Kauri Whānau Update

 

Kauri Whānau Update: Term 3, Week 4

 

IN THIS POST:

• Maths Parent Evening
• Staff only day
• Open Night
• Cantamath
• Speech Writing
• Hear This

Maths Parent Evening:

A reminder that we are hosting a Maths whānau evening at school on August 28th 5:30-7:30pm.

Staff only day:

Shool will be closed on Monday 26th August for a staff only day.

Open Night:

This week we held our Open Night for Year 6 whānau. The Year 8 students who were our ambassadors on this evening did a fabulous job. We were so proud of each and every one of them. We got this feedback from a parent today: 'I was amazed by how capable, confident and articulate the kids were. They really gave me hope for stepping into life with teenager's as they were such great kids.' 

Cantamath:

On Monday we enjoyed a great competition for 9 teams from our hub along with teams from 7 other schools in our area. This was the first time this event had been run and it will become an annual event.

We are needing one more parent who can help with transporting some of our amazing projects to Wolfbrooke Arena on Tuesday 20th morning please. If you can help please email nicky.dunlop@beckenham.school.nz

We wish our teams all the best for the Cantamath problem-solving competition next Wednesday. 

We also wish the 35 people whose Cantamath projects are going through to the projects competition the best of luck. If you would like to view the projects or see the teams in action, come along to the Wolfbrook Arena on Wednesday between 3 and 6pm.

Speech Writing:

All students will be well underway writing and practising their persuasive speeches this week. For those who would like, we will have in class presentations, followed by a school Speech Competition. Two students, one Y7 and one Y8 will then be chosen to go to the Inter school competition held at St Martins School later on in the term.

Hear this:

We had Jane in to run the hear this programme with our students last week. We learnt all about our ears, safe levels of sound and how we can protect our hearing. It was eye opening and very informative!

Kauri Whānau Update: Term 3, Week 2

 

Kauri Whānau Update: Term 3, Week 2

 

IN THIS POST:

• Passions
• Parent survey
• Maths evening
• Ski Day
• Cantamath Projects

Passions:

Passions have kicked off to a flying start this term with an array of choices, something for everyone.

The debaters are having a blast, lots of laughs as we learn the art of debating. We have been learning about the structure of a debate (who speaks when), ettiquette (not talking over one another) and have debated some light hearted topics as a starting point. On Friday we ran two debates: the first was Cats vs dogs, the second Beckenham Te Kura needs longer break times. The affirmative teams took out the win both times. As we progress we will tackle some more serious topics and learn how to research and present our arguments more confidently. I can see there are some budding politicians and lawyers in our midst already!

Parent Survey:

Thanks to the parents who have filled this in already. If you have a chance to, we would love some feedback. Click HERE to share your ideas around learning in the Kauri hub!

Maths Parent Evening:

We are hosting a Maths workshop for all parents of Y1-8 at kura on Thursday, 29th August (5:30 pm – 7:30 pm).

Ski Trip:

Our Mount Hutt ski day is fast approaching!

Please fill in THIS form, so that we can ensure all children are adequately prepared for a great day up the mountain. Our schools package with Mt Hutt includes a 90 minute lesson (at the child's level), lift pass, ski, boot, pole and helmet hire.  Many thanks to the PTA for covering the cost of the buses. The rest of the costs of this trip are covered by your school donation and our cheese roll fundraising. Most of our children will be skiing. Only those who have snowboarded for several days can snowboard. This is because it takes several days to get going on a snowboard, whereas significant progress can be made with skiing in one day.  

Cantamath Projects:

These should be well underway, these are home based projects. We have heard of many great ideas and there is a buzz of excitement around this. Please email your childs' homegroup teacher if you have any questions.