Week 2 (9-12 Feb)

Wow week 2 already! It has been lovely meeting the Kohara families and getting to know a little bit more about the children. We had a fabulous first week together and hopefully your children are feeling more settled now and have found Kohara a happy place to be.

Beach Trip

A huge thank you to our wonderful parent helpers who came along on our trip last week to New Brighton. We couldn't have gone without you, so many thanks to you all. It was a great way to also get to know the year 5/6 children from Kahukura who are in our Rakaia River team with us. 

Tuesday Meet Up

Please encourage your child to be seated in the hall by 8.50am. This year the children can sit anywhere but if they are feeling a bit anxious please just look for us and we can seat them near to us or with some of their classmates. Parents are most welcome to stay for Meet Up each week so feel free to grab a seat and enjoy being part of it all. 

Swimming

Kohara will be swimming on Wednesday and Friday this week so please ensure children have their togs at school on these days. 

Sunhats

Great to see most of our children have a navy wide brimmed hat at school. The children can leave these on their bag hooks when not in use. 

Library

Our library day is Friday. Please bring library bags along this week. There are labelled containers at both ends of Kohara for the children to put their named library bags in. 

Reading

We will be starting to see the children for instructional reading this week so you can expect to see a reading book each night (Mon - Thurs) and a poem on Friday. Don't worry if the books are too easy or too hard in these first few weeks as we get to know the children. Just enjoy reading together and talking about the book. Reading books stay in your child's reading folder for the week and they get returned to the reading container in Kohara each Monday. Feel free to re-read favourites during the week as you wish. 

Whanau Picnic Tea/Swim

We look forward to seeing you all on Thursday night (11Feb) for a picnic dinner from 5.30pm and a short tour and explanation of how Kohara works from 6.15pm. The pool will be open after that if your child would like a swim. 

Have a great week :)