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SHERWOOD NEWSLETTER ­ NO. 5 THURSDAY 4TH APRIL 2019

OUR MISSION

To motivate and prepare our children for a lifetime of learning,

achievement and creativity, in a child centred learning environment.

Vision Statement ­ Values

The school as (part of) a learning community develops learners who are: Inquirers, Knowledgeable,

Communicators, Open­minded, Caring, Risk­takers, Well­rounded, Reflective, Principled, Resilient.

Kia ora koutou

There’s a saying “it’s better to give than it is to receive”. As a community, you have all been extremely giving overthe past few weeks. We’d like to say thank you for your wonderful support of our two school fundraisers, the GalaDay and the Walkathon. These two events raised a huge amount for our school which will make a significantdifference to the range of things we can offer for our students’ learning and the school environment. And this wasmatched by your generosity towards the Christchurch community through the mufti day and food donation box. OurSherwood school families are fabulous. As you will read below, we are welcoming a new teacher onto our staff team. She has shared some informationabout herself so that we can better get to know her. This reminded me that probably there are many of you whodon’t really know much about me! I have worked at Sherwood since 2011, starting as Assistant Principal and teaching a Year 4 class. As my role grewI did less class teaching, and had more time to devote to my learning support role as school SENCo, finallybecoming Deputy Principal in 2015.

Sue Martin <suem@sherwoodprimary.school.nz>

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I live on a rural property near Kaukapakapa with my husband of 34 years and a menagerie of animals: cat, dogs,miniature horses and chickens. We don’t have any children but are fortunate to have a large extended family, mostof whom live in the Auckland area. Out of school hours I love to paddleboard, walk (usually doing a couple of half­marathons each year), read, and travel. I enjoy a bit of genealogy and some work as a volunteer with a dog rescuecentre. So I have a very full and interesting life. This will be our final newsletter before the holidays, so I wish you lots of fun family times. We plan to be back nextterm with a new look newsletter which will be much more user­friendly in its format. It will also have the capacity tobe viewed in many languages ­ a real benefit as we have 18 different first languages in our school community.

Nga mihi nui Carolyn Crow Acting Principal

DATES OR YOUR DIARY Tuesday 9th April : Matai and Kauri teams TeddyBear’s Picnic at Sherwood Playground 9.15am Tuesday 9th April ­ Year 1 and 2 Togetherness Picnic Tuesday 9th April ­ Sausage Sizzle ­ (Order formsneed to be in by 9.00am on Monday 8th April) Wednesday 10th April ­ Year 3 EOTC Thursday 11th ­ Friday 12th April ­ Year 4 Camp Friday 12th April ­ 3.00pm ­ Last Day of Term 1 Monday 29th April ­ 8.50am ­ First Day of Term 2 Friday 10th May­ Assembly Tuesday 14th May ­ 7.00pm ­ BoT Meeting (allwelcome) Thursday 16th May ­ NBF Rehearsal ­ Glamorgan Thursday 23rd May ­ Rippa Rugby ­ Save a day ­Tuesday 28th May Friday 24th May ­ Assembly Monday 27th May ­ Thursday 30th May ­ TreadLightly Caravan ­ Year 1 & 2, 5 & 6 Thursday 30th May ­ NBF Rehearsal ­ Oteha Friday 31st May ­ COL Teacher Only Day ­ SchoolClosed Monday 3rd June ­ Queen's Birthday ­ SchoolClosed Friday 7th June­ Book Parade Monday 10th June ­ Thursday 13th June ­ Book Fair Wednesday 12th June ­ NBF Rehearsal &Performance ­ Bruce Mason Friday 14th June ­ Senior Cross Country ­ Save a day­ Tuesday 18th June Tuesday 18th June ­ BoT Meeting (all welcome) Wednesday 19th June ­ Year 6 Netball Friday 21st June ­ Matariki Festival Monday 24th June ­ Cross Country Cluster ­ Save aday ­ Monday 1st July Thursday 27th June ­ Junior School Cross Country­Save a day ­ Tuesday 2nd July Friday 28th June ­ Year 4 & 5 Netball at Kristin Friday 28th June ­ Year 5 & 6 Basketball Thursday 4th July ­ Rippa Rugby Thursday 4th July ­ Year 1 & 2 Miniball Friday 5th July ­ Year 5 & 6 Basketball

