Kahikatea News Week 2 Term 3 2021
Gymnastics
Our first gymnastics sessions start on Monday! Our tamariki are very excited. We have shared the social story (link below) and encourage you to take a look through it with your child/children over the next few days.
Please ensure your child is wearing appropriate clothing/footwear on Monday's and Tuesday:
- No tights, extra long pants or school dresses
- Easy to remove shoes
- School shirt or equivalent (eg a red t-shirt)
- Leggings or shorts
Please also ensure your child/children have had a lovely big breakfast as this will provide them with the energy they will need to really enjoy their time, to stay focused and to be great listeners!
We have sufficient numbers of parent/whanau helpers for gymnastics and information has been sent out to those of you who are coming along to support us.
*For parent/whanau helpers with Lisa and Amber please be in the hub at 9.40am to assist staff and prepare students for departure at 10am.
*For parent/whanau helpers with Katie and Charlotte please be in the hub at 10.40am to assist staff and prepare students for departure at 11am.
Keeping Ourselves Safe (KOS)
- teach students a range of safe practices that they can use when interacting with other people, both online and face to face
- teach students how to recognise the difference between healthy and unhealthy relationships, and encourage students who have been or are being abused to seek help
- prevent abuse by making parents and teachers more aware of their responsibilities to help students avoid abuse.
Duathlon Information for Year 5 – 8 Competitors
This message is for those with children who have entered the school duathlon. Please share this post with your duathlete.
- Our duathlon is this coming Tuesday afternoon, starting at 1:30.
- Duathletes can wear their house top and will need a warm jacket for before and after their event. For those who need them, please to remember their inhalers.
- Children are to bring their bikes to the bike-stands which will be by the Norwood entrance to the park on Tuesday morning before school. Year 7 & 8 will need to be extra early, as they will need to do this before getting to the hub at 8:30 for tech.
- Children need to lock their bikes and take their helmets with them to their hub.
- Duathletes eat lunch at 12:40 and then unlock their bikes.
- The daily notices will tell them when to meet at the cricket pavilion.
- Parents are welcome to support their children. Please stay on the park near the finishing area, to avoid getting in the road of the competitors.
Run 1 (1km)
- Start on park, out from the adventure playground
- Follow the marked course on the grass towards school and on around the park
- Run along the fenceline of the park and down the hill towards Eastern Tce.
- Once on Eastern Tce run towards Fisher Ave, along Fisher Ave to Norwood St and down Norwood to the park entrance.
- Run into the park to the bike racks which will be on the right near the park entrance.
Bike: (1.8km)
- On bike follow the garden loop track to the main path
- Stick to the right-hand side of the path
- Ride along the gravel path in front of school and around to the path that leads down to the ponds, before the adventure playground.
- Turn left onto the path that goes above the ponds
- Ride to the hairpin bend that takes you back up to the park.
- Follow the gravel path towards the adventure playground and on around in front of school.
- At this point there will be bikes going both ways - stick to the right.
- Keep following the gravel path up to where it branches off toward Norwood Rd
- Loop back onto the garden path for a second full lap. (repeat what you have just done)
- At the end of your second lap, hand your bike to the marshalls who will lay it on the grass
Run 2 (1km)
- Run out to Norwood St and turn right heading to Fisher Ave
- Run down Fisher to Eastern Tce
- Run down Eastern Tce to the park entrance.
- Run up the hill and follow the cones to the finishing chute which will be in front of school.
Kauri Whānau Week Update: Term 3 Week 2
In this post:
- Cantamath
- Duathlon
- Ski trip
- Leadership awards
- Sports news
Cantamath:
Duathlon:
Ski trip:
Leadership Awards:
Sports News:
Pōhutukawa News, Term 3, Week 2
School Duathlon Next Week
Our school duathlon will be held next Tuesday, August 10th (postponement day for rain will be the following Tuesday on August 17th). This is an optional event and the students have been invited to fill in a Google Form on 2021 Pōhutukawa Google Classroom to register. The duathlon requires each student to have a bicycle in working condition, a helmet, and a lock. Please take a moment to go over the course with your tamariki and decide whether they would be up for this challenge, nau mai te wero!
Code Club
This term we are lucky to have a member of our Pōhutukawa whānau Kate Allen visiting us on Friday afternoons to run Code Club. Kate, alongside Rae, will be teaching students who have elected to be part of this club about coding (extending what the children learn during our programme), robotics, and using circuit boards to make programmes. The interest in this club was so high that there will be 2 groups this term. Our first group had their first session on Friday, and our second group will start from Week 6.
Trading Cards
We have noticed an increase in students bringing trading cards at school - particularly Pokemon Cards. Unfortunately, due to the tendency of these cards to go missing, or trades to be regretted, we have asked all students to not bring trading cards to school. This includes trading cards before and after school. It is much easier for everyone if cards are kept at home.
Thank you for your support, have a great week, kia pai tō wiki!
The Pōhutukawa Team.