Term 1

Week 7

Notes From the Principal

20 March 2020

Kia ora koutou

Covid-19 update

As a school we are working alongside the Ministries of Education and Health and following their guidance on Covid-19. We all know that this is a rapidly changing situation.

We recommend that if you want to keep your children at home because you have concerns about infection that you do so and let the teacher know. They will be happy to send work home for them to do.

The current recommendations are that children are safe in school. As a school we have the following in place:

No school assemblies or team huis
Sanitiser is an all rooms
A logg being kept of all staff and families that have been required to self isolate or who are diagnosed with Covid-19
Teachers are teaching children about washing hands, coughing and sneezing into elbows and keeping 1.5 - 2meter away from each other, using tissues and throwing them away and avoiding any unnecessary contact
Teachers are also working every hard to keep the children calm and keep things going as close to normal as possible
We are asking staff not to undertake any overseas travel in the current climate
We are asking staff who are away sick to seek medical advice before returning to school
We are looking at our options regards learning at home if we are required to close
Apart from managing or postponing assemblies, camps and travel for sporting and cultural events, it is business as usual, school is open and - given the extremely low rate of infection in New Zealand - is a safe place to be. Should the situation change, then we will be informed and will act quickly in the interests or their students, staff and community.

Students Absent From School - If your child is showing signs of any sickness, please keep them at home. This will protect our staff and the other children in the school community. We are also asking that you seek medical advice before they return. This may mean calling the Healthline 0800 611 116, your GP or calling the NZ Covid-19 Healthline on 0800 358 5453 to talk through how they are and get assurance it is fine for them to return. Some of these options are free but we ask that you help us and the school community by taking these precautions.

A diagram has been developed by Dr Siouxsie Wiles to assist you when considering symptoms (sent to us by a teacher who found it useful). What it tells us is:

A dry cough and a high temperature are common to both flu and COVID-19
Sneezing is not a symptom of COVID-19, however if someone has COVID-19, then sneezing can spread droplets containing the virus

School Closure Information from the Ministry - With so much information and misinformation swirling around about COVID-19, I wanted to share with you what will happen if we were to have a case in our school community. We have been planning for this and are in a position to respond quickly.

As soon as a case is confirmed in our immediate school community (eg. a student, staff member, or member of their household), the Medical Officer of Health and Ministry of Education will inform me about this, and we will work together to get quick and clear messaging out to you
If there was a case confirmed of someone in our school, we will likely be asked to close temporarily by the Medical Officer of Health. This will allow time for close contacts to be traced, appropriate testing to be undertaken, and a careful clean of the school to be undertaken.
If our school does need to close temporarily, we have a plan in place to support student’s learning.

We know COVID-19 feels scary and of course people are concerned for the wellbeing of our children. Good hygiene is a priority at our school, and we are reinforcing this regularly with all students and staff. We know that practicing good hygiene is still the best thing we can all do to prevent illness. We are getting the most up to date advice and guidance so that we can confidently make informed decisions about the safety and wellbeing of our school community.

The school disco and korero whanau evenings have been cancelled as a result of the virus.

At this point that is all the information we have but we will continue to keep you up to date as things change. Let’s keep calm, keep checking advice, and keep talking with each other.

Year 8 interviews

On Monday 30 March at this stage we have the Year 8 conferences from 3:15 - 6:15. This will be followed by the Whanau hui which we would love you to attend in the staffroom.

This interview is the opportunity for parents, teachers and students to discuss the progress of the year 8 students since last year and to set goals for the rest of the year. The conferences are only for Year 8 students and are 10 minutes long. We ask that all Year 8 parents go online and book an appointment.

The details are: Website:https://www.schoolinterviews.co.nz/code?z=i9ZlP3 (school interviews) Password:7khye

If your child is a year 7 and you have questions or concerns about their learning, please make contact with your child's teacher and have a chat.

There will be reports and interviews for all students at the end of term 2.

Connecting with you - making it useful to you

What do you want from the School Bulletin? Is it useful to you and do you read it?

If it isn't please let me know what you want or need. Email me principal@ebis.school.nz and I will work to improve your experience.

Nga mihi nui, tofa soifua,

Louise Bray-Burns

Principal

School News

Blackout for Brain Injury

This week was Brain Injury Awareness Week and we are celebrating it by having a free black mufti day today. Students who are playing sports where the risk of brain injuries is higher, got to attend a lesson on Tuesday, teaching them about the safety measures they can take. As we have started using the new bike and pump track, it is really important for students to realise that just one accident can change their lives and that they should always wear their helmets while on the tracks.

ATTENTION EBIS FAMILIES

DO YOU HAVE A UKULELE IN YOUR HOME THAT IS GATHERING DUST? IF SO, LET US DUST IT OFF FOR YOU - WE COULD USE A FEW MORE IN THE MUSIC ROOM! PLEASE DROP YOUR UKULELE OFF AT THE EBIS MAIN OFFICE. The immediate need is for the Ukulele Elective, so if you would like for us to ‘borrow’ it, please label it with your student’s name and we will get it back to you at the end of Term 2. If it is not labelled, we will consider it a donation to the EBIS Music Department. Thank you so much!

Akauwaiata

By Lily Streeter and Siiloto Lene |Room 2

Here at ebis we have a group called akawaiata that performs items from New Zealand,fiji,samoa,tonga and many other Countries and it is a group in which everybody is welcome. you can perform,teach or just have a go to see what it is all about. akauwaiata is fun and unique place to be because you get to learn new songs and discover different cultures while people discover yours and if you are wondering when akauwaiata is held, it is held on wednesdays block one every week

Pōwhiri for Exchange Students

By Cate Garlick and Amelia Gizzi | Room 1

We had a small powhiri in the studio for our new exchange students that have come from Thailand to stay with us for 4-8 weeks.

The three classes who have exchange students staying for eight weeks in their classrooms are (Rooms 1, 2 and 4) .

Akauwaiata did an amazing performance with three songs and the Thai students performed the Thai national anthem.

Mr Fah welcomed the exchange students in with a traditional maori welcome and Mr Swanepoel said a few words on welcoming the students.

Electives

By Brianna Smith and Caitlin Coventry | Room 2

At EBIS every Wednesday we do electives after lunch, You can decide to do 1 for the whole block or 2 different electives. If you decide to do 2 you do one up until the afternoon break and your second one after the afternoon break until the end of lunch. There are all types of electives, there are art electives, language electives sport electives and many more. For example in character design we were learning how to draw characters by following a tutorial, and in New Zealand History we were learning about Kupe’s voyage to New Zealand and his naming of different places.

Sport at EBIS

Sport Cancellations

Many after school sports have been cancelled for Term 1. Please email sports@ebis.school.nz if you are unsure about any cancellations.

What is sport club?

By Renee Wintrup and Amelia Hogan | Room 2

Sport club is a club at EBIS where you can organise Dudley shield events, games for your class and keep sport alive. We meet every two weeks and applied to be in the club at the start of the year. There are 3 different groups you can be in:

Dudley shield: The dudley shield group are the referees of the dudley shield games played between classes each term.

Sport shed: The sport shed group are the ones who have access to the sport shed and its equipment, they can also set up class games/activities.

Special events: The special events group are the ones who help set up big events like athletics day, etc.

Cricket

By Joe Barry, Liam Balogh and Ethan Wolland | Room 1

The Ebis school cricket team played in the NZ Primary Schools Cricket Competition and played three games against Hataitai school, Scots college and St Benedicts. The first two games were a double header against Hataitai school and Scots college, and the last game was against St Benedicts. For the double header it was a warm and sunny day but then when it came to our last game it was windy, wet and quite cold. But they were all fun and challenging games and we played well as a team. Unfortunately we lost all three games but they were all close matches. We all had lots of fun playing a sport we love for our school. Overall this was a fun experience for all of us in the team.

