Week 3 Notices

Kia Orana and welcome to Cook Island language week. 

Mrs Mareroa and the house leaders have organised a Cook Island Food Competition. 

We have GO4it on Tuesday, if girls would like to bring their PE shorts they are more than welcome to change.

This week we have Mary MacKillop day on Friday.  We will be heading to the church for Mass at 8:45 so please make sure the children are at school with plenty of time.  Parents are very welcome to join us.  After morning tea we have some fun rotations to recognize this special day then in the afternoon we have some sports activities. There will be no Library this week as we are celebrating the Feast Day of Mary MacKillop.

Thank you to all the families who came to the three-way conference’s last week.  The children’s goals will be uploaded to Educa.  

Thank you to everyone who supported the two fundraisers last week for Nicksham’s family.  They were both a great success.  This week the milo will run again, so if the children would like milo on Tuesday please bring a cup and there $1 

Here is a picture of the coin koru made on Thursday from the donations.

Each week we spend time learning Te Reo in our class, over the past few weeks we have been learning to name body parts and to identify different body parts when asked. To support the children's learning we sing waiata. Check out this week's song, the children loved singing with their peers and making the echo.

Just a short note this week.

We hope you all have a lovely week

Kakano teachers

Week 2 Notices

Only a few notices for this week.  

This Tuesday and Wednesday is your opportunity to meet with your child’s teacher to discuss their learning and to set goals for this term.  If you have not yet booked an interview time can you please do so using the link below:

 www.schoolinterviews.co.nz and enter the event code bnp5z.

PTA Notices:

• Gala 2020. This year our awesome community raised a whopping profit of $21, 894.62 This is for the middle school sound system.  Thank you to everyone who helped, sponsored or attended the gala.  

• The PTA AGM meeting will be held on the 29th of July at 7pm in the school staffroom.  Everyone is welcome, drinks and nibbles provided.

• 'Caring Community' If you or anybody you know are struggling or experiencing a tough time, the PTA’s caring community is available to prepare meals for families in need.  This can include but not limited to, bereavement in the family, financial hardship, health struggles.  We know times are tough and want to support our school whanau.  This is also a confidential service and information is not shared.  Please contact Renee Roberts on 021902530 or email remcleaver@icloud.com.  

Interviews for Week 2 and Reports

What a week we have had to kick start the term.

It has been great seeing all the children back ready to learn.  This week we welcomed two new students to Kakano 5; Alex from St Michael's school and Harvey who is brand new 5 year old.  

A reminder that you need to book an interview time for next week, you can do so by following the link below.

 www.schoolinterviews.co.nz and enter the event code bnp5z.

Reports will be going home with the children tomorrow.

I look forward to sharing your child's learning journey with you next week.

Sara

Welcome back to T3

Welcome back to Term 3!!

We hope that you have had a great break and holiday.

We come back to school as we ended last term.

A reminder:

School gates are open from 8:15am. It was so great to have the children independently walking into class and follow the morning routines last term. The teachers are always available to talk with parents and families, but please remember that from 8:30 we are setting up play provocations and supporting the children with their morning activities. We welcome you to come and see us, the teachers, at the end of the day as well.

The end of the day bell rings at 2:45pm for Kakano. The students can either be picked up from class or they can walk to meet you at the desired gate. Please let the classroom teacher know which gate you would like them to meet you at if they are being picked up there.

In week 2 we will be having the Three Way Student/Parent/Teacher Conferences. You will be able to book a time to see the classroom teacher online. School reports will be sent out at the end of this week. The three way conferences will give you time to talk about the reports and to come up with goals for Term 3. We look forward to meeting with every family!!

This term we will also be starting Go4it. This is a health and PE programme taken by an instructor with the support of the classroom teacher. Each class will have a Go4it session once a week.

Remember to bring your reading logs back by Wednesday this week to ensure you are in the draw for the reading log prizes!!!!!

Enjoy the last day of your holiday in the sun! 

See you all tomorrow :)

Week 12 Notices

We have made it to the last week of this term!! Thank you all for your hard work and support this term. It has definitely been one of a kind and we couldn’t have done it without you. The children have all shown resilience and courage throughout this term. Last week we tested the children to prepare for reports and student led conferences at the start of next term. It was so pleasing to see that most of our children have continued to make great progress in reading, writing and maths. Thank you also for handing in the children’s report forms back. A reminder that these will be filled in by us, the teachers, and sent back to you at the beginning of next term.

This week is filled with exciting end of term activities before a well deserved school holiday break!