Term Dates ­ 2019

Term 1 ­ Thursday 31st January ­ Friday 12thAprilTerm 2 ­ Monday 29th April ­ Friday 5th July Term 3 ­ Monday 22nd July ­ Friday 27thSeptemberTerm 4 Monday 14th October ­ No later thanFriday 20th December

Enrolling for 2019 In ZoneStudents Only

We are not in a position to take out of zoneenrolments for the foreseeable future, due to rollgrowth. If you are in zone, we need to know numbers forfuture planning. Please enrol your child as soon aspossible, if they are due to start anytime from nowuntil end of 2019.

Absentees

Informing our School

The school will text parents and caregivers regardingany unexplained absences. Please ensure,therefore, that you notify the school of anyabsences before 9.00am. Vital time is spent by ourschool secretary, chasing up unreported absencesevery morning, this can sometimes take up to anhour. This can be done by phone ­ 09 478 3024 option 1. email ­office@sherwoodprimary.school.nz or on our school website under the heading 'ParentCommunication'. If you email your child's teacher, please email theoffice also, as teachers are busy teaching, and don'thave time to read emails during teaching time. Thank you.

Friday 5th July ­ Assembly Friday 5th July ­ Last Day of Term 2 Lost Property

We seem to have an increasing amount of lostproperty. If this is not collected by the end of thisterm, it will be destroyed or sent to a charity.

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A Warm Welcome to SherwoodWelcome to the following children who started at Sherwood Primary School recently:­ Kitty Zou, Ryan Liu, Agata

Lebedeva and Bogdan Khlopin.

Signing In at the Office

During the Day Please sign in at the office when you are visitingduring the day. You cannot walk through the school tosee your child or deliver lunches without first signingin. This is a safety issue for all children and staff. Thisway, in the event of an emergency we know who is onsite at anytime.

Parents Arriving Before2.45pm

If you arrive before 2.45pm you must sign in andget a visitor's badge at the office. And then dropit off when you leave. Thank you.

Students Arriving Early

Students must not be dropped off and left at schoolunattended before 8.15am. Any students arrivingbefore that time will be sent to our Before and AfterSchoo Care (BASC) where a charge may be incurred. Thank you.

WE NEED YOU!

At the end of this term our current Board of Trustee’s term will end and some of the current board will not bestanding for re­election; so we need some new board members to join our group. To whet your appetite, I thought I would list what a School Board of Trustees (BOT) actually does:

The Board of Trustees represents the school’s wider community, including the diverse groups and isaccountable for the performance of the school.The BOT provides strategic leadership, sets the vision for the school, and ensures that it complies withlegal and policy requirements. (Policies are at a governance level and outline clear delegations to theprincipal).

In practice, this involves attending BOT meetings twice a term to review the school’s performance, discuss resourceand staffing concerns, that the school’s budget and finances are being managed responsibly, to discuss someproperty issues (not covered by Ministry of Education) and ensures that the school is compliant with Health andSafety Legislation. Some BOT members are also on committees that meet prior to the main BOT meetings andthey present to the board e.g. finance, property. The BOT only influences the curriculum in the broadest sense and BOT members represent the wider schoolcommunity and not just their own child/family. A BOT provides governance whereas the Principal and hermanagement team manage the school. Being a BOT member is both stimulating and interesting; if your interest is piqued, we are holding an information

meeting for prospective BOT members on Tuesday the 26th March at 1900. Please join us to find out more. With warmest regards Jane Key Chairman of Sherwood Primary School Board of Trustees

Welcome to Mrs CarkeekMrs Carole Carkeek will be joining us in Year 2 at the beginning of next term. Here is a little bit of information abouther which she has shared with us so you can get to know her.

