Staffing Update - Welcome Whāea Sam

 

I'm pleased to announce the appointment of Susanne (Sam) Walker as the new kaiako for Ruma Whitu. Sam comes to us from Branston Intermediate and is an experienced teacher with many talents to share with us. Sam has expertise in kapa haka and te reo me tikanga māori. Welcome to the team Sam!

Kia ora Te kura o Tiori,

I am so excited about being part of the Burnham whanau for 2012 and beyond.  My role will be in Te Reo and Kapahaka. 

I have been teaching for 15 years and have taught and experienced so many things that I am looking to bring to your community.  I am very much involved in music and am keen to get involved and help out.

I am an enthusiastic sports person- golf, cycling, swimming, and I like to get involved in everything that’s going. I am looking forward to meeting you all

Whāea Sam Walker

2012 Reports & Tentative Class Placements

School reports are coming out next Thursday along with the tentative class placement for your child next year. We've decided to put the class placement letter in the same envelope as the 2011 Report so that parents don't miss these important documents. 

I ask that parents are the ones to open reports with their child so that this doesn't get missed! Please remember that staff have worked really hard to capture the key learning from the year for each and every student, they have checked with the 3 Wishes information and goal setting from throughout the year. If you find you don't understand or even disagree with any part(s) of the report, it is important you let the teacher know and make a time for a phone call or a chat. 

Similarly with class placements, this is a complex process and so placements are tentative for the first week or two into the new school year. This is the first time we've done class placements at this time of year and so they may change based on new enrollments or leavers at the start of the 2012 school year. Our aim is to help ensure a smoother transition into the new school year by doing this. Plus stationery can be pre-ordered using our new online ordering system which Trish will update you on soon.


As always, if you have questions, concerns or worries about this - talk to your teacher or me and we will be happy to see how we can best meet the needs of your child(ren). Thank you to those who completed the intentions for next year survey which gave us good information to make the best placement possible.

Staffing Update - welcome Lucy Ellery

I'm pleased to announce that Burnham School has managed to establish a new cluster focussed on strengthening sports teaching and sport involvement between Burnham, Ladbrooks and Lincoln Primary Schools. This is a part-time position which is funded partly through the KiwiSport funding provided to schools each year as well as a contribution by each Board of Trustees. 

Lucy Ellery - Sports Co-ordinator

Lucy brings with her a wealth of experience in sport organisation, teaching and coaching. Initially Lucy is familiarising herself with each school and has already worked with our senior students. Through support from Sport Canterbury Lucy will establish strong club links with Lincoln and the surrounding areas to help build pathways for pupils outside of school hours.

Starting next year our Year 7/8s will travel to Lincoln for Technology instruction on Fridays so they can compete and play sports each Friday afternoon against a wider pool of competitors from the three schools. Lucy will also be helping staff at each school design richer experiences for developing sports and physical education programmes. Welcome Lucy!

