Rimu Team 5 & 6 - Term 4 week 8 ending 7th December 2018

End of the Term and End of Another Year

What a term and what a year it has been! We have loved every day with the amazing team of students we have in the Rimu family. It hasn't slowed down this term either. The team has been super busy with a range of things, including the introduction of STEAM challenges, Business Day, Inner City Athletics, Bayfields Got Talent and Grad practice for the year 6s. Although it's been a busy term, our students have been awesome and we all (teachers included) just need to hold on for the last two weeks.

STEAM Challenges
This term the Rimu and Kauri teams have come together once a week to face a STEAM challenge. In case you didn't know STEAM is a challenge that consists of using Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math. The students have faced a range of different challenges, which have not been easy. Through these, they have shown us some real perseverance, resilience, and determination.

Bayfields' Got Talent
As you may know, over the last couple of weeks some of our year six students put together the Bayfields' Got Talent competition. It was incredibly popular with a lot of our students showing a range of amazing talents. We were fortunate enough to have some members of our team in the finals. Congratulations to you both Alice McKendry and Bruno Canestri. Further congratulations go to Bruno who actually won the whole competition with his cover of Believer by Imagine Dragons. Was incredible to see just how much talent the students here at Bayfield have!

Business Day
Business day was a HUGE success this year. The day made over $3000, which is an amazing feat. The students were so well-prepared and the day was so much fun for everyone here at school. The range of activities and food provided by the students were well organised, efficient and thought out. Our students should be incredibly proud of themselves! Highest amount earnt at Business Day ever! Good work everyone!

Athletics
Firstly, thank you to all the parents that helped us out on this day! Without you, it would of not of run so smoothly. With the rain holding off, it was the perfect day for athletics. The students gave it everything they got and did so well to take part in many different sports. Well done to our students who placed high enough for Inner City Athletics. It was a tough competition at the event this year but our Bayfield students did well to hold their own. Congratulations, to Piper Lodge and Gus Dallow who placed third in their 800m finals. Congratulations to Matty Atiga who placed first in shot-put and Mia Montgomerie who placed third in high jump. Such amazing efforts from everyone on the day.

Signing Off
Sven and I want to say a huge thank you to all of the parents of our Rimu students. Thank you for an amazing year, stopping in to have chats with us and helping us with all the different events and jobs around the classroom. We wish you all the best for Christmas and the New Year. To our Year 6's and your parents, it has been an awesome journey (more so if we taught you more than once) and we hope that intermediate is a fun experience. To our year 5's and your parents. We look forward to seeing you all again next year and hope to carry on with you and your school journey. Have a great holiday everyone!

EMAILS:

svenc@bayfield.school.nz

jackp@bayfield.school.nz

Important Dates:

Year 6 Graduation – 13^th December

Year 5's Trip to Pt Erin Pools - 18th December
Year 6's Trip to Rainbows End - 19th December

Last Day of The Year - 20th December

Rimu Team 5 & 6 - Term 3 week 10 ending 28 September 2018

End of Term

What a cracker of a term!  We have done so much: Kids Marathon, Ponsonby Roadshow, Inner City Rugby, Learning Conferences, Inner City Soccer, National Skiing Championship, Art Exhibition, School Disco, Tongan Language Week, Maori Language Week, Schoolwide Maori Rotation, Speech Competition, Champs of Champs Rugby, Book Week, Skip-a-thon...just to name a few of the things we have done in the last 10 weeks...crazy right!

Maori Rotation!

As part of Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori (Maori Language Week) Bayfield students took part in a school-wide Maori rotation.  Over two afternoons students were involved in several different maori activities such as, poi, te rakau, dance, art, cooking and whare building.  It was an amazing learning experiences for all our tamariki and kaiako.

Skip-a-thon - House Day

What an amazing day we had last Friday.  Students have been training so hard on their skipping and the hard word really paid off during our Skip-a-thon House Day.  Students participated in a range of skipping related challenges and had loads of fun doing it.  Just a reminder that any skip-a-thon money needs to go to the office by the last day of term.
Below is a video of some of the skipping highlights this term...

