Week 12

We have made it to the last week of this term!! Thank you all for your hard

work and support this term. It has definitely been one of a kind and we couldn’t

have done it without you. The children have all shown resilience and courage

throughout this term. Last week we tested the children to prepare for reports

and student led conferences at the start of next term. It was so pleasing to see

that most of our children have continued to make great progress in reading,

writing and maths. Thank you also for handing in the children’s report forms

back. A reminder that these will be filled in by us, the teachers, and sent back

to you at the beginning of next term.

This week is filled with exciting end of term activities before a well deserved

school holiday break!

Matariki soup

To learn more about and celebrate Matariki, we will be making a pumpkin soup

during the week. At school we will be preparing the ingredients, cooking the

ingredients, making bread and eating our soup with bread.

Bake Sale Tuesday

The middle school students are holding a bake sale at morning tea time on

Tuesday. Please bring a few dollars to support them. The teachers will take the

Kakano students over to ensure their money is handled properly and they get

to choose a suitable baked item.

School photos WEDNESDAY

School photos on Wednesday. All students must be in correct school uniform.

Girls will be wearing their dresses and skivvies while the boys need to be

wearing their knitted jersey over their skivvy. No polar fleeces will be worn in

the photo.

Principal’s morning tea

This is the termly event held with Mr McMillan where 3 students are recognised

for their hard work or participation in the classroom and are invited to the

morning tea.

PTA SCHOOL DISCO!!!!

Thursday night from 5:30 - 7PM! Children are to be dropped off at the hall

doors and picked up promptly from the hall doors by 7PM. Entry is free

however there will be a bunch of food and drink items to be purchased at the

disco.

Holiday Reading Log

These will be sent home this week. Please record all of the books you read

during the holidays and bring back to school next term. This will ensure your

child is in the running for the reading log draw to win great prizes!

Finally a quick reminder that sausage sizzle/juicy day is on Friday. Library day

is also Friday so please bring your old library books back!! 

We look forward to seeing you this week :)

Week 11

We have another busy week ahead in Kakano. 

Things you need to know:

• School starts at 8:45, please make sure your child is at school by this time.  

If they are late they need to go to the office as they will be marked Late on the roll.

If you have not yet returned the report forms sent home a week ago please do

so ASAP.  If you need a new form please get in touch with your child’s teacher

via email.

• Library is this Friday. Please remind your child to bring their library bags and

books. We have had children not return their books since lockdown so these are

now overdue.

• Sausage Sizzle and Juicies can be purchased on Friday ($1.50 for each).
• It is still important for our children to maintain good hygiene.  We still clean all

surfaces twice a day and ask the children to sanitise their hands as they enter the

classroom.  If your child is unwell they need to stay at home so we do not have

germs being spread around the classroom.

Thank you for all your support,

Kakano Teachers

Week 10

A reminder that due to the lockdown our term has changed and although it is

now week 10, we still have 3 weeks to go as it is a 12 week term! The children have all been coping so well at school and we encourage you to keep up all of

the great support at home to ensure a smooth finish to this long term.

As we are in level 1 now a number of our school routines are back to normal.

School for ALL year groups starts at 8:45am. The morning roll is completed at

this time so please, if you are late, sign in at the office on your way in to make

sure your child has been marked present for the day. The school gates are

open from 8:15am for students to start being dropped off. The teachers have

been so proud of all the students coming into class on their own so confidently!

We congratulate you as parents for teaching them this independence and we

notice how much more settled they are in class in the mornings from being

able to do this. 

It is important for you to know that the teachers are always welcoming and

available for parent concerns or queries around your children. The mornings

are quite busy and we may not get enough time for discussions as this is time

we need to spend with the class. However, once the school bell has gone and

the children have been picked up at the end of the day we are much more free

to speak with families. So please come and see us! It has been a long time

since we’ve caught up with a lot of you and if you’re able to come into school

for a chat at that time then you are welcome to.

