SCS Newsletter
T4W5 2023
Tumuaki Korero
Kia ora e te whānau,
Already week 5 and halfway through this term! And what a busy term it has been so far. Last week our Year 1 & 2 students participated in the Wairau Cluster Junior Tabloids at Grovetown School and our Year 3 & 4 students participated in the Athletics Fun Day hosted by SCS. It was so great to see our tamariki representing Spring Creek School with pride and making new friends at the same time. Unfortunately, the Rural Athletics day was canceled due to the weather.
Yesterday we had Torsten from Mixx come in and teach our students Korf Ball, what a great game! All our tamariki participated and had so much fun.
Next Monday 13 November is a teacher-only day and all staff will be participating in Professional Learning with other primary schools within our Kahui Ako.
As the end of the school year is approaching fast, we are busy making preparations for our End of Year celebration. This will be held on Friday 15 December, the final day of school from 5-6 pm. There will be performances from our Kapa Haka Group, our Music Therapy groups as well as our annual prize giving. We will let you know more information closer to the time.
Our amazing kaiako are busy with assessments in readiness for end-of-year reporting. If you ever have any questions or concerns, please get in touch with your child’s teacher or pop on and see me.
We are also working on class configurations for next year and will update you once these are finalized.
Have a wonderful week ahead.
Ngā manaakitanga,
Cheryl Alderlieste
Tumuaki - Principal
Hui Awards
Waka Hoe Focus:
Week:5-6: Respect/Whakaute
Staff will be working with children, showing them what the value means and looks like.
Term dates 2023
Term 2: Wednesday 26 April to Friday 30 June
Term 3: Monday 17July to Friday 22 September
Term 4: Monday 9 October to Friday 15 December TBC
Upcoming Events 2023
Term 4
November
- 8 BOT Meeting 5.30 pm
- 13 Teacher Only Day
- 14 Whole school hui 9 am
- 28 Whole school hui 9 am
December
- 6 Year 6 Bohally visit
- 6 BOT Meeting 5.30 pm
- 12 Whole school hui
- 15 Last day of term 4
To stay up to date with school activities you can add our events calendar with the following link SCS Events Calendar
Uniform Orders
Next order is being sent on Monday 4th December 2023.
Please see Ness in the office for an order form.
KiwiCan 2023
This term we have Aliyah and Saxon returning as our leaders, and our sessions are on Friday mornings.
Kiwi Can themes will follow in this order over the year:
Term 1 = Respect / Manaakitanga
Term 2 = Resilience / Taikaha
Term 3 = Positive Relationships / Whakawhanaungatanga
Term 4 = Integrity / Pono
Taekwon-Do
Legion Taekwon-Do is a dynamic martial art, and it is also an exciting sport suitable for all ages and abilities. Classes are for everyone from beginners to advanced levels.
Focused mind, disciplined body and pure spirit through community participation is our motto. Keeping this in mind, we encourage individual growth through a family feel atmosphere whilst practicing Taekwon-Do techniques.
Fees will be free to any Spring Creek School students and to the Spring Creek community. Classes will be Monday 3:15 - 4:15 pm in the Spring Creek Hall from this term. Families need to arrange for their children to go to the hall after school.School Docs
Our school uses SchoolDocs as a website for our policies and procedures. This site is now live and available to our school community.
We invite you to visit the site at https://springcreek.schooldocs.co.nz/ (note that there's no "www"!). Our username is springcreek and password 7202.
Policies being reviewed this term are:
This is done by following these steps:
Visit the website https://springcreek.schooldocs.co.nz/1893.htm
Enter the username (springcreek) and password (7202).
Follow the link to the relevant policy as listed.
Read the policy.
Click the Policy Review button at the top right-hand corner of the page.
Select the reviewer type "Parent".
Enter your name (optional).
Submit your ratings and comments.
If you don't have internet access, the school office staff can provide you with printed copies of the policy and a review form.
About us
Email: admin@springcreek.school.nz
Website: www.springcreek.school.nz
Location: 52 Ferry Road, Spring Creek, New Zealand
Phone: 03 5705514
Facebook: facebook.com/SCSchool