Kowhai News Week 6 18th November

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Kowhai News Term 4 Week 6

We have had a great week despite the rumblings on Monday.  As a team, we have been so impressed with how the children have managed throughout the week.

Here are the essentials for this week:

Habitat Dioramas
Across the team, the children have applied their knowledge about habitats and animal adaptations by moving an animal to a new environment. This has involved the children thinking about the physical adaptations needed, changes to food, potential new predators and any changes to the animal's current behaviour. The children have written information reports on these animals and this coming week, they will be making a diorama to show their chosen animal in their new habitat.
If you have any crafty donations that would assist the children with constructing their diorama, please send them into school: cellophane, crepe paper, glitter, wool, coloured stones, astro turf, polystyrene etc.

Orana Park Trip
To conclude our inquiry into adaptations, the children will be going to Orana Park for the day on Monday 5th December. Each class will have their own guide for the day. The guide will take each class around the park to discuss the different animals with a focus on animal adaptations. We will need the help of 20 parents across our team to enable us to go. If you are able to assist us on this trip, please email or contact your home room teacher.  A notice with more details will come home on Monday.

Junior Athletics Afternoon
Our very first Junior School (NE-Y4) Athletics Day is fast approaching. The children have been developing their athletics skills over the past few weeks. Please come along to support your child at our Athletics afternoon on Wednesday 30th November 1.45pm-3pm. The afternoon will follow this programme:

1:50 - Welcome whanau outside hall
1:55 - Children moving out to their first rotation with teachers and warming up
2:00 - Run, Jump, Throw rotations x5 (approx. 10 mins each)
2:50 - Thank you and farewell whanau outside hall

Miniball Week 7
For those children who play miniball at Pioneer on Thursdays, here are the details for next week's games:

Thursday 1st December
4.30pm Bombers vs West Spreydon (court 2)
5pm      Bandits vs  Somerfield Kakapos (court 1)

Well, that's all for now. We hope you all have a wonderful weekend. Let's hope that Summer starts to appear!

Kowhai Teaching Team

Costumes needed by tomorrow

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15 November 2016


Dear Parents/Caregivers

Our Koru performance dress rehearsal is tomorrow. Parents do not need to attend the dress rehearsal, but children need their costumes at school by tomorrow. Thanks to those who have sent in costumes already.

Room 11:
Flowers: green or black leggings/pants and pink, red or yellow top
Birds: brown or black leggings/pants and top
Bees: back or yellow leggings/pants and top
Butterflies: leggings or skirt and top. Choice of orange, red or pink.
Suns: yellow or black leggings & yellow or orange top
Speakers: school uniform or own choice of Summer themed clothes

Room 10:
Snow/song group: white top and white pants (if you do not have white pants, bring black pants)
Seed group: black or brown tshirt and pants
Wind group: blue tshirt and pants

We invite you to watch our performance of ‘The Tiny Seed’ this Friday 18 November at 2pm in the school hall. Thanks again for your amazing support!

Kind regards
Amanda & Charlotte

Please send costumes tomorrow

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Performance letter Room 11

15 November 2016

Dear Parents/Caregivers

Our Koru performance dress rehearsal is tomorrow. Parents do not to attend the dress rehearsal, but children need their costumes at school by tomorrow. Thanks to those who have sent in costumes already.

Room 11:
Flowers: green or black leggings/pants and pink, red or yellow top
Birds: brown or black leggings/pants and top
Bees: back or yellow leggings/pants and top
Butterflies: leggings or skirt and top. Choice of orange, red or pink.
Suns: yellow or black leggings & yellow or orange top
Speakers: school uniform or own choice of Summer themed clothes

Room 10:
Snow/song group: white top and white pants (if you do not have white pants, bring black pants)
Seed group: black or brown tshirt and pants
Wind group: blue tshirt and pants

We invite you to watch our performance of ‘The Tiny Seed’ this Friday 18 November at 2pm in the school hall.

Kind regards
Amanda & Charlotte

Kahikatea Team 2016-11-15 15:51:00

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15th November 2016

Dear Whanau

Wearable Arts Performance
Thursday 8th December at 5:30p.m. - 6:45 p.m.

The children have all designed a costume they would like to make for this performance and and are in the process of organising their resources. If you would like to assist with this through sending resources from home (in a named plastic bag) for your child’s costume or making it at home and bringing it in, that would be hugely appreciated. We would appreciate it if resources/costumes could start coming in this week.
If you are available to assist with costume making at school this Friday or next, please see your child’s teacher. You will be helping children who have not made their costume at home by:
  • Assembling costumes
  • Painting
  • Sewing (if you have a machine please bring it in)
We aim to have all costumes completed by the end of next week, Friday 25th November. Each learning group is focussing on a different season as their costume motivation and must ensure they are able to dance in their costume.
Hub 1: Spring
Hub 2: Autumn
Hub 3: Summer
Hub 4: Winter

Thank you for your support with this,
Kahikatea Team

Kauri Whanau Update; Term 4 Week 6

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Rapaki Marae:

We had an awesome day at Rapaki Marae last Thursday. The children responded very positively to the powhiri and it was great to see a number volunteering to hongi with the tangatawhenua. Many thanks to Manaia Cunningham to joined us and was our speaker.  Rakapi marae has recently been rebuilt and is stunning inside and out. We do not have photos of the interior; you will need to see this with your own eyes. We learnt a lot about the history of the marae and the meaning behind the tukutuku and kowhaiwhai on the walls and roof. After visiting the Marae we had fun exploring the bay.


Summer Tournament tomorrow, Wednesday:

Best of luck to our slow-pitch and kiwi-tag teams, who will be competing at Hagley Park tomorrow. Tracy has already sent out notices to the families with children involved. Please add a raincoat to your child's supplies for the day, as rain is in the forecast. Children and transporters meet by the hall steps before 8:30.

Children not involved in the tournament will be doing sport, art and inquiry activities at Champion Street. Their bus departs at the normal time.

Passion Friday Food:

This Friday is 'appliance day'. The children involved in the food passion are to bring an appliance (if possible) and appropriate ingredients. They are also to bring pizza toppings. Tracy will supply the pizza bases.

First aid training:

On Thursday this week the Year 7s will be having a day of first aid training with the Red Cross. Year 8s will continue with the normal programme. Year 8 have their first aid day in a fortnight.

Photobook:

After our Dunedin camp in term 1, we produced a photo-book which was sold to a large number of families. We have a lot of great photos from throughout the year,  recording the many different learning experiences the children have had. The plan is to make another photo book about 2016 in the Intermediate Hub. This will be sold for between $25 and $30, with profits going towards our camp to Wainui next year. If you would be interested in purchasing one of these books, please click this link. If you didn't order a Dunedin camp book and would still like to, please email Nicky.

School for young writers:

We have a number of talented young writers in our team who may be interested in attending the Summer Writing School from Jan 16-20 2017. Click here for information and registration.

More photos from the Rapaki Marae trip: