Campbells Bay School

77 Aberdeen Road, Castor Bay, Auckland City 0620 Ph 09 410 7444 : Fax 09 410 5963 : Safety Check 09 410 9551

Email admin@campbellsbay.school.nz : Website www.campbellsbay.school.nz https://sites.google.com/a/cbsprimary.org/campbellsbayschool/

Number 23

16 February 2015

Welcome

Silas Gelberger Poppy Churchman

Coming Up

Tuesday, 17 Feb Trial evacuation, see

page 2 Monday, 23—27 Feb Dental technicians on

site at CBS

2015 Term 1 3 February—2 April Term 2 20 April—3 July Term 3 20 July—25 September Term 4 12 October—17 December

You Have Probably Noticed ………….. We have some great gardens around the school. We owe this botanical splendor to the inspiration and hard work of former parent of the school and current teacher aide, Yvonne King. We should also not forget our trusty caretaker, Geoff Pipkin, who assists when Yvonne tells him to! Although the school is on an exposed and wind prone site, the gardens continue to flourish thanks to Yvonne and Geoff. Of course, we also have our vegetable plots in the Room 18 - 22 area that are the result of the endeavours of Jenny Hunter, (former associate principal at CBS) who is also our Community Forest champion. We are indeed fortunate with the support we receive from our community.

Reminders Visitors to the School: If you are helping at school please

sign in at the office. In case of an emergency we must know who is on the school property. The sign-in pad is in the office foyer. We are grateful for your help at school and we appreciate your co-operation by signing and out. Thanks.

School Finishing Time: As school finishes at 3.00 pm we ask that you collect your children at this time or you make an arrangement to collect them by 3.10 pm from an agreed part on the school grounds. Teachers have other commitments after 3.00 pm, such as meetings and preparation and it is important they are able to attend to these commitments. Given the vagaries of Auckland's traffic we appreciate you will be running late from time to time. A call to the office before 3.00 pm will mean we will do our utmost to ensure your child waits in the medical room by the office until you get to school. If information is not received by the office, children who have not been collected by 3.10 pm and where a collection of your child has not been made, your child will be taken to SKIDs for supervision. SKIDs will invoice parents for this. The end of school time is a critical one for child safety and we need to ensure children are not simply left not knowing what is happening to them.

Sweet Treats: Following on from a issue I raised late last year, we request that sweets are not brought to school and there is no sharing of sweet treats to celebrate various occasions such as birthdays. Thanks.

School Camp Dates

Year 6 20—23 April Carey Park, Henderson

Year 5 29 April —1 May Rotorua

Year 4 24 April Carey Park, Henderson

“Not Self, but Service”

Second Hand Uniform Sale We made a $3,100 profit for the school from the sale in Term 4 2014 and the sale last week. Thank you to the buyers, sellers and families that donated clothing. A huge thank you to the lovely helpers that priced and helped sell $5,500 worth of uniforms. All monies and clothing can be collected from the school office. The next sale will be in Term 2. Kia kaha - Euphymya Lavelle

1974 - Part 2 Aside from the issue of the start of the school day for staff that I referred to last week, the issue of teacher supervision and accountability has changed dramatically. When I started teaching we had three years of training (at a teachers’ college) followed by one year of in school training as a ‘probationary assistant’ (provisionally registered teacher in today’s parlance) before becoming a

fully-fledged teacher. My recollection of the supervision I received during that first year is one that could best be described as being rather more laissez faire than rigorous. It was laid back with ‘pop in’ visits from a supervising teaching to check that things were okay. There were none of the benchmarks we have today where performance is regularly attested against a set of criteria that forms part of the mandated appraisal system. In 1974 and for many years thereafter, teaching was something that was done in private with the door to the classroom firmly closed, with the exception of ‘open plan teaching’ – something I will write about at a later time. Indeed, there was a prevailing belief that ‘teacher professionalism’

meant that matters of planning were personal to the teacher and should not be subject to supervisory scrutiny. Generally teaching was not subject to the on-going and deliberate reflection that is part and parcel of the teaching environment today where it is common place for teachers to meet to discuss their practice with the intention to improve. In education jargon this is known as ‘teaching as inquiry’. In other

words, inquiring into our own practice with colleagues to determine how we can improve for the benefit of our students. Teaching as inquiry may well have helped my students in 1974 as I discovered after several months that my reading programme for my six and seven year olds had some pretty serious flaws. The only consolation I can take from this rather galling discovery was that I had very few assessment tools to help guide me .

