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Kauri Whanau Update: Term 3, Week 10

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  • Inter-school Speech Competition
  • Koru Games
  • CPR Training
  • Happy Holidays!


Interschool Speech Competition:
Well done to Harriet Parawa (Y8) and Oscar Wood (Y7) who represented our Kura at the Inter-school speech comp held at St Martin's school last week.
A special congratulations to Oscar who won the Year 7 category, coming 1st place!



Koru Games:
What a wonderful three days half of our hub has had at Koru games. This year we entered teams in Basketball, Ultimate Frisbee, Hockey, Touch, and Kiorahi!
Thank you to the parents who were able to help out and support our kids doing what they love!







CPR Training:
A huge thanks to our Junior Neighbourhood support leaders Hayzel and Letta who organised CPR training for all of our Year 7 and 8 students. It was super fun and very informative.


















Happy Holidays!
Finally, we wish everyone a safe and happy break. What a term! Full of wonderful learning experiences both in and outside of the classroom, also full of bugs and it is the longest term this year. We made it! Have a restful and well-deserved bit of family time and we look forward to seeing you back refreshed and rearing to go for Term 4.

Kauri whānau update: Term 3 Week 8

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Kauri Whānau Update: Term 3, Week 8

 

IN THIS POST:

  • Ski Day
  • School Speeches
  • Cashmere High Testing-Year 8
  • Tech on Monday
  • Contact Details
  • Phones at school


Ski Day!
We are sure you have heard all about it by now, what an amazing day we had. The sun was shining and there wasn't a whiff of wind anywhere. Many of our first timers made it up on the chair lift, which was impressive. 
Here are some pics, we are working on a video/movie to follow.















Kauri Speech Competitions:
We held our 2024 speech competition in the hall this week. Our judges Tim (one of our Teacher aides) and Jo (Principal) were really impressed with the level of persuasive speech writing and the students' delivery.
Well done to all who presented and to Oscar Wood (Y7) and Harriet Parawa (Y8) who are going through to the Inter-School competition at St Martins next week.








Cashmere HighTesting:


The testing for our Year 8 students' enrolled at Cashmere High for 2025 will be held at Cashmere High on the morning of Monday 23rd September. Any questions please contact the office at Cashmere High School.

Technology this week:
A reminder that we are heading to tech tomorrow-Monday 16th September instead of Tuesday, this is just for this week but means students need to arrive at school no later than 8:30am on Monday morning.

Contact Details:
Finally if any of your contact details have changed and need updating please contact the office and let them know.

Cell Phones at school:
Please fill in the form HERE if to let us know whether your child brings a phone to school everyday, sometimes or not at all. This is so we are able to collect them in from teh students' that we need to.


Kauri Whānau Update

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Kauri Whānau Update: Term 3, Week 4

 

IN THIS POST:

  • Maths Parent Evening
  • Staff only day
  • Open Night
  • Cantamath
  • Speech Writing
  • Hear This

Maths Parent Evening:
A reminder that we are hosting a Maths whānau evening at school on August 28th 5:30-7:30pm.

Staff only day:
Shool will be closed on Monday 26th August for a staff only day.

Open Night:
This week we held our Open Night for Year 6 whānau. The Year 8 students who were our ambassadors on this evening did a fabulous job. We were so proud of each and every one of them. We got this feedback from a parent today: 'I was amazed by how capable, confident and articulate the kids were. They really gave me hope for stepping into life with teenager's as they were such great kids.' 

Cantamath:
On Monday we enjoyed a great competition for 9 teams from our hub along with teams from 7 other schools in our area. This was the first time this event had been run and it will become an annual event.
We are needing one more parent who can help with transporting some of our amazing projects to Wolfbrooke Arena on Tuesday 20th morning please. If you can help please email nicky.dunlop@beckenham.school.nz
We wish our teams all the best for the Cantamath problem-solving competition next Wednesday. 








We also wish the 35 people whose Cantamath projects are going through to the projects competition the best of luck. If you would like to view the projects or see the teams in action, come along to the Wolfbrook Arena on Wednesday between 3 and 6pm.

Speech Writing:
All students will be well underway writing and practising their persuasive speeches this week. For those who would like, we will have in class presentations, followed by a school Speech Competition. Two students, one Y7 and one Y8 will then be chosen to go to the Inter school competition held at St Martins School later on in the term.