Thank you for keeping your children at home if they are unwell. We are still

working hard to keep good hygiene a priority in Kakano. You can help us by

making sure your children are able to wipe their own noses if they are feeling

sniffly and by coughing/sneezing into their elbows. Our children are already

very good at sanitizing their hands where appropriate.

On Friday we have a liturgy in the hall at 9AM. Our school masses in the

church are not going ahead yet but we will still be coming together as a school

to celebrate the Feast of the Sacred Heart.

Mid-year reporting and conferencing 

We have decided due to the Covid-19 outbreak to do our mid-year reporting a little differently this

year. We are very interested in how your child went while learning from home. We would like to use

this information, as well as our observations from school to set goals around the New Zealand

Curriculum Key competencies. On Friday you received a rubric form to complete, keeping in mind

how your child went while learning from home. PLEASE RETURN THE RUBRIC/REPORT TO

YOUR CHILD’S TEACHER BY WEDNESDAY. Teachers will also complete the school part of the

rubric and this information will be sent home during the first week back next term. In week 2 term 3

we will offer 3 way conferences so that we can set goals with you and your child around these for the

future.

The week ahead brings singing on Thursday and our usual Friday, that is

library day and sausage sizzle/juicy day.

Hope you have a great rest of your weekend and we look forward to seeing the

children tomorrow!

Week 9

We have had an amazing week with our lovely Kakano children. The

children are so settled walking into school on their own and are very happy

and content completing their daily tasks.  A big well done to all our parents

and whanau for the great job you are doing to make your children

independent.

Hopefully later in the week we should be able to move to Level 1. This

should mean that there will be even fewer restrictions on us. We will let

you know of any changes as they occur.

Reminders

• School drop off time is now 8:30-9:00. School pick up time is 2:45.
• If it is wet, you will need to pick up from Kakano, please.
• The drinking fountains are still out of action while we are at Level 2.
• Please make sure your child comes to school with a drink bottle filled with water.

The RE team is running an art competition.  See below for details.  Your

child may like to create a piece of art at home for this competition.

Health and Fitness wit Amy

On Wednesday we headed outside to work with Whaea Amy from Sport Bay of Plenty.  We loved playing the games and learning about things that make us healthy.  We knew that running, jumping, walking and playing is good for us and keeps us healthy.  We also learnt that exercise keeps our brains healthy and helps us to feel good.

Week 8

Week 8

What another lovely week we had last week, it is great to see how settled

all the children are at school.  There has been a lot of excitement about

the fairies garden. Several days the fairies visited overnight, the children

have become very interested in this we even have some wanting to make

furniture for the fairy garden.

Thank you to everyone who has their children in the correct school

uniform, please remember to name all of your child’s uniform.  Also if you

have purchased shoes with laces please teach them how to tie the laces

independently, we have also started to work on this at school.

Twice a week your child will bring home a new reading book, these will stay

in their book bag until the following Monday, we ask that you get your child

to read these every night. Please let me know if your child is not wanting

to read at night and I can talk to them about it. This is how we are going

to get your child reaching their goals and moving up the reading rocket.

It is really important to reread these stories to encourage fluency in your

child’s reading and also allows them to develop a comprehension of stories. 

This is just like when you would read a picture storybook several times and

your child can talk about what happens in the book, the characters etc.

We have noticed a lot of the children do not have fruit or vegetables that

they can eat at brain break, they are then getting very hungry before

morning tea at 11:05am.  We suggested a range of foods in their lunch box

including fruit/vegetables as well as foods from the other food groups,

not just all packet food. Here are some amazing lunchbox ideas.

We go to the library on Fridays, please have your child’s library bags with

books back to school on Friday morning so your child can pick two new

stories to bring home and enjoy. 

Thank you to everyone for having the reading packs sent home during

lockdown.

I hope you have had a lovely long weekend,  and I look forward to seeing all

the children tomorrow.

Mrs Thomson
Lorraine