Kia ora, Ni hao, Hello, I have the privilege of being your new teacher starting in Term 2. I am so excited to get toknow you all and to be a part of your learning journey at Sherwood Primary School. I believe that learning is alifelong journey and I feel grateful to be able to be a part of shaping and nurturing the lives and learning of the nextgeneration. I am passionate about education and have loved the last 10 years of teaching which I have spent atChelsea Primary School in Birkenhead. I am looking forward to teaching at Sherwood Primary School as it will be alot closer to my home in Albany Heights ­ that is a bonus! I am a separated Mum of two grown up daughters ­Morgan, who is 26 years old and is currently living in Melbourne and Sally who is 20 years old and is still living withme at home, training to become a Paramedic. I enjoy reading, movies, dance and good food. My latest learningcurve is teaching myself to crochet slouch beanies for my family for winter. I am a qualified Ballroom & LatinAmerican Teacher and Judge (looking forward to watching Dancing with the Stars on tv soon) so dance is mypassion, even though I am not as fit as I used to be! I am looking forward to getting to know all of the children,families and educators here and to be a part of the Sherwood Primary School family. Please come and say helloand if I look lost, please help me to get to where I need to be as I might need some help finding out whereeverything is! Enjoy the upcoming school holidays and I will see you soon.

New Facebook Group We are starting a new facebook group for our Sherwood Families to access only. https://www.facebook.com/groups/Sherwood2019/­ Sherwood Families Facebook Page (closed group) This is a Facebook Page for current Sherwood Families. To become a member of this page, you and our SherwoodFamilies will need to answer 3 questions. Admins will need to approve them. As staff you can answer all threequestions as Staff and we will approve you. For our families, we will double check and confirm identities to protectour children. There may be a few days delay whilst we get our whole school community onboard. https://www.facebook.com/SherwoodPrimary/ ­ Sherwood Community Current Facebook Page (open page) This is a Facebook Page for everyone to see. Anyone can follow this page. We will continue to post of this pagegeneral events and information for new families and our communities. Photos on this page will be limited to one ortwo when we have events. To protect our children, we will ensure this page is just for advertising and promotional

page to show how fantastic we are and to keep our community informed of our events. So come and join our New Facebook page: www.facebook.com/groups/Sherwood2019

Colour Your Day Mufti DayWe had a fabulous colourful day last Friday witheveryone in mufti giving a gold coin donation tosupport the people of Christchurch. Thanks to yourgenerosity we were able to make a donation of $550to the Christchurch “Our People, Our City” MayoralFund.

Sherwood Junior Classes ­Walk­A­Thon

The Junior Classes said that the Walk­A­Thon was soexciting. We have raised a lot of money. Thank you toour kind sponsors. We are becoming very healthy, justcheck our tags with all the laps we did. Somemanaged to get all the boxes ticked! Well done to everybody.

Congratulations - Walk-a-thon

Prize winners

Westfield Vouchers Years 1­2 Alex Hesling Years 3­4 Jimmy McDermott Years 5­6 Riley Neilson Lone Star Vouchers 1 Jade McLay 2 Emily Blanchard 3 Bi Yoo 4 Aleisha Treadwell 5 Zach Lowe

Subway Vouchers Year 1: Matilda Allatt, Lily Patel Year 2: Cassie Nie, Doris Pan Year 3: Nathan Zhao,Daniel Patel Year 4: Joey Xie, Khloe Flutey Year 5: Ollie Walbank, Emily Hesling Year 6: Erhard Van der Walt, Jamie Malloy Thanks to SPA for supporting our winners! Also toour fabulous students who all joined in and had fun!And last but not least, thanks to our wonderfulcommunity for supporting our students and ourschool!

SPA News Sausage sizzle, Tuesday 9th April (order forms to be in by 9.00am on Monday 8th April). The class ice­block winners will be decided at the end of next week. Please send your sponsorship money in anenvelope with the sponsorship form.

Safety At The School GateWe would once again like to draw your attention to the issue of safety around our school gate. We have a number oftraffic and parking restrictions in place for the safety of our students. There are a still a number of parents who arenot respecting these and are putting our students in danger. We ask that you please:

Please do not park in the end visitors carpark at pick­up and drop­off times. With only limited spaces this createscongestion and blocks the footpath access. In addition, cars coming in and out creates a hazard for students usingthe footpath.

