Week One School News

 Kaurihohore School Week One, Term Three 2026

Kia whakatōmuri te haere whakamua," Let our past guide our future

Manaaki te katoa - be kind to all. 

Respect - Empathy - Kindness 

Kia ora, hello, talofa lava, mālō e lelei, bula vinaka, ni hao, konnichiwa, namaste, hallo, marhaba, as-salamu alaykum, bonjour, hola, and warm greetings to everyone!

A big welcome back to you all, especially our new families. We are happy to have you as part of our Kaurihohore whānau.

A warm welcome to Ryan Fickling, who has joined us this term. Ryan has stepped in to cover Lisa Lipsham’s maternity leave.

Term three will be a busy one with several events scheduled. Keep an eye on our social media and Seesaw to stay up to date with what is happening.

I would like to express our gratitude to Plantpro and Sons for the work undertaken over the holidays on our top playground, completely free of charge! Ngā mihi nui!

Looking forward to an awesome term of learning and fun!

Leslee Allen

Reports

These were shared via Seesaw at the end of last term. As you will already know from my past newsletters, the curriculum has undergone several updates in 2024 and 2025. The constant changes and expectations have been challenging to navigate, and the latest update in October 2025 raised the bar again for English and Maths.

Below is a visual that hopefully helps explain the new descriptors teachers will refer to in their written reporting. As the bar has been raised, what was previously expected of a Year 2 student is now expected from a Year 1 student, and so on. This means reporting from last year may not match reporting from this year, as the benchmarks have shifted. Please understand that we are doing our best to ensure all children have the best opportunity to meet these new expectations, but this will take time. Your support at home for their learning goals is vital for their progress.

Basically, children have not gone backwards, the expectations have been raised!

Whānau Conferences - 6th August

As part of the reporting cycle, we will be holding conferences on the 6th of August. These are an opportunity to catch up with your child’s teacher and ask any questions you may have. You may not feel you have anything specific to discuss, so there is no requirement to make an appointment; you are welcome to catch up with teachers at any stage during the year. Children in Year 4 and above may attend the conference with you to participate in the learning discussion. Bookings are now open on the Skool Loop app—simply click on "bookings" to begin.

On this day school will finish at 1.45pm, please have them picked up by 2pm.  

Attendance

Our Term 2 attendance was slightly lower than last year. Regular attendance is considered 90%, and you will have seen your child’s termly attendance noted on their report. Please ensure children are at school every day unless they are unwell. If they have an appointment early in the day, please bring them to school afterward. If they have an afternoon appointment, please bring them to school in the morning and pick them up early.

Regular attendance is vital for academic progress, but even more important for social and emotional progress.

We appreciate your support.

School Cross Country

This will be held on the 19th of August starting with the seniors at 9.15am.  More details will be sent out closer to the time.

Kauri’s Got Talent

Classes will be running initial auditions and will send out more information as needed. Semi-finals will be held during lunchtimes (Weeks 4–6) when staff are available, and the finals will take place at 1:30 pm on the 10th of September.

Ag and Flower Day

This will be held on the 18th of September.  Entry forms for children that would like to bring a lamb or calf on the day were sent home this week.  If you have any questions about this, please see Dianne.

More information about the organisation of the day will be sent home closer to the time.

Kaurihohore School - 150th Jubilee

Our school celebrates its 150th anniversary next year! We have set the 23rd of October as the date for this celebration and will provide more information as planning progresses. If you or anyone you know would like to help plan this event, please speak with Shelley. Please also help us spread the word to past families to save the date.

Golf Tournament Fundraiser

This year, we are planning a golf fundraiser as an alternative to our Halloween event. This will be an adults-only event and promises to be a lot of fun. Start organising your teams now, and we will release more information soon.

we will put out more information soon. 

We are very grateful to Croft Poles & Timber for being the main sponsor for this event. We are also seeking hole sponsorships; you can find out more by speaking to Dianne or Shelley.