Bike Club at EBIS

By Abi Isaia and Sienna Milligan | Room 1

On Friday a few of the bike club members worked on the maintenance of the bikes. We worked on pumping the tires with Alan (the caretaker). After that we took them for a ride and now, most of them are ready for riding.

We have recently opened our new EBIS Bike Track. It goes through the mounds and around the rugby field To ride on it you need to make sure you have a helmet. They started making the bike track early last year.

We will be doing the grand opening very soon or when we find time during the busy school hours.

Wellbeing and Student Success

Kia ora koutou,

Our Foods Room became a hive of creativity this week, with students cooking and presenting their chosen breakfast dishes. They were required to keep the recipes as healthy as possible and minimise the amount of added sugar.

Many challenged themselves and demonstrated their master chef potential. It was fantastic to see (and to taste) such a variety of dishes including, french toast, pancakes, egg pie, homemade muesli, yoghurt and fruit, poached eggs and stir fry.

Next week we will be cooking our lunch dishes and I look forward to tasting all of the wonderful creations. Please discuss with your child if they need to bring any ingredients in. These can be brought in anytime and I am happy to freeze or refrigerate them.

Following on from our self esteem focus last week, we began to look at stereotypes and the impact they may have on us. We first explored how easy it is to stereotype others, based on aspects such as gender, ethnicity and physical ability. Students were then able to recognise the issues this can cause and were given the opportunity to share their thoughts and experiences, whilst also considering how we can help change this.

Their next challenge is to script and record a video that tackles a stereotype of their choice and try to make a difference. Watch this space.

Please remember if you are able to offer your expertise in any area of Wellbeing, whether it be fitness, crafts such as weaving or making poi, nutrition or mental and emotional health do not hesitate to make contact with me. We would love to hear from you and offer further opportunities to our EBIS students.

Nga mihi and have a beautiful weekend.

Janis Dunning

jdunning@ebis.school.nz

Community Links

Term 1

Week 6

Notes From the Principal

13 March 2020

Kia ora koutou

EBIS Students Are Amazing

Last week I was sent this email about how community minded our children are at EBIS and want to share it with you all. We can be very proud of the way these students behaved. Huge thanks to both their parents and the staff who have worked to instil solid values and a social conscience in them

“I wanted to update you on a great community response 4 EBIS students were involved in this afternoon. Four girls were witnesses to a shoplifting incident at Postie Plus today. They were standing outside the shop when a woman stole a top off a rack. Jumped into a car and drove off.

The two Postie Plus workers chased after the car and one worker was hit as it sped off. She is not injured. Two of the girls worked hard to remember the license plate of the car as it sped off and reported the details to the Postie Plus workers. Two parents arrived soon after.

Mrs Talyor arrived just as this had all finished unfolding. Mrs Taylor has asked them to come and visit her on Monday. Police had arrived as we were leaving the area.

I was so impressed with these girls responding without prompting from adults. The girls showed great community citizenship.”

We are so proud of them and what they did. Mrs Taylor has given then a yellow slip to recognise what they did. You are amazing girls.

Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi Engari, he toa takitini ( My successes are not mine alone, they are ours - the greatest successes we will have are from working together).

COVID-19 Updated Information

You may have seen that the World Health Organisation has now declared COVID-19 to be a pandemic. As noted by the Minister of Health, this doesn’t change what New Zealand is doing to respond to coronavirus.

The Ministry of Health has been working through its pandemic plan since January. You will also know the Government has already implemented a range of measures to minimise the impacts to New Zealand. This includes border restrictions, a requirement to self-isolate on arrival in New Zealand from China, Iran, Italy and the Republic of Korea and immediate and detailed contact tracing of any confirmed cases. It is important to note those four countries account for more than 90% of cases globally and China and the Republic of Korea have significantly declining numbers of new cases.

We have 5 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand and it is pleasing to know they are all doing well and are at home. Their children, four students at Auckland schools, continue to be well and show no symptoms. While we expect that more cases will arise, the Ministry of Health says that with continued vigilance the chance of widespread community outbreak is expected to remain low in New Zealand. We all have a role to play in this.

For our school, our pandemic plan is also ready to be implemented if needed. In the mean time we will continue to focus on good hygiene practices. Hand washing and good cough etiquette are very important tools in preventing the spread of illness including colds, flu and COVID-19.

With that, there is a good video clip from Nanogirl that will help your children to better understand the virus - YouTube clip - Nanogirl

You may have also seen the Prime Minister sat down with Dr Michelle Dickinson (aka Nanogirl) and the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, Juliet Gerrard, to talk about coronavirus:

One other action we can all take is to be vigilant about our own health and the health of our children. I will be encouraging my staff to stay away from school if they are showing signs of illness such as coughs and colds. I ask that you please do the same with your children. Colds and flus are common in schools and by staying away, seeking medical attention and practicing good hygiene, we can all keep any spread of illness to a minimum.

Nga mihi nui, tofa soifua,

Louise Bray-Burns

Principal

School News

Assessment @ EBIS 2020

As many of you will know last week was assessment week, so I thought we would take some time to tell you about how we do assessment and reporting at Evans Bay Intermediate.

Last week all of the students did an asTTle writing test which is marked and moderated by the classroom teachers. Teachers can use the GLoSS test to gather information about strategies that learners use to solve math problems.

We are also currently looking at using the asTTle reading test to gather reading information.

As well as these assessment practices, teachers observe learners in class, mark books and have conversations with students in class. They use all of the above information to form an overall teacher judgement of students learning achievements and next steps, and use this to inform teaching programmes in classes. Formal assessment information will be available through the parent portal once all of the assessment is completed.

At the end of this term teachers will have interviews with the Year 8 families and their students, to discuss their progress since 2019. If any of the Year 7 families wish to discuss their child's learning, they are asked to make direct contact with the teacher and make time to meet with them.

In Term 2 a second overall teacher judgement will be made and then formal reports will be written for all students. These will go home at the end of the term also through the portal. The conferences for these will be in the last week of Term 2 between 2 and 6 on Tuesday 30 June and 3 and 6 pm on Thursday 2 July. SPEC reports will also be available for Terms 1 and 2 at this time.

A second round of testing and assessment will take place at the end of Term 3 and the end of year report will go out at the end of Term 4. SPEC reports for Terms 3 and 4 will also be available then. These do not have a conference associated with it but families are welcome to make contact directly with the teacher if they want to discuss anything.

Tournament of Minds

Last year was the first year that Evans Bay Intermediate sent a team to participate in Tournament of Minds. The students had an amazing experience and we are keen to give it a go again this year - and I need your help!

What is it? This is a problem solving programme for teams of students and the aim is to enhance the potential of our youth by developing diverse skills, enterprise, time management, and the discipline to work collaboratively within a challenging and competitive environment.

Real World Benefits

Tournament of Minds offers real world benefits as it looks beyond academic achievement and understands that the pursuit of excellence knows no boundaries. The Tournament process provides a platform for excellence and equips participants with twenty-first century skills and strategies. Please click HERE for more information!

What do I need help with?

On Tournament Day (at Victoria University on Saturday 29 August 2020) I need at least 4 parents available. There will be 2 parents with the teams (and this year I hope to enter 2 teams) and 2 parents who will be judging other schools on the day. Please note that there is a judges’ training to support this on 16 August for 90 minutes at Fergusson Intermediate. The planning inside of school, organisation of teams, practice times and so on will be sorted by Mrs Watt, so it’s just support on the one day that I need to make this happen.

Please email me if you can help, especially if you think your child would like to participate. mwatt@ebis.school.nz

MOVIN' MARCH Update

Parent Photo Competition

Last week Staglands donated all our Family passes for our parent photo competition. This week parents are in to win daily prizes to Zealandia!

