Wednesday 17 March Silverdale School Newsletter

SILVERDALE SCHOOL

School Newsletter

Learn to Journey – Journey to Learn

Ako ki te Haere – Haere ki te Ako

Silverdale School Newsletter –

Wednesday 17 March

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

Welcome

Welcome to Kingston Brogden, Skinner, Brooke Skinner, Annie Zhang, Lexi Halliday, Joshua Van Wyk and Ethan Van Wyk. Our current roll is 804.

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to Ryan Campion, Blake Bigwood, Abby Weakley, Lola Tongiahoe, Chloe Liu and Noah Cardwell.

KERI Awards

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

	Team Te Ohanga	Team Kiwi	Team Pukeko	Team Tui
Kindness	Charlie	Chris	Holly	Kaeden
Excellence	August	PK	Lika	Coby
Respect	Maddy	Maddie	Ellie	Ashleigh
Integrity	Alexander	Narek	Blake	Mason

Grandparents Morning or Special Person Morning

Grandparents or Special Person morning is on Friday 26 March from 8.55am to 10.55am. All grandparents or special persons are invited to their grandchildren’s classroom to spend a morning with them. At 10.55am our grandparents are invited to stay with the class and share morning tea with the class. This could be cancelled depending on what alert level we are on at the time.

Term 1 Assemblies

During alert level 1 we will be holding whole school assemblies. All assemblies start at 9.00am in the hall. Parents/caregivers are welcome to come on-site and visit their child’s classroom from 8.30am and stay on for our assemblies.

Week	Date
6	Friday 19 March – Celebration Assembly
7	Monday 22 March – KERI Assembly – GEM focus empathy
8	Thursday 1 April – Celebration Assembly
9	Wednesday 7 April – KERI Assembly
10	Friday 16 April – Celebration Assembly

Colour Rush Information

Date: 20 March 2021

Time: 10:30am – 1pm

There is still time to register, go to https://silverdaleschool.raiseit.co.nz/.

Our online fundraiser will close Saturday evening.

If you have cash donations, please give these to the school office by this Thursday.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: All students that have raised money through their online profile or handed in cash donations will be able to attend the Colour Rush with their family. Family include:, mum, dad or caregiver and siblings.

Parking, please do not park in the hockey field area. This area will be used for part of the course. Thank you.

FAQ’s

Q: Can our friends and extended family members participate?

A: Of course they can, we will have a registration tent on the school grounds. Cost will be $10 per person – cash only please!

Q: Will the colour wash off, is the colour safe and will it damage my clothes?

A: Yes, by all accounts the colour washes off clothing, however to play it safe we recommend old clothes. The colour shows up best on white tee shirts. The colour is non toxic (coloured cornflour).

Q: Will we get wet?

A: Yes you will get a little wet and if you want, you can get A LOT wet.

Q: About the course?

A: Its around 2.5kms long with lots of fun activities for all ages on route. There will be an adult at station 2 to advise the short course for our little ones.

There is no prize for the fastest person so have fun and do the activities. We have told our helpers to not aim the colour at people faces, but in reality expect it all over you, especially mums and dads!

Younger kids may like to wear swim goggles or sunglasses to protect their eyes. We will have water at each station to rinse eyes if needed and water to drink at the finish line.

Q: Will we all go out together?

A: No, everyone will congregate at the start line and we will send waves of around 40 to 50 people out 5 minutes apart.

Q: We have sports/ other activities in the morning. Do we have to be there at 10:30am?

A: Ideally we will love everyone to be there at 10:30am. We will see how we will go, as the course is longer than the previous year, we would like the final runners to go through at 11:30am.

Q: What happens at the dance party?

A: This is a good chance for the kids to burn off any extra energy. When you cross the finish line you can purchase some colour powder at $1 per bag and have fun in throwing some powder in the air!

Q: Will there be coffee?

A: Yes!

Q: What food is available?

A: We will have the following food trucks, Donut, Snowies Slushies, Jay Kitchen (they sell bacon & egg rolls, BLATs, hot chips etc), and PTA sausage sizzle.

Q: Will there be EFTPOS?

A: The food trucks will have eftpos, but the registration tent and sausage sizzle won’t, so please make sure to also bring some cash.

Q: What if its raining?

A: We wont cancel unless the weather is extreme. School app will confirm any cancellation.

Silverdale School Colour Rush Course

Cameron Lockie

Tumuāki/Principal

FREE coffee on Thursday 25 March at 8:15am until 9:30am if you park at Metro Park then walk to school you can enjoy a coffee on your return to your car!

Let’s all make our school a safer and less congested place. Why not give Park and Walk a try?

Check out the map below and plan your safe journey to and from school.

Walking to/from school:

Improves health and fitness
Reduces the number of cars outside our school making it safer for everyone
Teaches road sense
Is great for the environment
Is social and fun with friends and whanau

Silverdale Kindergarten Bikeathon and Gala – 27th March 2021- 10am-2pm!

Kaitiaki kindergarten is a kiwi not-for-profit organisation that strives to provide the best education for pre-school tamariki.

Therefore, FUNDRAISING is a big part of how we can finance the upgrading of our kindergarten outdoor environment.

Silverdale Kindergarten are hosting there annual fundraising event ‘Bikeathon and mini gala’ to raise money to upgrade the outdoor learning space! Our upgrade will hopefully include new soft fall, native plants, pathways to explore and an exciting extension to our carpentry area, and native fencing.

It’s a community event with food, raffles, amazing auctions, a chance to win $500, bouncy castle, games, plant stall, sensational seconds stall, helicopter simulator, cheerleading and a chance to encourage our young kindergarten children on their bikes. It will be held at the kindergarten on Silverdale School grounds.

The more we can raise at this event the less fundraising we will have to do for the rest of the year!

WINTER HOCKEY REGISTRATIONS NOW OPEN!!

Open to all Years from 0-6. Any skill level and new players are welcome.

Registrations close Thursday 1^st April.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/168r6bjlXu4FTtsuAm9qOt3jtGzU_X0j-q56zXHO9DiU/edit

Hockey is played on either ¼ or ½ turf, with 6 players on the field at any time. Each game is 30 minutes long (with 14 minute halves).

Competition

The competition is played at the Hockey Hibiscus Trust turf in Millwater.

Games are played between 4pm and 6.30pm.

The winter season runs through Term 2 & 3 (excluding school holidays) and games are played on Mondays between 4pm and 6.30pm.

The summer season usually runs in Term 4 (excluding school holidays) and games are played on Mondays between 4pm and 7.30pm.

Training (winter only)

Training only runs for Year 3 and above. Once players are allocated to a team, training day and time will be advised. Training will either be at Orewa College or at the new Hockey Hibiscus Trust facility in Millwater.

There is no training for summer hockey.

Team Information

YEAR 0/1/2 – 30 minutes, 15 minute skills session followed by a 15 minute game

YEAR 3/4 – 30 minute game, 2 x 14 minute halves

YEAR 5/6 – 30 minute game, 2 x 14 minute halves