KKPS Newsletter, Issue 1, February 12, 2015

Kerikeri Primary
School Newsletter
Tena koutou katoa,
Welcome to the first newsletter of the year. It has been a
pleasure to meet so many of you and to see the smiles and
enthusiasm of the children coming in to school each day.

Hone Heke Rd
Kerikeri 0230
Phone: 09 407 8414
School txt: 0211242836
email: admin@kkps.school.nz

P.T.A: We are lucky to have such a strong group of Parents

and Teachers supporting the school. On Tuesday night, the
P.T.A held its first meeting for 2015 and announced
funding for 90 new netball uniforms, $400 worth of library
books and $15,000 worth of digital tools such as Chromebooks/Tablets for classrooms! Thank you P.T.A and the
community for your support. The money raised has a direct
impact on your childs learning and experience at Kerikeri
Primary School. If you would like to join this seriously social
yet highly effective team, please contact the office for the
P.T.As details. Nothing Trivial 3, Friday May 8, 6:30pm,
KKPS Hall. Prepare yourself for a night of stone-age
fundraising. $100 per table, max 8 people per table. More
information coming soon.

We have had a great start to 2015. This began with 3 Teacher

Only Days for teaching staff. During this time staff worked on
a KKPS Professional Charter; a foundational statement that
reflects our beliefs around our professional responsibilities to
Leaners, Whanau, the Community, The KKPS Team, and
Ourselves. This was an excellent opportunity for us to set the
scene for the journey ahead and to reflect on the Registered
Teacher Criteria and Code of Ethics. We also introduced
the Professional Learning and Performance Management
programme for 2015 and had a guest facilitator work with staff School Donations: Unfortunately Government funding only
on integrating eLearning tools such as Google Apps for supports schools at a basic, no-frills level. As a result, the
Education, into the classroom.
school donation is important in enabling the school to provide
better resources and learning experiences for children. The
Classes have since been working on establishing all of the
donation requested in 2015 is as follows: 1 child: $126, 2
very important expectations and routines for how we learn
children: $168, 3 or more children: $210. Setting up a
together at KKPS.
payment plan is an option as is making online payments to the
school account: 12 3091 0080301 01. Reference: Your childs
surname. Code: Room Number ie; R16. Particulars:
Donation. The school donation will be used to further
enhance technology in our classes and to begin to establish a
Multimedia Centre that could potentially include a Radio
Station and Digital Video Production facilities so children can
express and share their learning through digital media. This
vision can become a reality much quicker with your support for
school donations. Contact the office for staggered payment
options or further queries. Thank you.

Miss Smallman and Room 3 setting their expectations for

how they will learn together with the support of Freckles
the puppet.
Meet
the Teacher Evening: Next Thursday 19th
February 5-7pm. This is a relatively low-key and informal
opportunity for you to meet the teacher/s of your child/children
and to further establish this important relationship. It is not a
time for a Parent-Teacher Conference, but a time to get to
know each other a little better and ask generally How is _____
settling in? or to make an alternative time for a more in-depth
discussion if you wish. It would be great to see every family
represented. The P.T.A will have a sausage sizzle, drinks and
juicies stall. Sausages and Drinks $2, Juicies $1. All proceeds
will be used to help buy technology for the school.

Swimsafe: This week we have had the Top Energy Swimsafe

team in working with children on developing their awareness
and skills relating to safe water behavior and marine survival
skills. Ask your child to share what they learned and you may
be able to build on this learning when in or on the water during
the remainder of the summer.
Afternoon Bus Organisation: Thank you to those parents
who have phoned the office regarding their child's organisation
for catching a bus over Term 1. We have two aspects to
helping place pupils correctly on their bus. One sheet records
their weekly placement on a bus whilst the daily sheet records
changes that a parent has rung in for that particular day. It is
so helpful to be advised about changes as we often hold a bus
looking for a pupil who has been collected but we have not
been informed. The safety of your child is vital so we ask that
you call Carol in the office on 407 8414 to log the weekly bus
plan and then call on days where there is a change to bus arrangements. Thank you - Lynne Oldham - Deputy Principal/
Bus Support
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KKPS Newsletter, Issue 1, February 12, 2015

Kerikeri Primary
School Newsletter

Hone Heke Rd
Kerikeri 0230
Phone: 09 407 8414
School txt: 0211242836
email: admin@kkps.school.nz

Road Safety: Thank you for taking extreme caution, Under 9 and 10s at 10am, Under 11 and 13 at 11am, Under 14
following school procedures and considering our children at 12pm. All new members need to bring a photo and birth
and other road users when driving and parking around the certificate please.
school during drop-off and pick-up times.
Senior Swimming Sports 2015: This year the Senior
Swimming Sports is going to be held at the Kerikeri High
School Pools on the 3rd March. Children from the senior
classes (Rms 1, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, and 26) will be
participating in freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, flutterboard
glide and back scull (please ask your child what they have
been entered into).
The order of races will be:
Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke, Flutterboard glide, Back
Scull and class relays (from 9.15 am onwards).
Parents are most welcome to come along and support their
children. We will also require some parents to be timekeepers,
as the strokes will be timed and finals will be held.
Children learning survival skills during the Swimsafe programme

Cricket: The senior students have enjoyed having Northland

Cricket coaches working with them this week as part of NZ
Crickets promotion of the 2015 ICC Cricket World
Cup. Children learnt how to bowl and hit a cricket ball and
ended the session with a modified game of Speed Cricket .
Mrs Hancock aka Brenda McCullum deserves a special
mention as she wowed her class with her 6-hitting skills!

The top 3 swimmers will then participate in the Inter School

Swimming Sports to be held on the 19 March at Kawakawa.
If you have any questions, please contact Dave Kirkland.
Electronic newsletter: We would like to begin sending
electronic newsletters and other communications directly
to email addresses. There are several reasons for this:
the ability to put more photos and detail in newsletters
without the concern for print costs

environmentally friendly
Contact details: This week we sent home a document
containing your contact details and general information. We Reducing our $25,000 annual reprographics bill!
ask that you please review this and send it back to your childs
classroom teacher with details updated where necessary by you can share it easily with friends and relatives around the
tomorrow, Friday 13th February. Thank you.
country and overseas

No Toys please: Please do not send your child to school with

any toys or electronic games, iPods etc. There can be tears
when things get lost, shared, borrowed or broken etc.
Kurbside Rodders: The Kurbside Rodders Hot Rod Club are
holding a Street Meet on Saturday 28th February on the Main
Street. Children have been invited to enter a colouring
competition and/or to build a mini Hot Rod out of recyclable
materials and take it along to be judged on the day. Winners
receive a ride to school in a Hot Rod! Details at the school
office.

In many schools and organisations it is now the standard

format for bulk communication

A large proportion of people have email/smartphones etc

The email address provided to the school will be the

nominated account for the electronic newsletter, unless you
notify the office of another preferred address. If you do not
provide any email or do not have one, the oldest or only child
you have at the school will receive a paper copy each week.
The date for the rollover to e-newsletters will be
announced soon.

Interested in an after school choir experience? Tuesdays

3:15 - 4:15 pm at the Turner Centre. $50 per term (10 weeks). Have a fantastic weekend and get behind the Black Caps!
Contact:
verapluylaar@hotmail.com You are also very Look forward to seeing you all next Thursday at the Meet the
Teacher BBQ.
welcome to come along and try out. ($5 per session)
Kerikeri Rugby Club: are having their weigh-in for the 2015
season on Saturday 7th March. Under 7s and 8s at 9am,

Andrew Read and the KKPS Team