Term 4, Week 8: Newsletter

  FRIDAY 1st December 

Kia ora e te whānau o Birkdale,

Tonight is our school family picnic – a chance to wind down and end the year relaxing together. We’ve purposefully kept it low-key so not too add too much pressure for the end of the year. We’d love to see everyone there. Don’t forget to bring something to sit on – rug or chairs and a picnic. We will have some food but it’ll be first in first served. 

There’ll be novelty races and tug o war. All activities will be a gold coin donation.

We’re also really lucky to see our school Kapa Haka perform for the first time in a long time. They have been practicing for a couple of weeks and are sounding and looking sharp.

When you arrive, you’ll find us down on the field. See you soon!

Ngā manaakitanga,

Whaea Natasha 

REMINDER
PHOTOLIFE – You will have received your key codes and  information about ordering photos via email. Please check your spam folders. If you haven’t recieved anything and would like to order photos, please contact the office. Remember free delivery finishes on the 6th December.

LAST DAY – The last day is a half day. We finish at 1pm.

STATIONERY

Like we indicated last year, we will be centrally sourcing all stationery at school from now on. This is to make sure students start the year with everything they need.

The cost for Y1-6 is $40 each – stationery packs will be purchased and sent straight to the classes. No more stationery shopping with different lists each year! There will be a letter coming home soon, with information on how to pay for your child’s stationery.

You can either pay before Christmas to get it sorted early or before school starts. If you do choose before school starts, please make sure you’ve paid by the 24th Januray – two weeks before school starts – so we can have all stationery ready for students when they start school on the 7th Feb.

EVENTS

Year 6 Celebration

All Year 6 should have recieved an invitation to their end of year celebration. It’ll be held on the same day as Prizegiving next week from 4:30-6pm.

Prizegiving

If your child is receiving an award you will be getting an email inviting you to attend our Prizegiving. This will be held at Birkenhead College Auditorium at 10-11am. Please keep the award quiet so everyone can be suprised on the day.

Y6 Graduation Assembly

This is on the last day of school this year also at 10am to approx. 10:45am. All Year 6 whānau are welcome to attend, to acknowledge the time our Year 6s have spent with us.