Kia ora,

It was lovely to see so many parents yesterday at

our school athletics day. I thought it was a great day

and was really proud of all our students for giving it

their best. Thanks to all the parents who helped out

on events and with cooking the kai.

The Board and I had hoped to be able to announce

certain decisions about organisation for 2016

yesterday, but at this stage we are just awaiting

certain decisions and situations to be clarified. Due

to the numbers of children at different age groups

we may see a change in classroom structure to what

we currently have. It is our intention to put the

resources we have to the best use, taking into

account the feedback we have received from you,

the community.

Speaking of the community survey, thank you for

your responses. Simon Main (on behalf of the

Board) has written a letter to you all thanking you

for your feedback. As Principal, I also thank you

and it is clear there were some trends in the

comments. As such, the staff and I will review and

improve the way we report to parents next year.

Personally I will work on my communication, in

particular trying to give people as much notification

of events etc.

As far as events go, next week is our school ‘Bike

Week.’ In talking with many parents it became

apparent that for some children they have limited

places and opportunities to ride their bikes. Next

week we intend to run games and activities in break

and lunchtimes for students on their bikes. Friday

will see us travel to the fantastic bike park in

Cambridge. Long term I would love to build up a

collection of school bikes (a little like we have

started to build a collection of school rollerblades).

These would be a great resources to have on site to

help encourage students to be fit and active.

Have a great weekend

Terry

Week 5 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 D A T E C H A N G E

UPCOMING EVENTS:

13th November -Year 8 testing for HPC

16th-20th November -BIKE WEEK

20th November -Cambridge bike trip

27th November -Year 8 Rainbow’s End trip

28th November - School Working Bee

30th November—Torehape trip

30th November-1st December Ngarua overnight

camp to Auckland Zoo

4th December -Year 8 Leavers Dinner

5th December –Community Pot Luck Dinner

15th December-School Production

16th December -Final Assembly 1.00pm Kaihere Hall

16th December-last day of the year

R E M I N D E R S

SORRY, we got the dates wrong for the end of the

year. It is actually Wednesday 16th December. So we

will also hold our end of year final assembly on this

date also, as well as shift the Production to Tuesday

15th

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

SCHOOL PRODUCTION

PIRATES V MERMAIDS

Save the 15th December 6.30pm for our Kaikere

Kids school production! A fun night for all.

If you have any props or costumes that may help

please contact Terry!

Entry by donation at the door!

Kaihere Pippins and Brownies

Kaihere Hall Thursday 3.30 - 5pm

For all girls aged 5-7 (Pippins) and 7-9.5

(Brownies)

We offer a wide and varied programme for girls to work towards achieving badges both as a unit and

individually at home. Lots of fun new experiences and plenty of opportu-nities for girls to grow and develop new friendships

and skills.

Come and see what we are all about. Phone/text

Michelle (pippins) 021 237 9122 Paula (brownies) 027-306-6301

Invitation to Participate: Become a news-

letter sponsor.

We are in the process of updating the

School Newsletter:

The newsletter covers are designed and de-

livered free to the School, which is made

possible by the support of local businesses.

If you would like to support and promote

your services to the local community then

please contact Simone Morris at Redgate

Newsletters on 0800 639753

oradmin@redgatenewsletters.co.nz

KAIHERE JUBILEE/HALL AND

COMMUNITY MEETING

Tuesday 24th November

7pm

Kaihere Hall

All Welcome to attend

Lorraine Williams 867 7281

Home and School News The Kaihere School Board of Trustees, Staff and Home & School would like to invite the parents and community to a pot luck dinner to say thank you for the help and support given to us over the year. A night of mystery and mayhem in the Wild West . On the 5th December at the Kaihere hall . For more information and to book your table at the Deadwood Saloon contact Rosie 027 810 8304.

Now is the time to buy your giant pumpkin seeds ( $2 per pack from the school) and start growing your giant pumpkin for this next years giant pump-kin competition. Contact Rosie 027 810 8304

Top Road Kids Playgroup

We are no longer affiliated with Playcenter and now running as a stand alone playgroup

NO MORE BORING COURSE WORK, NO MORE BORING ROLES

JUST GOOD OLD FASHIONED PLAY!!!!!

Tuesday and Thursday 9.30-12 noon

Top Road (opposite Otane Road,)

Catering for children aged 0-5 (and all parents/

grandparents young at heart!) Bring morning tea for you and your kids and come for a

play.

Contact Michelle for more details 021 237 9122

"Pick your own Blueberries!

Looking for an interesting family outing during the holidays?

Come out to Blueberry Country and pick your own blueber-

ries!

