School News - Week Five

  

Kaurihohore School Week Five, Term Three 2023

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,

Firstly, thank you for taking the time to read this newsletter.  We know it is often quite long, but we appreciate you taking the time to keep up with what is going on.  

What a great cross country event we had today, it was fantastic to see the children giving it their best and embracing challenge.  

A massive thanks for all of the baking and to the small team of helpers selling food today, we are super grateful to you!

It is hard to believe we are already at the halfway point of the term, it all goes by so fast and as usual teachers are incredibly busy trying to cover everything that they need to.  

We have had a lot of illness in the school recently, with the flu making its way through.  It is hard to see children so unwell and struggling to get back to wellness and we hope that the bugs will make their way out of the gate very soon!

It was excellent to see so many people coming along to the recent learning conferences.  Remember, if you have questions or concerns at any stage, please contact your child’s teacher, the earlier we address issues, the better.  

We are the first to acknowledge that we don’t always get things right, that is the reality of the world, we are only human.  However we do always do our best and appreciate you addressing any concerns in a respectful and timely manner.

Thank you all for your support.

Leslee Allen

Big Achievements

As we don’t have regular assemblies, we have decided to use the noticeboard outside the office to acknowledge big achievements.  If your child has a major success, we would love you to send along a photo and blurb that we can put on display.

Congratulations To These Four Boys - Representing Kaurihohore Proudly

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 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

Please Update Personal Details:

If you have had a change of address, change in emergency contacts, change of phone number or a change in your child’s medical details, please come into the office and update your details.   We have had a few instances recently where we have not been able to contact caregivers when a child has not been picked up from school.  This is an incredibly stressful situation to be put in at the end of the day.

School Photos - 31st of August

All order forms need to be in by this Friday - 18th August.  Payment by the 25th of August.

Property

The MOE are currently working on a plan to fence the external boundary of the school.  While we know this will change the aesthetic of our place, it will make the frontage of our school much safer, particularly for our new entrants.  We will keep you up to date, but this is likely to happen during the Summer break.  

ANIMAL ENTRIES FOR AG DAY - 20th of October

We will be holding this on the 20th of October, which is the second  Friday back of Term 4.  If your child is wanting to train a calf or a lamb to compete on this day please come in and see Dianne for an entry form.  Animals need to be born after July 1st.  More information about this day will come out closer to the time.

Have a Go - Tennis

Interested in Tennis? Pop along to this free event on the 10th of September 10am - 4pm Kamo Tennis Sports Club.

School Grounds

The school grounds will be closed to the public during the Term 3 holidays as we have a lot of construction going on.  

Fundraisers - Please support us if you can

Disco

This will be held on the 1st of September from 5-7, tickets can be purchased via Kindo now.

Pizza Fundraising

Our next pizza day is now open on Kindo. The children love and look forward to these pizza days. This will close on 20th August. Please go and order before this date as no late orders will be accepted.  Pizza will be delivered on Wednesday the 23rd.  Thanks for your support

Halloween Event

Again we will hold it on Halloween which is more fun for our tāmariki Tuesday 31st October.

We will need your help to make this happen!  Please see the sponsorship forms that came home with your child this week.

Instead of jolly jars, we have decided to do a lucky dip, this means no chance of broken jars on the night.  Staff have been purchasing items for sale on the night and we are always grateful for any other donations of small toys  in good condition.  These can be brought along to the school office.

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Term Three

24th of August - New Entrant Open Evening

30th of August - WPSSA cross country for those that qualify

31st of August - School Photos

1st of September - School Disco 5pm-7pm (tickets will be sold prior on Kindo)

13th of September - Shave for a cure

19th of September - Empty Classroom Day

21st of September - Awards Assembly 2.15pm

Term Four - 

20th of October - Ag and Flower Day

24th of November - Teacher Only Day

Last day 15th of December 12.00pm

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…Rights and Responsibilities

In society we all have rights, but we also have responsibilities, school is no different.   As part of our restorative practice processes we have adopted some rights and responsibilities posters that can be used for discussion when things don’t quite go the way children want them to.  I will share one a week for you to discuss at home with your children.   

Noho ora mai -

Leslee Allen