Welcome to Week 7! As usual, we have lots happening in Kohara this week.
Junior Swimming
Don't forget to pop along tomorrow (Tuesday) between 11.45-12.30pm to watch Kohara share some of our swimming skills and confidence activities. Remember to pack some pyjamas as well for our finale pyjama race! If the weather doesn't play it's part, the postponement date will be Thursday instead.
Monday - lunchtime swim (optional) for Y1/2
Tuesday - Junior Swimming Sports
Wednesday & Friday - usual class swimming days
Classroom Release
On Wednesday, Room 19 children will have Art with Mrs McHaffie in the afternoon.
PTA Meeting
If anyone is keen to check out our fabulous PTA, we have our annual general meeting on Tuesday night (15th) at 7.30pm in the school library. This is always a good meeting to come along too as we have nibbles and drinks to share at the end! We have a few Kohara parents on our PTA (and Mrs O) so you'll be guaranteed to see some familiar and friendly faces there. We'd love to see you there.
The PTA also have some fun social events coming up - the first of which is our Bingo night on Friday 1 April with fabulous hosts Ethel and Bethel Bingo Babes! Tickets are $10 and include a bingo card. Why not get a group together or come along and join a group on the night - all welcome. This is our first time hosting a Bingo night format and it looks set to be a fun filled night.
The PTA is also selling tickets to Ali Harper's Doris Day Show at the Court theatre and you can buy tickets through the school office (several dates available). Ali is one of our Kohara mums and for those of us who went to her show last year, we all couldn't stop raving about how wonderful it was. A great opportunity to see Ali in person and fundraise for Waimairi School at the same time.
Headlice
The dreaded headlice is doing the rounds at Waimairi currently so it's a good reminder to check children's hair (and maybe wash sunhats over the weekend especially those that have made their way into the basket just inside our door). Girls with long hair might also like to keep their hair tied up in the meantime at school.
Reading
Thanks once again to our fabulous helpers who have been putting our class reading books away - much appreciated! And well done to the children who are remembering to put their reading books in the grey container on a Monday morning. A reminder also that the children can put their poetry folders in the green boxes when they bring these back to school.
Thank You
A huge thank you to our lovely mums and a big sister who have helped us get our waka tied together and hung up. The children are enjoying having these on display in our entrance.
The Arts/Music
We have finished making our musical instruments and on Friday we got the chance to find out all the different kinds of instruments that the children had chosen to make and to listen to different ways they can be played. Our Kohara band has guitars, shakers, castanets, drums, didgeridoos, Chinese gongs, and flutes! We enjoyed having some fun with them last week and learning more about keeping in time to a steady beat.
Kapa Haka on Thursday
Library Day Friday
Upcoming Dates
Cross Country is coming up on the 23rd March. We have started practising for this and are working on building up our fitness and our 'have a go' attitudes. More information will be out nearer the time but we will also be having a picnic lunch on the day and you can enjoy a sausage sizzle (pre orders will be taken prior) and the coffee van will also be there for parents.
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