At $11 per kg picking your own is a great new experience

and is an affordable way to get your blueberries! Our cafes

serve light refreshments and snacks, baked goods, and real

fruit ice cream or frozen yoghurt. Opening on 5th December,

7 days, 8am - 6pm. 229 Central Road South Ngatea.

Phone 07 823 6923 for info."

Shawl Making Class

Wrap yourself with wearable art, Nurture your soul with passion, Embrace your spirit with a little zest,

Adding a sassy flair to your fashion

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You will create a wool shawl that is sewn by machine

and immersed in boiling water...

Creating a masterpiece right in front of your eyes

November 14th, 2015

Elim, the Church by the Warf (upstairs)

117 Jellicoe Crescent, Queen St

Thames

Time: 8am – 5pm

Cost: $100.00

Pot Luck - Shared Lunch

Bring your own sewing machine & scissors

400 Long Quilting sewing pins, coloured cotton

thread that matches your wool

6-8 balls of different coloured yarn that coordinates

with your wools

Try to get yarn that has different textures, sparkles,

dingle balls, ETC

Not normal straight knitting yarns… you can add ribbons, silks…get creative!

Also…

4-6 balls of mohair wool (150 grams) colours that

coordinate with your yarn

You can use one, two or three colours Make sure you have two balls of wool for each col-

our!

For queries or to reserve your place contact: Dee Petit 022 309 2979, dee@sassyred.com

Limit of 8 students for this class

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 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

NEW HUB

PATETONGA.KAIHERE COMMUNITY CENTRE

@272 Top Road Patetonga

Top Road Kids Playgroup

Tuesday/Thursday 9.30-12

Play-Create-Imagine-Belong

Bring morning tea and your parent

The HAPPY PROJECT

“Ladies Morning”

Meet-make-inspire-connect

BYO materials for your project

Moring tea

1st Friday every month from 10am

Starts

Friday 6 November $2

Plans and Ideas for happy times are most wel-

come

“The time of your life is right now”

For more information ring

Petrina 887 7715

TOTARA SPRINGS SUMMER CAMPS

Survivor Gone Wild School Years 2-4, 25-27 Jan 2016

Survivor Years 5-8, 18-22 Jan 2016

Tribal Warfare Teens Camp Ages 13-17, 24-27 Jan 2016

REGISTER ONLINE AT WWW.TOTARASPRINGS.ORG.NZ

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTCT US ABOUT HOLIDAY CAMPS THEN PLEASE PHONE LISA

ON 07 888 4700 ECT 217 OR EMAIL HER AT LISA.TREMAIN@TOTARASPRINGS.ORG.NZ

Next week is Bike Week. If parents bring their children’s bikes to

school we can safely store them for the week. Children need a

helmet. The goal of the week is to build confidence for some riders,

knowledge of how to look after your bike, and of course to have

fun.

Each lunchtime we will have a different focus.

Monday—bike maintenance and safety

Tuesday—bike control at slow speed—slow race /slalom etc

Wednesday—tricks, bike games etc

Thursday—house bike relay competition

Friday—whole school trip to Cambridge to the Gallagher Bike

Skills park

*we tried to get the Sport Waikato bike expert in for this week, but

he was unavailable. They will be here at school the following Fri-

day, with their challenge obstacles for kids.

Friday’s trip—We will assemble at school before 9 in time for a 9

O'clock departure to Cambridge. The plan is to spend some time at

the bike park, before the more confident students will ride the Te

Awa bike trail to Cambridge (3.2km). We will lunch in Cambridge

in the park (meeting the parents with less confident riders there and

then proceed to the Cambridge pools for a swim.

Entry to the pool is $2.50 per child and $4 for swimming adults.

Parents are welcome to bring their own bikes (in fact it would be

helpful to have 3-4 on bikes with me to ride through to Cambridge).

Karl Aitchison is lending me his big trailer and I have another 5foot

trailer with a cage if someone want to tow that. That should be

enough to transport the bikes.

HELP-if you have any old bikes (going or not) that you no longer

want, please donate them to the school. Over the next couple of

years I would like to build up a collection of bikes for the school

B I K E W E E K

Athletics was a successful day. It

was not raining or sunny, so it was

just right. Not much people got

hurt - only a couple so that was

good. We had high jump, long

jump, shot put, discus and some

running races.

Eva gets used to being at school.

She starts next year

Noah gives the discus a big heave

Holly trying hard at the long jump.

Summer giving it her best at the

high jump.

Ivy-jean ready for a big throw

Torehape working on their ‘discus’ throws

with the quoits

Owen did some amazing jumping on the day

Running races were hotly contested

Official results will be in next weeks

newsletter.

By Ivy-Jean and Summer