Room 15 2022

 Waterfight Alert!!! When? Wednesday afternoon. What do we bring? Togs or clothes that can get wet, towel, water guns if you have them, wet sponges work well too. Who with? Team Kahikatea - so Room's 12, 14, 15, 16 & 17! We will also have the water slide operating to add to the fun and it will still happen even if it is raining. Sounds like a blast!!!

  Weekly Notices, Term 4, Week 9  Well, it's the final week of the term and Christmas is only 2 weeks away. Thank you to all parents, caregivers and extended whanau for all the work you have put in this year to assist with the learning and progress of your child. School finishes for the year at 12pm on Thursday. Week 9 at a glance... No Swimming this week. Please return any library books that are at home. Monday - End of year School Mass 9am, Children meet their 2023 teacher in the afternoon. Wednesday - Prizegiving for all classes 9am - 11:30  Thursday - Last day of school for the year.  Missioning of our Year 6s. The day ends at 12pm. Letter to Santa Mr Macmillan has said that If children would like to write a letter to Santa, he will set up a letterbox in the hall foyer and children can put their letters in there. There is also a letterbox in the student foyer. School Magazine We are publishing a school magazine again this year, and this will be available during t...

  End of year FUN DAY!!! Monday - Tomorrow!!! To our wonderful whanau, Tomorrow, the 5th of December, the Year 0, 1, 2, 3’s will be having an end of year fun day at school. We will be having some fun outdoor activities, some water play, and Christmas crafts. We will also be having an organised lunch together. Outdoor Activities We will have a camp-like setting for these.  Activities include hut making, campfire, roasting marshmallows, burma trail. Water Play Pool and slip and slide Lunch Rooms 15, 16 and 17  will be sharing their lunch together.  We will have hot chips and hotdogs,  ice blocks, and treats for the Christmas crafts.  Please bring $5 each. What to bring Children can come to school in mufti on this day. Swimming gear - togs and towels. School sun hat. Water bottle. A small morning tea to eat. Money for our lunch. The only food children will need to bring that day is their usual morning tea. The teachers will collect the money and organise the f...

 What!? It's Week 8 of Term 4 already?!!! Holy Cats Batman!!! Week 8 at a glance... Swimming every day this week. Please return any library books that are at home. Monday - Big Day In - Mufti, swimming gear, $5 for the lunch. Tuesday - Tryathlon - bring either a bike or scooter to school if you have one. Library. Wednesday - Swimming, Principals Luncheon, Kapa haka practice. Thursday - Swimming,  Friday - Swimming, Assembly. Tomorrow we have our "Big Day In!" which is looking to be a super exciting day. Tamariki can wear mufti and will need named swimming gear, towel, drink bottle and a sunhat. The weather is looking glorious so please also ensure that they have sunscreen on if you can and maybe an extra t-shirt should they not have a rash shirt. Our sunscreen stations will be out for children to reapply throughout the day. On Tuesday Kakano and rooms 15, 16 &17 students will be having their Tryathlon. Children need to bring their bikes or scooters for this event if ...

    End of year FUN DAY To our wonderful whanau, Next Monday the 5th of December, the Year 0, 1, 2, 3’s will be having an end of year fun day at school. We will be having some fun outdoor activities, some water play, and Christmas crafts. We will also be having an organised lunch together. Outdoor Activities We will have a camp-like setting for these.  Activities include hut making, campfire, roasting marshmallows, burma trail. Water Play Pool and slip and slide Lunch Rooms 15, 16 and 17  will be sharing their lunch together.  We will have hot chips and hotdogs,  ice blocks, and treats for the christmas crafts.  Please bring $5 each. What to bring Children can come to school in mufti on this day. Swimming gear - togs and towels. School sun hat. Water bottle. A small morning tea to eat. Money for our lunch. The only food children will need to bring that day is their usual morning tea. The teachers will collect the money and organise the food. Thank you ...

