Week 7 in review

I spoke too soon! In Friday's article, I mentioned that we hadn't had any staff away isolating; this week was our week to begin that! Thank you to our fantastic team working incredibly hard to maintain excellent classroom programmes. Thank you, whānau, for following the public health order around the number of days necessary for isolating, being respectful to Sharon when she calls you to explain your child is unwell and keeping us informed when your child/household has a positive case. 

Please follow this link for clarification on the isolation rules.

Term 2 staffing update

At the beginning of Term 2, we are opening a new, new entrants class to cater for our newest learners. Felicia Ward will be the new teacher in this room. In addition, we have appointed Miss Hannah Gold to take over the teaching of Rūma whitu / Room 7. We are excited to have Hannah join the Kaikorai team.

Emma Riley will begin her maternity leave midway through Term 2 and return to Rūma ono/Room 6 at the start of Term 4. We are currently advertising this position and will inform you when we have made an appointment.

The new build

The groundworks are well and truly underway for the new block. I received a well-written letter from one of our Year 3 pupils concerned about the beautiful trees being removed. He made excellent points about why trees are necessary and why we must replace them. I am proud of him for feeling so strongly that he chose to do something about it. We will be replacing some trees and landscaping the spaces. We are also looking to establish an enviro group and would love to build some vegetable gardens 🥦. As always, any community help would be great!

Walk and wheels week 🛴

We were thrilled to win a competition on the local radio for Walk and wheels week. Thanks to Mrs McDowall for entering us; we won $500 towards PE gear!

School closed

Enjoy the extra long weekend with Otago Anniversary Day and the Teachers only day. We look forward to seeing the team back on Wednesday.

Principal's awards ⭐

A super well done to the following children.

Betty For some amazing writing, while using her excellent imagination

Addison For showing kaik values and helping other students to show theirs

Theo Great Kaik values and always being keen to help others.

Freddie Working hard to improve his math skills.

Jack For some amazing work on adding during our maths sessions.

Ivy For her enthusiasm towards her work, and striving to practise new learning.

Heather For working hard on her writing and using interesting words to describe.

Josie For having a fabulous attitude to learning and making her writing interesting by using describing words.

Piper For showing kindness towards others and being helpful around the classroom. You have been doing some wonderful thinking too!

Sofia For making wonderful progress in sounding out her words, using her spelling fingers and finding words on her word card.

Olivia For her amazing enthusiasm and dedication to understanding her new maths learning!

Manase For always making an effort to include others and be a kind friend.

Joseph For being a focused, engaged and enthusiastic learner.

Ameera For showing perseverance and improvement in mathematics. Keep it up!

Harrison For his fantastic gameplay throughout our netball unit - you're a natural!

Paige For consistently displaying the KAIK values - you're a star!

Sasha For working extremely hard with her writing, following our writing process. Tino pai!

Hanh Minh For consistently striving for personal excellence in all her learning. Ka rawe!

Jessica For terrific progress in both reading and writing. Ka pai!

Manako For doing an amazing job following instructions and listening well at mat times!

Community Notices

Kelly Club holiday programme - see advert below

RWAFC holiday programme ⚽ - see advert below