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Dear Parents Thank you for supporting us with the Paid Union meetings tomorrow. Pick up time is 12:30. We will have limited supervision at school. SKIDS is available from 12:30. If you are unable to pick your child up, please email [email protected] as soon as possible. Please make sure that your children know exactly what they are to do at 12:30 whether or not to stay at school, to go to SKIDS or where to meet you. Prefects Each year we get a letter from Vicki Barrie, Principal of Northcote College telling us of our exstudents who are prefects for the coming year. Congratulations to former students who have been appointed Prefects for 2018. They are Harriet Carter, Christian Neville and Drew Smith. It is always good to hear that our students carry on achieving success after they leave us. New families: It is always a real pleasure to show new families around the school. Their comments are typically about how attractive the classrooms look, how positive the children seem, how much is happening in the school. Ministry of Education analysis: Yesterday, the Ministry presented us with a ‘Demand Analysis’ for this school. The purpose of the exercise is to guide the Ministry’s buildings planning for the school. Some interesting points from the report: The percentage of children who live in our zone and who come to this school has gradually increased over recent years from 52% in 2014 to 62% in 2016. From 2011, the October roll for the school has been: 352; 384; 382; 400; 421; to 432 in 2016. October 2017 was 446. October this year will be 465 or greater. Mr Tony Cradwick of Highbury Optometry, has very kindly agreed to become a Gold Sponsor for the School, joining our other Gold Sponsors, Mark Jago of North Shore Toyota, and Debbie at CACI Clinic Birkenhead. Tony provides a fantastic service for the Birkenhead community. Our sincere thanks to Tony, and we trust that you will support him and Highbury Optometry. Lovely feedback from a local resident who was at Hinemoa Park last Friday: Congratulations. We were at the playground at the Birkenhead wharf on Friday morning 16 March. We watched Year 6 students in groups doing water and on land tasks. We were so impressed with the students respect and kindness to each other, their teachers and support staff, and our three year old Grandsons. The teachers organisation and quiet approach with the students too was impressive. SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB The Book Club flyer went home last week. It is full of great bargains and gives you a great opportunity to purchase books for your family at fantastic prices, and support our School at the same time. When you place a book order, the school receives 'rewards'. We use these 'rewards' to choose new books for our Library, at no cost. Reminder all purchases are to be done online, with no money coming to school. Your purchased books will be delivered to school and then given to your child. Closing Date for orders 30 March, 2018. Might you be interested in Teacher Aide work in the school? Do you know of someone who has experience and might be keen? If so, please email me, or [email protected] Northcote and Birkenhead Yacht Club will be hosting The NZ Feva Class Sailing Championships. Some of the best NZ young sailors will be competing. Come down to the Birkenhead Wharf Sat or Sun between 11 and 3 and watch some great racing. Yacht Club personnel are helping us with our waterwise. I hope that this might mean that more of our children go on to become competitive sailors. Calendar March 23 Early pick up at 12:30, so teachers can attend their NZEI meeting. Friday March 30 April 3 Easter holiday. Schools are closed on THREE days Friday March 30, Monday April 2nd, AND Tuesday 3rd April. Tuesday April 10 – Paren/Teacher meetings. Friday April 13 Term 1 ends. Birkenhead Primary School Newsletter March 22, 2018

Birkenhead! Primary!!School!! · Congratulations!to!last!week’s!Principal’s!Award!winners:!! Rm!1:Taha!Ahmed,NaomiTamura!&!Chris!Rivera,!Rm!2:YuxiMeng!&!Aria!Ribeiro,!Rm!5:!Maisie!Wansbone

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Page 1: Birkenhead! Primary!!School!! · Congratulations!to!last!week’s!Principal’s!Award!winners:!! Rm!1:Taha!Ahmed,NaomiTamura!&!Chris!Rivera,!Rm!2:YuxiMeng!&!Aria!Ribeiro,!Rm!5:!Maisie!Wansbone

           Dear  Parents Thank  you  for  supporting  us  with  the  Paid  Union  meetings  tomorrow.  Pick  up  time  is  12:30.  We  will  have  limited  supervision   at   school.   SKIDS   is   available   from   12:30.   If   you   are   unable   to   pick   your   child   up,   please   email  [email protected]  as  soon  as  possible.  Please  make  sure  that  your  children  know  exactly  what  they  are  to  do  at  12:30  -­‐  whether  or  not  to  stay  at  school,  to  go  to  SKIDS  or  where  to  meet  you.    Prefects  -­‐  Each  year  we  get  a  letter  from  Vicki  Barrie,  Principal  of  Northcote  College  -­‐  telling  us  of  our  ex-­‐students  who  are  prefects  for  the  coming  year.    Congratulations  to  former  students  who  have  been  appointed  Prefects  for  2018.    They  are  Harriet  Carter,  Christian  Neville  and  Drew  Smith.    It  is  always  good  to  hear  that  our  students  carry  on  achieving  success  after  they  leave  us.    

