Our heartfelt THANKS to all of you and your beautiful tamariki for helping to make a magic year here in Team Kahikatea. We appreciate all your support, help and aroha, and we couldn't have done it without you.
Have a lovely Christmas and holiday time, and stay safe and well; we look forward to seeing many of you again in the new year.
For those of you who couldn't make it to our Global Groove End-of-Year Performance, here are some photos of your super kids...
Class Placements 2025
Teachers will give out the class placement letters before the children meet their new teacher and home group friends. These letters will be put into your child's school bags.
If your child was not here on the last day to receive their letter Jacky can arrange to email those letters to be emailed on WEDNESDAY.
Here we are in Week 6, this term has been zooming along! A special thanks to those of you who assisted us during the swimming sessions in Weeks 3 and 5. The kids were all amazing due to the fantastic organisation and your support. We will have swimming again for Kahikatea and Kowhai in 2026.
Upcoming events:
Celebrations Assembly - these will be every Friday at 10am until the end of the school year
Kapa Haka - Sarah and Ella's groups will resume weekly lessons with Whaea Kath. These are held in the school hall on Friday
Whānau Thank You - Friday 29th November 8.15am - 9am (invitations for this have already been sent out to whanau)
Kahikatea End of Year Performance - Thursday 12 December 2-3pm (in the school hall)
Transition Visits
During weeks 7, 8, and 9, our Year 2 tamariki will visit the Kowhai hub to familiarise themselves with the spaces and the different resources/play activities they can engage in when they become Year 3s in 2025. These are important visits, and your child/ren may have questions about next year, and we will do our best to answer them! Some children will need more visits than others, and each teacher has a plan for them. Class placements and teachers are still being finalised.
Staying Safe Online
As young people become more independent online, they can connect and communicate with people they don’t know.
Often this is a positive experience, but sometimes your tamariki could be being groomed or talking to someone who isn’t who they say they are. Netsafe’s advice explains how unwanted contact works, including grooming and what whānau can do to educate kids.
There is a Staff Only Day on Monday 26th of August.
The school will be closed that day.
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Maths Whanau Evening- Calendar Date
Calendar Art
check out our hub walls for our amazing calendar art on the walls
Class discussions- our tamariki have been playing an unkind game of Paper, Rock, Scissors where the winner slaps the loser's face. This is an unacceptable game and we have discussed the importance of looking after each other and keeping ourselves safe. Please feel free to bring this up with any class teachers if you are aware of this or any other unacceptable games and we can support our tamariki in making better choices.
Uplifting our tamariki with a growth mindset
Learning Through Play with Cook Island Week- waka making and 'ei katu (flower crown or head garland) making. Fun hole digging, card playing, rock painting and a very special visitor called Mitzi.
Cyber Safety Information
The HDCA for Parents and WhānauThe Harmful Digital Communications Act (or HDCA for short) was passed by the Government in 2015 to help people dealing with serious or repeated harmful digital communications. It covers anything digital like text, emails or social media content.
The most useful thing for parents to understand about the HDCA is the way the 10 communication principles define what is good or bad behaviour online.
If you’re ever concerned about your young person (or you just want to brush up on your knowledge!) visit Netsafe’s Guide to the HDCA.
Ka kite koutou from Team Kahikatea: Amber, Sarah, Ella, Quynh & Lisa
The cooler weather is now here and rainy days too! Thank you for naming rain jackets, coats, hats etc and checking in the hub to locate your child's belongings at the end of the day. Each home group has at least one large tub for school jerseys and jackets and we encourage children to check all of these if they have lost something.
School Uniform
Teachers have been reminding tamariki about the correct uniform items that they should be wearing to school. The following list is taken directly from our school website:
Clothing
Plain black culottes
Black and white gingham culottes
Black and white gingham dress
Black track pants
Black drill shorts
Red polar fleece jacket
Red polo shirt (long or short sleeved)
Red fleece sweatshirt
Plain red zip Merino top
School Footwear
Black school shoes
Plain white or dark runners
Black school sandal, preferably with a closed in toes
Black or white socks
Hair Accessories
Plain black/red headbands, ties, ribbons or clips.
Cyber Safety
All You Need to Know About TikTok
TikTok is one of the fastest-growing social media apps. It’s a platform for creating, sharing and discovering short videos – and many young people love it! From new dance crazes to funny clips to animal videos, TikTok can inspire creativity and bring joy.
But parents and whānau must help their tamariki navigate Tiktok safely. Today we’re sharing the Netsafe Tiktok Family Safety Toolkit Netsafe Tiktok Family Safety Toolkit so you can help guide your whānau to a fun and safe digital experience.
Wow, we are now halfway through the term! Our tamariki are truly demonstrating our school kete values as they learn new routines, get to know new friends and challenge themselves to meet new learning goals. We are so proud of everyone for all their amazing mahi, ka rawe koutou!
Word of the Week
Our word of the week is RESPECT.
Respect is an attitude of caring about people and treating them with dignity. Respect is valuing ourselves and others. We show respect by speaking and acting with courtesy. When we are respectful, we treat others as we want to be treated.
Structured Literacy
Teachers are in the process of completing literacy assessments. You may notice that your child has not yet come home with a decodable text. Once we have the most up-to-date information about your child's literacy needs we will resume sending books home.
When you have time these videos show what our literacy stages look like for our Year 1 and 2 tamariki.
Our tamariki are highly motivated to play and explore new learning as independently as possible. When planning for our LTP sessions we try to provide diverse play options. We are always looking for new things to engage our tamariki, including:
Water play toys
Craft and construction (wool, boxes, buttons, lids, containers etc)
Magazines, coloured paper or card, posters, old calendars
Stickers/labels
Good dress-up costumes (including hats, accessories, shoes)
wrapping paper
ribbon or string
boxes for box construction (cereal boxes, biscuit boxes, small paper bags, egg cartons etc
Photos
Photos from... learning through play, maths, and fun with our Year 7 leaders and all things fun here in Team Kahikatea. Enjoy!
Reminders:
please name your child's belongings
please remind your child/ren they do not need to bring toys to school
hats are to be worn during break times
If you need to korero with your child's teacher please remember you can email us:
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