13 December 2017 Number 39

Banks Avenue School Learning today to succeed tomorrow

Kia mau ngā akoranga, kia tau ai āpōpō

N E W S L E T T E R

Phone: 03 385 4163, fax: 03 385 6581 email: office@banksave.school.nz, website: www.banksave.school.nz

Thursday 14 December Junior Module Carols Assembly – 1:45 – 2:45pm outside Rooms 8-10

Friday 15 December Team Miro Jellie Park

Monday 18 December Last school day for this year.

11:50am Final assembly. Children dismissed at 12:30pm

Banks Avenue School trip / event postponements and or cancellations will only be heard on

NEWSTALK ZB 1098AM and CLASSIC HITS and viewed on our website: www.banksave.school.nz

SCHOOLGEN LINK: http://schoolgen.co.nz/schoolgen-schools/banks-avenue-school-christchurch

If your child is absent from school, for any reason, please let our school office know using one of the following

options: Phone: 385 4163 / option 3 text 027 422 8032 email: office@banksave.school.nz

Or notify us via our website: http://www.banksave.school.nz/absences.html or via our Tiqbiz app: www.tiqbiz.com

If your child arrives at school after 9:00 am they must check in at the office. This saves a lot of phone calls for

unexplained absences in order to ensure the safety of all our children

Dear Parents and Whānau

Ngā mihi mahana ki a koutou – a warm welcome to

you all.

Learning Celebration-Thursday Evening Many thanks to the parents and whānau who turned up

last Thursday night for our Learning Celebration

evening. This is one of my favourite times all year. It is

great to have a platform to showcase our talent and

share learning successes: it is equally great to have

families socialising in a low key and relaxing way. Thanks to the thirty - seven parents who filled in our

end of year consultation form. The

winner of the Community HEART

Token draw for a $40 Palms

Voucher was Linda Prattley.

Year Six Leavers Last night we acknowledged and farewelled fifty year

6 pupils. Many of these children started at Banks

Avenue School as five year olds. It is satisfying to look

at our leavers and feel assured they are leaving us with

a kete filled with positive skills, knowledge and

attitudes well prepared and confident for the next step

of their learning journey.

My advice to these leavers:

You won’t always know everything so be

prepared to ask for help.

People are the most important thing in any

environment so work hard fo form positive

relationships with others.

Get involved – participate – take risks. The

more you do the more you will benefit.

Our staff wish you all the best in the years ahead.

Please come back and share your successes with us! I have started on the Year Six Memory Wall; ideally

these bricks will be relocated to our new school and a

memorial to past students will be created. Each brick

will have each leaver’s name and a quote or memory,

which represents them. Here is a small sample of their

thoughts and memories.

Sophie McTurk - 2014 -2017

Don't Cry Because It's Over, Smile Because It's

Happened.

Annabel Painter - 2010 - 2017 Be a pineapple: stand tall, wear a crown and be sweet

in the inside.

Kayla Winter - 2012-2017

Let your smile change the world but don’t let the world

change your smile.

Hi, kia ora, Ahalan, Goede dag, Bonjour, Guten Tag. . .

, konnichiwa.

HEART Trophy Last night we presented our HEART trophy. This

trophy has been donated by Aaron and

Casey Reid, in memory of Bronwyn

Reid, who passed away in 2015. This

trophy can be presented to a child, a

parent or a family who consistently, over

time, have shown our

school HEART values;

in doing so they have positively

impacted on the lives of others.

Congratulations to Fiona Graham this

year's winner.

Service Awards Tomorrow, Thursday 14 December we will hold our

Service Award Assembly to acknowledge and celebrate

all the children who participate in and support our

school with their contributions during the year. These

children have made a difference to our school

community and our school culture so thank you!

Parent Helpers Every year we have a solid base of parents who

support us in and out of the class. We would not be

able to do any of the excursions we offer without

parents offering to come along and help. We also have

a number of parents who come in each week to support

programmes in the class, e.g., discovery time. Another

group are our BAMP mentors - a dedicated group of

parents and friends of the school who work

individually or with a small group of children

mentoring them.

Our PTA are a group of awesome individuals who

work quietly behind the scenes supporting our

children. This only a small group but they have a large

impact.

Finally our BoT. They are a dedicated team with a

firm focus on what’s best for the child. They take their

governance role seriously and again work hard behind

the scenes.

To each and every one of you I say a huge THANK

YOU! We could not do what we do for our children

without your support.

Last Day Monday 18 December Every school must be open a certain number of days.

In order for us to fulfil MOE requirements we must

stay open until Monday 18 December. I know this

seems ridiculous but that is the way it has worked out

this year.

School will finish on Monday at 12noon. There will be

an assembly on the back court starting at 11:50am. In

this assembly we will formally farewell our year six

students and any staff who are leaving. Parents are

encouraged to join us for our last assembly for 2017.

Children will be dismissed at 12:30pm

HEART Tokens Below are our final HEART awards for

2017. A summary of children’s HEART tokens will

move with the child to their new class, e.g., if Tai has

34 Aroha tokens at the end of 2017 then he will begin

2018 with 34 Aroha tokens against his name.

Hauora: Ryan C, Cooper H, Taani N, Chloe P, Nea V,

(Tuis) and Zak L (Rm 17).

Excellence: Ryan C (Awa).

Aroha: Ayla B (Rm 10).

Respect: Siiali T, Bjorn A (Tuis)

and Aaliyah Vi Rm (17).

Togetherness: Callum M (Rm 9),

Kenzie E (Rm 10) Sophie B, Lucy C, Xavier G and

James G (Tuis).

Wristbands Congratulations to these children – you have earned

your wristband by having 50 HEART tokens – an

awesome effort.

