Kaurihohore School Week One, Term Four 2025
Kia whakatōmuri te haere whakamua," Let our past guide our future
Manaaki te katoa - be kind to all.
Respect - Empathy - Kindness
Kia ora e te whānau,
Welcome back to school. Term four is always a busy one and will speed by. A big welcome to the newest members of our school, we look forward to getting to know you all.
Last term our regular attendance was only 48% (regular attendance is considered 90% which is less than five days absent.) While we did have a lot of sickness, there was also a lot of absence noted for other reasons. Of particular concern are regular absences on a Monday and Friday. Every day of the week is important, please ensure your child is at school regularly unless they are unwell.
You will have no date seen the information around a proposed teacher strike on the 23rd of October. This date will not be confirmed till the 20th of October as it is dependent on ongoing negotiations. There is however a strong likelihood that it will go ahead. If it goes ahead our school will be closed for instruction and supervision on this day as the majority of staff are members of the union.
While pay is part of the negotiations, it is actually only a small part of what teachers and principals are asking for. What we really want is support for those children that need it. Our system really is at breaking point and we struggle to cope with limited funding and limited support. We need more adults in classrooms in the form of teacher aides and we need more staffing to be able to provide extra learning support and extension for those that need it. We hope we have your support with this.
We know that closing school is an imposition and none of us want to go without a day's pay, but at this point we need the government to start listening to us.
Ngā mihi maioha
Leslee Allen
Getting Ready For Halloween - 31/10/25
This event is just around the corner now. You can help by sharing the event as a way of advertising via social media.
We also still need quite a few helpers, particularly for set up and pack down. If you have not popped your name down anywhere, please consider doing so. If you are unable to access the form below, please just pop into the office and we will sort it for you.
Kaurihohore Halloween 2025 helpers
Please have a look at what your child’s class has been allocated and get involved.
*If you have students from multiple classrooms, please select one class and support them.
Room 1
$ or Baking
Room 2
$ or Baking
Room 3
$/ or Baking
Room 4
Juice box/Fizzy
Room 5
Juice box/Fizzy
Room 6
Juice box/Fizzy
Room 7
$ or wrapped candy
Room 8
$ or wrapped candy
Room 9
$ or wrapped candy
Donations can be made via Kindo, online transfer or cash to the office.
Items can be dropped into the class teacher.
Ag and Flower Day - 10th October
Family Challenge - Completely Optional
Optional Creation #1
Create a photo frame, no larger than A5, either up cycle one or create one of your own. It is important that this is the child’s work. Inside we want a photo of your pet, or if you don’t have one a photo of any animal (the child needs to have taken the photo themselves, so they will not be in the photo.)
We can print the photo at school if needed, just let us know.
These will be sent to school by the 9th of October (day before Ag Day) They must be able to be mounted on the wall or displayed standing up, these will be displayed in the nest.
Optional Creation #2
This is a family creation. Create a miniature garden as a family any theme that you choose but please ensure it is miniature (not bigger than 30cmx20cm). The idea is that these are tiny worlds, so keep that in mind.
Children in the senior classes do create their own miniature gardens, but this is your opportunity to have some fun as a family!
These are to be brought along to the nest on Friday morning (10th) and will be displayed on a table. Ensure they are marked in some way with your family name.
Class Items
These Items will be made on the day: Please note, some items require things to be provided.
Room 6 - 10
Aqua Jar Completed at school, bring an appropriate flower to stick to the lid and a clean jar without a label if you have one. -
Buttonhole - Bring a flower and foliage that are suitable for a
buttonhole
Miniature Garden - Accessories from home will be discussed in class. Please do not make these at home.
Vaseline saucer
Children will need flowers with good petals for this one. We will provide the saucer and vaseline
Children need to take this home at the end of the day.
Room 1 - 5
Paper Vase of Flowers Bring flowers appropriate to stick to paper with long stalks. They don’t need many and some sort of foliage also works well too.
Class craft - nothing is needed, teachers will provide materials.
Vaseline saucer
Children will need flowers with good petals for this one. We will provide the saucer and vaseline
Children need to take this home at the end of the day.
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The items highlighted in yellow, need to be brought along on the day in a named plastic bag, container or bucket. If you have extra flowers, you don’t mind sharing, that would be great as some children won’t have any.
Organisation of the day:
9 - 10.30pm - Completion of items (10.30 judging begins)
10.30 - Ag day animals start to be judged out on the field. Classes will move out to the field to watch.
11.00 - Morning Tea (Ag day animals will continue to be judged at this time.)
11.30 - Rooms available for viewing. Children view other classes together in class lots.
12.15pm - Lunch time. (Ag day animals will continue to be judged during this time if needed)
1.30pm - Conclusion of lunch. Children return to class.
Children may go home early, but do not have to, as class will resume as normal. If you take your child home, please sign them out at the office and let their teacher know.
Teachers Only Day
This will be held on the 17th of November. This day is allocated for curriculum development. School will be closed for instruction on this day.
Hats
In Term 1 and 4, the expectation is that all children will wear hats when outside. Hats must have a full brim or a flap at the back. We recommend having a school hat that gets left in your child’s bag. If children do not have a hat, they will have to play in the courtyard area of the school. Please support us by ensuring your child knows the importance of wearing a hat.
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: $13 001.76
In Term 3 - $9803.80
Total so far - $28 086.76 (Term one two and three)
Term 4 Fundraisers-
Chocolates
We will continue to sell these towards our fundraising target during Term 3 and 4.
Halloween
To be held on the 31st of October
Christmas Raffle
Dates for 2026
First day back 3rd February. Last day of the school year 15th December.
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 Four
10th October - Ag and Flower Day
15th October - School Photos
23rd October - Potential Strike (school closed)
27th October - Labour Day
31st October - Halloween Event
12th November - Year 3 - 6 Athletics
17th November - Teacher Only Day (school closed)
19th November - Class swap #1
25th November - Class swap #2
2nd December - Class swap #3
4th December - End of Term Awards 2.00pm
10th December - Junior Prizegiving 1.30pm (Year 1 - 3)
11th December - Senior Prizegiving 1.30pm (Year 4 - 6)
Last day of the year - 16th of December 12pm finish
2026 Dates - 3rd February to the 15th December
School Bank Account Details -
Account 12-3093-0200709-00
Kaurihohore school board of Trustees
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