Look out for Jack’s Favourite Friday competition every Friday where we’ll be giving away this adult scooter courtesy of Micro Scooters worth $359.95! Simply snap a photo of your family’s journey to school during Movin’March and win! It might highlight a small adventure or wonder discovered along the way, or capture a moment. To enter, post your photo publicly on Facebook or Instagram with #movinmarch. T&C’s are here

Share your story

Whānau can also take part in our Share your Story and be in to win weekly Wellington destination prizes as well as a Bluebridge Family + vehicle pass on a return Cook Strait sailing.

Thank you!

Staff have loved watching students getting excited about their journeys and using their bikes, scooters and feet to get to and from school. It’s been fantastic at the gate stamping their cards and handing out stickers and prizes. We still have two weeks to go, so keep up the awesome

Mural Unveiling

Monday was the official unveiling of the beautiful new Mural on our backcourts - Te Taiao.

The mural was designed and painted by Miriama Grace-Smith and commissioned by the Kilbirnie Business Network as part of their Kilbirnie beautification project.

The ceremony was attended by local business owners who supported the project as well as Rongotai MP, Paul Eagle and other members of Wellington City Council.

We are so lucky to have such amazing art at our wonderful school.

Are you the travel voice of your generation?

NZHerald is looking for the next big thing in travel journalism and are running a young travel writers’ competition to encourage school students to think creatively about writing, and maybe even consider it as a career. Winners will have the opportunity to have their travel piece published in the NZ Herald Travel Magazine and online.

School students from intermediate years upwards, 7-13 are eligible to enter. Requirements are a 500 word travel essay, giving a detailed account of their most memorable holiday, travel experience or adventure. Entries close on the 12th of April.

More information can be found here

Sport at EBIS

Athletics Day Photo Video

Here is a quick video to show off some of our fantastic athletes and fun we had on Wednesday!

Athletics Day 2020.mov

Athletics Day

Athletics day was a great success, the stands were covered in yellow, red, blue, green and black! Everyone worked their hardest and the lines to the barbecue were humongous. Everyone enjoyed themselves and there were positive comments about the events! The smell of hot dogs and chocolate bars wafted out well!

The runners in the races were running amazingly even if they didn’t win, they represented EBIS and made EBIS proud! Good job for all of the competitors/ candidates that got into eastern zone athletics! EBIS will be excited for next years Athletics so we’ll see Newtown park again!

By Rawhiti

The RNZB Tour

On Tuesday a bunch of students including me got on a bus to go to the RNZB (Royal New Zealand Ballet) for a tour.

When we arrived we got split into two groups, my friend Charlotte and I were in the first group, we went into a studio where we watched the dancers train FACT did you know that the dancers train 5 hours a week! And when they are practicing for a show the practice 6 hours a DAY!

Then the two groups swapped and my group went into the costume area where they make the costumes for all their performances

FACT when dancers are dancing in a ballet eg. Romeo and Juliet and they are dancing all night, on and average they go through a pair of ballet shoes a night!

The RNZB’s youngest dancer is 18 and their oldest is 35!

Overall I really enjoyed that trip and I learnt a lot of cool stuff that goes on behind the scenes.

Wellbeing and Student Success

Kia ora koutou,

This week students made mini pizzas, using wraps, as a healthier alternative to traditional pizza bases. They are quick to make and require very little clean up. You can easily personalise the pizzas with your favourite toppings and cater for fussy eaters.

Mini Pizza

1 serving

1 x wrap

1 tbsp tomato puree or pizza sauce

¼ cup cheese

1 slice pepperoni - shredded

Veg of your choice

EBIS is committed to supporting the physical, mental, social and spiritual dimensions of our students’ health. As part of our Wellbeing curriculum we aim to increase students’ awareness of different programs and services available to them within the local community.

This week coaches from Bonobo visited our school to deliver a week long program introducing students’ to the concept of play based movement. Students gained an awareness of how play based movement can have positive effects on their physical and social development, as well as improving their brain function and self confidence.

Located in Lyall Bay, Bonobo offer classes for children, teenagers and adults with the aim of nurturing a lifelong love of movement and play. The classes teach fundamental movement and coordination, and allow children to challenge themselves through a wide variety of skills (running, jumping, climbing, balancing, team and partner games).

Bonobo are offering a free intro class followed by some free play this Saturday (14th March) from 10-11am. There are 12 spots available, to register email info@bonobo.co.nz

You can see examples of what they do on instagram and facebook @bonobonz or visit their website www.bonobo.co.nz

To support our wairua (spiritual) and hinengaro (mental and emotional) hauora, we have been focusing on self esteem and identifying things we do well and the positive characteristics that make us who we are. Many students expressed concerns about praising themselves, for fear of appearing big headed. This is a real dilemma and we need to learn how to share our successes in a respectful way with others, as there are people around us who want to celebrate with us. It is also vital that we know how to inwardly acknowledge our successes to promote high self esteem.

Mike and Conal, from Eternal Dragon, came in for the 4th and final session of martial arts. It has been a fantastic opportunity for students and we are hoping to offer the sessions again next term.

Conal Casey Potter Roy Henderson General inquiries

Berhampore dojo Owhiro bay dojo Mike edmartialarts@gmail.com

Kung fu and jiujitsu Kyokushin karate

+64 22 398 6406 +64 27 355 7077

There are also still spaces available for yoga at the Wellington Sports Centre, on Kemp Street. Classes run on Thursday, 4.15 - 5.00pm. For more information visit https://www.facebook.com/health.wia.org/

Nga mihi and have a beautiful weekend.

Janis Dunning

jdunning@ebis.school.nz

Student Success

Well done to Chris Sayle in Room 14 who has made the top team for football at Miramar Rangers.

Community Links

Term 1

Week 5

Notes From the Principal

6 March 2020

Evans Bay Intermediate School Board Newsletter

Term 1 2020

On behalf of the Board - Welcome to 2020 at EBIS. Congratulations to all those children and whanau that got through starting day 1 and have now joined our EBIS community. We hope that our new and returning children have settled into Term 1.

To all the new teachers and returning teaching staff and administration staff - thank you for all your hard work so far.

Our first meeting was held on Monday 24th and we started with the election of Chairperson by the current Board. Lynda McGregor and myself both put ourselves forward, and there was good support for each of us and our visions. Thank you Lynda for your korero on increasing our Te Reo within our EBIS whanau and community and we look forward to working with you on the Board.

The current term dates are stated on the EBIS website.

The Board also approved 3 Teacher Only Days for 2020 - 4th and 7th September and 13th November.

Our Pump Track is well underway and the new plantings are being given time to take hold. Doesn’t it look exciting and pose some great biking challenges to practise on. Thank you to all those involved with raising funds and getting the logistics arranged behind the scenes.

You may have noticed the beautiful new mural by the Netball courts being painted over the summer holidays, we are very lucky to have been involved in this opportunity to brighten our community with art. Te Taiao - designed and painted by Miriama Grace-Smith will be formally unveiled on Monday 9th March at 2pm. Thank you to the Kilbirnie Business Network, Mirama Grace-Smith, RAD Car Hire, Resene and Hirepool for making this project happen.

We encourage you to raise a hand and help out in our community - with class trips, sports teams, gardening, sharing your knowledge/culture or language in a group activity or if you have any suggestions on how you can help out then please let us know.

There will be fundraising activities throughout the year and any offers of help or donations will be greatly appreciated.

As a community we are looking forward to a year filled with making friends, learning new skills, learning new sports and we encourage you all to reach for new goals.

Our next meeting is on 23rd March at 6pm. We welcome you to our 10 minute open session at the start of our meeting. Email me on tracey.piper76@gmail.com with your discussion points at least one week prior to the meeting you wish to attend.

Ngā mihi

Tracey Piper (Chairperson), Shelly Reet, Sam Hoben, Lydna McGregor, Tim John, Linley Thomas, Elize Maritz (Staff Representative), and Lou Bray-Burns (Principal)

School News

2020 YNZW's National Writing Competition

The 2020 YNZW's National Writing Competition for intermediate students is now open for submissions. This year the theme is Beyond Belief.

Please visit the website for more information. Submission details can be found HERE.

