Room 16 2021

Can you all put these times on your platforms? LIVESTREAMING TOMORROW'S ASSEMBLIES 9:15am Totara Prizegiving  https://youtu.be/ uK68b_gXrOw 11:15am Kakano Prizegiving  https://youtu.be/ EsY0T0aHXpo 12pm Kahikatea Prizegiving  https://youtu.be/ R9DjtHDy5jc

  Welcome to Week 9 Term 4                      December 12, 2021 Kia ora whānau,  Congratulations on making it to the final week of what has been a fun and turbulent school year. Thank you all for the time, dedication and effort you have put into your children's learning, particularly during the lockdown period.  We sent school reports home on Friday which included a slip with the name of your child's teacher for 2022. All students will be meeting their new teacher and classmates on Monday.  We have been doing Elf on The Shelf in Rooms 16 and 17 this past week. As you can see below on one day the elves decided to not be so naughty and read a story to our toy dinosaurs!! Coming up this week:  Monday - Duathlon  All children will need to bring their togs, towel, hat and sneakers. They can wear their house colours or PE uniform, please ensure all items are named. Unfortunately due to Covid restrictions, t...

  Week 8 - Term 4 - 2021   Weekly Notices, Week 8 Term 4    December 5th, 2021   Kia Ora, Christmas music is playing and the decorations are up, Christmas is only 20 days away which also means that our school year is just about complete. This is the last full week of school and there are a lot of activities. Please remember children's $2 koha tomorrow for our fish and chips lunch. Library books are to come back to school this week if you still have some at home, please. We are publishing a school magazine again this year, and this will be available during the last week of this term. At this stage, there are only to be 100 magazines printed. It will be a great memento of 2021. Orders are being taken now with the cost for the magazine being $10.00. Kahikatea's Big Day In Monday 6th December is our Kahikatea Big Day In. This is a fun day of celebrations as we approach the end of the year. We have a range of fun-filled activities planned. If it is raining we will ...

  Kahikatea Big Day In Dear Parents and Caregivers, Next Monday 6th December is our Kahikatea Big Day In. This is a fun day of celebrations as we approach the end of the year. We have a range of fun-filled activities planned. The children can wear mufti and will need to bring in their togs, a towel, sunhat, sunscreen and a drink bottle of water . Children are allowed to bring labelled water guns for the water fight.  NO WATER Balloons.  Please ensure all items are named (togs, towels, water guns etc.) We would like to have hot chips for a morning tea picnic and would appreciate a $2 koha contribution. Children will still need to bring their own lunch. Unfortunately due to restrictions, we are not permitted to have the usual celebrations of learning with our parents.  Thank you for all your support this year. Kahikatea Team

  Weekly Notices, Week 7 Term 4- November 28, 2021   Good morning on this beautiful summer day.  It is hard to think that there are only three more weeks left of the school year.  Let's make these the three best ones we've had, by being organised, being kind and having a big dollop of patience. 𝅵؜𝅴 Kahikatea is looking forward to our Big Day In on Monday 6 December.  Unfortunately with Covid restrictions, we are unable to invite parents to join us.  Please keep a lookout for a notice which will be sent home this week outlining all the details. Looking back at what was going on this time last year, it was jam-packed with lots of activity - preparing for the curtain going up for Peter Pan, Ahurei, Student Celebration Day at school, Christmas Parade, students competed in inter-school athletics. Unfortunately, many activities have had to be cancelled this year due to COVID and many more will also need to be cancelled. Presently we are looking at how our end o...

  Welcome to Week 6 Term 4 -  November 21, 2 0 21                                    Bonjour  parents and whānau and welcome to Week 5! I hope families are enjoying the early summer weather we are getting and making the most of it to enjoy outdoor activities. There are less than four weeks of learning left until the end of the school year. St Mary's will be finishing at midday on Thursday 16th December. Just a friendly reminder that all students need to bring their  hats  to school, we know how harsh our New Zealand sun is. Also, please continue checking that your child is bringing their  device to school fully charged . We will be continuing with our learning programme right up to the end of the year. Assessments are now mostly finished and data is being analysed as teachers finalise the end of year report writing. Kahikatea Middle School will be having a Big Day...

  Welcome to Week 5 Term 4 -  November 14, 2 0 21                                     Aloha parents and whānau, welcome to week 5! I hope you've had a wonderful weekend and managed to find time to relax with your family. We are over halfway through the term and the busyness is well and truly upon us. We had a fantastic day at Athletics on Monday. The kids all did so well and it was awesome to have some parent helpers as well. A huge congratulations to those students who competed in the gymnastics competition, I know you have been practising hard all year.  Just a friendly reminder that all students need to bring their  hats  to school, we know how harsh our New Zealand sun is. Also, please continue checking that your child is bringing their  device to school fully charged . We will be doing some assessments this week, for which students will require their Chromebo...

