Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Extra Out of Zone Places - Kaurihohore School

Do you have a child who will be in Year 2 or Year 4 next year?

Are you thinking about a change of school, or perhaps you are moving?

Kaurihohore School currently has out of zone places for 2026 for Year 2 and Year 4 children.

We are a small, rural school just five minutes out of Te Kamo.

Places will be formally advertised soon, along with our new entrant positions for 2026, but if you’d like to know more, you can set up a visit with our enrolments officer Chelsea Woods kaurienrolments@gmail.com alternatively give us a call on 09 4350 041 to set up a time to talk to Chelsea and find out more.

You can also visit our home on the web kaurihohoreschool.blogspot.com to find out more about us.

Week Three News

Kaurihohore School Week Three, Term Three 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,

We are well into Term 3 now. Yesterday’s weather event sure put a spanner in the works. We are really grateful for your quick response to the call to pick up your children.

It was really unfortunate that we had to close today, but problems with the septic system meant we needed to remedy an issue that would have been a health and safety risk otherwise. The Board of Trustees do have a plan in the works to update the current system, we are currently waiting for the MOE to approve funding so we can push forward with this plan.

Today has allowed us to come up with a plan to cope, should another weather event cause issues for our pump. This will mean we can ensure no unfortunate leakage of sewerage and hopefully be able to keep the school open in the future. We are very grateful to you for being able to keep your children at home.

Tomorrow are our whānau conferences, please pick children up by 2pm. We will assemble around 1.45pm for pick up. If you have an appointment, but can no longer make it, please let the office or your child’s teacher know ASAP.

Thank you again for all of your support, we really value our awesome community!

Leslee Allen

2026-2028 Strategic Plan

*We would love more voices, please complete the survey, even if you are happy with the direction we have been heading, your voices will inform the next three years of development. The survey will take you five to ten minutes, it is short, just two questions, your social and emotional aspirations for your child and your academic aspirations for your child.

We are coming towards the end of our last strategic plan and it is time to look back at what we have achieved so far and forwards to what we want to achieve. Matariki is a great time to do this.

In our 2024 - 2025 plan we have been working towards embedding our wellbeing curriculum, embedding structured literacy and working towards structured maths and growing our knowledge of our place and our stories.

As a first step in setting our strategic plan the BOT would like your input. You can share your ideas with us using this form.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe7ldWdHFuvuq4f7bqJ-hFAGx2tJfgTWYSAPTxI8bGVMLQ6Vg/viewform?usp=header

Board of Trustees Elections - Nominations Close Soon

We do not currently have enough nominations to form a Board. Please consider nominating yourself for this important job.

This year our Board of Trustees elections will be held online. On the 18th of July All parents will have received an email from 'Election Pilot Mission Control', this is the company accredited to run Schools BOT elections online.

Please take a moment to read the email and have a think about joining the Kaurihohore School Board of Trustees. There are 5 vacancies for parents.

This is a fantastic opportunity to get involved. You are able to nominate yourself.

More than happy to put you in touch with some current BOT members if you would like to have a chat about what is involved.

Nominations close 12 noon 6th August.

Voting emails will be sent out Wednesday 13th August.

Voting closes Weds 10th Sept 4pm.

If you require a hard copy of the email that was sent out please pop into the office and see us.

Thanks

Kamo Intermediate Enrolments

These will open tomorrow. Online enrolments only via this link https://enrolments.linc-ed.com/apply/NZ/1029 You can find more information on their school website.

The Ned Show

This has been postponed to the 9th of September.

Dog Safety

Next Wednesday we are really happy to be able to offer all of our children lessons in dog safety, this is such an important piece of learning and we are grateful to Cristine Crawford for being able to offer it to us.

Cross Country - 13th August

Start Time - 9.15am

Cross country starts with the senior runners. Please note timings are approximate, some races will run faster or slower than expected. Year zero and one will run around the bike track, so will need shoes on the day. For all other children, shoes are optional, but highly recommended. It is going to be quite muddy, so a change of clothes for afterwards is highly recommended.

If it is too wet the junior section of the day will be canceled as we do not have a postponement date. We will endeavor to run the senior races on the day as they need to qualify from the Whangārei event. If for any reason we are not able to do this, we will run the races during school time on the next fine day.

Please note it is a normal school day, children will be in classrooms in the afternoon as they usually would, this is not an early day.
Parking available in the church car park, but please close the gate if you are last to leave.

Seniors

Please note age in Senior races is on the 1st of January 2024 to align ourselves with the Whangārei Event.

Seniors start their race in the vicinity of the school bike shed and finish on the field.

Times are approximate only and races must be near to completed before the next one starts. Races may run faster or slower than indicated by the time, if coming to watch be there before the indicated time.

10+yrs - 9.15am- Senior Trophy - 147 Apotu (competitive distance)

9yrs - 9.40am- Middle Trophy - 133 Apotu (competitive distance)

8yrs and under -10am - Junior Trophy - 105 Apotu

*Please note our 9 year old race and our 10+ race will be divided into competitive and non-competitive. This is a decision the children have been part of making, to ensure cross country is achievable for everyone. Please discuss this decision with your child before the event. (we are still confirming if there will be a need for this division)

Juniors

Year 3’s 10.20 (approximately 800m - go out of school grounds, run just past the top gate to the power pole, then return back and in through the top gate.)

