Principal's news

Property news  🦺

Work has begun on the next stage of the rebuild. We have access for the trucks at the end of Tyne Street from the backfield (photos below). The hall has come to the end of its life and will soon come down. The old junior playground and block will be demolished soon after. This obviously means we will be temporarily losing more play space. We are taking groups of children down to Nairn Street Park for lunchtime play and class PE when the weather is fine. Also, the MOE has kindly offered to pay for some outings. We have plans in place for a school picnic at Woodhaugh Gardens and other off-site adventures when the weather allows.

I encourage you to come to the school grounds and look at the scope of work from a different angle to realise the project's magnitude and how amazing it will be on completion. 

Please see the letter attached below from Naylor Love regarding Tyne Street access. 

Production news

This year we are holding our school production at the Mayfair Theatre in South Dunedin. 

Please read this article for info about ticketing.

Wig Wednesday

Please read the article here for fundraising for the child cancer foundation next week.

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BOT election

This is your last week to exercise your right to vote. If you have not yet done so, please vote! 

Structured literacy

The leadership team are visiting Holy Family School in Wānaka next week to spend the day seeing SL in action across all age levels and to continue expanding our own professional growth in this area. We look forward to sharing our findings with you.

Kia Manawaroa

Kia Manawaroa is the Ministry of Education pānui for whānau Māori with children in the education system.

Read the latest issue here.

Uke jam on the hill

Mrs Kumar took a bunch of keen ukulele players to jam with the Hills Cluster players yesterday. They performed a variety of waiata, including pepeha by 660 and a waiata that was written and performed by a former Kings' High student. It was fabulous to see Kaikorai representing on the musical stage! Ka mau te wehi! 

Otago Cross Country champs

Well done to the 12 runners that participated in today's event! You all ran so well, and we are proud of you! 

Great work:  Libby, Mia, Penelope, Levi, James, Jedd, Leon, Eli, Jesse, Benny, and to Zander and Makkai, who also qualified but were unable to run today.

Lost property  

Our lost property is out of control and is overflowing. All items in the basket are unnamed and unclaimed. Please have a hunt-through for items you think are missing before they go to the charity store. 

Absences 

Please ring the school office if your child is sick. We no longer use the skool loop app. 

Week 7 Principal's awards

Eric  For showing a great attitude toward learning new tasks and taking on new activities.

Anja  For showing commitment and a great attitude to her learning and groups such as choir and ukulele.

Avery For a consistent and diligent approach to his learning! Keep it up!

Yeva For having a great attitude to learning and always trying her best! Ka rawe koe!

Henry For working hard and encouraging others during our math sessions.

Adele For working hard and always trying her best in everything.

Jade For having a super start to school. We love having you here!

Emma For having a super start to school. We love having you here!

Felix For an outstanding effort at reading and mathematics time. Ka mau te wehi Felix!

Lucile For being a kind, caring friend to everyone in our class and always putting a huge effort into her learning.

Hudson For showing enthusiasm in your learning especially at reading time. You are working hard to learn your sight words.

Hannah For always being a kind and caring member of Rūma Whitu. You are a KAIK Kid!

Freddie For displaying fantastic leadership skills when learning our class dance for the School Production.

Sherlock For his enthusiasm and effort when participating in dance and singing sessions. Sherlock, you are a star!

Daytona For showing enthusiasm for your reading, keep up that love of learning!

Benny For your very creative ideas in your mixed-up fairytale, you sure know how to hook the reader in! 

Heidi For working hard to become an independent learner and showing awesome perseverance to all school activities. Ka pai!

Eddie For being a keen learner and giving everything a go with an enthusiastic and positive attitude! 

Levi For having a positive attitude in class and contributing to discussions. You have a wonderful sense of humour!

Jedd For demonstrating leadership and enthusiasm during our class plays and production dance.

Imea For your wonderful positive attitude to learning and the kind way you treat others. You are a star!

Zac For your fantastic drama skills and your gentle easy going nature. You make our class a great place to be.

Jared  Showing great enthusiasm and good sportsmanship.

Please don't hesitate to contact me anytime; my door is always open.

Beth