CELEBRATING LEARNING & ACHIEVEMENT - Karaka School

No. 7    17th March 2021

                                                       Week 7, Term 1 2021

                        Kia ora and welcome to this week’s newsletter.

                           CELEBRATING LEARNING & ACHIEVEMENT
                                 “Happy St. Patrick’s Day”
                        This week we are excited to announce the opening of
                        our new entrant classroom Kapowai! Miss Sylva is
                        excited to welcome her new learners Katy C and
                        Fitimoka P and their whanau to her classroom. We are
so looking forward to getting to know you all and to have you join our place of
learning!

What a fantastic start to camp the Intermediate
learners have had! I had the privilege of
attending the first day of camp and had a great
time exploring the beautiful Hunua Ranges
alongside them as we completed the Hunua
Hunt. Since then, they have been busy
challenging themselves as they participate in a
range of fun and exciting activities and I’m sure
they are looking forward to sharing their
adventures with us upon their return.

Congratulations to all those who participated in the middle team swimming
sports! There was a range of fun events and lots of house points up for grabs. It
was fabulous to see the support that the learners gave one another as they
took turns to participate. Thanks Middle Team teachers for your organisation!

Good News Call of the Week
                           Congratulations to Saumya S, our Good News Call of
                           the Week! Saumya was a terrific addition to our
                           onsite bubble during the last lockdown. He showed
                           our values of adaptability (urutau) and nurture
                           (poipoi) through his helpfulness and care of other
                           learners. He even went out of his way to help one of
                           our younger learners to play hockey! The bubble
                           teachers were really impressed with the way in
which he got on with his learning and how he had such fun when interacting
with others. Saumya, thank you for being a great role model of our school
values - we are so proud of you!

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

To continue providing engagement            Bank Accounts
and choice during break times, we are
creating a quiet, indoor games area         Please check the bank account you
for our learners. If you have any com-      are paying funds into to make sure
plete, clean and working games like         you have the correct one -
Scrabble, Connect 4, Chess, Jigsaws,        School Account (fees, trips etc) -
Lego, Magnetix etc, that you would
like to donate, please hand them into       12 3031 0734641 01 Karaka BOT
the office where                            PTA Account (uniforms, lunches and
they will begin                             fundraisers e.g. Oxford Pies) -
their new life!
                                            12 3031 0851231 00 Karaka PTA
Thank you :)

Absentees
If for any reason your child will not be attending school or arriving late please:
Leave a message on the absentee line OR send a notice through the website
OR send a note or email the class teacher AND the office. Thanks.

BOOK WEEK 2021
Karaka School will be hosting a Book Week in the last
week of this term (12 April – 16 April). Events will
include…
Scholastic Book Fair (the theme is Space/Galaxy)
Dress Up Day (come as your favourite book character)
Grandparents Day
Guest readers
and more!
Watch this space for more details – it should be a great
way to end the term!
If you are available to help with the Book Fair (before or
after school) please contact Tanya Davis in Kotare Room
tanyad@karaka.school.nz

Please note the Colour Run is also on the last day of Term 1

PRINCIPAL AWARDS
Every fortnight we hold a whole school assembly, which parents and
whanau are invited too. Prior to the assembly each teacher chooses one
student who has displayed our school values The following students have
received a principal’s award recently in relation to our LEARN values.

  Awarded at assembly on the            TUI:               RURU:

                                        Oscar W            Alfie W
            12th March
KOTARE:              PATEKE:            PUKEKO:            MOKOMOKO:

Jaxon C              Emma R             Oliver B           Jack C

KOKAKO:              KOKAKO:            MANGOPARE:

Madison L            Mahalia-Rose S     Thomas F
                                        Saaniya S

BANKER: Jack C

CAUGHT BEING GOOD: Jezelle C

Today we had some 4 year olds from
Farmhouse Preschool visit in Kotare room.
Please let your preschool know that we are
happy to have regular visits from local
providers for four year olds.

Lucky Books - Scholastic Orders
Issue 2 for 2021 will be coming home this week. All Scholastic orders are due
in Friday 26th March. 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 next week. Thanks

AGM and Meeting
Our AGM is tonight in the lunchroom starting at 7pm and available via zoom.
Please email jennyg@karaka.school.nz for the link.
Lunchroom
A reminder sushi and tuck shop order forms are on the web page ... AND Little
Oak orders need to be in on Wednesday www.littleoakorders.com. If they
received orders after this time - they will be included in the following weeks
orders.

Uniform Shop
Under Level 1 our uniform shop is able to open again. The shop hours are
Monday mornings 8.15am—9.00am. Size 6 sweatshirts are back in stock now.

Colour Run Update—Friday 16th April—What a great way to end Term 1
Thank you to all those students who have made a wonderful start to their
fundraising! So far 38% of the students have registered and 28% have
fundraised at least $1 so far. Lets see if we can make that 60%. We have 2
and a half weeks to go so lets make them count!
WELL DONE to KOTARE ROOM who are leading the fundraising efforts at this
stage - the winning class will get a special movie afternoon reward, and house
tokens are up for grabs for all students who create a profile! Don’t forget by
registering online and fundraising just $1 you get to go into the draw for your
family to win a prize worth $20,000. – See below details.
The easiest way to help your child raise money is through online fundraising.
Go to schoolfunrun.co.nz and create a student profile page. You can then
share your online fundraising link via SMS, Email and Social Media.
If you need a new fundraising booklet, or didn’t receive one, you can pick one
up from the office or email angefrench@gmail.com to receive a
digital copy.

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

17 March         PTA AGM and meeting 7.00pm
23 March         Year 5 and 6 Eye on Nature trip
26 March         Football Fun Day (seniors)
26 March         Assembly
2-6 April        School closed for Easter break
8 April          Photolife photos—class, individual and siblings
16 April         PTA Colour Run

 Community Notices
St Mary’s Catholic School Gala
The Gala scheduled for the end of Term 1 has unfortunately been cancelled.