School Newsletter - 2nd August 2023

A Message from Kiri Team

Kia ora from Kiri,

Welcome back to Term 3!

What a lovely start to the term we have had! All the children were so excited to see
each other and share their holiday adventures. There was a lot of smiling and hugging
happening!

So far this term we have been focusing on story writing and artwork. There are many
beautiful stories that have been carefully written and illustrated. These have been
published and are displayed in different classrooms. We have included some of Room
three’s stories for you to enjoy.

If you walk into Room 4 you will see some stunning artwork hanging in the sky, showing
children climbing ladders to the stars. This art was part of our learning about Matariki
and was very engaging.

Room 1 and 2 has been doing still life sunflower pencil sketching with Mrs Jacques.
These individual works of art would have made Vincent van Gogh proud:)

We are pleased about our new school fence and our Kiri Gardens are being prepared
for spring planting.

Haere rā
Kiri Team

Red Nose Day - Thank you :-)

Thank you to all students and teachers who participated in our Red Nose day last Friday, we raised over $800 and students really entered into the spirit, dressing in as much red as possible.  One of our students was totally committed and painted their face red - very impressive.  Your support for our fundraising is very much appreciated and goes along way to funding research into child cancer. Enjoy the photos. 

Keeping Ourselves Safe - Parent information Evening

Next Tuesday 8th August we will be holding two separate information evenings for our parents and caregivers regarding the schoolwide Health programme Keeping Ourselves Safe.  The programme is primarily taught by the classroom teacher with Constable Gordon delivering two of the lessons for each class.  The Programme is divided into Junior (Yrs 0-3), Middle (Yrs 4-6) and Senior (Yrs 7 and 8).  We invite you to come along and learn more about the programme and resources we will be using when we deliver Keeping Ourselves safe to students from Monday 14th August to Friday 25th August.

Meeting times:

• 6.30 - 7.15 pm Years 0-3 parents/caregivers
• 7.15 - 8.00 pm Years 4 - 8 parents/caregivers

Collection of children at 3pm

Please ensure children are collected at 3pm when school finishes or your child knows where they should be after school. No one should be left unattended on the school grounds after the 3.15 bell. Any student left will be sent to the office and families contacted.

Office Hours

The office now closes at 3.30pm

School Cross-Country

Our second major sporting event for 2023 is scheduled to take place on Thursday August 10 at Madills Farm. If the weather on this day is not suitable, we will move the event to Monday August 14. 

Hot beverages will be available for purchase from a local coffee cart.

Approximate race start times

Kohimarama School Ambassadors visiting Mission Bay Kindergarten - Thursday 27th July 2023

I enjoyed going to the Kindy and playing in the sandpit with Reya and Noah.  We dug a huge hole, I was on the digger, and we buried a spoon - hidden treasure!  We used the gliders and went down the ramp, I fell off. When I was on the ground one of the children was behind me on a bike and he just missed me - phew!    Jacob

I enjoyed going to the kindergarten because all the kids were very nice.  I enjoyed going down the ramp on the gliders even though I fell off a couple of times.  I was very surprised about how high the kids could go on the swings.  Indie was cute and it was good listening to all the things that she could eat - someone told me she likes bananas, is this true?     Noa

I really enjoyed my time at the kindergarten because all the kids at my table were really friendly.  Lots of the kids wanted to show me things such as, doing the obstacle course, swinging really high and the rabbit, Indie.  It was really cool playing in the sandpit with everyone, especially playing with the digger.     Lily

School App Schoolzine

If you havent done so already, please download the school app, Schoolzine. This will be where you will find the school calendar, newsletters and receive messages from the office. Once you download the Schoolzine app, search for Kohimarama School and enter our school pin 2024. If you have any issues signing into the app, please contact Myana in the office mmcleod@kohimarama.school.nz 

Gymnastics Tournaments

Agnes C and Zoe F competed for Kohimarama School in the Eastern Suburbs inter schools Yr 3-6 competition on July 31.

Zoe placed 3rd overall in the year 6 girls, and Agnes placed 5th overall in the year 5 girls. Thanks to coach Claire for all her efforts.

Alexa J attended a similar tournament for Yr7/8 gymnasts on July 27, and placed 2nd overall in the year 7 girls competition.

All three girls will now go on to compete at  Auckland Champion of Champions events later on in the year.

EPRO8 Competition

On Tuesday, 2 Kohimarama teams competed at the second set of EPRO8 interschool events held at Remuera Intermediate. The event involved 12 teams. A moving car wash with vehicle detector and height changing cleaning brush was one of the top picks, along with the Rat wheel cylinder that involved a generator and capacitor. 

The year 5/6 team; Amy, Allie, Zara and Freya placed 6th.

The year 6 team; Jeffrey, Leo, Freddie and Isaac placed 1st (and scored a notable 400 points - higher than the scoring at even the Intermediate level). They will progress to the semi-finals in September.

PTA News

Tickets NOW on sale

The Bi Annual Gala is back. Grab your tickets as soon as possible. 

First in first served! 

Limited tickets, buy for yourselves or buy a whole table.

https://events.humanitix.com/kohimarama-gala-dinner-and-fundraiser

Certificates & Awards

Congratulations to these outstanding students from Hillary Team and Snell Team:

• Room 11 – Spencer K, Lucy W
• Room 12 – Ivy H, Ethan P
• Room 13 – Ethan A, Ajay P, Aria S, Jasper M
• Room 14 – Chetna W, Oscar R
  
• Room 15 – Oliver T

• Room 18 – Sophia R
• Room 19 – Pedro T
• Room 20 – Ryan C
• Room 21 – Lucy M, Rosemary L, Katie T
• Room 22 – Catalina H, Thomas R
• Room 23 – Kobie C

Caught Being Good  -  "Greenies"

Congratulations to our two fabulous students who have been caught doing the right things in the playground, great examples of the Kohimarama Way Values:

• John         Yr 6          for Friendliness           Colenso
• Isabella    Rm 18      for Compassion           Selwyn

Road Patrollers of the Fortnight

Thank you to all our Road Patrollers for keeping us all safe when you use the pedestrian crossings on both Kohimarama and Rawhitiroa Roads.  Our Road Patrollers noted for exceptional duty are:

• Leo      Rm 20
• Sophia Rm 19

Sport Results

Flippa Ball & Mini Polo Results

• Year 3/4 Kinas
  Win 9-2. POD Casey F & Robbie C (Sunday 23rd July)
  Win 12-0. POD Olivia O (Sunday 30th July)
• Year 3/4 Sharks
  Win 2-0. POD Ciara C (Sunday 23rd July)
  Win 4-2. POD Emilia A (Sunday 30th July)
• Year 5/6 Blue Bottles
  Win 7-0. POD Dario L (Sunday 23rd July)
  Win 7-0. POD Ava M (Sunday 30th July)