SCS Newsletter
T1W5 2024
Tumuaki Korero
Kia ora e te whānau,
Wow halfway through the term already and what a busy few weeks we have had. Today the students participated in Hockey Skills and then hopped on the bus to go to a performance by the Royal NZ Airforce Band at the ASB Theatre.
You may have noticed our new Rainwater Tank that Ethan from Thinkwater installed last week? We have had amazing support from Thinkwater, especially Ethan who has very generously offered to do a lot of the labor in his own time to honor and support our school’s sustainability initiative. The new automated irrigation system to supply water to the native plants within the school grounds. This system will also be collecting rainwater from the nearby classroom block as its primary source of water but will automatically top the tank up from the school bore water supply when no rain has been present.
Every Monday afternoon, we take our learning into Te Taiao - the environment that surrounds us. Mayfield Kindy will be joining us twice a term for these sessions. If you have any planks of wood, or are at the beach and want to grab some driftwood for us, that would be amazing!
On Saturday, March 16th, the team from Outward Bound will be coming to Spring Creek School to put in some mahi to get our kura looking even more amazing than it is. It would be great to get as much support from our whanau and community on this day. It could be helping out with weeding, moving the dirt piles, cleaning up our Te Taiao area, or maybe doing some baking to feed the hungry workers. A notice will be coming home next week asking for your support on this day.
We are so lucky to have delicious kai provided for our lunches by Ngati Rarau. We have purchased plates and forks to support with our sustainability focus and our amazing seniors support with dishing up and then a team help with cleaning up afterwards. We often have leftovers that we will put out at the end of the day. Please feel free to bring a container to dish yourself up some of this delicious kai. It will be first in first served!
Tomorrow marks the first day of autumn but we still have a few hot days ahead of us. Please ensure your child brings a wide-brimmed or bucket hat to school each day and water only in their drink bottles. Enjoy the rest of your week.
Ngā manaakitanga,
Cheryl Alderlieste
Tumuaki - Principal
Ngā manaakitanga,
Cheryl Alderlieste
Tumuaki - Principal
Hui Awards
These are presented each fortnight at our school hui. They are linked to our vision, mission and values.
Waka Hoe Focus:
Week: 5-6: Respect/Whakaute
Setting: Waka
Staff will be working with children, showing them what the value means and looks like.
Term dates 2024
Term 2: Monday 29 April to Friday 5 July
Term 3: Monday 22 July to Friday 27 September
Term 4: Monday 14 October to Friday 13 December TBC
Upcoming Events 2024
Term 1
February
- 28 BOT meeting 5.30pm
- 28 Royal NZ Airforce Band at ASB Theatre
- 28 Hockey
March
- 5 Whole school hui 9am
- 7 Mako rugby skills
- 15 Netball skills
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 Tuesday 4th March 2024.
Please see Ness in the office for an order form.
KiwiCan 2024
This term we have Aliyah and Saxon returning as our leaders for 2024, 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
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:
- Parent Involvement
- Communicating with parents
- Community conduct expectations
- School planning and reporting
- Reporting to parents on student progress and achievement
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.
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.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