Change to 2024 Term Dates

In a previous newsletter we published our term dates for 2024, as negotiated with our Newlands-Paparangi schools to minimise impact on our families with students at more than one school.

These included two teacher only days that we had scheduled for the Tuesdays following the long weekends in Term 2 and Term 4.

When a school opts to have teacher only days which have not been approved by the Ministry of Education, we are required to either start the school year earlier, or finish it later, in order to be open for the required number of half days.

Just before the term break, the Ministry advised schools that they had approved two teacher only days to work on the refresh of the New Zealand Curriculum.

Fortunately our dates were in the required windows of time, so the published dates of the teacher only days will not change.

However, this now means that these are considered part of the school year and we need to adjust the start date of the year accordingly.

The Te Korowai ō Horikiwi Principals have again worked together to coordinate this with the minimum impact to families in mind.

The start date for all Newlands-Paparangi schools is now Thursday 1 February instead of Tuesday 30 January.

For Bellevue this will mean that our Meet the Team: Three Way Conferences / Community Picnic will be on Wednesday 31 January.

The Intermediate will still hold their pōwhiri for the Year 7s on the morning of Wednesday 31 January and they also plan to finish for 2024 on Tuesday 17 December.

Please note that our Meet the Team event will be scheduled for the afternoon so as not to clash with this for any families with Year 7 children who wish to attend both.

Our website PDF has been updated to reflect these changes.

Ngā mihi nui

Annette Borgonje

Principal / Tumuaki

Bellevue School 04 4787037

www.bellevue-newlands.school.nz

We have been advised that there is Hand, Foot & Mouth disease in our community. Please see the following information from the Ministry of Health website:

Hand, Foot and Mouth disease is most common in children under 10 years of age. Symptoms include painful sores in the mouth and a rash with blisters on hands and feet, loss of appetite, sore throat and mouth and a feeling of tiredness. Mild fever is usually the first sign of the disease.

This disease appears most often in warm weather.

Treatment: The only medicine recommended for hand, foot and mouth disease is paracetamol. Make sure children drink plenty of liquids to avoid getting dehydrated.

Call Healthline 0800 611 116 if you are unsure what you should do.

Hand, foot and mouth disease is spread by coughing or sneezing, or by contact with mucus, saliva, blisters or the bowel movements of an infected person. Children are contagious for around 7–10 days and should be kept at home until the blisters have dried to avoid spreading the infection.

For more information please click on the following link for information on what to do - https://www.health.govt.nz/your-health/conditions-and-treatments/diseases-and-illnesses/hand-foot-and-mouth-disease

If you are pregnant and come into contact with Hand, Foot & Mouth please click on the link for more information and advice.

Wednesday 11 October - Wednesday 13 December

Hub 1 & 2 Swimming (every Wednesday)

Thursday 2 November - Monday 20 November

Hub 5 Swimming

Friday 17 November

Year 6 Orientation Morning at Newlands Intermediate School

(Students travelling by bus to NIS)

Friday 17 November

Whakawhanaungatanga Friday - 1.30pm - 2.45pm

Thursday 23 November

Powhiri to welcome new students

Friday 24 November

Bell Challenges due in today

Monday 27 November

Pack the Bus

Thursday 30 November

Hearing/Vision Technician visiting school

Year 6 Sleep-Over - School Hall

Saturday 2 December

BOT Meeting, 10am - 2.00pm

Wednesday 6 December

End of Year reports sent home

FUNdraisers Pizza Lunch

Thursday 7 December

Friday 8 December

FUNdraisers Bakesale - 3pm outside Hub 1

Friday 8 December

Year 4-6 Celebrations Assembly 9.30am - 10.30am

Monday 11 December

Year 6 Leavers Event - 5.00pm - 8.30pm

Wednesday 13 December

BOT Meeting - 6.30pm - 8.30pm

Friday 15 December

Last day of the School Year (12.30pm finish)

Wednesday 31 January 2024

Meet the Team:

Community Picnic/3-Way Conferences

Thursday 1 February 2024

First day of the school year

Friday 12 April 2024

Last day of term 1