Burnham School - PTA Calendars/Diaries, Intentions, Reports, Classes 2012, Camp

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Term 4 Week 5 Updates Whanau Hui - next Wednesday 5pm in the Camp Whare Next Wednesday is our annual Whanau Hui. This hui is a chance to discuss Maori education at our school and everyone is welcome. Please bring a plate of kai to share if you can - the school will also provide some food. Please bring the kids too. PTA Calender and Diary orders are due to the office by 3pm Friday 2nd Dec. Intentions & Classes for Next Year Thanks everyone who has let us know of your intentions for next year. This helps with sorting out class lists, which we hope to let you know by the end of this year also - this is the first time Burnham School has done this in a long time so we hope this will make the start of 2012 easier for our tamariki! If you have not yet done this, please go to: www.burnham.school.nz/nextyear and let us know! Reports Teachers are busily writing reports and so we will be sending these important documents home soon. As always, if you have questions or concerns please contact your class teacher. Staffing Updates We are pleased to announce the appointment of Susanne (Sam) Walker as kaiako for Room 7 next year. Sam brings with her a wealth of experience in teaching and comes to us a kaiawhina at Branston Intermediate. Welcome Sam! We are also pleased to announce the appointment of a new position which is shared between Burnham, Ladbrooks and Lincoln Schools. We have managed to create a position of Sports Co-ordinator with the intention of setting up a cluster between our three schools for competitions, professional development of staff, special events and more. Lucy Ellery has been appointed to this exciting new position. For more details of both these exciting appointments, please visit the Principal Blog at www.burnham.school.nz/principal Elections - Education Policy for each party Here is a short article with links to each major political party's education policy. Interesting... To subscribe to our mailing list, click on this link: http://eepurl.com/bthvv Links Burnham School Home Burnham School Facebook Burnham School Photos Principal Blog Burnham School Newsletters Burnham School Calendar Burnham Helping Hands Noticeboard Respect - Achievement - Responsibility - Strength/Self-Belief Whaikoha - Angitu - Tikanga - Whakapono/Wairua/Tuturu  Te Kura o Tiori - Burnham School Chaytor Ave, Burnham t: 03 347 6851 e: admin@burnham.school.nz w: www.burnham.school.nz Ka tu to kura hei whakahoa te akoranga - Our school is a place for partnership in learning.

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Whanau Hui 2011 Wednesday 30 November 5pm @ the Camp Whare

Nau mai, haere mai ngā whānau katoa  ki te hui "Mātauranga o ngā ākonga Māori o Te Kura o Tiori" ki te whare o te 'Whānau a Tūmatauenga o Tiori'.

Welcome families of Te Kura o Tiori to the whare of Tūmatauenga o Tiori for the purpose of a hui about the future of education for our māori tamariki.

This hui is for all those interested in māori education in our community. We will share back progress since our last hui and looking to the future. 

Invited speakers include kaumātua from Taumutu and Burnham Camp.

The school will be putting on some kai/food for dinner after a mihi whakatau. Families are welcome to bring a plate to share if they wish. Tamariki are welcome! 

Please let us know numbers attending for catering purposes.

Host Family Opportunities 2012

Student Exchange Australia New Zealand is a not-for-profit organisation registered with the New Zealand Ministry of Education. You can find out more by visiting www.studentexchange.org.nz
In January 2012 Student Exchange Australia New Zealand Ltd will be receiving exchange students from Japan, Europe, the USA and Latin America. The new arrivals will live with a host family and attend a local school for 2-10 months.
They are keen to hear from suitable families located in New Zealand who might be interested to host a student. Host families come in all shapes and sizes, backgrounds and ages. To this end, we would again be grateful if you would place a notice in your newsletter/bulletin or mention it on your website. Please note that all our host families are interviewed in their homes and carefully checked for suitability.
All students have at least basic levels of English, would attend a school in your local area and live the life of a local. Our group of students cover a wide variety of interests and hobbies. If you would like to provide your students, parents or language teachers with further information on our inbound students you can also download some student profiles in PDF Format. This is just a small sample of all the students who will be arriving. Our staff members will be happy to discuss which student might be best suited to a family.
Hosting an exchange student can be a truly rewarding experience. It allows a family to experience a foreign culture first hand, be exposed to a new language and pass on a bit of our own culture. They might even make a friend for life!
“It’s been a fantastic experience so far...It’s been great having an older brother for our young kids. Simon has been a fantastic role model...Simon helps around the house a lot. One of the first things he said to us during the first couple of days he was here was what should my chores be? I was delighted to hear him say that.” Victoria, Host Mum
"Hosting Kirstine has brought our family closer together. We’re doing things we used to do when our kids were little, like boiling the billy, having a BBQ and baking apples up the paddock. She’s helped us remember how to have fun when we’re working and take time out for adventures.” Sharon, Host Mum
"Being the youngest and the only one left at home I was looking forward to having another teenager in the house. While Charlotte helps me with my French I help her with her English lessons and I have taught her many Aussie words and sayings. We both love to shop and shop and shop..." Grace, Host Sister
If you have any questions about hosting an exchange student or would like to view profiles of students arriving from other countries, you can either respond to this email or call our office on 0800 440 079. No obligation.
Nick Lorentzen
National Director
Suite 2590, PO Box 83000, Wellington 6440 New Zealand
Tel: 0800-440079
Fax: 0800-440079
Web: www.studentexchange.org.nz

