Week Seven News

 

Kaurihohore School Week Seven, Term Two 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 mentioned last week, COVID, along with other viruses appear to be making their way through our school.  For some classes this has seen up to half a class of children absent from school.  We are very grateful for your diligence with keeping children home when they have cold-like symptoms, however if your child is relatively well otherwise, and is testing negative for COVID, please send them along to school.  

Regular attendance, when possible, is very important for ensuring children continue to make great progress.  We have noticed that the last two years have had an impact in terms of wellbeing and academic progress for some of our Year 3 and 4 children, hopefully we can help them to get back on track with regular attendance.

 

This term seems to have gone by quickly, in the last week of this term, you will receive an updated blurb on your child’s cumulative report.  This is intended to just be a very short update on your child as a learner, for some there will have been changes in their dispositions over the last term, for others not so much.  However by the end of the year this report is a good reflection of the year your child has had.  Assessment results will not be updated this term, but some classes will have been sending home assessment comments this term if they did not do this in Term One.  By the end of the year you should have received two comments in Reading, writing and maths and four comments (one per term on your child as a learner.)  While the termly comments may seem short, remember to multiply this by the amount of children a teacher has in their class, this gives you a more accurate reflection of the amount of effort that goes into these comments, usually done outside of school working hours.

 

I encourage you to ask your child’s teacher if you are unsure about your child’s level, or want to know more about how you can help.  I also encourage you to come in and see your child’s teacher if you have any concerns or just want to catch up on how your child is going in general.  Please reach out, concerns or questions are best addressed before they become too big.

 

As always, please make use of seesaw, this is one of our main communication tools and we are happy to respond to messages during work hours.   Teachers always appreciate a like, or a comment on a post, just so they know you’ve seen it.

 

All classes have also recently completed their happiness surveys.  This survey is conducted once a term and children indicate if they are happy at school, if they feel valued and they also tick if they want to talk to someone about anything.  Kelly Glasgow, or senior leader of wellbeing then follows up on these surveys and talks to anyone that felt they needed to talk.  This information is always really useful and will be fed back to you if needed.  This is a great way to ensure wellbeing at school is a priority and children begin to understand that they will be listened to and have avenues for solving problems.  Thank you Kelly for all of your hard work!

 

Nicky Cleaver - leader of learning support is also speaking to our priority learners over the next few weeks.  This includes children that are identified as needing extra help.  She talks to them about how they feel about learning, how their teacher helps them and what other support they need.  Again this is really useful information.

 

Student voice is important to us, if we don’t know about problems, it is impossible to do anything about it.

 

As always I am incredibly grateful for you all.  Our community is kind, caring and the wrap around support provided for those in times of need really warms my heart.  You are all fantastic!

 

E hara taku tao

i te toa takitahi

he toa takitini

My strength is not as an individual, but as a collective.

Lost Property

Lost property is being looked after this week  by Rūma Huia (7). The box will be outside of this class and can be accessed any time, by coming into school, you are even welcome to come and look through it on the weekend. The lost property is kept for two weeks and then washed and taken to charity. Children get an opportunity at least twice to walk past the lost property and can look in the box at any time. If any of these belongings are named, they will be returned to your child. We will also endeavour to photograph or video it twice in this time and pop it on facebook. Children often don't recognise their belongings and this causes issues when we try to tell them that the items belong to them. It is important children can recognise the items that they wear and bring to school each day as theirs.

Please encourage your child to be responsible and look after their belongings, generally most classes will keep any property left behind in the classroom, before it is sent to the lost property box. Ensuring items are named, means items will be returned if lost.

The location of the lost property will be written each week on a sign outside the office.

Pizza Fundraiser

Thank you to everyone that supported this fundraiser.  We made $693 in profit! 

A massive thank you to Renee Pilkington for organising this.  Thank you to Crofts workers, Sam Littin and Holly Lucas for handing out orders on the day.

Please note with fundraisers like this, the order for food is put in and paid for a week prior, so we can not give refunds.  If your child is ever away for a fundraiser like this, you are welcome to let us know that you will be picking it up on the day and we will have it put aside.

Next fundraisers are sausage sizzles (one or two more to go) , the school disco and a firewood raffle (thank you to Doug Livermore.   Please watch out for these, if you can help with the next sausage sizzle on the 23rd of June (Thursday) please let Dianne know, she could do with a couple more helpers for this day.

