Week 6 (5-8 June)

Welcome to Week 6 :)
Hope you are all enjoying your long weekend and keeping warm.

Pyjama Day
This Tuesday is Pyjama Day at school (5 June). We are supporting Maisie from Pounamu who is having her hair cut off to donate to the Cancer Society to be made into a wig. The children are welcome to come along in their pyjamas or onesies (or just in mufti), bring along a gold coin to donate to the Cancer Society and watch Maisie's haircut at Meet Up in the hall on Tuesday morning.

Tony Ryan Seminar for Parents

This Wednesday 6 June from 4-6pm come along to the school hall and hear Tony Ryan speak about the future of education. No charge. Tony is a well known author who will be exploring possible scenarios for tomorrow's teaching environments and the future preparing actions we can take today.

Staffing
Mrs O is away on leave on Friday afternoon so the Room 19 children will be split over our junior classes. We will let the children know which room they will be in on Friday morning.

Winter Weather
With the winter weather upon us, please ensure your child has a well named weatherproof jacket at school every day. It is also a good time to check that all sweatshirts and jerseys are well named too please.

Library
Please return library books to our yellow library containers before Friday.

Reading Folders
We are contiuing to encourage children to have their reading folders at school every day. These should be put in their tote trays before school each morning. A large number of children are still not bringing them to school (or getting them out of their school bags).

Buddy Readers
Last month we were lucky enough to have a number of Ara Atu students come in and buddy read with a group of our Kohara children each day. This month we have a new group of keen buddy readers coming in to help read with a different group of students. It is so lovely to see our old Kohara children coming back to share their enjoyment of reading with us.

Connect Waimairi Social Outing
Social get together on Wednesday 6 June 2-3pm by the 4 Rivers Cafe at school.
Evening Catch up Thursday 7 June 7.30-9.30pm at Elmwood Trading Company, Normans Road.

For those interested in finding out more about Connect Waimairi, Classroom Connectors or anyone who would just like to meet and socialise with other Waimairi parents and caregivers. All welcome.

Thank You
A huge thank you to our three Kohara parents - Vincent, Hilary and Abby who gave up their time on Sunday morning to help Mrs O and the PTA out at the drinks station at the Christchurch Marathon. Your time and enthusiasm was greatly appreciated so thank you so much for helping out.

Reading Book Returns
A big thank you also to our lovely Kohara parents who have been helping out with putting our reading books away each week. If you are able to assist with this, please let us know (or feel free to grab a pile of books to put away if you have a few spare minutes before or after school drop off).

Toys
A reminder that toys are not to be brought to school please. We are still having to remind children about soft toys and lego figures that keep turning up in class. We appreciate your help in supporting us with this.

Have a great week :)