Hear this:
We had Jane in to run the hear this programme with our students last week. We learnt all about our ears, safe levels of sound and how we can protect our hearing. It was eye opening and very informative!






Kauri Whānau Update: Term 3, Week 2

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Kauri Whānau Update: Term 3, Week 2

 

IN THIS POST:

  • Passions
  • Parent survey
  • Maths evening
  • Ski Day
  • Cantamath Projects


Passions:
Passions have kicked off to a flying start this term with an array of choices, something for everyone.
The debaters are having a blast, lots of laughs as we learn the art of debating. We have been learning about the structure of a debate (who speaks when), ettiquette (not talking over one another) and have debated some light hearted topics as a starting point. On Friday we ran two debates: the first was Cats vs dogs, the second Beckenham Te Kura needs longer break times. The affirmative teams took out the win both times. As we progress we will tackle some more serious topics and learn how to research and present our arguments more confidently. I can see there are some budding politicians and lawyers in our midst already!







Parent Survey:
Thanks to the parents who have filled this in already. If you have a chance to, we would love some feedback. Click HERE to share your ideas around learning in the Kauri hub!


Maths Parent Evening:
We are hosting a Maths workshop for all parents of Y1-8 at kura on Thursday, 29th August (5:30 pm – 7:30 pm).




Ski Trip:
Our Mount Hutt ski day is fast approaching!
Please fill in THIS form, so that we can ensure all children are adequately prepared for a great day up the mountain. Our schools package with Mt Hutt includes a 90 minute lesson (at the child's level), lift pass, ski, boot, pole and helmet hire.  Many thanks to the PTA for covering the cost of the buses. The rest of the costs of this trip are covered by your school donation and our cheese roll fundraising. Most of our children will be skiing. Only those who have snowboarded for several days can snowboard. This is because it takes several days to get going on a snowboard, whereas significant progress can be made with skiing in one day.  


Cantamath Projects:
These should be well underway, these are home based projects. We have heard of many great ideas and there is a buzz of excitement around this. Please email your childs' homegroup teacher if you have any questions.









Kauri Whānau Update: Term 2 Week 8

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 In this post:

  • Best of luck for ShowQuest!
  • Cyber-safey
  • Opera
  • Young Writers
  • Hagley College Year 9 enrolment

ShowQuest:

Jenny and our ShowQuest team have put in countless hours to prepare for tonight's performance. Their 8-minute dance delves into our obsession with phones and cleverly communicates some thought-provoking messages. We wish them all the best!

Cyber-Safety: Awareness of Online Harm:

Many parents didn’t grow up with the internet, so it can be hard to imagine how tamariki may use it. But these days, digital technology is a key part of our young people’s lives. They use it for learning, communicating and entertainment.

Netsafe has released research that looked into parental awareness of children’s experiences of online risks and harm. The research found a mismatch between parents’ awareness and their children’s experiences of upsetting online content.

To check out the research, and other Netsafe resources, visit this link.  

Opera:

Our tamariki responded enthusiastically to the NZ Opera in Schools performance of Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love last Thursday. It was a great introduction to opera: not too long, cheeky appealing characters and a story that was easy to follow. Their parting advice for anyone interested in singing performance was to join a choir.



Young Writers:

 See below for great opportunities from the School of Young Writers for the upcoming holidays and term 3.

We have a fabulous lineup of masterclasses for your Year 7 - 13 young writers in the July school holidays and  on Fridays in Term 3
 
Don't delay in signing up as places are strictly limited. 
Due to popular demand, we have increased initial school bookings to allow up to 6 students per school. Please note that the podcasting classes are for a group of 4-6 students. 

A Message from Hagley College:

Enrolment applications for Hagley College Year 9 2025 are closing soon, on Thursday 27 June at midday – ahead of the long Matariki weekend.

Our close-off date is firm and we will not be able to receive any new applications after this date. We are aware that our closing date is a little earlier than for many of the other high schools, so I am just hoping to avoid anyone missing out.

 
If any of your students and their whānau are keen but haven't put an application in yet, they need to go to https://www.hagley.school.nz/enrolment/year-9-enrolment/ and click the button to start a new application as soon as possible.


Any questions can be directed to me any time at the below number or email address. I do also have paper copies of the enrolment form here for families who are unable to apply online (though we may be cutting it a little fine to rely on physical post at this point).