BIRKENHEAD PRIMARY SCHOOLNewsletter 19 June 2020

Kia Ora Whanau, We are now at the end of week 10 of term and have two weeks to go, the combination of tiredness and limited social interactionwith peers during the lockdown is bringing about more physical and emotional behaviour than normal. We will continue to remindchildren to be kind, to breath before reacting and many other emotional regulation strategies. It would be great for families tocontinue these conversations at home and to check in with your children about how they are feeling. We have just posted thismonths topic of happiness and gratitude from SchoolTV to support a conversation around our current wellbeing. We would like to give you a heads up that parent teacher conferences scheduled for this term will take place early term 3 onThursday 6 August. Bookings for this will open early in term 3. Student achievement data will also be available on @school prior tothese evenings. We have a teacher only day booked for Friday 14 August, Northcote Intermediate will have a teacher only day onthe same day. This will allow for collaborative professional learning between our schools.  Skids will operate on this day if you dorequire child care, but this could be an opportunity for a winter long weekend. While we are now in Alert Level 1, the Ministry of Health still advises us to stay home if we are, or feel, unwell. If your child is unwellplease keep them at home.  If they become unwell at school, we are required to ring parents to collect them. If your child is goingto be absent, please email: absence@bps.school.nz or leave a detailed message on the absence line. Lastly, a reminder school start and finish times are now back to normal - class starts at 8.50am and all children are to be collectedafter 3.00pm. Staff will continue to monitor the gates until 3.10pm if want to stagger your collection time slightly. Please rememberto sign your children in and out of school if you are collecting them during school hours.

Congratulations to our 5 June Principal's Award winners:Rm 1: Cian Lowery, Rm 3: Nicole Sukhorukova, Rm 4: Eli Lang, Rm 5: Zoyi Xie, Indiriya Aung, Rm 6: Clara Bailey,Rm 7: Sofia Dobler, Rm 8: Zoe Powell, Rm 9: Kerr Huang, Grace Martin, Rm 11: Annabelle Martin,  Rm 12: JennyLe Nguyen, Rm 13: Holly Gill, Rm 14: Sofia Peacock,, Cyprian Shepherd, Rm 15: Daniel Warner, Emily Rowe, Rm16: Tomas Pineda Moris, Holly Littlewood, Rm 17: Keisha Piper, Brooklyn Vaughan, Rm 18: James Moore, LeonnaBanzuela, Rm 19: Connor Wright, Zoe Wheatley , Rm 21; Lindsey Fam, Niamh Maier, Rm 22: Vitor Lima Filippo,Theo Mataitonga.

Enrolments for 2020/2021:If you have a child turning five this year or early next,please make sure you have enrolled them at the schooloffice. It is important we know well in advance of allchildren starting to assist with forward planning. Pleasealso remember that we now have a Cohort Entry policywhich specifies start dates and visit times for new entrants.If you have any questions, please contact the office.

Calendar3 July - Rm 15 assembly - 9am6 August- Parent Teacher MeetingsTerm 2 finishes on Friday, 3 JulyTerm 3: 20 July - 25 SeptemberTerm 4:  12 October - 16 December

Room 5 have been learning collage in Art, inspired by the illustrations in Eric Carle's books.

Birkenhead PrimarySchool PTA

Looking for a Treasurer!We are looking for a new Treasurer to join our team.  We have adedicated group of parent and teacher volunteers, whose purposeis to fundraise for the school to benefit children’s learning andplay; support teachers in their classrooms and buy essentialresources for the school. Our current Treasurer has been in therole for a number of years and her youngest will be heading tointermediate next year.  Ideally we are looking for someone to joinas soon as possible to learn the role, with a view to taking on theposition next year.  Commitment per week averages out toapprox. 1-2 hours. If you have a finance background and arereally keen to get involved in what is happening at your children’sschool then this a great opportunity. The Treasurer is an officialoffice holder of the PTA.  Primary responsibilities are: Attend PTAmeetings (two per term); Banking; Arranging payments; Floats for events; Record keeping; Financialreporting (for PTA meetings and annual reporting); Submitting of

accounts with the Charities OfficeInterested?  Email pta@bps.school.nz. 

Yesterday our teacher said that we were goingto play with kinetic sand. “Yay” I thought. “I’llfinally be able to play with kinetic sand”.Shannon said to me, “Have you ever playedwith kinetic sand?” Actually I have. Just thenMrs Marshall told the class we were goingoutside to play with the kinetic sand. We wentoutside. We sat in a circle on the tarpaulin. MrsMarshall gave me a bit of kinetic sand. I triedto make a ball but it kept on crumbling. It didnot matter. It felt so good. Finally I made aball. Just then Mrs Marshall said “5 minutesmore”. There next to me was Shannon andCaitlin. I saw they were dropping kinetic sandballs down onto the tarpaulin. I tried to do ittoo. I did not realise how strong the kineticsand was. By Yasmin, Room 8

Outside organisations:Northcote Intermediate 2021 information 28 July – Year 6 Parent Information Evening, 6.00– 7.00pm at the NI schoolhall6, 7, 13 August – School open days (tours for parents/students) Art Day for children in the holidays (ages 7 - 12 yrs.)If your child loves drawing and painting they’ll love this one-day workshopwith artist Eion Bryant. With step-by-step instruction they will draw thencreate a vibrant acrylic painting learning tips and techniques along the way.Fun and focused! Time:10.00am – 3.00pm. Cost: $55 (includes all materials)Bookings: eion@eionbryant.com,

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Have a wonderful weekend, Bevan Verryt,  Principal-Tumuaki

Rm 8 played with kinetic sand Rm 15 wrote letters to the Prime Minister,and recived a reply

Rm 21 - Great library monitors and

enjoying library time Rm 21 performed their dance at assembly

Extracurricular Sports Update:Basketball: Begins 4 AugustFlippa Ball: Begins 26 JulyHockey: Begins 27 JulyNetball: Begins week of 20 July

Ethan in Rm 21 madea spaceship army