Kia Ora, Nǐ hǎo, Greetings,
It’s hard to believe that there are only five weeks to go for the 2017 school year! Teachers are busy assessing students, writing school reports, and putting classes together for 2018. Students have named three friends who they would like to be with next year, knowing that they are guaranteed one of the three friends. One of the skills that our changing workforce requires is the ability to work collaboratively with a range of people. We need to prepare students for this, by mixing them up and teaching them to work with a range of students. Teachers know the students well, and will use their professional judgement to balance the classes. If there is a medical or educational need that you would like to flag up which would impact on the placement of your child, please contact either Carole (carole@bbps.school.nz) or Moira (m.rowlands@bbps.school.nz) to let them know. My thanks to Carole and Moira who have stepped up for the last few weeks, as I have hurt a disc in my back and unable to be onsite.
Welcome to our new student, Charlotte Steele, who has started with us this since our last newsletter.
Students are also getting that end of year feeling, and we are working hard to keep up high standards of uniform and behaviour. We ask that you support us with this by sending students to school in the correct uniform, and having discussions about the importance of keeping a high standard of behaviour right up to the last day. Through school and team assemblies, and in the classrooms we keep referring back to our four important school values of respect – manaakitanga, responsibility – tiaki, relationships – whanaungatanga and resilience – manawaroa, which we are working hard to embed.
There is much in the media at the moment with our new government about changes to education, such as scrapping National Standards. At the moment the government will be working things changes, such as what to replace National Standards with, therefore nothing has been mandated. As changes are mandated, I will keep you updated on what that means for BBPS.
Middle Team Concert
The Middle Team’s Concert is getting closer and the children are enjoying the final preparations.
Just a final few reminders:
- There will be a Matinee performance on Tuesday 21 November from 11 – 12.30pm.
- The concert runs over two nights (Wednesday 22 and Thursday 23 November) and the children need to be at both performances as they are an important part of the group. The children are to be at school in their classrooms by 5:30 each night.
- If you haven’t already done so, please send any costume requirements to school as soon as possible.
- Each family has been allocated two tickets per night, a total of four tickets per family overall. Unfortunately our hall can only fit two from each family per night. If there are any spare tickets, these will be available from the office on the day of the performance.
- The matinee concert on Tuesday is free. Please make sure you come early to get a seat.
We are looking forward to seeing you there.
Enjoy these pieces of writing that some of the students have written. We hope that they have done a great job at persuading you.
Middle School Production of Circus Circus
You really, really, really, really, really, need to come to the Middle Team’s production Circus Circus. It is more than just a poor little clown trying to act a dance it will be 10, no 50, no 100, actors dancing, drumming and acrobating for your entertainment.
So please, please, and infinity more pleases, come to this cool, entertaining circus.
Come join the crowd and be amazed by the not so funny clowns and stare at the gymnasts with your mouth open wide. Come to the middle school production. It will be amazing!!!!
Olly
Circus Circus
You are invited to the fabulous, stupendous, amazing, middle school production. There will be clowns that will make you laugh so much you’ll fall off your chair, there’ll be amazing acrobats, and high wire gymnasts that will take you into another world. There’ll be Sid Shufflers who will make you want to get up on your feet and boogie. There’ll be wonderful djembe drummers who will amaze you as they keep the beat as you clap your hands. Watch the amazing freevo dancers do the mad umbrella skills. There’ll be animal dancers who aren’t real animals, so don’t be scared to come and watch our production. The times are Wednesday and Thursday the 22nd and the 23rd of November. You’ll be astonished by all the hard work and effort that has been put into this production so please, oh please, come to our production. We promise we won’t let you down.
Maddie Pye
Circus Circus
You are invited to come to Circus Circus. We hope you are coming. There are amazing dancers from Brazil, animals dancers, gymnasts and much more. Some reasons are because there are some funny jokes and other amazing cool things. The Middle School is also singing. I hope they don’t fizz your mind. The Middle School hopes that you can make it because everyone is going, so I hope you can make it too. I really, really, hope you can make it.
Ashleigh
Middle School Production
You really need to come to watch Circus Circus. It will be so cool! We have so many amazing actors all from the amazing middle school. We all have been working so hard to show you all a very good time. So please, please can you come the to the Circus Circus. You will be amazed by the middle school’s performance.
Cameron
Circus Circus
You really, really, really, 8000 more, have to come to Circus Circus. You really, really should come, you might even laugh your heart out!
Here are some reasons: So you can have the best day of your life, so you can feel like you’re in a circus for the first time if you haven’t been to a circus, last but not least… It will be the day you can laugh as much as you want!!!
You should come, you really should come, you really, really, really, should come. If you don’t you’re missing out!
There will be hilariously lame clowns, fabulous gymnasts, dancers from other countries and more! That is why you should come to our middle school production. By the way it is on the 22 and 23 of November. The best time for the best night.
Chloe H
Student Council News
The Student Council are collecting ALL resources like canned foods, teaching stationery for a Tongan School for the Disabled. Please leave any donations at the front office. BBP likes to support and help others and this is an example of being a Sustainable Community.
Enviro News
TFS/ Enviro actions happen EVERY lunchtime and the teachers are enjoying lots of new students helping the older students to manage the gardens and maintain the vegetable area of the school.
Our 72 Leafcutter bees need 21 days of 21 degrees celsius until they begin to hatch. Therefore there has not been much movement or hatching in the orchard area.
The Nectarine trees are looking amazing – a big thanks to Kelvin Davies ( Hamish and Charlie Taylor’s Grandad) for his regular pruning and monitoring of our fabulous orchards.
Travel Wise
On the 8th of November the Travel Wise Leaders, Mrs Sanileva and Mrs Walton ventured into Auckland City for a Travel Wise Celebration. We had a fantastic day at ‘The Cloud’. We received lots of treats and prizes like free drink bottles and ice creams!
At the end of the day, there was an award ceremony, where our school won a Gold Medal Award! Well done to all of the children that have made an effort to be Travel Wise, by either walking, scooting or parking/walking to or from school.
There will be more photos put on the website from our trip, at a later date.
Sports News
Basketball: BBPS Green and BBPS Red are enjoying the season and establishing great teamwork. Skills are being developed and we are lucky enough to have Amaan Abdul-Aziz supporting both teams with extra coaching. Thanks to all parents for supporting the teams.
Kind regards
Kelly Slater-Brown
Community Notices
City Nippers – A beach Safety Course that will be held at Eastern Beach for more information –
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