Kakano 6 2022

Kia Orana, It is Cook Island Language Week! Hope you all had a restful, safe weekend. It has been great to have everyone back at school after the holiday break.  Three Way Learning Conferences: A reminder that Tuesday, Wednesday this week are our 3-way conferences. Thank you to all of you who have already booked in a time. Please do so by tomorrow if you haven’t. School will finish early on Tuesday at 2PM. On Friday each child would have received their report and values sheet for you to complete at home. These can be discussed at the conferences. The conferences are also an opportunity for you to discuss your child’s learning with the class teacher.  We recommend children are present at these conferences as the children enjoy sharing their achievements with parents as well as setting new learning goals for the upcoming term.  Please note we have allocated 10minute slots for each interview, if you have more to discuss please let your class teacher know and schedule a meet...

   💥  Welcome back to another Term! 💥 We trust you all had a wonderful break even though the weather was not the best. School Production Term 3 will be a busy term with our school production happening during week 10.  All Kākano children will have a part in our production “Little Red Rocking Hood” and over the next 8 weeks will learn a dance they will perform with their class.  More information will be sent out about the production later in the term. Three Way Learning Conferences: Week 2 of this term is our termly Three Way Learning Conferences.  Please see the attached information on how to book.  A paper report will be sent home with your child at the end of this week. The Three Way Learning Conference is an opportunity for you to discuss your child’s learning with the class teacher.  We recommend children are present at these conferences as the children enjoy sharing their achievements with parents as well as setting new learning goals for t...

  Welcome to all our Kākano families and friends! We cannot believe how this term has flown and we are in our final week. Our tamariki are definitely going to need some down time in the holidays to relax. We hope you all have a fantastic break with your family. Principals Lunch Mr Macmillan will be having a Principals Lunch on Wednesday for some of our children who have been recognised for their hard work or participation in the classroom. The children attending the lunch will be coming home with an invitation. R.E. Books We hope you have enjoyed looking through your childs RE books and seeing what the children have been learning over the last couple of terms. Please can you fill in the whanau page and kindly return the book before the end of the week. The week ahead: Monday: Book giveaway 2-2:15 Tuesday:  Wednesday: Principals Lunch 11:45am-12:45pm Thursday:  Friday: Library Day, please return any library books at home to get new ones for the holiday. Sausage sizzle and...

  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...