30 January 2013

KA IK OR A I P R I MA R Y SCHO O L
N e w s l e t t e r
A very special welcome to Georgia McKinnon, Whetu Price-Koopu, Will Baron, Ben Sinclair, Hope Stapley, Cormac de la Harpe, Meg Allison, Zachary Peacock, Anna Telfer Chiles, Tomas WhelanHenderson, Maggie Hunt, Simon Geertsema, Hayley Fogarty, Toa Haggie, Zachary Scott, Nadia Scott, Eva Reynolds, Oscar McConaughy, Owen Sanderson, LaQuan Sem-Cheyne, Malachi SemCheyne 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 child this 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.

Important Dates Feb 6 - Waitangi Day Feb 8 - Junior Neighbourhood Support BBQ 11-12pm, Nairn St Park (TBC) Feb 13 - Meet the Teacher evening Feb 19,20,21 - Marae Visits March 5,6,7 - Parent Teacher Interviews March 25 - Anniversary Day March 29 - Easter Friday April 1 - Easter Monday April 2 - School Closed April 19 - Last Day of Term

Kind regards, Simon Clarke

Wright St, Roslyn 4640065 www.kaikorai.school.nz

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SCHO O L N EWS
Meet the Teacher
We 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 as you will have an opportunity in March to have an individual meeting. Your child will be supervised during this time by the staff. The meetings will be in your childs room and teachers will discuss what learning will look like in their classroom. They will explain their literacy and numeracy programme, homework expectations and exchange contact details. We would also like to take this opportunity to talk to as many parents collectively during this evening. The Principal, Simon Clarke, would like to discuss the school values in more detail, the upcoming year and also the second stage of the uniform consultation. This will take place in the school hall and will also be in split sessions with start times of 5.30 and 6pm. We hope that you are able to attend both the class and hall visit during this hour.

School Donation and other fees

A donation of $65 (no separate photocopy fee this year) is sought so that we can provide the highest quality resources and appropriate stafng for your child. This donation can be paid in installments 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 year 1-6. This is a very valuable resource as it helps your child develop math condence and skills at their own pace and it makes up an important part of our math programme. It is also able to be used both at home and at school The cost for this is $20 and will be put onto your account.

Communication
Kaikorai Primary School is a silver level Enviroschool, and as such it is important that we try to reduce the amount of paper that we use. We would like to send future newsletters home digitally, not only is it more environmentally friendly but also to save the school money. We do understand that not every family has the internet and we are happy to print copies for families who need a hard copy. Please ll out the form below requesting a hard copy of the newsletter from now on. If you have not received this newsletter electronicallythen please ll out the email section so we can update our database.
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Wright St, Roslyn 4640065 www.kaikorai.school.nz

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SCHO O L N EWS
Kaikorai Kiwis Our transition to school programme begins Wednesday13 February. If you have a child or know of someone with a child who has turned 4 and are interested in attending then please contact Susan Oldeld at school or at soldeld@kaikorai.school.nz Lunch Orders Sushi Tuesdays will return on Tuesday the 11th of February. Smart Lunches are available from the 7th of February and our new lunch programme begins on Friday the 8th of February. Simply visit www.lunchonline.co.nz to register and view menu.
Road Patrols The DCC has removed the pedestrian crossing on Tyne St for a variety of reasons. 1. It is part of an overall trafc management plan that includes a change in parking restrictions and the inclusion of pedestrian controlled lights on Highgate Rd. 2. DCC evidence suggests that children often use unsupervised pedestrian crossings in an unsafe way. They assume that they are safe because of the white painted lines and often cross without checking. We are able to create our own supervised safe zone using cones etc but this can only happen with the support of our parent community. We are very short on parent helpers this year and we will no longer be able to provide morning supervision on the Tyne St crossing until further notice. If you are able to help in anyway please contact Suse suse@paradise.net.nz.

Our Sponsors Many thanks to all of our sponsors for 2012. We certainly hope that parents have supported those 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 then please do not hesitate to contact the ofce. Walking School Bus
A Walking School Bus operates every school morning from 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 Field 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 trafc around the school and trying to nd 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. The walk is great exercise and the kids enjoy talking with one another along the way. If youd like to try out the Walking School Bus just come along one morning. For more informa?on, please contact Tor Devereux on devereux@ihug.co.nz, 453-1108 or 027-635-1512.

Wright St, Roslyn 4640065 www.kaikorai.school.nz