Campbells Bay School Number 11 29 April 2015
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Coming Up Wednesday, 29 April Yr 5 go to camp. Return Friday 1 May Thursday, 30 April Rugby Tournament Friday, 8 May Hearing and Vision Technicians at school
Welcome Ben Frew Damla Temizsoy Irene Hong Sienna Smith Anna Wang Caroline Wang Daniel Yates
2015 Term 1 3 February—2 April Term 2 20 April—3 July Term 3 20 July—25 September Term 4 12 October—17 December
ANZAC Ceremony at CBS The Friday ceremony featured a karakia from the students of Room 37, the reading of the names of fallen servicemen from our area by Vicki Caisley, chairperson of the Board of Trustees, a reading of ‘In Flanders Fields’ by Joe Lanning, wreath laying on the field of remembrance, the Ode of Remembrance read by Jaelyn Kim, Libby Cairn and Jade Findlay and the last post played by former CBS student (and now university student) Liam Davis. Special guests were representatives of the Royal New Zealand Navy who laid a wreath, while Warrant Officer Lance Graham spoke about what the ANZAC spirit means. His concluding words can be read on page 2 of the newsletter. Thank you to everybody who helped with the organisation of the ceremony and to all those who attended.
Library and Learning Hub Opening Time is fast approaching for our official opening of the new library and learning hub. If you wish to attend the opening ceremony, please email Nikki Urlich at nikkiu@campbellsbay.school.nz for further details.
1974 Part 10 : In Conclusion For those who have ‘stayed the course’ of these articles of ‘looking back to look at the present’ I hope you have found a theme of schools changing, along with society, to meet the ever changing needs of society. It isn’t that schools today are unrecognisable from the schools I taught in at the start of my teaching career. Society has changed in 40 years but much of what we see in schools is still firmly founded on the past and rightly so. What has changed has been our pursuit of increased knowledge about teaching and implementing this knowledge while meeting the needs of an increasingly informed and expectant community. We are better connected to the world beyond our shores (educationally and in all walks of life) and teachers are better connected with one another when it comes to seeking to improve. The teaching profession is becoming increasingly well qualified, along with the rest of society. We are more aware of health and safety issues and rightly so as a number of our practices paid little attention to these fundamental elements of schooling in 1974. A reasonable question could be: So are schools doing a better job today than they were 40 years ago when I started teaching? In a way it is a little like trying to compare All Black teams of various eras to determine the best team. It is fraught with complications, most particular the context in which those teams existed. However, not to sidestep my own question, on balance I think we are better able to meet the needs of society in 2015 in terms of educational effectiveness than we were at meeting the needs of society in 1974. On a personal level, what is considered to be effective teaching today (in a teacher and school-wide context) is considerably in advance of what I was delivering in schools I taught in during my early days of teaching. I guess we could compare it with motor vehicles. In 1974 an AM radio was often not standard equipment in a car; radial ply tyres were a luxury; air conditioning was a serious luxury; and air bags were unheard of, outside of Parliament. Yet cars sold as they largely ‘met the market’ at that time. Today such cars could not be sold. Today, my 1974 model of teaching would not be acceptable either. Hence, without, I hope, undue hubris, I suggest that in 2015 teaching (both teachers and school-wide systems) reflects the needs of our ever changing society. We are not perfect and I hope I have not suggested this in my series of articles. We are all too fallible. However, with increased emphasis on reflection, research and collaboration (listening and discussing with stakeholders) in a context of dedication I have every confidence that we will continue to improve and evolve to meet the needs of our communities in our rapidly changing world. The ride since 1974 has been, for the most part, exhilarating and although I am not intending on another 40 years (heaven forbid I hear you say!) I look forward to being part of this exciting and rewarding journey for some years to come. I hope you are enjoying it as much as I am.
“Not Self, but Service”
Old Mobile Phones We are still collecting old mobile phones for donation to the Starship Appeal. Please bring them all along to our school office to help in this worthy cause, Thank you for your help.
ANZAC Ceremony Concluding words from speech from Warrant Officer Lance Graham…….