The closing date for submitting is midnight 9th of April 2020. Please talk to Mr Chalk if you want to enter this competition.

Information

Metlink school bus routes for start of Term 1 2020

The below is a reference for you; advising of the bus routes that service our school. These are all hyperlinked back to the Metlink website for their perusal and convenience.

One thing in particular and encouraged is to have the students set up the Journey planner on their phones, if they have the Smart Phone models. This is so they have this as a first start guide-line to assist with their journeys to and from school.

This is the link: https://www.metlink.org.nz/

Afternoons:

661 - Evans Bay Intermediate School - Miramar North - Maupuia

15:05 EBIS (sch) 15:39 MaupuiaRd at Miramar Daily

758 - Evans Bay Intermediate School - Miramar

15:00 EBIS (sch) 15:10 Miramar-DarlingtonRd (124) Daily

759 - Evans Bay Intermediate School - Seatoun

15:05 EBIS (sch) 15:20 SeatounPk-HectorSt Daily

760 - Evans Bay Intermediate School - Strathmore Park

15:00 EBIS (sch) 15:25 StrathmorePkShops-Broadway Daily

COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) and EBIS

Regards the coronavirus:

We receive daily updates from the Ministry of Education on the current situation and heed their information
We have made sure we have hand sanitizers in every class

Regards hosting International students:

We have consulted with medical experts about the best procedures. Here is a summary of their advice:

There will be a heightened concern that host parents may have particularly and parents of students at Rongotai College and EBIS. However, assessment by a doctor or nurse on arrival in Wellington is not going to provide reassurance. There is not currently known to be community transmission in Thailand, but there have been cases reported. This means the overall risk of coronavirus in these students is still low.

On arrival in NZ, the students will be provided with written information from the Ministry of Health. Currently, people entering NZ from Thailand are not required to self-isolate but they should be watching out for any symptoms.

If any of the students were to develop a fever or any new respiratory symptom (cough, sore throat, or shortness of breath) in the 14 days after leaving Thailand, they should not come into school and their adult hosts should contact the COVID-19 Healthline for further advice. As there is not widespread community transmission of COVID-19 in Thailand, it is still more likely that other illnesses including influenza would be causing their symptoms.

HOMESTAYS WANTED

One of our agents has approached us with a request to host a group of 6 Thai students (13 March to 5 April). We are already hosting 7 of her students during March and April.

The school that was to host the 6 students has cancelled due to the 3 reported Coronavirus patients in Auckland.

Helping the agent by accepting the 6 students, will strengthen the relationship we have with the agent and can open doors for us in future. More importantly: we are able to showcase kiwi hospitality to these people. Their only other option is to return to Thailand.

To be able to help them, we need the following:

2 families to host two girls each
1 family to host two boys

Please email Wikus at wswanepoel@ebis.school.nz before Monday 9 March if you are able to help.

Sport at EBIS

Netball

Registration for 2020

Thank you to all families who have registered and paid via KINDO

Please let Campbell at sports@ebis.school.nz know if your child has not yet registered

Trials

Year 8 trials

Friday 6 March (12:30 - 1:30)

Tuesday 10 March (12:30 - 1:30)

Year 7 trials

Thursday 12 March (12:30 - 1:30)

Friday 13 March (12:30 - 1:30)

EBIS ATHLETICS DAY

When: Wednesday 11 March 2020

Where: Newtown Park

Time: 9:00 - 3:00

Parents to welcome to join us for the day

Football

This is a reminder message for the football trials that are being held next week. They will be on Tuesday 10th and Friday 13th during block 1 from 9:00-10:30. It is important that all students that are interested in trialling make at least one trial, but two is better.

We have tried to avoid the other sporting events that are on but please let us know if there is any injury (old/new) that we need to be aware of. Students must have boots, or sturdy trainers, and shin pads. Anyone interested in playing keeper must have gloves, but we do have spares at school. Students are expected to have a hat, a drink bottle and their PE gear for the trial.

Sign up sheet is here. Teams will be selected and alerted as soon as possible after the second trial, discussed between Paul Chalk, Tom Cathro and the other selectors coming in to support the school. On Monday 9th at lunch, students will quickly meet to get assigned numbers and team colour to speed up the trial process.

Wellbeing and Student Success

Kia ora koutou,

This week we got to make Cinnamon and Carrot Doughnuts. The students had to follow the recipe carefully and produced the most delicious treats. Each doughnut contains 8g of sugar and is very low in saturated fat, making them a great alternative to chocolate bars and cakes.

This was my first time ever making doughnuts and I enjoyed how fluffy they were and I will cook them at home for my family. - Tukaiora, Room 11

Ingredients

1 cup self-raising flour

2 teaspoons cinnamon

⅓ cup brown sugar

⅓ cup trim milk

¼ cup canola oil

1 egg

1 cup grated carrot

1 tablespoon castor sugar

Instructions

Preheat oven and spray a doughnut or muffin tin.
Sift flour and 1 teaspoon of cinnamon into a large bowl.
Add in the brown sugar and stir.
In a jug, whisk the milk, oil and egg then add to the dry ingredients.
Add carrot and stir in.
Spoon mixture into the tin, about halfway and bake for 10-12 minutes.
Do not overcook as they will become dry.
Combine the castor sugar and remaining cinnamon and sprinkle on to doughnuts as soon as they have been transferred to a cooling rack.

Next week, we have instructors from Bonobo Gym coming in to offer taster sessions to all of our Wellbeing students. If you would like to know more about their classes, please visit their website https://www.bonobo.co.nz/

Mike and Conal, from Eternal Dragon, have been back for the 3rd week of martial arts. We cannot thank them enough for giving their time to offer our students new opportunities.

There are also still spaces available for yoga at the Wellington Sports Centre, on Kemp Street. Classes run on Thursday, 4.15 - 5.00pm.

Janis Dunning

jdunning@ebis.school.nz

STUDENT SUCCESS

We take great pride in the successes of our students. Congratulations to:

Khendall Maxwell and Samuel Jones took part in the Surf Lifesaving competition. Khendall got second place in the Diamond race and came 10th in the swimming. Samuel made it into the semifinals for the Diamond race and the Surf race.
Siobhán Bolger has been selected to play softball in Sydney, Australia with ISA (International Softball Academy).
Lukas Hales has trialled for Island Bay United Football Talent Development Programme (TDP) and was selected to be part of the TDP and play in the academy Under 13s team.
Micah Taouma was selected to play in Wellington Baseball team in National Tournament later this term

We leave these students with the following message: He kai kei aku ringa (There is food at the end of my hands - Good on you for using your abilities and resources to create success).

Community Links

Term 1

Week 4

Notes From the Principal

28 February 2020

Kia ora koutou

This week the Evans Bay Board of Trustees had their first meeting for the year on Monday evening. We have a new Chair - Tracey Piper and seven other trustees - Shelly Reet, Lynda McGregor, Tim John, Lynley Thomas, Sam Hoben, Elize Maritz (staff rep) and myself. Profiles for all the Board can be found on the school website. Board meetings will be on the school calendar but generally happen in weeks 3 and 8 of each term.

Two key decisions were made at the meeting that will affect the school community. As part of the Teachers Collective Agreement that was negotiated and settled last year we are taking three teacher only days this year. They will be 4 September, 7 September and 13 November. On these days the school will be closed for instruction.

Term dates for 2021 were also discussed and decided upon. Just to assist you I am going to share with you the term dates for 2020 and 2021.

