On July the 4th we held our Matariki Celebration, as part of this a group of children had worked hard with Joby Hopa to create a performance, dramatising how Whangārei got its name. The school also proudly sang the song that was gifted to our school by Joby, based on the voice gathered at the end of 2022 from every class and from our whānau. We are very proud to sing this song, which embodies who we are.
Mā te huruhuru ka rere te manu. Adorn this bird with feathers that enable it to fly. “The true test of character is.....how we behave when we don’t know what to do.”
Friday, July 5, 2024
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Week Ten News
Kaurihohore School Week Ten, Term Two 2024
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,
Here we are, almost at the end of term two. If you are anything like me, you are probably wondering where the time went and how the holidays came up so fast!
Term two has been a good one for us, filled with loads of opportunities for our children. We are incredibly lucky to have such dedicated teachers, who go out of their way to not only seek out these opportunities, but who make these opportunities possible.
As we end the term, one thing remains top of mind for me. How do we continue to do our best to support ALL of our children and provide them with the support they need in a system that is not fit for purpose. We fight tooth and nail for our children, so many deserve a teacher aide, so many deserve extra learning support, yet we are faced with a system that does not meet their needs, does not acknowledge this need and does not fund this need. I can hand on heart say that here at Kaurihohore we do all that we can, within our means (and then some) but it is still not enough.
That is why the recent coloured run really made my heart sing. To see us out there, raising money that will directly go towards learning support was outstanding. I thank you for your enthusiasm to help OUR children and am forever hopeful that one day we may have a system that meets all of their needs.
As always, I am grateful for your ongoing support and cherish our fabulous community!
Leslee Allen
Attendance
You will find an update on your child’s attendance at the top of their dispositional report. As reference, 90% is counted as regular attendance. Thank you for getting your child to school this term, attendance really does make a massive difference to their progress socially, emotionally and academically.
Reporting
Your child’s teacher will be sending home your child’s dispositional report over this week. This report is a summary of your child as a learner and the intention is for it to be read in conjunction with all of the other learning summaries that get sent home in reading, writing and maths. Teachers put a massive amount of work into all of the different ways we report to you, please take the time to read these and give them a like or a comment so we know they have been read.
Pick Up Times
Please make sure you pick your child up by 3.20pm each day. Teachers have other commitments to get to and it is not fair to expect them to supervise your children at this time. If children are not picked up by this time, we will take them up to after school care so they can be supervised and they will be sitting outside of the nest waiting for you.
If you are struggling to get to school at this time of the day because of other commitments, I encourage you to make use of the after school care that is on site.
Fundraising Term Two
Thank you for supporting our Term Two fundraising. All funds raised go towards funding learning support and we aim to raise at least $35 000 over the year to ensure we can cover these costs.
Chocolate Fundraiser
Any outstanding money can be paid via cash, eftpos or online. Kaurihohore Board of Trustees 12-3093-0200709-00
We still have quite a few boxes to sell. We will be selling these at other fundraisers, but are more than happy if anyone wants more boxes to sell. You can chat to Dianne about this.
Matariki Celebrations and End of Term Awards
We will be holding our Matariki celebration This Thursday at 1.45pm under the canopy. Joby Hopa will be coming along like last year and storytelling with the children around Matariki and our place. We'd love you to join us in this celebration.
If you have ordered a pizza, or just want to come along and share kai with your child, please feel free to do so. Eating time starts at 1.15pm. We are hoping for fine weather, so you can find a comfy place to put a picnic blanket or similar to sit and eat.
We will also be holding our end of term assembly from 2.15pm on the last day of school for the term, the 5th of July.
As usual this will be a time to hand our class awards, acknowledge our ‘top’ runners from the colour run and announce our Citizen of the Term. As always, you are welcome to come and join us to celebrate our children and their achievements.
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:
Chrissie - 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
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Known Term Dates
4th July 1.45 - Matariki Celebration and Pizza Day
5th of July - Last day of Term 2 - End of Term Awards Assembly 2.15pm
22nd of July - First day of Term 3
8th of August - Whānau conferences 1.30pm - 7pm (school finishes at 1pm)
21st of August - School Cross Country
30th of August - School Disco
27th of September - Last day of Term 3
14th of October - First day of Term 4
14th of October - Life Education Bus Arrives for the week
23rd of October - Calf Club and Flower Day
18th of December - Last day of Term 4
Tentative First Day Back 2025 - Monday 3rd of February 2025
School Bank Account Details -
All payments now go through the one account.
Account 12-3093-0200709-00
Kaurihohore school board of Trustees
Food for thought…
Wednesday, June 19, 2024
Week Eight News
Kaurihohore School Week Eight, Term Two 2024
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,
The term keeps rushing on and here we are at week eight already! The wet weather has made its presence felt recently, Winter is definitely here.
