Newsletter – 12 June 2024

Principal’s Message

Dear Parents and Whānau

Thank you for responding so well to my earlier request that students arrive at school on time. There is a noticeable improvement. Arriving at school at 8:30 am gives your children a good start to the day, and it is easier to get children to bed early on these dark evenings. A good night’s sleep helps children to stay well, get up willingly in the morning, and enjoy their day at school.

PTN Executive

Congratulations to Anna Coates (Chair), Holly Yu (Vice Chair), Jack Chng (Treasurer), and Jo Catty (Secretary). I would like to take this opportunity to thank Jay Chen for his considerable contribution to the PTN. Jay, we very much appreciate all that you have done for the school.

After School Use of Toilets

It has come to our attention that parents are entering student toilets with their children after school. For child safety reasons, it is school policy that adults do not enter student toilets at any time, even when accompanying a child.

Please note that our bathroom facilities are not available for after-hours use.

Playgrounds

A reminder to parents whose children are using our playgrounds before and after school that these can be slippery when wet and should not be used when it has been raining

Dorothy Bigwood

Jammie Army

Thank you to everyone who contributed to our recent pyjama collection. A total of 330 pairs were donated from the school. A letter from the Middlemore Foundation is attached below.

Positive Behaviour for Learning (PB4L)

Throughout Term 2, the overall focus of the PB4L team was a shared approach. Every second week, teams and classes focus on issues and behaviours that need reteaching.  

During alternate weeks, the focus will include caring for our school environment, moving around our school in a considerate manner, respecting all property, and continuous improvement on our ‘Wheel of Choice’ responses.  Please take the opportunity to ask your child to explain the Wheel of Choice and how this impacts our school community. 

Our Mahi Pai competition is heating up and our learners are working hard to earn these rewards for their year groups. Please encourage your child to bring any tokens they may have taken home back to school, and place them in the containers before lunchtime on Fridays. 

Cockle Bay Learner Profile

Our Cockle Bay School values are our 4Cs.  These are: Continuous Improvement, Collaboration, Caring and Celebration.

We also have a Learner Profile which summarises the curriculum.

You may have seen visuals for these in the office and in classrooms around the school.

Our Learner Profile includes the capabilities that we hope our students demonstrate across all areas of their learning. 

The four capabilities are for learners to be:

• Culturally and Socially Connected
• Awareness of Self and Others
• Communication and Collaboration
• Creative and Critical Thinker

Students’ mid term reports include a Learner Profile Comment.  

To help our parents, whānau and wider community become more familiar with our Learner Profile, each letter will outline one of the capabilities, with examples of how students can demonstrate them.

This week we are focusing on:

Culturally and Socially Connected

Examples of what students may be doing from Year 0-3

• recognise and talk about the different cultures represented in their class
• talk about things that make them who they are
• talk kindly to others.
• treat their environment respectfully and explain why it is important

Examples of what students may be doing from Year 4-6

• be confident to talk about and share their culture with other people
• be proud of their culture
• want other people to know more about their culture 
• show empathy and respect for other cultures

Kapa Haka Celebration – Waipaparoa Kahui Ako

This will be held on 26 June 2024 at Point View Primary.

Unfortunately, due to organisational constraints, only a small number of performers can be taken, but they would love to see lots of supporters attending!  Please see flyer below for more details.

Uniform Shop

Next opening date Monday, 24 June 2024 – 8:15am-9:00am and 2:30pm-3:15pm.

Each term we review the content and implementation of our school policies and we ask our school community to participate in this process. Please go to our website, and under “Our School”, select “Policies and Procedures”. Here you will find a Push Button that says “Go to Policies” and this will take you through to the SchoolDocs site where you will see a blue button labelled “Reviews”. Select the policy that you wish to review from the list of topics, then select the push button “Start your Review”. Username: cocklebay. Password: sandspit.

This term the policies under review are:

Equal Employment Opportunities

Relief Teacher Cover

Police Vetting

Classroom Release Time

After School Soccer

To register click here

Collect the Yummy cut-out labels from bags (each cut-out label is worth 10 stickers) and individual Yummy apple stickers for your school’s share of the $200,000 free Sport sports gear prize pool. Yummy apples are available from New World, PAK’nSAVE and participating Four Square stores. The more you collect, the more sports gear you get, so get going and start collecting your Yummy cut-out labels and stickers now!

Sticker Collection Sheet