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ECS Update Term 3, Week 10 – Friday 27th September 2024
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Kia ora Parents and Caregivers,
Welcome to the Term 3, Week 10 Newsletter.
As we enter the Term break it is my prayer that this period is one of refreshing.
For those of you who are travelling, we pray for safety as you are away.
We have so much to be thankful for, remember to give thanks to God for who He is and all He has done, as the Psalmist says in Psalm 107:1
‘Oh give thanks to the Lord for He is good, for His steadfast love endures forever!’
Term 3 seems to have passed by very quickly with lots to celebrate. Just in the last 2 weeks we have had our House Haka Competition and more recently a fantastic music showcase celebration. It is always such a highlight to see God being glorified, as students and staff use the different gifts God has given them.
Ngā mihi nui,
Alistair
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This newsletter contains information on the following:
- Important Dates
- School Garden Project
- Non-Uniform Day – Thursday 17th October
- Lunchonline lunch orders
- How to Like the Kids you Love – Parenting Evening
- The Athlete’s Foot School Rewards
- Community Dental Services
- Internet Safety Parents Night
- Summer Uniform and Lost Property Update
- New Zealand Chinese Language Week 2024
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Friday 27th September – Last day of Term 3
Monday 14th October – First day of Term 4
Thursday 17th October – Non-uniform day
Monday 28th October – Labour Day
Wednesday 13th November -Internet Safety Parents Night
Thursday 14th November – Teacher Only Day
Friday 15th November – Canterbury Anniversary Day
Tuesday 10 December – Final Prizegiving Assembly (La Vida)
Friday 13th December – Last day of Term 4
(The School Calendar and full 2024 Term dates can be found here)
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We are thrilled to share an exciting new project that we believe will bring great educational value to our school community: the creation of a school community garden. This garden will be a special place where students from both the middle school block and the juniors can come together, learn, and grow.
A school garden offers a unique opportunity for our students to connect with nature and each other. It will be a living classroom where they can engage in hands-on learning, develop a sense of responsibility, and experience the satisfaction of nurturing and caring for plants. It’s a space where students from both the middle school block and the junior classes can all participate in nurturing and caring for something special.
We really want to thank you all for your support of this project, between the generous support of families and different businesses in the community we are in a position to begin construction. We are really looking forwards to this addition to the school. We also want to recognise Faith Seow, our student Sustainability and Wellbeing leader who has really driven this project.
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Non-Uniform Day -Thursday 17th October
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Wellington Hills Christian College will open at the start of 2025. This is a really exciting project to see Year 1-13 State Integrated Christian Education provision in Wellington (currently non-denominational Christian Education is not available beyond Year 8 in Wellington).
At the early stage of this project there is a real opoprtunity for us as a school community to support this work. There are some real needs where finiancial support would be very valuable to them. The costs of furniture alone are quite significant.
On Thursday 17th October (Week 1 of Term 3) we will hold a non-uniform day to support Wellington Hills Christian College. Students do not need to wear their uniform on this day. In return we ask that they bring a donation to support this new school in Wellington.
Many of you may know Tim Kuipers, current principal of Ashburton Christian School. Tim and his family are moving to Wellington at the end of 2024, where Tim will take up his new position as principal of Wellington Hills Christian College.
Along with any financial donations, can we please ask that you pray for this new school and for Tim and his family. A Year 1-13 Christian School in Wellington has been a large number of years in the planning, and it is exciting to see it come into relality.
If you would like to make any donation to support this work beyond this non-uniform day these can be made directly to the school. Wellington Hills Christian College – Support
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Lunches are available through Lunchonline for delivery on Wednesdays and Thursdays during term time. Orders can be placed in advance (so you can set up orders for the whole term in advance). Orders must be made before 8.30am on the day of delivery. Please ensure you click ‘submit’.
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.
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How to Like the Kids you Love – Parenting Evening
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Parenting Evening November 7th
Hosted by Middleton Grange School
How to Like the Kids you Love!
Bring enjoyment and purpose back into your parenting
Parents will Discover:
- How to stop nagging and gain co-operation
- Keys to healing conflict and restoring trust and harmony
- What true inheritance and legacy look like
Plus, much, much more…
Presented by: – Yvonne Godfrey
https://yvonnegodfrey.com/
- Speaker, Author and Master Coach on Parenting
- Founder of the MIOMO Independence Programme for Teens
- TV and radio personality
- Host parent on ‘The Worlds Strictest Parents’, with 20+ million views globally.
When: Thursday, Nov 7th 7:30pm to 9pm
Where: Middleton Grange School
Entry: No charge
Please register your interest in attending here https://forms.office.com/r/CRwzJ8ruMA
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The Athlete’s Foot School Rewards
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For every pair of shoes purchased at The Athlete’s Foot (Northlands or Riccarton), $10 will be donated to Emmanuel Christian School.
The Athlete’s Foot stocks an excellent range of school shoes and sport shoes.
Please let your extended family and friends know that every purchase supports our school. All they need to do is to say, “please can you link this purchase to Emmanuel Christian School.”
You do not need to be purchasing school shoes, it can be any shoe purchase by anyone, all you need to do is request they link the purchase to our school.
Thank you very much for your support!
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Community Dental Services
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Internet Safety Parents Night
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Please boook this date in your diaries for an informative and helpful presentation. We will provide more information next term, however, this is a night to make if at all possible.
It is often easy to view these events as being only suited to older children. Can we suggest that this is very much not the case. This event is targeted to parents of children of all ages.
Brett is a great presenter and builds this presentation from his own personal journey and faith in Christ.
You can register at: tinyurl.com/ECS-Korero
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Summer Uniform and Lost Property Update
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New Zealand Chinese Language Week 2024
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你好 (nǐ hǎo / nei3 hou2)! (Hello in Chinese Mandarin and Cantonese)
This week is NZ Chinese Language Week. We started the week with a Teacher vs Students daily phrase challenge. A big shout-out to our Mandarin-speaking student volunteers for diligently going to every class each morning to share the phrase of the day in Mandarin and Cantonese. 谢谢 (xiè xiè)! 多 謝(do1 ze6)! Thank you!
Our student leaders have counted the tally marks…. Congratulations to our 2 winning classes: K3 and T1.
At MS assembly, our senior students were taught some basic mandarin phrases, heard the Lord’s prayer in Mandarin, and did the chopsticks battle.
We have also had the privilege of having some Mandarin-speaking parent volunteers and an alumna come to share their language and culture with us. Students got to listen to an ancient Chinese parable “Blind Men and the Elephant” as well as making paper lanterns to commemorate the mid-autumn festival.
What great fun!
To wrap up the week, we learnt how to say: “I come from New Zealand” in Chinese Mandarin.
我来自新西兰 (Wǒ lái zì xīn xī lán)
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