Newsletter 6th June 2024

Newsletter Date:  6 June 2024

Issue: 08/24

KIA ORA TEAM BAYVIEW

WINTER ILLNESS

The winter illnesses have started to hit us hard. We have measles, colds and flu, a gastro bug, and covid doing the rounds. Our staff are being vigilant in reminding our learners to wash their hands frequently, cough into their elbows, and blow their noses with tissues when required. Please help us control the spread of illness by keeping your children home when they are sick and contagious. You are able to report an absence through our website or can leave a message on our school answerphone. Please note if you do not report an absence and we are unable to make contact with you, your child will be marked as truant.

Illness is also affecting our staff and our relievers pool. Recently we have had difficulty finding relievers for classes and have even had relievers call in sick! When we are unable to find a reliever we have to split classes up into other classes. I am hopeful that we don’t get to the stage where we would have to close the school due to illness as other schools have had to do recently.

MID-YEAR REPORTING TO PARENTS

At the end of this term, you will receive a mid-year report outlining the progress and achievement your child has made during the first half of the year. Reports are being sent home on Thursday 4th July. We have made a change to how we report attendance and will now use the Ministry of Education’s new guidelines:

The Ministry of Education’s new attendance categories are as follows:

• Excellent attendance greater than 90%
• Satisfactory attendance between 80% – 90%
• Poor attendance between 70% – 80%
• Concerning attendance less than 70% 

Our teachers are currently completing assessments on learners to ensure they share the most updated progress on the report.

At the beginning of term 3 there will be the opportunity to meet with your child’s teacher to discuss the report. If the teacher feels a meeting would benefit your child to support them with their learning they will reach out to you via Seesaw to arrange a time to meet. If you feel you would like to discuss something in the report you are able to make contact with the class teacher to arrange a time to meet. Feedback from last year indicated that some of you didn’t need to meet with the teacher but felt you ‘had to’. There is no requirement that you meet with the class teacher if you are happy with the progress your child is making.

BEING IN THE SCHOOL GROUNDS

We love having parents and caregivers onsite and working with our learners. We do ask the following, please. 

• If you are assisting a class with a lesson please sign in at the office for health and safety reasons.
• If you are picking your child up at 3 pm please wait quietly outside the classroom until 3 pm. It is very disruptive when parents come into the classroom before 3 pm.
• If your child is late to school it is important that they come to the office to let the office staff know so we can mark them as present on the school roll.
• Please make sure you close the gate after you enter or leave the school grounds. This is to ensure the safety of our learners.
• Please can you ensure that you meet with the teacher outside of learning time. The best way to meet with your child’s teacher is to request a meeting through Seesaw.

RAFFLE

Thank you for supporting our school raffle this year. We had had lots of people come back for more books to sell! If you would like more books please see Shannon in the office. If you are having difficulty selling the raffle tickets please feel free to send them back to school so we can reallocate them.

Good luck to everyone who has purchased a ticket for themselves. We have some amazing prizes.

1st prize: PJ Harcourts Cooper and Co travel voucher – value $1200

2nd prize: Canon NZ EOS R100 camera – value $1199

3rd prize: AJ Hackett Bungy Auckland Bridge Climb for 2 – value $310

4th prize: My Food Bag My choice voucher – value $220

5th prize: Vector Wero Whitewater park Tamariki River family package – value $190

6th prize: Weta workshop unleashed 90 min Unleashed experience for 2 adults and 2 children – value $129

7th prize: All Blacks experience for 2 adults and 2 children – value $125

8th prize: San Marco Restaurant Wairau Valley voucher – value $100

9th prize: Postmans Leg voucher – value $100

10th prize: Stardome Observatory and Planetarium family pass – value $60

A gentle reminder that the last day to sell tickets is Sunday 23rd June and all raffle butts, money, and unsold tickets are due back to school on Monday 24th June.

The raffle will be drawn on Thursday 27th June under police supervision.

BAYVIEW MATARIKI SHOWCASE

On the 26th of June, Bayview School will be holding our first Matariki Showcase. We have modified the time due to illness amongst staff and our learners. This event will now run from 1.45 pm-4 pm. We will be showcasing our exploration of Matariki over the term through a range of curriculum areas, with displays in the hall and library.

We invite whānau, community, and friends to join us. We will begin the afternoon with a mihi whakatau (welcome) under the cola at 1.45 pm. There will be kite-flying, stalls with school produce and plants, and performances from our kapa haka and Showquest groups. The hall and library will be open to view our learning from 2 pm.

UPCOMING HOLIDAYS AND TEACHER ONLY DAYS

We hope you managed to enjoy a long King’s birthday weekend. 

Please note the school will be closed for instruction on the following days:

Friday 28th June – Matariki holiday

Monday 1st July – Teacher Only Day

Term 2 finishes on Friday 5th July at 2pm

Term 3 begins on Monday 22nd July at 9am.

Term Dates For 2024:

Term 1: 31 January – 12 April

Term 2: 29 April – 5 July

Term 3: 22 July – 27 September

Term 4: 14 October – 17 December

Di and Team Bayview Staff

2024 DATES FOR DIARIES

Year 0/1 Stream Trip – 7th June

Show Quest / Toi show at the Aotea Centre – 12th June

Year 6 day at GIS – 14th June

Year 5/6 cycle skills – 19th-21st June

Habitat 4 & 8 trip to Corbans Art Studio – 24 June

Habitat 1, 2, 3 trip to Corbans Art Studio – 25 June

Matariki Showcase afternoon – 26th June

BOT mtg 6pm – 27th June

Matariki public holiday – 28th June

Teacher Only Day – 1st July

Mid Year reports come home – 4th July

Term 2 finishes 2pm – 5th July

Fundraising Dates:

Last day for selling raffle tickets – 24 June

Raffle books due back – 24th June

Raffle drawn – 27th June

Y4/5 Bake sale (for camp 2025) – 3rd July

Welcome to the following learners who have joined the Bayview whānau:

Semisi Pakalani, Charlie Matasifa, Alexander Rountree, Aurelia Adamson

If you intend to enrol your child at Bayview School this year we ask that you please fill out an intention to enrol form from our website as this helps us ensure we have enough teachers! We can also then ensure you are invited to the appropriate termly enrolment meetings with our transition to school leader.

Please note our out-of-zone enrollments will open on Monday 2nd September. If you live out of our school zone and would like your child to join us for the 2025 academic year you will need to submit an out-of-zone enrollment.