KKPS Newsletter, Issue 22, November 30, 2015

Hone Heke Rd
Kerikeri
Phone: 09 407 8414
School txt: 0211242836

Kerikeri Primary School

Inspiring Learning
From the Principal...

email: admin@kkps.school.nz
www.kerikeriprimary.school.nz

Mehemea ka moemoea ahau, ko ahau anake; Mehemea ka moemoea a tatou, ka taea e tatou
When I dream, I dream alone; When we dream together, we achieve together

Tn koutou katoa,

New appointment for 2016: We are opening an additional

Year 2/3 class in 2016. We look forward to welcoming Mrs
It seems ridiculous that it is the 1st December tomorrow! It
Rebecca Thomas to the team in January. Mrs Thomas
was great to see a group of KKPS staff get together and
arrives from the U.K in January and is looking for a house to
enter a float in the Christmas Parade on Saturday. It was
rent. If you know of any options here can you please
even better that the float achieved 3rd Place! Thank you also contact the office. Thank you.
to the Year 5/6 teachers who put the time in to supporting
the Year 6 and 10 Drama performances at KKHS. You can Classes for 2016: The teaching team are about to work on
add choir, sports opportunities, Kapa Haka, camps etc to the class composition for 2016. They will use their holistic
commitment our staff have to providing the best experiences knowledge of the children to put together classes that are
possible as our children progress through their primary
well-balanced and what they consider best-fit between the
schooling. Thank you team and thank you to the community children, their learning and the teacher. These will then be
for your ongoing support.
reviewed by the senior leadership team and shared before
the end of the year. We will enable all children to visit their
new classroom and teacher (where possible) before the end
of the year.
Experiencing Marine Reserves (EMR): The EMR team
visited this week and the teaching team learnt more about
what our Experiencing Marine Reserves curriculum focus
will look like in Term 1, 2016. There are some camp costs
associated with this. Don't let the camp cost sneak up on
you early next year - arrange a payment plan with the office
via online payments or direct debit perhaps.
Firewood for fundraising? The cost of camps can be hard
to meet for some families. I have found firewood raffles an
effective way for children to be able to fundraise for their
personal camp cost. If anybody in the community would be
2016 at Kerikeri Primary School: After a year of a lot of
willing to donate a trailer load of firewood that would be a
structural change in the school we now have many of the
great way to support some children to get to camp and
key fundamentals in place to embark on the next leg of the
benefit from the learning. Please contact the office if you
journey which, amongst other things, is more intensive
inquiry into what we are doing in classrooms and how this is can support here. Thank you very much.
improving learning for our children, what evidence do we
have and what we are going to do next? We look forward to A reminder that this evening we will be screening of the
movie/documentary Most Likely to Succeed in the KKPS
your support as we take on this challenge in 2016!
Hall. The doors will open at 5.30pm and the movie will
begin at 6pm. We will follow up the screening with a brief
BYOD in 2016: Thank you to those people who have
discussion. This movie/documentary is highly acclaimed and
indicated their child will be bringing their own device to
deals with the subject of education and curriculum reform
support their learning in 2016. This is presently open to
with a contemporary focus. We recommend it as a valuable
Years 4-6 in 2016. All Year 3, 4 and 5 families should have
received a letter about this detailing the kind of devices that contribution to discussions about education reform and best
preparing all our learners for lifelong success opportunities.
are useful for learning and some guidelines around the

The KKPS Christmas Parade Float.

minimum specifications. If you have not returned the form to

We look forward to seeing you there.
indicate your child will be BYOD-ing in 2016, please do
so or contact the office to inform us. If you decide to BYOD
at a later date, you are welcome to, but please ensure you
consult with the school before buying a device to ensure it is Ng mihi,
an appropriate learning tool. In order to streamline the
Andrew Read and the KKPS Team
management of devices, we would like to have Chromebooks or Laptops and not tablets or iPads as pupil devices.

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BOISC JUNIORS
Fishing Tournament
SATURDAY 9th & SUNDAY 10th JANUARY 2016
Briefing - Friday 8th January, 7pm
Prizegiving - Sunday 10th January, 7pm
Great Prizes to be won
For entry forms and rules contact:
Bay of Islands Swordfish Club
Email: swordfish@xtra.co.nz
Phone: 09 403 7857
www.swordfish.co.nz
Come on Mums & Dads, Uncles,
Cousins & Mates
Get the kids out on the water
This Tournament is for anglers under the age of 17 years as
at 11 January 2016 and will be run out of the BOISC PAIHIA
Clubrooms. This is a Teams Tournament. Each team must
have a minimum of 2 anglers.

LEARNING WATER SAFETY SKILLS: Kerikeri Primary School children have

been enjoying the Top Energy Swimming Programme for the past two
weeks. They have been learning various water safety practices and
enjoying the fine weather while being in the pool.