Matariki soup

To learn more about and celebrate Matariki, we will be making a pumpkin soup during the week. At school we will be preparing the ingredients, cooking the ingredients, making bread and eating our soup with bread.

Bake Sale Tuesday

The middle school students are holding a bake sale at morning tea time on Tuesday. Please bring a few dollars to support them. The teachers will take the Kakano students over to ensure their money is handled properly and they get to choose a suitable baked item.

School photos WEDNESDAY

School photos on Wednesday. All students must be in correct school uniform. Girls will be wearing their dresses and skivvies while the boys need to be wearing their knitted jersey over their skivvy. No polar fleeces will be worn in the photo.

Principal’s morning tea

This is the termly event held with Mr McMillan where 3 students are recognised for their hard work or participation in the classroom and are invited to the morning tea.

PTA SCHOOL DISCO!!!!

Thursday night from 5:30 - 7PM! Children are to be dropped off at the hall doors and picked up promptly from the hall doors by 7PM. Entry is free however there will be a bunch of food and drink items to be purchased at the disco.

Holiday Reading Log

These will be sent home this week. Please record all of the books you read during the holidays and bring back to school next term. This will ensure your child is in the running for the reading log draw to win great prizes!

Finally a quick reminder that sausage sizzle/juicy day is on Friday. Library day is also Friday so please bring your old library books back!! 

We look forward to seeing you this week :)

Week 11

We have another busy week ahead in Kakano. 

Things you need to know:

• School starts at 8:45, please make sure your child is at school by this time.   If they are late they need to go to the office as they will be marked Late on the roll.

• If you have not yet returned the report forms sent home a week ago please do so ASAP.  If you need a new form please get in touch with me via email.

• Our weekly visit to the School Library is this Friday 

• Sausage Sizzle and Juicies can be purchased on Friday ($1.50 for each).

• It is still important for our children to maintain good hygiene.  We still clean all surfaces twice a day and ask the children to sanitise their hands as they enter the classroom.  If your child is unwell they need to stay at home so we do not have germs being spread around the classroom.

Here are some pictures of what the children have been up to over the past few weeks in Kakano. We have had groups of children building with Mr G, lots of fun with puzzles, independent writing, over very own Lego Masters, Sacred Heart of Jesus Liturgy and lots of other great things happening.

Thank you for all your support,

Sara

Week 10 Notices

A reminder that due to the lockdown our term has changed and although it is now week 10, we still have 3 weeks to go as it is a 12 week term! The children have all been coping so well at school and we encourage you to keep up all of the great support at home to ensure a smooth finish to this long term.

As we are in level 1 now a number of our school routines are back to normal. School for ALL year groups starts at 8:45am. The morning roll is completed at this time so please, if you are late, sign in at the office on your way in to make sure your child has been marked present for the day. The school gates are open from 8:15am for students to start being dropped off. The teachers have been so proud of all the students coming into class on their own so confidently! We congratulate you as parents for teaching them this independence and we notice how much more settled they are in class in the mornings from being able to do this. 

It is important for you to know that the teachers are always welcoming and available for parent concerns or queries around your children. The mornings are quite busy and we may not get enough time for discussions as this is time we need to spend with the class. However, once the school bell has gone and the children have been picked up at the end of the day we are much more free to speak with families. So please come and see us! It has been a long time since we’ve caught up with a lot of you and if you’re able to come into school for a chat at that time then you are welcome to.

Thank you for keeping your children at home if they are unwell. We are still working hard to keep good hygiene a priority in Kakano. You can help us by making sure your children are able to wipe their own noses if they are feeling sniffly and by coughing/sneezing into their elbows. Our children are already very good at sanitizing their hands where appropriate.

On Friday we have a liturgy in the hall at 9AM. Our school masses in the church are not going ahead yet but we will still be coming together as a school to celebrate the Feast of the Sacred Heart.

Mid-year reporting and conferencing 

We have decided due to the Covid-19 outbreak to do our mid-year reporting a little differently this year. We are very interested in how your child went while learning from home. We would like to use this information, as well as our observations from school to set goals around the New Zealand Curriculum Key competencies. On Friday you received a rubric form to complete, keeping in mind how your child went while learning from home. PLEASE RETURN THE RUBRIC/REPORT TO YOUR CHILD’S TEACHER BY WEDNESDAY. Teachers will also complete the school part of the rubric and this information will be sent home during the first week back next term. In week 2 term 3 we will offer 3 way conferences so that we can set goals with you and your child around these for the future.

The week ahead brings singing on Thursday and our usual Friday, that is library day and sausage sizzle/juicy day.

Hope you have a great rest of your weekend and we look forward to seeing the children tomorrow!