Newsletter – Wednesday 15 March

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. 

Teachers and Principals Strike – Thursday 16 March – School Closed

Our teachers who belong to the NZEI will be striking on Thursday 16 March. This will mean that the school will be closed to children on Thursday 16 March. 

Kelly Club Silverdale will be offering a supervision programme on Thursday 16 March. If you would like to send your child/ren to Kelly Club you can book them in by following this link https://kellyclub.co.nz/ 

Why are teachers and principals striking?

Our tamariki need a quality education. And we want to give that to them.

Unfortunately, the funding for our schools is not enough for us to give us the time we would like to support all our children to thrive.  

We need to attract and retain educators by ensuring that teaching is a valued and attractive profession.

Principals and teachers in primary and area schools have considered at length offers from the government to settle our respective collective agreements.

The offers did not meet our expectations, nor make sufficient steps towards the changes we need for our children to succeed.

We have voted to take industrial action on Thursday 16 March.

It’s the last thing we wanted to do. And the decision was not taken lightly.

We felt that this was the only way the government would listen and recognise that when they support our children to learn and succeed, we are supporting whānau and communities to thrive.

We look forward to another great year in 2023 – and together with your support, building the case for better investment in our tamariki. 

Thank you for your support in this.

Welcome

Welcome to Abby Griffith, Gabriel Teo, Diana Ramazan and Maddie Shas. Our current roll is 750.

Happy Birthday

Happy birthday to Jay Feng, Jacob Ituriaga, Sophia Nair, Bela Nair, Mark Kandakou, Samaya Patel, Ryan Campion, Aaviyah Maveu, Marnu Vorster and Ammon Cuff.

Grandparents Morning/Special Person Morning

Grandparents/Special Person morning is on Friday 31 March from 8.55am to 10.55am. All grandparents/special persons are invited to their grandchildren’s classroom to spend a morning with them. At 10.55am our grandparents/special persons are invited to stay with the class and share morning tea with the class. 

Working Bee – Garden to Table – Thank you 

Thank you to all the families that came along to our working bee on Saturday. What an amazing day we had and the gardens look incredible. We are so grateful for the help and support you gave. This is a massive step forward to getting our gardens back to a usable area. The expectations have exceeded what we were hoping to achieve and this couldn’t have happened without you and your hard work. What you achieved in one day would have taken us months to do and we sincerely appreciate you all. You are awesome!

The children came to school on Monday and were so excited to see the beautiful plants and area that has been hidden under all the overgrown weeds.

If you have any photos you took on the day, please feel free to share them with us.  They can be sent to cameronlockie@silverdaleprimary.school.nz

Crossing Millwater Parkway

Over the past few weeks it has been reported to me that children and families are crossing Millwater Parkway by the dental clinic at the end of the school day. During this time Millwater Parkway is extremely busy and it’s very dangerous to cross there. Please cross Millwater Parkway at the lights at the corner of Bankside and Millwater.  

The Resilience Project – Te Whakatakanga Manawanui

Silverdale School is now in its third year of implementing The Resilience Project (Te Whakatakanga Manawanui) wellbeing curriculum into our classrooms. 

The Resilience Project is a schoolwide programme from Year 0 to 6 that provides practical, evidence-based, positive mental health strategies to build resilience and happiness. The programme focuses on three key pillars that have been proven to cultivate positive emotion; Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness (GEM). The programme also has a strong focus on Connection, Purpose, Kindness, Emotional Literacy and Physical Health. 

Now, more than ever, there is a high need for a focus on mental well being. As well as supporting your child at school, The Resilience Project is also available to support you and your child at home through digital parent and career presentations and access to TRP@ Home.

Parent/carer presentations – 5 x videos and program information (no login for parents). Click this link to access the parent modules.  Parent and Career Hub

TRP @ Home helps to connect the GEM principles with our families. 

• TRP@Home provides families with resources, ideas and activities to practice GEM whilst at home.
• TRP@Home also includes a blog with articles relating to GEM and its practice.
• Take home activities on TRP@Home linked to the classroom lessons. 
• To visit TRP @ Home please Click Here

Team Tūī Swimming Gala Results

Well done to everyone who took part in the Team Tūī Swimming Gala. Below are the results.

On Monday 6 March, Team Tūī entered Northern Arena for our annual swim gala. The day was filled with lots of energy and determination by all the children involved. Well done to the children who showed resilience and pushed through to swim the 25m length. Thank you to our parent helpers who gave their time to help the teachers on the day. We can’t do it without you.  

