Congratulations
Congratulations to Kat Porter who has been appointed as the principal of Glenfield Primary School. She begins at Glenfield Primary School at the beginning of Term 2. We are excited for Kat for her new learning journey and know she will be a fantastic principal and the Glenfield Primary School community are very lucky to have her. We will have a farewell assembly for Kat during the last week of Term 1.
Welcome
Welcome to Raegan Hunt, Cole Hunt and Gia Goyal. Our current roll is 763.
Happy Birthday
Happy birthday to Soul Park, Kaike Henrique Martins, Ammon Cuff, Phoenix Cole, Harlow Holmes, Abby Weakley, Nina Marais, Daniela Greco, Lola Tongiahoe, Chloe Liu, Thea Li, Sophie Cornelius, Mia Uys, Freya Melville, Aidan Basil, Alex Wait, Tom Bowater, Mason Collier, Beckett Parker, Ashton Konik and Alexander Eade.
Grandparents Morning/Special Person Morning
Grandparents/Special Person morning is on Thursday 28 March from 9.00am to 10.10am. All grandparents/special persons are invited to their grandchildren’s classroom to spend a morning with them.
Silverdale School Cyber Safety Hub
We are delighted to introduce you to this resource made available to you through our partnership with Family Zone – our school Cyber Safety Hub.
The purpose of the Cyber Safety Hub is to provide you with practical guidance and information to further support you in engaging with your children in their digital development. These tools and resources also allow the school and parent body to work together on creating a holistic approach to guiding each student’s online journey.
You can access the Cyber Safety Hub using the link below:
https://silverdaleprimary.cybersafetyhub.nz/
or from our website
https://www.silverdaleprimary.school.nz/parent-cyber-safety-hub/
About the Parent Cyber Safety Hub
The Cyber Safety Hub provides expert advice from leading cyber experts, ySafe, on the most pertinent issues and frequently asked questions around platforms like TikTok, Fortnite, Instagram, and more. There are app reviews with age and safety recommendations, along with a range of guides to help ensure healthy boundaries around screen-time and gaming, plus step-by-step instructions for using parental controls and filtering out inappropriate content.
We are very excited to be able to offer you this level of expertise and support in an area that we know has been challenging for many parents to manage. We look forward to working closely with you as we develop the cyber safety conversation within our school community.
Scooters and Bikes
Please remind your children that if they ride their scooters or bikes to school, they must walk them on school grounds and they must wear a helmet. Please also talk with them about riding their scooter or bike safety on the footpath before and after school. We have had a number of complaints that children are weaving in and out of people walking on the footpath.
Sit Less, Move More, Sleep Well Physical Activity Guidelines for Children and Young People
For school-aged children and young people (aged 5 to 17 years) high levels of physical activity, low levels of sedentary behaviour and sufficient sleep each day achieves greater health benefits.
A healthy 24 hours includes:
- quality uninterrupted sleep of 9 to 11 hours per night for those aged 5 to 13 years and 8 to 10 hours per night for those aged 14 to 17 years, with consistent bed and wake-up times.
- an accumulation of at least one hour a day of moderate to vigorous physical activity (incorporate vigorous physical activities and activities that strengthen muscles and bones, at least three days a week).
- no more than two hours per day of recreational screen time.
- for the remainder of the day:
- sitting less, moving more – break up sitting time.
- participating in structured and unstructured light physical activities.
Preserving sleep, trading indoor time for outdoor time, and replacing sedentary behaviours and light physical activity with additional moderate to vigorous physical activity can provide greater health benefits.
P.E.A.K.S (Participation, Effort, Action, Knowledge, Skills)
P.E.A.K.S (Participation, Effort, Action, Knowledge, Skills) is our home learning programme where we celebrate the effort and commitment of students who take on a challenge and complete it in their own time. It enables us the chance to recognise the depth and wealth of learning opportunities students engage in in their leisure time.
Each team offers slightly different challenges they can engage in and there is also the opportunity to design their own challenge.
Each year level has a set number of challenges to achieve in the year. Those that complete these will be awarded a trophy at the end of the year in recognition of their efforts.
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