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Kia ora koutou
Our new school communications app - HERO
Have you downloaded and logged in yet?
From next week we will be using HERO for the majority of our school communications, apart from the newsletter (which may also be going through HERO in the future). To ensure that you are getting all of the communications, you need to download the HERO app and log in...
HERO notifications through your phone will become the primary source of our messaging to you, as whānau. When a sports event has been postponed, when an important message needs to go out to a hub about a trip, when we need to let you know about something that is happening for your child's home group or team, all of these messages will be coming through HERO and you won't want to miss them!
1. Download the Hero by LINC-ED app from the app store
Note: use the keywords Hero LINC-ED when searching for the app.
Alternatively, open your browser and enter go.linc-ed.com
For the instructions on how to set up your HERO app - click here.
Working Bee - next Sunday 22 August 10am-12noon
We are hoping to have a big turnout next Sunday to get the planting done around the new NE block, and to put together 6 new picnic tables for our children.
Please come along and lend a hand so that we can get all of this done within the two hours.
Readathon Final week - and BOOK Character Day next Friday!
Keep up with the reading, and remember that next Friday is the famous "Book Character Day"! Come along to school dressed as your favourite character. They can be as fully committed to a costume, or as subtle as suits you and them to manage! We really encourage families to have fun with this - it's about being creative, and inventive, not about spending money on costumes.
Have a safe weekend!
Sandy Hastings
Tumuaki - Principal
Important Dates
Upcoming Events
Term 3, Week 4:
Tue 17 Aug - School Duathlon Postponement date (12:00 - 3.15pm)
Wed 18 Aug - ESOL Whānau Hui (2.15 - 2.55pm)
Thu 19 Aug - South Zone Winter Sport (12:00 - 3:00pm)
Fri 20 Aug - Book Character Day
Fri 20 Aug - Celebration Assembly (12.00 - 12.30pm)
Sun 22 Aug - Treemendous Working Bee (10am - 12pm)
Term 3, Week 5:
Thu 26 Aug - Canterbury Winter Tournament
Wed 25 Aug - PTA Meeting (7.30 - 9.30pm)
Fri 27 Aug - Staff Only Day SCHOOL CLOSED
Term 3, Week 6:
Mon 30 Aug - Canterbury Duathlon
Fri 3 Sep - Celebration Assembly (12.00 - 12.30pm)
Term Dates
Click here to view 2021 term dates.Term Dates for 2022
At our Board of Trustees meeting last night, the term dates for 2022 were confirmed and are shown below. These will be added to our school calendar and website by the end of next week.
2022 Term Dates
Staff Only Days: Thu 27, Fri 28 January & Mon 31 January
Term 1: Tue 1 February - Thu 14 April
NB: Learning Conferences all day Tuesday 1 and Wednesday 2 February. Supervision will be provided for families who have requested it. Classes start Thursday 3 February.
Waitangi Day Mon 7 Feb (School Closed)
Good Friday - Friday 15 April - School Closed
Staff Only Day during Term 1 - date to be confirmed
Term 2: Mon 2 May to Fri 8 Jul
Queen's Birthday Mon 6 Jun School Closed
Matariki Fri 24 Jun School closed
Staff Only Day during Term 2, date to be confirmed
Term 3: Mon 25 Jul Friday 30 Sep
Staff Only Day during Term 3, date to be confirmed
Term 4: Mon 17 Oct Thu 15 Dec 84 half days; 10 weeks
Labour Day Mon 24 Oct - School Closed
Canterbury Anniversary Fri 11 Nov - School Closed
Citizen of the Week
Citizen of the Week
Ella Taylor - Year 6
Ella, you are such a fun-loving and kind and gentle individual. You come to school with a smile on your face every day and you are always ready to learn. You put every effort into doing the best that you can which makes you an amazing role model in Pōhutukawa. Tu meke!
School Notices
Reminder
Please ensure you are signing yourself in at the office when you are on school grounds, and please ensure you are signing your child out at the office if they are leaving school early.
Terracycling
Terracycle is discontinuing the recycling programme for writing implements which means we will no longer be taking any pens at the front desk.
BIC, which was partnering with Terracycle for this programme, has withdrawn their support and are now focussing their resources on developing reusable options....maybe going back to old school refillable fountain pens!
Headlice
A quick note in about headlice... please keep checking your children's hair, as we have had more cases reported across the school. Please do not send your child to school if you find nits, until you have treated them.
Keeping Ourselves Safe
In Term 3 our Year 0 to 6 students will be engaged in lessons from the Keeping Ourselves Safe program, supported by lessons with our Police Education Officer Constable Ross Mitchell.
Keeping Ourselves Safe consists of a comprehensive range of child protection resources to help students learn and apply a range of safety skills that they can use when interacting with others in their lives and community.
Students recognise the differences between healthy and unhealthy relationships, and the ways to seek help.
Discussing what your child has been learning at school will be a great way to reinforce the safety messages being delivered.
Choice Programme
In Term 3 our students in Year 7 and 8 will be working through the Choice programme. This programme empowers children with information and strategies to support them to make good decisions around drugs and alcohol, what they are and discuss the reasons why people might take these. They will also be covering coping strategies and resources that provide healthy alternatives. In week 4 and 5 of the term Constable Ross will be having three sessions with each home group.
News in ESOL
This term, we have started a new ESOL group for Koro students, AND we have also welcomed Kerilea as a Teaching Assistant working with the group. Koru students introduced themselves and drew pictures of their families and favourite things.
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Meanwhile, our Kahikatea and Kōwhai ESOL groups welcomed and Kerilea and decorated their parent invitations for our hui in week 4.
Cantamath
The Kauri children have been creating amazing projects for the Cantamath display competition. They have explored maths in a wide variety of contexts and communicated their mathematical ideas a lots of different ways. The effort, creativity and learning that has gone into these projects is very impressive.
These projects are currently displayed in Pūkaki. We are opening Pūkaki for whānau to view the display on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoon after school and Wednesday and Thursday morning before school. We invite you to pop in and take a look.
Lunch Ordering
Please see a full list of lunch options linked here on our website.
Gangsters! Cream pies! Singing! Dancing! And Splurge guns...
Aine Smythe is currently in rehearsals with Elmwood Players for the hilarious family musical BUGSY MALONE!
Based on the hit 1976 film originally starring a preteen Scott Baio and Jodi Foster, and featuring a catchy, swinging score by the composer of The Muppet Movie. Two gangs, comprised completely of children, square off in a 1920s rivalry of Capone-ian standards. Dandy Dan's gang has gotten the upper hand since obtaining the "splurge" gun. Now, Fat Sam and his bumbling buffoons are in real trouble! Bugsy Malone, a one-time boxer, is thrust not-so-willingly into the gangster limelight when he becomes the last chance that Fat Sam's gang has of surviving. All Bugsy really wants to do is spend time with his new love, Blousey, but that just isn't in the cards for our hero. Bugsy Malone is a classic musical comedy not to be missed.
Check out Aine on stage at Elmwood Auditorium over the October School Holidays.
Sports News
Gymnastics fun in Kahikatea!
Community Notices
(Notices placed here are contingent on space and do not reflect the views or opinions of the school.)
Free computing courses
Now available at the Ara Trades campus in Sullivan Avenue. We find our courses help parents become confident users of computers and technology so they can help their children in their education.
