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Important Dates

May 6 - Term 2 startsMay 16 - BoT nominations closeMay 30 - BoT electionsJune 6 - Queens Birthday

KAIKORAI PRIMARY SCHOOL

N e w s l e t t e rA very special welcome to William Cameron to

Kaikorai Primary School!

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGEThis term the staff have been asked to introduce many new initiatives and programmes including

making the school’s values more obvious through our

KAIKorai Values, using interactive whiteboards and Ipads in

teaching and learning, developing an inquiry model and working to

create a school movie. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the staff for their hard work and dedication to ensuring that

your child is getting the best opportunities

for their learning.

Today we held a very special assembly

commemorating ANZAC Day. The children sang ANZAC inspired

songs, listened to guest speakers and

performed readings. Thanks to all

of the parents who encouraged their

child to wear a poppy to this assembly. We hope that you get to spend some

family time together while the children

are on holiday and we look forward to

seeing everyone again in Term 2.

Kind regards,Simon Clarke

Cathy and Keegan ask the CEO of the RSA their questions via video conference.

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SYNDICATE NEWS

Senior News - Beyond the usual literacy, mathematics and topic programmes, the senior classes have also shared some real highlights over the last 2 weeks. We are especially grateful to the specialist football coaches we have had over the last 10 weeks in Football, which sadly ended this week. These have been a lot of fun, and we have seen a huge growth in skills. In Physical Education lessons we continue to enjoy playing some of the new games we have been taught.At the beginning of this week we went to the Nairn Street Park for a Kiwi Sport Rugby League coaching session. Again, we experienced expert tuition, a lot of fun, and some new games to include in our Physical Education sessions back at school.Last week we all participated in a whole school walk through Highgate, to Ross Creek Reservoir and down to Woodhaugh Gardens via the Millennium Track. We lunched at Woodhaugh and returned to school climbing the Bullock Track, and then walking through Highgate again. The walk took most of the day and offered interesting variations in terrain and challenge. It was very enjoyable, and many children commented that they were very tired that night!It has been a very interesting and rewarding end to Term 1.

Middle NewsPeople can make a difference! Children in the middle syndicate have met a number of people who make a difference through their work. Children have met and learnt from the following people:EpilepsyLynne Stewart from Epilepsy NZ helps people understand what epilepsy is. By Isabella BPolice - Constable KennedyConstable Kennedy has to deal with lots of unkind people but he still has to be kind to them. By Jim HendersonAveril and the ChatBusAveril wanted to help kids who have problems or worries. She set up a ChatBus where people talk to her about problems and worries. They could help more kids if they had more money for more ChatBuses. It would be good if they had 5 ChatBuses. By Ethan LBrain injuryCathy Matthews helps people who have brain injuries. We learned that it is really important that we have to look after our brain. By Evie Plunket Barb Long works for Plunket. She helps people by teaching mums how to look after babies. By Paige M

Junior NewsWhat a long and busy term it has been. Swimming and a big walk has tested the resilience of many children in the junior syndicate. Thank you to all the parents who have helped with PMP, Fun Friday, swimming, and many other school activities. Without your tremendous support many of these activities would not be able to happen.PMP and Fun Friday will begin in week 2 of Term 2. Please come and help.It is wonderful to see how the language of ‘kindness’ has become embedded in our everyday interactions with each other. We have looked at kindness to ourselves, our families, animals, our school and our world. We will continue to have this value in front of the children throughout the year. Term 2 will see us making plans for the whole school movie where each class will have a 3-minute starring role. Running alongside this movie making we will be looking at Inventions from the point of people aspiring to make changes in the world. Each class will look at how we ‘ASPIRE” to do our best and create positive changes within our learning. Have a happy and restful holiday and we look forward to seeing you all back in Term 2 refreshed and ready to learn.

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SCHOOL NEWS

Sports at KaikoraiEleven Kaikorai athletes took part in the Otago Primary Schools Triathlon. Held around the St Clair Beach area and the Salt Water Pool, this event, run by Sport Otago, is for our top triathlon competitors.Monica Menzies, Emily Cochrane, Tamara Huch, Sophie Miller, Dana Ballantyne, Catherine Mason, Tomas Whelan Henderson, Zaviah Mowat, George Bates, Michael Ruske and Elliott Alloo made up the Kaikorai team.Our girl’s team placed third while the boy’s team was placed first.Elliott Alloo was second for the boy’s individual event and Michael Ruske third. These are very creditable results from our school.

