Tēnā Koutou, Talofa Lava, Malo e Lelei, Namaste, Ni sa bula, Noaia’e mauri, Fakalofa lahi atu, Kia Orana, Ni Hao, An Nyung Ha Sai Yo, Nay Ho, Hej, Hallo, Sawat Dee, Cześć, Goeie Dag, សួស្តី, Здравствуйте, hola. Greetings to our school families.
Ngā mihi,
Kathryn Ramel
Principal
School Diary
Week 4: 7 Nov – 11 Nov
- Mon 7.11 Scholastic Book Fair running all week – more info below
- Tues 8.11 Inter School Athletics
- Tues 8.11 Y.3 Swimming at Mahurangi College
- Wed 9.11 Book Character Parade – starting at 9:10am – all welcome
- Thur 10.11 Y.4 Swimming at Mahurangi College
- Fri 11.11 Bring your soft toy reading buddy to school today
- Fri 11.11 Road Patrol Training (Year 4 and 5) 9.30am
Week 5: 14 Nov – 18 Nov
- Tues 15.11 Inter School Tabloids (Yr 2/3) – more info to come
- Tues 15.11 Y.3 Swimming
- Wed 16.11 Boat Day Middle School 11:30am – 2:00pm
- Thurs 17.11 Junior School Run, Jump, Throw 11-12.45pm
- Thurs 17.11 Y.4 Swimming
- Fri 18.11 Whole School Assembly Class: Kahi 1
- PTA Quiz Night
Week 6: 21 – 25 Nov
- Tues 22.11 Y.3 Swimming
- Thurs 24.11 Y.4 Swimming
Some other key dates this term:
- Mon 28.11 Teacher Only Day
- Fri 9.12 SBS Christmas Concert
- Tues 13.12 Year 3-6 picnic at Scandretts
- Tues 13.12 Year 0-2 picnic at Snells Beach
- Wed 14.12 Prizegiving Ceremonies
- Thur 15.12Year 6 Graduation Evening
- Fri 16.12 Last Day of School – 2pm finish
Welcome to our new students – we hope you enjoy your time at our school!
Manawa D, Katie E and Bea T
Walkathon Final Results
We are so thrilled to announce that the total amount of donations raised by your support of the Walkathon is $13,353.10!!!! This is an amazing total with over a third of our school students raising more than $50 each. One lucky student will win a $100 Warehouse voucher which will be drawn at our assembly today. The funds raised go towards buying much needed literacy resources for our growing school.
Absence Notifications
Every morning our teachers mark the roll and we cross reference this against the absence messages we have received. If we have not heard from you we will send a text message notifying of the absence. This message helps us ensure that all children who are meant to be at school are accounted for however recently we have noticed many parents failing to reply to the message. Please reply to the text with a brief reason for the absence ie. sick, doctor, dentist etc. There are several ways to submit an absence including the school website, phone 09 425-6058 and the Skoolloop app. If you don’t reply, nobody actually knows where your child is: you may assume they are at school, when we think they are home. This has the potential for disaster!
Athletics Days
Excitement was in the air last week as the whole school gathered on the field to watch the sprints. We love being able to do this as a whole school with siblings and friends from different year levels cheering each other on! The middle school and the senior school continued with some other athletics events later in the week and we have a team of Year 4-6’s heading to the Interschool event at Shoesmith next Tuesday.
The World Famous SBS PTA Quiz Night!
The weeks are whizzing by and it is only 2 weeks until our Quiz night. There are still a few tables available if you get in quick. On the night there will be some fabulous silent and live auction items up for grab with more info coming on this next week so you can plan your shopping.
University of Canterbury Test Results
The University of Canterbury provides the annual “Kiwi Competitions” in English, Mathematics and Science for Primary and Secondary schools. This is an opportunity for students with particular strengths in these subject areas to compete against other high achieving students from all over NZ. Huge congratulations to the following students who achieved the following results:
Scholastic Book Fair next week!
We are SUPER EXCITED to announce that next week we are hosting a Scholastic Book Fair at our school. This is a fantastic opportunity to do some Christmas shopping of some great value books that your kids will love. And every purchase gives Snells Beach School reward dollars to buy more books for our little library.
The book fair will be open in our school library next Monday 7th Nov to Friday 11th Nov, before school from 8:15am to 9am and after school from 3pm to 3:45pm. Eftpos and credit card is accepted for payment.
There will be many fun extra literacy based activities happening throughout the school next week including:
- Wed 9th Nov – BOOK CHARACTER PARADE taking place at 9:10am in the courtyard, all parents are welcome
- Friday 11th Nov – Bring your reading buddy bear to school with you
Please contact Marissa on mbale@snellsbeach.school.nz with any questions.
Art Award Winner
As mentioned in the last newsletter, we had a number of students taking part in the Coastal Heritage Art Awards and we were so pleased when our Year 3 student, Eva, took out the Junior category winning $1000 worth of art supplies for our school. Here is Eva proudly showing off her prize.
Milk Bottle Lids needed
We would love it if you could collect your milk/cream bottle lids of all colours and bring in to school. These are for use in our literacy program.
Warkworth Theatre Group Production
Open Sesame! Ali Baba and the Forty thieves – a Christmas pantomime with magic, spectacle, music, slapstick and local jokes – great fun for all the family.
Eight shows at the Warkworth Tom Hall, Friday 25 November – Saturday 3 December 2022. Tickets $20/$10 (under 5’s free). Tickets are on sale now at $20 – $25 per ticket for adults but only $2.00 for students from www.wwtheatre.co.nz or from the Mahurangi Local Matters office. Please contact Vanessa on 0274 758 992 if you have any problems or special requests.
The Kaipara Kapa Haka Festival 2022
The details for the Kaipara Kapa Haka Festival 2022 have been finalised. The link to the website is https://www.kaiparamoana.com/kaipara-kapa-haka-festival-2022
Where: Helensville Primary School, 29 Rata Street, Helensville.
When: Saturday 26th November 2022.
8:00am: Pōwhiri begins. It is expected that all groups attend the pōwhiri or send representation to the pōwhiri.
9:00am: The first performance begins.
4:10pm: The final performance begins.
Totally Psyched – Mental Healthcare for Families, Teens & Kids
Totally Psyched are a compassionate team of professional, highly qualified psychologists, doctors and therapists who are dedicated to supporting your child every step of the way. Located in Warkworth. For a detail list of services, please check out our school Facebook page.
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