I never knew the phrase ’I’m tied up with work’

could be so literal! Being taped to the tree was fun (for the

kids) and despite Mr Whiteman’s proposal to me to be tied up

somehow failed to mention the water balloons, I actually

thought it was a good laugh... someone has to be the

entertainment! Silly things like this can help the kids get to

their camp and creates great ‘remember when…’ moments.

Interest in the V8 Supercars trip is pretty hot. We

have 48 tickets to cover both adult and student entry. Whilst

we want the students to have a great day and have an awesome

experience, clearly many parents are keen to go because of the

nature of the event; which is cool. The Board and I (based on a

real need for a Working Bee around the school) have a ’price’

for adults. We would like to exchange a V8 Supercars ticket

for your support at a Working Bee (date to be before

Christmas).

We have many projects big and small that require

your skills and man/woman power. As we do not employ a

caretaker at the school, a spring clean of the grounds often

falls to just a select few. I would really like to see a big turnout

from parents - many hands make light work.

Some of the projects include:

Painting the swimming pool

Planting the fruit trees

Re-concreting the rebound wall by the field

A tidy up in the bush area

General cleaning up of the gardens

Cleaning out the gutters

Washing down the school buildings

We would like our working bee to be a great social day too,

with a BBQ, some refreshments and a chance to chat to your

neighbours while giving back to the school. The board and I

appreciate that many people often give of their time (for

fundraising etc) and that everyone is busy. The reality is

though that the jobs need doing and all fundraising efforts will

go to waste if we have to employ people to do these jobs.

To find a date/dates that work for people, please text me your

preferred date.

All (light-hearted) notions of bribery for the V8 tickets aside,

even if you are not interested in going to Pukekohe, we really

need your help at the working bee.

Cheers everyone

Terry

Week 2 Term 4 2015

To be the best we can be

P R I N C I P A L ’ S

P I E C E

A . K . A M Y

M U S I N G S

I M P O R T A N T M E S S A G E

UPCOMING EVENTS:

26th October Labour Day

28th October Group Day

30th October Halloween Disco (Ngarua camp

fundraiser)

6th November V8 Supercars at Pukekohe—school

trip

11th November Kaihere School Athletics, community

lunch and Paint a Tile

13th November Year 8 testing for HPC

30th November—Torehape trip

30th November-1st December Ngarua overnight

camp to Auckland Zoo

9th December School Production

4th Friday December Year 8 Leavers Dinner

11th December Final Assembly 1.00pm Kaihere Hall

14th December last day of the year

Dates to be confirmed:

Year 8s at Rainbow’s End

Year 8 and Parents walk around orientation visits

Bike week

Whole school trip to Cambridge Avantidrome and

bike park

R E M I N D E R S

The school cell phone is generally causing problems

and is out of service. If you need to let us know any-

thing please could you either text Terry ( 021 026

75462) or leave a message on the school phone for

the time being. Thanks!

REMINDER

Each term Kaihere School asks for a small donation

of $10 per child per term. Please support us by

sending to school your child’s paper levies, if you are

unsure if you have already paid please contact the

office. Many thanks for your support.

S C H O O L A N D C O M M U N I T Y N O T I C E S

PAEROA LIONS FIREWORKS DISPLAY

On Saturday 31 October 2015 our club will be holding its 26th Annual Fireworks Display at Paeroa Domain with gates opening at 5..pm.Our aim is to provide a night of family entertainment with a great fireworks dis-play at a reasonable price.We can now confirm that an internationally rated troupe of skateboarders will be put-ting on a display commencing at5.30pm. We will open the gates at 5.00pm. This year we have also been able to attract a food stall selling Mussel Fritters. We will be acknowledging “Halloween” in a moderate way, with children dressing to mark the occasion having the op-portunity to win prizes.Despite these additional activities we are retaining entry at $15 for a family ticket which covers 2 adults and 2 children. We use the services of a longstanding Auckland fireworks display provider and there is entertainment as well as food and drinks availa-ble on site. NO ALCOHOL OR PERSONAL FIREWORKS ARE ALLOWED ON THE GROUNDS..FIREWORKS CAN BE LOUD AND WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU USE EARPLUGS OR SOME OTHER DEVICE TO REDUCE THE PERSONAL NOISE LEVEL WHEN THE FIRE-WORKS ARE BEING DISPLAYED. We will do our best to have some earplugs available for sale at the gates.

Ngatea Swimming Club Incorporating two programmes: Learn to Swim &

Swimming Club

Learn to Swim- commences November 23rd Monday

& Fridays 4.30-5, 5-5.30pm

Small Groups

Teaching water confidence and basic swimming

skills

Ages 4 year and up

Locally run by volunteers supporting the Swim-

ming Club

Swimming Club - -commences November 18th

Wednesday & Thursdays 4.30-5.10,5.10-5.50,5.50-

6.30pm

Groups for basic swimming skills thru to ad-

vanced skills-beginner,competent,advanced.

Fun and non-competitive environment

Focusing on self improvement

Run by a Coach and Volunteer Committee

Race nights and development nights

Membership includes lane swimming for ad-

vanced swimmers

Fees for Learn to Swim Program and Swim Club are

$60 for the season 2015/2016

Find out more by contacting:

ngateaswimclub@gmail.com Swimming Club President

-Rebecca Rangiuia 027 209 1522 or: Learn to Swim

Coordinator- Suzanne Herkt 027 337 2544

Home and School Fundraising-

We are still selling the First Aid kits. These are a

great addition to the car, boat, caravan or the cow

shed. We have a sample pack which can be viewed

at school to see how well they are stocked. Call Rosie

027 8108304 if you wish to purchase one or 10!!!!

NETBALL HAVE A GO DAY! for all boys and girls year 1 and 2..wanting to

"Have a go" is going to be held on Friday the 26th

February 2016 between 10am and 1pm at the Hauraki

Plains netball courts. For more info please contact Tracy Nicholson

0274871272 Enrolment form for the day will be given out next

year!!!!

Torehape Room

Mr Casey has been teaching on

Thursday mornings in Torehape

Room (which he loves doing).

They have been looking at making

colour / shape / and number

patterns (the beginnings of

Algebra).

Today Mr Casey asked the

students what they loved about

Kaihere School and what we could

do to improve it:

What we love “Counting backwards in maths” - Rylee

“Making stuff” - Luke

“All the teachers” - Teigan

“Having friends” - Navanah

“Mr Casey” - my man Liam!

What we could do to make it better

“tractor tires to play with”

“playground tunnels”

“A BIG tidy up”

“a tire swing”

“roller blades for everyone”

“everyone picking up their rubbish”

“an old tractor to play on”

“new books”

“more slides and swings”

“no pushing”

These are great ideas from our youngest

students and we want some (or all of them)

to happen.

Ngarua Room Mrs P. has set up a cool new listening

post system through the computers,

where students can hear a journal story

being read and they read along.

We have also started athletics. Students

are going out in the afternoon and prac-

tising their high jump, long jump and

shot put..

Mangawhero

Room This term Mr Casey has challenged us

to research an experiment and perform

it in front of the class. We have started

looking at web sites and in books that

have really cool science experiments,

such as playing with dry ice, exploding

volcanoes, self-propelled boats and

cars, and experiments with electricity.