Read More - Banks Avenue School

“Learning today to succeed tomorrow”
Kia mau ki ngā akoranga, kia tau ai āpōpō
N E W S L E T T E R
Number 16
Hi, kia ora, goeie dag, haileo, jou sanh, goedendag
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Phone: 03 385 4163, fax: 03 385 6581 email: office@banksave.school.nz,
website: www.banksave.school.nz
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,
konnichiwa.
Friday 12 June
Mufti Day – visa – versa theme - gold coin donation
Friday 12 June
PTA Disco
Tuesday 23 June
BOT meeting – 6:30pm in the Sky Room – all welcome
Thursday 25 June
Shirley Area Music Concert – Matinee & Evening
Wednesday 1 July
Reports go home
Friday 3 July
Last day Term 23 – children dismissed at 3:00pm
10 June 2015
Monday 20 July
Term 3 begins
Banks Avenue School trip / event postponements and or cancellations will only be heard on
NEWSTALK ZB 1098AM and CLASSIC HITS and viewed on our website: www.banksave.school.nz
SCHOOLGEN LINK: http://schoolgen.co.nz/schoolgen-schools/banks-avenue-school-christchurch
If your child is absent from school, for any reason, please let our school office know using one on the following
options: Phone: 385 4163 / option 3
text 027 422 8032
email: office@banksave.school.nz
If your child arrives at school after 9:00am they must check in at the office. This saves a lot of phone calls for
unexplained absences to ensure the safety of all our children.
Dear Parents and Whānau
Ngā mihi mahana ki a koutou – a warm welcome to
you all.
the PTA! In each newsletter we will be promoting
and sharing different ideas and thoughts from our
PTA committee. In the final week we will send
home a short questionnaire seeking some feedback
to help our PTA re-invent itself.
A special big Banks Avenue School
welcome to Zak (Rm 8) and his family
who joined our school community this
week.
PTA Events
Disco
At this time of year we have many children who are
away with colds, coughs and the flu. Some classes
have ¼ of their students away. This causes a lot of
extra work in the office area if parents have not let
us know that their child is away. Please ring or text
in the morning if your child is absent. Our processes
then allow for us to enter that information onto the
digital class roll so the teacher then also becomes
aware. When we haven’t heard from parents we
contact them to check that their child is actually
home and that they haven’t gone missing on the way
to school. Some mornings we have not finished
ringing those parents who have not contacted us
until 10:30 – this is way too late if there has been an
incident on the way to school. School contact details
are at the top of each newsletter.
As I have mentioned in previous newsletters our
PTA is struggling to find new members and is at risk
of stopping completely therefore this is the month of
This Friday 12 June.
Get your form/ticket & $3.00 back to
the office asap. Parent helpers please
ring: 021 222 6867
Family Portraits - 5 July - $10. More detailed
information will come home in next week’s
newsletter. This will be a great opportunity to get a
gorgeous family portrait at a reasonable cost plus the
PTA earns money to donate back to school activities.
Parent Quiz Night
Are you a science whiz or music aficionado? Do you
love to watch movies or prefer reading the classics?
Do you know your Romans from your Egyptians or
are you a bit of a sports fanatic?
Whatever your strengths come test your knowledge
at the PTA Quiz night. Get your mates together for a
fantastic night of competition, fun, fab prizes and a
super raffle.
When: Thursday 27 August
Where: One Good Horse, Parklands.
Time: 7:00pm
Cost: $40 for a team of 4. Limited
number of teams so be in quick.
Tickets on sale from the uniform shop 2:45pm
Monday 22 June – Friday 26 June.
To get you in quiz mode….
Which of Henry XIII’s wives outlived
him?
Which film had the immortal line
“You’re gonna need a bigger boat”?
What number does the Roman numeral C stand for?
Where is the Sea of Tranquility?
Which band released the hit album Vitalogy?
Answers and more questions next week.
For more information contact – Wendy Preston
021 117 7336
Hip Hop Dance Lessons – 11 and 12 July. Jen, our
PTA Chairperson, ran hip hop lessons in the last
school holidays and she has offered to do so again.
This is a great opportunity for both boys and girls to
get some great dance lessons that in turn may just
ignite a passion. Ring Jen on
022 681 5545 to book your
child / children in.
Food for thought
We have a few children who we know are watching
inappropriate videos or games–Grand Theft Auto
(R18) which seems to be very popular. These games
or videos often give children inappropriate ideas,
language or actions. Please monitor and use
discretion with children’s viewing habits.
