Chelsea School Newsletter
Week 4 Term 2, 2024
Important Term Dates
Term 2, 2024
- Wed 22 May: School Closes at 12.30pm for Parent Teacher Interviews
- Wed 22 May: Parent Teacher Conferences 1:00 - 6:00pm
- Thu 23 May: Parent Teacher Conferences 3:10 - 6:00pm
- Thu 23 May: National Young Leaders Day
- Fri 24 May: Scooter Skills with Auckland Transport
- Fri 31 May: Teacher Only Day School Closed for Instruction
- Mon 03 Jun: Kings Birthday School Closed
- Tue 04 Jun: Scooter Day with Auckland Transport
- Thu 06 Jun: Cross-country
- Fri 07 Jun: Kākano new parents morning 9:00 - 11:00am
- Fri 07 Jun: Weed Identification 1pm - 3pm
- Fri 07 Jun: Used Uniform Sale 2.30pm - 3.30pm
- Fri 07 Jun: PJ Day
- Tue 11 Jun: Wellbeing Evening 7.00pm - 8.30pm
- Thu13 Jun: Cross-country (Rain Day)
- Fri 14 Jun: Assembly led by Pakiaka
- Fri 14 Jun: Choir Rehearsal 12 noon - 2.15pm
- Mon 17 Jun: Board Meeting @ Chelsea 5:30pm
- Thu 20 Jun: Interschool Cross-country at Kauri Park School
- Fri 21 Jun: Birkdale/Beach Haven Matariki Kapa Haka Festival
- Sat 22 Jun: Trivia Night - 'Television' 7.00pm until late
- Wed 26 Jun: Sports Prizegiving 2:00pm
- Wed 26 Jun: Soup Evening 5pm - 7pm
- Thu 27 Jun: Interschool Cross-country (Rain Day)
- Fri 28 Jun: Matariki School Closed
- Mon 01 Jul: Class and Individual Photos
- Tue 02 Jul: Class and Individual Photos
- Fri 05 Jul: Last Day of Term School Early Finish at 2:00pm
Kia Ora Whānau,
It has once again been a busy couple of weeks here and we are well into the swing of Term 2. Last week we had a group of eager writers head off to the writers festival with Mrs Cross and Mrs Blaney - what a fantastic opportunity to listen to some incredible writers kōrero. We also have a group of students heading to National Young Leaders Day (NYLD) these days which are always incredibly motivating and inspiring for our tamariki are great opportunities for our tamariki to be reflective and inspired to continue to build their leadership skills. Our Term 2 Kaitiaki club also headed off to participate in the Northcote Streamcare Project which is where they have an opportunity to learn more about what is in our water and steps we can take to keep our waterways clean.
In week 2 we undertook our regular Emergency Preparedness audit with the support of Harrison Tew - we received high praise from this company that our systems and processes stand up to the test and that our learners were outstanding when participating in the practice lockdown. This is really reassuring - it is always good to have some feedback and know that we are well placed should we need to enact these processes.
I was lucky enough to head to the Pakiaka Mother’s Day Celebration. It was so lovely to see so many mums, step mums, special people and grandmothers! How special to connect and celebrate together, thank you so much for taking the time to come in, I know that this was hugely appreciated by the team and the kids, you could see how excited they were!
Hopefully, you have seen the notice sent out yesterday from the Board of Trustees regarding our review of the school uniform. Thank you so much for making a conscious effort to ensure your children are coming to school in the correct school uniform every day - it is a really important part of instilling a sense of community and pride in our school.
On the 11th of June from 7-8.30pm we will be holding a Wellbeing evening here at school, we would love for you to come along and add some strategies to your wellbeing toolkit. More information on this can be found within this newsletter.
Have a stunning week - looking forward to hearing all about the amazing Parent/Teacher learning conversations - enjoy these, it is a fantastic way to connect with your child’s learning, you are such an important part of their learning journey!
Chrissy Wakeman
Tumuaki of Chelsea Primary School
Te Reo
Kia Ora e te whānau!
Hopefully you've heard our phrase of the term "haere rā/e noho rā" around the school at home time!
We've been talking as a staff about making our reo (language) journey steady. I remember returning to NZ after teaching in Samoa and realising that my knowledge and ability to speak Samoan was far better than my ability to speak Te Reo. That made me feel a bit sad- because although I could travel back to Samoa and hear Samoan spoken, there's nowhere else in the world that you will travel to and hear Te Reo- it's special to New Zealand! Making sure we regularly add kupu hou (new words) to our vocab will keep our journey going and make sure we treat Te Reo Māori as the taonga (treasure) it is. Maia Harrison and Jeremy Noonan have been doing just that- they are the latest winners of the "Hipi Kākāriki" competition, being noticed for their willingness to use new language.
