Week 4 news

Mrs Ferguson and I have spent the last two days with school leaders from Otago learning from the dare to lead kaupapa, based on the research of Brené Brown. The two days were about developing brave leaders and courage cultures. Thinking about being vulnerable, living into our values and thinking about who we are and how we lead.

Some key points for me as I lead Kaikorai School are: integrity is choosing courage over comfort, taking our values from words to practising behaviour, and leaders must attend to fears and feelings or squander an unreasonable amount of time managing ineffective and unproductive behaviour.  It was a really insightful two days of professional development.

Jump Jam 💃🏻

This weekend sees Miss Hardie and her jump jam crew participate in the jump jam competition. What is jump jam, you ask?  Jump Jam is a fusion of dance and aerobics.  Students learn a choreographed aerobics/dance routine and perform it to judges on Sunday, competing against other local schools.

Miss Hardie and the crew have spent hours and hours over the last few months in preparation for the competition. Best of luck, but most importantly, have fun out there! 

Thanks to Rosarah for her commitment to the crew and for displaying the Kaik value of being keen - hīkaka - trying something new! 

Parent group fundraiser 🥐

This order form will close this afternoon at 3 pm. Please support our parent group fundraiser, which helps pay for the extras in our school.

BOT elections ✅

The voting papers have been sent; please ensure you get your vote in on time. 

Sushi orders 🍣

Don't forget; you can order your child a lunch order of sushi to be delivered to school on Thursday. Please follow this link to order.

Principal's awards ✏

Harry 

Great attitude to learning and taking on new challenges.

Matteo 

For great work on his follow-up reading activities.

Tayla 

For your fantastic artwork and for always striving to present your work beautifully.

Lucy 

She is gaining confidence in her learning and being a very thoughtful classmate.

Nixon 

For his amazing effort in Jump Jam and working hard to practise a range of movements during our PBL sessions.

Caio 

For his focus during our literacy sessions and working hard to demonstrate his knowledge of the spelling patterns, he is working on.

Max 

Welcome to Kaikorai Primary Max. We love having you here!

Honor 

For having a super start to school and trying new things with a positive attitude!

Rothanak 

For an outstanding effort at reading time. You are working hard to read with fluency and expression like a storyteller.

Luckie 

For putting effort and care into your writing. You have created some very detailed and neat stories!

Eli 

For working to the best of your ability in all of your learning. You are making great progress.

Zack 

For taking the time and care to create a colourful and detailed piece of calendar art.

Jordan 

For his wonderful focus during structured literacy time. You are trying so hard to blend and segment words, Jordan. Ka pai!

Sofia 

For her fantastic effort at reading time. You are looking carefully at words, Sofia. Tino pai!

Ivy 

For her amazing dedication to her Jump Jam team. Your positive attitude and smile is infectious!

Dominic 

For giving 100% effort to all your learning. You can be very proud of your efforts!

Maxi 

For effort and focus during learning times. You are challenging yourself to achieve personal excellence.

Allegra 

Thank you for being such an enthusiastic and focused learner. You are challenging yourself with all areas of your learning.

Evie 

For sharing her fantastic attitude with our class, you make our class a great place to be.

Taj 

For having a great attitude to all your learning and for being a welcoming member of our class.

Blake 

For having a positive attitude toward his learning and the development of his protagonist and antagonist in narrative writing. Kā Rawe!

Cameron 

For showing great persistence and patience in developing his Matt Spink-inspired bird. Tino Pai!

Manako 

For doing an outstanding job learning the letter names and sounds and trying your best at all activities!

Amber 

For huge success in both reading and writing.

Keep up the amazing work! 

Want to learn French at Kaikorai? 🇫🇷

Parlez-vous français? Fun French Beginners’ Classes Years 2-6:

A 6 session taster French course is being offered at Kaikorai this term and beyond. The major emphasis is on communicating orally through the interactive use of fun games, songs, role-play and ‘real life’ activities. For more information, please email admin@Lpa.co.nz or contact us on 022 358 2211. C’est si bon!