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Kia Ora whānau rāua tamariki,

What a fantastic start to term we had last week with students diving straight back into their conceptual curriculum rotations and exploring food through the ideas of ‘fitness, family and famine’. We look forward to moving into our second rotation this week so they can experience all aspects of our Food for Thought unit before making a choice on what concept they would like to further explore.

Kapa Haka will start tomorrow and be on every Tuesday afternoon. They will be learning waiata for their performance at Pae Tamariki (which will take place in Week 7) so please support your tamariki by having them perform for you at home! Those not participating in Kapa Haka groups will be exploring Māori culture through storytelling, weaving and traditional Māori games throughout the term.

Cross Country training has begun! Please support your child in remembering to bring suitable footwear and an optional change of clothes for training which will take place every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Assembly will be on this week, presented by Aroha POD. All whānau welcome! A reminder that Kahurangi’s Assembly will be in week 4 this term. A reminder about school uniform. It is important for our students to wear the correct uniform daily. With the colder weather creeping in, students are welcome to wear non uniform jackets to and from school, but not during school time. Please ensure they have their correct school jersey or jacket for during the school day. School Uniform Guidelines have been emailed out. Please take the time to look over this with your tamariki.

Well done to all of those students who are taking part in the Peer Mediation programme. It was great to see so many students offer their own time to take on a leadership role within the school and add to the school culture. These students have completed their training and have started their duties today - we are sure this will be a great addition to our school and benefit our students immensely.

We have had a few queries in regards to Queens Birthday this year. Friday the 1st June is a Teachers Only Day, and Monday the 4th of June is the Queen’s Birthday public holiday. The school will be shut on Friday and will reopen for school on Tuesday 5th of June.

Homework focuses on the Chapter Chat creative tasks. We saw some fabulous work come in last week - and were also inspired by what we have seen other Kura posting on Twitter so please take the time to look at these fun tasks with your child.

Ngā Mihi,
Kahurangi Pouako