  Disco this Wednesday and Tryathlon next Tuesday   Junior Tryathlon Year 0-3 will have their Junior Tryathlon on Tuesday 6th December at 11:15 a.m. What to bring: bike/scooter, helmet, sneakers, togs. If Parents are available to help please contact your child's teacher.

Week 7, Term 4 2022!!! Wow!  It's December this week already and only 3 weeks to go till the end of the school year.  The children have been pushing themselves to "finish the year strong".  We had a wonderful time swimming in the rain last week as well as an introduction to Street Racket which the children all enjoyed.  We have another session of Street Racket this week. We are encouraging our children to have a go at something different during learning through play.  All three classes have enjoyed working with the House of Science kits over the last two weeks.  We are looking forward to the next kits to work through.  See below the inventions from our budding engineers! So much thought and effort goes into each creation. There is no swimming for Kahikatea this week. Library Please return all library books this week and have a good search at home for any that have  been misplaced.  There will be no more books issued for this year, but we will...

  Weekly Notices, Term 4, Week 6 Bonjour tout le monde and welcome to week 6. I hope you are all enjoying a relaxing weekend despite all the mixed weather we are getting in late Spring.  Only 4 weeks are left until the end of the term and the school year. The last day of the year is Thursday 15th December. Swimming This is a reminder that all Year 3 classes are swimming again this week. It is an expectation that all children swim unless they have a note with a legitimate reason, as swimming is a part of our Health and PE programme. Please help your child to remember their togs every day. Hats Quite a few children are not coming to school with hats. It is compulsory to wear a hat outside during term 4. We only have a very limited number of spare hats and some children are trying to use a class one every day. This is unfair to those who forget occasionally and actually need to use a spare hat as a one-off thing. Learning We will be continuing our learning programme right up to t...

Wow, what a crazy weekend of weather we have had. I hope you have all had a wonderful time with whanau and managed to rest ahead of another busy week in Kahikatea! Our junior Kapa Haka Roopu performed in the Ahurei at JPC on Friday and were fantastic. They looked extra fabulous in their new kapa haka uniforms and showed passion and pride to be representing St Mary's. A special thanks to Mrs Thompson and Matua Wiki for all the work they have done to get the tamariki ready in time.  Both the senior and junior Kapa Haka Roopu will perform for the school on Monday afternoon, prior to Room 17's exciting assembly. No Swimming: There is no swimming for Kahikatea classes this week. We will resume our swimming in week 6, and 8. Program highlights: This week we are exploring science boxes from The House of Science to learn more about the world around us. Ask your tamariki when they return from school, what box they explored that day. Room 15 are increasing their vocabulary knowledge thro...

  Weekly Notices - Term 4, Week 4   Welcome to week 4, another week full of exciting happenings.  Reminders - Tomorrow (Monday 7 Nov) is a Teacher only day                    - Tuesday- Library for Rooms 15 and 16                    - Wednesday - Library for Room 17                    - Friday 11 November is Room 17's turn for Assembly.  Parents are welcome to come and join us.                    - Friday 11 November - Kapahaka Kahui Ako Ahurei On Friday we have our Kahui Ako Ahurei. There will be schools from Opotiki, Tauranga, Putaruru and Rotorua performing. We have both a junior and senior group performing.  Juniors are being bused back to school at about 10 am and Seniors at 2 pm. The juniors performed at Assembly on Friday and were outstanding.  We wish t...

  Weekly Notices - Term 4, Week 3 Namaste Whanau. I hope you have had a lovely weekend as we head toward November. It looks like the cold weather might leaving us even though the rain persists! We look forward to increasingly warm sunny days at school so please ensure your child has a hat at school every day as they must be wearing it in term 4 when playing outside. We only have a limited supply of spare hats at school. Year 3 teachers have been assessing the progress of our tamariki to gauge where to next for the rest of the year and ensure that the reports are accurate. This has seen some changes to our normal daily routines. We are continuing to develop their independence in managing self through the must do element of their learning. It's been fabulous to see how conscientious and thirsty for learning some students are. We will start setting personal daily goals in class this week to support further development in this area. Farewell Niklaus!  Niklaus and his family head t...