  Week 4 Notices-   November 07, 2021 Warm and joyful greetings to you all as I write this post admiring the beautiful sunny weather we are having this Sunday morning. We would like to express our gratitude to all families that helped and supported our school with the working bee yesterday. It was a very successful day with such a great turnout. Plenty of jobs were completed. Thank you once again for your extra helping hands. It is great to see manaakitanga (kindness) and kotahitanga (unity) in action at our school. Special Mention: Congratulations to these families: Thank you everyone for your support in this. PTA Raffle Results 1st Prize Bye Family 2nd Prize Ruden Castillo 3rd Prize Grace Defensor This week will be another busy week for our kids. What's on this week: Monday:   Year 3-6 Athletics Day  8.45 - 2.30pm at the International Stadium Field 2 Please drop off your Y3-6 child/ren at the entrance to the Athletics ground (Field 2) at the International Stadium o...

  Weekly Notices. - Week 3, Term 4 October 31, 2021 Kia ora parents and whānau Welcome to week 3 which is another busy week.  There is no swimming this week or next, and Kahikatea's next turn will be in Week 5.  Team Kahikatea did a great job of leading the school in the Rosary on Thursday.  This was live-streamed from the hall to the rest of the school.             Reminders RAFFLES:  Thank you for your support with the selling of our PTA’s Raffle Books. The books must be returned immediately, sold or unsold. We cannot draw the raffle until all the tickets are in. Thank you. EARLY FINISH FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR STAFF:  Tuesday 2nd November at 2.30 pm, our staff, along with teachers from St Michael’s Rotorua, St Mary’s Putararu and Bishop Edward Gaines in Tokoroa are involved in Titiro Whakamuri kia haere whakamua Professional Development. We will need to finish school at 2.15 pm on that Tuesday so I ask that you pick ...

 Good Evening Parents and Caregivers, There are a number of raffle books that have not been returned to school yet from Room 16 and the PTA now need to complete the raffle draw process. We very much appreciate those families that are able to sell tickets, but fully understand those that are not able and just ask that the raffle books be returned to school unsold. Thank you

Parents - For those who have not already done so - Please fill in the form on the link below ASAP so we can organise Athletics day - Thanks Athletics Day Form   ATHLETICS FOR YEAR 3 TO 6s The sports coordinator has offered free fries to the class that has all their parents fill out the form below. Please take 5 min to fill it out. Our annual Athletics Day will take place on Monday, November 8th. Please click on the form below to help us organize the event. Athletics Day Form

  Week 2 - Term 4 - 2021 WEEK 2 TERM 4 2021. Tokelau Language Week:  Te vaiaho o te gagana Tokelau  Mālo ni, This year’s theme for Te vaiaho o te Gagana Tokelau– Tokelau Language Week is Tokelau! Tapui tau gagana ma tau aganuku, i te manaola ma te lautupuola, which means Tokelau! Preserve your language and culture, to enhance spiritual and physical wellbeing. Swimming - Kahikitea will be swimming for the last 4 days of the week. It is very important that we take part in swimming, a note will be needed from home if the kids aren't swimming. Otherwise, they will be given spare togs. Swimming is part of our P.E. curriculum, the pool is warm and the kids will learn valuable swimming skills.  Library -  Thursdays. FRIDAY- KIDS WILL DRESS UP IN COSTUME FOR THE AFTERNOON FOR SOME HALLOWEEN FUN. THE MONTH OF THE ROSARY.  This month is the month of the Rosary. Kahikitea is leading the Sorrowful Mysteries on Thursday. JPC staff members are here tomorrow to conduct th...

    Welcome back to Term 4 all parents, caregivers and children. We hope that children had a refreshing break and you are enjoying the nice Spring weather (on most days). It is going to be a very busy term with a lot of things happening, including the St Mary's RE Review in Week One. We will have special visitors checking out our lovely Catholic School on Wednesday and Thursday this week. Covid-19  As you are no doubt aware NZ is in the midst of a Covid-19 Delta variant outbreak. St Mary's will continue to operate under Level 2 restrictions. We are continuing to ask parents not to enter the school except for essential matters. If you do need to come in you must wear a mask and sign in at the school office (or use the NZ covid tracer app). We will need to continue to use basic hygiene measures such as handwashing, use of sanitiser, cough and sneeze etiquette and regularly cleaning and disinfecting high touch surfaces. We will continue to make sure everyone sanitises or was...

  Welcome to Week 10 Term 3                 September 26, 2021 Kia ora parents and whānau, congratulations on making it to the last week of term!  It has been a whirlwind of a term with lockdown and everyone has done a tremendous job getting to the end happily and safely. Thank you again for giving our students supportive and loving homes, the adjustment made to school was made a lot easier thanks to that.  Things on this week:  Monday - Principals Morning Tea. Congratulations to those students who were chosen! Tuesday - STEAM EXTRAVAGANZA and Library.  Wednesday - Catholic School's Day  Thursday - Girls 7's Tournament at St Marys and St Vincent De Paul Liturgy  Friday - Golden Time.  Important messages from Mr Macmillan and Mrs Cato: Last week all Year 0-5 students should have brought home a letter inviting parents to provide some information for consideration re the 2022 class placement of their child. A c...