Kohimarama School News - 28th May 2025
School News
A Message from Hillary Team
Year 5 Camp 2025
My favourite thing was the Giant’s Ladder because it was challenging at first, but then at the top it was really cool. We had to use a lot of teamwork to get to the top. I really enjoyed camp because you got to know your friends better. I liked the raft building because it was challenging to use the materials they gave us, but it was so much fun when we got to sit on it in the ocean and jump off! Some things at camp were hard, but I’m proud of myself for giving things a go. Some of the things weren’t as hard as I thought they would be. The food and movie night was really fun because the food was yummy and we got to watch the movie Luca all together like a big sleepover.
Written by Room 11
Year 4 Sleepover 2025
“This is the best day of my life!” yelled Oliver as he was running around our school during the scavenger hunt. It was very dark, we were running in our teams and shining our torches onto the codes. The hardest code to find was on the rugby post because it was so high.
After our amazing and fun scavenger hunt we came into the hall to get ready for dinner. The food was all mouth-watering and we tried to not eat too much. We even had dessert!
After dinner came the paper chain challenge. In our groups we had 10 minutes to make the longest paper chain that we could. Tessa, Monica, Henry, Liam and Misha won the competition. Their paper chain was about 3 metres long!
It was then time to get ready for bed. We got into our pyjamas, brushed our teeth and settled into our beds with a book. After a while the teachers turned off the lights and we all drifted off to sleep (at least we’ll pretend that is what happened! Hehe).
ZZZZZZZZZZ - that’s the sound of 70 students sleeping!
In the morning we packed up our gear, our parents picked us up and we went home for breakfast.
Our day at school was more chilled than usual (because we were a bit tired) and involved watching a movie.
This is a collaborative piece of writing by LS 17.
The Kohimarama Way - Reliable/Totika
"You need not wonder whether you should have an unreliable person as a friend. An unreliable person is nobody's friend." Idries Shah. Ain't this the truth? They might be able to tell the best jokes, be the best person to have around the dinner table, etc but if they always turn up late, never do what they say they are going to do, or forget the arrangements you have made together, they wear a bit thin and usually become the sometime friend then the not friend anymore.
Greats and Grands Day – May 30th
On Friday 30th May is Grandparents Day here at Kohimarama School.Grandparents arrive by 8.55am and go to their grandchild/ren's Learning Space where there will be activities arranged.All Grandparents can then go to the school hall to mix and mingle and enjoy a morning tea (unfortunately
If any parents or caregivers are able to help with providing baking for the morning and help to set up, serve tea and coffee and pack down, this would be very much appreciated. Baking can be brought to the school hall kitchen between 8.30am and 9.30am on Friday. If you have time to help on the morning, please email Helen in the Office (hobrien@kohimarama.school.nz)
Teacher Only Day with Bizzy Bodz
The 'Teacher Only Day' is Tuesday 3rd June is a Ministry Funded day to support Mathematics.
Bizzy Bodz have a special programme set up for the day if your child requires care. Please see the flyer below for more details.
Disco - Thank you
Thank you to all the parents who spent time supporting their child/ren in finding the best things to wear for the Disco on Friday and delivering them to the door and picking them up. Thank you to the students for making the evening so much fun because they had so much fun. Thank you to DJ Dave for the great music and fun activities. Thank you to our parent Monique Brown for supplying the photo booth, we all had soooooo much fun in there. Thank you to the Student Councillors for all their hard work in designing posters, tickets, purchasing decorations and prizes for our best dancers and decorating the hall as well as taking the decorations on the walls down after the disco on the night. BIG UPS and thank you to our teachers who supervised on the night, spent time at the various doors keeping our students safe, being prepared for first aid, working in the kitchen giving out snacks and drinks and dancing along with our students ensuring everyone had the best time ever. A big ask and much appreciated that everyone did their part to make our Disco the best ever!! Here are a few visuals of what we got up to...
My New Gallery
Sports News
Year 8s representing Kohimarama School at the AIMs Games.
