Newsletter Wednesday 10 August

SILVERDALE SCHOOL

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Learn to Journey – Journey to Learn

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Newsletter – Wednesday 10 August

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.

Teacher Only Day – Friday 19 August

School will be closed on Friday 19 August for a teacher only day. This day will be a professional development day for the staff on the Aotearoa New Zealand’s Histories curriculum.

Welcome

Welcome to Scarlett Kelly, Anthony Tong and Larsen Fray. Our current roll is 832.

Happy Birthday

Happy birthday to Adrian Gericke, Ericko Uy, Leo Wo-Onsri, Talia Jex, Claudia Fenev, Maia Tipene, Xavier Xu, Cooper Menzies, Sophia Lyon, Indiana Rithivy, Florence Nguyen, Portia-Belle Smith, Chloe Albert, Leo Peters, Joshua Williams, Rhys Adams, Charlotte Patterson and Camellia Zhao.

Silverdale School Board

Silverdale School Board next hui is on Monday 15 August at 7.00pm in the school staffroom, all are welcome to attend.

Sickness

During the winter months we have a lot of sickness going around the school. This sickness affects children and staff. Please make sure that if your child feels unwell or sick please don’t send them to school. At times during the term we find it hard to find reliever teachers to cover classes when our teachers are sick. When we have staff members away for an extended period of time due to sickness, we try our best to get the same reliever for the class but sometimes this is not possible, this is not ideal but this is something that is out of our control.

Te Rā Daffodil Daffodil Day 26th August

Every day 71 New Zealanders are diagnosed with cancer. For over 30 years New Zealanders have supported the work of the Cancer Society on Daffodil Day and they need our help again this year.

Please help Silverdale School to raise money to support the cancer Society’s work in Auckland. With your support, every dollar raised for Daffodil Day will go towards cancer care for patients and their whānau, education and awareness programmes, and life-saving cancer research.

On Friday 26th August Silverdale School will hold a mufti day. Please encourage your child to dress in bright colours to symbolise Spring and to show their support for the Cancer Society on Daffodil Day. Rather than bringing in a gold coin donation, we ask that you make a contribution via our fundraising page https://daffodilday.org.nz/silverdaleschool.

Silverdale School Board

Silverdale School Board next hui is on Monday 15 August at 7.00pm in the school staffroom, all are welcome to attend.

The Resilience Project Children Survey

Earlier this year our Year 4, 5 and 6 students took part in a Resilience survey. The Resilience Survey measures resilience and wellbeing across 9 key domains: Understanding Self, Social Skills, Positive Relationships, Safety, Healthy Body and Healthy Mind, Learning, Positive Attitude, Positive Values and Positive Identity. The survey results are anonymous and we can’t identify any students. The results have been shared with us and we have gone through the key findings. Over the coming weeks I will be sharing with you some of our results.

Percentage of Year 4-6 children who answered yes to the question *“I think it is important to help other people”*
	2021	2022
Silverdale School girls	94	96
NZ girls	96	96
Silverdale School boys	87	91
NZ boys	92	92

Percentage of Year 4-6 children who answered yes to the question *“I give up my time to help other people”*
	2021	2022
Silverdale School girls	76	82
NZ girls	81	81
Silverdale School boys	59	70
NZ boys	68	68

Empathy

One of the key areas of wellbeing that students practice at school through The Resilience project is empathy. Empathy means putting ourselves in the shoes of others to feel and see as they do. We practice this by being kind and compassionate towards other people.

Working on empathy helps us to identify, understand and feel what another person is feeling. When we show empathy or we do something kind for someone else our brain releases oxytocin. This leads to us increasing our self-esteem/ confidence, energy levels, positivity and overall happiness.

Data from The Resilience Survey shows that our students think it is important to help others, however some need support to follow through by actively giving up their time. There has been a large increase in the amount of boys who actively help others, from 59% in 2021 to 70% this year which is excellent to see but there is room for improvement.

Here is a simple challenge that you can do with your child to practise thinking of others. Recognise, reward and celebrate small acts of kindness.

The Task

Choose an act of kindness below that you would like to do for a neighbour or family friend. Feel free to do more than one and spread the kindness even further!

Principal Awards

Congratulations to the following children who received a principal award last week.

PTA Event Reminder – Saturday 27 August

Tickets are limited and we will be opening up to the community next week. Available on Kindo.

PIZZA’S available for pre-order. Supplied by Northern Union. Chicken Brie, Tandoori, The Big Mac, Beef Steak, Vegetarian.

All 12in – $25 + $8 for gluten-free.

Email PTA at silverdalepta@gmail.com to order.

Growth Mindset v Fixed Mindset

Mindset is a simple idea discovered by world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck in decades of research on achievement and success.

In a fixed mindset, people believe their basic qualities, like their intelligence or talent, are simply fixed traits. They spend their time documenting their intelligence or talent instead of developing them. They also believe that talent alone creates success, without effort. They’re wrong.

