Week One News

  

Kaurihohore School Week One, Term Four 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,

We have had a lovely start to the term and are hoping the fine weather starts to become a more regular thing.

Term four is always a really busy term, with lots going on.  We will do our best to keep you up to date with what you need to know and I thank those of you that are reading this newsletter.  Please endeavour to keep us up to date as you can and keep an eye on seesaw.

As you will know, next year we will only be operating nine classrooms.  We have known this would happen for the last several years as we have 46 year 6 children leaving our school, that is almost quarter of our school roll.  This is why we have positions in other areas of the school for out of zone students who are in Year 2, Year 5 and Year 6 in 2024 as we endeavour to keep our roll at a level that allows us to staff our school appropriately.  If you know of anyone moving into the area, or who is contemplating moving their child from their current school, let them know to get in touch.

We are however very lucky that our staffing  remains super stable, as it has been over the many years (20) that I have been lucky enough to work here.  Even Pam Timoko, who tried so hard to retire, is still a regular feature around school.   Yvette Wyrsch will remain with us in a part time capacity as she decided she wanted to cut back and go into semi-retirement…ha ha.  This means that Sam will be leaving us this year, as that job share position comes to an end.  Laura Stanners will remain on maternity leave for 2024 and Steve Ferguson will continue to cover this position.  

I am very grateful to work with such a hard working bunch of people who stick around for our children, even though our system gets harder and harder to work in.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns about your child, talk to their teacher in the first instance and as soon as possible.

Thank you all for your support.

Leslee Allen

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

Year 3-6 Athletics - 8th of November (change of date.)

We have changed the date for this, due to the fact that the Halloween fundraiser is the night before and there is likely to be some cleaning up to do the next day.  The new date is the 8th of November.

We apologise if this inconveniences anyone.  A schedule for the day will be put out soon.

 Property

We have finalised a fence with the Ministry.  While we know that this will change the overall look of our school, it will also make our school a lot safer for everyone.  This project now has to be costed out and plans tweaked to suit.  It is likely work will start over the Summer break, but I will keep you updated.  The fence itself will go around the perimeter of our school  and along the outside of our office area.

The turf has also started and is coming together.  We look forward to being able to use this.  Thank you to everyone who supported our Lotteries Grant Application to make this possible and to Bronwyn Bayne for the massive amount of work she put into this project.

Fundraisers - Please support us if you can

Halloween Event

Help is still needed for this event.  More than ever before, our school will be relying on the funds raised to keep being able to resource our school.  Any help you can give would be most appreciated.  Keep an eye on Facebook posts.  There is a meeting at school in the little LSC building at 3.15pm on Monday the 16th of October.  Please come along if you are able to.

Raffle

Dianne is currently working hard to create a fabulous end of year raffle.  She’d appreciate any donations towards this raffle.  If you know of a business willing to donate items, please let her know.  She is currently finalising the tickets  and ensuring any sponsors are acknowledged on these tickets, so if you are able to donate, get these in ASAP and contact Dianne.

Ag and Flower Day

This will be held on the 20th of October, more information is at the end of this newsletter.  Please provide the items needed on the day.  There will be a fruit and vegetable family creation competition.  Get your creative juices flowing and send entries into the Nest on the day.

Life Education

The Life Education Caravan will be here from the 1st of November till the 10th of November. Life Education provides education to support our children’s health and wellbeing, delivered through interactive learning experiences in schools.

There is a cost for this and we ask that children pay $5 to help us cover this.  If you are unable to pay, children will not be excluded from attending.  We understand that times are tough.

You will be able to pay this on Kindo, or into the school office.  

Big Questions For Each Class In 2023

Room 1 - How can I be a good friend?

Room 2 - How can I be a good friend?

Room 3 - What is an upstander?

Room 4 - How do I know what others are feeling?

Room 5 - How do we make good decisions?

Room 6 - How can our feelings influence the way we act?

Room 7 - Social relationships, how do we make good decisions?

Room 8 - Social relationships, how do we make good decisions?

Room 9 - Interpersonal skills - what makes a good leader?

Room 10 - Social relationships - why is it important to show empathy?

Gumboot Friday

This will be held on the 3rd of November.  On this day, children are encouraged to wear their gumboots to school and each class will hold a gumboot race out on the field.  Please send children along to school with a donation on the day.

Gumboot Friday helps the charity I Am Hope  to keep providing free and timely counselling for our young people in need.  

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Term Four - 

20th of October - Ag and Flower Day (information at the bottom of this note.)

27th of October - Year 0-2 Athletics Fun - 1.30-2.30 (parents welcome)

8th of November - Year 3-6 Athletics (parents welcome, more info will come home closer to the time.) Please note the change of date due to Halloween the day before and the need to pack up.

1st - 10th of November - Life Education Visit 

3rd of November - Gumboot Friday

22nd of November - Empty Classroom Day

23rd of November - Class swap 9am-9.30 (children visit their class for 2024)

24th of November - Teacher only day

28th of November - Class swap 9am-9.30am (children to visit their class for 2024)

4th of December -  Class swap 11.30-12.30 (children visit their class for 2024)

7th of December - Junior Award Picnic 2pm Year 1-3

11th of December - Year 4-6 Senior prizegiving 1.30pm

15th of December - Last Day (12.00pm finish)

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

Info For Agricultural and Flower Day  Friday 20th of October

Family Challenge

 5 + a day challenge fruit vege creation - this is a family challenge.  Use fruit and vegetables to create an animal.  Everyone is welcome to enter this challenge, however it is not compulsory.  Please send your entries into the nest.  These will be judged along with all other items on the day at 10.30am.  Please do not take these items away until they have been viewed after judging.  

These Items will be made on the day: Please note, some items require things to be provided 

Aqua Jar - Completed at school, bring an appropriate flower to stick to the lid and a clean jar without a label if you have one.  - (rooms 6 - 10 only)

Paper Vase of Flowers and Headband  (Room 1 - 5 only)- Bring flowers appropriate to stick to paper with long stalks. -

Spring Craft - class choice (Classroom teacher will let you know if anything is needed from home.)

Buttonhole - (Room 6 - 10 only) Bring a flower and foliage that are suitable for a 

buttonhole

Miniature Garden - (Room 6-10 only)- Accessories from home, will be discussed in class.

Vaseline saucer 

(Children will need to bring a saucer or plastic lid and some flowers that have good petals.  They will also need vaseline if they have any, but otherwise classes will provide this)

Children need to take this home at the end of the day.

The items highlighted in yellow, need to be brought along on the day in a named plastic bag, container or bucket.  If you have extra flowers, you don’t mind sharing, that would be great as some children won’t have any.

Organisation of the day: 

9 - 10.30pm - Completion of items  (10.30 judging begins)

10.30 - Ag day animals start to be judged out on the field. Classes will move out to the field to watch.

11.00 - Morning Tea (Ag day animals will continue to be judged at this time.)

11.30 - Rooms available for viewing.  Children view other classes together in class lots.  

12.15pm - Lunch time. (Ag day animals will continue to be judged during this time if needed) 

1.30pm - Conclusion of Lunch time.  Children return to class.

Children may go home early, but do not have to, as class will resume as normal.  If you take your child home, please sign them out at the office and let their teacher know.