CELEBRATING LEARNING & ACHIEVEMENT

No. 13    12th May 2021

                                                     Week 2, Term 2 2021

                       Kia ora and welcome to this week’s newsletter.

                           CELEBRATING LEARNING & ACHIEVEMENT

                 Pink Shirt Breakfast is back!
                   Help us to spread the word that bullying has no place at our
                   place of learning by joining us at our annual Pink Shirt
                   Breakfast on Friday May 21st at 7.20am. Tickets are limited
so make sure you get in quick to avoid disappointment.
Tickets are on sale from the office starting tomorrow morning (Thursday) until
they are sold out.
To read more about the Pink shirt movement and our breakfast, see further
information in this newsletter.

Good News Call of the Week:
Congratulations to Georgia T who is our Good News Call of the Week!
Georgia consistently displays our school values of
nurture (poipoi), respect (whakaute) and learning
(akoranga). Georgia always volunteers to take on
extra duties and works alongside our junior learners
beautifully, showing care and kindness. She has
wonderful manners too and never fails to greet or
farewell people. In class, Georgia is a focussed
learner who always participates enthusiastically and
to the best of her ability. What a wonderful role
model you are Georgia - we are so proud of you!

Nga mihi nui, Sarah Hynds
Principal@karaka.school.nz

We’ve joined the Pink Shirt Day movement!

Karaka School has joined the Pink Shirt Day movement to Speak Up, Stand
Together and Stop Bullying! On Friday 21 May we’re going pink to show our
commitment to creating a school environment that is safe, respectful and
inclusive of all learners. New Zealand has some of the highest rates of
bullying in schools in the world but there’s no room for it here at Karaka
School!

We’ll be celebrating Pink Shirt Day by holding a pink shirt breakfast for our
community to show our commitment to making our school and NZ bully free.
We encourage everyone to wear a pink shirt to breakfast and all our learners
to wear a pink shirt to school on the day too. Be creative and add a pink wig
or tutu! If you cannot make the breakfast please come dressed in pink
with a gold coin donation. Funds raised are donated to Bullying Free
NZ.
Tickets for the breakfast are available at the office from tomorrow May
13th and after school until Tuesday 18 May or until sold out. Tickets cost $10
per adult and $5 per child under the age of 14. Be quick! There are only 100
tickets available. Help us to make a stand against bullying and join us for
breakfast!

About Pink Shirt Day
Pink Shirt Day is a national anti-bullying campaign led by the Mental Health
Foundation. Pink Shirt Day aims to reduce bullying in schools by celebrating
diversity in all its forms and supporting schools to be safe, supportive,
welcoming and inclusive of all students. Pink Shirt Day began in Canada in
2007 when two students took a stand against homophobic bullying after a
new Year 10 student was harassed and threatened for
wearing pink.

Why reduce bullying?
By taking bullying seriously and working towards a
school culture that supports and celebrates the
diversity of all learners, young people can feel safe and
supported, and flourish at school.
Many studies show that young people who are bullied
are more likely to experience mental health issues, such as depression and
anxiety. This can impact their learning, relationships and their ability to feel
good about who they are, leading to ongoing poor mental health and
wellbeing.

What is bullying?
 It isn’t uncommon to hear someone say something insensitive or mean to
someone else. In fact, probably all of us have said or done something that
wasn’t very nice to someone else, in a moment of anger or frustration. And
although such comments or actions are not okay, bullying has some specific
features that make it much more serious and harmful.

Bullying is:
·    Deliberate – harming another person intentionally
·    Involves a misuse of power in a relationship
·    Not a one-off – it is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated over
      time
·    Involves behaviour that can cause harm – it is not a normal part of
      growing up.

Bullying can be:
·    Physical – hitting, tripping up
·    Verbal – insults, threats
·    Social – spreading gossip or excluding people.
·    Cyberbullying - bullying online, via the internet, mobile phones and
      social media. It’s a common form of bullying, especially amongst young
      people.

