Kaurihohore School Week Five, 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,
It was disappointing to see the Winter sports day for Year 5 and 6 cancelled today. This is even more frustrating given we were selling food at the location today. So food doesn't go to waste, we will be selling the remaining sausages and baking tomorrow. Please send children along with some money to purchase something.
These events are mammoth to organise, and I know that Cathy and Vikki have put a lot of work into ensuring our children would be able to have a good day. A big thank you to the whānau that intended to help on the day and/or helped in the way of donations of food or drink.
Learning support is something that has been in the news recently due to the budget announcement. We feel like a broken record each year, telling you just how stretched we are financially trying to provide for all of our children in need, but don’t qualify for any support. We are hopeful that some of the changes they propose will benefit us and our children in some way, easing the financial burden placed on the school, which we, in turn, then rely on through fundraising through you, our wonderful community.
Written summary reports will come out to you this term via Seesaw; you can expect these in the last week. These reports are to be read in conjunction with the assessments that teachers share with you within literacy and numeracy. Summary reports are intended to give you an impression of your child as a learner and will include a descriptor indicating where your child is achieving against curriculum expectations. These descriptors are currently in draft and may change following ministry consultation. I will share these descriptors with you prior to the reports coming out.
Leslee Allen
Sponsored Colour Run - 11th June
Please don’t forget to get your child signed up for this. 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. This is a really good fundraiser for our school and it is a LOT of fun too!
Children start running/walking around the bike track at 1.30pm and the school will assemble on the courts at 1.20pm. You are welcome to come along and run/walk with your children.
Pizza Fundraiser - 5th of June (please note, this has been moved because of Winter sports food selling.
While KINDO is closed, you can still come in and order at the office for pizza day. Just see Dianne before 3pm on Friday.
Yellow Day - Friday the 13th of June
Children are encouraged to wear yellow or dress as a giraffe on this day. All funds raised will go towards the Life Education Trust that does amazing things in our community. We might even be lucky enough to have a visit from Harold.
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 - you can still put an order in for this at the office before Friday.
Getting Ready For Halloween
Please look out for communications around ways you can help us. Halloween might not be an event you celebrate (like many of us) but it is a great fundraiser and it gives those families that like to celebrate it, somewhere safe to go. You can get in touch with Chelsea to find out how you might be able to help in the lead up to the day, on the day, or after the day. This has become massive and we really need all hands on deck if possible.
Monday Market Fundraising
Just a quick reminder: we’re looking for baking donations for the Kaurihohore Hall Monday Market happening next weekend. Baking can be dropped off on the Monday morning directly to the hall, or you can organise to get it to Holly on the Sunday. If you are keen to lend a hand on the day, please get in touch.
If you’re able to help out, please comment on Holly’s facebook post via the school page.
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
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)
13th June - Yellow day for Harold. Gold coin donation please.
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