2027 ENROLMENT TIMELINE for Te Kamo Intermediate School

TERM 3 WEEK 1
Enrolments for 2027 Open Online on Monday 20th July

TERM 3 WEEK 2
Tuesday 28th July 2026

 Open Afternoon/Evening for Whanau & students 3:30 - 6:00 guided tours

TERM 3 WEEK 6

Contributing primary school Year 6 students to attend Te Kamo Intermediate for an organised visit (dates/times to be confirmed) (24th-28th August)

TERM 3 WEEK 7
Wednesday 2nd September 2026

Enrolments close for Out-of-Zone Applicants.
In-Zone students have automatic acceptance.
(Where possible we would like all enrolment forms in by this time)

TERM 3 WEEK 8
Wednesday 9th September 2026

 Ballot to take place if necessary for Out of Zone Applicants

Notification to ‘Out of Zone’ Applicants completed by end of Friday 11th September

TERM 3 WEEK 9
Tuesday 15th/Wednesday 16th/Thursday 17th September 2026 Enrolment Interviews
8am - 9am then 2.30pm - 5.30pm

TERM 3 WEEK 10
Friday 25th September
All successful Out of Zone enrolments need to be confirmed by this date (Last day Term 3

Please note - a second ballot may take place at a later date if we have spaces available. We will notify the community if this goes ahead.

After School Care

 Any enquires or if you would like an enrolment form either contact the office or email kaurikidsasc@gmail.com.

Donations

We know that some people prefer to give a donation and you can do this via KINDO.  If you are not sure how to do this, please see Dianne or Shelley in the office.

Parent Information Blog

This can be found linked to our main school blog site https://kaurihohoreschool.blogspot.com/

 Included on this site are articles and links that you may find helpful.  I will be making some videos over the year to help you understand how best to assist children get started with their journey in literacy and numeracy because the first three years are such an important foundation for later progress.

https://kaurihohoreparentinfo.blogspot.com/

Enrolments

We currently have positions in year 3 - 5 available for any out of zone students, if you know of anyone with a child in this age range, please let them know to come and speak with Shelley in the office.  

Contacting Us

You can find all staff emails on our blog page under the tab ‘our staff,’ however the best

The 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.

Office contact emails are:

• Shelley: admin@kaurihohoreschool.co.nz

• Dianne: reception@kaurihohoreschool.co.nz

• Enrolments: kaurienrolments@gmail.com

• Leslee: principal@kaurihohoreschool.co.nz

• Reporting Absence: kauriabsences@gmail.com

Our school blog is kaurihohoreschool.blogspot.com you can find old newsletters etc here.

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

School Bank Account Details 

Account 12-3093-0200709-00

Kaurihohore school board of Trustees

Term Three - Known Dates

• 6th August: Whānau Conferences (school finishes at 1:45 pm)

• 19th August: School Cross Country

• 24th August: Out of Zone Applications Open

• 2nd September: Barge Park Cross Country

• 9th September: Open Afternoon for New Entrants (3:15 pm – 4:30 pm)

• 10th September: Kauri’s Got Talent finals (1:30 pm)

• 11th September: Empty Classroom Day

• 18th September: Ag and Flower Day

• 25th September: Awards Assembly (2:10 pm) - Last day of Term 3

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Last day of the year - 15th of December 12pm finish

Back to school for 2027 - February 3rd

Food for thought…

Week Ten School News

 Kaurihohore School Week Ten, Term Two 2026

Kia whakatōmuri te haere whakamua," Let our past guide our future

Manaaki te katoa - be kind to all. 

Respect - Empathy - Kindness 

Kia ora, hello, talofa lava, mālō e lelei, bula vinaka, ni hao, konnichiwa, namaste, hallo, marhaba, as-salamu alaykum, bonjour, hola, and warm greetings to all our everyone!

The last few weeks have been very busy and no doubt everyone is getting a little weary as we make our way to the end of week ten, which would usually be the end of term.  