2020 term dates and holidays

Term 1 - Wednesday 5th February - Thursday 9th April

Term 2 - Tuesday 28th April - Friday 3rd July

Term 3 - Monday 20th July - Friday 25th September

Term 4 - Monday 12th October - Friday 18th December

Public Holidays Observed:

Waitangi Day - 6th February

Anzac Day - 27th April

Queen's Birthday - 1st June

Labour Day - 26th October

Teacher only days

4 and 7 Sept

13 Nov

2021 term dates and holidays

Term 1 - Thursday 4th February - Friday 16th April

Term 2 - Monday 3 May - Friday 9 July

Term 3 - Monday 26th July - Friday 1 October

Term 4 - Monday 18th October - Friday 16th December

Public Holidays Observed:

Waitangi Day - 8th February

Good Friday 2 April

Easter Monday and Tuesday 5 - 6 April

Queen's Birthday - 7 June

Labour Day - 25th October

Teacher only days

To be confirmed

Nga mihi nui, tofa soifua,

Louise Bray-Burns

Principal

School News

Reading and Writing at EBIS 2020

As well as classroom teaching of Literacy, we have a number of other opportunities for our students to engage their curiosity in reading and writing. These include:

Toitoi Writing

- This is an opt-in programme for students across the school. Students need to self manage in finding the right adult around the school and submitting their own work later on.
- This is for students to complete in their own time.

Writing Competitions

- This is another opt-in opportunity for students and will require work at home.
- Information for these will come out throughout the year via the Bulletin and school emails.

In-House Opportunities

- This is student led and relies on them to use what they learn in class as a support.
- One example of this is the speech competition.
- There will be other opportunities through the library for students to display their best writing.

ICAS

- This is an opt in opportunity for students.
- Information for this will be shared later in the year.
- We suggest only students who are capable in Literacy participate.
- This activity comes with a cost to the family.

Math Extension

- Students will be selected for this programme based on teacher recommendation and assessment data in both reading and writing.
- This programme is by invitation only.
- The learning here will differ throughout the year, pushing the students to create more complex pieces of writing, using a wide range of complicated texts in reading to support the work.

PB4L at Evans Bay Intermediate

Raymond Chave

At the centre of the Evans Bay Intermediate School’s core culture is a set of shared values, beliefs and understandings, which incorporate The NZ Curriculum Principles and PB4L (Positive Behaviour 4 Learning).

In establishing a core culture at Evans Bay Intermediate School, we are able to have greater understanding and appreciation of what each of us brings to our community of learners.

In establishing a core culture, we have a set of agreed expectations about what, how, and why we do what we do, at EBIS.

“PB4L School-Wide looks at behaviour and learning from a whole-of-school as well as an individual child perspective. The framework is based on international evidence.

The Positive Behaviour for Learning School-Wide framework, otherwise known as PB4L School-Wide, is helping New Zealand schools build a culture where positive behaviour and learning is a way of life. The framework can be tailored to your school’s own environment and cultural needs.

It’s not about changing the students; it’s about changing the environment, systems and practices you have in place to support them to make positive behaviour choices.

A Waka card can be awarded by any staff member to a student who is displaying the school values. This could be during class time, athletics practice or during a SPEC class.

A yellow slip is awarded during a Team Hui. These are for teachers to acknowledge consistent behaviour over the two weeks.

Bronze, Silver and Gold merits are awarded out during full school assemblies. This is a great way to celebrate student success. There are rewards linked to each achievement.

Ask your child about Waka cards and Yellow slips.

Korean Enrichment

By Eva Baker | Room 4

Korean enrichment classes started this Tuesday. We kicked off the term by making Hotteok Korean pancakes. This is run by our amazing Korean teacher Mi Young. These sessions will continue all term and we will learn about the Korean language, Korean crafts and of course Korean food.

Māehe Manawa Ora

MOVIN'MARCH

Movin’March Parent Photo Comp

Snap a photo of your family’s journey to school during Movin’March & win! It might highlight a small adventure or wonder discovered along the way, or simply capture a moment in your journey. Post your photo publicly on Facebook or Instagram with #movinmarch. All entries will go in the daily draw to win a family pass to a fun destination in the Wellington region.

WOW Passport Challenge

Each day we will stamp the walk or wheel trips your tamariki do to OR from school. All entries go in the draw to win one of 12 x $400 My Ride vouchers (that’s more than double the prizes from last year!). Let’s get stamping!

Spirit & Soul - Dream Night

By Eva Baker | Room 4

Some lucky girls from EBIS were able to attend Spirit and Soul Dream night on Saturday. Spirit and Soul is a charity/company which encourages girls to speak up and out. It helps girls work towards goals and make ideas come alive. They focus on empowering young women to become the best they can be.

We learnt about how to set goals and had an amazing time meeting new people and sharing ideas. It was an awesome experience and I will definitely attend another event like this.

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Kapa Haka Competition

By Sahara | Rm 4

At Evans Bay Intermediate there is going to be a kapa Haka competition in Week 6. Ngā Hau e Wha have been practising the songs and the actions for the Kapa Haka competition.

Class treaty - Room 6

Over the past 2 weeks we have been making Y charts that display the school values

to give us ideas on what we could put on the class treaty. We spilt into groups and filled out a Y chart.

We discussed our ideas together as a class, and finally we put our thoughts onto paper. That became our class treaty.

Sport at EBIS

Floorball

Each Sunday the draw for floorball is released online. You can below from Wellington Floorball, so you are able to check what times the games are on Thursdays.

Floorball Draw

Netball 2020

Permission letter will go out soon. Please look at emails.

Trials will be held in Week 6.

Please email sports@ebis.school.nz if you want to be involved in Netball in 2020

EBIS Athletics Day

When: Wednesday 11 March 2020

Where: Newtown Park

Time: 9:00 - 3:00

Parents to welcome to join us for the day

We are looking for:

- Parents to help with sausage sizzle
- Parents to help with Athletics events

Please email Wikus at wswanepoel@ebis.school.nz

Wellbeing and Student Success

Wellbeing

It was great to hear, from both whānau and students, that the card games had extended into the weekend. Ka pai. Putting what we are learning into practice is an extremely important step in developing our self awareness and overall hauora.

This week, students were challenged to make potato rostis, adding in an additional 2 vegetables. Students enjoyed learning to grate, chop, select spices and herbs and to minimise the oil we were using for frying. Most of all we enjoyed eating them, especially me, who got to sample so many wonderful combinations.

We have been fortunate enough to have Mike and Conal, our Martial Arts experts, visit us again this week, from Eternal Dragon. This week’s focus was on tumbling and rolls. The students demonstrated great man, resilience and determination, whilst also having fun. EBIS are exceptionally lucky to have such wonderful people from our community coming in to help our students.

We have also been focusing on communication styles. Students created mini plays to demonstrate passive, aggressive and assertive responses and the audience were challenged to guess which style was being used. Our aim is to build communication and interpersonal skills, to help develop coping for challenging situations.

There are also still spaces available for yoga at the Wellington Sports Centre, on Kemp Street. Classes run on Thursday, 4.15 - 5.00pm.

Janis Dunning

jdunning@ebis.school.nz

Community Links

Term 1

Week 3

Notes From the Principal

21/2/2020

Kia ora koutou

Term 1 is now well underway. Our roll has settled and our students and teachers have started the year so well.

All classes are currently taking part in kapa haka sessions with Kelvin Fah and Dance with Me sessions with the New Zealand School of Dance. The kapa haka sessions are leading to a competition between the teams. Each team is learning the school song, a waiata and a haka which they will perform. This is a great way for all the students to have a taste of our Akauwaiata group which will commence fully in week 7 after the athletics sports.

The school athletics sports take place on 11 March at Newtown Park, with a postponement to 13 March. Currently we are taking the school our once or twice a week and rotating them through the different activities so they all know what to do when the sports day is on. It is a great day out and parents are more than welcome to join us for the day.

Our first Board meeting of the year is next Monday 24 February at 6pm in the staffroom. The first job of the Board is to elect a chair for the year. I will let you know the outcome of this in next week's Bulletin.

Thank you all for the support you have shown the school in these first few weeks. Both the staff and I appreciate the positive feedback that we have received. Poipoia te kakano kia puawai. (Nurture the seed and it will grow).