Year 2’s - 10.40 - 1 lap around school (go outside the school gate along roadside)

Please note children run in their year levels up to year 3. Year 4 and above run according to ages. If a year three child is very competitive and fits into the 8yr group, they may still go on to compete further, you will need to talk to Cathy Hadfield about this.

Juniors (juniors start their race out on the main field in the vicinity of the shelter)

Year 1’s - 10.50 - 1 lap around bike track

Year 0’s - 11.00 - 1 lap around bike track (birthdays after April 1st)

Approximate Completion of events - Morning Tea 11.10am

WPSSA (Whangārei Competitive Event) Distances:

8 Years - 1800m

9 Years - 2200m

10 Years + - 2200m

Pool Volunteers

We need you!

2025-2026 Kaurihohore School Pool volunteers

We are looking for 8 volunteers to help keep our school pool clean and testing done over the 2025 (term 4)-2026 (term 1) swimming terms and Xmas holidays.

If you are interested, please send Chelsea an email or pop in and leave your name at the school office. chelsea.woods@kaurihohoreschool.co.nz

Full training will be in week one of term 4 2025 and for those new to the role Paul will be close by if you need any help mastering the role.

This role will be over the Xmas school holidays as well as school terms on a rolling roaster, please keep this in mind when thinking about this role. BONUS – you get a school pool key FREE to enjoy with your children.

We appreciate your help supporting our school.

Chocolate Fundraiser

We still have quite a few families with outstanding money. If possible please get this back to us ASAP. We also still have a few boxes to sell, so if you can help with this please come and see Dianne. Thank you for your ongoing support.

Life Education Visit

Harold and Nadine will be making their visit to our school this term. Children get two visits to the caravan and there will be a charge for this, this will be payable on Kindo.

Ag and Flower Day - 10th October

This will be held in the first week back of next term and it is time to register animals. Please see

Dianne to register your calf, lamb or goat for this day.

Fundraising

Our target this year is to raise $40 000 to cover learning support needs. This learning support serves to ensure we have people on the ground outside of classroom teachers that can give our children the support they need, when they need it. Unfortunately this is not currently funded by the Government.

Total raised in Term 1 was- $5281.20.

In Term 2 we raised:

Winter sports food - $1027.05

Community hall food selling - $445

Pizza lunch - $2218.22

Sponsored run - $9311.49 (profit after the purchase of the prizes and administration fee)

Total so far - $18,282.96

Term 3 Fundraisers-

Chocolates

We will continue to sell these towards our fundraising target during Term 3 and 4.

Pizza Lunch

These will be held on the 7th of August and the 4th of September. You can order through KINDO, look out on facebook or seesaw for information on ordering.

Disco - 22nd August 5pm - 7pm

Tickets will be $8, this is a great fundraiser for the school and a fun event.

Getting Ready For Halloween - 31/10/25

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.

Start planning your costumes and clearing your calendar – this is our BIGGEST fundraiser of the year, and it's all for an awesome cause: Learning support at Kaurihohore School!

Event details will be shared right here on our Facebook page, so make sure you're following us to stay in the spooky loop!

If you'd like to help out, flick a message to Chelsea Woods – we’d love your support!

Sponsorship letters will be coming home soon. If you or someone you know (a business, a boss, or your spooky aunty with a heart of gold ) might be keen to support, we’d really appreciate it!

Thanks for being part of our awesome school whānau – let the Halloween countdown begin!

Come Scare With Me

Interested in being a scarer on the day? I would love your help. From 4pm - 5.30pm we will be running ‘kid friendly scaring’ . This is a great time for older children or teenagers to help out who would like to add a bit of atmosphere by dressing up as fairy tale characters and interacting with our visitors. From 5.30pm onwards it will be big kid friendly. This is when we will need to bring our ‘expert’ scarers out, the more scarers we can have wandering around adding to the atmosphere, the better the night will be. Please contact me (Leslee) if you would like to join my scaring team and are able to be on scaring duty from 5.30pm - 7.30pm.

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

https://shop.tgcl.co.nz/shop/index.html

Term Three

6th August - Dog safety sessions - whole school

12th of August onwards - Life Education Visit

13th August - School cross country

9th September - NED Show

12th September - Empty Classroom Day

Term Four

10th October - Ag and Flower Day

31st October - Halloween Event

Last day of the year - 16th of December 12pm finish

Please note, we have not yet set our return date for 2026, but you can find a guide for school starting dates by searching term dates 2026. We aim to set this date very soon.

School Bank Account Details -

Account 12-3093-0200709-00

Kaurihohore school board of Trustees

Food for thought…

Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Week One School News

Kaurihohore School Week One, Term Three 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,

Nau mai hoki mai, welcome back!

A big welcome to whānau that are joining our school this term, we know that you will enjoy this place as much as we do.

This term will again be a busy one and it is likely to be quite wet. Please ensure children dress for the weather and bring a change of clothes each day.