Our colour run event was not only an explosion of colour, but an awesome celebration of our wonderful community, the determination shown on the day by all of our children was truly amazing.  We had Kye and Jackson with some amazing running to set the new record for boys at 29 laps (previously 28) and while we didn’t have a new record set by the girls Eliza and Lydia completed a very impressive 24.  The girls record will remain with Ruby who ran 27 laps last year.  Our bike track is 374.4m, when you think about the laps completed in terms of distance, that is incredibly impressive!

This event is also a celebration of our support staff, Haylee, Maycie, Dianne and Shelley who help us to create a safe and nurturing place for children to be.  Ministry funding is incredibly hard to access and at times non-existent, so we are incredibly grateful for your fundraising.

This year we managed to raise $10, 410 after our costs were paid.  More than last year, when we lost almost half of what we raised to pay for the toys that children won.

We hope to make this event bigger and better next year and we hope it is something you can continue to get behind.  We would love to make this one of the only fundraisers we do if we could make it big enough, we know how hard constant fundraising can be for everyone.

Outdoor classroom day was simply awesome, it is always wonderful to see play being celebrated in this way.

We genuinely appreciate all of your efforts in supporting our school!

Leslee Allen

Halloween Fundraiser

Halloween Update from the school board:

A huge thank you to everyone who offered time and support for this year’s Halloween event.

After careful consideration, the Board and School have decided not to go ahead with the event this year. While we had some offers of help, there wasn’t enough overall community support to run it to the standard that has made it such a success in the past. We’re also competing with several other Halloween events happening at the same time, which has affected participation.

Without sufficient involvement, the event just isn’t viable this year.

We’re incredibly grateful to everyone who has supported Halloween over the years — volunteering, attending, sponsoring, or helping behind the scenes. You’ve made it a special part of our community.

We look forward to your support in our other upcoming fundraisers throughout the year - new ideas most welcome!

Ngā mihi for your understanding.

Matariki Celebrations - July 2nd 2pm

Our kura will be celebrating Matariki this term. Each class will share their learning and understanding of the Matariki stars, and our tuakana (senior) and teina (junior) kapa haka will also perform a waiata.

Nau mai haere mai if you are available. We would love to have you there.

Chocolate Fundraiser

We still have a lot of outstanding chocolate money owing. Please could we have this brought to the office before the end of this term.  If you want extra time or could sell more over the holidays, please come and see Dianne. Thank you all for your ongoing support.

End of Term Awards - July 3rd 2.10pm

This will be held at 2.10pm under the canopy, everyone is welcome to come along.   We will award class certificates and then announce the Good Citizen for this term.

Pick Up 

Children in Rooms 1-5 will come out to the pick up line at 2.50pm slightly before the bell to get the line moving.  If you have children in Rooms 6 - 9 please wait till 3.00pm to join the line as the older children do not come out until the bell rings and many are very slow at making their way down.  If we can clear a majority of our junior children first, the line will flow much more smoothly.

Please don’t park in the line, find a car park if you are wanting to come in and pick up your child, you are welcome to use the staff car park if there is space.  If your child has a bike it is easier to park, or join the line a little later when it is not so busy.

Children need to be picked up by 3.20pm as this is when teachers go off duty and office staff have other jobs to attend to.  It is worth filling out an enrolment form with after school care if you are ever concerned about being late, this means they can be booked in on a casual basis and prevent you rushing.

Our pick up system relies on everyone doing their part and being considerate of others, we thank you for your support.

Reports

These will be sent home via seesaw towards the end of next week.  As you will already know from my past newsletters the curriculum has had a few updates in 2024 and 2025.  The constant changes and expectations have been difficult to come to grips with and the last change to the curriculum in October of 2025 raised the bar again in English and Maths.   Below is a visual that hopefully will help explain the new descriptors that teachers will be referring to in their written reporting to you.  As the bar has been raised, what was expected of a year two is now expected from a year one and so on.  This means reporting from last year may not match reporting from this year as the expectations we are measuring against have changed.  Please understand, we are doing our best to ensure children all have the best opportunity possible to meet the new expectations, but this will take time.  Your support at home for their learning goals is vital for their progress.

