Community Newsletter #3

Week 4 Term 3 2015

To be the best we can be

P R I N C I PA L S
P I E C E
A . K . A M Y
M U S I N G S
Welcome to the third community newsletter of the year and
our fourth newsletter for the term. As you can see from the
cover we had our annual school cross country event yesterday.
Thank you to all those who helped out and thank you to Barry
Brown for allowing us to run across his land.
This term in the afternoons, the year 5-8s have been working
on finding solutions to local school issues. The issues students
have been working on have been:

Creative furniture solutions that improve our

environment for learning

Developing challenging physical playground equipment

for the older students

Improving the visibility and promotion of the school at

the road side

Improving our school website to make it a vibrant and

informative place to visit.
Having genuine issues to solve and being part of the decision
making and change process at school has been good for the
students. They have had to conduct research into existing
solutions, think about budgets, materials. Check out some the
student ideas in this newsletter.
This year Kaihere School has been involved in working towards establishing a Community of Schools, with Hauraki
Plains College, and schools such as Ngatea, Kerepehi,
Waitakaruru and many other Plains schools. This community
of schools is being considered under the Governments somewhat controversial Investing in Educational Success (IES)
initiative. Our school, and those involved, are interested in
providing the best learning opportunities for students in this
district. This has given me an opportunity to meet with and
share ideas with other school leaders and I have already had
some fruitful and enlightening meetings with College staff.
One of the questions that keeps cropping up is what
constitutes really good learning in this modern age? There has
been enormous focus on Numeracy and Literacy because of
National Standards (possibly to the detriment of other learning
areas). I believe that Numeracy and Literacy are crucial, but I
also believe creativity, the ability to learn and explore through
experiences, and the arts are also incredibly valuable. What do
you think?
As a community of parents, business people, employers, what
do you think our young people should be learning to take
districts such as Hauraki, the country and the world into the
future? I am always keen to hear feedback, so parent or not, if
you have an opinion drop me an e-mail or give me a call.
Wrap-up for the last weeks of Winter and remember that
Spring is just around the corner.
Regards
Terry Casey

I M P O R T A N T

M E S S A G E

The school cell phone is generally causing problems

and is out of service. If you need to let us know anything please could you either text Terry ( 021 026
75462) or leave a message on the school phone for
the time being. Thanks!

R E M I N D E R S

REMINDER
Each term Kaihere School asks for a small donation
of $10 per child per term. Please support us by
sending to school your childs paper levies, if you are
unsure if you have already paid please contact the
office. Many thanks for your support.

UPCOMING EVENTS:
17th AugustHauraki Plains cross country
19th AugustMangawhero room at Clarence Street
theatre
24th-28th AugustMangawhero room senior camp
at Lakewood Lodge
3rd SeptemberSchool Speech finals
9th SeptemberHauraki Plains Speech competition
25th Septemberlast day of term 3
26th SeptemberFUN MUD RUN
19th OctoberCalf Club

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Paeroa Lions Club

26th Annual Fireworks Display
On Saturday 31 October 2015 our club will be
holding its 26th Annual Fireworks Display at
Paeroa Domain. For our 25th Annual Display in
2014 we increased the scale of the fireworks
display and we have decided to maintain that
standard with our suppliers to include some new
displays. We aim to provide a night of family fun
with a great fireworks display at an affordable
price.. Our gate charge remains at $15 for a family
ticket which covers 2 adults and 2 children. We
use the services of a longstanding Auckland
fireworks display provider and we also have food
stalls and other entertainment on site. NO
ALCOHOL OR PERSONAL FIREWORKS are
allowed on the grounds and this assists us in
making this a very enjoyable night of family fun.
This year our Display falls the same night as
Halloween and we will advise in due course as to
what we will be doing to encourage children to
wear their Halloween outfits.

N O T I C E S

Urgently seeking dry storage facility like an enclosed

barn or shed in the Hauraki area. Would prefer long
term. If you can help please contact Trinia on 022
0181758.
Hauraki Plains Rural Show
7th November 2015 Ngatea
Calf Club (up to year 8) and Young Handler section
Stalls available for fundraising or promotion
www.haurakiplainsruralshow.co.nz
Sonia 0274315825 or find us on Facebook

Relief Milker
seeking work
Honest and reliable
References available
Phone Sarah on 0275192105

Home and School

If any one can donate any of the following to help

As further entertainment we are presently negotiwith the Muddy Fun Run
ating with a world class group to perform for your
Please contact
entertainment. This will not bring about an
Tania Dovey 0275 333 457
increase in gate charge but if we are successful in
Battens
obtaining this group the gates will probably open a
(unwanted
as
some will be cut up)
little earlier. More details as they become available
Fence posts
(old
new or broken)
If we are successful in having this group there will
6 x Inner tubes
be no increase in the entry charge.
(front tractor or truck)
4 x 100L Drums
Many Thanks
.

