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Newsletter No. 12 Wednesday 15 August 2018
What’s Coming Up
AUGUST Thurs 16: Moa Syndicate-Capital E Trip (Rooms 9 & 11)
Fri 17: Moa Syndicate-ASB Sport Centre 1pm- 2:30pm
Wed 22: Tui Syndicate Numeracy Info evening Rm 4 -
7pm- 8pm
Thurs 23: Kiwi Syndicate-City Gallery (Rms 16 & 18)
Fri 24: Kiwi Syndicate-City Gallery (Rms 14 & 15)
Fri 24: Moa Syndicate-ASB Sports centre 1pm-2:30pm
Thurs 30: Tui Syndicate Twinkle Twinkle Show 9:30am
Fri 31: Moa Syndicate–ASB Sports Centre 1pm-2:30pm
SEPTEMBER Wed 5 – Moa Syndicate Carterton Exchange
Fri 7 – Road Patrol Orange Day Parade
Moa Syndicate-ASB Sports Centre 1pm-2:30pm
A big Brooklyn school welcome to the
following students and their families –
Ivy Rangitonga - Room 19
Andrea Li - Room 19
Welcome
Message from the Office
We have recently changed our Student
Management System to Linc-Ed.
This will mean your future
invoices/statements will look slightly
different from your previous ones. The
invoices/statements will now have a
record of all charges for the year
including activities that have already
been paid. Your latest
invoice/statement was sent via email on
Tuesday 14 August.
If you have any account queries please
contact the office; the preferred email
for account queries is
(NB – We no longer have customer
numbers, so your internet banking
reference should include your family
name)
Missing clothing or lunch box/boxes?
It could well be in our orange Lost Property Bin.
This coming Friday 17 August (weather permitting)
items will be placed out on the top playground
between 8.30am – 9am and 3pm – 3.30pm. Please
remember to label all clothing belonging to your
child/ren.
The term is well under way and we would like to congratulate our swimmers who are representing our school at the Central Zone Swimming Sports next Monday 20th August. We wish you all the best. The Inter zones are on the 13th September.
Brooklyn School Vision and Values
Thank you for the feedback we have had so far. I would like to invite your feedback around our revised Vision and Values.
Please do so by emailing [email protected], subject header: Vision
Vision - Inspire Challenge Nurture
We are an exciting and inviting school where our tamariki are curious, passionate and
ready for tomorrow's changing landscape
As a community of learners Brooklyn School expects learners to model these values
We Value:
From the Principal
Arts Focus Each syndicate is well under way with their Arts focus this term. Later in the term we will be sharing this with you in more detail.
Digital Technology Update Here is just a sample of the digital technologies we are using with our students in each syndicate. Digital Technology is a major part of our professional development this year and we are working alongside a Ministry funded professional learning and development facilitator to help us use these tools to enhance our teaching and learning programmes.
Tui
Osmos- tangrams, numbers, letters and to introduce coding later in the term,
Seesaw for students to share their learning and capture student voice, Literacy and numeracy apps to reinforce and practice skills learnt in the
classroom, Using Google and key word searches to find information to support Inquiry
learning Beebots to introduce the concept of coding/programming.
Kiwi
Music apps (Garage Band, Incredibox), Typing practice, Coding (Scratch), Reading activities and fluency, Data gathering and research, Maths practice/Mathletics, Seesaw for students to share their learning and capture student
voice, Google Docs to collaborate and assist in writing.
Takahe
To chart their learning journey through Seesaw, Student agency - I movies etc Literacy/ Numeracy programs.
Moa
Bring Your Own Device in the Moa, these devices are used as tools to enhance the teaching and learning across the curriculum,
Robotics.
Moa Science/Technology Science/technology - we are part of a pilot programme for engineering NZ where the students are designing and modifying bottle rockets. This is proving to be very engaging.
Wellington City Mission Here is the email we received regarding our Mātariki collection for the City Mission, thank you again for your support: On behalf of The Wellington City Mission I would like to extend our sincere thanks to Brooklyn Primary School for supporting our Brown Paper Bag Collection this year. We are excited to announce that during the Brown Paper Bag Collection we collected over 2200 filled bags from across the Wellington region, and raised nearly $50,000 in financial donations! It has been a hugely successful campaign and we couldn’t have done it without your support, so thank you. All of the goods and funds collected have filled our Foodbank and allowed us to continue providing hot meals, food parcels, financial mentoring, and in-home social work for people who are struggling, especially during these cold winter months. Once again, thank you for choosing to support us in this way. Our team at The Mission and those who we serve sincerely appreciate your generosity. Please find attached a special certificate of our appreciation. Kind regards, Sarah Thomas Campaigns Coordinator
2019 School terms and holidays
Here are our term dates for 2019. We will add these to our website:
Term 1
Monday 4 February-Friday 12 April (Teacher Only Days 31 January and 1 February)
Term 2
Monday 29 April-Friday 5 July (Teacher Only Day 31 May, Queen’s Birthday 3 June)
Term 3
Monday 22 July - Friday27 September
Term 4
Monday 14 October-Thursday 19 December (Labour Day 28 October)
Tui Syndicate Rm 1: Juliet Leonard – You are always trying your best at
story writing and writing some amazing detailed stories.
Rm 2: Elvin Lim – For beautiful handwriting and amazing
sentences.
Rm 3: Atticus Cassels – For the great effort and results that he
puts into Reading and Writing.