As we move towards the end of term, classes are busy trying to pack everything in that they need to do and teachers are also really busy reporting to you, either in comments on seesaw, or through our dispositional report that will be shared via seesaw at some stage in the last week of term.
Reporting is no easy task and there is so much thought and effort that goes into the way we report to you. Our aim is to give you lovely rich information about your child, their strengths and their needs. We work really hard on these and we’d love it if you would at least like these comments so we know that they have been read. We also appreciate your comments and are happy to help if you need any clarification.
Next term we will hold whānau conferences, this is the time to raise any questions you have about your child, based on these reports, or anything else. These will be held on the 8th of August and we will let you know how to book very soon. If you have pressing questions or concerns, we urge you to get in contact with your child’s teacher as soon as possible.
As always, I am grateful for your ongoing support.
Leslee Allen
Attendance
Over the next few weeks we will be looking closely at attendance, if we are concerned about the amount of time off a child is having, you will receive a letter from us. If this is an ongoing concern that we have already expressed our worries about, your child’s teacher may ask to sit down with you to discuss this. Poor attendance directly impacts progress, academically and socially. We understand that sometimes it is unavoidable that holidays are taken in term time, we discourage holidays of any length in term time, simply because of the impact socially and academically. If you are planning a trip in holiday time, please email me to let me know. Please understand, teachers are not expected to provide work for your child while they are away on holiday.
Reporting
Last week I detailed the changes that are happening with reporting. We are trialling these changes with trepidation, so that we can have a good grasp on them next year. As I said above, when your child’s teacher sends home a reporting comment on seesaw, they appreciate a ‘like’ at least to let them know you have read it. We do put a huge amount of effort into reporting rich information to you.
Fundraising Term Two - Get your child signed up for the colour run!
Every little bit of fundraising this year goes towards our massive target of $35 000. This money in turn pays for learning support. Learning support that provides assistance to our neurodiverse children, to those who need extra help with their learning, for those who are just having a rough day, week or term and need some extra awhi.
Learning support assists our youngest learners transition to school and learning support provides help for teachers when it is most needed. We provide this support despite a lack of any government funding, because our children deserve it. We appreciate any help you can give us in reaching our fundraising goal.
Chocolate Fundraiser
Could families please start bringing money back to the school office. This can be paid via cash, eftpos or online. Kaurihohore Board of Trustees 12-3093-0200709-00
We still have quite a few boxes to sell. If you think you could possibly sell more please see Dianne. We would like to thank everyone who has already sold and returned money. Some of you went over and above and we so appreciate it.
Matariki Celebrations and End of Term Awards
We will be holding our Matariki celebration on the 4th of July at 1.45pm under the canopy. Joby Hopa will be coming along like last year and storytelling with the children around Matariki and our place. We'd love you to join us in this celebration.
We are also holding a pizza day on the same day, this is now live on Kindo. You are welcome to order for yourself and come along from 1pm on the day to share kai with your child. We hope for fine weather, so you can find a comfy place to put a picnic blanket or similar to sit and eat.
We will also be holding our end of term assembly from 2.15pm on the last day of school for the term, the 5th of July.
As usual this will be a time to hand our class awards and announce our Citizen of the Term. As always, you are welcome to come and join us to celebrate our children and their achievements.
Halloween 2024 Planning meeting
Message from our wonderful fundraising group.
HELP US, HELP THE SCHOOL
Last year saw a great effort from our small team in putting together our 2nd annual Halloween event. This event is our biggest fundraiser of the year, raising over $12k, it helps reach our school fundraising goals and goes a long way towards our target of $35 000.
The planning, organising and execution of these tasks doesn’t come lightly… It takes a lot of hours of volunteer work that us busy working Mums and Dads have managed to handle the best we can.
We need more volunteers to help make this event another fun and spooky night for our Tamariki.
We hear you and know everyone is busy, but if we all pitch in, as the saying goes many hands make lite work.
There are multiple ways in which you can help and we will be happy to take any offers and find a job for you.
We love being able to help our school community however it really does take a village. So please don't be shy, come join our meeting or reach out if you can't make it.
Meeting Thursday 27th June after school pick up, room 3. Kids can play, parents can talk.
If you can’t make the meeting, make contact with Kim Christensen by commenting on our facebook page, or let Dianne know and she will pass the message on.
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:
Chrissie - 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
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Known Term Dates
28th of June - Matariki observed (school closed)
4th July 1.45 - Matariki Celebration and Pizza Day
5th of July - Last day of Term 2 - End of Term Awards Assembly 2.15pm
22nd of July - First day of Term 3
8th of August - Whānau conferences 1.30pm - 7pm (school finishes at 1pm)
21st of August - School Cross Country
30th of August - School Disco
27th of September - Last day of Term 3
14th of October - First day of Term 4
14th of October - Life Education Bus Arrives for the week
23rd of October - Calf Club and Flower Day
18th of December - Last day of Term 4
Tentative First Day Back 2025 - Monday 3rd of February
School Bank Account Details -
All payments now go through the one account.