For the first time in Kohimarama School’s history, a futsal team will be heading to the prestigious AIMs Games.
The team, made up of eight students, only started playing futsal earlier this year. But in just one term, they’ve shown great determination and teamwork, winning the East City Futsal Tournament held at Barfoot & Thompson Stadium in Term 1.
In August, the team will travel to Tauranga to compete against intermediate schools from all over New Zealand in the AIMs Games, Australasia’s largest junior sporting event with over 12,000 students taking part each year.
A big thank you goes to Craig Brierley, who had the idea to put a team together for AIMs and has taken on the coaching role alongside Tomas Tonnelier.
Kohimarama School is also proud to have another Year 8 student, Isaac, competing at the AIMs Games individually in yachting. He competed at AIMs last year, qualifying for the top fleet (Gold) and placing 7th out of the 19 Year 7 boys who sailed in Gold Fleet. Isaac loves sailing and being on the water; at the end of Term 3 last year, Isaac and 5 other boys from around New Zealand travelled to Australia to represent New Zealand as part of the NZL Junior Boys Development Team. Isaac is looking forward to enjoying AIMs Games again this year! We look forward to celebrating his success alongside the futsal team.
It’s a huge opportunity for all the students involved, and one they’re incredibly excited about. We’re proud to see them representing Kohimarama School on the national stage and wish them all the best in their lead-up to the tournament.
Keep an eye on the school newsletter and social media for fundraising updates and ways you can help support their journey to the AIMs Games!
Pictured: Tomas, Leo, Pedro, Sep, John, Fletcher, Harry, Grayson, Ollie, Craig
Attention Chess Players!
The NZ Chess Federation's 2025 Auckland Girls' Chess Championship is being held on Monday, 16 June 2025, from 9.00am - 2.30pm at Mt Eden War Memorial Hall, in Mt Eden.
The competition has proved popular with girls of all ages since it began in 2001, and has been very successful in encouraging more girls to play chess, and identifying female players with potential. Most of New Zealand’s top female chess players had their first experience of tournament chess playing in this event.
The Auckland Girls' Championship is held as three separate tournaments in the following age groups - under 18, under 12, and under 10 (age at 1 January 2025.) Age group titles are also awarded for under 16, under 14, under 8, and under 6 – provided there are at least 3 girls in each category.
Trophies and medals are awarded for place-getters, and every player receives a participation certificate.
Girls represent their schools as individuals. They don’t have to be expert players but do need to know the basic rules of chess. It is not a knockout competition and everyone gets to play 6 games. The time control for each game is 15 minutes each, plus 5 seconds per move per player. This is to ensure rounds run to time.
The entry fee is $20.00 per student.
If we have any interested students then we will need support from some parents/caregivers to transport and accompany the participants.
If you have a student interested in participating please email sports@kohimarama.co.nz.
PTA News
Keep the interest flowing!
“Growth takes place outside of your comfort zone” Dawn Staley, Olympics Gold Medalist.
Following our message last week, we are looking for AMAZING, CREATIVE, ENTHUSIASTIC and ENERGETIC individuals to step into the following roles;
- Book Fair Manager – As a group or a solo book lover, the kids LOVE this fundraiser. It is a valuable part of our school. Please reach out if you would like more information.
- Chair or Co Chair & Secretary - If you are currently involved with the PTA and you're keen to increase your involvement or haven’t been active with us yet but feel this could be a role for you, reach out to us, attend the events and get on board sooner than later. 2026 could be a very exciting year with your involvement.
Valerie and Alan
Community Notices
Parents' Information Evening - 2026 Enrolment Process
Glendowie College will hold a Parents’ Information Evening for 2026 Enrolments on Tuesday 10 June 2025 at 7:00pm in the College Hall. The purpose of this meeting is to outline the programmes the school offers and to cover the enrolment process for 2026 Year 9 students’ enrolments.
This is an opportunity to meet informally with Trudy Gibb, Acting Principal, to have any questions answered about the enrolment process.
We look forward to seeing you there. No RSVP is required.