Hauora: Tyler S (Rm 18).

Excellence: Charlee-May F, Marcel C, Damon C-C,

Max C, Ethan C, Rihot D, Zeppelin K,

Kauri V-H (Rm 1), Summer B,

Paige B (Rm 2), Joshua P, Harjot K

and Ella G (Awa).

Aroha: Maddison H (Rm 10),

Respect: Siiali T (Rm 1), Emma R (Rm 2), Ryan C,

Olivia K, Xavier G, Honor G, Piper McK, Pheonix M,

Tajimi P (Tui).

Togetherness: Hollie L (Rm 10) and Paige T (Awa).

Pride in Achievement Awards Congratulations to the following children who have

achieved their Pride in Achievement Awards.

Bronze Kai P Awa

Milly F Room 17

Daniel W Awa

House Tokens for 2017 The winning house for 2017 is red house (Mahuika).

Any child in RED house is allowed to wear mufti to

school on Friday - they must have a splash of RED

somewhere in their clothing or in their hair, e.g., red

ribbons or red socks.

TERM 1

TERM 2

TERM 3

TERM 4

Total Place

Blue 2070 2099 3416 1006 8591 3rd

Green 2384 2225 2820 1390 8819 2nd

Red 2035 2528 3123 1268 8954 1st

Yellow 2305 2198 2510 1363 8376 4th

Total Heart tokens for 2017 34740

Final Words Banks Avenue is an awesome school with an incredible

team of teachers, support and office staff. Our team

work hard to provide an education and environment

which helps our tamariki grow into caring, well

rounded students who reach their potential in all

aspects of their life. A huge thank you to our Banks

Avenue staff; once again you have done a brilliant job.

Merry Christmas to all our whānau. Have a safe and

relaxing Christmas break; we will see you back on

Wednesday 31 January 2018.

Junior Module Christmas Assembly Our annual Junior Module Christmas event

is here at school on Thursday the 14th of

December from 1:45 to 2:45 p.m. There will

be some singing of Christmas carols, a

recorder item, some signing and singing and

a couple of other items too.

Junior Module children: please bring

a small Christmassy item to wear in the

afternoon.

Parents and audience members: please make sure

you are wearing a sunhat.

Ayla from Room 10 has worked hard all year and can

be very proud of the progress she has made. She

settles in to her work quickly and always strives to do

her personal best.

Goodbye and Thank you to the Banks Avenue School

Community

Kia ora tātou

Next Monday, when I walk out with the Year 6

leavers it will signal the end of my full time teaching

career and a long association with this school. I

expect to have mixed emotions. On the one hand I am

looking forward to new challenges and time to do

other things that I really enjoy. On the other, I will be

very sad to say goodbye to a career that ticked all the

boxes. I am taking with me many great memories of

children, colleagues and parents. In the past weeks I

have been treated to amazing farewells at every level.

You have made me feel very special. To each and

every one of you I say a huge THANK YOU for your

kindness, generosity and support over the years. I will

always be proud to tell people I

worked at Banks Avenue

School. I wish the school well

for the exciting years ahead.

Arohanui, Lynley

‘HOT SHOT’ LEARNER’

PTA News A big thank you for all the helpers that helped us

with BBQ on celebration evening as we couldn’t

have done it without you

It’s that time we look back and reflect on all we

have done throughout the year, and the PTA sure

have been busy. This year we had some great

events, bacon, The Naked Baker pies, bulbs,

discos and the most fun was flip out.

These fundraisers

helped us contribute

some amazing things

to our school.

Including a new

sound system, sand

pit equipment, seeds

for flowers & plants,

a trailer and many

more items for our

wonderful children

to use.

The PTA would also like to thank our amazing

teachers, office staff and families for their

support. We are already planning and looking

forward to another successful and fun year in 2018

with the trampoline again, hot cross buns and

other ideas are being tossed about, but until then

we wish you all a happy and peaceful holiday

break

Second Hand Uniform Shop - will be open on

Monday 29 January from 1:00 – 2:00pm and

Tuesday 30 January from 10:00am – 12:00noon.

CASH ONLY!

If you have any school uniforms that you no

longer need - we would be happy to use in the

second hand uniform shop. You can leave these at

our school office.

Lost Property - this will be out on Thursday and

Friday this week after school by Room 15 and

outside of Dudley.

B.A.T. CLUB is a 3 session life skills group for 8

- 10 year olds. It looks at giving a positive boost to

children who struggle with confidence and self-esteem

and provide some tips on friendships and social skills.

This is done in a positive, fun, relaxed environment

over 3 days in the second week of the school holidays

from 10:00 – 2:00pm.

An information flyer and enrolment forms are

available at our school office. For further information

please contact The Christchurch Methodist Mission

Phone: 03 3896232 or 027 820

4617 or email:

anneg@mmsi.org.nz

Swimming Pool –

Shirley Intermediate With the holidays looming there are sure to be some

hot days and families who need some cooling

off. Shirley Intermediate is pleased to offer key access

to our two school pools over the summer for Banks

Avenue families. Keys can be hired from the SIS

office for $60 which extends through to the end of

March 2017. Please bring to the SIS office some

proof that your child is enrolled at Banks Avenue

School – e.g., a school invoice, an email which shows

you are on their current email tree, or some other

written confirmation. If your child has already enrolled

with us, you are automatically eligible to hire a key

Our school office will re-open for enrolments and enquiries from Monday 29 January

2018 from 8:30am – 3:30pm.

Stationery packs will be available on Monday 29 January from 12:30 – 3:30pm and

Tuesday 30 January from 9:00am – 12:00noon.