February 22 Newsletter 2013

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Important Dates

March 1 - Room 1AssemblyMarch 4-8 - Walk toSchool WeekMarch 5,6,7 - Parent

Teacher InterviewsMarch 8 - Purple CakeDayMarch 12 - ParentGroup MeetingMarch 15 - Room 2AssemblyMarch 15 - MarchNewsletterMarch 25 - AnniversaryDayMarch 29 - EasterFridayApril 1 - Easter MondayApril 2 - School ClosedApril 19 - Last Day ofTerm

KAIKORAI PRIMARY

SCHOOLN e w s l e t t e r

A very special welcome to Alex Hooton-Pociecha, Freja Malmo, AnjaMalmo, Charlo tte McEachen, Cole Noble and their familie s to

Kaikorai Primary School!

PRINCIPALS MESSAGE

Thank you to all of the parents who attended our

recent Meet the Teacher night. We hope that you

found the evening informative and helpful. Thank

you also for the feedback at the consultation meeting on uniforms.

We will be sending out a final information sheet and survey in the

near future.

You will read in this newsletter how the different syndicates have

been looking at our Kindness value and it has been great to see

classes settle back into their learning routines.

It has also been an exciting few weeks with the Junior

Neighbourhood Launch and classrooms visiting the Marae being

special highlights.

We also encourage parents to take the opportunity to meet your

childs class teacher at the parent/teacher interviews. Bookings can

be completed online at www.schoolinterviews.co.nz

Kind regards,

Simon Clarke
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SYNDICATE NEWS

Senior News -

The senior classes have all settled well and have been busy enjoying renewing old friendships, and making newones. Our topic, the Treaty of Waitangi, was analysed using our school values ofKindness, Aspiration, Independence

and Keenness. It was interesting to see how our own values could also apply to the Treaty. The children impressed

during this study with their efforts in co-operative learning, and their skills in collaborative negotiation. This

was particularly evident in developing our class treaties too.

Last week we had a very enjoyable day at Nairn Street Park for Junior Neighbourhood Support. It was made

all the better for being with our whanau groups. The older children are great at helping younger children,

showing kindness and a willingness to get involved in different activities.

All classes have begun our Maths programmes with a unit on Statistics. We are learning to ask useful questions

for investigation, gather information using tally charts, and present this information in a graph. Our focus for

this study varies in each class, but includes a Census using data from our own classes and the wider school

community. Children are learning to select appropriate forms of graphing presentations to make it easier toread the information.

Middle News

There are many people in different places who are kind and are keen to

help others. Wed like to find out more about some of these people who

make a difference. Wed love to hear of any people you know of who

are in the business of helping others and who might be able to come and share their stories with

share their stories with any of the classes in our syndicate. Some groups of children might even

of children might even be able to go and visit them at their work.

Kiwi sports sessions with Otago Girls students have begun with 2

classes in the middle syndicate. We look forward to working with them

over the next couple of weeks.

We are keen to try new things and this was evident in our visit to the Marae on Wednesday.

Most of us would admit that we were nervous and excited at the same time!

Junior News

It is great to see all the happy faces keen to be back at school and ready to learn.In the Juniors we have been looking at Kindness. As you visit each class room you can see different ways each

class is looking at kindness. Our big question is How is Kindness Valuable?. We are learning to be kind to

ourselves, our classmates, friends and family and to our environment. Some classes have looked at the Treaty of

Waitangi and what this means to our own class treaty.

What a fun time we had on Friday when the Kelly Sports team ran a fun introduction to their programme.

Rooms 11,9 and 10 are excited about visiting the Marae while Rooms 8 and 12 are having a Teddy bears

picnic on Friday.

Thank you to all parents who came to the meet the teacher night we now look forward to seeing you at our

parent interviews on the 5th, 6th and 7th of March.

Reminder that we all need a sunhat in our tote tray or bag and a drink bottle filled with water each day please.

PMP has begun and we always like your help, thank you to the loyal parents who support this programme.
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Summer Sports

Futsal, Touch, Flippaball and T Ball are all

under way for term one. We have a total offifteen teams representing Kaikorai and it isgreat to see the children enjoying thechallenges, doing the best they can forthemselves and for the team.We are always grateful and appreciative ofthe parents who help with teams either ascoaches or managers. We could not offersuch a variety of sports without your help

and support.We also welcome and encourage parents tosupport their children at sports events. It isextremely important for your child and forthe sake of their team mates that we arealways positive and demonstrate the correctfair play attitude when supporting our teams.Your co-operation on this matter is greatlyappreciated.

A special thank you toJohns Furniture

Warehouse for sponsoring T Ball shirts.

Your support is greatly appreciated.

SCHOOL NEWS

Junior Neighbourhood Support

It was an excellent morning as our whanau groupscelebrated the launch of the JNS programme.Police, Red Cross, Civil Defence, Mitre 10, Stirling

Sports and the Lions all helped to put together a funpacked morning which celebrated being kind to

yourself, to each other and the community.

Well done to the following who were elected leadersof their whanau group.

Kowhai = Makayla HawkerTotara = Matthew PyperPiwakawa = Max WalkerRimu = Georgia Ward

Takehe = Ryan McCleery

Tane Mahuta = Gemma Wilson

Kiwi = Lily Hornal

Kakapo = Dominic Fortes

Miro = Maggie Hunt

Pohutakawa = Ella Johnson

Kauri = Tamara Huch

Pouakai = Michael RuskeJoel Whitcombe
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Road Patrol

Are you available on a

Friday morning

from 8.30 - 9.00am?

