Newsletter No. 29 – Term 4 16th October 2019 – Week 1

KARORI NORMAL SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER Donald Street, Karori

Welcomw

Welcome to the following new pupils: James L, Arabella M, An Vinh N, Robbie K, Aoife H, Taylor C, Jackson C, Greta M, Harriet M, Sai S, Benno M and Mieke M.

From the Principal

Fakalofa lahi atu kehe tau faiaoga tau mamatua moe tau fanau katoa he aoga ko Karori Normal School

Koe vaha tapu nai kua fakamanatu a mautolu he vagahau Niue. Tokiofa, Ofania, Mokoina e vagahau Niue.

Monuina e vaha tapu kehe fakalofa noa he atua

Greetings families and children of Karori Normal School. We are celebrating Niue Language week. The theme for this year is: Tokiofa, ofania, mokoina e vagahau Niue, which means Treasure, love and cherish the Niue language. Have a wonderful week and god bless.

Welcome back to the last term of the 2019 school year. It’s great to see the children once again keen to be back and quickly focussed on their learning.

We are in full swing preparing for this Saturday’s gala. It has been fantastic that so many people have been in school, getting involved and supporting this event. A huge thank you to everyone who has and will be helping out. “Volunteering is the ultimate exercise in democracy. You vote in elections once a year, but when you volunteer, you vote every day about the kind of community you want to live in.” (Unknown)

If you’d like to assist at Saturday’s gala but you’re not sure how, please follow this link to volunteer;

KNS Gala Volunteer Form

2020 Term Dates

Apologies that we haven’t set the 2020 term dates yet. The reason for this is that the renegotiation of the Primary Teachers’ Collective Agreement, provided schools with 8 days for teacher only days over the period of the agreement 01/07/19 to 30/06/22. The use of these days will not extend the school year and therefore will impact on the 2020 school terms. We have been waiting on guidance from the MoE and NZSTA regarding what the days are to be used for and when they can be used. This guidance was received yesterday and it includes the need to, if possible, align holidays with other local schools. I will inform you of our agreed dates as soon as possible.

Telephone: 476-7209 Fax: 476-7236

Checkline: 476-7228 Email: office@kns.school.nz Website: www.kns.school.nz

BOT Email: bot@kns.school.nz

2019 Term Dates

Term 4 Monday 14 Oct – Thursday 19 Dec School ends at 12:30pm

2019 TEAMS

Kowhai – Y1 (Team Leader Lisa Hadfield) Rooms 1, 4, 5, 8 & 9

Pohutukawa – Y2/3 (Team Leader Phil McIntosh) Rooms 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 & 15

Akakura – Y4 (Team Leader Treena Tiller/Wilhelmina Wooff) Rooms 18, 19, 20 & 21

Kahikatea – Y5/6 (Team Leader David Wong) Rooms 16, 17, 22, 23, 26, 28 & 29

Totara – Y7/8 (Team Leader Trish Blacktop)

Rooms 23A, 24, 25, 33, 34 & 35

Important Dates

17 Oct NZ Shake Out 1.30pm 19 Oct KNS Gala 11am -2pm 23 Oct Year 4 – 6 Athletics (pp 30th Oct) 23 Oct BOT Meeting 6.30pm 28 Oct Labour Day Observed 6 Nov Gardasil Immunisation (Year 8s) 8 Nov Western Zone Athletics (pp 15th Nov) 13 Nov New Entrants Open Morning 9.30am 20 Nov BOT Meeting 6.30pm 21 Nov New Entrants Photo Day 26 Nov Interzone Athletics (pp 28th Nov) 27 Nov PTA Meeting 28 Nov Year 7/8 Formal Dance 3 Dec Regional Athletics 16 Dec Year 8 Leavers Function 18 Dec Team Akakura Assembly 9.15am 18 Dec BOT Meeting 6.30pm 19 Dec Last Day of School 12.30pm Any additional or altered dates will be highlighted in

yellow each week

Sun Safety – Term 4

This term children will be expected to wear a sunhat when outside. Please note the following points regarding sun safety in Term 4, we appreciate your support in keeping the children ‘sun safe’.

