ECS Update Term 4, Week 7 – Friday 2nd December 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 4, Week 7 – Friday 2nd December 2022

Kia ora Parents and Caregivers,

Welcome to the Term 4, Week 7 Newsletter.

This newsletter contains information on the following:

Important Dates
Duathlon
Carol Service
Summer Reading
ECS Parent Handbook 2023
Prizegiving (Response required please)

Important Dates

Duathlon: Wednesday 7th December
Final School Assembly / Prizegiving: Friday 9th December
Last Day of Term 4: Tuesday 13th December (12pm Finish)

The Term dates for 2023 can be found on the Calendar on the School Website (link below).

https://www.emmanuelchristian.school.nz/calendar/

Duathlon

The Duathlon will be held on Wednesday 7th December.

This is a fun event that is focused on participation and being part of a team.

A notice was sent home this week with all the details including event times, what students need to bring and information on the school carpark closure while the event is being run.
We have also attached the notice below:

Download: Duathlon.pdf

Carol Service

Thursday the 8th of December:

The Junior classes (Year 1 – 6) will be participating in our Carol Service outside the Junior Classes at 9.30am (weather permitting).

Parents are very welcome to join us for this short service.

Summer Reading

At the start of each new school year, we often see evidence of ‘The Summer Slide’ in our pupils. This means that the some of the gains they have made in Reading over the previous year are lost.
Research shows that as much as 3 months of progress could be lost over the summer
holidays. Every year!
Research on the summer slide and summer reading | Services to Schools (natlib.govt.nz)

To help with this, we invite your family to borrow books from our library to enjoy over the holidays.

Your child may borrow up to ten books for the holidays so long as:

they have no outstanding loans or charges, and
they are returning to ECS next year

If you wish your child(ren) to participate, please fill in the form attached. A copy will be sent home next week and return it to the Library by 2nd December. Extra forms will be available in
the office.
When permission has been received, your children may borrow up to 10 books each
during their library time in Week 8. (5th – 9th December). If you would like to choose for
them, or help them make their choices, the Library will also be open on Monday 5th and
Wednesday 7th December, from 2:45 to 3:30pm.
These books will need to be returned in the first week of school in 2023. Please
try to keep them together so that it is an easy job to locate them for their return.
They could be kept in the bag provided by you!

Summer Holiday Reading Challenge :

Take a photo of someone reading in an interesting place! Up a tree..? In a tent..?
Where else could be fun? (P.S. It should be a real person!)
Email these to me, and I’ll make a display in February!

nicki@emmanuelchristian.school.nz

Download: 2022 Summer Reading Permission Slip.pdf

ECS Parent Handbook 2023

The Emmanuel Christian School Parent Handbook for 2023 is attached below.
This is updated each year so please click on the link below to download the updated handbook for 2023.

Download: Parent+Handbook 2023.pdf

Prizegiving – Response required please

Kia ora Parents and Caregivers,

Prizegiving – Final Assembly – Friday 9th December 1:00pm

As you are hopefully aware we will be holding our end of year Prizegiving on:

Friday 9th December starting at 1:00pm

Venue: La Vida Community and Conference Centre

34a Hansons Lane

It would be great to see many parents, grandparents and other members of the school community join us for this end of year celebration. After the Covid disruptions of 2021 we are really excited to be able to invite you all to join us in person this year.

Students will travel by bus to La Vida for this event. At the end of the prizegiving they will be able to travel directly home with you.

We are aware that some students will need to travel back to Emmanuel Christian School and we have bus transport arranged for this.

To enable us to plan this transport can you please complete this form so we know if your child will require transport back to school or will be leaving with you from La Vida.

We would appreciate it if all families complete this form so we can ensure we know the plans for each student.

Transport Form