Kaikorai Primary School: N e W S L e T T e R

28 March 2014
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 Rishabh Bhan, Tyler Malcolm, Kali Clinch, Oliver Mitchell and their families to Kaikorai Primary School!
PRINCIPALS MESSAGE
Dear Parents, Over the coming weeks you may start to hear news about proposed changes to the way schools will be managed in the future. These proposed changes (tilted Investing in Educational Success) could signicantly alter education in New Zealand, and as such the Board would like to raise this matter for your attention. In particular we would like you to pay special attention to this new policy which has recently been released by the Minster of Education, Hekia Parata, and to think about how it might effect the learning of your child. This new policy would release an additional $359 million dollars into education (something the Board welcomes) but we are concerned that this money will largely be directed to increasing the salaries of only 10% of all Principals and Teachers, and that this will have little direct impact on your childs learning. Part of the policy is to have Executive Principals and Expert Teachers out of their school or class for two days a week supporting up to 10 other schools. A large amount of the support would focus on National Standards which, although important, only makes up a narrow part of educating the child as a whole. It has been estimated that each school could benet by as much as $125,000 per school per year if this money was to be redistributed in other ways. This is a very complex issue and we encourage all parents to take the time and form an opinion on this issue. Kind Regards Kaikorai Primary School Board of Trustees
Important Dates
April 31-4 - Junior Swimming April 4 Entertainment Books delivered 18 - Last Day of Term
Episode 1 KPSTV bit.ly/1h0VGFs
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Junior News Swimming is in full swing now with the Jill Clarke swim school. Now that each class has been grouped according to ability and needs, it is full on practise time for the next 5 days. Having a 9-day slot is going to make a huge difference to the progress the children make. You may like to take the chance to build on the progress your child makes this session by booking holiday swimming lessons. Bees, bees and more bees keep the children buzzing as our topic continues. What a fantastic time we had with Peter and Petra Dearden and the bee team from the University. They came to each class where we made candles, extracted honey, made bee hats, dressed up as beekeepers and looked at REAL live bees in a box. Mr Clarke even turned into a beekeeper. We will continue with bees until the last week when we have some fun Easter activities planned in classes. Middle News Great fun was had by the Middle Syndicate at Warrington Beach. Everyone loved exploring and observing different communities in the different habitats in the rock pools, on the mudats and on the beach. Thanks to all the parents who were able to join us. We do appreciate your help.
Senior News
The senior classes have just completed a very rewarding and challenging week of outdoor education
activities. For the year 6 children this was a four-day camp at Camp Iona near the Herbert Forest. Their experiences included abseiling down a cliff face, conducting a search and rescue exercise to nd an injured parent, developing archery skills, using air pistols, running tness challenges in the mud and sliding down a slippery water slide. On the third day they all went kayaking and yachting on McKerrows Pond. There were many other activities as well. They enjoyed their week and have identied many highlights. The other senior class children also had a week of outdoor activities. They trekked up Mount Cargill, visited the Botanic Gardens for orienteering, and walked around the local neighbourhood learning about some of Dunedins early history. They also swam at Moana Pool, experiencing water survival skills, diving, snorkeling, the hydroslide and the wave pool. It was a fantastic week for everyone. Our writing programme this week is focusing on letter writing as we all write thank you letters to all the parents and teachers who helped during the week.
SCHO O L N EWS
Community Consultation It has been three years since we last completed a thorough review of our school and we seek your help in shaping the next three years. Please click the link below and provide us with your thoughts and feedback. Survey closes on the last day of term. http://bit.ly/OXLQ0N Chat Bus Counselling Service We are pleased to announce that Chat Bus counselling service will be available to all Kaikorai Primary children next term. The trained counsellors that Chatbus uses are happy to see any children who would like to talk about anything that they would like to share. You can request that you child meets the counsellor by ringing the school. The children can also request to see her themselves. More information and a permission letter to access the service will go home in the last week of term. You can nd out more now by going to http://www.chatbus.org.nz Congratulations Emily
Well done Emily for winning race gear and a letter with training tips from Olympian Valerie Adams as part of the CourierPost Give it a TRY Project. Emily created a set of wings from the CourierPost bag her Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon gear arrived in. Emily said the wings would give her the energy to y to the sky. Congratulations also goes to Maddison Baker and Jackson McEwan who won their respective 9 year old races at the recent XRACE event. Finally Congratulations goes to Duncan Bell and Lewis Harper who both had top 10 nishes at the schools triathalon event. The girls team of Sophie Wylie, Emily Joyce and Gemma Rowcroft did especially well with a second place in the teams competition.
SCHO O L N EWS
Winter Sports
Your child may have come home with a notice about playing a sport this winter season. If you have lled this out and returned it that is all you need to do. If however you havent seen a notice and you would like your child to play a sport this winter season please click on the web link. link.linknrothem. CLOSING S P O RT AGE EMA IL WEB LIN K D A TE
Basketball Netball Hockey Year 3 - 6 Year 3 - 6 Year 3 - 6 principal@kaikorai.school.nz cdunn@kaikorai.school.nz treid@kaikorai.school.nz
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Student Work A Fishery Ofcer a very important job in our community Jamie Beaton is a shery ofcer. He tries to protect the underwater environment particularly paua and sh. There are only 5 shery ofcers covering from about the Catlins to north Timaru. I wonder if that's because it isnt a popular job. I wouldnt think so because he said he loved his job. Fishery ofcers venture up and down the coast checking that everybody is obeying the shing rules. Jamie comes from Scotland and came to NZ. Before he was a shery ofcer he was a police man and a sports coach . By Taisei Age 8 Parent Group
PARENTS GROUP AGM The Parents Group AGM was held on Tuesday 25 March. The Committee for 2014 is Tor Devereux (Chairperson and Treasurer), Nikola Ballard (Secretary) and general Committee Members: Christal Allpress, Janet Macpherson, Janet Rhodes, Kirsty Hanson, Mel Pilkinton, Ros Allison, Sara de la Harpe, Simon Clarke, Tiffany Trotman, Vanessa Hornal. MARCH SAUSAGE SIZZLE The Sausage Sizzle held a couple of weeks ago raised $680 which has been contributed to the Year 6 camp costs. Thanks for your support of this fundraiser. ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS The 2014/15 Entertainment Book will be released very soon. An Entertainment Book will be sent home to all families next week on Friday 4 April. Families can then either purchase the Book or return it to school. Additional Books will also be able to be purchased.
Entertainment Books cost $55 each and for each book sold the school gets $11. Coupons in the Entertainment Book can be used between now and 1 June 2015. This year the Entertainment Book is also available as a digital option for use on smartphones. Entertainment Books can be pre-ordered now go to www.entertainmentbook.co.nz/orderbooks/260d518 to purchase Books online. If you would like to support this fundraiser but dont want to purchase an Entertainment Book or youve already purchased one from another school or community group, then you might like to consider making a donation of $11 the prot that we make from the sale of each Entertainment Book. Receipts can be issued for donations. If you have any questions or would like more information about the Parents Group, then please contact Tor Devereux (453-1108, 027-635-1512, devereux@ihug.co.nz).
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28 March 2014

Episode 1 KPSTV bit.ly/1h0VGFs

SYN SCHO D ICA O LTE NN EWS EWS

April 4 April 8 April 11

CO MMUN ITY N EWS

Contact: 0274366168 Email: tennisplus@comf5.com

To register for this program please click on this link - https://reg.sportingpulse.com/v6/regoform.cgi?formID=34187

thank you to our 2014 sponsors!

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