You can find out more and purchase an official T-Shirt by visiting this Link to
the Pink Shirt Website

Lucky Book Club –
Scholastic Orders
Issue 3 came home last
week. All Scholastic orders
are due in this Friday, 14th
May. The easiest way to
order is on-line via the Loop
orders
(mybookclub.scholastic.co.nz).
Otherwise, please hand in the
order form and correct
payment to the office by
Friday this week. Thanks

Dads and Mums, are you looking for a way to get involved in your school?
Our first Ag Day meeting will be on 18th May 7.00pm in the staff room. All
new families are welcome so come along with all your wonderful ideas and
skills.

Out of zone ballot dates for enrolment 2022
Applications close: 29th September 2021
Ballot date: 20th October 2021
Please note that Wesley/Paerata Rise is no longer in our School zone, as well
as Sim Road and Gellert Road. Please call into the office and we can let you
know if you are unsure whether you are in zone or not.

Kia Ora all!

Do you have a creative, artsy or crafty side? Do you have a family member or
close family friend that has this quality? If you do, we need your help!

We are looking for some amazing members of the community who have a
passion for the arts to come in and run some lunchtime groups with our
students.

We are searching for those with talents in dance, music, drama, crafts,
knitting, sewing etc. It would be a fantastic
opportunity for our students to be exposed to
a range of skills that they may otherwise never
experience or so that they are able to foster a
new love or passion.

If you are interested in helping out please email
me at brydeea@karaka.school.nz or come and
speak to me before or after school.

Looking forward to hearing about some of the
awesome hidden talents in our community.

Bank Accounts                                 PhotoLife
Please check the bank account you are         We have not yet received the
paying funds into to make sure you have       shoot key code slips from
the correct one -                             Photolife (just in case you think
School Account (fees, trips etc) -            that you missed getting one).
                                              Hopefully they should arrive
12 3031 0734641 01 Karaka BOT                 shortly.
Please include—Child’s name, Class and
reason for payment eg MOTAT trip
PTA Account (uniforms, lunches and
fundraisers e.g. Oxford Pies) -
12 3031 0851231 00 Karaka PTA

Senior Orienteering

Last Friday, 26 Year 5 to 8 students participated in the Counties Orienteering
event held at the Botanic Gardens. Well done to all the students that
participated. They all managed to orienteer their way around the course.
Congratulations to Catherine W who has qualified for the Auckland
Orienteering Championships.

Samosa and Oxford Pie Orders are due back this Friday
NZ Bulbs Update—the spring bulbs are likely to arrive during the next week
or so. NZ Bulbs are behind with sending out all their orders this year, but
advise everything is still fine to plant in May/June. They were waiting on some
imported bulbs before starting their dispatch this year.

Next year, we will organise our school order as early as we can to get the
orders in their system much earlier.
20% of sales goes directly to Karaka School.

PTA Meeting tonight in the staffroom, starting at 7.00pm.
New faces welcome!
Colour Run
Thank you to everyone who supported
our Colour Run last term. It was so much
fun! After expenses, we raised nearly
$10,000!! Most incentive prizes were
handed out this week (a few more on
back order to come).

Any questions/fundraising ideas or if you require uniform items urgently, you
can email us on karaka.pta@gmail.com. The Karaka School PTA account is
12-3031-0851231-00 From the PTA team

14 May           Oxford Pie/Samosas order forms and payment due, Assembly
17 May           Powhiri 10.40am
18 May           Ag Day meeting 7.00pm
21 May           Pink Shirt Breakfast 7.20am
24 May           Middle team MOTAT trip
25 May           Collection of Oxford Pies and Samosas
4 June           NO school Teacher Only Day
25 September     Ag Day

 Community Notices
Volunteers Needed for South Auckland Riding for Disabled
Do you have any time to help out a great cause? We need volunteers for our
Mon afternoon or Tues or Thurs morning ride sessions. Experience with
horses and or children not necessary. We are looking for a willingness to
help. Full support and training available.

Please contact volunteering@sarda.org.nz for further information.