Trial Emergency Evacuation We will be holding a trial emergency evacuation of the school, weather permitting, at 10.20 am on Tuesday 17 February. As this is the first trial evacuation of the school in the year it is being notified. Future trial evacuations will occur without notification as we need to be able to respond to the unexpected. On Tuesday as Rooms 19 and 22 will be involved in swimming these classes will participate in their own trial at another time on that day. All students will be told of the trial in advance. They will be informed what is expected of them, namely quiet obedience in a timely manner. I am sharing this information with you as you are most welcome to talk to your children about the importance of knowing what to do in case of fire and you should be aware that the evacuation on Tuesday is a trial, unless something goes wrong. In the near future we will be having a lock down trial. Lock down is something that has crept into our language as we have needed to take into account changes in our society that seems to regularly see lock downs occurring. At school a lock down means securing all external doors, closing all windows and sitting quietly on the floor until the lock down has finished. In a trial it usually takes about ten minutes for us to check all areas are locked down. This time also gives us time to identify any weaknesses so they can be rectified. As it is not usual to have to sit still and quiet and do, basically, not very much at all, for any length of time, it can be a bit of a worry for some children. Hence, we will let you know in advance of the lock down trial and you can talk to your children at home what they should do if they were required to remain quiet and out of sight at home. Gone are the days that these things 'only happen overseas.' (It nearly happened this morning!) It pays to be forewarned. Be assured, you will receive notification in the newsletter before the lock down trial takes place.

Evening Seminar for Parents

Thursday, 12 March

Venue: Westlake Boys 7.00pm

Future of teaching and

learning - what this will look like at CBS

Keep the date free in your

diary

Forest Weeding Advance notice of the following days:

Wednesday, 18 March 9.15am - Years 3/4 11.00am - Years 0/1/2 1.30pm - Year 5

Art Supplies Urgently Required

We would love the following items in the art room: Newspapers Ice Cream Containers Lewis creamery bottles Please deliver in a clean condition to Deb in the art room. Many thanks.

“Not Self, but Service”

Girls hit by car : 'Drivers must take care' An awful headline and one that we hope must never be used for an accident involving any of our children or, in fact, any children. An excerpt from the New Zealand Herald report on the accident Ann Weaver, director of Safekids Aotearoa, said the emphasis was on drivers to watch out for children. "All children make silly mistakes sometimes. They just don't have the cognitive ability to judge speed, to judge distance, to understand that level of safety," Ms Weaver said. "So that's why we encourage the adults in this scenario, who are the drivers, to really take more care, [and] around school times, around school zones to be extra vigilant." Earlier, one of the responding officers to a crash that left three children in hospital said it was ‘unacceptable’ for young children to be walking to school without adult supervision. The three victims - two five-year-old girls and a 10-year-old girl - were hit by a mother who had just dropped her children at Otahuhu Primary School in South Auckland. All children do make silly mistakes, not to mention adults! As the brains of children are not fully developed, they can have problems gauging speed. Hence, if they are crossing roads they are at risk. While children are encouraged to walk to school we recommend they do so with a walking school bus (see details below) or with an adult if they cross busy roads. There is also the 042 bus route if you happen to be near it. We are not encouraging bringing your children to and from school by vehicle as this causes congestion near the school. However, dropping your child off at a place where they do not need to cross a road to get to school is an option.

