ECS Update Term 3, Week 6 – Friday 2 September 2022

ECS Update Term 3, Week 6 – Friday 2 September 2022

This newsletter contains information on the following:

• Important Dates
• Orders for Business Enterprise Lunch #2
• Time 2 Talk – Parent Information Night
• Teacher Aide Vacancy Term 4
• Middle School Open Evening
• Board of Trustee Elections
• 2023 Year 7 & 8 Camp
• Cultural Day
• Lost Property
• NorthWest Zone Winter Tournament
• School Photos

Important Dates

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

Middle School Open Evening:  Thursday 15th September

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

Cultural Day: Thursday 29th September (Week 10)

Orders for Business Enterprise Lunch #2

The Year 9 & 10 Economics students are running the second round of their Business Enterprise food stalls next week (Tuesday 6th September).  

Notices went home early this week with the order form.  
Please ensure we have received your order form and payment by the end of the day TODAY Friday 2 September.  

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

Teacher Aide Vacancy Term 4

We have a Teacher Aide Vacancy from the start of Term 4 2022. 
For further information please contact Alistair:  principal@emmanuelchristian.school.nz 

A successful applicant will need to love working with children and have a commitment to supporting the school’s Christian character.

Thank you

Middle School Information Evening

If you have a child who is going to be in Year 7 next year, you are invited to the Middle School Open Evening.

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

2023 Year 7 & 8 Camp 

Cultural Day

On Thursday of week 10 (29th September) it is our school’s cultural day.
It is a great day for us to celebrate our amazingly diverse school community.

Cultural Day will begin with a parade in the morning and students are encouraged to come to
school dressed in traditional clothes (or something that reflects this) of the culture they relate to. If your child(ren) would prefer not to do this, then they just wear their school uniform. In the case that the traditional clothing is special, students are able to change out of them and back into their school uniforms following the parade.

As part of the celebrations, we plan to set up the hall with cultural stations representing some of
the cultures in our school. This will run in the afternoon from 1:30pm until 3:30pm. For this, we
need your support. If you are willing to help with the event, whether it is providing materials, ideas, or coming to run a station, please fill in the form below and return to your child’s classroom teacher by Wednesday 23 August.
All who are able to help will then have a chance to meet together to discuss plans.

If you have any questions about Cultural Day, please feel free to contact Bronwyn van Mechgelen or Christine Liu.

Lost Property

The Lost Property boxes are located in the Office Hallway (in the shelves by the internal door to K5) and in the Middle School central foyer.   There are over 10 Polar Fleece jackets in the Lost Property currently.  If items are named we try to get them back to their owner but if they are not named they sit in the Lost Property until the end of term when they are donated or discarded.

Northwest Zone Winter Tournament

School Photos

The School Photo orders (from PhotoLife) arrived last week and were sent home with those who had ordered.

If you didn’t order a photo but would like to, you are still able to do this online.  Mrs Brand in the Office has each child’s individual code which you will need to view and order the photos.  Please call or email the Office to get this code.