We understand how difficult it is near the school at busy times. Have you considered dropping your child furtheraway on Sartors Avenue and letting them walk to school? Great exercise! Or joining or starting a Walking SchoolBus? Please contact us if this option is of interest to you.

Do Not Park On BrokenYellow LinesThis is illegal as it obscures the view of the crossingand also narrows the roadway at busy times.

Do Not Do U-turns In The Area

Adjacent To The School

Entrance

This is prohibited at all times.

Do Not Wait Longer Than 2

Minutes In The Pick-Up And

Drop-Off Zone

Also, do not leave your car unattended in this zone We suggest that if your child has not arrived withinthat time that you move on and drive around the

block. Cars waiting for longer periods createcongestion.

Whanau Hui Held 21 March Kaumatua Matua Rawiri Wharemate and our twoMinistry of Ed Whanau Engagement specialists it wasboth informative and professional with a friendlyatmosphere. I think you will agree, the photos say it all. Dennie Davidson

Kauri A Win Harry Heart

Kapai Kauri A for winning Harry Heart our new SchoolValues mascot at assembly last Friday with yourrespectful behaviour of sitting and listening so well toothers.

Enviro Garden NewsThe children have started to clean up some raisedbeds and after improving the soil with fertiliser a groupof eager students have planted some winter vegieslike cauliflower, beans and cabbage. We are lookingforward to harvesting a big crop later on in theseason.

Bricks 4 Kidz Bricks 4 Kidz came yesterday and demonstrated tothe children, their Lego and Robotic program. Theywill be taking classes in the Tech room from term 2 asan After School Class. Children who have been theretoday will have brochures you can book with them ifyou wish your child to attend. For more informationcall in at the school office and grab a leaflet or viewtheir website. www.bricks4kidz.co.nz 021 245 4399 or 0800 LEGO 4 K (534 645)

Weather Holds for Shore to Shore 2019

On Sunday 31st March a whopping 130 people fromthe Sherwood community attended this years Shoreto Shore along with thousands of other people fromthe North Harbour Region. Despite some strongwinds and a few spits in the morning, the cloudscleared to reveal a glistening path for our runners andwalkers. It was absolutely amazing seeing the amountof people coming together to support their localschools and promote physical activity. There wereinfectious smiles flying around Milford Park asparticipants crossed the finish line. Some of ourSherwood students were lucky enough to win somepretty sweet spot prizes! Congratulations to MacyDean Martin, William Vautier and his ex Sherwoodsister Isabella Vautier for winning a general spot prize.A big congratulations to Hayley Wong for winning oneof the major spot prizes ­ a brand new Torpedo 7 bike!Mr Smart even managed to wow the crowd with somerusty juggling skills to win runner up in the bestdressed teachers section.

A massive thank you to all the students, parents,guardians and friends that supported Sherwood byattending this awesome event. As is tradition, we offera free pizza lunch to the class who get the mostentries. This year we congratulate Rata S whomanaged to get 19 entries, well done Mrs Smits class!A special thank you to Carolyn Crow, DennieDavidson and Rochana Smart for participating in theevent and running the BBQ. Also thank you to ouramazing SPA team who provided nutritious water anddelicious sausages for our runners and walkers. Ihope to see you all back for next year's Shore toShore where we try to beat our highest participantnumber ever of 130!

Andrew Smart ­ Physical Education Specialist andSports Coordinator.

Old Classrooms Moving OutGreat to see our two old pre­fab classes movingout. There were big trucks on wheels ready to roll.Apologies to our neighbours for the 3am to 4.30amwake up. This will happen again as the next ones getready to go. We do not have dates as yet, this is inthe hands of the MoE.

