⭐ Nau mai haere mai ki Kaikorai Kura- Welcome to Nollie, Zac and Ani - welcome to Kaikorai School; we are so happy you are here ✏

It has been a week - PBL making and creating, market day and the music soirée! Wow - and it only continues to ramp up to the end of year. Thank you to everyone for supporting our Kaikorai tamariki! 

A reminder that all important dates for your diary, can be found on our website. 📆

Market day 💰

What a success our most recent PBL has been. Designing, prototyping, redesigning, marketing and promoting, making and creating, exchanging money at the bank, budgeting and careful spending ! 

Thanks to our teachers who have made this PBL happen, and have spent many of their own hours buying the materials needed and planning engaging learning programmes for our tamariki. 

Thank you so very much for supporting us! 

Parent interviews and reports 🗣

Reports are delivered to your inbox this afternoon. As it is a new system, I do anticipate some technical difficulties, please bare with us as we navigate these changes. 

The booking form for parent interviews will close on Sunday. Please book a time to kōrero with your child's teacher by following this link. 

Disco tickets 💃🏻

Sales will close at 5 pm today. To purchase a ticket for your child, please follow this link.

WE NEED HELPERS FOR THE DISCO PLEASE - Please complete these forms if you can help.

Junior disco:volunteersignup.org/TYL3E
Middles and seniors:volunteersignup.org/CKTQ4

Kaikorai Primary and Balmacewen Intermediate Orchestra Workshop

What a fantastic our musicians had this week. Read all about it here. The soirée last night was outstanding also, The commitment our musicians have displayed to get ready for this performance is exceptional. Well done to all those who performed.

Principal's awards ✨

Nixon  Always going above and beyond to help new classmates settle into their class and get familiar with the routines. Tino pai!

Theo Continues to show good cooperative skills when working with others, and he also is good at settling to work and demonstrating good independent work habits. Ka pai!

Hugo For designing an excellent advertisement to go alongside his product to sell at our PBL market day. Tino pai!

Yeva Her fantastic work in mathematics. Yeva is a great problem solver. Keep up the super effort!

Jade For always being a kind friend by doing and saying nice things for others!

Charlotte For making super progress in all areas of school and becoming an independent learner. Tino pai rawa atu!

Harvey For trying really hard at writing time even when its tricky. You are doing a fabulous job of adding detail to your stories. Tino Pai!

Layla For her thoughtful contributions to class discussions and her outstanding efforts in all areas of learning.

Gus For creating an excellent final product for the PBL market day. Ka pai hoki koe! Good on you!

Alexis For showing enthusiasm during the preparation of our class assembly. You have sung and performed your heart out! Hei whetū koe! You are a star!

Lara For working independently at her activities and trying hard to complete them to a high standard. Tino pai!

Aria For being a kind and loyal friend and a helpful class member. Ka pai!

Mia For your incredible positivity and manners during our activity week. It was an absolute pleasure to take you out of the classroom.

Benny For your outstanding efforts with helping others during our recent art lessons. Mrs Cleland was so impressed!

Leon For demonstrating the KAIK values everyday! You are always kind and enthusiastic about your learning. Mīharo!

Noah For being a creative thinker and problem solver. You communicate your ideas clearly and come up with great solutions. Mīharo!

Evie For the creative ways you create appliances for your food truck and others. You are a star!

Isaac For the enthusiasm you show towards your learning. I love how your share your knowledge with others.

Talia For your amazing attitude towards our current PBL learning, donating materials, cleaning and organising them and supporting your fellow classmates. Tino pai rawa atu!

William For the energy and enthusiasm you have brought to our learning about money and budgeting. Tino pai rawa atu!

Bodhi For huge progress in writing this term! It is great to see you taking charge of your learning. Tino pai

Lila For an outstanding first year at school. You always put in the hard mahi. You are a Kaikorai super star!

Community news 

• City of Readers’ Summer Reading Programme  📚 From December the 1st, children can register online or at their local library, set their goals and start reading! Once they are registered, children can pick up their summer reading pack from their library or bookbus. The pack includes fun activities and a booklet to record the details of their reading. They can find ideas for books to read, things to do and events on our special ‘City of Readers’ Summer Reading Programme page. Once they have reached their goal, children can take their booklet to their local library to be entered into the grand prize draw for some cool prizes.

• Basketball Otago Holiday Camp  🏀information for Kaikorai students. Registrations can also be made via the links below.

  Year 1-4 January Holiday Camp Registration - https://bit.ly/3F9SLR3

  Years 5 -8 January Holiday Camp Registration - https://bit.ly/3AO4NN6

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