Week Six News

 

Kaurihohore School Week Six, Term One News 2022

Manaaki te katoa - be kind to all. 

Respect - Empathy - Kindness 

He whakatauki. Ehara tāku toa i te toa takitahi. Engari, he toa takitini.

Success is not the work of one but the work of many.

Kia ora koutou,  

As you will know, COVID has woven its way into our school.  This was to be expected as it was only a matter of time.  At school we are working hard to ensure children feel happy and safe, we are also following recommended hygiene procedures and just doing the best we can.

We understand that for many, this will be a scary time.  We understand that you may wish to keep children at home, but if you choose to do so please understand that while classes are still being taught at school, you will need to make use of the home/school learning links available through our blog and that have been shared via seesaw announcements.  Because this type of absence is not within school policy, it will be marked accordingly.  Please don’t expect teachers to be putting up home learning activities on seesaw.

If you are isolating due to having a vulnerable family member, please let us know.  This absence will be marked as ‘learning from home.’  You will still need to make use of home learning links via the blog, as teachers are still teaching at school.

As you also know, our current cases are amongst staff members.  They can not be expected to provide home learning while they are sick.

We will be using relievers as we are able to, but if it gets difficult to staff classes, or to staff the school, we may have to switch to home learning for either a class, or the school.  If this decision has to be made, we will let you know in advance.  This decision may also be made if we believe it would be beneficial to stop the spread amongst children.  Once again, you will be advised well in advance and where it is possible the school will remain open for critical workers.  We are very hopeful we will not need to use this strategy.

What we ask from you is to closely monitor your child for symptoms, particularly if they have been around a person who has tested positive.  We ask that you err on the side of caution, get your child tested and adhere to the isolation requirements.  This will benefit everyone and help us to reduce the spread as much as possible.

We understand that no one really wants to isolate, that it is an imposition and for some a real financial burden, but we do so for the greater good and to look after those in our community who are vulnerable.

Mā te ngākau 

aroha koe e ārahi

Let a loving heart guide your decisions

Happiness Survey

Each term we conduct a happiness survey.  Children are asked to indicate if they feel happy and safe at school.  They are also asked to indicate if they feel valued and accepted.  On this form they also indicate if they have a worry or problem they would like to talk to someone about.

Kelly Glasgow who has leadership of wellbeing, then follows up on all of the children that would like to talk.  No worry is too small and she makes sure to listen and to not trivialise any problem or worry, no matter how small it may seem.  Sometimes she can easily solve the problem and other times she will catch up with children on several occaisions.  If more is needed, more will be done.  

Because the children know that their problem will be addressed and followed up, they are only too happy to write down that they need to talk. 

The Happiness Survey is just one of the tools we have in our approach to wellbeing and it is an incredibly important reflection of how children are feeling.

One size does not fit all…a school should be designed with the philosophy one size fits one.  This is our goal.  I did do a post on wellbeing on our blog if this is of interest to you.

Honey - Still Available For Purchase

There are 30x 500g tubs of Kaurihohore Bee Friends honey available at the school office!  $10 a tub.

Ngā mihi for your support!

 

Easter Raffle

Raffle tickets have gone home with your child.

We are requesting that every family in the school sell 15 tickets at $2 each.  Please also send in an item that can be put into the raffle.  This does not have to be Easter themed, it can simply be a grocery item (not expired please) that can be added to the hamper.  There will be multiple draws dependent on the amount of hampers we are able to make up.  

As you are probably very aware, fundraising has been tough for everyone.  As a school we are running on a significant shortfall given that we rely heavily on all fundraising efforts to simply cover our day to day costs.  Our community fundraising this year needs to raise 

$26 000 just to cover day to day expenses.

If you do not want to sell these tickets, or are unable to, please send them back to the office ASAP.   All sold tickets and money needs to be back by the 1st of April and the raffle will be drawn on the 11th of April.

See Dianne if you have any questions, or email reception@kaurihohoreschool.co.nz

Moosies and Juicies

Friday Moosies and Juicies $2 each

For the next 8 weeks we will be selling moosies and juices.  Orders to the office - please put cash in an envelope with the child's name, room number/name and preference. Orders will be given out on a Friday, except for the last week of this term.

Please get your orders in each week by Wednesday afternoon. Pay per week or prepay for 8 weeks, cash only sorry.

Thank you for supporting our fundraising!

Term One- Known Dates

14th of April - Last day of the school term

School Bank Account Details

 Account 12-3093-0200709-00

Kaurihohore school board of Trustees

Food for thought... 

Empathy and Compassion are our most important tools right now

Noho ora mai - stay well, look after yourself and look out for others!

Leslee Allen