ECS Update Term 2, Week 8 – Friday 16th June 2023

ECS Update Term 2, Week 8 – Friday 16th June 2023

Kia ora Parents and Caregivers,

Welcome to the Term 2, Week 8 Newsletter.

This newsletter contains information on the following:

• Important Dates
• School Photos
• School Dental Van
• Hall Piano
• Music Opportunities at ECS 
• ICAS Assessment
• Free membership to the Christchurch City Libraries and giveaway!

Important Dates

Thursday 22nd June – School Photos

Tuesday 27th June – Mufti Day Fundraiser

Wednesday 28th June – Final Day of classes for Term 2 (Year 3-10 Reports will be issued on this day)

Monday 17 July – First Day of classes for Term 3

Year 3-10 Parent Teacher Interviews will occur over the start of Term 3.  An email will be sent home next week with booking information, dates and times.

School Photos Thursday 22nd June

Our annual School photos will be taken during the school day on Thursday 22nd June.  Every student will have both an individual and a class photo taken during this day.  Information on ordering a copy will be avaliable at a later date.

Please ensure students come to school in correct school uniform.  They will not wear their jerseys or polar fleeces during the photos so please make sure they wear the correct winter shirts (and don’t have any polyprops or singlets etc showing).  
Seniors may wear blazers during their individual photos.

As in the last few years there will be an option for photographs of students to be taken with their siblings who are currently also at Emmanuel Christian School.  This will occur before school on the 22nd.  If you wish to have a sibling photo taken of your children then please complete the attached form and return to the office before Tuesday 20th June.

School Dental Van

Please click on the link below to read a notice from the Community Dental Service about their upcoming visit to our school.  

Hall Piano – Fundraising

As you are likely aware we have started the process of raising funds to replace the piano in the hall.  The current piano has served the school well for many years, however, it is now in need of replacement.

A donor has offered to match the donations received from a School muftiday to help us with this process.  We will hold a Mufti day to support this fundraising on Tuesday 27th June.

On this day students can wear tidy mufti in return for a gold coin donation to contribute towards the piano replacement.

Music Opportunities at ECS

Please click on the link below to read about all the amazing opportunities students have to get involved with music at ECS this year.  Music Theory Classes, Junior and Senior Choirs, Strum, Strike and Blow, Christchurch Schools Music Festival, Junior and Senior Recorder groups, Ukulele group, Marimba group and Worship Band!

ICAS Assessments

In August stduents will have the oportunity to sit the ICAS Assessments.  More information about these can be found at: https://www.icasassessments.com/products-icas/

While these do not form part of our regular school assessment process we do understand a number of families would like their children to have this oportunity.  There is a cost associated with this and students need to be registered.

Registration and payments are avaliable at: https://shop.icasassessments.com/pages/pps

The school access code is: TQJ266

Free membership to the Christchurch City Libraries and giveaway!