KIA ORA, TALOFA LAVA, AND WELCOME BACK EVERYONE.

Welcome Back

KIA ORA, TALOFA LAVA, AND WELCOME BACK EVERYONE.

I hope you have had a relaxing Christmas and New Year break, enjoyed family time together and made the most of the wonderful weather we have been having. This time last year, we were planning to start school under COVID restrictions with our school operating in separate bubbles.
We are looking forward to a more normal start to the new school year and while we will still need to be mindful that COVID is a part of our lives, we will not have the constraints that we have had in the past. 

We start on Tuesday 31st January at 8:30am, Mihi Whakatau for new students and whanau at 8.45amI hope you have had a relaxing Christmas and New Year break, enjoyed family time together and made the most of the wonderful weather we have been having. This time last year, we were planning to start school under COVID restrictions with our school operating in separate bubbles.

We are looking forward to a more normal start to the new school year and while we will still need to be mindful that COVID is a part of our lives, we will not have the constraints that we have had in the past.

We start on Tuesday 31st January at 8:30am, Mihi Whakatau for new students and whanau at 8.45am.

MIHI WHAKATAU/WELCOME


We begin our school year with a mihi whakatau at 8.45am on Tuesday 31st January to welcome new students and their whanau to our Kura.
New tamariki and whanau will meet outside the front gate at 8.30am and be brought on as a group. After the mihi whakatau, whanau are welcome to stay for a cuppa and a chat. At this point the children will be collected by their teacher and taken to their class.

STAFFING FOR 2023

We are fully staffed for the start of the new school year and look forward to continuing to working together with our school community to provide our tamariki with exciting and rich learning experiences across the school.

CLASS LISTS

Class lists were emailed to parents yesterday. Some have been going into junk folders, please check yours before contacting the office

Contacts:

Phone: 939 9707 txt: 027 3710 947 KCC Cellphone: 027 241 3028 Teeth: 0800TALKTEETH

PRINCIPAL: Dave Lamont 
BOARD OF TRUSTEES: Spencer HiessAmber Pacheco, Chris BlazkowKris Dando, Renee Madsen, Craig Gilmour

TEACHER/STAFF ONLY DAY

At this stage we have planned for two teacher-only days during term time for 2023. These will be as follows.

  • Friday 3 February – Kahui ako afternoon, School finishes at 12.00pm (We are having a combined Taita/Stokes Valley staff only afternoon at Taita College.) All children to be collected by 12.00pm. KCC will be closed on this day. In the first 2 weeks of Term 2 – Ministry of Education Curriculum implementation day (date to be confirmed).

Staff

staffWe are fully staffed (and vaccinated) for the start of the new school year.

Welcome Whaea Ceri (Room 14) and Whaea Shayne (Room 8) to our staff this year. We also welcome two masters students from Victoria University who will be with us this year. Whaea Sarah will be working in Room 13 alongside Mr G and Whaea Nicola will be working in Room 23 alongside Mrs Joe.

We have a great team to begin the new school year and we look forward to working together to provide our tamariki with exciting and rich learning experiences across the school.