Lost property has been an absolute battle over the last couple of years and last term is a great example of that, we start the year with a full container of clothes, despite putting them on display for the children to collect throughout the term and in the last week. Children just don’t seem to care about their belongings or even recognise them. We can not reduce this problem without your support. Please name your child’s clothing and check each day if they have brought it all home with them. Most importantly make sure they recognise their clothing and understand that we need to value what we have. To reduce this problem, we must make the children responsible, please don’t rush to replace items that are lost, children need to understand that replacing items is not a solution to the problem. This fits beautifully with our school focus right now on waste. Our throw away society is certainly causing huge problems for our planet right now and looking after our belongings and valuing what we have is a great way to start turning this around.

As always, we are grateful for your support.

Leslee Allen

2026-2028 Strategic Plan

We are coming towards the end of our last strategic plan and it is time to look back at what we have achieved so far and forwards to what we want to achieve. Matariki is a great time to do this.

As a first step in setting our strategic plan the BOT would like your input. You can share your ideas with us using this form.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe7ldWdHFuvuq4f7bqJ-hFAGx2tJfgTWYSAPTxI8bGVMLQ6Vg/viewform?usp=header

Mana Ake

Our Kaimahi Lynette is working with each class this year with a focus on Ti Rakau. Classes had their first session yesterday and they loved it. We made changes to this approach based on the voices of our children who expressed an interest in learning more traditional Māori games and waiata during this time, with a view to everyone being involved, rather than just groups of children.

Whānau Conferences - Bookings Via Skool Loop

On the 31st of July 2025, we will hold parent teacher conferences.

This will be an early school finish, with children picked up at 2.00pm and conferences starting from 2.20pm. This is to allow us to get through all the conferences in one day. If you are unable to make this date, but want an appointment at another date, you need to contact your child’s teacher directly.

Whānau conferences are a time to catch up with your child’s teacher about how they are going at school.

Children in years 4 - 6 are welcome to come along to these conferences, but they are not required to come and you may prefer not to bring them.

Children are welcome to play outside while they are waiting for you. We do provide a lot of information with you on seesaw, so you may feel that you do not need to come and see your child’s teacher, this is absolutely fine, your child’s teacher will specifically request you come if they feel there is something that needs to be talked about.

The interview is a very short amount of time, so please come ready with the specific queries you would like to talk about.

Bookings will close on 25th July 2025 and must be made via Skool Loop, which is super easy to download. Teachers do not have access to this app, so if you are unable to use it or need to cancel an appointment, you will need to check in with Shelley in the school office.

If you are unable to make this date, please check in with your child’s teacher.

Curriculum Phases

Last term you received your child’s summary report. This report is intended to be read in conjunction with all the information you receive in real time via seesaw. At the top of your child’s report there were descriptors (needs support, working towards, proficient and exceeding.) These descriptors are draft descriptors that the Ministry currently has in place and it is likely another will be added. These descriptors are based on your child’s progress to achieving the designated part of the phase for their year level at the end of the year.

As we have previously said, the new curriculum has raised the bar on expected achievement , meaning those children that perhaps would have been considered ‘at’ are now needing extra support. We started working with this curriculum in draft last year and are still developing an understanding of the requirements within it ourselves.

I will share an outline of the skills within each section of the phases on seesaw for maths, reading and writing so that you know what is actually being expected.

Meaning of Descriptors:

If your child is recorded as needing support or progressing towards, your input at home is really important, providing extra practice will greatly assist your child.

Kamo Intermediate Enrolments

These will open tomorrow. Online enrolments only via this link https://enrolments.linc-ed.com/apply/NZ/1029 You can find more information on their school website.

The Ned Show

Next week on Thursday we welcome a wonderful show to our school. It is called Ned’s Resiliency Ride. Ned stands for: never give up, encourage others, do your best.

This show is free to our children thanks to another school selling enough yo-yos to fund our show. Following the show we will also have yo-yos to sell to hopefully pay this forward to another school. The show looks amazing and we are really looking forward to it!

Cross Country - 13th August

Our cross country will be held this term. It is a great idea to get training now. More information will come home about this soon. This even starts around 9.15am and runs until approximately 11am.

Pool Volunteers

We need you!

2025-2026 Kaurihohore School Pool volunteers

We are looking for 8 volunteers to help keep our school pool clean and testing done over the 2025 (term 4)-2026 (term 1) swimming terms and Xmas holidays.

If you are interested, please send Chelsea an email or pop in and leave your name at the school office. chelsea.woods@kaurihohoreschool.co.nz

Full training will be in week one of term 4 2025 and for those new to the role Paul will be close by if you need any help mastering the role.

We appreciate your help supporting our school.

Chocolate Fundraiser

Life Education Visit

Harold and Nadine will be making their visit to our school this term. Children get two visits to the caravan and there will be a charge for this, we will let you know more about this soon.

Ag and Flower Day - 10th October

This will be held in the first week back of next term and it is time to register animals. Please see

Dianne to register your calf, lamb or goat for this day.

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 in Term 1 was- $5281.20.

In Term 2 we raised:

Winter sports food - $1027.05

Community hall food selling - $445

Pizza lunch - $2218.22