Speeches

Students competed in our first annual Rehu Tai competition this week and what a high calibre of performance we got.  Students in the rap, spoken word, flash talk and prepared speech categories were outstanding.  Congratulations to our winners below.  
Flash Talk - Harrison Benton (runner-up Zoe Paterson)
Spoken Word - Lola Hodgetts (runner-up Skye McCarthy)
Rap - L.E.O (runner-up Marcel Pou)
Prepared Speech - Alice McKendry (runner-up Lily Hansen)

Grandparents and Special Friend’s Day

This will be held this Friday 28 September - the last day of term. This is always a special   day for the children and we are looking forward to it. 

Seesaw

There are still a number of parents who haven't signed up to Seesaw.  It is a wonderful way to stay connected and to be informed about what your child is doing at school.  If you haven't signed up yet can you please follow the instructions below?

1. Click on this link: https://app.seesaw.me/s/909-935-214

2. Choose your child from the list

3. Create your account

4. Once we approve you, you can see content from your child

After you sign up, download the free Seesaw Family app and sign in. You can also access Seesaw from a computer at https://app.seesaw.me.

P.s. If you used Seesaw last year or have more than one child using Seesaw, follow the link above, then click the 'Sign in' tab at the top of the screen. You do not need to create a new account.

EMAILS:
svenc@bayfield.school.nz
jackp@bayfield.school.nz

Important Dates:

In Our Beat Choir Rehearsal at Ponsonby – 26^th September

ICSS Hockey - 27th September

Last Day of Term/Grandparents and Special Friend’s Day - 28th September

Scratch Holiday Coding Club

Rimu Team 5 & 6 - Term 3 week 8 ending 14 September 2018

Kiwi Competition Results

The results and certificates for Kiwi Competition will be sent home later this week. We will be acknowledging all the students that sat the tests during this Friday's assembly, and in particular those students who have achieved a merit or above in the tests.

Skip-a-thon

We have our annual Skip-a-thon next week! We have been practicing hard at school and on Friday 21 next week we will be skipping non-stop for 20 minutes. We are ready for the challenge! Hopefully we have lots of sponsors for this event! Every dollar raised goes towards new PE equipment for our sports shed! This will also be a house day so the children are encouraged to wear their house colours.

Speeches

Students have been working hard on their chosen category. They will continue to work on their presentations in class with support from their teachers and peers this week. 

It is our expectation that they will present to their team during week 9, Monday 17th and Tuesday 18th September (Week 9).

Four presentations from each category will be selected for the senior school finals, which will be held on Monday 24th September (Week 10).

The overall winner of each category will go forward to the Inner City Schools Zone final which will be held in Week 1 of Term 4, Thursday 18th October.

2018 Bayfield Book Bonanza!

It’s that time of year again and we are holding the Annual Book Bonanza. This is run over two weeks (weeks 9 and 10) and we have some exciting events during this time.

We have the Book Parade 10am on Thursday 20^th September in the hall. During this week, we have senior and junior classes getting together for Buddy Reading and each team will be read to by a “Mystery Reader”.

There will also be a Literacy Quiz run during this time. 

Do not forget the book poster competition also. This is due by September 24^th.

Grandparents and Special Friend’s Day

This will be held on Friday 28 September - the last day of term. This is always a special   day for the children and we are looking forward to it. We will give the children the opportunity to make an invitation for their grandparents or special friend next week.

Inspirational People

Calling all architects, coders, creatives, animators, creative geniuses – absolutely anybody!  Please come into our learning space to educate us about what you do to make our world a better place / what your role is in the community. We have had two incredibly inspirational parents come in and share their journeys with us. We want to expose the children to the endless open opportunities that are out there, so they are prepared for our future.

We have a number of children wishing to design their own web pages as part of their Genius Hour so if you have any expertise in this field it would be wonderful if you could spare some time to come and help us point these children in the right direction.

EMAILS:
svenc@bayfield.school.nz
jackp@bayfield.school.nz

Important Dates:

Te Wiki o te reo Maori - Maori Language Week - 10th - 14th September

ICSS Netball @ Onewa Courts - 13th September (Save day 20th)

Year 5/6 Speech Presentation – 17^th/18^th September

Book Fortnight - 17th - 28th September

Champs of Champs Rugby – 19^th September (Save day 20^th)

Skip-a-thon Day - 21st September (Save Day 25^th)

Senior Speech Finals – 24^th September

In Our Beat Choir Rehearsal at Ponsonby – 26^th September

ICSS Hockey - 27th September

Book Character Parade – Thursday 20 September

Last Day of Term/Grandparents and Special Friend’s Day - 28th September

See the Rainbow

Bucket Boy

Chocolate Pencil....YUM!