Nga mihi nui, tofa soifua,

Louise Bray-Burns

Principal

School News

RNZB Taster Ballet

By Ben Trugly | Room 14

This week in class we have had a taster of ballet from RNZB (royal New Zealand ballet). To start off we did a warm up where we had to do different stretches and ballet poses. Then we practised crossing the room using different methods. We started with walking. After walking we side-stepped twice and jump-clapped, hopping forward with each jump. Then a variation of that when we went step foot behind step jump-clap. Once we had done that we sprinted, and we finished with the french step Temps Levé. Then we did a cool down in a circle and a discussion about dance.

Devices for Students

As many of you will know we are using devices more in class than we ever have before. Most children have their own device that they bring to school each day charged up and ready to use.

The school also has a few that we will be issuing directly to students for their own use while they are at school. In order to issue these devices we have sent a letter home to parents asking permission for the device to be issued to the child. Once we have this returned signed, we will allocate a device to the child with their name and the serial number logged against it.

Should you wish we also have the ability for you to purchase a school approved Chromebook for your child. This can be done by logging into www.byod.co.nz and entering our school code SQTO4U or by following this link https://www.byod.co.nz/evans-bay-intermediate-school/

These devices will be readied and shipped to the school ready for use.

Mathematics at EBIS 2020

As well as classroom teaching of mathematics, we have a number of other opportunities for our students to engage. These include

Otago Problem Solving

- Students involved in Math Extension will participate in this challenge as well as learners who wish to opt in.
- If your child wishes to opt in please email Jayne Taylor - jtaylor@ebis.school.nz
- Classroom teachers will use the challenge questions as part of their programme but results will not be collated.

Mathwell

- Students from Math Extension will participate in the teams for this competition. There will be a Year 8 team and Year 7 team entered.
- The teams will be coached prior to the competition to help prepare them. Any parent or family who would be willing to assist with the coaching, please contact Lou Bray-Burns principal@ebis.school.nz .

Otago Junior Math Competition

- This is an opt in opportunity for students. Information has already gone out in the week three bulletin.
- We suggest only students who are capable in math participate.
- This activity comes with a cost to the family.

ICAS

- This is an opt in opportunity for students.
- Information for this will be shared later in the year.
- We suggest only students who are capable in math participate.
- This activity comes with a cost to the family.

Math Extension

- Students will be selected for this programme based on teacher recommendation and assessment data.
- This programme is by invitation.
- The instruction will be varied during the year and will be project based, Otago Problem Solving based and Mathwell based.

University of Otago - Junior Mathematics Competition

This mathematics competition is for students in years 9 to 11, although younger students may also take part, but will be regarded as being in year 9 for the purposes of the competition. Every student throughout New Zealand sits the competition on exactly the same day, Wednesday 1 April.

The competition lasts for one hour and in this time students answer up to six questions. The emphasis is on problem solving, so expect surprises!

Mathematical skills are important, but so is careful reading. Students who read the questions carefully and work out exactly what is being asked generally do better than those who jump in and write down the first thing that springs to mind.

Although many of the same questions are asked for each year level, students only compete against students at the same level as themselves. (However students in years 7 or 8 are regarded as being in year 9 for the purposes of the competition.)

If you would like your child to take part in this competition and think they have the necessary skills to allow them to complete the paper, please fill in the form and pay $5.00 into KINDO by 6 March 2020.

Collecting children after school

Please make sure you park away from the school at the end of the day and walk to the gate to collect your children. Some cars are parking on the bus stops or the dotted lines which makes it very unsafe for our children to leave.

Some cars are also slowing down and causing traffic build up right by the crossing and gate. This blocks our view of oncoming traffic and causes the children to run out onto the road to get to the car. This is also a very unsafe thing to encourage our children to do.

We need parents and caregivers to help us keep all of our children safe.

Sport at EBIS

March is Coming – Let’s Get Movin’!

We’re a Movin’March school and we can’t wait to make the most of this beautiful weather and encourage students to Walk or Wheel to and from school. Explore the website for tips and check out the parents page on how to build active travel into your daily routine. This year we’ll be encouraging whānau to take part in the Parent Facebook competition (daily prizes plus one scooter to give away every week!) and the Share your Story competition which has weekly prizes (plus a family pass on Bluebridge Ferries!)

Why Movin’March?

Not only does walking or wheeling to school reduce congestion and chaos at the school gate, we also get to slow down and get some quality time with our tamariki. Walking or wheeling to school solo or with friends can be a real confidence boost and families get to do their bit for the environment!

How to make it work for your whānau

Instead of driving right up to the school gate, why not Park and Stride? Walk the last 500m or so to school and get your passport stamped at the school gate!
Think about how you might get to and from school over March (and the rest of Term 1!) Check out Micro scooter’s safety tips or NZTA’s Hike it Bike it safety suggestions.

Prizes?

Of course! Students can collect a passport from their teacher to be stamped by members of the sports club each morning from 8:20am during the month of March. If they walk or ride to school, they will get a stamp on their passport. Completed passports need to be handed in to their classroom teacher, and Mrs Watt will then send all the completed passports away in April to go into the Grand Draw for even MORE prizes!

There’s also the Movin’Minds Challenge for students to create a mini-movie or a snappy slideshow. Click here for more information!

Wellbeing and Student Success

Kia ora koutou,

Further to our focus last week on sugar in drinks, this week, students made breakfast smoothies and attempted to sneak in some veggies. They found ways to reduce the sugar content and the difficult balance we face between eating healthy food and the cost involved. Most of the students enjoyed their creations, although the added spinach resulted in a few screwed up faces. Everyone demonstrated their awesome cleaning skills and kept our kitchen looking sparkly clean.

Also this week, we have been learning to play individual card games, for relaxation, problem-solving and to build resilience. This was definitely put to the test playing clock solitaire, where there is only a 1% chance of winning. Students thoroughly enjoyed learning and practising new skills and the majority were keen to keep playing at home.

Mike and Conal joined us from Eternal Dragon Martial Arts, for an introduction to Thai Kick Boxing. This was open to all students and we had a large group attend on Thursday, at lunchtime. They learnt basic punches and kicks and were able to link them together. Our wonderful instructors will be here for the following three Thursdays, offering various martial arts opportunities.

Please remember if you are able to offer your expertise in any area of Wellbeing, whether it be fitness, nutrition or mental and emotional health, do not hesitate to make contact with me. We would love to hear from you and offer further opportunities to our EBIS students.

Janis Dunning

jdunning@ebis.school.nz

Student Success

Soft Ball

The following softball teams represented Wellington in a North Island tournament over the weekend. Both teams did incredibly well; the girls coming 8th and the boys coming 3rd, both out of ten.

Pink Sox - Maia Pearson - Room 6, Marama Ryan - Room 2, Tilly Sipeli - Room 9, Molly Judd - Room 9, Amelia Kamo - Room 9, Tyla Gray - Room 7, Taliaha Doig (8), Siobhan Bolger - Room 13

Tigers - Van Dian(1), Rylan Stephen(11), Fraser (15), Eddie (15), Aiden Relph(15)

Sahara Viagafa in Room 4 played in an Under 15 Softball tournament

Samuel Jones got second place in the Island Bay island swim.

Round the Bays

Pau Calvelo Hostench in Room 4 and Liam Hendry in Room 5 ran Round the Bays

Football

Toby Ashwell’s team, the Island Bay Tiger Sharks, won a 10th football tournament.

Other

Jessica Chait (Room 4) and her friends held a bake sale at the end of last year and raised $325 for SOS Animal Rescue.

Community Links

Term 1

Week 2

Notes From the Principal

14/2/2020

Kia ora koutou

Thank you to everyone who attended the whanau hui and year 7 parent evening. We had some great discussion and pointers to go forward with promoting te au Maori in the school as well and ensuring our year 7 whanau know how we do things at Evans Bay Intermediate.

On Tuesday 11 February we had Internet Safer Day which is a world wide event, promoting internet safety. The following is a summary of the results of the Ngā taiohi matihiko o Aotearoa – New Zealand Kids Online Report done by NETSAFE.