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Amanda Mischewski
www.indulgeursenses.scentsy.co.nz
Facebook: Indulge Your Senses with Scents NZ
mischewski15@gmail.com
0279192572

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Busy times in Mangawhero room (Years 6-8). Please enjoy reading

about some of the many learning activities we have been engaged in.
WRITING

READING

We have been looking at writing in the style of a

newspaper report. Here are some excerpts from student news articles.
Cecil the Lion
Palmer is an avid big game hunter who learnt how to
hunt at the young age of five and has been hunting
ever since. This is not the first time he has been in
trouble for his hunting. In 2008 he faced prison time
for lying to a federal agent about the killing of a black
bear. He was also profiled in the New York times after
he killed a trophy elk in California. Palmer's wife
(Tonette) also has an interest in hunting and hasn't
been seen since Palmer was accused of killing Cecil.
Palmer himself has received considerable negative
response because of his actions.
By Sarah

We have a class of really keen readers. Here are some

of the books we are loving in Mangawhero room at
the moment:
Paper Towns by John Green.
Shontelle has read this and Molly is reading this. It
was a good mature book. I liked it
because it was funny and had some
mysteries.
Shontelle

Nathan has been reading Driving a

Bargain by Fleur Beale.
I reckon this book has really great
humour. It has a
great storyline with
good characters.. I am now reading
Slide the Corner by the same author Nathan.
Damian has been reading another
Shark Attack
Fleur Beale book, My Life of
Australian Mick Fanning, 3 time world champion surf- Crime.
er, was attacked by a shark in South Africa. Luckily for A really interesting story that
hooked me in. A good book and you
Fanning the rescue team got to him before he was
hurt. When Fanning was attacked he was competing should read it. The crime was good, but I wont spoil
it for you Damian.
in a surf competition. The shark bit Fannings leg rope
off his surfboard. The shark was trying to bite the
Fergus is reading the Gone series by
surfboard, but Fanning desperately fought back.
Michael Grant.
By Brooke
A really interesting and surprising
book. There are lots of exciting parts,
right from the first page when all the
adults disappear! Fergus

Maths
Besides focussing on division calculation strategies,
using protractors and solving problems involving time
and timetables, we have also managed to send a team
to the Netherton
School problem solving
challenge
evening. It was a
great night and we
learnt a lot about preparing better for next
year.

visited our webpage you can find it at

http://kaihereschool.weebly.com/

Another group has been looking at furniture concepts.

Here is a great idea they want to build and trial in the
class.
Tube seat.
What is required is a tractor inner-tube, strips of fabric, and a cushion. This is a great way to make cheap,
comfortable classroom furniture for reading. Another great idea this team has discovered is that of
guttering for book shelves. If anyone has some old (but good condiCultural
tion) plastic guttering, could they
please donate it to the school.
Learning
Our other two groups have been
Last term was a busy
working on the
issue of signage and school
term for cultural learning, with Matariki and a visit to
presence at the roadside and the need for more chalKerepehi marae as well as the school hangi night.
lenging physical playground
This term in week 2 was Te wiki O te reo Maori
equipment for the seniors.
(Maori language week). Students have learnt waiata
Both groups have come up
(songs), games, been working on writing and saying
with lots of ideas and intend
their mihi.
Heres
to present then to the
Daniel with his Pou art, depicting elements of his herschools Board.
itage and whakapapa

Finding creative solutions

We have been working through the Technology
process to solve some school-based issues and
develop creative solutions:
One group has been learning about website construc-

tion so they can take charge of keeping the schools

website fresh, relevant and up to date. If youve never

Swinging net made from

recycled tires

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Creating works of art

Loving reading and

our library

Making butter from

cream...and then
tasting it

A taste of volleyball
with Sport Waikato
Project Energize

Charlize trying out

the bed of nails at the
Paeroa Science
Roadshow

The Kaihere ladies

association perfume
factory and
production line

Exploring and discovering with the

amazing displays at
the Science Roadshow
Exploring language
and science making
bubble snakes...was
school this fun when
you were a kid?

Having fun in the

mud on a rainy day
and then going back
inside where its
warm to write about
it.