In a growth mindset, people believe that their most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work; brains and talent are just the starting point. This view creates a love of learning and a resilience that is essential for great accomplishment. Virtually all great people have had these qualities.

Mindsets are beliefs, beliefs about yourself and your most basic qualities. Think about your intelligence, your talents, your personality. Are these qualities simply fixed traits, carved in stone and that’s that? Or are they things you can cultivate throughout your life?

People with a fixed mindset believe that their traits are just givens. They have a certain amount of brains and talent and nothing can change that. If they have a lot, they’re all set, but if they don’t… So people in this mindset worry about their traits and how adequate they are. They have something to prove to themselves and others.

People with a growth mindset, on the other hand, see their qualities as things that can be developed through their dedication and effort. Sure they’re happy if they’re brainy or talented, but that’s just the starting point. They understand that no one has ever accomplished great things—not Mozart, Darwin, or Lorde, without years of passionate practice and learning.

Trees for Survival Report

Kāhui Ako ki Orewa

The two new schools in our area, Ahutoetoe School and Nukumea School would like to join our Kāhui Ako ki Orewa. If you would like to discuss this or give feedback about the schools joining our Kāhui Ako please contact Cameron Lockie, Silverdale School cameronlockie@silverdaleprimary.school.nz

Mask Wearing for the Start of Term 3

In previous years we have found there is an increase in winter illnesses in schools at the start of Term 3 as students bring back infections after travelling and socialising during the holidays. This year cases of COVID-19 are increasing in most parts of the country, and we are also seeing high numbers of other winter illness

For the start of Term 3, Monday 25 July, the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health strongly recommend that all schools and kura for the first four weeks of term to require mask wearing in all indoor settings for all staff and for students in Years 4 and above.

We will be following this advice which will mean:

– All staff will wear a mask while indoors.

– All children in Years 4, 5, and 6 will wear a mask while indoors.

– We encourage Years 0, 1, 2, and 3 to wear a mask while indoors.

– Everyone who comes into school will be required to wear a mask.

This recommendation does not include any situation where mask wearing might not be practicable, such as while eating and drinking, indoor sport, where it will have a significant impact on teaching and learning (for example, students with particular learning needs). In these situations, particular attention should be paid to ensuring there is good ventilation during the activity, and physical distancing where practicable.

Wearing masks can reduce new cases of the virus by as much as 53%. It works alongside other measures including vaccination, good ventilation, staying home when sick, and hand washing and other hygiene measures, to protect our students and staff.

Keep up healthy habits – Unite Against COVID-19

We know that some of our tamariki/ākonga are exempt from wearing a mask. If they have an exemption card or a letter from their health provider, or we have agreed that mask wearing is not practicable for them, we will support them to not wear a mask.

Apply for a face mask exemption pass – Unite Against COVID-19

Please make sure that tamariki/ākonga come to school ready to wear masks. Students should bring masks from home. If students cannot bring masks from home, our school has a supply of child size masks for them to use.

Thank you for your support in protecting our school community.

Reporting Positive Covid and Household Contacts

Positive Covid

Contact Cameron (cameronlockie@silverdaleprimary.school.nz) use this format:

Child’s Name:

Child’s Room Number:

Date of positive test or first symptoms:

Last Day at School:

No need to test on returning back to school on Day 8.

Household Contact

Email classroom teacher
Email Office (office@silverdaleprimary.school.nz)
Test child at Day 3 and Day 7 if both tests are negative and they have no symptoms and they are healthy then they can return to school.

Cameron Lockie

Tumuāki/Principal

Candidate Statements for the Board Elections

Silverdale School has 6 nominations for our school board which means that we will have an election. The election is for 5 parent representatives. You will receive voting papers via mail shortly please read the instructions on how to vote. If you have any questions about this process please contact Cameron at school.

School PE T-shirts

If your child has participated in an interschool event and borrowed a shirt, it would be greatly appreciated if these could be washed and returned to school.

If you have PE T-shirts from past students that you wish to donate, we would very much appreciate your donation to the office.

Yummy Stickers.

Yes, it is that time again. So start munching and crunching your way through lots and lots of Yummy, juicy apples and start saving the Yummy stickers.

Let’s see if we can get some amazing sports gear for our school this year.

Need a chart, Sticker Collection Sheet or come to Room 36.

Once your chart is full, bring it back to Room 36.

Aroha Ana – Thank you!

Just before the term break, Bryan and Harry of Crave Athletics took all their semi competitive and competitive teams to their first competition in 11 months (due to Covid disruptions). All the teams placed in their respective divisions. However, their Senior Novice team, Crystal not only placed but came Grand Champions of their whole division with the highest score from all 11 teams. Congratulations to Aimee Whorwood, Chloe Pescott and Leah O’Reilly who were the Silverdale students in this team. Crave Athletics runs non-competitive, semi competitive and fully competitive teams at their local Silverdale gym and also at here at Silverdale school during term time.