The report from the Global Kids Online study uncovers important insights about New Zealand’s children’s experiences of online risks and their perceptions of harm. It provides details about a variety of topics including the online interactions kids are having with people they don’t know and how frequently they are exposed to concerning online material. A total of 2,061 New Zealand children aged 9-17 years of age participated in this research. The research sample is representative of the population of New Zealand children.

Key findings:

Nearly four in 10 New Zealand kids have had contact online with someone they didn’t know, and one in 10 have met someone they first knew online.
Older kids were more likely to have had contact online with someone they have not met in person rather than young children. Only 23 percent of 9 to 11-year olds and 38 percent of 12 to 14-year olds had interacted with someone new online, while 54 percent of 15 to 17-year olds had made contact.
Some kids met people face-to-face that they first got to know online. Those aged 9-11 were less likely to have met someone (3 percent), the rate increased for 12-14-year olds and was highest among those aged 15-17 years (18 percent).
Most respondents reported feeling happy (63 percent) after meeting an online contact and 25 percent were ambivalent about the meeting. Interestingly more boys reported having had online contact with someone they didn’t know compared to girls.
Almost half of teenagers have been exposed to potentially harmful online content – including self-harm and suicide material.
A quarter of children have been bothered or upset by something that
happened online last year.
Of the study’s teenage participants (aged 13-17), 36 percent said while online they had seen violent images and 27 percent viewed hateful content.
Teenagers are accessing self-harm material (20 percent) and some are even digesting “how-to-suicide guides” (17 percent). Fifteen percent searched information on
“ways to be very thin”.
Participants were questioned about who they turn to for help in the wake of an upsetting online incident. An overwhelming 69 percent chose a parent, 37 percent a friend and 17 percent a sibling. Eleven percent of children elected to speak with no one.
Of the teenagers who report being exposed to potentially harmful content, 28 percent said they were “fairly” or “very” upset and that number was higher for girls (38 percent) compared to boys (18 percent).

Nga mihi nui, tofa soifua, salut, kind regards,

Louise Bray-Burns

Principal

School News

Parent Help

Dear Parents and Caregivers

To make 2020 a successful year for all our akonga, we need the help of our parent community. The reality is that we are only able to provide all the wonderful experiences and opportunities if we have access to our parents’ expertise.

Your child will bring home today a paper copy with the following information. We really appreciate any help we can get as we know what a huge difference it can bring to the school culture.

Please email wswanepoel@ebis.school.nz if you have any questions.

The areas we need assistance in are:

Electives

On Wednesdays we will have Electives (1:00 - 3:00). These are passion projects where teachers (or parents) are facilitators in taking the students’ learning to the next level.

We are looking for parents who have specific skills they know students will find interesting to learn more about.

Community Reading

We are looking for people who have a few hours spare to do some one-on-one reading with our students who need to increase their reading mileage.

This is a no-pressure enjoyable activity where you will be doing reading with the students.

Library Assistance

We need one or two parents who are passionate about books and the running of a library to assist our Library TIC with the library this year.

Please contact us if you have a few spare hours in the week to help.

Gardens Working Bees

We take pride in the way we are looking after our gardens despite being in a very challenging zone. What is more important, are the learning opportunities. We have about 4 Working Bee Saturday or Sunday mornings in the year and we are looking for people to help us. In April we will receive 150 native plants and we need hands to plant these.

Please let us know If you are keen to assist us.

Fundraising - FRIENDS of EBIS

We are looking for people who can help us with our fundraising. On the committee we need people who can bring the following skills:

Applying for grants
Networking to get prizes and donations for our two big competitions
Helping us with sausage sizzles and other smaller projects
Having great creative ideas to fundraise

This is an important group because it was this group that made the following possible:

The Inter Challenge playground
The Basketball court
The Pump track

The first job of this committee will be to decide what we will raise money for this year, based on the community’s voice.

Sport

We cannot run sports at EBIS without the help of our parents. You do not need to be a sports expert. For each team we will need a manager and a coach.

Please sign up if you can bring an extra helping hand to make the participation of the students a reality.

Parent Indication of Help

Kia ora koutou,

This week, Prerna, our wonderful yoga instructor from the Wellington Indian Association, has given her time to allow all five of our Wellbeing SPEC groups to experience the benefits of Yoga.

Aung (Room 7) - The tree pose was difficult, but it was fun to learn how to do it.

C.J (Room 7) - It was very relaxing, because it was quiet and there were no distractions. I liked being able to zone out for a while.

Prerna is offering classes, after school, at the Indian Sports Centre on Kemp Street.

See more information on our Community Links page

In the next few weeks, we have instructors from Eternal Dragon Martial Arts offering taster sessions in multiple disciplines and Bonobo Gym, whose focus is on establishing positive, life long habits. Whānau are able to attend these sessions and information will be provided once dates are confirmed. We are going to be making breakfast smoothies in Wellbeing, the students are welcome to bring additional ingredients.

Please also get in touch if you think you may be able to share your expertise with our wonderful EBIS students.

Janis Dunning

Wellbeing Teacher

jdunning@ebis.school.nz

Creatives in Schools - DANCEwithME

We are really lucky to be part of the Creative in Schools project which means we get fully funded RNZB’s Dance Educators working regularly with our students. The project has already captured the attention of Creative NZ CEO Stephen Wainwright who wishes to use it as a case study.

The first stage of the project is to give the whole school an introduction to ballet/dance, which means a 45 minute session with each class. Then, from there they work with 30 students (who elect to continue the workshops) weekly to create a short piece that’s presented in June. The project aims to reach those who may not have had a chance to try dancing and also cultivate those already with a passion for dance.

New Staff Interviews

By Uru

Mrs Jackson

New ESOL Teacher

I chose to work at Evans Bay Intermediate School because I love to work with kids your age. It’s easy to get to EBIS because I live in Newtown, so I can always walk down to the school. I’ve always been at a school in my community, and it’s great to work in the community. I love my job because students really want to learn in a motivated attitude, and it’s a fun circle. Because they want to learn, they are always asking for help and I get to know the kids really well.

I wanted to be an Esol teacher because you can make a big change in students' lives. I wasn’t always an Esol teacher, I used to be a principal, I owned a cattery and kennels company, but I am now thinking of selling it. I also traveled the world to countries such as Germany, Singapore and the U.S. But then I really wanted to teach again, so I came back.

Mr Slater

School Counsellor

I have been a school counsellor for over forty years. Since I’m retired, I chose to work at EBIS. Another reason I chose Evans Bay Intermediate School is because it’s only two days a week, and I live close to the school. I started teaching at intermediate schools, but I have worked at Secondary schools too. I have also been a sports coach for hockey and softball for Wellington Boys and Queen Margarets.

I really like my job, as I enjoy seeing young people facing their problems and getting over them. I find it quite satisfying, and I wouldn’t trade my current job for any other job. The longest I spent doing counselling at one school was for twenty-five years.

Ms Dunning

Wellbeing Teacher

I’ve only been a wellbeing teacher for 2 weeks, but I’ve been a classroom teacher for two years. I chose to go to Evans Bay Intermediate because it was one of the only schools that offered such an exciting role. I chose to do well being because I get to teach martial arts and yoga. Kids get to learn more about themselves and how they can look after their hauora

Ms Webb

Room 4 Teacher

I have been teaching for 8 years. I became a teacher because it’s all about the people. I love working with and teaching children. I love teaching maths and working with other people. You’re always teaching and learning new things. I chose to teach at Evans Bay Intermediate because I love teaching intermediate, I’ve taught intermediate before and I prefer it.

Mr Campbell Garratt

Sports Co-Ordinator

I am the new sports coordinator. I am a parent who is passionate about sports and the importance of it in the well-being of our akonga. I believe sport can open many doors for them alongside academics. I am looking forward to working alongside our parents, teachers and the community to provide the best possible opportunities and experiences through sport for our youth.

