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24 October 2018

Newsletter 32 Term 04

Hello, Tēnā koutou katoa, 你好, Nǐ hǎo

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to Jake Anderson, Quinn Honorè,

Sienna Bibbie, Kahn Heath, Camryn Scott, Hollie

Fuller, Sophie Atkin, Hailey Smythe, Chase Anania,

Ayeong Lee, Xavier Zhao and Junyeong Lee.

Welcome

Welcome to Maamalea Vaea, Molina Vaea,

Senila Vaea and Ivy Li. Our current roll is 717.

Leah Haworth

Leah Haworth who is currently teaching in Room 20

will be leaving us on Friday 2 November to have her

second baby. We wish Leah and Jason all the best

with the birth of their second child. Sarah Betts will

be teaching in Room 20 from Monday 5 November

until Thursday 15 November. Tracey Kaminski will be

teaching from Friday 16 November until the end of

the year.

Hats

Please make sure that your child has their school

hat at school. The wearing of the school hat is

compulsory during term 4. Children not wearing a

school hat will have to sit in a shaded area during

play and lunch times.

2019

If you know your child is not coming back to our

school next year can you please email me

cameronlockie@silverdaleprimary.school.nz.

Having this information is very important to me as it

helps with planning for next year, which is fully

underway now.

Longmore Ln, Silverdale North, PO Box 538, Silverdale 0932 Phone (09)4265510 Fax (09)426 2397 Email: office@silverdaleprimary.school.nz

SILVER PATHWAY

WHATS ON!

26 Oct Gold Coin Mufti Day for CSD

27 Oct Country Show Day

29 Oct BOT Meeting 7pm

31 Oct Photolife (Teams and Groups)

07 Nov Athletics Day Whole School

07 Nov Andrew Lines Parent Evening

08 Nov Super 8’s Cricket Year 5-6

09 Nov Cake Stall Fundraiser – School

Council

09 Nov Whole School Assembly Team Pukeko

14 Nov Athletics Day – Save Day

20 Nov Tag Interschool Year 5/6

23 Nov Whole School Assembly Team Kiwi

27 Nov Athletics Interschool Y5&6

28 Nov Transition Meeting Y2 – Y3 6.30pm

29 Nov Team te Ohanga Kelly Tarltons

30 Nov Tu Maia Festival Y5&6

03 Dec School Band Performance @

Centrestage

06 Dec Transition Meeting Y1 – Y2 6.00pm

06 Dec Transition Meeting Y4 – Y5 6.30pm

06 Dec Transition To School Meeting

9.00am New Entrants

07 Dec Whole School Assembly Team tui

11 / 12 Dec Team Tui Challenges

14 Dec Te Ohanga Christmas Show

9.00am

17 Dec Y6 Leavers Night 17.30 – 19.30

20 Dec Term 4 2018 Finishes Noon

07 Feb Term 1 2019 Starts

12 Apr Term 2 Ends

29 Apr Term 1 Starts

05 Jul Term 2 Ends

22 Jul Term 3 Starts

27 Sep Term 3 Ends

14 Oct Term 4 Starts 20 Dec Term 4 2019 Ends

Country Show Day

Thank you to everyone who have helped us in any way in the organisation of our Country

Show Day. The PTA have been working extremely hard in making this day an exciting and

fun day for all. This is our major fundraising event of the year so please come along and

support your school and children.

Saturday 27 October: 10am - 2pm

Brought to you by Bayleys

As well as a lot of the classic stalls and rides we have some NEW AMUSEMENTS for you to

experience.

There will be a large array of food, something for everyone. A Cake Stall with so many tasty

cakes, slices and other baked goods you'll find it hard to choose which one you'll take

home.

We have a great range of silent auction items - there is something there for you! Get on our

silent auction website now and start browsing!

You need to logged in to participate and to

win the auction go to

https://www.32auctions.com/CSD2018 to

create an account.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Please no dogs are allowed at Country Show

Day.

Boomerang Bags

Thank you to our students in Room 36 who

helped one of our wonderful Grandmothers

to sew these Boomerang Bag. These bags

are to be left at the library to be given out to

people who forget to bring a bag. They can

either be returned for others to use, or kept at

home and reused for other things.