Congratulations to our top time swimmers who qualified to go through to the HBC Inter School Competition next week:

Olivia Bowater, Sophia Schmidt, Portia Belle Smith, Mieke Goosen, Bella Shaw, Anna Thongtawee, Harry Russell, Sam Cooper, Maxwell Light, Ellie Tuohy, Poppy Harrod, Erin Halliday, Keira Saddam, Lachie Pollard, Josh Williams and Josh Johansen.

KERI Awards

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

Principal Awards

Well done to the following children who received principal awards at last week’s assembly.

2023 Silverdale School – Colour Rush – Online Sponsored Fundraiser

Like all New Zealand Schools, Silverdale School relies on fundraising revenue to further enhance learning opportunities and the overall school environment for all our students. Fundraising gives our students a sense of empowerment from being able to work as a team and contribute towards a common goal. This term we are running our annual Colour Rush Online Fundraiser.

Our Colour Rush is a great way to bring our community together and show school spirit while raising much needed funds for our school. This year, funds raised will go towards the refurbishment of our library, a project that will benefit all our current and future students.

Our students will be collecting online sponsorship for their efforts on colour rush day, all funds raised will go towards our Library project.

How will this fundraiser work? Once again we have partnered with online fundraising company Go Raise It. Collecting sponsorship online makes it super easy for everyone – no more door knocking, your child can collect more donations from further afield (friends & family living overseas, work colleagues etc) and no need to worry about handling cash!

How do I sign my child up to fundraise online? Each child can sign up for their very own fundraising web page to send out to collect online sponsorship from anyone, anywhere! 

• Just go to our Fundraising Hub page at:  https://silverdalecolourrush.raiseit.co.nz/hub 

• Click on the SETUP A FUNDRAISING PAGE button
• If you need any help email help@raiseitfundraising.com for direct assistance

Multiple children in your family? No problem, all children can sit under the same email address. You’ll find a button to set up another page while logged in to the fundraising account you created first.

Do I have to sign up for an online account to fundraise? We would love everyone to have an online account as this allows the school to significantly reduce the administration overhead of collecting and dealing with cash. Go Raise It adhere to strict cyber safe guidelines and this is built into our fundraising website. If you really do not want an online fundraising page, and still want to participate please check with the school office to see if you can collect cash.

Prizes: 

We have a great range of fundraising prizes available including spot prizes and overall fundraising prizes for classes, teams and individuals. Please see the prizes page linked on the Fundraising Hub page of our fundraising website. 

Event Details

Date: 1 April 2023

Time: 9.00am – 11:30am – the last run will be at 11:10am 

Where: Start line, Silverdale School through parts of Metro Park

If you can help on the day, please contact the PTA via email:  silverdalepta@gmail.com

HOCKEY ‘GIVE IT A GO’ DAY

To bring the Silverdale School hockey community together ahead of the winter season and invite those who want to try hockey prior to registering to play hockey in term 2 & 3, we are holding a Hockey ‘Give it a Go’ day.

Date: Saturday, 25 March

Time: 3-4pm

Location: Millwater Hockey Turf, Millwater Parkway

Cost: Gold coin donation

CLICK HERE to register your child for the ‘Give it a Go’ day.

Further information is available when you click the link to register.

If you don’t have a hockey stick or ball, don’t worry, there will be hockey equipment to use down at the turf.

Walking School Bus

What is a Walking School Bus?

It is a group of children who walk together to/from school with parent supervisors along a set route.

Why should I join a Walking School Bus?

There are so many benefits of a walking school bus! Parents get to connect with one another, children get to have fun and get active. There is less congestion at school gates with more people walking which helps to improve the safety of the roads around schools.

Details for our current walking school bus routes:

Route A – Start 8:15am 11 Harris Drive : Bankside Rd : Silverdale School.

Route A – 3 days a week (days vary). Contact Sophie 021 8000 98

Route B – Start 8:20am 14 Skipjack : Whaley Greens : Manuel Rd : Walkway down to  Miller Rise : Bankside Rd : Silverdale School.

Route B – 5 days a week. Contact Kate 021 258 6275

Route C – Starts 8:25am Crn Arbors Track & Madison Terrace : Bankside Rd : Silverdale School. 

Route C – 5 days a week. Contact Alice 021 047 3043.

Please contact route coordinators for more information. 

Anyone interested in starting another route please get in touch with Louise Cameron. (Louise.Cameron@at.govt.nz)

Please use the link or if does not work, copy and paste. This will take you directly to the parents page. You can order your books from here and they will get delivered to your home.

https://scholastic.co.nz/parents/lucky-book-club/

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