Kaurihohore School Week Three, Term Two 2026
Kia whakatōmuri te haere whakamua," Let our past guide our future
Manaaki te katoa - be kind to all.
Respect - Empathy - Kindness
Kia ora e te whānau
The term is ticking along well, with busy, productive classrooms, it has been lovely to enjoy some nice weather recently. We are very appreciative of the support children receive from home, school and home form an important partnership. If you ever have questions or concerns, please check in with your child’s teacher. The quicker we can deal with any issues or clear up any queries the better.
Next week is Support Staff week. Our school prioritises people over bells and whistles, having as many trusted adults at school as possible allows us to do our best to meet the wellbeing needs of our children. It is well established that children need to feel safe and happy at school in order to be successful socially, emotionally and academically. Our support staff play a big role in this process. They are so important that our fundraising efforts go towards this as the funding provided by the government does not meet these needs.
If you get a chance, say thank you to our support staff (Shelley, Dianne, Haylee and Maycie) they go above and beyond for our children and deserve our gratitude. Our school wouldn’t be the place it is without them.
Leslee Allen
Bike Track
At our school Board meeting last night we discussed our current property priorities. It was decided that the bike track will be an area we will pursue first to complete maintenance on and perhaps even add to. We will be seeking funding options to do this through grants or via donations/sponsorship. If you have ideas of how you could help you could email Joel Lauterbach kauribot4@gmail.com or touch base with Dianne in the office.
Cybersafety
We are currently reviewing our processes in this area. When you enrol your child, you are asked to go over a cybersafety/device agreement. We have decided to send this home each year for our children in year 4 up. Children in these year levels will be bringing a hard copy agreement home for you to discuss with them, we ask that they write their name to say they have had it discussed with them and that you sign to say you are happy with this agreement. Teachers will also be going over the content of the agreements. At Kaurihohore we are very device light, we will be developing a procedure document that gives you clarity around what your child will engage with and will not engage with at school. When this is done, we will be sharing it with you.
Respect
We are having ongoing issues with children not respecting our environment, property and resources. Recently we have had to spend hundreds on plumbing because toilets have been blocked and taps left on. This is something we need to work on together, encouraging children to ask ‘what if everyone did that?’ and help them see how their actions can negatively impact others.
If teachers contact you to talk about this or other behaviour, please know that we only do this if we feel we have to, we appreciate you working with us to problem solve in a respectful manner. At school we encourage children to own it (whatever part they have played in an incident) fix it and learn from it. We really appreciate you assisting us with this.
Parking
Please do not park on the yellow lines outside of our school. This area makes visibility very difficult for those pulling out of the school driveway. If there are spaces free in the staff car park you are welcome to use this area to park, alternatively come slightly after the 2.55pm rush when more car parks will be available.
Sponsored Colour Run
This event is always a highlight in our calendar. You can get your child registered by following this link. Every little bit raised will make a big difference and go directly to supporting all of our children at school.
https://kaurihohorecolourrun.raiseit.co.nz/
Attendance
Attendance plays a massive role in achievement, not just academically, but socially and emotionally. Please ensure your children are at school and on time unless they are unwell or there are extenuating circumstances preventing their attendance.
Fundraising
Chocolates are now available at the office, if you put your name down to sell these, we would like you to pick them up ASAP.
Donations
We know that some people prefer to give a donation and you can do this via KINDO. If you are not sure how to do this, please see Dianne or Shelley in the office.
Monday Market
King's Birthday, Monday Market is coming up in a few weeks time and I'm running the cafe on behalf of our school. Selling your yummy sweets and treats at the market is a great little fundraiser for our school so spread the word.
Also, let me know if you are keen to help out in the kitchen on the day too!
Ps- I'll send out a reminder the week before, and will look to collect your baking on Sunday or Monday morning.
Thanks!
Anahera (refer to the post on facebook)
Teachers Only Day - 8th June
This is being held on the 8th of June, with all of the curriculum and assessment changes we are currently experiencing, this day will give teachers the opportunity to further grow their understanding of the curriculum and the new reporting frameworks. School will be closed to children on this day.
Parent Information Blog
This can be found linked to our main school blog site https://kaurihohoreschool.blogspot.com/
Included on this site are articles and links that you may find helpful. I will be making some videos over the year to help you understand how best to assist children get started with their journey in literacy and numeracy because the first three years are such an important foundation for later progress.
https://kaurihohoreparentinfo.blogspot.com/
Enrolments
We currently have positions in year 3 - 5 available for any out of zone students, if you know of anyone with a child in this age range, please let them know to come and speak with Shelley in the office.
Contacting Us
You can find all staff emails on our blog page under the tab ‘our staff,’ however the best
The 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 you can find old newsletters etc here.
Office emails are:
Shelley- admin@kaurihohoreschool.co.nz
Dianne - reception@kaurihohoreschool.co.nz
Enrolments - kaurienrolments@gmail.com (managed by Shelley and Leslee)
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
School Bank Account Details
Account 12-3093-0200709-00
Kaurihohore school board of Trustees
Term Two - Known Dates
25th May - 3rd June - Life Education
1st June - Kings Birthday (school closed)
8th June - Teacher Only Day
17th June - Sponsored Colour Run
19th June - Empty Classroom Day (weather permitting)
3rd July - End of term awards 2.10pm - Last day
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20th July - First day back for term three.
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Last day of the year - 15th of December 12pm finish
Back to school for 2027 - February 3rd
Food for thought…
When it comes to everything we do we need to ask ourselves “what if everyone did that?”