We have a vacancy at

our TYNE ST

crossing. It will be

unsupervised untilsomeone volunteers.

Please contact Suse if

you can help.

Parent Teacher InterviewsParent teacher meetings will be held on the 5-7 March. This meeting is

intended to share information regarding how your child has settled in,

where they are at academically and socially and set some goals for the year.

1. To make a booking please go to http://www.schoolinterviews.co.nz

2. Enter the schools unique code XL92G

3. We would advise you not to select back to back sessions as this may

cause delays.

The site is live now!

Although the vast majority of parents will be able to access the web from a

home computer, a friends computer or a workplace computer, our office

staff are available to assist any families having difficulty with the bookingprocess.

We advise parents to book early to confirm their preferred time.

SCHOOL NEWS

Purple Cake Day

Kaikorai Primary School is celebrating Purple Cake Day on Friday March 8.

What is Purple Cake Day?It is a charity event run by the Kenbe La Foundation Charitable Trust, which was established in 2010 in responseto the devastating Haiti earthquake.

What does the Kenbe La Foundation do?It has helped raise money for children in Haiti and Nepal. This year it is helping children in Kenya to get an

education. Children in Kenya face enormous difficulties in getting an education.

Why is Kaikorai Primary School involved?We like the idea of kids helping kids through celebration, education and fundraising. It fits with our idea of

kindness and caring about others who are less fortunate than us.

We think we can help make a difference.

What exactly are we going to do?1. Get into the purple spirit and make the school purple wear purple clothes, paint a purple finger, have

balloons, flags, streamers

2. Have blanket sales to raise money. This means that many children are planning to have a sale and sell

things to other children.

3. Bake and sell purple cakes and other food.

4. Do jobs at home to earn money to spend at Purple Cake Day

Where to get more ideas?Keep an eye on the foyers outside room 2 and 2a, and rooms 4 and 6. Displays with ideas of things to do will be

developing over the next couple of weeks.
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SCHOOL NEWS

Parent Group News

The Kaikorai School Parents Group welcomes all returning and new schoolfamilies.

PARENTS GROUP MEETING

The first Parents Group meeting for 2013 will take place on Tuesday 12 March at 2pm in

the Staff Room. All are very welcome to attend - and we would love to see some new faces. TheParents Group AGM will take place in April - date and time to be decided at the Marchmeeting.

If youre unable to attend the Parents Group meeting but you would like to be kept informedabout what the groups doing and be added to a list of potential helpers for different events, thenplease email Tor and let her know. We understand that no day or time suits everyone, but youcan still be involved even if attending meetings isnt possible.

FUNDRAISING TERM 1 - ENTERTAINMENT BOOKSOur main fundraiser this term will be sellingEntertainment Books. There will be more

information about this very soon, but in the meantime please let friends, family members andwork colleagues know that they can order their 2013/14 Entertainment Book through you andthen Kaikorai Primary School will get the proceeds.

Once again the Entertainment Books will cost $55 each and foreach book sold the school will get $11 so this is a great fundraisingopportunity for us.

If you have any questions about this fundraiser or would like more information about theParents Group, then please contact Tor (453-1108, 027-635-1512, [email protected]).

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COMMUNITY NOTICES

Robotics

The Computer Science Department, University of Otago, is

offering Learn to Program courses for senior primary and

junior high school students. These use NXT Lego robots, are

non-competitive and fun. Students will be well supported by

enthusiastic tutors. For further information, or to sign up,

visit the web page at http://www.cs.otago.ac.nz/student/

robots.php

Junior Football Club Registrations

Maori Hill JFC, Dunedins largest junior football club, isnow taking player registrations at all grades for the 2013

soccer season.

To obtain a registration form or simply find out more, email

us at [email protected], telephone club presidentDavid Thomson on 487 89267 (evenings) or come along to

registration in person at Prospect Park (at the top ofWarrender Street) as follows: Sunday 24th February,

4.30pm-6.00pm & Wednesday 27h February,

5.00pm-6.30pm. Registrations for Maori Hill JFC will close

at the start of March.

Rata Kids Does your child have handwriting

difficulties?

Does your child appear clumsy and

uncoordinated?

Does your child fidget or lack

concentration?

Does your child have poor memory or

organisational skills?

Does your child have speech or

communication difficulties?

RATA Kids is a private paediatric service who

works with children of all ability levels. Our staff

including Occupational Therapy, Physical

Therapy and Speech and Language Therapy

help children to achieve their physical and

academic milestones. We are able to provide

assessment and intervention based at school or

our modern clinic.

If you would like to speak with a therapist about

your child please contact Anna Baker,

Occupational Therapist, on 021 470 393 or

email [email protected] .

at Kaikorai School

MusiqHub Guitaris looking forward to welcomingnew students in 2013. The lessons feature:

small group learning [max of 4 per group] exclusive access to MusiqHub lessons online quality sequential teaching manuals with CD end of year concert backed by a live band tuition from MusiqHub registered tutors

For more information please visit our website atwww.musiqhub.co.nz or

call / text Tim Davis on 027 4895957

ROSLYN WAKARI AFC

Saturday 2nd March 11am to 1pm

and

Wednesday 6th

March - 5pm to 6:30pm

Ellis Park Clubrooms

Frasers Road
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