Week One News

 

Kaurihohore School Week One, Term Three News 

Manaaki te katoa - be kind to all. 

Respect - Empathy - Kindness 

He whakatauki. Ehara tāku toa i te toa takitahi. Engari, he toa takitini.

Success is not the work of one but the work of many.

Kia ora koutou 

It is great to be back.  The school is looking great after a busy Empty Classroom day. We are so grateful to Crofts and to the other caregivers who gave their time and energy to be with us on this day.  

We are hopeful that the sickness that seemed to be taking over at the end of term has now passed us

by and that children will have a lovely, settled Term 3.  

We welcome eight new children to our school this term.  We wish them and their whānau well in their learning journey with us and hope they love this place as much as we do.

Teachers Only Day

This term is full with a number of activities, some of the known dates are listed below.  You will notice that we have noted the last day of term as a teachers only day.  Each year schools are allotted two days that they can have a teacher only day to ensure teachers can engage in professional development that requires time and space together to do so.  We will be taking one of these days on the 1st of October.  On this day we will be working on our understanding of Structured Literacy and how we can continue

to work on and improve our practice at all year levels.  School will be closed to the children on this

day but all staff will be on site.

Term Three

Begins 26th July

11th Of August - School Cross Country

13th Of August - Youth Summit (Year 6)

25th Of August - Denby Cross Country - Seniors

1st of September - Barge Park Cross Country

8th of September - Year 5 and 6 Multi-sport Day

15th of September - School Photos

22nd of September - Empty Classroom Day

24th of September - Sponsored Run

29th of September - Awards Assembly 2.30pm

1st of October - Last day of Term - Teachers Only Day

Term Four

Begins 18th of October

22nd of October - Ag and Flower Day (calves, lambs and goats) Information home soon

25th of October - Labour Day

20th of November - School Gala

10th of December - Whole School Prize giving 1.pm

Ends 12.00 December 14th

2022 - Return to School 2nd of February

2022 and Year 2 Places 2021

We are currently reviewing our roll for 2022.  If you know of anyone who may be sending their child to our school, but may not have let us know, we would really appreciate you giving them a nudge in the right direction.  A call to the office, or an email to me or Chrissie would be great just to help with planning.  This helps us know how many actual places we have on offer for 2022, at this stage there looks to be quite a few out of zone positions on offer for new entrants in 2022, however we like to be as accurate as possible.  We also have one place for in or out of zone Year 2 children for this year.  If you know of anyone looking to move their child and wanting to enrol with us, get them to make contact.  At this stage, this is solely for Year 2 children, we have no spaces for out of zone children at other year levels.

Real Time Reporting

At the end of last term you will have received your child’s report via seesaw.  If you were unable to open the full version of this, please ask your child's teacher for a printed copy.  As this is a cumulative report, Term One comments and levels were also included.  

If you have not read this, please do so.  Putting a like on the report helps us to know you have read it.

Real time reporting means you can make an appointment at any stage with your child’s teacher to talk about anything you are concerned about or would like help with.  An email, phone call or seesaw message is the best way to set this up.  Of course if it is a quick question or concern, please just pop in and see us.  Checking on seesaw regularly is a good way to keep in touch with what is going on with your child’s class and learning.

Cross Country -  11th of August 2021

More detailed information on this day will be sent home very soon.  However below are the times we will be working towards, if you are wanting to come along and watch on the day.  

Please note children run in their year levels up to year 3.  Year 4 and above run according to ages.  If a year three child is very competitive and fits into the 8yr group, they may still go on to compete further, you will need to talk to Cathy Hadfield about this.

Year 0’s - 10.15 - 1 lap around bike track (birthdays after May 1st)

Year 1’s - 10.25 - 1 lap around bike track 

Year 2’s - 10.35 - 1 lap around school (go outside the school gate along roadside)

Year 3’s 10.40 (approximately 800m - go out of school grounds, run just past the top gate to the power pole, then return back and in through the top gate.)

8yrs and under - 11.30 - Junior Trophy - 105 Apotu

9yrs - 11.45 - Middle Trophy - 133 Apotu (competitive distance)

10+yrs - 12.10 - Senior Trophy - 147 Apotu (competitive distance)

Gala Sponsorship

The PSG are currently looking for monetary sponsors and goods sponsors for the gala. If you know of a business that would be able to sponsor goods or money we would really appreciate it. Please contact Janet Hammond for more information or let Dianne in the office know and she will pass this information on to her.  Sponsorship forms will be coming home with your child.

