Term 3, Week 4 2021
Kia ora koutou,
During Week 4 the Year 5 and 6 students are visiting the museum. The bus bay will only need to be closed on Wednesday and Thursday for the buses in the morning. We begin our ICAS Exams this week, starting with English which was held today. Hopefully our HPPA Cross-country will be able to go ahead tomorrow and also our HPPA soccer days on Wednesday and Thursday. The HPPA Netball Day will be on Friday. All the very best to our runners and sports teams.
We are pleased to be able to replace our weekly Special Terrific Person certificates with a new updated Botany Best Award. The Botany Best Award will still be given out each week and the certificate now reflects our school by incorporating our tree, stream and Botany colours. We have included our school vision “Our Best Always” and the “Botany BEST Award” identifies our BEST = B=Beliefs, E=Excellence, S=Skills and T=Thoughtfulness.
 Congratulations to the following children who will be receiving their Botany Best Award and Values Bookmark at school assembly on Friday, starting at 9.10 am. This week our item will be Room 13 with their Samoan language learning and songs – we welcome you to attend.
Botany Best Awards
Mila Ritchie, Hasrat Dhillon, Lycan McCord, Emma Sun,Max Fu, Francis Sekona, Jackson Meng, Skylah Hubbard, Gemma Green, Rion Mose, Liam Forrest, Charlie McNae, Austin Hei, Lené Möll, Annie Li, Louie Yu, Kathy Stubbs,Taylor Lawrenson, Evelyn Xu, Tanique Bischoff, Jade Lundgren, Shrihaan Harridas, Aydan Bopari, Ella Blake and Ayeza Zahidani.
Values Award
Violet Liu, Gabriel Jin, Mene’ Nel, Arlie Clements-Goh, Hadassah Shamuel, Sophie Klee, Stevie Lawrenson, Wynand Bloem, Isaac Su’a, Manson Huang, Gabriel Divinagracia, Ziyu Qi, Gemma Stephenson, Alicia Wang, Ethan Wibowo, Caroline Animu,Ahmad Muhammad, Martin Duff, Indy Clifton, Lanxi Han, Lillie Cross, Motion Ngamu, Gerhard Snyman, Jesse Eillott, Ebony Chilcott, Grace Rameka and Mikaela Lennen.
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Coming Up @ BDS…
Wednesday 18 August – Yr 5 Museum trip
Thursday 19 August – Yr 6 Museum trip
Monday 23 August – Dance Festival @ Somerville Intermediate
Tuesday 24 August – ICAS Science / Dance Festival @ Somerville Intermediate
Wednesday 25 August – BOT Meeting
Monday 30 August – ICAS Maths
Friday 3 September – PTA Fathers Day breakfast
Tuesday 7 September – Senior speech finals
Wednesay 15 September – BOT Meeting
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Year 1 Museum Trip
On Tuesday 10th August we had an exciting bus ride into the museum to continue our learning about Māori protocol. This included identifying parts of a Marae and gain insight into Māori values and perspectives through artwork and carvings. Here are some pictures of us learning how to enter a wharenui with Whaea Gabrielle and Whaea Amy who we had so much fun with.
Lisa Bethune, Deputy Principal Y0-3, lisab@botanydowns.school.nz
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Year 2 Museum Trip
Last Wednesday, the Year 2’s enjoyed a wonderful day out at the Auckland Museum. Our learning focus has been Exploring Tikanga Māori.
In class, we have been learning about components of the wharenui and how they represent the human body. This trip helped cement children’s learning by visiting the wharenui, learning a little more about Māori values and culture through artwork and carvings and, having a go at weaving a tukutuku panel.
Rita Lala, Year 2 Team Leader, rital@botanydowns.school.nz
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Year 3 Auckland Museum Trip
On Monday 9th August the Year 3 team went to the Auckland Museum to learn more about Māori culture. We felt inspired by our Education session which took place inside the wharenui (meeting house). We learned how to make a tukutuku panel and were allowed to touch and talk about the different forms of art within this beautiful wharenui, including carvings and weaving. With the support of our wonderful parent helpers we explored every corner of the museum. The Year 3 team had a fabulous time!
Jennie Edwards, Year 3 Team Leader, jenniee@botanydowns.school.nz
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Kapa Haka
The Kapa Haka are in full swing this term and have been working very hard to learn new waiata and routines. We have 50 keen students who have signed up to Kapa Haka which is one of the biggest groups we have had. Very exciting!
We would like to say a huge thank you to The Auckland Council for gifting our brand new uniforms, and to the Howick Club for gifting the korowai. The uniforms and korowai are ātaahua (beautiful) and our tamariki are super excited to represent our school in them.
We are very grateful for their generous contributions and support.
Thanks!
The Kapa Haka group will be performing on the 22nd of September at the Senior Cultural Arts evening. Please encourage your child to turn up to every practise so we are well prepared for the night.
Nga Mihi,
Michelle Takaiti, michellet@botanydowns.school.nz
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Sports Updates…
Thursday Night Basketball League – last week both the Bandits and the Boxers lost by a close margin. However, it’s always a pleasure to see individual players and the team make progress every week!
Thursday, August 19:
Boxers (Boys) vs Macleans Thunder @ FCI Gym 6:15pm
Bandits (Girls) vs BBPS Red @FCI Gym @6:50pm
Sojung Yoon, sojungy@botanydowns.school.nz
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Yummy Apple Stickers
 A reminder to please save the stickers from your Yummy apples – the more we collect, the more equipment we can get for the school. Full sheets can be handed in to Room 2.
Thank you!
Jacquie O’Driscoll, jacquieo@botanydowns.school.nz
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Complimentary Tickets Available
Thanks to the Southern Stars Charitable Trust, we have 63 free tickets available for their upcoming show: Tom’s Marvelous Imagination, on Saturday 2 October. There are three show times: 10am, 1pm, and 4pm (21 tickets available for each show time). If you would like to take this opportunity for a fun day out, please pop in to the office to get your tickets.
Remember, we only have 63 tickets, so get in quick! One ticket is required per person.
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NZ Book Awards for Children & Young Adults
Last Wednesday evening, the winners of the 2021 Children’s book awards were announced; with the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year award going to Charlie Tangaroa and the Creature from the Sea, by TK Roxborogh.
This fabulous book is currently being read by the members of our Reading Enrichment group as part of their preparation for the HPPA Lit Quiz. We also have the illustration, non-fiction and picture book winners available in our library for our students to enjoy.
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