Please take the time to remind your children of the rules for safe walking

Walk School Bus contacts East Coast Road WSB leaves cnr of Dewsbury Terrace and East Coast Road at 8.20am. Ph Karen 410 7341 Beach Road WSB leaves church carpark at bottom of Park Rise at 8.15am. Ph Sarah 475 9449 Park Rise WSB leaves cnr of Sanford Street at 8.25am. Ph Liz 478 2662 Castor Bay Road / Peter Terrace WSB leaves at 8.30am Ph Jo 410 4109 Overall WSB co-ordinator—Liz Donnelly 0274 873278 478 2662 email: liz.donnelly2@gmail.com

Do you know this cat?

Please contact me if you now who owns this cat as I have been looking after it, but will need to find it a new home if it is not claimed. Contact: Jayne email: jaynej@campbellsbay.school.nz or phone 410 8421

Glenfield Music Centre Providing affordable music lessons for children aged 7-12 years as part of the after school classes as funded by Ministry of Education. Group classes are held weekly during the school term fat Glenfield Intermediate and Glenfield Primary and cost between $120—$300 for the year. Classes available on weekdays and Saturday mornings. Contact Khalia 444 4998 or 021 932623

Sports Photos and Results

Weekly sports results can now be found at: https://sites.google.com/a/cbsprimary.org/campbellsbayschool/sport/sports-results Could all managers of sports teams email news and results to Liz Brotherton, lizb@campbellsbay.school.nz Flippaball Games started at the weekend. Go to the school Google Sports page for results. On Tuesday after school there will be a skills based session in the school pool for any of our new players who would like some extra practice. Meet Mrs Brotherton at the pool. Please pick up your children by 4.00pm. Swimming pool key holders - please note the pool will be used for flippaball on Tuesday 3.00-4.00pm. Miniball Registrations are now closed for all year levels. Years 1 and 2 - started games. Years 3 and 4 - due to the large numbers we have now split up the year groups: Year 3 - Wednesday mornings 8.00am with Ben (also a Junior Breakers coach who has taught basketball here at

CBS during PE) Year 4 - Tuesday mornings 8.00am with Norman Years 5 and 6 - this week the Thursday training session will be split into the year groups for trials: Year 5 - 7.45am - 8.15am Year 6 - 8.15am - 8.45am All registered players must attend their training this week. Please send me an email if your child is not able to come along. Miniball teams will be sent out by next week. Games don't start until week 5 and 6. Cricket Trials have been underway and there will be further trials for some children this week. Years 5 and 6 boys - Tuesday 17 February 7.30am - please be prompt so we have time for a game.

If it is raining and we have to postpone it there will be a notice on the Google site sports page under ‘Cancellations’. Years 3 and 4 boys - please keep an eye on CBTV as further sessions have not been arranged yet. Girls - due to the large number of girls who turned up we will have to limit the team to Years 5 and 6. Later in the year there are more girls' tournaments which will provide the opportunity for Years 3 and 4 girls to be

involved. Any enquiries please contact Liz Brotherton (CBS Sports Co-ordinator) at lizb@campbellsbay.school.nz.

“Not Self, but Service”

Community Notices Marist North Harbour Rugby Club …… come and play rugby in fun and friendly environment. Ages 5-13 years, boys and girls welcome. Fantastic family club. Registrations Thursday 19 Feb, 4.30-8.30pm, Friday 20 Feb 4.30-8.30pm Saturday 21 Feb 10am-4pm at Marist clubrooms, Stadium Drive Albany. Phone 021 1306223 or email unionchairman@maristnh.com Friday Night Cricket ….. Onewa Domain, Northcote Road. $25 per player for 6 week tournament for school aged children. Games run 5.30-7.00pm. Ph Mike 021 364 848. East Coast Bays Assn Football Club ….. Registrations now open on our website www.ecbafc.co.nz Piano lessons ….. Ex CBS student offering beginner piano lessons . Phone Christine 021 029 81608 or email chirstine.yeh999@gmail.com Searching for a great babysitter ….. Looking for a keen babysitter to look after 2 boys (8 and 6 years) 2-3 times a month in the evening and if possible 2-3 days a week during the school holidays. Would be great if you had experience and transport. If you think this is you, please phone Karen 027 688 7484.

“Not Self, but Service”