Kaikorai Otago Primary School’s Swimming ChampionshipsThe above event was held on Saturday 6 April at Moana Pool. Kaikorai was represented by nine of our top swimmers.Georgia Ward, Sophie Miller, Harrison Mason, Elliott Alloo, Brooke Callon, Michael Ruske, Catherine Mason and Monica Menzies swam well for Kaikorai.Brooke placed fourth in Otago for Freestyle; Elliott was fourth in back stroke, third in freestyle and first in Otago for Breaststroke. Michael was third in Otago for breaststroke.Our Relay team was third in Otago.Angela Ruske was once again the swim team manager. Angela is well versed in swim meetings and she ran our teams expertly. Thank you again Angela.

Kaikorai Summer SportsFlippaball, Touch, Futsal and T ball have come to an end for the summer term. Our teams have performed well and Kaikorai Primary has been well represented on the Dunedin sporting scene.A number of our Futsal, Touch and Flippaball teams have placed in finals over the last week or so with some excellent results for our school.Again, we wish to thank the parents who support our teams with coaching and managing commitments and reiterate we could not do it without you.Thank you Steve Dyer, Geoff Stewart, Jody James, Mark Mitchell and Nick Bates for managing and coaching Futsal teams. We appreciate your skills.Thank you Reihana Haggie, Bruce James, Janne Miller and Grant Henderson for your valuable Touch coaching and team management.It’s always tricky on a Sunday so thank you to Emma Strong and Lana Lloyd. You are fantastic coaches. Thank you also to Suzanne and Sarah Cochrane. We also appreciated the coaching sessions at Wakari Pool.T ball was ably managed by Gene Ollerenshaw and Grant Batchelor.As mentioned we encourage and appreciate the contribution made by our senior pupils with coaching and managing younger teams.Harrison Mason has been an outstanding coach and mentor with a Futsal team this term. Thanks Harry!Catherine Mason, Max Walker and Makayla Hawker have been great coaches and managers with the year 3/4 touch team. We are grateful to all the children who help and assist us with sports at Kaikorai

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SCHOOL NEWS

KPSTVKPSTV is back for another year with a larger cast and more variety. New shows include the slow motion guys, the comedy team and random dares! KPSTV has been run over lunchtimes on a Thursday and extending into electives time. You can watch the first show here. http://tinyurl.com/cgsblnw

Kaikorai Kiwis Kaikorai Kiwis has had a busy and

successful start to 2013. The dates for

Term 2 are 15th and 29th May, 12th and 26th June and 10th July. If you

wish to come along please email

soldfield@kaikorai.school.nz.

Recycling ClothingEarly next term Chrissy, the retail manager for the Op Shops run by Presbyterian Support, will visit the Middle Syndicate. We have heard that Op Shops are really short of winter clothes and we think Kaikorai kids can work together to make a difference. Have you any clothes at home that you no longer require, which could be donated to help others? The holidays would be a good time to hunt these out and wash them. Please bring clean clothing to school next term and we will give them to Chrissy when she visits. Unclaimed clothing from the lost property will also be donated.

Pink Shirt Day - Taking a Stand Against BullyingPink Shirt Day is Friday May 17. We invite children to wear something pink to give the message that we can work together to help stop to bullying. Pink Shirt Day started in Canada in 2007 when two high school students decided to stand up for a friend who had been bullied for wearing a pink shirt to school.Pink Shirt Day will be a fundraising event on May 17, with money raised going to support the ChatBus. Expect to hear more about that next term.

Thanks to the Parent GroupThanks to the Parent Group for their support of the Marae visits and the School Walk in Term 1. These two events were subsidised or free due to their fundraising efforts.

COMMUNITY NOTICES

PARENT GROUP NEWSENTERTAINMENT BOOKSA huge thank you to all those who have already purchased and/or sold Entertainment Books. If you have not yet paid for or returned the Entertainment Book that your child brought home recently, please contact Tor and let her know whether you intend to buy it or return it. Books can be bought online over the holidays or by depositing the money into the Parents Group bank account (03 0905 0043005 00), but if you wish to pay using cash or cheque then this will need to wait until next term. All Books being returned need to be brought to the School Office as soon as possible.

PARENTS GROUP AGMThanks to those who attended the Parents Group AGM this week. The Parents Group now has a Committee of 12 - Tor Devereux (Chairperson & Treasurer), Nikola Ballard (Secretary) and General Committee Members Christal Allpress, Gareth Taylor, Jenny Alloo, Keri Ballantyne, Kirsty Hanson, Mel Pilkinton, Ros Allison, Simon Clarke, Suzanne Cochrane and Vanessa Hornal. People can also join the Parents Group Committee throughout the year – just come along to our next meeting.

SAUSAGE SIZZLEHundreds of sausages were once again ordered for today’s Sausage Sizzle which will raise around $650. A number of parents took advantage of the new internet banking option which will now be available for all fundraisers. Thanks for all your support. If you have any questions or you would like more information about the Parents Group, then please contact Tor (453-1108, 027-635-1512, devereux@ihug.co.nz).

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