Recommended Reading

Our staff development in terms of working with children with challenges revolves around the work of Ross Greene.  He is the author of a few books which are recommended reading for all parents, but particularly parents who have children they would describe as challenging.  

Those children that struggle to manage frustration, transition and problem solving and find it hard to self-calm and self manage their emotions.  

His work is amazing and as a staff we are currently learning about his collaborative and proactive solutions.  The books below are worth a read.  I wish I had read them when my children were much younger.

Creatives in Schools Project

Parents: We would love your input over the next week! 

Do you have resources (time, materials, expertise) to contribute to our Sensory Spaces project?

Project will take place (if we get funding) in the first half of 2022.

We are applying for funding to design 5 outdoor areas around Kaurihohore School that celebrate children’s senses. The design will create spaces for tamariki to explore their environment in fresh ways and encourage sensory experiences through unstructured play and structured scientific exploration.

We have brainstormed the below ideas, of which we would like children and their whanau to help refine down to 5 final ideas.

TOUCH

1. Barefoot path (different textures as pavers)

2. Texture Area with moss, feathers

3. Clay faces on trees

4. Ply Cutouts of characters in native bush areas (unicorns, dragons, native birds and insects) - need ply and someone to cut into the different shapes. Add textures

SMELL

1. Wild Flower/Edible/Living Herb Garden - need gardeners and gardening equipment and perhaps brightly painted tyres

2. Bulbs in pots dug into ground

3. Maze

HEAR

1. Sound Wall

2. Bullrushes/Flax flowers painted

3. Natural Hanging wind chimes/sculptures/Mobiles (need beads, shells, strong fishing wire, drills

INTERACT

1. Book swap box 

2. Fruit and veg exchange box

3. Fairy doors on trees

4. Stones with positive affirmations/words/letters

5. Whisper dishes

6. Bird baths/ insulators for bird feeders

7. Large Toadstool sculptures

8. Face in Long Grass hill 

9. Knitting around trees

SEE

1. Kiwi sculptures

2. Succulent wall/word (e.g. ‘A R O H A’) - need help constructing wooden boxes in different shapes

3. Dried ti tree wall / Bamboo wall

4. Coloured shapes strung up between trees

We will be sending home via seesaw a link to a google survey with this information so you can pick your priorities and let us know of any other ideas or ways you can help.  If you could fill in this survey that would be great.

Food for thought... 

Noho ora mai - stay well, look after yourself and look out for others!

Leslee Allen

Term 2 Wrap Up

 End of Term Wrap Up

Mana Tangata Finalists This Term

Rūma Piwakawaka - Billie

Rūma Kahu - Declan

Rūma Pukeko - Levi

Rūma Kōtare - Staria

Rūma Tui - Mia T

Rūma Huia - Alesha

Rūma Kiwi - Ben

Rūma Miromiro - Pippa

Rūma Kereru - Penny

The winner, as voted by the children, will be announced at the awards assembly this afternoon.

Outdoor Classroom Day

This was held yesterday and was absolutely fantastic!  Children came ready to play and entertain themselves for the whole day, which was awesome to see.  We also had lots of help and managed to

get many of our environmental projects completed.  We planted Manuka and Kanuka for the bees

(180 trees) . We planted other areas using our school compost, cleaned up the courtyard gardens and planted this area too. We were also able to get the playground bark down under the pole hut and

monkey bars.  We are so grateful to those that were able to come and lend a hand.  A special

Thank you to Crofts who funded the playground bark and the plants along with lending some

fabulous hard working labour on the day!  We couldn’t have done this without you.

Year 2 Places

We still have a couple of  places for out of zone Year 2 children in our school.  If you know of anyone wanting to come to our school who has a Year 2 child but may be living out of zone, have them

contact us to discuss this.

Seesaw

You will have now received the second installment of your child’s cumulative report along with

information in maths, reading and writing achievement in Term 1 or 2.  Please take the time to read

your child's Term 2 comment, click on a larger view if the report looks small on the screen and put a

like on the post when you have read it, just so we know you have seen it.  If you would like to discuss this further with your child’s teacher please make an appointment early on in Term 3.

