words including kōrero pukapuka, tiakarete ika, kaipuke, rā, mate pāwera, and moeroa