New  families:    It  is  always  a  real  pleasure  to  show  new  families  around  the  school.  Their  comments  are  typically  about  how  attractive  the  classrooms  look,  how  positive  the  children  seem,  how  much  is  happening  in  the  school.      

Ministry  of  Education  analysis:  Yesterday,  the  Ministry  presented  us  with  a  ‘Demand  Analysis’  for  this  school.  The  purpose  of  the  exercise  is  to  guide  the  Ministry’s  buildings  planning  for  the  school.  Some  interesting  points  from  the  report:  The  percentage  of  children  who  live  in  our  zone  and  who  come  to  this  school  has  gradually  increased  over  recent  years  -­‐  from  52%  in  2014  to  62%  in  2016.  From  2011,  the  October  roll  for  the  school  has  been:  352;  384;  382;  400;  421;  to  432  in  2016.  October  2017  was  446.  October  this  year  will  be  465  or  greater.    

Mr  Tony  Cradwick  of  Highbury  Optometry,  has  very  kindly  agreed   to  become  a  Gold  Sponsor   for   the  School,  joining  our  other  Gold  Sponsors,  Mark  Jago  of  North  Shore  Toyota,  and  Debbie  at  CACI  Clinic  Birkenhead.    Tony  provides  a  fantastic  service  for  the  Birkenhead  community.  Our  sincere  thanks  to  Tony,  and  we  trust  that  you  will  support  him  and  Highbury  Optometry.    

Lovely  feedback  from  a  local  resident  who  was  at  Hinemoa  Park  last  Friday:  Congratulations.  We  were  at  the  playground  at  the  Birkenhead  wharf  on  Friday  morning  16  March.  We  watched  Year  6  students  in  groups  doing  water  and  on  land  tasks.  We  were  so  impressed  with  the  students  respect  and  kindness  to  each  other,  their  teachers  and  support  staff,  and  our  three  year  old  Grandsons.   The  teachers  organisation  and  quiet  approach  with  the  students  too  was  impressive.

SCHOLASTIC  BOOK  CLUB  -­‐  The  Book  Club  flyer  went  home  last  week.  It  is  full  of  great  bargains  and  gives  you  a  great  opportunity  to  purchase  books  for  your  family  at  fantastic  prices,  and  support  our  School  at  the  same  time.  When  you  place  a  book  order,  the  school  receives  'rewards'.    We  use  these  'rewards'  to  choose  new  books  for  our  Library,  at  no  cost.    Reminder  -­‐  all  purchases  are  to  be  done  online,  with  no  money  coming  to  school.  Your  purchased  books  will  be  delivered  to  school  and  then  given  to  your  child.    Closing  Date  for  orders  -­‐  30  March,  2018.    

Might  you  be  interested  in  Teacher  Aide  work  in  the  school?  Do  you  know  of  someone  who  has  experience  and  might  be  keen?  If  so,  please  email  me,  or  [email protected]    

Northcote  and  Birkenhead  Yacht  Club  will  be  hosting  The  NZ  Feva  Class  Sailing  Championships.      Some  of  the  best    NZ  young  sailors  will  be  competing.  Come  down  to  the  Birkenhead  Wharf  Sat  or  Sun  between  11  and  3  and  watch  some  great  racing.  Yacht  Club  personnel  are  helping  us  with  our  waterwise.  I  hope  that  this  might  mean  that  more  of  our  children  go  on  to  become  competitive  sailors.  

Calendar March  23  -­‐  Early  pick  up  at  12:30,  so  teachers  can  attend  their  NZEI  meeting. Friday  March  30  -­‐  April  3  -­‐  Easter  holiday.    Schools  are  closed  on  THREE  days  -­‐  Friday  March  30,  Monday  April  2nd,  AND  Tuesday  3rd  April. Tuesday  April  10  –  Paren/Teacher  meetings. Friday  April  13  -­‐  Term  1  ends.  