This term we are also looking forward to Matariki- put Wednesday 26th June, 5-7pm in your diary as our Matariki Celebration- we will gather as a school whānau to eat delicious soup and watch our Kapa Haka rōpū. More information will follow in a separate Hero post.
Scooter Skills
Scooter Skills Days coming up! Please bring a helmet and scooter to school on your classes day.
Friday May 24th - Kākano and Pakiaka
Tuesday 4th June - Rito
Kaitiaki Club
Take a look at these photos from our Streamcare afternoon. Thank you so much to the parents who were able to come along and help out, we hope you learned something too!
DNA and Values Awards Week 3, Term 2
Team Updates
Kākano
The term is once again racing by! We are looking forward to catching up with you at our parent teacher conferences.
A programme change is on the cards! We've noticed that Monday mornings can sometimes be a bit hectic- we often have new learners joining our hubs, home learning to sort and learners getting back into school routines. As such, we've decided to switch our Mondays around- Learning through Play will now take place in the morning, with structured learning in the middle and last blocks. Reminders:
- Please ensure your child is ready for learning with their book bag and home learning book each day.
- With the wet weather creeping in on us and increased numbers in our hubs, the deck is feeling a bit crowded at pick up time! We're putting our thinking caps on about this- watch this space!
- We must be going through a growth spurt- we've noticed a few children eating more food at morning tea time and having little left for lunch. If your child comes home and complains about food, please consider an extra piece of fruit/veggies or a protein based snack.
Pakiaka
To support our Structured Literacy program, we will be sending home a set of all the LLLL heart words from stage 1-7 should you wish to help your child to learn these at home.
From this week, most children will also be bringing home a LLLL home learning sheet/s that supports the reading we have done in class from that week. These will not be marked, it is not new learning but rather to support fluency. Please support your child in checking their book bag for these.
We are so excited for Cross Country on Thursday June 6th! Our runners will be taking to the course at 10am. Over the coming weeks, our training will be taking place on the course so that there are no surprises on the day.
Our learners had a blast at our Mother's Day celebration and Pink Shirt Day recently - here are some photos from the days:
Rito
What a busy term this is proving to be … between really getting to grips with our Literacy and Maths learning we have also been doing some awesome Inquiry learning and rotations in the afternoons! This week we had some sessions around NFL rugby - great learning around how to hold and run with the ball … and even the rain couldn’t dampen the excitement! We look forward to some more sessions to consolidate these skills.
A reminder that trainers can be worn to school as we are training for our Cross Country Run in week 6.
We look forward to connecting with you and celebrating your child’s learning over the next two days.
Māhuri
We are really settling in well to our learning this term. Our cross-country training is going really well come rain or shine and we have been enjoying our different rugby promos. We want to say a huge congratulations to Mr Parsons, who has now completed his university course and is a fully-fledged teacher in Hub 2. He is really looking forward to meeting more of the whānau over the next few evenings. You will notice that our learning stories are coming out again this term too - please try to add a comment to these - you wouldn't believe how many times we see our learners go back and reflect on what you've said and the extra confidence that that can give them. Your words alongside ours can mean the world to them.
Give a kid a blanket - fundraiser led by the student council
Our school is fundraising money for a foundation called Give A Kid A Blanket, which helps people who struggle to keep their whānau warm in the winter. These families we are fundraising for might have lost their jobs and are struggling to buy food and pay for power.
You can donate excellent quality blankets, baby sacks, and pyjamas, or give a gold coin donation. A box will be put in the office in week six for you to put these things in. You don’t have to bring something in every day. And, if you bring in one or more of these things, on Friday 7th of June we are going to reward you by having a PJ day at school.
This means that on this day you can wear your pyjamas to school. If you don’t want to wear your PJs, you can wear your school uniform, or whatever you wear to bed, but we would still like a gold coin donation for the charity! It’s a good idea to wear something that you don’t mind getting a little bit dirty.
Thank you everyone, we hope you all donate something, and have fun wearing your pyjamas!
Written by Harriet & Seth on behalf of the Student Council.
Flyer by Isabelle Paston
Used Uniform Sale
Used uniform sale: Friday 7th June from 2.30pm until about 3.30pm.
Come into the office to check if we have anything you need. Please bring in your used uniforms to donate, too. All proceeds go to the Chelsea Primary PTA.
There are a number of free items such as shorts, polo shirts which have quite a lot of wear but still some left, which I will have ready too.
Claire 021683117