Relationships – Whanauangtanga, Resilience – Manawaroa, Respect – Manaakitanga, Responsibility – Tiaki
Kia Ora, Nǐ hǎo, Greetings
What a fantastic week we have had with our visitors from ERO (the Education Review Office). They were blown away at the confidence of our students, across all levels of the school, and said that our school values drive a real positive culture across the school. A group of students from year one to year six took our visitors for a tour on day one, and proudly showed off what they think makes BBPS special. ERO saw our cross school relationships between students as a real strength, commenting that they usually get a tour from the ‘best’ year 6s, so it was very special to hear that our five year olds are just as able as our ten year olds, to conduct a tour and tell our story. They also recognised our increased academic results, and the evolving teaching and learning which is improving these. The official ERO report should be out in a month, which I look forward to sharing with you.
A big welcome to our new students: Justin Ji, Richard Wang, Chloey Van Der Merwe, Kaitlyn Van Der Merwe & Evelyn Towersey.
Mid Year Results
In the last newsletter I shared our mid-year writing results. Here are the reading and maths results, which are also showing excellent improvements.
Reading Mid Year Results vs 2017
*The 2018 data does not include students who cannot yet speak English. In 2017, non-English speakers had to be included in the National Standards data for the ministry.
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End of 2017 – working at or above expected curriculum level |
Middle of 2018 – on track to be at, or working at or above expected curriculum level |
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Boys |
82% |
91% |
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Girls |
89% |
90.9% |
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Difference |
7% |
0.1% |
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End of 2017 – working above expected curriculum level |
Middle of 2018 – working above expected curriculum level |
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Boys |
42% |
34% |
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Girls |
54% |
35% |
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Difference |
12% |
1% |
Our results continue to improve. The difference between the boys and girls achievement in the first half of 2018 shows the gap is closing between the genders. Group teaching will continue over the year and regular reading at home both being read to and reading with is encouraged.
Maths Mid Year Results vs 2017
*The 2018 data does not include students who cannot yet speak English. In 2017, non-English speakers had to be included in the National Standards data for the ministry.
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End of 2017 – working at or above expected curriculum level |
Middle of 2018 – on track to be at, or working at or above expected curriculum level |
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Boys |
85% |
94% |
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Girls |
84% |
90% |
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Difference |
1% |
4% |
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End of 2017 – working above expected curriculum level |
Middle of 2018 – working above expected curriculum level |
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Boys |
33% |
38% |
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Girls |
25% |
23% |
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Difference |
8% |
15% |
Our mid year Maths results are very positive. We have had an impressive increase in the number of children achieving above the expected level and once again similar results in genders for on track, working at by the end of the year. We now need to look at increasing the number of girls in the above curriculum attainment to match the boys. Remember Maths is everywhere, look for opportunities to talk to your children about the maths they see and experience.
Congratulations to our students and staff, and supportive parents, for working so hard to attain these achievement results.
School Docs
Our school policies and procedures are now online. This term we have two policies for parents, the BOT and staff to review this term – ‘Behaviour Management’ and ‘Complaints’.
To review the policies:
- Visit the website http://bbps.schooldocs.co.nz/1893.htm
- Enter the username (bbps) and password (clovelly).
- Follow the link to the relevant policy (Behaviour Management / Complaints).
- Read the policy.
- Click the Policy Review button at the top right-hand corner of the page.
- Select the reviewer type “Parent”.
- Enter your name (optional).
- Submit your ratings and comments
Maths Rich Event with Dr Nic
Thank you to all the parents and children who attended our fun Maths afternoon with Dr Nic. It was great to see so many of our families working together, discussing and finding ways to enjoy Maths.
The games used at the event are now on sale and available from the office: The Dragon Games for $30 and The Cat Pack for $25. The school gets a percentage of every pack sold.
Dogs at school
A reminder that dogs are not allowed at school between 8 and 4. Please can we all respect this rule.
Library News
For dedication to the library, and for being reliable, enthusiastic, compassionate, patience and providing exceptional leadership skills – our Head librarian for term two is Tara Barrett. Congratulations!
We also welcome our new year five librarians who are already showing great dedication to the library:
Hannah Rush
Julia Downs
Maddie Pye
Ruby Snell
William Zeng
Finally I would like to thank you all for your support with the Book Fair this year. We had over $300 of books donated from students, which have now been returned to the child with their name plate in them for them to read first. We also sold over $4,000 worth of books, and received $1,500 worth of books for the library. Thank you for supporting our student’s reading.
The winners of the colouring competition were:
Junior school runner up – Theo Strekier R6
Junior school winner – Charlotte Steele R11
Middle school runner up – J.D. Potgieter R12
Middle school winner – Eleanor Young R12
Senior school runner up – Winston Low R17
Senior school winner – Jeante Steenkamp R1
Enviro News
Green Day – FRIDAY 17 AUGUST 2018
Tomorrow the school is holding a GREEN DAY (Enviro) – children are invited to wear green to school instead of their uniform for the day! Thank you.
We need your help! Is there a group of parents that are able to assist with the building/installation of a new garden shed and general working bee tidy up of the school grounds next Friday between 9 a.m. and 12 p.m. If you are able to assist, please contact the school office – thank you!
