Kauri Whānau Weekly Update: Term 1 Week 7

Posted on 14 March, 202014 March, 2020 by Nicky Dunlop

We have had another busy week in the Intermediate Hub! Dunedin camp is just two weeks away. On Monday a separate post will be sent with many details including a gear list. One of the most important items of clothing to organise is a waterproof coat.

School Fair Leadership Opportunity

We would love to see as many of our senior students as possible volunteering to help out at the school fair this coming Friday. They will be rewarded with some extra leadership points. Students interested are to fill in this form.

Cheese Rolls

Huge thanks to the parents who gave time and /or equipment to ensure our cheese roll fundraiser was a success. It looks like we have raised over $2500! Check out the photos at the end of the post.

Swimming Zones

Well done to everyone who competed at the zone swim event on Wednesday. It was heart warming to hear of the positive energy and great team support. Special congratulations go to:

Year 7 relay team (Fergus, Cooper, Zoe and Olive) - 2nd
Abby C - 1st freestyle
Zoe C - 1st freestyle and 1st breaststroke
Fergus - 1st Backstroke and 2nd Freestyle
Thomas - 1st Backstroke and 1st Butterfly
Cooper - 1st Breastroke

Duathlon

On Friday afternoon our school duathlon saw many children living our school value: 'we love challenge'. It was great to see some children giving this event a go, not expecting to gain a place, but just relishing the challenge. As children get older, they can become more reluctant to experience challenge for challenge's sake. This is something we love to encourage. The event was also another opportunity for students to step up as leaders, as marshals on the course and encouraging others. Congratulations to those who were placed and have qualified for the Canterbury duathlon on May 15th.

Leadership Speakers

Last Tuesday Matt Reid spoke with our team about his experiences working with MSF (Doctors without Borders). This was another great example of self-leadership for our tamariki to learn from. We were really impressed with some of the questions that were asked.

This coming week we have two more leadership talks arranged. On Monday Mark Inglis will be sharing is amazing life journey and on Tuesday Lucy Schrader-Manuera, an ex-student who is head girl at Cashmere High this year, will be sharing with our team.

With lots of leadership stories and experiences under their belts, our children will have plenty of material to bring to their next writing assignment, as essay on leadership.

Cheese Roll Wrap-up

Posted on 13 March, 202013 March, 2020 by Nicky Dunlop

Phew, we got there. 600 dozen cheese rolls made and distributed! Today we had an extra production run to fill slip-ups in the ordering and distributing systems. If you are still missing any of your order, please email me. I do have some spares in the freezer. We had a very upbeat and enthusiastic production team!

Last call for cheese roll containers

Posted on 11 March, 202011 March, 2020 by Nicky Dunlop

This message is for all the wonderful people who ordered cheese rolls.

Many thanks to those of you who have sent in containers for cheese rolls. There is still time to get yours in before school if you are yet to do so. Just to give you an idea, an ice-cream container holds one dozen rolls. Drop off into the boxes in front of the hall labeled with child's name and hub.

Year 7 & 8 will collect their orders for the hall at the end of tomorrow.
Year 1-6 will have their orders delivered to their hubs.

Kauri are very excited about making 6 696 cheese rolls tomorrow!

Huge thanks for your support with our camp fundraising.

Cheese Rolls: thanks and what now…

Posted on 7 March, 20207 March, 2020 by Nicky Dunlop

Many thanks to everyone who has ordered cheese rolls to support Year 7 & 8 camp fundraising. We have been swamped with orders ... 557 dozen to be exact!

We would love to package your cheese rolls in your containers - rather than having to purchase plastic. If possible, please drop off your container in the labelled boxes that will be outside the hall, on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. Label this with your child's name and hub. If no container is provided, we will sort the packaging.

Making and collection day is this Thursday, March 12th. Orders will be delivered to hubs before 3pm for children to take home.

Many thanks for your support!

Kauri Whānau: Leadership and Cheese Rolls

Posted on 7 March, 20207 March, 2020 by Nicky Dunlop

Cheese Rolls

We have hit an all-time record with cheese roll orders: 557 dozen! Huge thanks to those of you who have placed orders, especially those who asked around family and friends and obtained large orders. The ingredients have been ordered and we are now rolling into the operation management phase. We need some help with equipment and a few adult helpers on the making day: this Thursday, March 12th. Please click on this link to see if you can help.

Leadership Week

What an awesome week we have had with your fabulous children! I have had so much positive feedback from our NE - Year 4 teachers about how fabulous the Year 7s did with their leadership on Thursday and Friday.

Leadership camp was a great opportunity to see our Year 8s grappling with challenges in groups. So many of them stepped up to provide support, ideas and encouragement. As well as developing leadership skills, this was a good opportunity to further develop relationships. Lots of fun was had and many lasting memories made! At the end of the camp, the children filled in nominations for the Sir Peter Blake Leadership Award. This award is decided on and presented later in the year. We have a number of children who received multiple nominations. We will watch to see how their personal leadership develops before deciding on the recipient of this award.