Senior Module Learning Experience Fee
Students in Team Miro pay $15.00 per term and this
gives them a variety of learning activities, e.g., a trip
to the symphony orchestra. Families are asked to pay
this fee each term. Those students who are now
behind by two terms will not be
participating in any other activities that
have a cost associated with them until
previous activities have been paid for.
The Red Cross and the
Warehouse
We would like to take the opportunity
to thank the Warehouse who gave us a
great discount for the thermals we
were able to buy for the children in the
Junior Module. We were able to do this
with some of the remaining funds from
the Red Cross.
We really appreciate
their support of our
school. 
School Website
Next PTA meeting:
Monday 29 June at 7:00pm
in the staffroom
All welcome
Mufti Day
This Friday 12 June
Gold Coin Donation
Theme – visa-versa
This theme can be interpreted in many
ways so think outside the box, e.g.,
clothes inside out, colour blocking,
white verses black or what a young
person wears verses an older person.
The proceeds of this mufti day will help
pay for next year’s student leaders to
attend NYLD 2016.
Next Tuesday we will be
ready to launch our new,
updated school website. This
will be accessible through our
old domain name - www.banksave.school.nz.
This website is now fully updated and reflects our
current school and students. There are many photos
of children participating in a range of activities and
events throughout the school. You can even leave a
message on the website that will come through to the
office if your child is going to be absent for the
day. Log in and have a look - you'll be impressed!
A big thank you to Ms Mora for all of your efforts in
preparing this!
Kapa haka Poi Children
A reminder to the children learning the poi
(boys year 5-6 and years girls 3-6) that we
have a practice this Sunday 14 June from 1pm3pm in the library. We also have one coming
up on Sunday 12 July from 1pm-3pm.
Parent library
Trip & Activity Payments
We have quite a wide range of books in our
parent library
that parents and
caregivers are
able to borrow,
e.g., we have a
number of books
about parenting
and bringing up
boys. Over the last two years we have added
a selection of books about anxiety and
developing social skills too. Some of these
books have been purchased with funds from
the Red Cross. We hope that you come to
browse our collection of books for parents.
Please see the office or Mrs Meikle in The
Rae McDonald Library Information Centre
(our library) for more information about how
to borrow these books.
Throughout the year there are a number of
trips and activities that require a payment
and sometimes a permission slip from
parents. If you have set up an automatic
payment for your family account we ask that
you still complete the payment slip indicating
this. Thank you.
‘HOT SHOT’ LEARNERS
Lunch On-line
Remember lunch on-line every Thursday.
Orders must be in by 8:30am. Go to:
http://www.lunchonline.co.nz/ to place your
order.
Once a week, on a Thursday at
2:30pm, we have a coffee van in
the junior school area for any
parents who would like to come
early, buy a coffee and sit around for a
chat with other parents.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Next meeting
Tuesday 23 June at 6:30pm
Please note the change of time for the
open part of the meeting.
in the Sky Room
All welcome
COMMUNITY NEWS
Ava is just the best worker in Room 11. Head
down and working hard. She is a pleasure to
have.
Well done Ava!

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publish information about community services and
activities in our Community News column. While
we are happy to publish these notices, we do not
run any background checks on any individuals or
community groups who provide information to be
published.
The Hits Mid-Winter Swim in support of Koru Care
Christchurch
Take a risk – make a splash – help a great cause!
The Hits Christchurch and Koru Care Christchurch
invite you to be a part of our FREE annual MidWinter Swim Event.
Date:
Sunday 14 June
Time:
10:00am
Location:
New Brighton Beach
For more information check out the ‘what’s on’
section at www.thehits.co.nz
More pictures from our senior school REACH day– a day filled with laughter and fun that was
earned by pupils for consistently displaying our school values.
A picture says a thousand words
This week our junior school have had some fun as they shared afternoon tea with grandparents.
We want to know what you think!
Please read, circle and return to the office by Monday 15 June
School Values – We want your opinion!
School values are the foundation of a school culture. What are the top five values you think we need to be
focusing on at BAS? Circle your top 5 and return the slip to school.
At Banks Avenue School we want our students to be:
confident
collaborative
caring
creative
connected
empowered
enthusiastic
fair inclusive
innovative
independent honest
keen kind
problem solver
respectful
responsible
safe
tolerant
Or to have
‘Can do’ attitude
empathy
Integrity
perseverance
social and academic)
excellence (meaning they always try their best in all things)
resilience
hauora (a sense of well-being - physical, emotional,
Thanks or taking the time to do this.
“Keep moving….and….remember why you started!”