Rm 4: Aryan Nathu – For working really hard to make very
pleasing progress in Reading and Writing. Ka pai Aryan.
Rm 5: Ethan Gardiner – For the resilience and determination
that you bring to school.
Kiwi Syndicate Rm 14: Freddie Child – You are making great progress with
your goals. Well done on being more confident sharing your
ideas.
Rm 15: Sam de Saxe – For being considerate and mature
when helping out your classmates. All the adults in the Kiwi
Syndicate have noticed and we are all impressed.
Rm 16: Indie Holtom-Blade – Working through her learning
and problem solving independently when things get a bit
tricky! You are a makey-makey super star.
Rm 18: Kiaan Vallabh – For making a positive and happy start
to your time here at Brooklyn School.
Takahe Syndicate Rm 6 Natalie Sanson – For demonstrating Hiranga – you aim
high and perservere in everything that you do. Ka pai Natalie.
Rm 7: Ashley Lewis – The PBL team have noticed a ‘dramatic’
shift in how you engage with costumes, puppets and
performance.
Rm 8: Jack Murfitt – You have shown empathy, stuck to your
word and stepped up to help a peer who needed some
support. Very proud of you!
Rm 13: Luca de Boer – For leading by example. He is
thoughtful, sensible, can work with anyone and gets on with it
without making a fuss.
Moa Syndicate Rm 9: Cody Braakhuis – For making positive choices in his
learning and demonstrating whitiwhiti by asking qestions and
sharing his ideas. Ka pai!
Rm 10: Ryleigh Tahere – For showing wae wae kaikapua and
taking a risk to share his engaging and thoughtful ideas in
class. It’s been wonderful to hear your contribution.
Rm 11: Noah Roncero-Korn – For perserverence and lateral
thinking skills in our class challenge.
Rm 12: Sophie Corry – For constantly demonstrating Tapatahi!
I really appreciate how responsible and focussed you are with
your learning! Kau mau te wehi!
Principal Awards – 3 August 2018
Brooklyn School has heaps of amazing artists, and it’s time again to show off their masterpieces to family and friends.
This term, the school is running its cards, calendars, notebooks, mouse mats and diaries fundraiser, featuring beautiful art from our children. Not only are these must-haves to help manage your 2019 timetables, but they also make great Christmas presents for grandparents, aunties and uncles, or friends. The children have already started creating their art, which you will be able to see in their class in the week of August 20-24.
School Fundraiser – Calendar Art
Calendars, cards
Diaries, Notebooks,
Notebooks, Mouse Mats
Pens and Pencils
Sport
Future Ferns Netball – Years 1-4
Term 4 2018
Future Ferns Netball for the years 1 to 4 age group is played during terms 1 and 4 on a Saturday at Evans Bay Intermediate School in Kilbirnie. Future Ferns is a great program, put out by Netball NZ, which starts players with the basic skills of netball, in a fun, "have-a-go" environment. We will hold our own have-a-go session later in term 3 for all year 1-4 kids who want to see what netball might be like. Watch out for registration forms that will come home with kids as well. Get your friends together! Any questions contact Pru Burns [email protected]
Congratulations
Ryan Tsourgas & Isabella Temple ran
extremely well in the recent Inter Zone
Cross Country event.
Ryan – 2nd place Year 8 Boys
Isabella – 3rd place Year 4 Girls
Well Done!
BIGAIR GYMSPORTS OWHIRO BAY WGTN – 14 Landfill Road, Owhiro Bay Wellington Telephone 3838779 Cartwheels, Walkovers, Flips, Kongs, Handstands, Barrel Rolls, Handsprings - it’s all here at Bigair Gym! Kids love learning a vast range of skills in Gymnastics, Trampolining, Tumbling, Parkour and Cheerleading! We have classes to support children of all levels and interests. These classes are designed to increase children’s strength, flexibility, balance, co-ordination and fitness. Children also learn extensive personal skills from Bigair Gym Classes, including increased self-confidence, self-determination, listening skills, persistence, self-pride, increased self-esteem and much more! Book your FREE Trial today at Bigair Gym Owhiro Bay on 3838779 or email [email protected] or visit www.bigairgym.co.nz
KELLY SPORTS TERM 3 2018: Kelly Sports will be back in Term 3 with their fun and exciting classes. “Play Like a Sports Hero”– Tuesday (yrs 1-2) 3.05pm-4.05pm - Learn the fundamentals of all sports – throwing, running, jumping, striking, balance and many more. Includes fun games & drills to build these skills. “Play Like a Sports Hero”– Tuesday (yrs 2-4) 3:05pm-4:05pm - Come and try Football, Netball, Rippa Rugby and Handball. Try 2 weeks each of these sports. We use games & drills to teach game sense and team play.
For full details and to enrol into our programmes visit www.kellysports.co.nz email [email protected] or call 04 972 7201
Community notices
LUNCHTIME FRENCH CLASSES TERM 3 2018 Following the success of the Monday Lunchtime French classes held over the last two years, LCF Fun
Languages will be continuing these classes in Term 3. Meeting place and time: Please meet Annick,
French teacher, at Brooklyn school office on Mondays just after 12.30pm and please bring your lunch.
Games, songs, drama and stories are taught in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere with the emphasis
being in FUN! Language resources available to support parents at home!
If you would like your child to attend a Free Lunchtime Trial Lesson or would like any further
information please email [email protected].
Free trial at Big Air Gym
Owhiro Bay