So far this term we have raised $3396.   Thank you to all those that have helped in some way, assistance in any way really helps us work towards our goals.

Pick up and Drop Off

Please do not drop children off before 7.45am in the morning and make sure they are picked up by 3.20pm at the absolute latest.  If you are running late for any reason, please phone and let us know.  

Coming Soon - Board of Trustees Elections

These are coming up later this year.  A Board of Trustees is in charge of the governance of the school, looking at the big picture in terms of property, strategic goals and finance.  Our board has always remained committed to retaining the special nature of our school while setting strategic targets that continue to drive this forward.  Time commitment is two evening meetings a term and a job here and there relative to the position held.   If interested in what this entails, you could talk to Emma Campbell, Richard Smales, Kasey Hindrup or David Pilkington and get more information.  

You can find some useful information here…with some lovely short videos to listen to.

https://www.schoolboardelections.org.nz/becoming-a-board-member/

Matariki - Memorial Garden

You may have noticed the area next to the native garden has been sprayed and roped off.  We are planning a Matariki-Memorial garden for this area.  It will form an extension to our native garden and eventually link to a junior sandpit.  Crofts are donating the mulch, which will be added to the area and then all going well we will plant our next empty classroom day.  This area will be planted as a way to mark Matariki, but will also be a memorial to the time during the first World War, that the school grounds, along with property from several surrounding farms, were requisitioned by the Army, which stationed the Maori Battalion and the 2nd Hauraki Regiment.

If you would like to help with, or support this garden (or future sandpit) in any way you can email Michelle.  michelle.douglas@kaurihohoreschool.co.nz

Planting will happen on our next empty classroom day (last day of term) then the area will remain out of bounds while plants get established.  We will formally open this area of the native garden later in the year.

Thomas Online Fundraiser - Only two weeks left!

This fundraiser is being held in conjunction with Thomas Online.  The school will get the profits from any purchase you make using the details below.

If you are looking for gifts for the children in your life, this is the place to go.

Head over to our website www.ThomasOnline.co.nz, use coupon code KAURIHOHORE SCHOOL, receive Free Shipping and all profits of your order will be sent back to the school. All orders received will be sent directly from us at Thomas Online to your requested address on the overnight courier.

Thank you so much Kylie for your fabulous support of our school!

MATARIKI SCHOOL DISCO This Friday!

It’s time to bust out the sparkles and dancing shoes! We can finally hold another disco….

*Friday 17th June 5-7pm, Hikurangi Rugby Club

*$5 per student paid in cash to Dianne please.  No actual tickets will be handed out, as Dianne will be at the door and knows who has paid.  Door sales will be available on the night.

Sausage sizzle, baking, ice blocks and drinks will be available to purchase.

Only current students sorry, we would’ve loved to include last year's year 6’s that missed out due to Covid but due to venue capacity we simply can’t facilitate this.

Also no siblings or friends from outside of the school are able to attend this event, just children currently attending.

Thank you to our sponsors for this event!

 

Empty Classroom Day - Matariki Celebration

Our empty classroom day will be the 8th of July (last day of term.)   Set the day aside if you can, come in, do some planting, check out our canopy, buy some food, play some games, we’d love to see as many of you as possible on this day!  All whānau welcome.

 

Mud

We have had a bit of wet weather and the school grounds are now quite muddy.  Many of our children love the mud.  Please ensure that your child has one or two changes of clothes and a wet bag to put them in.  If they do not have a change of clothes, they should avoid the mud as we do not have any changes at school for them.  If you do not want your child playing in the mud, please make this clear to them. 

 

Toys

Please ensure children keep toys at home.  These are easily lost or broken and cause major issues at school.  We understand why children want to bring them, but also want to avoid the upset caused when they are lost or broken.  Please just make sure they keep them at home.

 

Teacher Only Day

It is likely that we will be taking one of our government allocated teacher-only days next term. We are still finalising the date for this, but will let you know as soon as possible.

Term Two - Known Dates

17th June - Disco 5-7pm

24th June - Matariki

8th July - Last day of term and Empty Classroom Day - Matariki planting

Term Three resumes Monday the 25th of July

School Bank Account Details

 Account 12-3093-0200709-00

Kaurihohore school board of Trustees

Food for thought... 

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

Leslee Allen