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
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