ECS Update Term 3, Week 4 – Friday 19th August 2022

Emmanuel Christian

School Newsletter

Kia rite tā koutou haere ki tā ngā tamariki o te mārama – Walk as children of light

ECS Update Term 3, Week 4 – Friday 19 August 2022

This newsletter contains information on the following:

Important Dates
Time 2 Talk – Parent Information Night
2023 Enrolments
Board of Trustee Elections
Masks at school – update
2023 Year 7 & 8 Camp
Year 9 & 10 Business Enterprise
Scholastic Book Fair

Important Dates

Book Character Dress-up Day: Thursday 25th August

Scholastic Book Fair: Tuesday 23rd – Friday 26th August

Teacher Only Day: Monday 29th August

Early Finish (all classes finish at 2:25pm): Tuesday 6th September

Time 2 Talk Parents evenning: Tuesday 20th September 7-8:30pm

Time 2 Talk – Parent Information Night

Tuesday 20th September 7- 8:30pm at school.

An evening for parents of children at all year levels.

(Please note this event is not suitable for you to bring your children. The focus is on equiping parents).

In today’s digital world, young people being exposed to pornography isn’t a question of ‘if’ but ‘when’. Pornography is sweeping through our society like a tsunami, and we have yet to see the long-term impacts. By providing strategies that allow parents and kids to work as a team, we can mitigate the harmful effects of pornography on Aotearoa’s young people.

Tāima Kōrero equips parents and educators with the tools to effectively talk about pornography with young people. By having the right conversations in a timely way, we can reduce the impact of pornography and support our young people to have healthy sexual relationships as adults.

Brett Harvey will share from his own experience, research and within the framework of his personal Christian faith.

Testimonial:

“Dealing with anything to do with pornography can be an incredibly difficult and sensitive conversation. The Time 2 Talk Team handle this potentially explosive topic with great dignity, value, and authenticity. Their presentation contains a very positive, inspiring, and encouraging message while at times needs to be confronting and challenging. ALL adults (not just parents), will benefit from the words of wisdom and hope that are passionately shared. The Time 2 Talk Team are VERY easy to deal with and will not push themselves on any school or organisation. They listen and tailor their message to meet your needs. Their overall aim is simple. They have a genuine desire to help parents help children to stand against the toxic and insidious effects of pornography.”

— Steve Frost – Tumuaki/Principal of Hillview Christian School

https://www.taimakorero.co.nz/whatwedo

Board of Trustee Elections

Board of Trustee voting occurs over the next few weeks with voting closing on Wednesday 7 September. You should have received information about the parent representative nominations in the post. We are blessed to have received Three parent nominations for the two parent representative places. Please read the nominee profiles carefully and pray about this important decision-making process and remember to vote before 7 September.

Voting closes on Wednesday 7th September at 4pm. There is a Voting Box in the Office, or papers can be returned by mail

Download: EMMANUEL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL BOT Nominations 2022.pdf

Masks at School – Update

As we know there continues to be Covid-19, as well as a lot of winter flu and other illnesses across the city. Continueing to take care and look after yourselves and your families is still really important.

Please continue to support us with managing Covid and the flu this winter:

By staying at home if you or your child is unwell, or still showing symptoms of flu like illnesses
By continuing to maintain your personal hygiene practices.

For the first four weeks of this term, students (Year 5-10) and staff (unless they had a medical exemption) were expected to wear masks while indoors at school. This was based on advice from the Ministries of Edcuation and Health issued at the end of the term break.

With the case numbers decreasing this advice has now been updated. As a reuslt from Monday 22nd August (next week) the following will apply:

From Monday 22 August mask wearing for staff and students when indoors will become optional, but is still strongly recommended.

Thank you for your support with mask wearing over the last four weeks as we have endeavoured to minimise the effects of Covid-19 and influenza over this winter period.

Thank you for your ongoing prayers and support.

2023 Year 7 & 8 Camp

If your child will be in Year 7 or 8 in 2023 we will be going to Hanmer Springs on the 29th – 31st of March for our Camp.

At this stage the cost of camp will be around $250 per person. The contributions toward this camp will be received as tax deductible donations.
If you would like to set up a payment plan, please see Louise Morrison at the office or email office@emmanuelchristian.school.nz

Year 9 & 10 Business Enterprise

This term our Year 9 & 10 Economics class have set up and will be running their businesses during Tuesday lunchtimes in weeks 5, 7 & 9.
The Businesses are selling things like hot chips, pizza, sushi and drinks.

Food will be available to purchase on 3 Tuesdays: the 23rd of August, the 6th and 20th of September.

A notice has gone home this week with more information including an order form for some of the food items which can be pre-ordered. Other food items can be purchased on the day without needing to preorder. Order forms will go out each week.
Orders for week 5 (Tuesday 23rd August) must be received by Friday 19th August.

Click on the link below to view the notice.

Download: Buisness Enteprise .pdf

2023 Enrolments

Applications for enrolment for 2023 close on 26 August 2022. Please ensure you submit an application for enrolment if you have a child turning 5 in 2023. Further information can be found at: https://www.emmanuelchristian.school.nz/enrolment/

Scholastic Book Fair

The Scholastic Book Fair is coming to our school!

When: Tues 23rd – Fri 26th August 8:30 – 9:30 am , 2:30 – 3:30 pm

Where: The Library

The Scholastic Book Fair is coming to our school! This is fun opportunity to buy books and support reading at Emmanuel.

On Thursday 25th August as part of this week we will have a book character day, students are encouraged to come dressed as a favourite book character.

The Book Fair will be set up in the library, and open for all from 8.30 to 9.30 in the morning, and 2.30 to 3.30 in the afternoon from Tuesday through to Friday.

A Scholastic Book Fair can be a great benefit to our school. A portion of each sale at the Fair earns Scholastic Rewards which can be spent on books for our classrooms and library. If we sell over $750 of product, we earn 30% of the total sales back to spend on books. In addition, there is an opportunity for you to donate books to your child’s class or to the library.

As well as books there will be novelty stationery items to purchase from as little as a few dollars each.

Your child may bring home a personal Wishlist of items that they have seen at the Fair. Please don’t feel obliged to purchase these items. However, should you be unable to make it to the Fair personally and would like to purchase something, there is an option to order books on the back of this Wishlist or on the Scholastic brochure.

There will be a number of competitions running at the fair. Prizes will be a $20 voucher to spend at the fair. Winners will be announced on Thurs the 25th Aug.

Scholastic Book Fair Parent Helpers – If you would like to volunteer to help with the Scholastic Book Fair please let Christina de Vries know on 021 022 41195.

In particular, we are looking for Parents to man the Fair in the afternoons from 2.30pm to 3.30pm.

Middle School activities will include a guessing competition (Tuesday to Thursday) and a Kahoot, “Books ‘n’ Things, to be played on Wednesday 24th in the Middle School block. Please be signed in ready to play by 12:50pm. Prizes will be announced on Thursday.