Kaurihohore School Week One, Term Two 2025
Manaaki te katoa - be kind to all.
Respect - Empathy - Kindness
He aroha whakatō, he aroha ka puta mai
“If kindness is sown, then kindness is what you shall receive”
Kia ora e te whānau,
Welcome back to a new term. A big welcome to our new families, you are now officially part of our Kaurihohore whānau!
Term two has started wet and our grounds really reflect the recent weather we have had. We lost a few trees in the storm, along with bark and sand from our playground. There is certainly a lot of cleaning up to be done.
It is a great idea if children start to wear footwear that is appropriate to the weather we have been having and please ensure they bring a change of clothes. Our children love being out in the rain, so sending along an umbrella or a raincoat is a good idea.
Looking forward to a very positive Term 2. As always we appreciate your support.
Leslee Allen
Working Together To Instill Great Habits
A big part of who we are as a school is based on knowing how the brain learns, but also understanding the stress response and how we can best help children based on their developmental needs. We have worked hard to base our core understandings on relational neuroscience, understanding the impact of trauma, being developmentally informed, being neurodiversity affirming and understanding the importance of the first few years at school. We understand that habits like respect, kindness and empathy can only be developed when children feel safe and connected and these habits take time to develop.
We work hard to work together as a staff to best assist all of our children. We acknowledge that sometimes we may not get it 100% right, but we are always doing our best and constantly learning.
Children are not little adults and they will make many mistakes on their journey, ones that they will need our support with.
It is crucial that we are supporting each other, rather than contradicting one another. If a teacher comes to you with concerns, please understand that we need your support with these. If a child sees that you do not value what we have to say, they won’t value the support we are trying to give them. We may not always completely agree with one another, but it is vital that children see us as a cohesive team that is working together to help them to develop positive habits and if needed, to take accountability for any mistakes they may have made and in turn, learn and grow from these mistakes. Modelling this as adults is also important, we are not perfect, we make mistakes, we say and do things that we later regret. Children must see us actively role modelling how we acknowledge, take accountability for and learn from these mistakes.
Moving Post Peelings - Morning Working Bee 13th of May 8am
We still have a massive pile of post peelings to be moved. Paul will be here on the 13th of May and it would be great if we could get a few people along at 8am with wheelbarrows and spades to move the rest of this pile. Just a few adults should be able to move this pile relatively quickly, if you are able to help at all, we would greatly appreciate it! Masks will be available. If we don’t get it all moved, we will make another date. If you are not able to make this date or time but would like to help come in and chat to Dianne and she will put you in contact with Paul.
Police Education visit - Keeping Ourselves Safe - 19th - 23rd May
In week four we have two police education officers working in our school to deliver elements of the Keeping Ourselves Safe programme. Rooms 1 - 5 will be covering My Body is My Own (physically me, touch)
Room 6 - 9 will be covering :
*The real world (safe and unsafe behaviours)
*Digital safety (being safe online)
*About abuse (knowing what it is and how to get help)
You can find all resources and overviews by visiting www.police.govt.nz and searching Keeping Ourselves Safe.
You are welcome to chat to your child’s teacher if you have any questions or concerns.
Fundraising
Our target this year is to raise $40 000 to cover learning support needs. This learning support pays to ensure we have people on the ground that can give our children the support they need, when they need it. Unfortunately this is not currently funded by the Government.
Total raised so far - $5281.20 - thank you so much for your support!
Term 2 Fundraisers-
*Sponsored Colour Run - information has been sent home about this. This will be held on the 11th of June, all money raised go towards our fantastic support staff. Information has gone home via seesaw, you can set up a student profile page by going to www.schoolfunrun.co.nz. You can then share this link via social media and SMS. If you are given cash, you can also bring this to the office and it will be added to your child’s account.
*Chocolate - chocolates are now available to sell, please pick up the boxes you would like from the school office. Once sold, please send money back to the office. This was a great fundraiser for us last year and goes a very long way towards achieving that target. Again, all money raised goes towards funding for learning support that is not currently funded by the MOE.
*Pizza day fundraisers - the first pizza day is being held on the 7th of May. You can order via KINDO and orders close on the 3rd of May.
Thank you for your hard work in making these fundraisers successful! We truly appreciate your support.
Contacting Us
You can find all staff emails on our blog page under the tab ‘our staff,’ however the best way to contact your child’s teacher is via seesaw message. Teachers will endeavour to answer when they have time during the day, however please don’t expect replies to messages or emails after 5pm. We will respond the next day as soon as we can. Please refrain from using Facebook messenger, or our personal phone numbers to contact us.
Our school blog is kaurihohoreschool.blogspot.com
Office emails are:
Shelley- admin@kaurihohoreschool.co.nz
Dianne - reception@kaurihohoreschool.co.nz
Chelsea/Enrolments - kaurienrolments@gmail.com
Leslee - principal@kaurihohoreschool.co.nz
Reporting Absence - kauriabsences@gmail.com
If you have questions or concerns, please direct these to your child’s teacher as soon as you can, so we can nip anything in the bud before it becomes a bigger issue.
KINDO
Kindo is an app that allows online payments for items at school like pizza days etc. If you go to the links below to either create an account, or log in. These links are also at the top of our school blog site.
Create and account.
https://shop.tgcl.co.nz/shop/flow_join.shtml
Log in
https://shop.tgcl.co.nz/shop/index.html
Term Two - Known Dates
19th - 23rd May - Police Education visit - keeping ourselves safe
28th May - Winter Sports Day (senior school)
2nd June - King's Birthday (school closed)
11th June - Sponsored Colour Run - 1.30pm - 2.30pm (we will assemble about 1.20pm)
13th June - Science Roadshow (Room 7, 8, 9)
20th June - Matariki (school closed)
25th June - Empty Classroom Day
27th June - End of Term Awards - 2.10pm
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Last day of the year - 16th of December 12pm finish
School Bank Account Details -
Account 12-3093-0200709-00
Kaurihohore school board of Trustees
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