NEWSLETTERS
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The fire service provides the smoke detectors that have a 10 year battery life and you can’t take the battery out.
If you or anyone else you know needs/wants free smoke alarms put in your house please reply with the following information:
Name:
Address:
Contact Phone Number:
Number of bedrooms:
Number of lounges:
Number of hallways:
Number of any other rooms:
The Fire Brigade will then contact each person and arrange a day and time that suits for installation.
Near Misses with School Children on Train Tracks
There have been some near misses recently involving children crossing train tracks before and after school. They all have one thing in common: children aren’t expecting a “second train”. In all of these recent near misses, bells and lights have still been operating, but because the first train has passed, students make the mistake of thinking it’s safe to cross. This can be extremely dangerous as the track crossings in areas with double tracks always have the potential for a second train to pass. This link shows footage of one near miss:
https://www.facebook.com/TrackSAFENZ/photos/a.154551947888305.28634.154539751222858/1833540026656147/?type=3&theater. As well as looking and listening before crossing, please make it clear to children that if bells and lights are going, it’s because a second train could be coming and it’s not safe to cross. Thank you for your support in getting this safety message out to children. For more information about safe behaviour around tracks and trains, see Tracksafe.co.nz.
This year some of our Year 6s have taken up from where last year’s group left off and have put together a submission to Porirua City Council. They have made a video and on Wednesday will attend a Council hearing to present their video and talk about the negative impact of too much sugar for local children as well as asking the Council to consider some action they can take to reduce sugar items and promote water as a healthy drink for people in our area. We look forward to hearing the council’s response. The video will be available to view on our website in a few days.
Learning to Read at Glenview
Thanks to the kind volunteer work of one of our dads we are beginning to update our website more often.
We have created a page called “Learning to Read at Glenview”. Our first post on this page explains why it is important that young children hear and join in with lots of rhyming stories, poems and songs so that they develop strong “phonemic awareness”.
Phonemic awareness is different to “phonics”. It is an awareness of the sounds in language and an ability to break spoken words into parts and put sounds together to make words. Books like Hairy Maclary and Dr Seuss are great for this, as are nursery rhymes.
If you know any rhyming songs in your language, other than English, we would love to hear about them.
Whanau Breakfasts
Arise Church has offered to cook breakfast for our children, families and staff each Friday morning before school.
Kai will be served from 7:45am – meet in the office block.
Glenview Students Take Action…
Last year some of our Year 6 students began an inquiry into the lunch packs marketed to school children and available at the local shops. They analysed the nutrition content of the packs and found that some of them contained over 40g of sugar. Stuff news picked up on this work and featured Glenview in an extended feature they ran earlier this year. The article can be found here:
Do We Have Your Correct Contact Details?
It is really important for us to have as many valid contact (and emergency) telephone or cell phone details as possible.
If you know that you have changed your address or phone number please contact the school office so we can update your records.
It really helps
Swimming
It’s great that our children have the opportunity to swim every Monday morning at Cannons Creek pool.
Please help your children remember their togs so that they can benefit from this
fantastic programme.
Rooms 2 and 4 swim at 9:30am
Rooms 6 and 7 swim at 10am
Parents and whanau are most welcome to watch and help with this activity
Is your child Away?
Please let us know if your child is away. We have a school cell phone on during school hours for those who find texting easier.
Text: 021 08876066.
Please leave your name and the reason for your child’s absence.
For all other enquiries please contact the office in the usual way.
Lost Property: we have mountains of it.
The lost property containers can be found in the cloak bays behind Rooms 2 and 4.
Please-please-please name all jackets, jumpers and coats. These are always being left outside and claimed by no one.