Kia whakatōmuri te haere whakamua," Let our past guide our future
Manaaki te katoa - be kind to all.
Respect - Empathy - Kindness
Kia ora whānau, welcome to week seven!
This week we have been celebrating Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori – a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the richness of te reo Māori and the special place it holds in Aotearoa.
We have been enjoying using te reo Māori throughout our school day – in our classrooms, in our greetings, in our learning and in our everyday conversations.
Te reo Māori is more than just words. It carries whakapapa, history, identity and connection to place. Learning the reo of our local area helps our tamariki develop a stronger connection to the people and whenua around them. This is something we pledge to foster to the best of our abilities, every week of the school year.
We love hearing our children having a go, learning new kupu and using te reo Māori with confidence. It doesn't have to be perfect – every word spoken is a step towards keeping our language strong and alive.
The theme this year is towns.
Knowing the story behind the names of our places is a wonderful addition to our knowledge kete. Whangārei has a wonderful story indeed.
He mihi nui to our tamariki, staff and whānau for helping us celebrate and strengthen te reo Māori at Kaurihohore.
Kia kaha te reo Māori!
Kia ora koutou katoa!
Wow, I was really blown away by the energy and enthusiasm that Kauri’s Got Talent brought out in our children last week, what a success it was!
This child led event was one our school used to have regularly before COVID times, like many things after that time, it dropped off our radar. I am so glad that we made the commitment to bring it back this year as it will definitely become an annual event from now on. I hope that those who managed to make it along to this event left feeling as happy as I did, caught up in the enthusiasm of our children.
Even though the event is child led, there is a heck of a lot of adult input that goes into making it happen, like most things, this involves teachers giving up their break times. Thank you so much to Jo, Steve and Laura for the time you gave up to ensure the smooth running on and before the day.
Congratulations to our placegetters 3rd Caerwyn, 2nd Ariya, Ana and Ria, 1st Leo.
This Friday is our Ag and Flower day, this is another event that children really look forward to. Please refer to the information that has been sent home about this via seesaw.
Over the remainder of this term and for the first few weeks of next term I am running a 3v3 basketball tournament in our lunchtime. Like our soccer tournament, this is an opportunity for children to enter a team and have a go at a sport they may not usually play. It has been great to see lots of children enter teams.
It is great to see most of our children back at school now, with the flu outbreak (hopefully) largely behind us. Our attendance rate has taken an understandable hit, thank you for keeping your children at home while they have been so sick, it really helped prevent some of the spread.
Thank you to Hellers for providing the sausages for our recent disco, we really appreciate the support!
Also a great big thank you to Yuri van Houten from North Tanks who recently cleaned our school tanks for free. We are so grateful to him and we urge you to make him an option if you need your tanks cleaned!
As always, I am grateful to our community for helping to make our school what it is!
Leslee Allen
The Ranfurly Shield On Tour
We are lucky to be having a visit from the Ranfurly Shield on Monday 1pm - 2.30pm. You are more than welcome to join us for this visit. Encourage your children to wear their supporters gear, or dress in blue for the day so we can get a group photo!
Winning and holding onto the shield is huge for our district and our children are lucky to be part of this history.
Awards Assembly
This will be held at 2.10pm on the last day of term. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Golf Tournament Fundraiser - Enter your team now!
Team entries are open today, $150 for teams of three, teams can be entered on Kindo or via a hard copy at the office. Get involved and help us to have a successful fundraiser!
We are very grateful to Croft Poles & Timber for being the main sponsor for this event. We are still seeking hole sponsorships for $100; you can find out more by speaking to Dianne or Shelley.
Nuerdiversity Network
It was heartwarming to see so many come along to our last meeting. We will let you all know when we set the next date, the intention of this group is to connect whānau who have neurodivergent children (diagnosed or undiagnosed) as there is very little support out there and it is so important to know you are not alone in your experience.
Nose Blowing
Our staff have noticed that many of our children (young and old) are not able to blow their noses properly, often wiping their noses on their sleeves. Please take some time to teach your child to blow their nose correctly. We are currently following up with the public health nurse to see what they can offer in terms of nose blowing education for our children.
Out of Zone Enrolments
If you have a sibling starting with us and are out of zone, you need to get your application in before the 14th of October to ensure they have a place with us
Applications are open now and close on the 14th of October.
