School Newsletter - 9th August 2023
A Message from Hillary Team
We have had an interesting start to term 3 with the arrival of our international students! Our team has enjoyed learning about different cultures and sharing our experiences with new friends.
“Hats off to reading” day was awesome! Students wore their funky and cool hats to school, each telling their own story. We are learning how our reading impacts our writing and many of us are trying to expand the genres we choose to read.
Our school raised a good amount of money for Red Nose Day and we all enjoyed dressing up in as much red as possible! It was an important day to show people we care and a way to help others.
It has been insightful working with our international friends, especially during Mathematical word problems and rich tasks. Some strategies that we have learned are different to those they use and vice versa. Being school buddies has also helped us grow our communication skills and Kohimarma values of friendship and compassion. We will miss those students leaving this week and wish them a fabulous trip back home.
Our recent trip to Kelly Tarltons was both educational and lots of fun. We learned so much about the animals that live in our surrounding oceans and met some really wonderful creatures. Penguin feeding was a highlight for many of us and we were introduced to all the penguins by name! We now have a bank of knowledge to help us begin our inquiry this term.
The Kohimarama Way - Respect
6 ways we can be respectful ...
- Listen and be present.
- Be thoughtful of others' feelings.
- Acknowledge others and say thank you.
- Address mistakes with kindness.
- Make decisions based on what's right, not who you like.
- Respect physical boundaries.
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
10.00am Year 7/8 | 12.00pm Year 4 Year 4 Girls Year 4 Boys |
| 10.30am Year 0/1 Year 0 Girls Year 0 Boys Year 1 Girls Year 1 Boys | 12.30pm Year 5 Year 5 Girls Year 5 Boys |
| 11.00am Year 2 Year 2 Girls Year 2 Boys | 1.00pm Year 6 Year 6 Girls Year 6 Boys |
| 11.30am Year 3 Year 3 Girls Year 3 Boys |
Kohimarama School Speech Finals - Years 5 to 8
Congratulations to all 20 finalists who shared information and opinions with us in three forms:
Flash Talk - which is 3 minutes long, speakers are able to use a microphone if they wish, no cue cards are allowed, and there must be 12 slides with a fifteen second time limit on each slide. The slides should have visual images only and students talk to their presentation.
Flash Talk speech winners
- Year 5/6: Amy D
- Year 7/8: Jayden L
Prepared Speech - Students will talk for 3 minutes with cue cards. They are not able to use a microphone and students will be marked on 6 areas: construction, engagement, content, language, effectiveness and vocals.
Prepared speech winners
- Year 5/6: Forest A
- Year 7/8: Louisa W
Spoken Word - Students will speak for 3 minutes with no cue cards. They may use a microphone if they wish and the purpose of their Spoken Word is to reflect the theme at an individual, cultural and societal level.
Spoken Word speech winners
- Year 5/6: Rachel C
Year 7/8: Olivia C
Overall winner year 5/6: Rachel C
Overall winner year 7/8: Olivia C
Kohimarama School Book Fair 2023
Thank you to everyone that supported the Kohimarama School Book Fair - our
organisers, our volunteers and our customers! We sold a whopping $7,635.59 worth
of books, bringing in $2,672.46 in commission to the school which will be spent on
replenishing books in the classrooms.
Thank you so much to those who donated books to the library – Sasha R, Alex C,
Casey F, The Pene Family, Oliver T, Callum P, Louis and Sabine P, Alexia R, The
Pearce Family, Saskia C, Lucas, Isabel and Thomas O, Isabel, Sophia G-W, Adele
and Baz, Stella and Olivia O – over $300 worth of books donated!
And congratulations to our lucky prize winners, Rogan and Nicole! We hope you enjoy your books!
We are looking forward to holding this event again next year! Clifford will be back by popular demand!
PTA News
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/
Certificates & Awards
Congratulations to these outstanding students from Kiri Team and Cowley Team:
- Room 1 – Mark C
- Room 2 – Tyla H, Marie F
- Room 3 – Sebastian D
- Room 4 – Kylie V
- Room 6 – Iris H, Ruby M
- Room 8 – Jake W, William X
- Room 17 – Sylvia R
- Room 25 – Alex I
- Room 26 – Cleo D, Poppy P, Sebastian M, Mina G, Frankie B, Ciara C, Frida R
- Room 27 – Isabelle B
Sport Results
Flippa Ball & Mini Polo Results
- Year 3/4 Kinas
Loss 3-2. POD Whole Team - Year 3/4 Sharks
Win 3-2. POD Robbie C & Henry M - Year 5/6 Blue Bottles
Win 12-0. POD Jeffrey D
Basketball Results
- Year 6 Clippers
Loss 44-13. POD Harry H