St Bernadette’s School
Loving our Learning, Living our faith, Knowing our God
190 Naenae Road, Naenae, Lower Hutt 5011. Phone (04)5678056, email : [email protected]
Dear Parents and Caregivers,
3 August, 2014
Tomorrow we have our three way learning
conferences for all year 4 - 8 students. The
children and teachers are looking forward to
sharing their learning with you. Please call
Annette if you do not yet have an appointment. If
tomorrow doesn’t suit please make an alternative
time with your child’s teacher. It is important that
your child knows that you are interested in their learning and progress.
While you are here for learning conferences I am keen to see if you have any
thoughts on our health curriculum. Every two years we are required to
consult with our community on the health curriculum. Very soon the Year 6 8 students will be doing a Positive Puberty unit of learning. So this is a good
time for us to be thinking about what is important for our community when
we are thinking about teaching and learning in the area of health.
There is only one question in this consultation What do you see as important in health education in
our school?
The Board of Trustees will then look at our current curriculum statement and
see if we need to change it to better include your priorities. Here is our
current health statement.
Implementation of Health Curriculum
St Bernadette’s School will implement a programme of health and
physical education based on the New Zealand Curriculum, intending to
make a positive difference to the well-being of students and their
community.
The Health and Physical Education Curriculum document promotes physical,
mental, emotional, social and spiritual well-being.
The four strands of Health and Physical Education Curriculum
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Key area of
learning
Mental Health
Sexuality
Education
Food and
Nutrition
Body Care and
Physical Safety
Personal Health and Physical Development
Movement Concepts and Motor Skills
Relationships with Other People
Healthy Communities and Environments
Content at St Bernadette’s School
Opportunities to develop skills and understanding about…
SHINE / Class & School culture focus at the beginning of each year.
Personal identity and self worth.
Resilience & effective interpersonal relationships
Stereotyping and discrimination
Personal identity and self worth.
Interpersonal skills and attitudes to enhancing relationships
Positive Puberty (Involving Year 6 - 8 students), every second year
(even years).
Links between nutrition, exercise and well-being
Healthy eating - healthy lunches & water only school
Vegetable gardens
Food for thought
Life Education Trust
Food technology (Year 7 & 8 students)
Personal body care and hygiene
Firewise
Road safety
Life Education Trust
Prevention of illness and injury
Identifying hazards
Self responsibility
Health education is about enhancing students’ sense of self worth through learning
to think critically about health related issues and challenges. Students learn that
well-being is a combination of the physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual
aspects of people’s lives.
We appreciate your input and feedback. If your children are not year 4 - 8 and you
are not coming to learning conferences, we would still love to know what you think.
Feel free to tell Annette or I, or write a note or email to either of us.
Naku noa, Na
Jo Buckley
Principal
2016 Term 3 Dates
Thursday 4th August
Year 4 - 8 Learning Conferences
Friday 5th August
Barbara and Father Greally meeting with First Communion
children 1.30pm
Assembly
2.30pm in the Parish Hall
Tuesday 9th August
Board of Trustees meeting
Friday 12th August
Jump Jam
Thursday 18th August
Feast of the Assumption School Mass lead by Room 5
9am in Parish Hall
7pm in Staffroom
2.30pm in the Parish Hall
First Communion Preparation meeting for children and parents
6pm in Room 3
Friday 19th August
Assembly
2.30pm in the Parish Hall
Friday 26th August
Jump Jam
2.30pm in the Parish Hall
Friday 26th August
First Communion practise
Sunday 28th August
First Communion
9.30am Parish Mass St Bernadette’s Church
Wednesday 31st August
Collins Memorial Cup
Thursday 1st September
Room 2 Class Mass - Fathers Day
Friday 2nd September
Assembly
2.30pm in the Parish Hall
Friday 9th September
Jump Jam
2.30pm in the Parish Hall
3.15pm St Bernadette’s Church
Thursday 15th September Room 4 Class Mass - Social Justice
Friday 16th September
Assembly
Tuesday 20th August
Year 8 Girls Immunisation
Friday 23rd September
Jump Jam
Friday 23rd September
Last day of Term 3
Monday 10th October
Term 4 begins
2.30pm in the Parish Hall
2.30 in the Parish Hall