Week 3 - Term 2

 

Week 3 Notices

- May 16, 2021

 Malo e lelei, to all our students and parents.

We have had some wonderful learning taking place over the last few weeks. Our concept for this term is Health and Wellbeing and our children took part in some wonderful ignition activities, learning alongside different teachers and seeing the importance of eating healthily, exercising, how important parts of our bodies need to be looked after and the ability to self regulate through mindfulness.

These will hopefully spark some interest and passion for our children. It is important to discuss this at home with your child too.

This Friday Rm 12 kids will be attending the morning Parish Mass. This starts at 9am. All parents are invited. This will then be followed by a shared morning tea in the church hall.  We would like to ask that our students can bring in something light to share for this. If you are able to help with serving tea and coffee, that would be much appreciated too.

What's happening this week:

Tues: Library

Thur: Ascension Liturgy.

Fri: Rm 12 attending Parish Mass at 9am. Golden Time and assembly.

Reminders:

Next Wednesday: Cross Country - please fill out the transportation form

Next Thursday: Pentecost Liturgy

Please remind your child to charge their Chromebooks each night.

I am enjoying our sunny autumn days. It was great to watch the children partake in winter sport this weekend. Please send through any photos so we can celebrate the student's success. 

Ma te Atua koutou manaaki. ( May God Bless you)

Cross Country Form

 Please fill out this form click on the link below.

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Cross Country Form

Week 2 Term 2 - 2022

May 9th 2021

Kia ora Whānau

Happy Mother’s Day to our ‘Mums” today. We hope you have a special day with your loved ones. 

Thank you for taking the time to come in for the 3 Way Conferences. If you were unable to make it in please touch base and we can make another meeting time. 

Thank you to our children who dressed up for 'Children’s World of Prayer' day. It is always nice to see children wearing their national costumes with pride.

The mini-marathon on Friday was a great day out. It's nice to see our whanau support, running, and cheering on our tamariki thank you.

If you haven't filled out the transportation form for the Cross Country day please do so, we will be needing parent support on the day both for transportation and marshaling if you are able to help we would appreciate it.

Cross Country Form

Last week and this week we are looking at Wellness, the students took part in an ignition afternoon each day. We looked at music, organs, water, and cooperative games. The students really enjoyed the opportunity to move around and learn new things. Below are students who were measuring approximately how much water they need to drink each day.

Congratulations to Layla who won the Mrs. Dinniss Reading log. Thank you for supporting your children with their reading over the break.

Friendly Reminders:

* Library is on Thursdays now in Room 12

- Chromebooks need to come to school charged. As we are a BYOD school, many of our learning activities now require devices. Headphones are essential, please. If your child's Chromebook is not working, I recommend contacting Paul (see contact details below).

- Please LABEL your children's clothing, we have quite a few issues with shorts/dresses ending up on the wrong body.

- If you need headphones still, Kmart, The Warehouse, or school have them ranging in price from $8

-Please collect bread tags and yummy stickers, if you need a chart please have your child come and see Mrs. Dinniss.

Welcome to Term 2 - 2021

 

Welcome back to Term 2

May 02, 2021

 

Welcome back to Term 2, we hope you had a wonderful holiday and are rested and ready for another busy term.

I am looking forward to meeting with everyone at the 3 way conferences on Tuesday and Wednesday this week.  Thanks to those who have already made appointments.  If you have not done so already, here is some information from Mrs Cato.

Students and their parent(s) need to attend a 10-minute appointment on one of these two days.

Appointments available

Tuesday 4 May 3.10pm - 6pm

Wednesday 5 May 3.10pm - 5pm (for R12 only as I have a refereeing course, Wednesday. If you can't make either of these times/days available please let me know we and we can set up an alternative date. Sorry for any inconvenience).

How to make a booking

Bookings are now open. How do parents make a booking for their child's Three-Way Conference?

Via the following link and enter the code 63c8b

Via the links button on our School App - select School Interviews - enter the code 63c8b

Please note: If you are late for your appointment you might be asked to rebook for another time. This is because the class teacher needs to consider the bookings made by other families and keep to the times they have booked for. We look forward to seeing you and your child at the conference.

On Thursday we celebrate World Day of Prayer.

Next Sunday is Mother’s Day and the PTA is running a Gift Store for the children to buy their treasures for their mums. 

Reminders for the week

• Library day for Rm 12 is Thursday (from Tuesday)
• Chromebooks - remember to charge them and bring your headphones to school
• Winter uniform
• Kapa Haka starts this week Wednesdays please encourage your child to try
• Mini-marathon on Friday

Enjoy the rest of this beautiful autumn day and have a lovely first week back.

Mrs Dinniss and Team Kahikatea.

