Term 4, Week 1 – Friday 18 October 2024
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Kia ora Parents/Caregivers
Last Sunday, like a lot of people across New Zealand and Australia I enjoyed watching cars driving in many circles around Mt Panorama at Bathurst. 161 laps is a lot. They say the race really begins after the last pitstop in a rush to the end. Our school year has reached that point. Our last pitstop is done and the end is in sight. There is still plenty for us to do, and it always seems that time goes quickly during Term 4.
As well as the Year 4 and 6 Camps, Athletics days, Book Week, Festival of the Arts, report writing, assessment and testing, the Christmas concert and Year 6 farewell we have 2025 to look ahead to. There will be some changes here at Long Bay Primary. The teachers are working hard to decode and implement the new English and Mathematics curriculums. There will be a new look inquiry approach we are rolling out over the next year as well. Aside from that we have some structural changes. In 2025 our classes will contain students from one year level only, rather than the composite (Year 2/3, and 5/6) classes that we have now. This is possible due to the number of students we have and will help us to make our curriculum changes easier and more effective.
We have a Teacher Only Day on Tuesday 29 October. This has been mandated to us by the government to work on the curriculum changes. They have also told us that there will be two in 2025 with a focus on Mathematics. Combined with the Teacher Only Days we hold during the holidays we are confident that we will be ready to go at the start of next year.
There is also an expectation that our Library building will be demolished during the Christmas break (we are awaiting final confirmation of this). The Library will instead be relocated to Room 12, giving us a space to enjoy books, games and great literature. Unfortunately the damage caused by the Library Tree during Cyclone Gabrielle means it is not cost effective to repair.
As the last few laps of the term unfold we will farewell our Year 6 students in style. They are an outstanding group and it will be bittersweet to see them go. The good news is that just like the Great Race, before you know it we will be back again. Looking forward to working with you and your children to make Long Bay Primary a place you all enjoy, and our students learn something along the way.
In the meantime bring on Term 4 – it is always busy, keeps us on our toes, and is particularly enjoyable.
Rob Hutton
Tumuaki/Principal
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2024 Term Dates and What’s On
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Year 6 Camp on Kawau Island
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National Shakeout Earthquake Drill
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Full school assembly in the hall, 2.00pm. All welcome
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Labour Day Public Holiday
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Teacher Only Day – School Closed
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Year 6 Interviews at Northcross Intermediate
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Gumboot Friday – wear gumboots, gold coin donation
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A warm welcome to our new students who have started at Long Bay Primary since our last newsletter:
Jayden, Lydia, Levi, Xixi, Grace, Abbie, Colton, Cora, Izelle, Elsa, Eyazme, Rua, Layla,
Emma and Jax
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Important School Reminders – Please Read
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Collecting Children During Whole School Assembly
We are noticing an increasing number of students being collected early from school on Friday afternoons. Please note there are whole school assemblies fortnightly on Fridays and this makes it difficult trying to locate your child/children if they are leaving school early. Your child/children should either be collected at 2.00pm straight after lunch or please wait until the assembly has concluded at around 2.45pm. Your co-operation is appreciated.
Adventure Playground Before and After School
A reminder that students must be actively supervised by an adult at all times when playing on the playground before and after school. We do not have the staff to supervise this space at these times.
Absences and Lateness
If your child/children is going to be late or absent from school, then you must let the Office and class teacher know.
Absences/lateness can be reported by calling the school on 09 473 6077, select option 1. Emailing the class teacher and admin@longbayprimary.ac.nz or through the school website ‘Report an Absence’.
All absences from school must have a reason so your child/children can be coded accordingly on their student record. Thank you for your co-operation.
Contact Details
If your personal contact or emergency contact details need updating, please email admin@longbayprimary.ac.nz It is very important that we have correct details on our student records.
Food Brought to School
Please do not bring food to school to share with others for special occasions like birthdays. With the number of food allergies within our school community this is not a safe practice for some of our students. A reminder we are a nut free school.
Wrapper Free School
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Lost Property
Please check the Lost Property box, located at the hall entrance, for any missing items. The box will be emptied at the end of every term.
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2025 Enrolment Information
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Do you have a child turning 5 at the end of this year or in 2025?
If your child will be attending Long Bay Primary in 2025 we would like to know! This helps to plan ahead for future growth, employ teachers and form classes.
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New Entrants Tree Planting
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Today we celebrated the first of our Term 4 new entrants cohort with a tree planting.
Thank you for helping us to create a legacy that will remain for years to come.
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Woolly Nightshade – Restore Hibiscus and Bays
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Please help Restore Hibiscus and Bays and our local environment by removing any woolly Nightshade you might see on your proerrty and report any on public land to Auckland Council. You can watch our informative (and brief) video by clicking here to see exactly what this pest plant looks like.
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Sports Buzz – Term 4, Week 1
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Auckland Kids Marathon
We are well underway on our quest to run a marathon – bring on Sunday 3 November, we will be ready!
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Sustainability Challenge 2024
Last chance to register for this year’s sustainability challenge on Friday 15 November at Wenderholm Park. Please email me if their child is interested – I’m looking for two more Year 5/6 students to complete a team.
Can take more teams but each team of four needs an adult to shadow them.
This event aims to help students:
- Foster a sense of kaitiakitanga for our Auckland regional parks, raise awareness of how special they are, the threats posed to them and how students can make a difference by taking positive action for the environment.
- Work together as a team
- Enjoy and value the ecological sustainability of our regional parks.
Please email Nikki Douglas – nikkid@longbayprimary.ac.nz if you would like to register your child’s interest. Please include who they would like in their team, and who will be the designated adult for the team.
Football Sessions
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LBP Festival of the Arts – Thursday 21 November
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On Thursday 21 November at 5.00pm-7.00pm Long Bay Primary will be transformed into a Festival of Art and Culture.
Classrooms will be transformed into art galleries showcasing the art and work your children have been working on. You will have the chance to wander through all the classes of the school to see what other parts of the school have been working on.
We will have our cultural groups and some of our talented musicians perform for you. Come and watch our Kapa Haka, Pasifika and our Lion Dance groups in action.
We will have food to buy so you can have your dinner at school. Try one of our community’s exciting foods or maybe just a slice of pizza and a sausage in bread.
What can you do to help?
Can you run a food stall selling the food of your culture? It could be curry, dumplings, noodles, sapa sui, boerewors rolls, milk tart, lasagna, pretzels or anything else that you would like to do. We will fund the ingredients.
Our wonderful PTA will be running a cake stall. We would love to have home baking donated to the school to sell.
Can you support the PTA selling sausages and pizza slices?
If you can help our community out or have any questions regarding the Festival, please email lliamc@longbayprimary.ac.nz
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