What a great way to care for each other

and our planet!

Transition Meetings

We will be holding transition and information

meetings for our Year 1 children and parents,

Year 2 children and parents and our Year 4

children and parents. These meetings are to

inform parents and children about what to

expect when they move teams next year.

Our first meeting is for our Year 2 children and

parents on Thursday 29 November at 6.30pm.

On Thursday 6 December at 6.00pm we have

our transition meeting for our Year 1 parents

and children.

On Thursday 6 December at 6.30pm we have

our transition meeting for our Year 4 parents and children. More information to follow.

Prizegiving

This year there will be no Silverdale School end of year prizegiving.

To start with, here is a quote from Alfie Kohn:

In short, good values have to be grown from the inside out. Attempts to short-circuit this

process by dangling rewards in front of children are at best ineffective, and at worst

counterproductive. Children are likely to become enthusiastic, lifelong learners as a result

of being provided with an engaging curriculum; a safe, caring community in which to

discover and create; and a significant degree of choice about what (and how and why)

they are learning. Rewards–like punishments–are unnecessary when these things are

present, and are ultimately destructive in any case. (Alfie Kohn, The Risk of Rewards)

There are a number of reasons we have decided that we will no longer have an end of

year prizegiving. There is abundant research showing that awards, rewards and other

external incentives undermine intrinsic motivation. For the majority of children who don’t

receive awards, the prizegiving spurs boredom, anger or resentment. Handing out awards

at the end of year prizegiving doesn’t aligned with our beliefs and values. Learning should

be the reward, children who didn’t receive a prize hear that they weren’t good enough or

that their unique combination of attributes don’t truly count. It’s not an award at the end

of the year that drives achievement. Excellence comes from a school culture that fosters

collaboration and provides opportunities for children to lead, especially in those areas

where children have special talents and skills. If school is an actual community, separating

out individuals for special notice makes no sense. We hope that children will continue to

develop their best selves for their own benefit, not because someone tells them to or

because there’s an award at the end of the year.

Schools are not about ranking and sorting. They are about learning and creativity in a safe

and caring environment. They are about empowering all children, not just the ones that

are strong at the core subjects. If we continuously tell our children that EVERY SINGLE ONE

OF THEM is important to our school, I do not see how end of year prizegiving align with this

belief. Do you?

Cameron Lockie Principal

Jesters Pies Fundraiser

The School Council are having Friday Pie-day this Friday 26 October. For every pie sold we

will get $2!

All orders need to be placed via Kindo before 10am Thursday 25

October.

To place an order please follow the instructions below:

1. Log into Kindo via the school website or your EZunch account

2. Click on the Jesters Pie tab

3. Choose another day: 26 October

Jesters Pie will be delivered to your child’s classroom at lunchtime

Friday, 26 October.

PTA NEWS

On Friday 26th October I shall be travelling with my 5 local women companions….all loaded to

the gunnels with goods for the families of Madang School near the the Annapurna region in

Nepal.

I would like to say a huge thank you to all the generous Silverdale Primary School families who

have sorted through their children’s warm winter clothing that is no longer needed, and kindly

donated these clothes to children in Nepal. Winter is approaching fast in Nepal now so I know the

clothing will be welcomed.

The smiles on the faces of the children lucky enough to receive some of these beautiful clothes will

say it all……thank you, thank you.

I shall also be taking no longer needed library books from the school library to Nepal as well. So a

huge thank you to the school and to Cushla in the library.

It’s wonderful to be a part of a close knit school community that supports so many events in the

local area.

Many, many thanks to everyone,

Miriam Godfrey.

COMMUNITY NOTICES – These notices are inserted on behalf of the community.

BearCats Basketball will be resuming Term 4 training at Stanmore Bay Leisure Centre on Sunday 28th October. Professional coaching is provided by Shayne McCauley (ex NBL, Harbour, Coast) and is great value at just $65 per term. We realise that most school teams are coached/managed by supportive parents who may not have much basketball experience themselves so this is a great way to get the team's skills and confidence up so they can better enjoy and progress in games. (We also offer all new players a FREE "try us" session.)

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