Birkenhead    Primary    School        Newsletter  March  22,  2018    

Page 2: Birkenhead! Primary!!School!! · Congratulations!to!last!week’s!Principal’s!Award!winners:!! Rm!1:Taha!Ahmed,NaomiTamura!&!Chris!Rivera,!Rm!2:YuxiMeng!&!Aria!Ribeiro,!Rm!5:!Maisie!Wansbone

Congratulations  to  last  week’s  Principal’s  Award  winners:     Rm  1:  Taha  Ahmed,  Naomi  Tamura  &  Chris  Rivera,  Rm  2:  Yuxi  Meng  &  Aria  Ribeiro,    Rm  5:  Maisie  Wansbone  &  Annabel  Stephens,  Rm  6:  Sakura  Nagamune  &  Hamnah  Vighio,  Rm  7:  Sasha  Young  &  Caelan  Scott,    Rm  8:  Beau  Turner  &  Keisha  Piper,  Rm  9:  Alex  Martin  &  Roy  Xu,  Rm  11:  Benedict  Kenrick  &  Tom  Fletcher,    Rm  12:  Cyprian  Shepherd  &  Nico  Wickenden,  Rm  13:  Jimmy  Duff  &  Sam  King,    Rm  14:  Zac  l’Ami  &  Miles  Ballard,    Rm  16:  Dijon  Thin  &  Sumayah  Hamzah,  Rm  18:    Kayla  Taylor-­‐Gallagher  &  Eddie  Latu,  Rm  19:    Apoorva  Roopesh  &  Isaac  Hung,  Rm  20:  Charlie  Hollis  &  Cade  Ravenhall.

Sports:  Sports:  If  you  wish  to  play  netball  or  hockey  next  term,  please  make  sure  that  you  have  sent  in  your  'pay  and  play  slips'-­‐  they  are  due  in  by  next  Tuesday,  27  March  

Here   is   a   metaphor   poem   that   Room   15  Writing   class   wrote   about   the   BPS  playground. The  dark  green  grass  is  a  whooshing  deadly  storm  (Dijon) The  crickets  are  rattling  snakes,  hiding  in  the  bushes  (Aleona) The  soft  mist  of  Mr  Smith’s  water  blower  is  a  low  fog  over  concrete  (Louie)   The  pile  of  sand  that  sparkles  is  the  astonishing  stars  of  the  milky  way  (Vacky) The  rapidly  tweeting  birds  in  the  trees  are  musical  notes  being  played  (Olly) The  rough  bark  of  the  tree  is  old  paint  peeling  off  its  wall  (Emma) The  sun  is  a  diamond,  shining  proudly  (Aston) The  crispy  leaves  are  fireworks  beneath  my  feet  (Aisha) The  rattle  from  Mr  Smith’s  water  blaster  is  one  thousand  drums  playing  at  the  same  time  (Morgan) The  metal  railing  is  a  broken  heart  (Fletcher) The  bird  signs  around  the  Lawson  Reserve  are  signs  of  a  stranger    (Aafin) The  glossy  paint  on  the  playground  are  pieces  of  laminated  paper  (Henry) The  cold  water  from  Mr  Smith’s  water  blaster  is  a  snow  wolf  prowling  along  my  leg  (Ryan) The  clouds  above  are  fluffy  pillows  (Bekele) The  soft,  silky  sandpit  is  fabric  on  my  hand  (Liam) The  trees  are  adventurers  standing  tall  (Joey) The  playground  is  a  coral  reef  exploding  with  life  (Zac) The  leaves  crunching  under  my  feet  are  rice  crackers  (Luke) The  flying  fox  is  a  train  screeching  along  the  track  (Oliver) The  logs  on  the  grassy  field  are  giant  green  anacondas  that  silently  slid  and  slide  through  the  grass  (Varen) The  blue  sky  is  the  ocean  up  above  with  white  fish  swimming  slowly  (Lucas)   The  rush  of  the  breeze  is  the  roaring  of  the  angry  waves  (Tina) The  pretty  water  rainbow  is  paint  painted  on  the  marble  floor  (Shiori) The  water  hitting  the  wall  is  a  dragon  roaring  at  people  (Sam) The  hot,  boiling  sun  is  an  exploding  volcano  bursting  (Nik).  

Have  a  wonderful  week,  Nigel  Bioletti,    Principal    

Outside  Organisations Duffy  Books  in  Homes  Information  Evening    Duffy  Books  in  Homes  is  a  literacy-­‐focused  charitable  organisation  that  started  as  a  so-­‐called  “impossible  dream.”  Yet  partnering  with  businesses  and  numerous  individual  sponsors  made  the  dream   come   true,   helping   100,000   children   in   526   schools  nationwide  and  286  early  childhood  centres,  receive  700,000  free   books   a   year!    Save   the   date!  Wednesday   18th   April,  6pm-­‐7:30pm,  Birkenhead  Library.  Please  RSVP  to  secure  your  place  by  email:    [email protected]  or  call  09  377  0209  and  ask  for  Birkenhead  Library.    

Thanks  to  our  sponsors:  Julie  Shand  (Harcourts)  Ph  021  634  787)  CACI  Birkenhead  (Ph  480  8500)  Mark  Jago  (North  Shore  Toyota  Ph  442  3600)  Highbury  Optometrists  Ph  418  1347