Children are able to bring their own hats to school as long as it is a sun-safe hat i.e. a bucket hat or wide brimmed hat. We would also like children to wear their hats to and from school.

All children are expected to wear a hat when they are outside at school in Terms 1 and 4. If children don’t have their own sun-safe hat at school, they will be provided with a school sun-hat to wear when they are outside. School hats will be washed after they have been used before they are given to another child to wear.

Children will be provided with a school sun-hat if they are representing KNS at inter-school sports events in Terms 1 and 4.

Year 0 to Year 7 Children Not Returning to KNS in 2020

We have begun planning our staffing and class organisation for 2020. It would be very helpful if you could inform us, if your child will not be returning to KNS next year. If your child is in Year 0 to Year 7 and he/she will not be attending our school next year, please email Vicki Lewington –vlewington@kns.school.nz informing her of your child’s last day at KNS and which school he/she will be attending in 2020. Thank you to those parents who have already done this. This information is necessary to help us confirm the numbers of classes we need at each level in 2020.

Whakataukī o te wiki (Proverb of the Week)

­ Toia te waka – mahia te mahi – Be actively involved

A thought to share with your children:

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, what are you doing for others?” (Martin Luther King, Jr.)

Ngā Mihi

Conrad Kelly Principal

School News

Scholastic Book Club Issue 7, 2019 - due Thursday 24th October 2019

No need to fill out the forms, please do not return anything to the school. You can download the app for your phone via

Apple App Store or go to mybookclub.scholastic.co.nz. The cut-off date to order this issue is Thursday 24th October 2019.

Any queries email Julie Smart jsmart@scholastic.co.nz.

St Mary's College is finalising enrolments for Y9 students 2020 - limited preference places are available. If you would like more information please contact our enrolment team at office@stmw.school.nz. or (04) 473 5554.

School Road Patrols

Each week we will publish the names of the two children who will be on road patrol duties for the week. Please check and ensure you know when you are on duty. This is very important. Any queries contact Andrea Peetz – apeetz@kns.school.nz.

Thursday 17 October Angus C & William B Rm 33 Friday 18 October Elsie B & Grace S Rm 24 Monday 21 October Thomas TD & Sydney G Rm 29 Tuesday 22 October Jessica C & Katarina M Rm 35 Wednesday 23 October Hillary H & Anna T Rm 34

Sports News

Year 4- 6 Athletics Wednesday 23rd October (ppt) Wednesday 30th October. Ben Burn Park 9:15 - 2:45pm

Thank you to the parents who have offered to help out during our day. We really appreciate your time. We are still looking for 3 more parents for the afternoon from 11:30 - 1:55pm. If you are able to help out please email me on mpresland@kns.school.nz.

Organisation for the day Students will walk down with their classes after the roll to Ben Burn Park. They will participate in 6 rounds of activities throughout the day. The top 2 boys and girls from each year level and from each event will go through to the Western Zones Athletics at Newtown Park on Friday 8th November.

Students will need to remember to bring - Packed lunch and snacks. There is no formal morning tea or lunchtime so they will be encouraged to eat and drink regularly throughout the day. - Drink bottle - Appropriate clothing for athletics including footwear - Warm jersey and/or jacket - Sunhats and sunscreen is compulsory for the students to wear throughout the day

The timetable will be emailed out to parents by the end of this week. Feel free to come down and support the students throughout the day.

Inter-Regional Cross Country Congratulations to Sam Coster (15th - Year 5 Boy Giselle Kenworthy (6th - Year 7 Girl) Joe Martin (1st - year 7 Boy) who competed in the Inter Regional Cross Country in Hanmer Springs on the 26th of September. What an outstanding achievement by these athletes against athletes from all over New Zealand. Congratulations.

Sports Tops If you have any KNS Sports shirts or swimming caps that have been used throughout the year can you please return these back to school as soon as possible.