Positions available: 15 Year 1 places for children starting in Term 1
3 Year 1 places for children starting in Term 2
4 Year 1 places for children starting in Terms 3 and 4
Year 3: 5 places available
Year 5: 5 places available
Year 6: 5 places available
Please share this information with anyone that may be interested in enrolling their child with us.
Ag and Flower Day
This Friday.
🐑 WHAT WILL THE DAY LOOK LIKE?
9:00–10:30 am – Children complete their Agricultural & Flower Day items.
10:30 am – Judging begins. Agricultural Day animals will also begin being judged on the field. Classes will go outside to watch.
11:00 am – Morning tea. Animal judging continues.
11:30 am – Viewing time. Children will visit the other classes and view their creations. You are welcome to come along at this time to view the classrooms.
12:15 pm – Lunch. Animal judging may continue if needed.
1:30 pm – Lunch finishes and children return to their classrooms.
Please refer to more detailed information on seesaw.
Awards Assembly
This will be held at 2.10pm on the last day of term. Everyone is welcome to attend.
School Photos
These will be held on the 21st of October, if you have not ordered a photo yet, please pop into the office to pick up a form. A postponement date has been set for the 28th of October if weather does not play ball.
Teachers Only Day
This will be held on November the 16th, this day will be used to assist teachers to review the curriculum and make any changes for 2027. Please make arrangements for your children on this day as school will be closed for instruction.
Kaurihohore School - 150th Jubilee
Our school celebrates its 150th anniversary next year! We have set the 23rd of October as the date for this celebration and will provide more information as planning progresses. If you or anyone you know would like to help plan this event, please speak with Shelley. Please also help us spread the word to past families to save the date.
After School Care
Any enquires or if you would like an enrolment form either contact the office or email kaurikidsasc@gmail.com.
Donations
We know that some people prefer to give a donation and you can do this via KINDO. If you are not sure how to do this, please see Dianne or Shelley in the office.
Parent Information Blog
This can be found linked to our main school blog site https://kaurihohoreschool.blogspot.com/
Included on this site are articles and links that you may find helpful. I will be making some videos over the year to help you understand how best to assist children get started with their journey in literacy and numeracy because the first three years are such an important foundation for later progress.
https://kaurihohoreparentinfo.blogspot.com/
Contacting Us
You can find all staff emails on our blog page under the tab ‘our staff,’ however the best
The way to contact your child’s teacher is via seesaw message. Teachers will endeavour to
answer when they have time during the day, however please don’t expect replies to
messages or emails after 5pm. We will respond the next day as soon as we can.
Please refrain from using Facebook messenger, or our personal phone numbers
to contact us.
Office contact emails are:
Shelley: admin@kaurihohoreschool.co.nz
Enrolments: kaurienrolments@gmail.com
Reporting Absence: kauriabsences@gmail.com
Our school blog is kaurihohoreschool.blogspot.com you can find old newsletters etc here.
If you have questions or concerns, please direct these to your child’s teacher as soon as
you can, so we can nip anything in the bud before it becomes a bigger issue.
KINDO
Kindo is an app that allows online payments for items at school like pizza days etc. If
you go to the links below to either create an account, or log in. These links are also at
the top of our school blog site.
Create and account.
https://shop.tgcl.co.nz/shop/flow_join.shtml
Log in
https://shop.tgcl.co.nz/shop/index.html
School Bank Account Details
Account 12-3093-0200709-00
Kaurihohore school board of Trustees
Term Three - Known Dates
18th September: Ag and Flower Day
25th September: Awards Assembly (2:10 pm) - Last day of Term 3
Term Four - Known Dates
21st October: School photos
22nd October: Kapa Haka wananga at kura
23rd October: Hurupaki Kapa Haka Festival
28th October: School photo postponement
26th October: Labour Day - School Closed
29th October: Teachers appreciation day
4th November: School Athletics (year 3-6 9-11 and Year 0 - 2 from 11.30am)
16th November: Teachers only day
25th November: Class swap #1
27th November: Empty Classroom Day
1st December: Class swap #2
4th December: End of term awards 2.10pm
8th December: Class swap #3
11th December: Senior and junior prizegiving (12.30 onwards starting with seniors followed by juniors at 1.45)
15th December: Last day of school midday finish
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Back to school for 2027 - February 3rd
