{"id":14439,"date":"2026-02-13T08:37:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T20:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/?guid=903bfc08381670d057635d1dd46e1dfd"},"modified":"2026-02-13T13:59:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T01:59:46","slug":"kauri-blog-week-2-term-1-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/kauri\/kauri-blog-week-2-term-1-2026\/14439","title":{"rendered":"Kauri Blog, Week 2, Term 1 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Welcome back to 2026!<\/span><\/p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-4755926f-7fff-3053-ad6b-dcd7243042ed\"><br \/><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">T\u0113n\u0101 koutou! Team Kauri teachers have been excited to welcome back our Year 7 students as Year 8\u2019s and to integrate our new Year 7\u2019s into the team for the first two weeks of school. It has been a calm and settled start to the year.<\/span><\/p><br \/><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">New Space, New Team<\/span><\/p><br \/><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">We are now located in a new space as a team. We are utilising Hangere and K\u014dmanawa as our classroom spaces and we are very happy to have such lovely classrooms for our learning this year &#x1f642;.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"><span style=\"border: none; display: inline-block; height: 212px; overflow: hidden; width: 284px;\"><img height=\"212\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEgVwcI5XZ-5SNtcrUaAzenV0cKmzUoMRYWLHDstnuw6fXkAGYKl8155xpZuvSRe0IaUT1GgXS1SbjjjWLXTDra_5_FoGkLfzCiJXm0BDUy5MDbKQBtliAVhf-PQUkddUnHtq5iuiloJeMDw1fytSWDCZLw_Fr1m43M2-CAuf2li_RDkSQ_EUCmc1pdAGtct\" style=\"margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;\" width=\"284\" \/><\/span><\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"><span style=\"border: none; display: inline-block; height: 213px; overflow: hidden; width: 285px;\"><img height=\"213\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEhHicvhAz2Ns-CgVwSvXiUJAi4lOAFTRnAQaZMwZ-o9N9tv7Z7ow_VzD6EP3tEo8CLw073-yTfstfawS_mnWH5A8dIgygIflCxbPs_FnbPnNwrSelRzJG7s1NqQJCPBgEtjhnNtw9qPRDhC7EHw7aCCg2bepHgVgyHlkUQ6GpjQ4u6O6bWGdn0J8izwLPjX\" style=\"margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;\" width=\"285\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p><br \/><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"><span style=\"border: none; display: inline-block; height: 213px; overflow: hidden; width: 285px;\"><img height=\"213\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEjbDqeJRiyARUQ0IDhqBCfENisms60e4DCat0gbG7beK5Ac-24TJbPDDna4MfXt5DO7R-dATghKYso930-L6hhlYJjI90IocsOseYLVsSxDZGoPf_K2fi69nvc8YlPQPwZa9vmtFG1tqpTMJe_-a4WB7opztDwb1BApdb0CU2nQ_eTSlAe23aW2jQJPa4S4\" style=\"margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;\" width=\"285\" \/><\/span><\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"><span style=\"border: none; display: inline-block; height: 213px; overflow: hidden; width: 285px;\"><img height=\"213\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEgVymsPmhHtvvlo4cIC0M-WvhC3JGK8l_WRuGWZLVl85IkCqAWiPYIsYi7amScfjWiDFhrpoHSHfQ-94MAfXtR9ICWntcPrYzuI-a3xuSpLHAxxBmllxw0vyBTNldxG3-v1IMLm5SDR5XfD5-nhx-187MQ-2VUSoTXYHhmaikGIy3x4hXEZM0qx_dexEH3O\" style=\"margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;\" width=\"285\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p><br \/><br \/><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Upcoming Events<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Week 3<\/span><\/p><ul style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;\"><li aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;\"><p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-wrap-mode: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;\">PSC Triathlon - Tuesday<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Week 4<\/span><\/p><ul style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;\"><li aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;\"><p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-wrap-mode: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;\">House Games - Wednesday<\/span><\/p><\/li><li aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;\"><p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-wrap-mode: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;\">BTKOP Swimming Sports - Thursday<\/span><\/p><\/li><li aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;\"><p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-wrap-mode: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;\">Whole School Learning Celebration - Friday<\/span><\/p><\/li><li aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;\"><p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-wrap-mode: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;\">Passions begin - Friday<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Week 5<\/span><\/p><ul style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;\"><li aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;\"><p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-wrap-mode: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;\">House Games - Wednesday<\/span><\/p><\/li><li aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;\"><p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-wrap-mode: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;\">SZ Swimming Sports - Thursday<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Week 6<\/span><\/p><ul style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;\"><li aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;\"><p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-wrap-mode: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;\">Leadership Week - including Kauri Day Out &amp; sleepover<\/span><\/p><\/li><li aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;\"><p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-wrap-mode: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;\">School Photos - Wednesday<\/span><\/p><\/li><li aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;\"><p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-wrap-mode: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;\">House Games - Wednesday<\/span><\/p><\/li><li aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;\"><p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-wrap-mode: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;\">Whole School Learning Celebration - Friday<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Week 7<\/span><\/p><ul style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;\"><li aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;\"><p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-wrap-mode: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;\">House Games - Wednesday<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Week 8&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><ul style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;\"><li aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;\"><p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-wrap-mode: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;\">PSC Swimming sports - Thursday<\/span><\/p><\/li><li aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;\"><p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-wrap-mode: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;\">Whole School Learning Celebration - Friday<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Week 9<\/span><\/p><ul style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;\"><li aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;\"><p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-wrap-mode: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;\">Huxster mountain biking - Wednesday<\/span><\/p><\/li><li aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;\"><p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-wrap-mode: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;\">Last Day of Term - Thursday<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><br \/><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Technology &amp; Languages<\/span><\/p><br \/><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Tuesday was our first technology session for the year. The Tech team at Christchurch South Intermediate commented on how awesome our kids were from the start and the students loved attending their first tech sessions diving into some amazing hands-on activities. The new technology programme includes: Digitech, Coding, Food technology, Textiles, and Hard Materials.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"><span style=\"border: none; display: inline-block; height: 264px; overflow: hidden; width: 198px;\"><img height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEgQA76GG0Q1PcidiODIn2nxVo8cHt-SBh8sjxx7xfIMyflO4zJeWMhxn05Rvsav5qUZts0V7JcMOMKChMBr1buhLFLJ2N-D3GVMzpFgZj9w0sRtyJ60vXY89sbKP7ijcRZdfAAZ6Q71WMzhi6P8Hgc-4kQW5-F45dUrh2vunmoDm7dwDPl1aSNtvYgU5sZe\" style=\"margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;\" width=\"198\" \/><\/span><\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"><span style=\"border: none; display: inline-block; height: 264px; overflow: hidden; width: 198px;\"><img height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEiL-RQQmdI25vmqJhomazEOqsd9MqXpE1nGDChjukWC0HlA0Ki_Bkkg5pNH3wYG2bAXnWR9PmkBFVYSbppVEyrgyOPl-ihpPY5-6k1I5Mxc_D90QCGpvAyVEVSOwljEDKJCkDdlGJ8jw2Ep4U0k8aRP_FT8xDKJ6iRNx7ppfQKxBo6Ff15YXF0zVgOmbtjp\" style=\"margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;\" width=\"198\" \/><\/span><\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"><span style=\"border: none; display: inline-block; height: 257px; overflow: hidden; width: 192px;\"><img height=\"257\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEhy4vJlCqBHquAM3QFU3upt8pHmKYp1OJKMi_oEt5Ej5VLCSEZWD6Ehu6P5NLJHLsyPfOj7iehwtmpF4Kf2UW190apIgSyh8LhI234Tllo9Ua1_bEPG_rxR5wCpU-nBhxnehOKmJXmoE6weHOl_y4D8OnXhCdW1z9lxgMf-UA0iGwx5w3_jByFN0b8dSHQb\" style=\"margin-left: 0px; 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font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"><span style=\"border: none; display: inline-block; height: 260px; overflow: hidden; width: 195px;\"><img height=\"260\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEgYJKBEM1yfUV5_kFOCyfp9P-qxOY7FZDv_8sl4yTT-4Qvi4USn1eubID0je7FlMuLgycBm4OnoM_QXmj4REB2n4_wjw83gaHg0OKAXt8SIYKi1W5hpSrJPSOZD_4BFwBlSTFZV1tVnA-n01MCCdPcfoFsQVAoSRPY9uzcSK5RcMxZHBEvb6TOGnzK4MMWc\" style=\"margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;\" width=\"195\" \/><\/span><\/span><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"><span style=\"border: none; display: inline-block; height: 253px; overflow: hidden; width: 190px;\"><img height=\"253\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEgBUKH1s1v_udlgl7UHZ2tYBuuLv79r9CRytTMLGXNCUYcvEJFsfXsnATqrREEbdCLLOjkBWiVaY1KQe1wUOU9TwYrPC1OzZ2OQLc2Mu6kNDQiw062Iz4sS6b7XJzZ5WJnQHBvH_qfukKLZ3yHsuPV0PsHTtjWrJTgwU7MQGErBWddR9ejvfCbgYUf0_21n\" style=\"margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;\" width=\"190\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p><br \/><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">We also had the pleasure of having our first language sessions with the specialist teaching staff from Cashmere high school. We enjoyed our first experiences of French and Spanish with Debbie and Victoria.<\/span><\/p><br \/><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Leadership opportunities<\/span><\/p><br \/><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Our new house captains had some opportunities in the first couple of days to setup and lead activities for Team K\u014dwhai and P\u014dhutukawa for their water play. The rest of the team have been learning about some of the Leadership opportunities available. The selection process for these leadership opportunities will be happening over the next week and students will be learning about how and what this will involve.<\/span><\/p><br \/><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Congratulations!<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Congratulations to Ben Stoney for completing Grade 5 Violin. We are very pleased for his achievements!<\/span><\/p><br \/><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"><span style=\"border: none; display: inline-block; height: 331px; overflow: hidden; width: 248px;\"><img height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEgPG8jGi1aqmsdSckSy96DP4MIEHcyJQysY0OfKBJVDigrn7IbTn6reTH-KtEl0lW23v0CmgGVW1XdlJw_Gm8WpHepLoGHhHxg7g1iq4erNLShv_grxUFBSPqFeD05WOdAkl79vPpnxkg8SbMst-ZTYMKidstROI7e-V7YGISi6SrQcSBcRfUxAFWluwJL4\" style=\"margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;\" width=\"248\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p><br \/><br \/><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">We look forward to the opportunities coming up this term and cant wait to get stuck into the new learnings and experiences we will all have.<\/span><\/p><br \/><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Please do not hesitate to contact any of the teaching staff if you have an questions about the upcoming term.<\/span><\/p><br \/><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Ka kite!<\/span><\/p><br \/><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Hugo, Sarah A, Kate McG, and Megan C.<\/span><\/p><div><span face=\"Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;Welcome back to 2026!T\u0113n\u0101 koutou! Team Kauri teachers have been excited to welcome back our Year 7 students as Year 8\u2019s and to integrate our new Year 7\u2019s into the team for the first two weeks of school. It has been a calm and settled start to the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kauri"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14439"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14451,"href":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14439\/revisions\/14451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}