Account 12-3093-0200709-00
Kaurihohore school board of Trustees
Food for thought…
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Week Six News
Kaurihohore School Week Six, Term Two 2024
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,
Wow, we are at week six already!
The chills of Winter are now starting to hit, please ensure children wear warm clothing to school and have a change of clothing in their bag for any accidents they may have when playing on our wet, muddy grounds.
Teaching staff had a great day of professional learning around mathematics last Friday. We thank you for supporting us, by keeping your children at home.
At the end of this term, we will be sharing the first instalment of your child’s written report. This is to be read alongside all of the other reporting we do via seesaw throughout the year. I have written a bit about this reporting in this newsletter. Please take the time to read this as it is very important.
Thank you for your ongoing support.
Leslee Allen
Rubbish
We are noticing a huge increase in the amount of rubbish around our school grounds. Please look at ways to reduce plastic waste in your child’s lunch box, as most of our rubbish comes from lunchboxes. Where possible, please aim for a zero waste lunchbox. This is one way we can help our children develop skills that enable them to care for our environment.
We do not have rubbish bins at school, so any rubbish must be taken home.
Attendance
Over the next few weeks we will be looking closely at attendance, if we are concerned about the amount of time off a child is having, you will receive a letter from us. If this is an ongoing concern that we have already expressed our worries about, your child’s teacher may ask to sit down with you to discuss this. Poor attendance directly impacts progress, academically and socially.
Reporting
Over the year, teachers report to you on seesaw within the areas of reading, writing and maths. In Term two and in Term four we send home via seesaw a report that shares more about your child’s dispositions as a learner and a person. That report also includes a best fit level for your child in the areas of maths, reading and writing.
This year we are trialling the new curriculum phases that have to be put in place by 2025. These phases have made changes to the expectations around progress in reading, writing and maths. The changes in maths have been particularly dramatic, with big changes in expectations. In some cases what the curriculum was expecting of a year 4, is now being expected of a year 2.
Maths is broken up into key areas of understanding, these include:
*Number Structure
*Addition and Subtraction
*Multiplication and Division
*Rational Numbers
*Algebra
Along with this there are the strands of Space, Statistics and Measurement
Because the scope of mathematics is so broad in terms of what we are required to assess, it may be that a child is achieving at their phase in one area, but needing extra support in another. Teachers will do their best to find the ‘best fit’ phase to describe your child’s current achievement, but through seesaw will also report to you on strengths and next steps.
Because of the change of government, there is also a chance that these expectations may again change, so please bear with us as we find our feet with this.
In Term 3 we will hold parent/teacher conferences. If you would like to meet with your child’s teacher sooner than this, please do so.
Holidays In Term Time
This is something the BOT actively discourages, but understands that sometimes it is unavoidable. Please understand that the government will be beginning to look closely at attendance and in particular, holidays taken in term time. If you want to take a holiday in term time, you must put this in as a written request to me, you can do so via email.
Fundraising Term Two - Get your child signed up for the colour run!
If you have not yet signed your child up for the colour run, please do so. Even small amounts raised, make a big difference to the overall total. If people are unable to donate online, Dianne has made up a hard copy sponsorship sheet, come in and see her if you want to know more about this.
The colour run is a lot of fun and a real celebration of togetherness. You are more than welcome to join in, in fact, we encourage you to do so!
Enrolments
We currently have out of zone positions in year 2, 3 and 5.
If you know of anyone looking to enrol, ask them to email Chelsea.
kaurienrolments@gmail.com and come for a look around. If they have children who are out of zone at other year levels, it is still worth contacting Chelsea and coming in for a visit in case we have a position come up.
If you know of any families who live in the zone, or may be moving into the zone, please encourage them to contact us as early as possible, so we can calculate them into our numbers.
We will be advertising new entrant positions for 2025 in August, please encourage families to keep an eye out, if they are wanting to apply for a position.
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:
Chrissie - 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
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Known Term Dates
19th of June - Sponsored Colour Fun Run
27th of June - Board Meeting 7pm
28th of June - Matariki observed (school closed)
5th of July - Last day of Term 2
(Matariki celebration date to be confirmed)
22nd of July - First day of Term 3
21st of August - School Cross Country
27th of September - Last day of Term 3
14th of October - First day of Term 4
18th of December - Last day of Term 4
Tentative First Day Back 2025 - Monday 3rd of February
School Bank Account Details -
All payments now go through the one account.
Account 12-3093-0200709-00
Kaurihohore school board of Trustees
Food for thought…
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