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Important Dates

Feb 6 - Waitangi DayFeb 8 - JuniorNeighbourhood SupportBBQ 11-12pm, Nairn StPark (TBC)Feb 13 - Meet theTeacher eveningFeb 19,20,21 - MaraeVisitsMarch 5,6,7 - ParentTeacher Interviews

March 25 - AnniversaryDayMarch 29 - Easter FridayApril 1 - Easter MondayApril 2 - School ClosedApril 19 - Last Day ofTerm

KAIKORAI PRIMARY

SCHOOLN e w s l e t t e rA very specia l welcome to Georgia McKinnon, Whetu Price-Koopu,

Will Baron, Ben Sinclair, Hope Stapley, Cormac de la Harpe, MegAllison, Zachary Peacock, Anna Telfer Chiles, Tomas Whelan-

Henderson, Maggie Hunt, Simon Geertsema, Hayley Fogarty, Toa

Haggie, Zachary Scott, Nadia Scott, Eva Reynolds, OscarMcConaughy, Owen Sanderson, LaQuan Sem-Cheyne, Malachi Sem-Cheyne and Kaleb Purches and their families to Kaikorai Primary

School!

PRINCIPALS MESSAGE

Dear Parents

A very warm welcome back to another year at Kaikorai

Primary School and a special welcome to the many new families who

started with us today.

We hope that everyone has had a chance to relax and enjoy spending

time together over the holidays and that your child is excited about

coming back to school this year.

We are very excited about the year ahead and working with your childthis year. One of our goals this year is to make our values more explicit

so that children are able to clearly articulate what makes for a great

Kaikorai student. These values are included in this newsletter and will

referred to throughout the year.

Kind regards,

Simon Clarke
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SCHOOL NEWS

Meet the TeacherWe are holding a Meet the Teacher evening on Wednesday the 13th of February starting at

5.30pm for the Junior and Senior classes and at 6pm for the Middle Syndicate.

This meeting will take 20-30 minutes and it is not designed to talk about your childs needs asyou will have an opportunity in March to have an individual meeting. Your child will besupervised during this time by the staff.

The meetings will be in your childs room and teachers will discuss what learning will look like intheir classroom. They will explain their literacy and numeracy programme, homeworkexpectations and exchange contact details.

We would also like to take this opportunity to talk to as many parents collectively during thisevening. The Principal, Simon Clarke, would like to discuss the school values in more detail, theupcoming year and also the second stage of the uniform consultation. This will take place in theschool hall and will also be in split sessions with start times of 5.30 and 6pm. We hope that youare able to attend both the class and hall visit during this hour.

School Donation and other feesA donation of $65 (no separate photocopy fee this year) is sought so that we can provide the

highest quality resources and appropriate staffing for your child. This donation can be paid ininstallments via the accounts system in the school.

The school has signed on for another year of the mathletics.co.nz web site for students in year1-6. This is a very valuable resource as it helps your child develop math confidence and skills attheir own pace and it makes up an important part of our math programme. It is also able to beused both at home and at school The cost for this is $20 and will be put onto your account.

CommunicationKaikorai Primary School is a silver level Enviroschool, and as such it is important that we try toreduce the amount of paper that we use. We would like to send future newsletters homedigitally, not only is it more environmentally friendly but also to save the school money. We dounderstand that not every family has the internet and we are happy to print copies for familieswho need a hard copy. Please fill out the form below requesting a hard copy of the newsletterfrom now on. If you have not received this newsletter electronicallythen please fill out the emailsection so we can update our database.________________________________________________________________________________I would like to receive a hard copy of the school Newsletter - Name_____________________________ Rm __

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Kaikorai Kiwis

Our transition to school

programme begins Wednesday13 February.If you have a child or know of someone witha child who has turned 4 and are interestedin attending then please contact SusanOldfield at school or [email protected]

Lunch OrdersSushi Tuesdays will return on Tuesday the11th of February. Smart Lunches areavailable from the 7th of February and ournew lunch programme begins on Friday the8th of February. Simply visitwww.lunchonline.co.nz to register and viewmenu.

SCHOOL NEWS

Walking School Bus

A Walking School Bus operates every school morningfrom the corner of Highgate and Belgrave Crescent (at

the top of Ross St, just along from Roslyn Kindergarten)

to Kaikorai Primary School.

The Walking School Bus leaves from this point each

school morning at 8.20am. Children can also join the

bus along the way. We walk straight along Highgate to the

Roslyn Village, cross Highgate there (via the 2 pedestrian

crossings) and then continue along Highgate to the

pedestrian crossing between Selkirk Street and Fifield

Street, cross over at the crossing, go around the corner

into Wright Street and then along to the school entrance.

The Walking School Bus is a fun, healthy, safe and

environmentally friendly way for children to get to school

- and it means that parents dont have to deal with the

hassle of the busy traffic around the school and trying tofind a park!

Every morning 3 adult volunteers walk with the children

on the Walking School Bus to ensure that everyone gets to

school safely.

All children are very welcome on the Walking School Bus.

Thewalkisgreatexerciseandthekidsenjoytalkingwith

oneanotheralongtheway.Ifyoudliketotryoutthe

WalkingSchoolBusjustcomealongonemorning.

Formoreinforma?on,pleasecontactTorDevereuxon

[email protected],453-1108or027-635-1512.

Road Patrols

The DCC has removed the pedestrian crossing on

Tyne St for a variety of reasons.

1. It is part of an overall traffic management planthat includes a change in parking restrictionsand the inclusion of pedestrian controlled lightson Highgate Rd.

2. DCC evidence suggests that children often useunsupervised pedestrian crossings in an unsafeway. They assume that they are safe because ofthe white painted lines and often cross withoutchecking.

We are able to create our own supervised safe zoneusing cones etc but this can only happen with thesupport of our parent community. We are veryshort on parent helpers this year and we will nolonger be able to provide morning supervision onthe Tyne St crossing until further notice. If you areable to help in anyway please contact Suse [email protected].

Our SponsorsMany thanks to all of our sponsors for 2012. We certainly hope that parents have supportedthose businesses that have sponsored us. We currently have a few spaces available for 2013. If

you would like your business promoted through our newsletter, website and phone app thenplease do not hesitate to contact the office.
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