Tread Lightly Caravan – visits BBP this month! We are all excited that the exciting and informative TLC will be at our school for almost 2 weeks. Every student will have the opportunity to learn about sustainability and interact with many hands-on and fun activities. Everyone in the school (including staff) will make a pledge to try to do more for our environment. Thank you to the parents who helped the classes to have a successful session and to the teachers for participating and encouraging deeper thinking around our sustainable actions.
A little reminder: GREEN DAY – TERM 3 – We have our BBP termly Green Day next Friday 17th of August. All classes will be involved with their enviro actions in class and around the school but if any parents can spare and hour between 8am and 1pm on that date, then please see Mrs Riach in Room 1.
The Metre Heater rule – Energy and safety, as we are in the middle of winter many of us may have heaters in our bedrooms. please keep all pillows and fluffy toys away from these heaters as they could overheat.
Dance Festival
Congratulations to our dance group and Mrs Rist. Your performances held earlier this week at Elim were truly outstanding, and reflected all of the time you had put into rehearsing. There was a real sense of enjoyment as you performed with smiles and enthusiasm! Well done everyone.
Student Writing
Recipe for Kindness
1 cup of help
1 T of Kindness
1 tsp of manners
1T of gentle voices
1 cup of always saying yes to your friend
10 cups of no hitting and kicking
5 cups of letting your friend pick a game
1 Put all the ingredients in a bowl
2 Use gentle hands to mix the ingredients in the bowl
3 Then put it in an oven as long as you live.
Ethan Room 8
On my birthday I see my heart cake and flower balloons. I am with my friends and I love my friends too.
Courtney Room 5
I dived into my magic pool and I saw a pretty mermaid, a rainbow fish and a stripy treasure box. And there was lots of shiny and sparkly. There was lots of treasure in the box. I just took all of it.
Charlie Room 5
When I dived into the magic pool the first thing I saw was a mermaid. The mermaid had lots and lots of pearls on her. She was beautiful. I said “hello” but she didn’t answer so I moved on. Then I saw a big grey scary shark! I was terrified. He nearly gobbled me up! I swam away as fast as I could and on the way I bumped into a rainbow fish.
Katie Room 5
Dear Mum and Dad,
I think we really need a swimming pool because on a hot day we can put on our swimming togs and jump in the pool.
I feel this way because if you have come home from a long, tiring walk or run on a hot, summers day and you feel as hot as the sun, you can put on your swimming togs and front flip into the pool! You can also use the pool for birthday parties and celebrations.
For example if you go out for the day in the blazing sun and you come back in the evening, you can drop your bags and belongings, get your swimsuit on and relax in the pool.
This is why I think we need a swimming pool! Don’t you agree?
Olivia Room 16
At Sea
The clown fish dived,
algae for lunch.
The penguin dived,
Snapper for lunch.
The frog dived,
Fish for lunch.
The lobster dived,
Prawns for lunch.
The seahorse dived,
Coral for lunch.
The turtle dived,
Seaweed for lunch.
The seaweed swayed
MUNCH!!
It was for lunch.
Savannah Room 16
Room 6 in the Junior School (Mrs. Keel’s) have been learning to research and identify key information about the famous artist – Picasso.
Muhammed wrote
Introduction:
Pablo Picasso was born in Spain in 1881.
He died in 1973.
Picasso was one of the greatest artists in the world.
Early Life:
Picasso’s first word was ‘piz’ which means pencil.
He finished his first painting when he was nine years of age.
He was an art teacher.
Personality:
Picasso was happy to learn new things.
Picasso used the colour blue when he was sad, and the colour red when he was happy.
He liked to use all sorts of mediums.
Interesting facts:
When Picasso was poor he burnt some of his pictures to keep warm.
Picasso was always busy.
He made more than 50,000 works of art.
Achievements:
Picasso helped other new artists.
Picasso learnt to make ceramics when he was 64 years old.
By Muhammed (Room 6)
Ella-Rose wrote
Introduction:
For Chinese New Year they put fireworks on at night time.
They go “bang! crash!” really loudly. They go on for two weeks.
Getting ready to party:
For Chinese New Year they buy oranges and they cut their hair.
They clean the house because it’s good luck.
Celebrations:
Chinese New Year is celebrated with friends and family.
They give red packets filled with money inside and they put up lanterns.
By Ella-Rose (Room 6)
Room 10 (Mrs. Crowhurst) have been writing ‘WANTED POSTERS’ within their writing programme. They are full of descriptive words. The Year one students have worked really well on their work. They have progressed a lot since starting school at the beginning of the year. Well done Room 10.
WANTED:
I am looking for a mermaid. She is pretty.
She has earrings. The earrings are gold.
She has pretty, red hair.
She has a sparkly tail.
Her lips are red and shiny.
On her head is a golden crown.
By Leni – age 5 (Room 10)
WANTED:
We have to find the angry ‘King Spider’!
He is angry and has a golden shiny crown.
He lives in the BIG rocks!
He has a gold stick.
He is black and he is bossy.
He has sharp teeth.
By Lincoln – age 5 (Room 10)
Kind regards
Kelly Slater-Brown
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