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Week 7 - Term 4 - 2021

 

Weekly Notices, Week 7 Term 4

November 28, 2021

 

Good morning on this beautiful summer day.  It is hard to think that there are only three more weeks left of the school year.  Let's make these the three best ones we've had, by being organised, being kind and having a big dollop of patience.

CLASS TRIP INFORMATION

This Thursday, December 2nd we will be going on our trip to Paradise Valley Springs and Mrs. Dinniss's house. The trip will go ahead rain or shine ( please start praying for good weather as we might need it).

1. Students will need to be at school by 9:00 am. 

2. Students will need a raincoat/umbrella if it is raining.

3. Sunhat (hopefully), sunscreen, water bottle, morning tea/lunch (there will be no purchases made at the springs)

3. We will have a picnic at Mrs. Dinniss's house and return to school around 2:15pm

We have had a tremendous amount of parent helpers put their hands up. If you weren't needed to drive but would still like to come along entry into the park is $10.00 for adults and $5.00 for children. We are paying for the kids and adults driving out of the class budget. The more the merrier (you will have to provide me with a photo of your vaccination status).

Thanks again for everyone's assistance in getting the forms back to me.

Mrs. Dinniss

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Kahikatea is looking forward to our Big Day In on Monday 6 December.  Unfortunately with Covid restrictions, we are unable to invite parents to join us.  Please keep a lookout for a notice which will be sent home this week outlining all the details.

Looking back at what was going on this time last year and it was jam packed with lots of activity - preparing for the curtain going up for Peter Pan, Ahurei, student Celebration Day at school, Christmas Parade, students competed in inter-school athletics. Unfortunately, many activities have had to be canceled this year due to COVID and many more will also need to be cancelled. Presently we are looking at how our end-of-year prizegiving and Mass is going to look. Plans will need to fit according to where Rotorua is on the traffic light system which we move to on Friday night.

Today twenty of our students are being Confirmed and receiving their First Holy Communion from Bishop Steve. Because of COVID there are two Masses and our children are spread between the two of them. Preparation for this has been going on for several months. In a fortnight twenty-two students are to be Baptised in our church and these children have been meeting in preparation for this at 8.00am for the last four Sundays.

Congratulations to Ray Guilford and the Chess team who participated in Chess Nationals on Friday. The team was placed eighth in the tournament which is excellent. There weren’t many competition points between eighth and first. The tournament for individuals is this Friday.

We are publishing a school magazine again this year, and this will be available during the last week of this term. At this stage, there are only to be 100 magazines printed. It will be a great memento of 2021. Orders are taken now with the cost for the magazine being $10.00.

Our school library is now closed for a stocktake. Please could we all have a look at home for any outstanding books and return them as soon as possible.

Have a busy but great week everyone.

Nga mihi

Mrs. D

End of Year Trip

 November 21st, 2021

Students will bring home a form like this on Monday, please fill out as soon as possible. Regards Jill

I am keen to take Room 12 on an end-of-year trip, providing there are sufficient parents willing and able to assist us with this trip.

Room 12 - December 2nd, 9.00 am - 2:00 pm End of Year Class Trip 

9:15 - 11:30 Paradise Valley Springs

11:30 - 2:00 Mrs. Dinniss house for a picnic and games

2:00 return to school

Cost: $3.00

Our class will leave school approximately at 9:00 am. We will travel by private car to Paradise Valley Springs, we will then tour the park. We will have a private viewing of the lion cubs and a chat about the keas. We will explore the park and take part in a scavenger hunt.

We will then travel down the road 100m to Mrs. Dinniss’s house where we will have a picnic lunch, iceblocks and some games before loading up and coming back to the school. We will arrive back at the school around 2:15 pm 

Please make sure your child packs a water bottle and a healthy morning tea & lunch for our trip. All parent helpers will have to show proof of having had at least one covid vaccination to meet the recent health mandate.   

We will need 5 parent helpers/drivers for this trip to go ahead. Please indicate on the form below whether you are able to attend your child’s class trip. 

Thank you 

J. Dinniss

R12 Class Trip - Please return this form to Mrs Dinniss as soon as possible and no later than Friday 26th of November.

I give permission for my child ………………………………...…… to attend this class trip.

I, _______________________________________________ am / am not able to be a parent helper on this trip. 

If you are able to be a parent helper please complete the following:

I can assist with this trip to Paradise Valley and take ………………children, in addition to my own child, as passengers in my car. A full seat belt will be provided for each child and I will check each child is wearing a seat belt.

I have a current full drivers license and my vehicle has a current registration, warrant of fitness and is insured.

I have attached proof of my covid vaccination status and realise that I need to have had at least the first covid vaccination in order to be able to come on this trip.

Parent Name: ............................................ Contact Number: …………………...….

