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Whānau 26 – Important Notice

Unfortunately, Mr. Weston is sick and won’t be in either today or tomorrow so all students from Whānau 26 need to remain at home and continue with their Home Learning. We apologise for the inconvenience.

Whānau 10 – Important Notice

Good morning everyone.  Unfortunately, Mr. Wyatt is sick and won’t be in either today or tomorrow so all students from Whānau 10 need to remain at home and continue with their Home Learning.  We apologise for the inconvenience.

Newsletter Week 6 Term 4

Have a great weekend everyone!

Newsletter Week 6 Term 4

Yearbook Sponsorship

Our school yearbook comes out at the end of each year and is a celebration of the year that has been.  It is mostly a visual story of the events, the people and the learning that has taken place throughout the year.  The yearbook contains a page for each class plus pages dedicated to the school production, sports, the arts, special days and education outside the classroom. 

Our students love having a keepsake of the year as it contains photos of all students and is a reminder of the fun things that have taken place over the year.

 Because we want every student to have a record of 2021, we provide these yearbooks free of charge to every student.  To cover the costs of publication, we ask for sponsorship.

To sponsor a page in our yearbook, simply complete the google form (link below) and before Friday 26th November with your message and put through your sponsorship payment via kindo or online banking.  Messages should be school-related (not a company endorsement or advertisement) and should include your child’s name or the family name. Maximum 25 words.   Here are a few examples;

 The Smith Family thanks Birkdale Intermediate for 2 fantastic years of learning.

 Tom Bryan has loved his year at BIS and all his friends in Room 18.

 The cost per page sponsorship is $30.00.  Thank you for supporting our yearbook and helping to fund this precious memory book of the 2021 school year.

Yearbook Sponsorship Google Form

Week 5 Newsletter and next weeks in school learning timetable

Here is this weeks newsletter

We can’t wait to see the rest of our students back next week! Have a great weekend everyone.

Newsletter Week 5 Term 4

Timetable for Week 6 and 7 in school learning

Returning to School – Reminders

We are really looking forward to having your children back at school from tomorrow! If you haven’t already, please check the timetable for which students are returning on which day, and also read through our returning to school newsletter if you haven’t already.

A few reminders:
* School starts at 9am, if you arrive before this (e.g. if you are catching public transport or a school bus) all students must go straight to their classes.
* Masks must be worn by all students (students might like to bring a spare just in case)
* Students should bring sunhats and sunscreen
* Bring your own Morning Tea and Lunch (there is no EZ Lunch)
* Bring your own full water bottle, all drinking fountains are closed and there are no facilities to refill bottles
* Bring your own pens, pencils and any equipment they may need
* Students can wear either PE Uniform or Formal Uniform
* Double check the timetable for which day you are due back in

Returning to School Timetable

Returning to School Newsletter

Additional information:

Apologies:  the following information was missed in the last communication (it has been added now)

Please note: School will start at 9 am and students are not permitted to be in the playground before school.

Any students arriving before 9 am (e.g. Students travelling to school by bus) must report to their classroom and stay inside with their bubble.

Returning to school newsletter:

Please see the attached newsletter about returning to school next week.  Please read it carefully and if you have further questions please contact your child’s teacher directly.

Returning to School Newsletter

Please keep an eye on your emails as a very important newsletter will be sent out this afternoon outlining our return to school plans.

Governments announcement today about returning to school:

Kia ora everyone,

You would have heard in the government announcement today at 1 pm that Minister Hipkins has given the all-clear for schools to return in a part-time capacity from Wednesday the 17th of November. 

Our management team will be meeting over the next few days to consider how this will happen and what returning to Birkdale Intermediate School will look like from next Wednesday.  We will send more information out to you via email as these decisions are made.

We would like to have your feedback on the return to school so please follow the link at the bottom of this message to complete the very quick survey about the return to school.  

In the meantime, we will continue online learning this week, and Monday and Tuesday next week.

Ngā mihi

JoAnne Sutton

Returning to School Survey

Newsletter and Assembly Link

Hi Everyone,

Please see the attached links for this week’s Newsletter and Assembly Video.

Assembly Week 3 Term 4

Newsletter Week 3 Term 4

BIS Newsletter Week 2 Term 4

Please see the attached newsletter for this week.

Newsletter Week 2 Term 4

Have a great weekend everyone.

Home Learning – Week 1 Term 4

Welcome to Term 4! I know this isn’t how we imagined starting back this term, however for now we need to keep safe in our bubbles and hope we can return to the classroom soon.

You can find links to our Home Learning Slides and our Extra Online Learning Options here. These will also be posted on your child’s Google Classroom’s this morning.

