Sonrise Christian School Newsletter
To be a thriving community, committed to Jesus Christ, committed to excellence in education and committed to service to others - Vision Statement
28th t April 2010
No. 2/2/10
Dear Parents/Caregivers
Tena Koutou Katoa
Greetings to you all
Last Friday was well spent as we were able to accomplish everything that we had set out to do at our ‘Teachers Only Day’. The staff worked hard and this helped us to set clear goals that we wanted to achieve especially around behaviour management.
Behaviour Management Plan
The Board has worked through the first draft on the new behaviour management policy. The staff have been working on procedures to implement that is fair to all, manageable and consistent. In assembly, yesterday, I presented the first stage of our revised behaviour management plan (BMP) to our students. Please talk to your children about the BMP.
I have included a draft BMP.
Sexuality Curriculum Consultation
The NZ Curriculum pg. 22 Health & Physical Education:
‘the seven key areas of learning are: mental health, sexuality education, food & nutrition, body care & physical safety, physical activity, sport studies and outdoor education’
Note: it is expected that schools will consult with their communities when developing health & sexuality education programmes.
On Monday 3 May, parents of students in rooms 3, 4 and 5 are invited to a consultation meeting at school at 6.30pm to discuss the sexuality curriculum. I will share the school policy and I have invited the school nurse to do the presentation. This meeting is about what you would like us to teach or not to teach in this area of the health curriculum.
Celebrations of the Week
Room 1
Maioha McLeod and Manawa Randall for presenting quality written work.
Jared Wellington for presenting quality handwriting.
Luke Norris for ‘Player of the Day’ for HSOB Rockets u6.
Room 2
Jirah Wanoa for showing enthusiasm in writing.
Jesse Russell for achieving 100% in 4x tables maths test.
Room 2 for achieving 100% in spelling most of the time.
Room 3
Nikita Hunter-Mclachlan for staying on task and completing all her Maths work.
Malchi Smith for improvement in Writing.
Room 4
Roan Blakely for presenting an awesome poster on Anzac Day.
Chloe Benzie for excellent singing and excellent independent work.
Room 5
Samantha Devine for creativity in Art and English.
Eleanah Smith for persisting in editing and publishing and producing a quality piece of work.
Free olive trees
We have 4 olive trees next to the shed. If you would like to have it, please feel free to dig it out. First come first served.
Kapa Haka tutor
We would like to resume with our kapa haka but have no tutors available to help. If you can help or know of anybody who could be of assistance, please let me know.
House Points
Green 34 Gold 46 Red 49 Blue 64
Diary
Week 5 - 17-28 May - Student teachers first practicum
Room 1 - Miss Natasha Tangaere
Room 2 - Mr. Kyle Jean-Louis
20 May - Board of Trustees meeting at school at 7pm
Week 6
24-27 May - Education Review Officers on site
Week 7
2 – 4 June - LIFE EDUCATION CARAVAN
Week 8
7 June - Queen’s Birthday public holiday
Week 9
14-16 June - EPortfolios and Student-led conference
17 June - Board of Trustees meeting at 7pm at school
Week 11
28-30 June - Parent/teacher Interview 2
2 July - Teacher Only Day (last Teacher Only Day for the year)
Last but not least - LOVE - God and your neighbour INTEGRITY – let us be judged by our deeds; show kindness; respect; honour, etc. FAITHFUL – to God, our parents, our teachers, others, etc. EXCELLENCE - striving for excellence in everything that we do.
Kind regards
Wendy Gabriel
PRINCIPAL
