Book Week
Last week we had a fantastic week to celebrate book week. The activities throughout the week were brilliant and the children and staff enjoyed the whole week. During the week the Scholastic Book Fair was open for people to purchase books. Throughout the week our community bought $11,000 worth of books, which meant that the school received $3900 worth of free books for the library. Thank you for your support during Book Week.
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Country Show Day
Silverdale PTA are looking for sponsors for our biggest fundraiser, Country Show Day which is on Saturday 19 October 2024. If you are interested in being either a Gold, Silver or Bronze sponsor, please contact the PTA via email silverdalepta@gmail.com and we will forward the sponsorship package.
Teacher Only Day Friday 31 May
School will be closed on Friday 31 May due to teacher only day. During this day our staff will be doing numeracy professional development with the schools in our Kāhui Ako and then going to Orewa College for a presentation from Jay Geldard from E Tū Tāngata on Tackling Tall Poppy Syndrome To Transform Aotearoa.
Kelly Club will be operating on this day. To book go to www.kellyclub.co.nz
Learning Conservations – Wednesday 12 June and Thursday 13 June
The learning conversations are three-way conferences with the teacher, child and parent. Three-way conferences take the form of a conversation between the child, the parents and the teacher as they sit together and talk about the child’s learning, with the child taking an equal role. This approach give children an opportunity to share with their parents their growth as a learner. The three-way conferences are designed to achieve one or more of the following goals:
- to help children demonstrate evidence of learning,
- to teach children the process of reflection and self-evaluation,
- to facilitate the development of child’s organisational and oral communication skills and to increase their self-confidence,
- to encourage children, parents, and teachers to engage in open and honest dialogue,
- to encourage children to accept personal responsibility for their learning.
Times for Learning Conversations are:
Wednesday 12 June 12:30pm – 6:00pm and Thursday 13 June 3:15pm – 6:00pm
On Wednesday 12 June the school will close at 12.00pm, can you please collect your child at this time this is only for Wednesday 12 June.
Each learning conversation session lasts for 15 minutes.
A link will be sent next week for you to book your learning conversations with your child’s teacher.
Read-a-thon
Thank you to everyone who supported our read-a-thon over the past few weeks. We had 235 fundraisers, raising a total of $16,035, which is an amazing amount. Thank you to our hard working PTA for organising this event.
Congratulations to the following winners:
1st place: Shanaya from Rm 11 raised $555 – she won $150 Whitcoulls voucher
2nd place: Ava from Rm 21 raised $540 – she won $100 Whitcoulls voucher
3rd place: Robert from Rm 41 raised $515 – he won $50 Whitcoulls voucher
Top class for a free pizza lunch goes to Room 41 raising a whooping $1,940
Top Team goes to Team Kiwi, they raised a total of $5,071 they get extra playtime.
Congratulations to all winners, and again thank you so much for your support. The PTAs fundraising goal for this year is towards a passive garden where children can have a quiet space during break times.
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