Mrs. Dinniss's Reading Challenge

 In case you miss out on the hard copy create your own. Here are the details, we have worked so hard this term, let's not slip.

Mrs. D's

More Challenge  

• Try to read for at least 20 minutes each day. Lexia (20min) listening to a story read to you (Epic, parent) or personal reading works for an entry. You need to read for at least 10 sessions to be eligible for the Lunch Prize Entry.

• Write down what you read and get an adult to sign off your reading entry each day.

• Return your reading log to Mrs. Dinniss by Wednesday, May 5th to go into the prize draw of lunch with Mrs. Dinniss. If the whole class reads Mrs. D will be pizza for the class instead.

• HAPPY READING!!! 

My name              

Date	My Reading (write down the title and pages read)	Adult

Date	My Reading (Write down the title and pages read)	Adult Signature

         

Last Week of Term 1 (Week 11 - Term 1- 2021

 April 11, 2021

Welcome to Week 11

April 12th - 16th

Bonjour Parents and Caregivers

We are about to commence the last week of Term 1, which will be followed by the beginning of two week's school holidays. It has been a busy term with lots of important learning and everyone is feeling ready for a break to recharge the batteries. Thank you for all the support and encouragement you have given your children, and the school, over the course of Term 1.

Swimming is finished until Term 4 and children will not be required to wear a hat next term when outside. 

On Sunday we had many of our students being confirmed and making their First Holy Communion. This is a very exciting time for them, please keep them in your prayers.

Coming up this week:

- No Swimming this week. 
- Cricket on Monday. 
- Library  on Tuesday

- ICT Club on Thursday.

- No assembly this week
- Interschool Swimming Sports
- Senior School Art Exhibition - Friday.

Two Messages From Mr Macmillan:

‘During the holidays we celebrate ANZAC Day (Sunday 25th April). I am hoping to have a strong representation from our school attending the parade. If your child would like to join us and walk in the parade and participate in the Civic Ceremony at the Bay Trust Forum, Energy Events Centre, Queens Drive please make sure they are at the Lakefront Memorial (intersection of Fenton St and Whakaue Streets)  by 8.30am in their winter school uniform. Jersey, not fleece top. The ceremony concludes at the Energy Events Centre and should be over by 11.00am Parents are also invited to be part of the parade and service. Children just might want to be part of the parade. If you have a poppy your child can wear, please pin it on them. I will have some spare ones to give to children at the parade.  This is a very special ceremony so I do encourage our children to be part of this. ALL STUDENTS ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE.’

At the start of Term 2 children must be in winter uniform. Uniforms can be bought from our uniform shop. The shop is open Monday 8.30am, Wednesday at 2.30pm, Friday at 8.30am and on Monday, the first day back in Term 2, at 8.30pm. I want to make sure our students are wearing the correct uniform in Term 2.  At this point, I would also like to mention that our Lost Property is *overflowing* with items left around the schoolyard by students.

Friendly Reminders:

- Chromebooks need to come to school charged. As we are a BYOD school, many of our learning activities now require devices. Headphones are essential, please. If your child's Chromebook is not working, I recommend contacting Paul (see contact details below).

- Please LABEL your children's clothing, we have quite a few issues with shorts/dresses ending up on the wrong body.

- If you need headphones still, Kmart, The Warehouse, or school have them ranging in price from $8

-Please collect bread tags and yummy stickers, if you need a chart please have your child come and see Mrs. Dinniss

Have a great week.

Mrs Dinniss and

Team Kahikatea

Week 10 - Term 1

  Good Afternoon Whānau, 

I hope you had a lovely long weekend with friends and family 😊

Last week we celebrated Palm Sunday and Washing of the Feet through liturgy. We also enjoyed our own version of The Last Supper before heading into Easter. These experiences were meaningful and reminded us all about the true meaning of Easter. 

Coming up this week:
- Swimming all week. 
- Cricket on Wednesday.
- Chess Club on Wednesday and Thursday lunchtime. 
- Library and ICT Club on Thursday.
- Whakaue Golden Time on Friday. Students in this house can bring their colours to school. 

Friendly Reminders:

- Chromebooks need to come to school charged. As we are a BYOD school, many of our learning activities now require devices. Headphones are essential, please. If your child's Chromebook is not working, I recommend contacting Paul (see contact details below).

- Each child needs a school hat. They can be purchased from the uniform shop for $13.

- Please LABEL your children's clothing, we have quite a few issues with shorts/dresses ending up on the wrong body.

- If you need headphones still, Kmart, The Warehouse, or school have them ranging in price from $8

-Please collect bread tags and yummy stickers, if you need a chart please have your child come see Mrs. Dinniss