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Covid-19 Information - your questions answered
In today's newsletter, we would like to draw your attention to our planning for Covid-19 and the steps that will be put into place when we get active cases within our school community.
To help you with the process, we have put some key information, in the form of Questions and Answers, onto our school website. You can find it here under Covid-19 Questions & Answers
On this page we hope you will find all of the immediate information you need if you, your child, or someone in your household either tests positive for Covid-19, or is a close contact of someone who has tested positive.
The page has questions that you can find the answers for by clicking on the arrow on the left of each question...
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Please keep Sick Children at home...
As you will know, we take the health and safety of our school and wider community very seriously. We are therefore being extremely cautious when children present at school with any Covid-19 symptoms. Unless we have heard from you e.g. 'My son Johnny has hayfever which is the cause of his runny nose at the moment', we will be calling you to come and pick Johnny and his runny nose up and take him home!
While your child has any Covid-19 symptoms, we are strongly encouraging you to take them for a Covid test. This helps to reassure everyone that they are OK to come back to school. Even if you haven't had a test, please keep anyone who is unwell at home.
Learning At Home
As we see more cases in the community, we know that the number of people needing to isolate at home is going to increase. We know that most of these people will not be symptomatic and that the children will need to keep learning if possible. For that reason, we have once again reactivated our "Learnng at Home" website. Teachers will be working through the website with the children next week, so that they are very familiar with it, and it is set out in a similar way to last year.
All of our teachers' contact email addresses are on the site, so that you can contact them if you have any questions. We are currently working on developing hard packs for those children for whom digital learning is not so easily accessible. Please let your child's teacher know if you need a hard pack.
Now is a good time to think about getting a few basic stationery supplies at home.
We expect to keep going as normally as possible at school, as we can with good staffing levels. If our staffing situation changes, we will let you know about any adaptations that we might have to make to our teaching and learning programmes.
Ngā mihi nui
Sandy Hastings
Principal - Tumuaki
Important Dates
Upcoming Events
Wed 23rd Feb - BOT Meeting (5.30 - 7.30pm, Staff Room)Wed 23rd Feb - PTA Meeting (7.30 - 9.30pm, Green Room, Vaccine pass required)
Mon 14th Mar - School Photos
Term Dates
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Citizen of the Week
Harshit Rana - Year 6
Harshit, you are a marvellous example of how to live our kete values every day. You shine in your learning, have a cool, calm, and collected personality and are a wonderful friend. Keep shining, Harshit! He tino pai rawa atu tō mahi.School Notices
Broadband for those who don't have it
If you have a Year 5 to 13 student who currently does not have broadband at home, or is on a prepaid Skinny Jump internet connection, and/or the cost of in-home internet access is a barrier, they could be eligible for the free broadband for learning. Ciena Jump for Student Fund provides a free wireless modem and free 150GB monthly broadband data for their home until the end of 2022. Please contact Sandy at school if you would like to know more. principal@beckenham.school.nz
Call to our community
Kōwhai team need help with re-creating our garden space, so that we can grow edibles and flowers! We want to make several raised garden beds, measuring 700 wide by 700 high and 1100mm long. Can any one kindly donate wood and / or help us construct these? If so, please email charlotte@beckenham.school.nzPTA News
Keep in touch with the PTA
To stay up to date with the PTA, please check out our Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto PTA Facebook page, linked here. Or come along to one of our meetings - all welcome (with a Vaccine pass or by Zoom at request - (please email PTA@beckenham.school.nz).
Meeting dates can be found in the weekly school Newsletter, or on the school calendar - linked here.
These meetings are usually held on a Wednesday night 7.30-9.30pm.
You can email the PTA at pta@beckenham.school.nz
Community Notices
(Notices placed here are contingent on space and do not reflect the views or opinions of the school.)
NZ Modern School of Music - Christchurch Music Teacher Information and Enrolment Form
Erin Grigson has been playing various instruments for 25 years and teaching for 12 years. She has a degree in music education and taught in primary school in the USA for 2 years before moving to New Zealand. She can play and teach piano, voice, ukulele, flute, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, French horn, tenor horn, trombone, and euphonium.
Erin’s instruments: piano, voice, ukulele, flute, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, French horn, tenor horn, trombone, and euphonium
Erin’s prices: $20 for each 20-minute lesson and $30 for each 30-minute lesson.
Sam Jones teaches drums. He has been playing and teaching for almost 20 years and has travelled all over the world making and teaching music. He uses popular songs from current hits to rock classics to teach all the techniques students need to know to be successful on drum set.
Sam’s instrument: drumset
Sam’s prices: $30 for each 30-minute lesson.
Lessons will be held at St. Marks Methodist Church in Somerfield (5 Somerfield St.).
NZ Modern School of Music - Christchurch has other teachers as well who teach a variety of other instruments.
For more information or to enrol, contact Erin Grigson at nzmsmchristchurch@gmail.com or fill out the Google enrolment form at the link below:
We look forward to hearing from you!
Torpedo7 Friends & Family Offer begins Wednesday 16th of February!
The Deal: Save up to 50% off
Valid Dates: 16 February – 1 March 2022
How to redeem:
In store – I have attached your event flyer. Our store staff will scan the unique barcode.
Online - See the promo code on flyer to use at the online checkout – F1D4A3A36
Terms and Conditions: Discounts are off RRP. If the product is already on promotion customer will receive the lower offer or promo pricing.
Not all products are eligible for a discount. Variations in the regional COVID-19 alert levels may cause a delay in non-essential orders being shipped.
Not available in conjunction with any other offer. Excludes Bikes and Frames, Electronics, Freight, Gift Cards and Workshop Services.
Valid from 16/02/2022 to 01/03/2022.
Tutoring
Burwood Education Centre (15 Parnwell St., Burwood, ph 027-460-3765) is accepting new enrolments for after school tutoring for students struggling, or needing extension, with their maths/spelling/reading etc. Sessions throughout the school year are Monday - Thursday in either 3.30 - 4.50 pm or 5.00 - 6.20pm classes with maximum four students per group. See the website - www.nztutoring.org - for further details or contact Paul on ph. 027-460-3765
St Andrew's College
