Welcome back to Term 4!!
I have had a lovely break spending time with my boys, catching up with my brother home from Brazil, visiting my friends new babies and going to the beach.
What have you got up to in your holiday Kakano 8 kids?
A huge welcome to our new students in Kakano 8 - Chloe, Liam, Millar, Irwin, Jack and Roman joining us either this week or in a few weeks time. We look forward to making them feel a special part of our Kakano 8 classroom.
Our chicks Kowhai and Tahi will also be returning to school bigger than ever and we have a fresh batch of chicken eggs in the incubator! Let's hope we get more chicks in a few weeks time!
We hope you have all enjoyed the time off school and the children have rested well looking forward to getting back to their classmates and school routine! This term will be a busy one with production, swimming, and end of year celebrations.
COVID UPDATE: LEVEL 1
Parents are welcome to come into school as has been the case in Level 2.
(Please continue to use the contact tracing app and QR code placed at all three entrances). There will also be sanitising units at all gates. Please use them. We do however encourage you to drop your child at the gate as this gives students great self-management skills and independence, and enables students before school to engage more fully with other students and teachers.
There are no restrictions on numbers at gatherings, so you are welcome to come to our assemblies.
We will continue to encourage basic hygiene measures such as handwashing and use of sanitiser, cough and sneeze etiquette, regularly cleaning and disinfecting high touch surfaces.
Please keep your child home if they are unwell, or required to self-isolate.
FROM TOMORROW, start of Term 4:
In the mornings from 8.25pm there will be a teacher at the Church car park gate only. There will not be a teacher at the Ranolf or Carnot St gates. School will start at 8.45am. Please ensure that your child is at school prior to this. If for any reason you need to drop your child off later please make sure to come to class via the office and sign your child in.
Children will be permitted to play in the playground before school.
In the afternoon there will be a teacher at all 3 gates. There will be a pick up zone for parents to pick up children without needing to get out of the car in the Church Carpark.
At the end of the day school will finish at 3.00pm for all students, the ONLY EXCEPTION is that bus students need to leave class for the Ranolf St gate at 2.50pm.
Swimming!!!
This term we start swimming. Children need to bring their swimming togs and a towel. They can also bring their swimming goggles if they have them.
Kakano 8 will be swimming every second week starting this week in WEEK ONE. (Week 3, 5, 7, 9 ) I will be swimming with the children until I feel confident that they do not need me to anymore. The pool is heated to 30 degrees. Please pack swimming togs and a towel each day in a waterproof bag. You may also like to pack spare underwear. Please make sure ALL these items are clearly named! Kakano 8's swimming time is the last session of the day. :-)
Holiday Reading
The holiday reading log draw will be this Friday at assembly!!! Make sure to return your FILLED IN holiday reading log by Thursday. Thank you also for returning the childrens’ holiday book packs to school.
Library day - Thursdays - please return library books before Thursday each week so that your child can get two more books out.
Sausage sizzle and juicie day is on Fridays - $1.50 each and can be ordered from the duty teacher in Kakano on Friday mornings.
Production: Mrs Trask will be teaching the entire school their dances each Tuesday so Kakano 8 will have Mrs Katherine Bishop whom they have met and enjoy.
Summer Uniform
Now that it is Term 4, the children need to be in summer uniform. The girls wear a different summer dress with black sandals and the boys a different pair of summer shorts with the blue polo and black sandals also. SUNHATS are also part of the summer uniform and the school rule is that if you don’t have a sunhat then you are not allowed to play outside so please make sure the sunhats are in bags!!!
Lots of parents have been in to sort out summer uniforms. Students are to start Term 4 in full summer uniform. Our Uniform Shop is open Mondays (8.30-9.00am), Wednesdays (2.30-3.00pm) & Fridays (8.30-9.00am) during term time. The girls’ summer dresses are currently only available from our school uniform shop. Please don’t forget children need to wear the school sun hats in term 4.
We also sell school uniforms via our school website. You can order and pay online and pick up your uniform from the school reception after you have been notified by email that the uniform is ready to pick up. Hopefully this will be easier for those parents who find it difficult to get to our uniform shop.
Working Bee
We intend to have a working bee on the third Saturday after the holidays, October 31st. There are a number of jobs that need to be done. I am always amazed at the support we get from you, so thank you in anticipation. Children are welcome and we will have a BBQ lunch.
Cake Stall
Thank you for taking the time to always read the blog notices! We look forward to seeing you tomorrow. Enjoy the last day of the school holidays.
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