Signed: …………………………………...…….. Date: ………………………

Week 6 - Term 4 - 2021

 

Weekly Notices, Term 4, Week 6

November 21, 2021

 Kia Ora parents and whānau and welcome to Week 5!

I hope families are enjoying the early summer weather we are getting and making the most of it to enjoy outdoor activities. There are less than four weeks of learning left until the end of the school year. St Mary's will be finishing at midday on Thursday 16th December.

There will be a permission slip go home on Monday regarding around our year-end class on December 2nd.

Just a friendly reminder that all students need to bring their hats to school, we know how harsh our New Zealand sun is. Also, please continue checking that your child is bringing their device to school fully charged. We will be continuing with our learning programme right up to the end of the year. Assessments are now mostly finished and data is being analyzed as teachers finalize the end-of-year report writing.

Kahikatea Middle School will be having a Big Day In on Tuesday, December 6th to celebrate our great year of learning. There will be a range of activities and a fish and chip lunch provided to the children. Due to covid-19 level 2 restrictions, there will be limited opportunities for parents and caregivers to attend this year. Please watch out for further details to come.

With Delta cases now in Rotorua, sanitizing and staying home if unwell is more important than ever. Please do not send your child to school if they are sick. 

It is Middle School's normal swimming week. Please remind your child to bring their togs every day. Swimming instruction is an important part of our learning programme.

Coming up this week:

Monday - Swimming 

Tuesday - Swimming
         
Wednesday - Swimming and Kapa Haka 2pm

Thursday - Swimming and Library 11pm  ( all books need to be returned please, kids were told what books they need to bring)

Friday - Swimming and National Chess Tournament 
               - Golden Time.

               - choir 12pm, Pasifika 11am 

Stay safe and have a lovely Sunday evening, 

Mrs Dinniss

WEEK 5

 

Week 5 - Term 4 - 2021

 

Welcome to Week 5 Term 4

November 14, 2021

 Aloha parents and whānau, welcome to week 5!

I hope you've had a wonderful weekend and managed to find time to relax with your family. We are over halfway through the term and the busyness is well and truly upon us. We had a fantastic day at Athletics on Monday. The kids all did so well and it was awesome to have some parent helpers as well. A huge congratulations to those students who competed in the gymnastics competition, I know you have been practising hard all year. 

Just a friendly reminder that all students need to bring their hats to school, we know how harsh our New Zealand sun is. Also, please continue checking that your child is bringing their device to school fully charged. We will be doing some assessments this week, which students will require their Chromebooks for. 

With Delta cases now in Rotorua, sanitising and staying home if unwell is more important than ever. Please do not send your child to school if they are sick. 

We have some exciting learning ahead this week, including the Making a Difference Swimming Programme (Tuesday - Friday) and a hands-on experience from the Rotorua Museum called The Outreach Taniwha Programme. 

Coming up this week:

Monday - No swimming. 

Tuesday - Swimming
            - Museum programme R12

Wednesday - Swimming

Thursday - Swimming, Library

Friday - Swimming 
                  - Golden Time. 

Stay safe and have a lovely Sunday evening, 

Week 4 - Term 4 - 2021

 - November 07, 2021

Warm and joyful greetings to you all as I write this post admiring the beautiful sunny weather we are having this Sunday morning.

Thank you for all your support with our Healthy Class Zespri, the kids have been striving for points to cross the world checkpoints. We have already walked over halfway across New Zealand. We get bonus points for eating fruit and veggies and drinking water. 

Congratulations to all the kids from room 12 that have been playing sports. It is wonderful to see so many kids giving Touch, Cricket and Futsal a go. Keep it up!

We would like to express our gratitude to all families that helped and supported our school with the working bee yesterday. It was a very successful day with such a great turnout. Plenty of jobs were completed. Thank you once again for your extra helping hands. It is great to see manaakitanga ( kindness) and kotahitanga ( unity) in action at our school.

Swimming this week is cancelled and we will swim again in week 5.

Special Mention: Congratulations to these families:

Thank you everyone for your support in this.

PTA Raffle Results

1st Prize Bye Family

2nd Prize Ruden Castillo

3rd Prize Grace Defensor

This week will be another busy week for our kids.

What's on this week:

Monday: Year 3-6 Athletics Day 8.45 - 2.30pm at the International Stadium Field 2

Please drop off your Y3-6 child/ren at the entrance to the Athletics ground (Field 2) at the International Stadium on Devon Street West between 8.30am and 8.45am. Children will return to the gate ready pick up at 2.30pm. Children must be collected from the ground by 3pm at the latest. The gate will be locked between 9am and 2.30pm this year. Parents can only enter the grounds if they are volunteer helpers assigned a set task.

Thursday:Rm 14 Library

Friday: Teacher only Day. No school

Cross fingers we will have some good weather this week especially for Athletics Day. I wish you all a wonderful week with many joyful blessings.