Kererū Hapori
By Bridget McDowall | Posted: Thursday August 8, 2024
Ko koe ki tēnā, ko ahau ki tēnei kīwai o te kete.You take that handle of the kete, and I'll take this one. This whakatauki is about working together and supporting each other, especially in times of need.
What’s Coming Up?
Next Week is Maths Week/Wiki Pāngarau
Sunday, August 18th- Jam Competition for school teams
August 19th- Tongan Language Week
Saturday 7th September-School Fair
Friday 13th September-Polyfest performance at 1 pm
14th-21st of September Wiki O Te Reo Māori
PBL
The Kererū team is excited to announce this term's driving question: "How can we, as retailers, design, create, and market a product to sell at our school fair?"
This project will engage students in a learning experience where they will work in small groups to design, create, and market a product for our upcoming school fair.
Innovation and design thinking will be at the forefront as students develop their products, from conceptualisation to the final creation, ensuring they are both useful and marketable.
Students will learn the fundamentals of managing finances, budgeting, and understanding costs and profits. This will help them make informed decisions about pricing and profitability.
This project will provide invaluable real-world skills and foster a spirit of entrepreneurship among our students. We look forward to seeing the creative and innovative products our students will develop and can't wait to support them as they bring their ideas to life at the school fair.
Ka mate kāinga tahi, ka ora kāinga rua. ~ There is more than one way to achieve an objective.
Cross Country
Our students gave it their all, showing incredible effort and determination as they competed in the annual cross country last week.
A special thank you goes to our wonderful Physical Activity Leaders (PALs), who helped manage the course. Their support was invaluable, ensuring everything ran smoothly. Additionally, a big thank you to those PALs who ran alongside our junior students, guiding and encouraging them around the school course. Your leadership and encouragement were inspiring and greatly appreciated.
Following our school event, our top-placed students had the opportunity to compete in the Hill's Cluster Cross Country. We are proud to announce that many of our students performed exceptionally well, with several advancing to the Otago Championships. This is a fantastic achievement, and we congratulate all participants for their hard work and perseverance.
We wish our runners all the best for the Otago Championships.
Kaikorai Cross Country Placings
Year 5 Boys
1st: Liam Glover
2nd: Eric Shen
3rd: Micah Crump
Year 5 Girls
1st: Genevieve Hodgson
2nd: Rosie Stevens
3rd: Anja Hargreaves
Year 6 Girls
1st: Ani Raqili
2nd: Pippa Thomas
3rd: Yeva Cockerill
Year 6 Boys
1st: Ben Hunter
2nd: Quinn Hill
3rd: Avery Duro
Year 6 Camp
We will have a Year 6 camp meeting on Senior Learning Street on Thursday, August 22nd, at 6:30 pm for parents interested in learning more about what happens at school camp and for parents wishing to volunteer time at camp this year.
During this meeting, we will discuss how the camp will run for 2024 and answer any questions you may have.
Polyfest
Polyfest is an opportunity for children and whanau to participate in Māori and Pacific cultural experiences that broaden and celebrate individual and collective cultural identities.
This year, our Year 3—Year 6 students will perform at Polyfest on Friday, September 13th, at 1 pm. If your child is a member of this year's Kapa Haka Group, please complete the attached Google Form.
https://forms.gle/ZRMTNVwP8eYNHAVWA
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