School Newsletter - 29th May 2024
A Message from Snell Team
The year 6 camp has made its mark as a great highlight of 2024. The bus eased into lakewood lodge under a soft blanket of fog with students brimming with excitement. There were great activities such as kayaking, archery, rock climbing, horse riding, a water slide and Survivor. During Survivor, students had to create a bivouac to protect themselves from the harsh elements of wind and rain as well as building their own fires and even cooking their own lunch and dinner! It is safe to say we have some great cooks here in Year 6. A scrumptious meal of tomatoes, onion, carrot and mince made the cold of the night fade away and smiles were worn all around. A highlight for all was the famous mud run in which students mustered their courage to face the cold, wet mud for a bit of classic kiwi fun. Students thrived in this new environment with relationships being strengthened and fears being overcome. During the last night of camp, each camp group performed their skits with some interesting and humorous originality.
A massive thank you to Lakewood lodge, the teachers and parents for making an amazing 4 days possible.
The Kohimarama Way - Reliable
"You need not wonder whether you should have an unreliable person as a friend. An unreliable person is nobody's friend." Idries Shah. "Then the more reliable and consistent we are in our follow through, and our relationship repair work the deeper trust grows." Gina Sienarighi
Thursday 30th May – Grandparents Day
Grandparents and special older friends are invited to visit their grandchild’s classroom in the morning. Grandparents are welcome from 8.55am to 10.30am.
Student Leaders will be at each gate ready to help guide grandparents to classrooms.
Grandchildren will show their grandparents to the hall for morning tea at 10.30am, finishing at 11am. Students will not be staying in the hall for morning tea.
Teacher Only Days
A reminder we have Teacher only days coming up.
- Friday 31st May (After Grandparents day)
- Tuesday 4th June (After Kings Birthday on the Monday)
- Tuesday 29th October (After Labour weekend)
- Friday 15th November
Student Fundraiser - Friday 7th June
This term we are raising funds for Cystic Fibrosis. In our community we have students and parents who have this disease and we are raising funds to support this cause next Friday. We ask students to wear as much purple as possible with their usual clothes and bring $2. If students participate, they do not come to school in uniform on this day.
Te Rōpū Pourewa Kāhui Ako
Kohimarama School, part of Te Rōpū Pourewa Kāhui Ako, which includes Ōrākei School, St Thomas's School, and Stonefields School, recently participated in a collaborative event. Last Thursday, teachers from all four schools gathered to learn Ki o Rahi, a traditional Māori game rich in history and cultural significance. It was inspiring to see teachers fully engage and immerse themselves in the game, with the intention of bringing this dynamic and historical sport back to their classrooms to teach their ākonga.
Pre-Loved Sale
The Barfoot and Thompson Young Authors Challenge
The Barfoot and Thompson Young Authors Challenge is now open.
The theme is 'A choice I made'
The categories are
Primary: up to 250 words
Intermediate: up to 500 words
Secondary: up to 750 words
Category winners receive a whopping $500 cash and books worth $250.Plus, our school gets $1,000 and $1,000 worth of books. How good would that be!
You can read more about it here
Barfoot and Thompson writing challenge link
Entries close August 2nd so there is plenty of time to get your winning entries in.
Certificates & Awards
Congratulations to these outstanding students:
- Room 1 – N/A
- Room 2 – N/A
- Room 3 – N/A
- Room 4– N/A
- Room 6 – N/A
- Room 8 – N/A
- Room 16 – N/A
- Room 17 – N/A
- Room 25 – N/A
- Room 26 – N/A
- Room 11 – Alexander B, Maya H
- Room 12 – Abigail N, Honor R
- Room 13 – Meila A, Hunter R
- Room 14 – Carson Z, Bodie A
- Room 15 – Sebastian M, Shahid B
- Room 18 – N/A
- Room 19 – N/A
- Room 20 – N/A
- Room 21 – Fletcher D, Sam D
- Room 22 – Miles L, Forest A
- Room 23 – Louisa W, Zoe F
Caught Being Good - "Greenies"
Thank you for doing the right things in the playground, supporting each other, including each other and have fun together. Our fortunate recipients for the last fortnight were:
- Charlie Rm 17 for Respect Patteson
- Remi Rm 25 for Respect Atkin
- Hansey Rm 26 for Reliability Selwyn
- Leo Rm 14 for Friendliness Selwyn
- Pierre Rm 15 for Reliability Colenso
- Oliver Rm 18 for Reliability Colenso
Sports Results
Flippa Ball & Mini Polo Results
- Bearded Dragons
Win 6-0. POD Stella O - Kinas
N/A - Year Sharks
Win 1-0. POD Zara F - Bluebottles
Loss 0-9. POD Immy P
Netball Results
- Year 7 Sparks
Win 7-5. POD Zoe F
Policies and Procedures
To see the Curriculum and Student Achievement Policy, follow the link below;
Communtiy Notices
