Kaurihohore School Week Ten, 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,
Here we are, almost at the end of term two. If you are anything like me, you are probably wondering where the time went and how the holidays came up so fast!
Term two has been a good one for us, filled with loads of opportunities for our children. We are incredibly lucky to have such dedicated teachers, who go out of their way to not only seek out these opportunities, but who make these opportunities possible.
As we end the term, one thing remains top of mind for me. How do we continue to do our best to support ALL of our children and provide them with the support they need in a system that is not fit for purpose. We fight tooth and nail for our children, so many deserve a teacher aide, so many deserve extra learning support, yet we are faced with a system that does not meet their needs, does not acknowledge this need and does not fund this need. I can hand on heart say that here at Kaurihohore we do all that we can, within our means (and then some) but it is still not enough.
That is why the recent coloured run really made my heart sing. To see us out there, raising money that will directly go towards learning support was outstanding. I thank you for your enthusiasm to help OUR children and am forever hopeful that one day we may have a system that meets all of their needs.
As always, I am grateful for your ongoing support and cherish our fabulous community!
Leslee Allen
Attendance
You will find an update on your child’s attendance at the top of their dispositional report. As reference, 90% is counted as regular attendance. Thank you for getting your child to school this term, attendance really does make a massive difference to their progress socially, emotionally and academically.
Reporting
Your child’s teacher will be sending home your child’s dispositional report over this week. This report is a summary of your child as a learner and the intention is for it to be read in conjunction with all of the other learning summaries that get sent home in reading, writing and maths. Teachers put a massive amount of work into all of the different ways we report to you, please take the time to read these and give them a like or a comment so we know they have been read.
Pick Up Times
Please make sure you pick your child up by 3.20pm each day. Teachers have other commitments to get to and it is not fair to expect them to supervise your children at this time. If children are not picked up by this time, we will take them up to after school care so they can be supervised and they will be sitting outside of the nest waiting for you.
If you are struggling to get to school at this time of the day because of other commitments, I encourage you to make use of the after school care that is on site.
Fundraising Term Two
Thank you for supporting our Term Two fundraising. All funds raised go towards funding learning support and we aim to raise at least $35 000 over the year to ensure we can cover these costs.
Chocolate Fundraiser
Any outstanding money can be paid via cash, eftpos or online. Kaurihohore Board of Trustees 12-3093-0200709-00
We still have quite a few boxes to sell. We will be selling these at other fundraisers, but are more than happy if anyone wants more boxes to sell. You can chat to Dianne about this.
Matariki Celebrations and End of Term Awards
We will be holding our Matariki celebration This Thursday at 1.45pm under the canopy. Joby Hopa will be coming along like last year and storytelling with the children around Matariki and our place. We'd love you to join us in this celebration.
If you have ordered a pizza, or just want to come along and share kai with your child, please feel free to do so. Eating time starts at 1.15pm. We are hoping for fine weather, so you can find a comfy place to put a picnic blanket or similar to sit and eat.
We will also be holding our end of term assembly from 2.15pm on the last day of school for the term, the 5th of July.
As usual this will be a time to hand our class awards, acknowledge our ‘top’ runners from the colour run and announce our Citizen of the Term. As always, you are welcome to come and join us to celebrate our children and their achievements.
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
4th July 1.45 - Matariki Celebration and Pizza Day
5th of July - Last day of Term 2 - End of Term Awards Assembly 2.15pm
22nd of July - First day of Term 3
8th of August - Whānau conferences 1.30pm - 7pm (school finishes at 1pm)
21st of August - School Cross Country
30th of August - School Disco
27th of September - Last day of Term 3
14th of October - First day of Term 4
14th of October - Life Education Bus Arrives for the week
23rd of October - Calf Club and Flower Day
18th of December - Last day of Term 4
Tentative First Day Back 2025 - Monday 3rd of February 2025
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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