Newsletter 201826 - 29 August 2018

Welcome

To our new children and their whānau, nau mai haere mai ki te Kura Rāwhiti!

Welcome Laurelle Rakete, Tia Karena and Ciara Slade.

Condolences

Our deepest sympathy to the Ruka, Leef and Moon whānau who have recently lost loved ones.  Our thoughts and prayers are with you all.

Ākau Futures

Ana and her team at Ākau Futures have been working with groups of our Poutama boys since Term 1 designing and creating some pretty amazing things. Next week as part of their “Taniwha” Kaupapa they will be taking a small group to Opononi for the day for An exploration of local taniwha. Who are they? Why are they unique? What are their stories? What they did as kaitiaki, whakatūpato, kaupare? Why we acknowledge them and how we can utilize their stories to create fun, interactive and educative spaces to play and learn.

They will be leaving school at 9.15 am Monday and returning to school by 2.45 pm.

The selected tamariki will have a permission slip sent home today. 

Cancer Society

Transition Day at Kaikohe Intermediate School

Our Year 6’s went to Transition day at Kaikohe Intermediate today.

They will bring home an enrolment package from the Intermediate for whānau to complete and return to the Intermediate once complete.  Any questions pertaining to the enrolment package feel free to phone the Intermediate School on 09 4011667 and speak to Whaea Freda the Principal.

Junior Disco this Friday

There will be a Junior disco this Friday 31st August in Room 1/2 . Gold coin donation. 12:30-1:00pm. Will finish off with a Junior picnic lunch.

Theme: Wear something yellow.

Proceeds from the disco will go towards class collection sheets.

Te Arahura HuihuingaLast Friday teachers from within the Te Arahura Kāhui Ako met to talk about how we can be better teachers of Writing and what we can do to improve our current practises and programmes.

Father’s Day “Caught Being Good”

We have a book "New Zealand Stats, Trivia & Quotes" from the Duffy Books in Home to give to a Special Father.

As it is Father’s Day Sunday 2nd September we just thought that if your children could write a letter telling why they think their dad/uncle/caregiver is special to them. Please have them into Mrs Maihi our Librarian on Thursday by lunchtime. The winner will be drawn out at Assembly on Friday.

Cultural Festival 2018

On Wednesday 19th September – dress rehearsal at the Kaikohe Memorial Hall, Friday 21st September Performance Day – entry by koha.  We are pleased to have three Kapa Haka participating from each Syndicate and a dance group.

All classes are collecting coins to put on a class coin trail over the next week or so.  If you have a coin or two to koha please send it in with your child for their class collection.  We also have daffodils in the office for koha that can be pinned onto clothing in support of this kaupapa.  

All proceeds collected will go to the Cancer Society for further awareness, research and support for cancer patients.

HockeyThe Hockey season has now finished.  A big thank you to the players, whānau and coaches who supported our teams this season.  We will be having a shared lunch tomorrow for our Hockey teams and celebrating their successes at school assembly this Friday.

Here are 3 of our Mini Sticks collecting their prize on Saturday.