Extra Online Learning Options – Week 1 Term 4

Home Learning Slides – Week 1 Term 4

Term 4 Newsletter

Morena everyone,

Please see the attached Term 4 Newsletter from Mrs. Sutton.

Term 4 Newsletter

Notice for children of essential workers only: Term 4 2021

Apologies, the notice didn’t attach yesterday.

Notice for children of essential workers only: Term 4 2021

Newsletter Week 10 Term 3 and Talent Quest Results

Here is the link to this week’s newsletter.  Talent Quest Results are announced here also.

Newsletter Week 10 Term 3

Year 8 Camp Meeting TONIGHT

A reminder that there is a camp meeting for all parents of our Year 8 students. It begins at 7 pm.

Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89672713811?pwd=YmZ6cDErckxlVEg1K0ErTFNDY0taQT09 Meeting ID: 896 7271 3811 Passcode: 7mFjut

If you haven’t seen it already, you can view our 2019 Camp Video here: 

Year 8 Camp 2019 – Video

Year 8 Camp Forms – Have you returned yours to school? We are processing these today. Please deliver to school if possible.

Alert Level 3 Update

Kia ora e te whānau,

As you heard today, Auckland moves into alert level 3 at midnight on Tuesday 21nd September. this means that our school is open for students who are the children of essential workers (from Wednesday the 22nd September) who have no other childcare arrangements.

If your child will be attending school in level 3, you must register them with Katrina Bush so we can add them to a bubble. There will be 10 students in a bubble and we have offered places to siblings to keep whānau in the same bubble. To register, email – kbush@bis.school.nz

Birkdale Intermediate will be open from 9am – 3pm each day and students must be dropped off and picked up from the front gate. Students must bring their own stationery, lunch and drink bottle and must adhere to level 3 health and safety practices. Unwell students must not attend school.

Once your child is registered, Mrs. Bush will confirm this with an email to you telling you what bubble your child will be in and what room they will work in.

At the start of the year, we planned and informed parents of a teacher-only day on Friday 1 October. We will be continuing with this teacher-only day meaning that the last day of term 3 will be Thursday 30 September.

JoAnne Sutton (she/her)
Principal / Tumuaki

Week 8 Newsletter and Assembly Link

Another week down! Who can believe there are only 2 more weeks until the end of term 3?

The link to our Week 8 Newsletter is also below, please read through this as there is some important information especially for our Year 8 Parents regarding our School Camp.

The link for our school assembly is also below.

Enjoy your weekend.

Newsletter Week 8 Term 4

Assembly Week 8 Term 4

Last chance to collect Home Learning Resources – school gates will be open from 10 – 11 am today.

Home Learning Packs

 For those who were unable to collect yesterday – please collect today. Our school gates will be open for you to drive into school between 10 am – 11 am to collect your packs.

It is important you collect your home learning pack today as our home learning from next week will be based around these resources.

You will need to bring a piece of paper with your child’s name, whānau number and year level written on it. You will swap this for a hard copy pack. It is important you bring this as we must provide the MOE with the names of students who have collected these packs.

You MUST wear a mask to collect and can not stay around and chat with the staff. It is simply pick up and go.

Home Learning Packs – Please collect today

A reminder that is important you collect your home learning pack today as our home learning from next week will be based around these resources.
Our school gates will be open for you to drive into school between 9 am – 12 pm to collect your packs.
You will need to bring a piece of paper with your child’s name, whanau number and year level written on it. You will swap this for a hard copy pack. It is important you bring this as we must provide the MOE with the names of students who have collected these packs.
You MUST wear a mask to collect and can not stay around and chat with the staff. It is simply pick up and go.
Year 8 parents will also be given important camp information (which will also be emailed out to you from your child’s Whānau teacher). Please read this carefully.

Home Learning Packs – PLEASE READ

The Ministry of Education (MOE) has delivered us Home Learning packs for all students.  It is important you collect these tomorrow as our Home Learning from next week will be based around these resources.

Our school gates will be open for you to drive into school between 9 am – 12 pm to collect your packs.

You will need to bring a piece of paper with your child’s name, whanau number and year level written on it. You will swap this for a hard copy pack.  It is important you bring this as we must provide the MOE with the names of students who have collected these packs.

You MUST wear a mask to collect and can not stay around and chat with the staff. It is simply pick up and go.

Year 8 parents will also be given important camp information (which will also be emailed out to you from your child’s Whānau teacher).  Please read this carefully.

This weeks Newsletter and other information

Kia ora,

This week’s assembly is ready for viewing, most students will have watched this with their whānau class. 

Also, here is the link to this week’s newsletter.

Have a great weekend everyone

Assembly Week 6 Term 3
Newsletter Week 6 Term 3