Returning To School Term 3

School starts back on the 26th of July.  Please ensure children come to school with a change of clothes each day and their belongings named.  We do not have enough clothes to be changing children and children are constantly coming down to the office expecting us to change them out of wet or dirty clothes.

We also ask that children are dropped at school on time each day and that they are picked up by 3.20pm as the bus comes at 3.15pm and the teacher should be able to go off duty at this time.  If children are

not picked up by 3.20pm please be aware that children will be sent to the top of the school outside of after school care so they are not sitting unsupervised.  

Please don’t make late pick ups a habit as just like you, we have busy afternoons that we need to get

on with.

Known Term Dates 2020

Term Two

Ends 9th of July

Term Three

Begins 26th July

11th Of August - School Cross Country

13th Of August - Youth Summit (Year 6)

25th Of August - Denby Cross Country - Seniors

1st of September - Barge Park Cross Country

8th of September - Year 5 and 6 Multi-sport Day

15th of September - School Photos

22nd of September - Empty Classroom Day

24th of September - Sponsored Run

29th of September - Awards Assembly 2.30pm

1st of October - Last day of Term

Term Four

Begins 18th of October

22nd of October - Ag and Flower Day

25th of October - Labour Day

10th of December - Whole School Prize giving 1.pm

Ends 12.00 December 14th

2022 - Return to School 2nd of February

I hope you get some time during the holidays to enjoy your wonderful children.

Leslee Allen

Week Nine News

Kaurihohore School Week Nine, Term Two News 

Manaaki te katoa - be kind to all. 

Respect - Empathy - Kindness 

He whakatauki. Ehara tāku toa i te toa takitahi. Engari, he toa takitini.

Success is not the work of one but the work of many.

Kia ora koutou 

We are on the home stretch to the holidays. For some of you it will seem that the holidays have only just

been, however yes, it is week nine and next week is the last week of term. 

It has been a good term, if not a little cold and dreary as you would expect in Winter.  We have a lot

of tired children trying to bounce back from various viruses going around.  We hope they get time to rest and recharge over the holidays.

2022 and Year 2 Places 2021

We are currently reviewing our roll for 2022.  If you know of anyone who may be sending their

child to our school, but may not have let us know, we would really appreciate you giving them a

nudge in the right direction.  A call to the office, or an email to me or Chrissie would be great just to

help with planning.  This helps us know how many actual places we have on offer for 2022,

at this stage there looks to be quite a few out of zone positions on offer for new entrants in 2022,

however we like to be as accurate as possible.  We also have a few places for in

or out of zone Year 2 children at the moment, if you know of anyone looking to move

their child and wanting to enrol with us, get them to make contact. 

At this stage, this is solely for Year 2 children.

Thank you to Croft Poles and Timber

We are very grateful for the continued support of Croft Poles and Timber for our environmental projects. 

They are currently sponsoring trees for our manuka, kanuka planting in support of our bees, bigger

bark for the mulch for these gardens and playground bark that will replace what we currently have

under the small pole hut and monkey bars.  They have also sponsored timber to have these areas

reframed.  This is part of Rūma Piwakawaka’s beautification project.  This totals thousands of dollars

worth of support which we are incredibly grateful for, the playground bark alone is worth $2500.

Their support is making it possible to bring many projects to fruition that we would not have been able

to do for some time.  We are working on a number of these projects on Empty classroom day and

would love your help if you have any time.

Thank You!

Our children have been out and about at many events over the term, from gymnastics to league to

Winter sports,  to chess to science roadshows they have been able to make the most of every

opportunity this term.  We are grateful for the support that you provide by transporting and supervising,

we couldn’t do it without you.

Awards Assembly - Friday 9th July 2.30pm

At the end of Term 1, Term 2 and Term 3 we hold an awards assembly. 

Teachers will recognise three children from their class who have embodied our school values. 

We will also announce the overall Good Citizen as voted by the children at this assembly. 

This will be held on the courts (as long as it is fine) at 2.30pm on the last day of school. 

If it is not fine we will hand the certificates out in class and let you know the assembly is not going

ahead.

Real Time Reporting

At the end of this term teachers will send home a short Term 2 update in your child’s cumulative report. 

