Week 6 Principal's News 22/8/25
We had a busy morning at Kaikorai yesterday. We welcomed Jordan Ngatai (NZ Tall Black 🏀), and just when we thought the excitement was over, our local fire brigade 🚒 arrived, responding to a call point that was accidentally set off. Our students and staff were amazing—our evacuation response was excellent!
You can read Miss Sim's sports report to find out more about why the legend that is Jordan Ngatai was at Kaikorai Primary School.
Disco 🌈
Thanks to our Parents' Group for organising and hosting a school disco last night. Events such as discos are an integral part of their fundraising calendar which directly support all children at Kaikorai. Thank you for supporting the disco.
Jump Jam success 🕺🏻
On Sunday, our 5 Jump Jam teams competed against other Dunedin schools in the local competition. We were thrilled to add 2 third-place trophies to our display. For more details read Miss Hardie's report in the newsletter.
O'Mathalon success ➗
What is O'Mathalon, you ask? O'Mathalon is a unique competition that combines mathematics with physical exertion.
Students form teams of four.
Teams work together to solve a series of challenging mathematical questions.
After a team solves a question, a designated "runner" sprints to a marker to get the answer checked. If the answer is correct, they receive a new question and sprint back to their team. If it's wrong, they are sent back to their team with the same question to try again.
Teams get points for each correct answer, and these points are tallied up at the end of the competition.
Our Year 6 team of 4 won the Dunedin competition for a 2nd year in a row!
Congratulations to all the tamariki involved.
Policies and Procedures ✅
Our school works with SchoolDocs to provide a website for maintaining, updating, and reviewing our school policies. Different policies are under review each term, and our school community can submit feedback. Follow the instructions below to contribute to the review.
Go to the SchoolDocs site for our school by clicking on this link: https://kaikorai.schooldocs.co.nz/1893.htm
will take you to the Current review and review instructions.Enter the username (kaikorai) and password (tynestreet).
The policies listed here are the key policies under review this term. Click on the policy you want to review.
Click the “Start your review” button at the top right-hand corner of the page.
Follow the prompts to submit your review.
Note that you can review any policy that has a “Start your review” button, not just the key policies listed in Current review and review instructions. There will be other related policies in that section of the site open for review.
As always, please don't hestiate to get in touch if I can help in any way.
Principal's Awards 🌟
Jesse | For settling back into our classroom routines so wonderfully! You are trying your very best, and we are proud of you! |
Sophie | For being such a fantastic role model in Rūma Tahi. You always have a positive attitude and consistently do the right thing, even when no one is watching. |
Carter | For always giving 100% in the classroom and being such a kind, helpful member of Rūma Rua. Ka pai! |
Parishay | For settling back into the classroom so well, and being such a diligent and kind member of our classroom. Tino pai! |
Mavis | For putting amazing effort into calendar art showing, focus and creativity. Mīharo! |
Jack S | For showing fantastic skill in persuasive writing – using clever ideas and creating strong arguments. Ka rawe! |
Jaxon | For coming up with creative ideas for your debate topics. Keep up the hard work! |
Genevieve | For the care and effort you are putting into your calendar art. It looks fantastic! |
Nurit | For showing wonderful progress in reading with confidence and enthusiasm. Nurit - you always try to do your very best. Tino pai! |
Ezra | For expressing creativity and a wonderful willingness to explore and grow your own ideas in art. Ka pai! |
Emma | For your persistence with your writing. You are using more of your structured literacy knowledge when you write, kia mau ki nga mahi pai! |
Eli M | For your outstanding improvement in self-management. You are a great role model in Rūma Ono. What a superstar, kia mau ki nga mahi pai! |
Freddie | For an outstanding performance at Jump Jam. You represented our school so well. He whetu whiti koe! |
Roni | For the effort and focus you bring to our structured literacy sessions. Tino pai rawa atu! |
Isla | For all the effort you have been putting into your learning. You have been trying so hard. Ka pai |
Baxter | For asking thoughtful questions and showing curiosity towards his learning. You are always eager to know more, keep it up! |
Laylah | For an outstanding effort in reading and writing. You are trying really hard to sound out tricky words and write your great ideas. Ka rawe! |
Sasha | For managing your time well to complete learning tasks. You are an enthusiastic and positive learner. Tino pai rawa atu! |
Frankie | For her determination, focus and perseverance during our literacy sessions. You are working hard Frankie, and beginning to make some wonderful progress in your learning. |
Archie V | For his thoughtful contributions to our class discussions when solving maths challenges. Archie, you have become a maths whizz and are making fantastic progress! |
Mehrab | For your outstanding effort in all of your learning. You always work quietly and efficiently, putting in your best effort. You are a great role model. |
Jack S | For making amazing progress in your writing. You are trying so hard and taking off like a rocket! Ka pai. |
Sienna | For always choosing kindness and consistently trying your best in all of your learning. You help make our classroom shine brighter each day! Ka rawe! |
Archer M | For making amazing progress in your writing, you have amazing ideas and are putting in so much effort to become a tidy writer. You should be proud of yourself! Keep it up! |
Pippa E | For your enthusiasm and sustained progress with your learning. You always put so much effort into your learning and are growing in confidence and independence daily. Well done Pippa. |
Nina | For your focus and thoughtful questions during learning time. Your growing independence and enthusiasm for learning is a joy to see Well done Nina. |
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