Kahikatea Year 1-2 Visit to Rāpaki Marae Wednesday 11th November 2020

Posted on 28 October, 202028 October, 2020 by Amber Donovan

Kia ora whānau,

We are excited to be able to provide our students with a visit to Rāpaki marae in Term 4. This is a wonderful opportunity to learn about Te Reo Māori language, customs (tikanga), games (kēmu) and songs (waiata), the history of Rāpaki Marae and the ecology of Horomaka, Banks Peninsula. We will explore both the Marae and the surrounding stone beach, banks and rocky areas.

Key dates:
Wednesday 11/11/20 Year 1 & 2 tamariki, depart 9am, return 3pm
Wednesday 2/12/20 Year 3 tamariki, day trip or overnight stay (noho).

We are currently seeking lots of parent helpers for the Year 1-2 trip on Wednesday 11/11/20. Parent helpers are welcome to join us on the bus. If you are available to assist, please email your home room teacher asap.

Further information about the Year 3 trip will be emailed over the coming weeks. The cost of this trip will be covered by your annual donation.

For the trip, your child will need to wear and/or have:

school uniform
sturdy, comfortable footwear
a windproof jacket which they can carry in their bag
healthy, substantial morning tea and lunch
named water bottle

Please note there will be no postponement day if the weather is unsuitable. An email message will be sent out at 8am on the day, if the trip is being cancelled.

Many thanks for the help and support.

Ngā mihi nui,

Kahikatea Teachers

Kauri Whānau: Week 3 update

Posted on 28 October, 202028 October, 2020 by Nicky Dunlop

A couple of updates ...

The link to indicate interest in the camp photobook has been fixed. Please click here.

In preparation for the end of year, I am after a photo of every Year 8 student when they were 5. This can be a digital or hard copy. If you have a first day of school pic, that would be great. If not, any photo of when they were 5 will be fine. Please email digital copies to Nicky.

A huge good luck to Te Whanau Mahi Tahi for their performance at the Cultural Festival tonight. I'm sure they will make us all proud!

Canterbury Triathlon

Posted on 28 October, 202028 October, 2020 by Anne Batchelor

Kia ora koutou, The Canterbury Triathlon is an awesome event for children who have a good level of fitness and are after a challenge. We are restricted to the number of entries that we can make and these will be done on a first come first-served basis. Entries close on the 16th of November. This year, the event has a new venue at a private property close to Clarkville and will be held on Wednesday the 25th of November. Please note, the swim component is in a lake therefore it is very important that children are confident and capable swimmers. Due to the small numbers of children who compete in this event, we are unable to send a teacher to this event. Transportation and supervision of the children need to be arranged by each whānau. We are also required to provide an adult for set up or pack down in addition to marshaling duties. This person must be free of any responsibility to children at the event. Please indicate on the entry form if you are available to marshal. More information on this event can be found on the following link. https://www.sporty.co.nz/asset/downloadasset?id=576e24b0-7b85-4450-97cc-2357821c4990 Entry form click here

Kauri Whānau Weekly Update: Term 4 Week 3

Posted on 27 October, 202027 October, 2020 by Nicky Dunlop

In this post:

Camp photos
Athletic Sports
Canterbury Triathlon
Sexuality Education

Camp Photos

Today we shared our collection of camp photos with the children on Google Drive. They will be able to access these at home and share them with you. It is important that they do not share any pictures on their social media accounts unless they have permission from all of the people in the photo.

We are thinking about producing a photobook with photos and snippets of the children's writing. The cost of these books would be around $25. To give us an indication of who is interested, so we can decide if this is worth doing, please fill in this form.

Whole School Athletics - This Friday the 27th of October

Be Sun Smart

The events for Year 5 to 8 run all day. It is really important that your child has their sun hat and has sunscreen on from the beginning of the day. We will have sunscreen at school for them to reapply throughout the day.

Uniform

Children may choose to wear their house shirt or their red polo.
They may wear their choice of leggings/shorts. Black is prefered.
Please make sure that children come to school in footwear appropriate for sports, (running shoes are ideal).

Parent Help

We are still looking for parent help for Friday. Please email Jenny if you are available.

Zone Athletics

Zone athletics will be held at Hansen’s Park on Monday the 9th of November. The children representing our kura are selected based on the results from Friday’s school event. There are restrictions that come from Primary Sport Canterbury on the number of events that children may compete in at zone and Canterbury level. We will be discussing options with children early in the following week.

Canterbury Triathlon

If you think your child would like to enter the Canterbury Triathlon on November 25th, please click here for information and the entry form.

Sexuality Education

Below is a slide show with information about 'Navigating the Journey: Sexuality Education'. We will be starting these lessons next week with Year 7 and Year 8 working in separate groups. If you have any further questions after viewing the slide show, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Athletics Day Reminder – this Friday October 30th

Posted on 27 October, 202027 October, 2020 by Anne Batchelor

Whole School Athletics - This Friday the 27th of October

Be Sun Smart
The events for Year 5 to 8 run all day. It is really important that your child has their sun hat and has sunscreen on from the beginning of the day. We will have sunscreen at school for them to reapply throughout the day.

Uniform
Children may choose to wear their house shirt or their red polo. They may wear their choice of leggings/shorts. Black is preferred. Please make sure that children come to school in footwear appropriate fors sports, (running shoes are ideal).

Parent Help
We are still looking for parent help for Friday. Please email Jenny if you are available.

Zone Athletics
Zone athletics is held at Hansen’s Park on Monday the 9th of November. The children representing our kura are selected based on the results from Friday’s school event. There are restrictions that come from Primary Sport Canterbury on the number of events that children may compete in at zone and Canterbury level. We will be discussing options with children early in the following week.

		Year 5	Year 6	Year 7	Year 8
8:55		Roll in hubs then out to the courtyard
9:00		Briefing and warm-up Mid Distance Runners to Jenny Rest of children to their first station
9:20 - 10:00	Koru	Mid Distance (optional)
10:00 - 10:45	Koru	High Jump	Shot Put	Discus	Sprints
10:45 - 11:00	Kahikatea	Morning Tea
11:00 - 11:50	Kowhai	Sprints	High Jump	Shot put	Discus
11:50 - 12:40		Discus	Sprints	High Jump	Shot Put
12:40 - 1:15	Lunch - Seniors Eat First Juniors eat at 1:15
	Senior Students - Roll in hubs and then out to next station
1:15 - 2:00		Shot put	Discus	Sprints	High Jump
2:00 - 3:45	Sprint Finals Year 5/6 50m and 80m Year 7 and 8 60m and 100m
2:45 - 3:00	House Relay 2 per house per year Adults Versus Children Relay