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ECS Update Term 1, Week 3 – Friday 16 February 2024
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This newsletter contains information on the following:
- Important Dates
- School Board Election
- Bike Safety
- Lunchonline Orders and free $5 vouchers
- Itinerant Music Lessons
- Scholastic Book Orders
- Non-uniform Day
- Anxiety Course
- Ngai Tahu Student Support
- Library Update
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Tuesday 20th February – Non-uniform Day
Thursday 22nd February – Year 5-10 Swimming Sports
Tuesday 27th and Thursday 29th February – Year 3-10 Parent Teacher Meetings
Friday 29th March – Tuesday 2nd April – Easter
Friday 12th April – Last day of Term 1
Monday 29th April – First day of Term 2
(The School Calendar and full 2024 Term dates can be found here)
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Hi all
Quick personal encouragement re considering school board. Hope you have all received nomination email.
In brief If you have a genuine interest in the work of the school and the education and welfare of its students and are able to:
- work well in a team.
- understand and think about what you are being told.
- ask relevant and challenging questions.
- have good communication skills.
And share in our vision seeing all our pupils develop in Excellence, Christ Like Character, Service and Wisdom.
Go to https://ecs.boardelections.nz/ and submit your own nomination.
(Candidates using this portal that are parents of the school do not need to complete a separate paper nomination form).
We have eight BoT meetings per year, currently Monday nights 5:45 start with feed and should be home with slippers on by 9:00pm.
Reading is required to engage at each meeting and prepared to assist with a couple audits and other occasional possible development and representative meetings.
Very welcome to contact me direct re any aspect.
Blessings
John van Ameyde
Emmanuel School Board Chair
0274333238; jva@beva.co.nz
Please note nominations close at Mid-day on Monday 19th February
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It is great to see numbers of students using bikes or scooters to get to and from school. Over the last couple of weeks we have noticed some safety issues both for those riding bikes / scooters and for other users of the school site.
If your child does bring a scooter or bike to school then can we please ask that:
1) Bikes / Scooters are stored during the day in the bike stand. Locking these is very much recommended.
2) Please walk scooters and bikes through the school grounds and only ride them once off the school property. This avoids them being a saftey risk for others and also helps to reduce the risks as they are riden through our busy after school carpark area.
Thank you
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Lunchonline Orders and free $5 vouchers
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Lunches are available through Lunchonline for delivery on Wednesdays and Thursdays during term time. Orders can be placed in advance but must be placed by 8.30am on the day of delivery.
The Sushi Factory is our lunch supplier on Wednesdays, with a menu selection that ensures healthy options and some treats are available. The Sushi Factory supplies a range of lunch options including sushi, rice balls, dumplings, pies, sausage rolls, sandwiches, burgers, muffins and brownies.
Subway is our lunch supplier on Thursdays. The Subway menu includes 6 inch subs, 12 inch subs, salad bowls, cookies, drinks and fruit squirts.
For more information and to open your account, visit www.lunchonline.co.nz
To view the current menu and prices: https://orders.lunchonline.co.nz/home/ViewMenu select “view school menu” then select Christchurch and Emmanuel Christian School from the dropdown menu.
If your child is new to the school or you have not yet opened a Lunchonline account we have $5 vouchers to give away! Simply pop into the Office to collect one voucher for each of your children.
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Emmanuel Christian School offers a range of instrument tuition with experienced passionate itinerant music teachers. Currently they offer tuition in drums, strings (violin, viola, cello), guitar, ukulele, piano, wind instruments (flute, saxophone, clarinet) and brass instruments (trumpet, horn, trombone).
Please click on the link below to find out how to enrol your child in music lessons this year.
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Once per term each student will receive a brochure for the book club to bring home.
If you would like to order any of the books, this can be done online on LOOP.
For your first time you will need to register in order to make a Book Club LOOP login.
We cannot take orders/payment via the Office so please order online.
Instructions are on the back of the brocure. You will have approximately two weeks to place your order.
Once orders close, they will be sent to school and will come home with your child. On all orders the school earns 15% in scholastic rewards which benefits our school library.
Emmanuel Christian School does not endorse all material that is available for purchase from Scholastic Book Club. Please use your discernment when selecting reading material for your child.
Closing date : Friday 23rd February
If you didn’t receive a brochure we have some at the Office and they are also available online on LOOP.
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On Tuesday 20th February there will be a day where students may wear non-uniform clothing. The theme is Summer/Beach so students may wear summer/beach themed clothing but this is not compulsory. There will be a small prize for the bessed dressed, appropriate to the theme, per classroom.
Please bring a gold coin donation. Funds raised will go toward purchasing longlasting sandpit toys for our amazing new sandpit in the Junior school.
Please note: on any non-uniform day, clothes worn must align with the special character of the school ie. appropriate modesty and slogans on clothing.
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Making Sense of Attention and Anxiety in Kids
Thursday 7 March 7pm – 9pm
Te Ara Koropiko West Spreydon School, Christchurch
An amazing opportunity to hear International speaker and author, Dr. Deborah MacNamara. This seminar is relevant for parents and professionals who would like to gain more insight regarding anxiety and attention issues amongst children and young people.
Please use this link for more information.
https://macnamara1.eventbrite.co.nz
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Ngai Tahu Student Support
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If your children are of Ngai Tahu descent, there is funding available for tuition of students from year 1-13 through Boost your Learning’s one-on-one online tuition services.
To be eligible for funding, akonga need to be registered with Whakapapa Ngai Tahu and currently enrolled in school. For more details, further clarification of the eligibility criteria and the application form to access the Tahua Taunaki Akonga Learner Support Fund please visit http://ngaitahu.iwi.nz/whanau/opportunities/tahua-taunaki-akonga-learner-support-fund/ or pick up a notice from the school Office.
If your child is of Maori descent please let the Office know the iwi you affiliate to.
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It is heartening to see the children getting back into the Library after the holidays – although I think the new sandpit is proving to be a bit of competition with the younger ones!
The Summer Reading loans are now overdue, so if you have had a communication from me, please help your child to find and return their loans. Please email me if you have any questions.
Help your child find a special place to keep their school library books, and remind them to bring them to school on their library day.
Mon: K3
Wed: K4, K1, Harakeke, Y7 English (even weeks only)
Friday: K2, K5, K6, Y8 English (even weeks only)
I am also open at lunchtimes on these days.
If you wish to return books other than at these times, there is a reddish-coloured bin on wheels, which will be left in the bag bay. Please feel free to use it, and maybe email me to let me know.
Any good, used donations are always welcome.
And please visit the Dove Bookshop at the far end of the Bishopdale Mall. They are sponsoring us this year, and have a great selection of used books at very reasonable prices.
Thanks
Nicki
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