THIS WEEK’S MEMORY VERSE

Do not withhold your mercy from me, O LORD, may your love and your truth always protect me.

Psalm 40:11

CARE FOCUS: I am making sure that I treat others with respect and kindness.

 PRINCIPAL’S NOTICE

Tena koutou whanau ma

As you will be aware, a state of emergency has been declared for our region. This requires me to (even more so) consider the safety and well-being of our students and staff.

While we are praying for an event of no significance, we must still acknowledge the advisory from Civil Defense. Therefore I am making the decision to close the school for Wednesday 1st February and ask whanau to stand-by for a further update regarding the rest of the week.

Please refer to our facebook page and check emails for updates as they are published.

Nga mihi mahana

David Rogers

PRINCIPAL

 

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 KEY DATES:

IMPORTANT SCHOOL DATES

SCHOOL TERMS

Kia Ora whanau ma,

Hope everyone had a beautiful Christmas/New Years holiday with whanau & Friends. Below is the Office hours before school starts an the start date for our tamariki.

• 31st January will be the starting date for students to come back to school.
• Office will be opened Monday 23rd January. Our opening hours for queries about uniform and stationery etc are (9:00-1:00) can vary. If anything changes around that I will let you all know.

Nga Mihi.

God Bless You All

BUSES INFORMATION

Kia ora,

 Ngā mihi o te tau hou. I hope you have had an enjoyable and safe festive season.  

With the school year about to start, this is a good time to ensure everything is in place to enable our ākonga to get to school safely and ready to learn. Below are some key actions we recommend you undertake before the start of the year.  

1.                   Contact your bus provider (TSP) 

It’s vitally important that you: 

·            provide your contact details to your TSP – particularly out-of-hours contact information for emergencies 

·            provide your TSP with the date your school re-opens to students – this ensures bus services start on the correct date 

·            make sure you have the up-to-date bus route/s, timetable/s, and pick-up/drop-off locations – and that you’ve passed this information on to your caregivers 

·            let your TSP know if you are expecting significant changes in the number of students who may catch the school bus, and on which bus route – this helps the TSP to have the right size bus available 

If you can’t get hold of your TSP, please let me know as soon as possible as I can assist in ensuring contact is made. 

2.                   Start compiling accurate and up-to-date bus lists 

It is essential that from the first day your bus services commence, that you keep an accurate and up-to-date list of the students travelling on each service. This is a Health and Safety requirement in case of any emergency, and is a good record of the total number of students on each bus and which of these students are eligible for School Transport Assistance.  

3.                   Sent bus information to caregivers 

Remember it is the schools’ responsibility to communicate with students and caregivers. Please: 

·            ensure caregivers have up-to-date bus route, timetable, and pick-up/drop-off location information 

·            provide caregivers with the following key message: 

“Caregivers are responsible for getting their children to school, which may involve getting the children to and from their nearest bus pick-up and drop-off location. Please either stay with your children while they are waiting for their school transport in the morning or keep in contact with them to make sure that they are picked up safely. It is recommended students and caregivers be at the bus pick-up/drop-off locations five to 10 minutes before the bus is scheduled to arrive. 

If you wish to discuss any school transport related issues, please contact me.” [enter details of who at the school you want caregivers to contact]. 

4.                   Change in Bus Controller 

 If you are no longer going to be the Bus Controller for your school, please let us know as it is important that we have up-to-date contact information. Please email school.transport@education.govt.nz with the new Bus Controller’s contact details. 

If you have any questions, please get in touch with me – I’ll be happy to help. 

 Ngā mihi

PRIMARY SCHOOL TRIP

Kia ora KCS Whanau,

With great excitement, and so that you can prepare, we are letting you know about our Primary School trip
to Auckland, Monday to Wednesday, March 27th-29th, 2023. Every four years we head to the big city and
have as much adventure and fun as we can. Our trip will cost $60 per child. If you have more than one child
attending it will cost an additional $30 per child. Parents attending will also need to pay. We will be staying
at Willow Park Convention Centre, Eastern Beaches (a favourite spot). Full details and permission forms will
be sent out at the beginning of Term 1, 2023. Start putting aside a little each week to cover costs, and save
the date on your calendar.
Have a blessed Christmas and holiday time

Trish Vesey, Roylena Tzikoucos, Lana Giesbers, David Pricket (HOD)

Minutes: 

• Minutes 22 March 2022
• Minutes 3rd May 2022
• Minutes 21 June 2022
• Minutes 26 July 2022
• Unconfirmed Minutes 27 September 2022
• Minutes October 25th 2022

I am able to do all things through Him who strengthens me.

Philippians 4:13

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