“The ANZAC spirit represents a sense of purpose and direction. The original ANZAC’s knew what they had to do, they knew of the dangers and the difficulties, and they got on with the job …. They did not let those difficulties stop them from obeying orders given by their superiors. You can apply this to your everyday life. You know what work you have to do at school, and what tasks your parents may have set you to do about the house. No matter what difficulties you think are in the way, think of the ANZAC’s and others who have followed them, and push the difficulties to one side and accomplish your task. The ANZAC spirit also includes a sense of compassion. This can be summed up in the New Zealand experience as friendship. This means to watch out for your friend, help him or her at all times and be kind and considerate to others. So these very simple things start to give you an idea of what we mean when we talk about the ANZAC spirit. Now, I like every other person hopes that New Zealand will never be involved in another war—and that you will never be called upon to experience such a terrible thing. I ask that you use these things I have talked about; a sense of purpose, and compassion, not only while you are at school, but in whatever you do throughout your lives. If you do this you will be keeping with the faith of those who put the word ANZAC into your language ….. and you will be helping to ensure, that the ANZAC spirit is always a part of life in New Zealand.”
Thank You Year 5 Students
Neighbourhood Support
Thank you to all Yr 5 for helping last week with duties while the Year 6 students were at camp. You did a wonderful job—in readiness for next year.
Here at Neighbourhood Support we are busy setting up Neighbourhood Support Groups right across the North Shore. This in turn helps to make communities safer places for people to live work and play.
Mathlete of the Week Congratulations to Oscar Chandler from Room 26. You are the Mathlete of the week for last week. Well done Oscar. Any student can be Mathlete of the Week by using their mathletics as much as possible during one week.
To set up these groups though we need people to take leadership in their street. If you are interested and can help, contact Jacquie Jarry, North Shore Neighbourhood Support Manager, admin@neighbourhood.org.nz or phone 353 0427 or 022 675 9431.
Kelly Sports Sports News
Kelly Sports is now running on Thursday afternoons.
Weekly sports results can be found on the following link: https://sites.google.com/a/cbsprimary.org/campbellsbayschool/sport/ sports-results Would all managers of sports teams please email news and results to Nikki Livingston, nicolal@campbellsbay.school.nz
Rugby
The Primary Schools Rugby Tournament Round 1 is on tomorrow (Thursday 30 April). If your child was selected to attend, please remember sports uniform, water, food, wet weather gear and warm clothing. Children need to be at school by 8.40 am please. If the tournament day is postponed due to bad weather, a message will be posted on the front sports page of the school website and on our school sports Facebook page. Draws for the games will be posted on our school website under ‘Sports’ under ‘Rugby’. Our Year 5 players and Year 6 rippa girls team will not be participating in Round 1 of the tournament but will be there for Rounds 2 and 3 scheduled for later in June and August. Coaches are needed for our two Year 5 rippa teams (boys and girls teams). Would you please contact Nikki Livingston if you can coach and / or assist with these teams at the tournament.
Badminton
We have a small number of students interested in participating in the annual primary school competition on 18 May but currently do not have a coach. If you can help coach badminton for this event please contact Nikki Livingston.
This term Kelly Sports are running a winter wildcard sports programme from 3.00pm to 4.10pm. Book your child in on-line today and they'll enjoy SOCCER, HOCKEY and DODGEBALL as well as all the fun games involved in Kelly Sports like Octopus, Toilet Tag and everyone's favourite: Monsters. Give your child the opportunity to make new friends, keep fit, stay active and have heaps of fun doing so. Come along and give it a go for free as long as you're accompanied by a adult or BOOK ONLINE at www.kellysports.co.nz/book-online First session starts in week 3:Thursday 7 May. Kelly Sports Giving Kids a Sporting Chance
Yoga Classes Monday night yoga in the school hall starts this Monday 20 April at 7pm. All welcome. Cost is $117 for the 9 week term or pay casually. Contact Wendy 0212119646 for details, wendypack@xtra..co.nz.
Any queries please contact Nikki Livingston (CBS Sports Co-ordinator) at nicolal@campbellsbay.school.nz
Parenting Course The Parenting Through Separation programme is now running at Takapuna Normal Intermediate School. The free programme was developed by the Ministry of Justice to help separating parents achieve the best outcomes for their children. It is delivered by Triple P New Zealand, working with a Family Court lawyer. Session times are: (79pm) May 19 and May 26, 2015. To register: ph Triple P 09 579 1794. “Not Self, but Service”
Kristin School tour 11am on Tuesday 5 May 2015 As enrolments for 2016 entry are well underway, the Middle School Principal will be taking a school tour for prospective students (Years 7 - 10) and their families at 11am on Tuesday 5 May. Contact Linda Teagle, 415 9566 ext 2324 or admissions@kristin.school.nz