Kohimarama School News - 13th November 2024
School News
A Message from Kiri Team
Kia ora,
This term Kiri Team has been Swimming at CLM The Bays in St Johns. It has been a fantastic experience with children consolidating and extending their skills in the water. The children have been extremely well behaved on the bus and in the pool, making the most of their lessons and making us proud. These lessons are a valuable part of the New Zealand Physical Education Curriculum. After 2 weeks of daily swimming lessons there has been marked progress seen in all the children.
Another highlight of this term has been our Kitchen Science Inquiry. Each week the children have been doing different experiments, making predictions, observing reactions and recording the results. There has been plenty of excitement with the bubbles and bangs!
Discovery Learning is part of our morning programme, it provides a foundation for social, emotional, and cognitive development. Through play, children have opportunities to develop interests and work collaboratively in designing and building, art and crafts, maths, literacy and imaginary play. This develops their language skills, confidence and initiative all while encouraging a love of learning.
Ngā mihi - Kiri Team
Anne Bradley, Nikola Karsten, Amy Ewen, Tayla Swart, Lucy Broadhead, Mikaela Yates, Victoria Clark and Mary Tyler.
The Kohimarama Way - Commitment (Manawanui)
"Commitment isn't something that just happens by chance. Commitment is a capacity, and it grows as a muscle grows, by being exercised." Charlotte Jollo Beck.
Teacher Only Day (TOD) 15th November
A reminder we have a Teacher Only Day this Friday.
Remember, Bizzy Bodz will be available to support you by providing a programme on 15th November. At our earlier TOD 50 students from the school had a fun and exciting day of learning and activities.
Bizzy Bodz
Bizzy Bodz will be open to families needing care for the scheduled teacher only day on Friday 15th November.
Come and join us for a day full of arts, crafts, baking, games and sports!!!
We will be open from 8am-6pm. The “main programme” will run from 9am-3pm with additional before and after care available for those families needing extra care.
To enrol and make a booking, please click the link below to our online booking system, Aimyplus.
https://bizzybodz.aimyplus.com
Create a profile, proceed to a booking under “special day”
If you have any questions, please contact our head office on 09 530 9020 or contact Grace, the Kohimarama Team Leader on 021 678 152
Celebrating the Arts Evening - Monday 25th November @ 6.45 pm
We are celebrating our Rock Band, Woodwind and Brass Bands, Senior Choir and Kapa Haka. We welcome you all to come along and enjoy the hard work that our students have put into their learning this year. We are asking students who are in these groups to arrive at school at 6.30 pm please. Looking forward to seeing you in the Hall.
Patteson House Colour Day
Last Thursday we had our last House Colour Day for the year and it was Patteson’s turn. The school was filled with blue and our Patteson House Captains Joshua C, Carl S, Isabella G and Fletcher D ran some fun activities for Patteson House members during Big Break. The obstacle course was enjoyed by all, as was a good old game of ‘Duck Duck Goose’. Well done Patteson for coming out in blue to support your house!
Great Success - Piano exams
Congratulations to these piano students who have had great success in the latest ABRSM exams, achieving great results.
- Rachel Calder Grade 3 ( pass )
- Bao Luu Grade 4 ( Merit )
- Bien Yeoh Grade 3 ( Distinction)
- Rian Singh Grade 1 ( Merit )
Enviro
Last week, Kohimarama School completed an Enviro Schools reflection and earned Silver status! To celebrate, the Eco-Warriors hosted an Enviro-Reflection assembly, where they showcased the Enviroschools Guiding Principles (Ngā Mātāpono), which include Learning for Sustainability, Sustainable Communities, Te Ao Māori, Empowered Learning, and Respect for Diversity. The assembly featured performances from the Kapa Haka group, the Junior Choir, a presentation of The Kohimarama Way, and an interactive Reflective Quiz, all highlighting our school’s environmental journey.
Following the assembly, the Eco-Warriors and members of the Gardening Club took the reflection team on a tour of our school grounds, answering questions and providing insights. We are all incredibly proud to have earned our Silver Enviro status, which you can now see displayed on the Enviro notice board at the front of the school.
Scholastic Orders
Issue 7 orders are expected to arrive during the week commencing 18 November
Issue 8 catalogue is now out and orders need to be in by 22 November. Don’t forget to tick “gift” when ordering if you want to collect your order from the office instead of it coming home with your child.
Thank you for supporting Scholastic and Kohimarama School this year.
Policies and Procedures
To see the Devices Policy, follow the link below;
PTA News
Working Bee
Lets come together on Sunday 24th November and tidy up our beautiful school grounds. A list of jobs will be sent out through your class coordinators in due course. Please pop your name against any job that interests you. We will gather for a BYO picnic on the field at the end of the day to celebrate our hard work!
“If you are able to join us at the Working Bee, please send an email to kohiptachair@gmail.com with number of people pitching in to help us with planning.”
Colour Splash
Sunday 8th December - We will be holding a “Family Colour Splash”.
Tickets now available on Kindo! Early bird special of $15 per COLOUR SPLASH participant!
If you are keen to manage the BBQ or splash paint powder at those partaking, please join our WhatsApp group by scanning this QR code.
If you have any questions regarding anything you have read, please feel free to reach out to your class coordinator or directly to the PTA on kohiptachair@gmail.com.
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