Whānau Conferences - 6th August

As part of the reporting cycle, we will be holding these on the 6th of August.  These conferences are an opportunity to catch up with your child’s teacher and ask questions that you may have.  Children in year 4 up may attend the conference with you and be part of the learning discussion.  Booking for these conferences will open next term.

Attendance

One key factor in achievement is attendance.  Regular attendance contributes hugely to a child’s progress, not only academically but socially and emotionally.  Classes are busy places, we cover a lot of learning in a day, when children are away they miss out on a lot and then have to catch up.  If children are sick they absolutely need to stay home, otherwise, they need to be at school.  If you have no alternative but to make an appointment during the day, try to make it at a time that means you can bring them back to school, they do not need to miss a whole school day for an appointment.

Regular attendance is considered 90% or above, you will see your child’s attendance percentage written on their upcoming report.

2027 ENROLMENT TIMELINE for Te Kamo Intermediate School

TERM 3 WEEK 1
Enrolments for 2027 Open Online on Monday 20th July

TERM 3 WEEK 2
Tuesday 28th July 2026

 Open Afternoon/Evening for Whanau & students 3:30 - 6:00 guided tours

TERM 3 WEEK 6

Contributing primary school Year 6 students to attend Te Kamo Intermediate for an organised visit (dates/times to be confirmed) (24th-28th August)

TERM 3 WEEK 7
Wednesday 2nd September 2026

Enrolments close for Out-of-Zone Applicants.
In-Zone students have automatic acceptance.
(Where possible we would like all enrolment forms in by this time)

TERM 3 WEEK 8
Wednesday 9th September 2026

 Ballot to take place if necessary for Out of Zone Applicants

Notification to ‘Out of Zone’ Applicants completed by end of Friday 11th September

TERM 3 WEEK 9
Tuesday 15th/Wednesday 16th/Thursday 17th September 2026 Enrolment Interviews
8am - 9am then 2.30pm - 5.30pm

TERM 3 WEEK 10
Friday 25th September
All successful Out of Zone enrolments need to be confirmed by this date (Last day Term 3

Please note - a second ballot may take place at a later date if we have spaces available. We will notify the community if this goes ahead.

After School Care

The school has now taken over ownership of this programme.  Please be patient with us as we find our feet, ultimately we want to ensure children have their afternoon tea, do some homework and get to take part in fun and engaging activities.  Any enquires or if you would like an enrolment form either contact the office or email kaurikidsasc@gmail.com.

Donations

We know that some people prefer to give a donation and you can do this via KINDO.  If you are not sure how to do this, please see Dianne or Shelley in the office.

Parent Information Blog

This can be found linked to our main school blog site https://kaurihohoreschool.blogspot.com/

 Included on this site are articles and links that you may find helpful.  I will be making some videos over the year to help you understand how best to assist children get started with their journey in literacy and numeracy because the first three years are such an important foundation for later progress.

https://kaurihohoreparentinfo.blogspot.com/

Enrolments

We currently have positions in year 3 - 5 available for any out of zone students, if you know of anyone with a child in this age range, please let them know to come and speak with Shelley in the office.  

Contacting Us

You can find all staff emails on our blog page under the tab ‘our staff,’ however the best

The 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 you can find old newsletters etc here.

Office emails are:

Shelley- admin@kaurihohoreschool.co.nz

Dianne - reception@kaurihohoreschool.co.nz

Enrolments - kaurienrolments@gmail.com (managed by Shelley and Leslee)

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

School Bank Account Details 

Account 12-3093-0200709-00

Kaurihohore school board of Trustees

Term Two - Known Dates

2nd July - Matariki Celebration 2pm

3rd July - End of term awards 2.10pm - Last day

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20th July - First day back for term three.

6th August - Whānau Conferences

19th August - School Cross Country

24th August - Out of Zone Applications Open

9th September - Open Afternoon for New Entrants

11th September - Empty Classroom Day

25th of September - Awards Assembly 2.10pm - Last day

—--

Last day of the year - 15th of December 12pm finish

Back to school for 2027 - February 3rd

Food for thought…