TERM 1 – WEEK 4:20 February 2025

THIS WEEK’S MEMORY VERSE

A wise man fears the Lord and shuns evil, but a fool is hotheaded and reckless.

Proverbs 14:16

Principles Notice

Tena koutou whanau ma – warm greetings to everyone.

Firstly a big ‘THANK YOU’ to whanau for working with us to get the ‘little things’ right. We are noticing a real difference in the school in terms of unity and peace. The students are looking great in their uniforms which is commendable.

We are well into the learning programmes now with senior courses and pathways firmed up. As always, if there are changes in the interests our students have, please let us know in case that impacts their course selections.

As indicated previously, we are working on a new format for our Parent Reports. We have a training session next week to have the format set up on our school/parent portal (Kamar) and we hope to be able to send out the first report to parents in Week 6, March 7^th. If there are any major hiccups this may get pushed out to the 14^th.

Coming up on March 3^rd 5:30pm to 6:30pm is a Whanau afternoon/evening event where parents and whanau are invited in to the school to connect with teachers and also to hear a little about what is taking place at the moment – please mark this date in your calendars and come along to connect up and fellowship with one another.

Acts 2:42 ESV

And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.

Nga mihi mahana

David Rogers

PRINCIPAL

KEY DATES:

IMPORTANT SCHOOL DATES

PRIMARY
Term 1
Term 1	Primary Camp trip ( Wednesday 12th-Friday 14th March 2025)
	11th March Year 3, 4 Wairoro Stream Investigation 9:00 – 12:00


SECONDARY
Term 1
Term 1	Yr 7-8 Urupukapuka Camp ( Monday 3rd – Wednesday 5th Feb 2025)


WHOLE SCHOOL
Term 1
Term 1	School Closed Waitangi Day (Thursday 6th-Friday 7th Feb 2025)

SCHOOL TERMS

Term 1	Start	Tuesday 28th January 2025
	End	Friday 11th April 2025
Term 2	Start
	End
Term 3	Start
	End
Term 4	Start
	End

PUBLIC HOLIDAYS

Term 1	Waitangi	Thursday 6th February

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Meeting Dates:

Term 1	Tuesday 18th 2025

Minutes:

TEACHERS NOTICE

REMINDER

Kia Ora Parents & Caregivers, Just a reminder when collecting your children before school finishes can you please come to the school office first to sign your children out. From there the office ladies will collect your children from their classes for you as this can cause interruption for other students that are still learning .

Nga mihi.

PRIMARY CAMP

Kia ora whānau,

We are looking for a couple of parent and whānau volunteers to help with the cooking at our upcoming Primary school camp on the 12-14th March. Your support would be greatly appreciated in preparing meals and ensuring our tamariki are well-fed and ready for all the camp activities! If you are available to help, even for part of the time, please let Whaea Jess know by 10th February so we can organize a roster. Pop into Room 5 (Year 1/2 room) or email [email protected]

Ngā mihi nui

Whaea Jess.

MARAE MINISTRY:

Kia ora koutou any parents that want to learn Marae ministry I will be running this every Wednesday between 5 and 6 pm. Feel free to come along.

Matua Te Rangi

HOMEWORK CENTRE:

Every Wednesday from 3-30 pm to 4-30 pm I will be running a Homework Centre in the where for Hitori, Bible Year 10 and 11, and Te Reo Year 10 and 11

Matua Te Rangi

KCS PRIMARY SUMMER CAMP 2025 INFORMATION & FORMS

Wednesday 12th – Friday 14th March, 2025

Kia ora KCS Primary Parents & Caregivers,

The following link is for our school camp information, permission form and equipment list. Your child/children also brought home a paper copy today. Please read the information with your child, fill out the form and return by the end of this week.

Alternatively, you can fill out an online permission form at this link.

Blessings from the Primary Team

Whaea Jess, Whaea Lana, Mrs Cook, Mrs Vesey

YOUTH NATIONAL COMPETITION

Tena koutou,

We are pleased to announce that five students, three current and two alumni, will represent our Kura at the Bunnings Youth National 2025 competition, held at Brice Pulman Park. The participating students are Ocian Cavile, Kayden Cavile, Khody Clarke, Tumu Brown, Amoron Phillips, and Tiakina Brown. We extend our best wishes for their success in the national championship.

Komene Marino

MATH HOMEWORK

Students of Y11/12 Numeracy, Y12 Math and Y13 Math will be getting a homework everyday to embed their learning from the lessons at school. Mathematics is learnt by doing lots of practicing, working out lots of exercises and going across different problems. Students are asked to spend 15-30 min after school to complete given tasks. Their work is checked the next day. If not done or incompleted student will be asked to come to S5 for extra tuition with Mrs. Hyde at 1pm.

Any questions please let me know

Kind regards

Mrs. Jitka Hyde

Math and Science

Missing Shoes

PRIMARY NOTICES

STUDENT NOTICES

FOR PARENTS AND WHANAU

Piano

We have 2 piano’s that are free to a good home if anyone is interested.

YOUTH 412

Celebration Youth 412. Youth event for those aged 12 and over at the Celebration Centre (school hall) on Friday at 7:00 pm. Contact Josiah Shaw 021 022 42000 or Brian Heihei 022 198 1757.

Mike Shaw

CEO Celebration Trust

PO Box 235 – Kaikohe

Phone +64 9 405 3996

Cell +64 21 842 302

www.heartofthenorth.co.nz

WHAT ARE ATTENDANCE DUES?

The Ministry of Education does not fund building related costs at our School. Attendance Dues are only used to pay for building related costs. They can not be used for any other purposes. Paying Attendance Dues is a condition of enrolment for all students attending our School. Attendance Dues are compulsory – there is a legal requirement for parents and caregivers to pay Attendance Dues under the Education and Training Act 2020. They are not a donation.

Mike Shaw

CEO Celebration Trust