For some children, much of the information contained in the term one comment will remain the same,

so there will just be a short update in the Term 2 box.  For others this comment may be a little longer in

regards to dispositions and what may have been worked on, changed or progressed.

Also by the end of this term you will have received a blurb for your child in reading, writing and maths. 

This may have come home via seesaw last term, or your teacher may be sending it out this term. 

Either way, by the end of this term you will have information about where your child is working in maths,

writing and reading and through the report know a little about their dispositions as a learner.

If you are unsure of the curriculum levels and expectations, please have a watch of the video I made

and shared on facebook, this hopefully will clarify expectations for you.

We know that the report will appear very small on your device.  Simply open it and click on the

original version, it will then open as a PDF document.  This is easier to view on a computer or laptop. 

If you are having great difficulty viewing, please ask and we will print a copy out for you.  

Over the next week of school, if there is something you would like to query regarding your child,

please make an appointment to see your child’s teacher.

Tahi Bee Friends Program

We are very lucky to be part of the Tahi Bee Friends Program starting up again in August 2021.

Thank you to Tahi Honey and to Judy Dempster for hosting the bees.

Nanette Brown will be our Bee Friends Educator delivering the Bee Friends Program on behalf of Tahi.

In the first week of term 3 I will meet with all year 5 students that are interested. We will then select

10 students to be part of this program. They must be year 5 students as the program will run from

August 2021 to April 2022.

We have our honey from last season for sale at the school office for $10 for a 500g pot.

Michelle Douglas

Parking 

We are still noticing people parking on the yellow lines outside school at the beginning and end

of the day.  Parking here is dangerous at these busy times of day.  Please do not do it.  It is also

really unsafe to collect your child from the courtyard and walk up the main exit, while cars are also

trying to exit this area, please don’t do this.

We are also noticing people are still parking out on the main road, blocking visibility for those

exiting our car park.  This is simply not a place we want you parking, it is dangerous and creates a

hazard for everyone, please stop!

Gala Sponsorship

The PSG are currently looking for monetary sponsors and goods sponsors for the gala. If you know

of a business that would be able to sponsor goods or money we would really appreciate it.

Please contact Janet Hammond for more information or let Dianne in the office know and she

will pass this information on.

Empty Classroom Day

This will be held on Thursday the  8th of July.  This is the second to last day of term. 

Children self-direct their play outside and will need warm layers.  They will also need two or

three changes of clothes and a towel in case they get wet or muddy.  We have a number of environmental

projects scheduled for that day as well that we would love your help with if you have any time. 

We will be moving bark, weeding, cleaning up and planting on this day.  If you have time and a

wheelbarrow or spade, we would love your help.  Children can also get involved with these projects

so might like to bring a spade and wheelbarrow along to school.  Every class has environmental

projects on the go and this is a great day to make some headway on these jobs.

PSG Pizza Orders

Order forms will come home today for pizza orders.  This will be for the last day of school. 

Look out for this form if you are wanting to order your child pizza lunch on this day. 

This is a PSG fundraiser and was well received last time.

Term Dates

Please note that all dates and other information are kept as up to date as possible via our school

blog, you can access this at kaurihohoreschool.blogspot.com

Term Two

Ends 9th of July

8th of July - Empty Classroom Day (everyone welcome to come and join in we would love your help)

Term Three

Begins 26th July

Ends 1st October

Within this term will be Cross Country and Sponsored Run (dates yet to be set)

Term Four

Begins 18th of October

Gala - 20th November

Athletics day will also be held within this term (date yet to be set)

Prize giving - 10th December 1pm

Term Ends - 12.00 December 14th

2022 - Return Date 2nd of February

Recommended Reading

Our staff development in terms of working with children with challenges revolves around the work

of Ross Greene.  He is the author of a few books which are recommended reading for all parents,

but particularly parents who have children they would describe as challenging.  

Those children that struggle to manage frustration, transition and problem solving and find it hard to

self-calm and self manage their emotions.  

His work is amazing and as a staff we are currently learning about his collaborative and proactive

solutions.  The books below are worth a read.

Food for thought... 

The way we look at behaviour needs to change.  Children do well if they can.  If they can’t there is a

reason for it, they are lacking the skills to do so and it is these skills that we as adults need to help

them develop.  Time invested now means success later on for everyone.

Noho ora mai - stay well, look after yourself and look out for others!

Leslee Allen