Newsletter – Wednesday 24 August

Newsletter – Wednesday 24 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. 

Welcome

Welcome to Archie Hookham and Taika Bain who started with us this week. Our current roll is 837.

Happy Birthday

Happy birthday to Victor Shan, Sooah Kim, Jazmyn Teo, Hannah Griffith, Lize Munnik, Veramy Vorster, Eva Webster, Jayla Renton, Dallas Cameron, Rory Bassett, Grace Hart, Ana Gillam, Maggie Young, Alba Rihari, Evie Wakelin and Sam Cooper. 

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.

KERI Awards

Well done to the following children who received Caught by KERI awards. 

The special kindness sushi winners of the week are Jaxon Rihari From Room 20 and Sienna Thomas Room 18.

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 gives 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.

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.

Understanding Self

Empathy

The data gathered through The Resilience Survey shows that the New Zealand norms for students getting along with people who are different from themselves is quite low. Our girls have shown an improvement in this area but there is room for improvement for our whole kura. 

It is important for our society to value and accept those who are different from us. Practising empathy means putting ourselves in the shoes of others to feel and see as they do.

Empathetic people have the ability to connect with others on a deeper level and can lead to individuals being helpful, involved and invested in other people. In our social society where we have to rely on each other, empathy is an increasingly important tool to connect with the world.

As a whole society we need to model this to our tamariki and rangatahi.

People tend to feel greater empathy for an individual when they perceive the individual to be similar to them. They also find it easier to empathize with someone who is familiar. As a result, one of the best ways to encourage empathy is to make children conscious of what they have in common with others. For example, studies suggest that schools boost empathy in students when they foster multiculturalism — an inclusive, warm attitude about cultural diversity (Le et al 2009; Chang and Le 2011).

Principal Awards

Well done to the following children who recieved principal awards last week.

New Play Space

Our new play space opened this week and the children are loving it. Over the weekend someone used cable ties on the tap to have the water continually on. Obviously we don’t want this to happen, if you know the person who did this please ask them not to do it again.

Mask Wearing for 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 Term 3 the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health strongly recommend that all schools and kura 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

1. Email classroom teacher
2. Email Office (office@silverdaleprimary.school.nz)
3. 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.

Triennial School Board Elections – close of voting date – Updated

Kia ora Parents and Caregivers,

Please see the updated close of voting date below for the Triennial School Board Elections.

Read the below profiles of our candidates and then fill out your voting papers by choosing 5 people and then return them by either dropping them into the school office (see below) or posting them no later than Wednesday 7 September 2022 by 4:00pm.

We have 6 candidates and 5 vacancies.

Robert Pelsky

Timothy Harrod

Faye McIlroy

David Powles

Nolan Jex

Ann Jose

We would like to thank all the candidates and wish them all the best for the upcoming Board Elections.

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.

Softball

A HUGE THANKYOU to Hibiscus Coast Softball Club for donating a softball gear bag full of brand new softball equipment to Silverdale School, to allow us to teach our children how to play softball through our Physical Education Curriculum. The bag included new softball gloves, bats, a batting tee and bases and will be well utilised by the children and staff. Thankyou HBC softball, we really appreciate it!

Hibiscus Coast Softball is our local softball club and registrations have now opened for the 2022/23 season. (See contact and registration information below) HBC Softball cater for players in all age groups, from as young as U5 through to U19 at junior level and there are also social and competitive teams for adults to join. Softball is a fantastic family sport and members of all ages can get involved together to play throughout summer. Team practises are held right here on the coast and games are played at the same time every Saturday at Rosedale Park in Albany. The softball season begins on the 8th of October and we play up till mid December. After a xmas break we return to games in late January and play through until the end of March. No experience is needed (at junior or senior level), HBC softball have a great team of coaches that will get you started on a great future in the sport of softball!

It’s a great team sport and children/adults will make instant friends and team mates and have the best fun in the fresh air out on the softball diamond. Have a go!

With the Men’s Softball World Cup being held right here in Auckland at the end of November this year, at Rosedale Park in Albany, it’s a great time to get into a fantastic sport and also be part of an amazing event seeing the best softball players, including our own NZ Black Sox in action in this week long tournament. 

Hibiscus Coast Softball Club

Website

https://www.hbcsoftball.org.nz/

Club email

secretary@hbcsoftball.org.nz

Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/hbcsoftballclub

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.

Celebrate Dads this Father’s Day!

Whether it’s a Dad, Uncle, Grandad or Poppa in your life, make them feel extra special this Father’s Day with our ezlunch giveaway.  Every lunch order gets you a chance to win one of two $50 ‘Not Socks’ vouchers.

Order ezlunch for delivery from Monday 22 August – Friday 2 September to be in the draw to WIN!

Two vouchers, two winners!

The winners will be drawn on Friday 2 September and notified by email.
Go to www.mykindo.co.nz to start ordering.

Keep munching on those mighty Yummy Apples. Collect the Yummy stickers and bring them into school, as we trade them for sports equipment. 5 weeks to go!

Thank you to our Newsletter Sponsors

Community Notices

Ōrewa Surf Lifesaving Club –  Junior Family Membership

Early Bird Registration now open

Make the most of Summer Sundays and join us at beautiful Ōrewa beach as a member of Ōrewa Surf Lifesaving Club. We offer a fun, safe and family-oriented environment, building life skills, fitness, and respect for the water for children aged 3-13. Our members come from all over Auckland to enjoy everything Ōrewa Surf Club has to offer. Go to our website for more information about our junior surf programme: https://www.orewasurfclub.co.nz/sunday-sessions

Final day to take advantage of our early bird family membership rate is Sunday 16^th October 2022.  First day on the beach, Sunday 30^th October.

Ready to join:  https://www.orewasurfclub.co.nz/how-to-join