Collecting Children from School

If you need to come and either collect your child from school or drop something to them, please come to the office and do not go to the classroom. The office will make contact with the class and ensure either your child comes over to you or will take items to them. For health and safety reasons we cannot have people who are not part of the staff entering and leaving the school.

Resilience

It was so fantastic to have many of our new Year 7 parents at our meeting this past Monday! We appreciate you coming out and having some great conversations with us about your child’s new journey at Evans Bay Intermediate.

I wanted to share my notes with you on resilience, something that we aim to build in students while they are with us.

Resilience is the capacity to cope, learn, and even thrive in the face of adversity or hardship. It means embracing the difficulty of something and using it as a learning experience. We can all build resilience and help our students and children build it too. Resilience is also important to student wellbeing and academic success.

Scientific studies of children facing issues in their lives support the importance of a resilient mindset. Resilience explains why some children overcome overwhelming obstacles, sometimes clawing and scraping their way to successful adulthood, while others become victims of these hardships. In many studies, a resilient mindset was the biggest determining factor of student success, not what school they went to or their economic status.

Our goal to build resilience at Evans Bay Intermediate involves staff, students and whanau. We need to foster skills of self-awareness, self-management and social awareness in children, and this helps to build a resilient mindset. Resilience allows us to cope with difficult situations. When we have resilience, the difficult stuff does not get to us as much and we are able to keep things in perspective. What is important to remember is that resilience can even be the ability to reach out for help, and recognizing when we need support. This part is easy to forget! Resilience is not only about being strong, sometimes we need to ask for help too.

Would you like to learn more? Check out Hey Sigmund!

Melissa Watt, Assistant Principal & SENCo

Sport at EBIS

NZ Primary Schools Cricket Tournament

EBIS is taking part in the NZ Primary Schools Cricket Tournament.

We are looking for a team of 9 boys (Year 7 and 8) who are keen (experienced in hardball) cricket players.

Students to meet Campbell (our new Sports Coordinator) in the hall at morning tea on Monday 17 February 2020.

Student Success

Toitoi

A huge thanks to all students for sending us their creative work for Toitoi 19.

Congratulations to the following students for their work being selected to be published in Toitoi (A journal for young writers)

Jasmine Hirst-Whitten = Illustrator. Jasmine has been selected to publish a story called ``The Cape Campbell Lighthouse”. Jasmine will read this story and select any medium she feels suits the style of the story.

Juniper Hyde = Poem “Storm”. Juniper has worked hard and has displayed perseverance to have this success. Her poem had fantastic descriptive language.

Vasiliki Harellis = Illustrator. Vasiliki will be illustrating Juniper’s poem! This is a great link for our school.

Isabel Taylor = Story “My New Life”. Isabel will have her story published and with We received over 1000 submissions for this journal this is a great privilege!

Toby Greenbank = Illustrator. Toby will be illustrating a poem called 'Gobbledegook'. His style and bold colours will be perfect for this poem.

These students received their merits in assembly this week and the Toitoi Journal will be published midterm 2. Each student will be awarded 2 free copies and will see their name in print for their first published piece of work! Students can come and work with Mr Chave in the library Wednesday and Friday if they want to submit for the next issue. The deadline is the 9th of April.

Lydia Fagan was awarded her published journals in assembly and below is a photo of her artwork she submitted. Congratulations Lydia.

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7/2/2020

Kia Ora EBIS Whanau

Welcome year 7 parents and welcome back to year 8 parents of EBIS. I would like to wish you all a Happy New Year and hope that you have had an excellent break. This is the first Bulletin for 2020 and I have a few things I would like to share with you.

Firstly I would like to let you know a little about me. I have been a school Principal for almost 10 years, over three different schools - a primary contributing, a full primary and now an intermediate. I have two grown children and am expecting my first grandchild in July this year. I have been teaching since I was 20, a good many years now! I love dancing, singing, tramping and spending time with my family and friends when I am not at work.

As Principal of Evans Bay Intermediate my priority is the well being of my staff and students and anything that affects them, is important to me. Our staff work extremely hard to ensure your children are well catered for and looked after. If you have any concerns please talk to your child's classroom teacher first, as they have the ability to address concerns quickly.

Two important meetings next Monday

Next week we have two meetings for you on Monday 10 February in the staff room:

- 5pm - 6pm - a whanau hui for our Māori families. At the meeting we hope to cover the following:
- Discuss how our Māori whānau can provide ideas to assist the school be a more authentic treaty partner
- Learning opportunities for the kids - how do we make it better
- Kaumatua & role models evenings
- Personal development for staff
- What would our Māori whānau like to see this the year
- 6 - 7pm Year 7 parents. At the meeting we hope to cover the following:
- The way we do things at EBIS -
- Questions

Changes from 2019

We are no longer using the School App. We are currently looking at an alternative to this and will send further information as we make the decision
We have postponed EOTC week which was scheduled for week 3 of this term. Further information will come out about this as the year progresses.

Health and safety

When entering and leaving the school we ask that all children - unless they have a disability walk up and down the drive. Please do not bring your child in or collect them by car unless there is a very good reason as this is a safety issue for our children. Please park outside and walk in if you have come to collect them.

Also please do not park on the bus stops, but park safely in the allocated space. We are currently working with the Ministry to try and get a safer entrance to the school and more parking. Watch this space.

BOT meeting

Finally our first BOT meeting of the year is on Monday 24 February, in the admin block commencing at 6pm. Our current Board is made up of old and new members whose profiles you can find on our website. If you click on the link you will be able to see who they are.

The first job of the Board for the year is to elect a new Chair. I will update you on this once the Board has voted.

Nga mihi nui, tofa soifua, salut, kind regards,

Louise Bray-Burns

Principal

School News

School Leaders Training Day

On Friday 30 January the EBIS school leaders undertook an exciting day of leadership training. We were fortunate to have three excellent specialist trainers who did some amazing interactive activities with the students. A huge thanks to Nicola, Stevo and Saskia for spending your time helping us. The arrangement is that they will be involved the whole year with the leadership development of our school leaders.

As a school we are looking forward to seeing the development of these 28 students this year. We wish them all the best!!

Kia ora koutou and welcome to 2020. We have an exciting Wellbeing programme lined up for students this year, with a key focus on making connections to the community and learning to look after all aspects of our hauora.

We are looking for members of our school whānau that may have strengths in any area of wellbeing to come in and share their expertise with the kura. If you would like to discuss this, please do not hesitate to contact me.

There will be many opportunities for students to experience a variety of activities, such as yoga, martial arts and meditation. Having an open mind will be key to gain the most from these sessions and we hope that students will find something new that inspires them. Our food focus will centre around students developing recipes for breakfast and lunch, that are both nutritious and cost effective.

In Week 2, we are lucky enough to have a professional yoga instructor, from the Wellington Indian Association, who will be offering taster lessons. Family members are welcome to attend/participate the sessions and the timetable is below.

Janis Dunning

jdunning@ebis.school.nz

The new Year 7’s

The new year 7’s have been amazing in adapting to their new surroundings and classes and This year's 8's have been a great help with that too, they have been including and socialising with the new year 7’s to make them more comfortable in their new school. It's so great to see so many different cultures and backgrounds in the classes.

Powhiri

By Rawhiti

This year started off well with beautiful maori songs to welcome all year 7 students. The year 8’s sung a warm welcome to introduce the year 7’s to EBIS. A lot of parents attended the Powhiri, Mr Fah did a wonderful job this morning with his brilliant playing! A lot of parents recognised the songs and sang with them too, the Powhiri was a great success and the year 7s are now settled into their classes and ready for a year of learning!

Sport at EBIS

Floorball Registrations were due in on the 7th. However, please be quick in getting the following Permission to msagato@ebis.school.nz if your child missed it this week. We unfortunately cannot guarantee that this will go through in time, however we will try our best.

Floorball Letter/Permission

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