Election links for education

This is a re-mixed post from a NZ Principals' Federation email received recently. It has ideas and thoughts about the upcoming election for your interest:

The past three years have been trying for education as we have watched much of what so dear to us come under fire. Our NZC is seen as the jewel in our education system’s crown and we are just beginning to see the benefits of all the hard work schools and communities have put into developing a world class curriculum. 

Our system is excellent and up with the very best in the world. We sit alongside Singapore, Finland and Shanghai, all countries which invest significantly more in education than our own government does.  Everything about the new curriculum is about ensuring every single child, regardless of their abilities or capabilities will have an education best suited to their needs. The curriculum is premised on the belief that every child is unique, learning does not progress in a straight line and every child will learn in their own way and at their own pace. Of course we assess and monitor progress along the way and of course children’s progress is reported to you as parents regularly. 

The logical next step to complement our excellent NZC is better and more effective ways to bring more children into our achievement statistics.  It deeply concerns NZPF that NZ has too many of some groups of children not achieving well and we want to improve teaching methods for any children who find learning a challenge. Rather than funding professional development for excellent strategies like Ka Hikitia and Te Kotahitanga for primary schools which could make a significant difference for achievement this government has spent millions on the policy of National Standards.  

As we proceed into the election campaign, we see the National Party’s position.  As all other political parties launch their education policies we are seeing the views of the real public of New Zealand coming through. 

This link http://www.interest.co.nz/news/54199/election-2011-party-policies-education gives a brief summary of education policies of all the parties currently in government, you can also access full education policies through the party website links. I suggest you check it out! 

Party website links to education policies: 

• National Party   http://www.national.org.nz/PDF_General/21st_Century_Schools_policy.pdf 
• Labour Party     http://www.ownourfuture.co.nz/achieving-school 
• Green Party      http://www.greens.org.nz/policy/education 
• Maori Party       http://www.maoriparty.org/index.php?pag=cms&id=193&p=policy-2011---kawanatanga-page.html 

• ACT Party         http://www.act.org.nz/policies 

• United Future    http://www.unitedfuture.org.nz/education/  

• Mana Party       http://mana.net.nz/policy/

Keeping Ourselves Safe Parent Seminar 10 Nov

Dear whānau,

On Thursday we had 13 parents attend the seminar about our Keeping Ourselves Safe programme. This is a national programme run in conjunction wth schools and NZ Police. We hope you found it useful and interesting in your role of supporting the staff to help our children learn to be more safe as they learn and grow. Here is the presentation for those who were unable to make it:

Thanks to Chris Thurlow for supporting this important topic for our parents and children. Meg Moynihan, our community constable, begins the programme today.

Burnham School - Intentions 2012 (correct link)

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Intentions 2012 Here is the correct link! www.burnham.school.nz/nextyear Sorry team, please ensure you complete this short survey by Friday next week. Also, well done Makanui for your zones results!! Kind regards, Rob Clarke Tumuake - Principal Links Burnham School Home Burnham School Facebook Burnham School Photos Principal Blog Burnham School Newsletters Burnham School Calendar Burnham Helping Hands Noticeboard Respect - Achievement - Responsibility - Strength/Self-Belief Whaikoha - Angitu - Tikanga - Whakapono/Wairua/Tuturu  Te Kura o Tiori - Burnham School Chaytor Ave, Burnham t: 03 347 6851 e: admin@burnham.school.nz w: www.burnham.school.nz Ka tu to kura hei whakahoa te akoranga - Our school is a place for partnership in learning.

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