Kererū Hapori News
As the final bell of the term rings, we find ourselves at the end of an incredibly successful school term. We are immensely grateful for the numerous wonderful opportunities that our senior students have had the chance to be a part of within our team.
Term 4 Events
Dog awareness and safety sessions 7th, 21st and 28th of October
-Rūma 1: 7th 10:20 am
-Rūma 2: 7th 9:30 am,
-Rūma 3: 21st 9:30 am
-Rūma 4: 28th 9:30 am
School Athletics Day- 14th October
School Athletics Postponement Day-16th October
Kererū Tennis Sessions 4th, 5th, 13th, 14th, 18th and 19th of Nov.
Labour Day-27th October
North Zone Athletics Day-28th of October
Southern Hoiho Visit- 29th of October
Otago Primary School Athletics Champs-11th Nov
Olympic Ambassador Dylan Schmidt-24th Nov at 2 pm
Year 6 Camp and Year 5 Activity Week- 25th-28th of November
Balmac Orientation afternoon-Wednesday 3rd Dec
Year 6 Leavers’ Celebration 10th Dec @ 6:30 pm in the school hall.
Goodbye, Miss Milton
Thank you, Miss Milton, for all the excellent teaching and coaching you have provided to students at Kaikorai Primary School this year. Rūma Rua and our school community would like to wish you all the best in your first teaching job. We know you will be amazing.
Kererū Team Swimming
Children in the Kererū team will participate in a swimming programme at Moana Pool on Mondays in Term 4. Class teachers have sent out the permission form via SeeSaw, and this should now be completed.
Lesson dates- Monday 6/10, 13/10, 20/10 , 3/11, 10/11, 17/11, 24/11 & 1/12
No lessons on the 27th of October due to Labour Day
Lesson times
Room 3-9:30 am-10:00 am Room 4-10:00 am-10:30 am
Room 1-10:30 am-11:00 am Room 2-11:00-11:30
Pupils will be ability grouped with children from their class and have lessons from Just Swim swim school, followed by 30 minutes in the leisure pool at the end of their lesson, subject to the availability of parent helpers in the water.
Hungerball
We have been fortunate to have a Hungerball Arena set up in the playground for students to use during physical education sessions and breaks over the past two weeks. Hungerball is a football-based game played inside a large inflatable arena with six small goals. Players defend their goals to stay in the game. Our Physical Activity Leaders have been running games in the arena during break time. Thank you to our fabulous PALS.
Year 6 Camp
Are you receiving camp emails? If not, please emailbmcdowall@kaikorai.school.nz
Student Camp Meetings
Camp meetings will be held every Thursday afternoon next term.
We have had two camp meetings for students this term. The things we have discussed so far are...
-What happens at camp? We watched the 2024 camp video.
-The student contract outlining behaviour expectations
-The packing list
-Friendships for bunkrooms and activities
Each child has been given a camp book to record all important information. This will stay at school and will be taken to camp to help your child feel organised and safe at camp.
Balmacewen Orientation Day for Year 6 Students
Year 6 students attending Balmacewen Intermediate are invited to attend their orientation afternoon, scheduled for Wednesday, 3rd December at 1:30 pm. This is a link to the article that Balmac has sent to all parents regarding the orientation afternoon:
https://hail.to/balmacewen-intermediate/article/0XDQmVY
This article includes a PDF notice with a return slip for permission to attend.
Kererū teachers will walk the students who wish to attend to and from the event. Please return the permission slip to your child’s teacher. We will only be able to take students who return the permission slip.
Art Sessions
Last week, we had art sessions with Rach from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery.
Read-a-thon
Thank you for your support of the Read-a-Thon! We are all looking forward to having some fabulous new literacy resources.
Polyfest
Our Kererū teachers are incredibly proud of all of the students who attended the Otago Polyfest.
Thank you to Whaea Ana, Emily Armstrong, Hannah Sims, and Matua Kane for all of their hard work in preparing our students for the performance.
Road Patrol
Please remember to check the Term 4 Road Patrol Roster
Term 4 PBL
Calling All Health and Well-Being Experts!
Our driving question for Term 4 will be 'How can movement, relationships, and healthy choices work together to support hauora across our school community?' We need some experts to support this learning. Please email your child’s teacher if you have expertise and knowledge that you would be happy to share with our learners. Some topics of interest include nutrition, mental health/general well-being, mindfulness and sports.
We appreciate your support this term. Have a wonderful and restful break.
Bridget McDowall, Hannah Sims, Kane McKay and Rosarah Hardie.
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