Events for Term 4

- KNS Year 4 - 6 Athletics Wednesday 23rd October (ppt) Wednesday 30th October Ben Burn Park

- Western Zone Athletics Friday 8th November (ppt) Friday 15th November Newtown Park

- Interzone Athletics Tuesday 26th November (ppt) Thursday 28th November Newtown Park

- Regional Athletics Tuesday 3rd December (ppt) TBC Newtown Park

Margaret Presland mpresland@kns.school.nz

DESIGNER CLOTHING STALL: The Designer Clothing Pop-Up Shop is now open! We have a fabulous selection of clothing ready to be re-loved by you. As well as the huge collection we have for women, there are also clothes for men and teens.

Our hours this week are:

Monday: 2-4pm

Tuesday: 9-10am, and 2-3.30pm

Tuesday Night: 6.30-8.30pm

Wednesday & Thursday: 9-11am, and 2-4pm

Friday: 9-11am.

Gala Day: 11-2pm - You can find us in Tui Block

CRAFT PRE-SALE: Friday October 18th (this week) from 2.30pm-3.30pm.

Beat the gala day rush and check out our amazing stuff at school pick up time - cash or EFTPOS. CRAFT STALL: Come and see the amazing items that our crafters have made for the KNS Gala. We're in room 9 (under the

bottle stall) and will have things for everyone including great Xmas/gift ideas: bags, cushions, capes, hair ties, scrunchies, rings and jewellery, baby shoes and bibs, summer sleep sacks, knitted hats/beanies/ leg warmers/gloves, bunting, bath bombs, pencil cases, flippy cushions, painted rocks, DIY kids crafts, Xmas stockings, re-usable bowl covers, toys, juggling balls and more. And, we have EFTPOS.

COLOURING COMP: We also have an awesome Colouring in Competition, drop off your completed entry, or come and

colour in on the day as a quiet activity. $1 donation per entry - awesome prize pack up for grabs and spot prizes. See separate PDF.

CHILDRENS CLOTHING STALL: The CHILDRENS Clothing Pop-Up Shop is now open!

Our hours this week are:

Tuesday: 2.30 -3.30pm / 6.30-8.30pm

Wednesday: 8.30 - 9.30am / 2.30 - 3.30pm

Thursday: 8.30 - 9.30am / 2.30 - 3.30pm

Friday: 8.30 - 9.30am

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! If you have any time this week in the lead up to the gala our stallholders would love you to lend a hand. There are also spots still available on the day so if you can muster another shift we would greatly appreciate it. Our stallholders do an amazing job and we require support from all the school to make the Gala a success. There are even jobs like electrics and sports the dads might enjoy still available. Please check out the link below to secure your spot. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdcogi1JLP7N66IymBHHRPX_y0PVDFa7eVDM9tzIbkrw6aUxw/viewform

WINDOW CLEANING: Is "Clean the Windows" on your To Do list?

Save time & hassle, get the job done professionally & support the KNS Gala by getting Karori local Bernard from Ultimate Cleaning 0277550107 to do them for you. $150 for inside & out ($120 for small house with easy access). Bernard will donate $10 from every job to KNS. Could make a much appreciated Zero Waste Christmas present too! Referee: Stacey Wilson 0274154849 or fin.stacey@xtra.co.nz

HALL SORTING: This will be my last year looking after the hall sorting.

If anyone is interested in taking over this role - call Steve on 027 2478071 with any questions.

BOTTLE STALL: Please leave bottles in your classrooms.

Students from Room 22 will collect each Friday morning. Final day for collection and judging will be the morning of Friday 18 October, the day before the 2019 KNS Gala.

BABY & TODDLER STALL: This year the Baby and Toddler stall will be setting up camp in Room 6 and 7. Come and see us

for beautiful baby clothes, strollers, bikes, front packs, sleep sacks and so much more! If you are interested in helping on gala day, email hlcarty@gmail.com.

Thank you to our new sponsors Ben Cartwright and

Jane Edmonds for sponsoring this year Gala.