Kakano 6 2022

  Welcome to all our Kākano families and friends! We hope you all had a lovely day with your families on Friday celebrating Matariki.  We celebrated the Sacred Heart Mass in Church last Thursday and we all commented on how well-behaved the children were and how beautifully they sang during Mass.  Although the mornings have been colder this week, it has been great for the children to be able to get outside during break times. Please make sure your child has a woollen jersey or polar fleece to put on when outside, as it can be a little chilly or windy.   This week we welcome Melissa Elvidge to the Kākano team as she is opening the new class (Kākano 8).  This class will be in Room 11 (the classroom close to the astroturf).  We look forward to seeing all the children starting school tomorrow in Kākano 8. Matariki Cultural Dinner On Thursday night at 5:30pm  we are having our Annual Matariki Dinner.  All of our school families are invited to this ...

  Kia ora Kākano whānau! The shortest day of the year (in terms of sunlight hours) occurs on Tuesday this week and marks the winter solstice. This also brings cooler weather for the next few weeks, so make sure you wrap up warm each morning before coming to school. Fingers crossed the rain stays away this week and we get lots of time out in the fresh air. Our play provocations continue to be around planet earth and beyond this week.  Congratulations to Klara in K6 who won the Young Vinnies talent show last week. Your creativity and originality made you shine like the super star you are Klara! Well done! Matariki Public Holiday - School closed on Friday This year marks the first year that we have an official public holiday to celebrate Matariki on June 24th. In Māori culture, Matariki is both the name of the Pleiades star cluster and of the celebration of its first rising in late June or early July. This marks the beginning of the new year in the Māori lunar calendar. Matariki...

  Kia ora Kākano whānau! Well, winter feels like it is well and truly here.  It has felt like the rain has not stopped falling for days.  Here's hoping the sun will start to shine again soon. June also starts the month of Matariki, over the next two weeks our play focus is on planet earth and beyond.  The teachers will be providing opportunities for the children to participate to extend their learning around this. The young vinnies have been running a talent show, we have several Kākano children in the finals and will be there to support them on Monday. Sickness As we move into winter we are being notified of more illnesses going around our classroom.  Last week we had children away with chicken pox, step throat, vomiting and diarrhea as well as a virus that is causing high fevers.  We ask that if your child is sick please keep them home.  Giving them pain relief is not enough, they need rest.   Please also remind your child about hand washin...

  Kia ora Kākano whānau! We hope you have had a great long weekend and have kept safe and dry. REMINDER: Tomorrow Tuesday 7th June is a Teacher Only Day. There will be no school. If you are needing childcare then please contact Maryanne Rolling on 0211215599. The teachers are out on a course at John Paul College all day. It will be a short and sweet week for our tamariki in class this week and we look forward to seeing them all on Wednesday. The teachers will still be sending home their reading homework this week. However, this will most likely be a review of some of the concepts they have already been learning about, rather than a new book.  Attending Pentecost Mass last week was a highlight of our school year, as it was the first time we have all been in the church together as a school! The children were very well behaved and their singing was beautiful. Have you had a chance to ask them what Pentecost is all about? The week ahead: Tuesday: Teacher Only Day Wednesday: Norma...

Today we went to church to see the Mary Icon. The painting has Mary, the mother of Jesus, Jesus, Four buildings and Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Mary was wearing a beautiful cloak of ocean blue feathers, What a coincidence because that represents the oceans. At the bottom of Mary's cloak was a red, black and white poutamu, that represents the staircase to heaven. In Mary's hand was a fern with twelve fronds, these fronds represent the twelve apostles. Jesus was wearing a rare kiwi cloak of kiwi feathers, called kahu kiwi. Also in the painting was a winged matua, winged ox, a winged lion and a winged eagle, These are Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, just a few of Jesus' apostles.