Sports Opportunities Available at Sherwood Rippa/Tackle Rugby We still have a few spaces available in our Year 5&6 tackle team and Year 3&4 rippa teams for boys and girls.Teams are in the process of being confirmed so if your child is keen to play, please register using the following linkas soon as possible: https://enrolmy.com/sherwood­primary­school

Netball There are still spaces for Year 1 to 6 students in our school netball teams. If your child is interested in playing,please register them using the following link: https://enrolmy.com/sherwood­primary­school

Term 2 North Harbour Table Tennis League We have an exciting new sporting opportunity for Sherwood students to play table tennis in term 2. We are lookingto enter teams in the North Harbour table tennis league. This is available for Year 3 to 6 students. Prior experiencewould be beneficial. Teams consist of 3 players made up of boys, girls or mixed. Games are played on Wednesdaynights and run for 9 weeks. If your child is interested in playing please use the following link:https://enrolmy.com/sherwood­primary­school If you have any questions, please contact Andrew at andrews@sherwoodprimary.school.nz Andrew Smart ­ Physical Education Specialist and Sports Coordinator.

Browns Bay Beach Clean UpThe Sustainable Coastlines, in­conjunction with Arena Living, would like to invite teachers, students, families andfriends of Sherwood School down to Browns Bay beach for a beach clean­up from 1:00pm to 4:00pm on Saturdaythe 6th of April. Join us by dropping into our clean­up station, located on the grass opposite Kiwi Bank on Beachfront Lane. Hereyou’ll receive important health and safety information and pick up sacks, gloves and other important equipment, aswell as being assigned a clean­up location in the surrounding area. More info about what to bring on the day can be found on our website or on Facebook. Ngā mihi, Dan Downing

Uniform Shop Winter jackets and long pants are now in stock. The shop is open 8.30am to 9am daily. If you cannot make it atthese times you can order via email to basc@sherwoodprimary.school.nz send your child along so we can fit thecorrect size and pay on line.

Old Mobile Phones Wanted It would be great if you could rummage around in yourcupboards and toy boxes and bring into school anyunwanted mobile phones you may have. Phonescollected help our school gain valuable rewards andthe environment also benefits by keeping our landfillsfree of mobile phones and their array of hazardoustoxic substances. Please drop any phones you mayhave in the collection box at school reception.

Ezlunch!! Available Every day!

Support our school and get a fab fresh lunch! Now you can order lunch by clicking here Order (or cancel) any time before 9am on the day or schedule in advance. Lunch will be delivered to school atlunchtime. To see the menu, click here! A percentage of sales goes to school fundraising – easy for you and great for the school! ezlunch orders are made online through your myKindo account. One account for the whole family! Clickhere for a quick view of how it works. Get started now… click here or go to www.mykindo.co.nz and click ‘create account’. Help? Visit support.mykindo.co.nz or tel. 09­475 5287 Monday­Friday (except public holidays). www.ezlunch.co.nz www.mykindo.co.nz

Arriving and Leaving School - Safety

You must enter and exit through the main entrance not through car parks.

While it may seem easier to get to your vehicle, it is dangerous for children to

learn this way. Deliveries and cars are arriving and leaving and we do not want

to have accidents happen. For yours and your children safety please follow the

path out of the school. This is on going and your help letting other parent /

caregivers know who you see doing this will be helpful.

Toys Wanted for BASCIf you are having a clean out of toys, we are looking for kids pans set ( prefer metal) and tea set, needs to bedurable. Kids iron & Ironing board. Thanks.

Astro Turf/School Hall ­ For Hire

Our turf sports area is available for hire. If you are in a sports team and need a space for training, please contactchristinea@sherwoodprimary.school.nz. Our school hall is available for hire. To make a booking, please contact christinea@sherwoodprimary.school.nz.

A Message From the Dental ServiceDear Whanau of Sherwood Although we are extremely grateful that you attend your dental appointments , please could you respect yourcommunity by keeping your child at home when they are not well. If your child is too sick to be at school, they aretoo sick to be at the Dental Clinic and we would appreciate it if you could phone and reschedule your appointment. Kind regards. Dental Team. Sarah Kvalsvig I Patient care Assistant ARDS I Waitemata DHB Northcross Children’s Community Dental Clinic 10A Sartros Ave p: 09 4794236 www.waitematadhb.govt.nz

Thank You to Our Sponsors

Thank you to our sponsors, named below, who are supporting our school. If you would like to find out more details,please go to our school website.

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