Kia ora koutou,

Now in our third week of term students are well back into their learning and we are seeing some great progress. We are also well into our gymnastics program with Active Attitude. This year we are swapping out the old horse apparatuses for a parallel bar. Thank you to the PTA for funding the equipment and for Active Attitude for lending their bar while ours is on back order.

This term our year 3-8 students have started the new maths programs “Maths No Problem.” The Maths No Problem program has a text book aspect to it but its strength lies in the cooperative learning times where students build their knowledge and maths understanding.
We hope to see improvements in maths knowledge but also maths language skills. Teachers have been busy growing their understanding and skills in the program and Paul Ruddell has been doing some modelling lessons in each class.

Last Friday we said goodbye to Amy Geyer who has been teaching in Room 1 and 4 for this year. Amy has won a teaching position in Auckland. We wish Amy the very best and thank her for her time and effort. Taking over from Amy will be Rhonda Sparrow in Room 1 and Cindy Stafford will be back full time in Room 4 for the remainder of the year.

Our Tahi Bees student group also had their last session last week. They have been an amazing group, and it was very obvious how much they have learnt in the program. In term 3 we will choose a new group to join the program. We will shortly have honey from the program to sell at school. This hands-on learning experience reflects our school's value of "Respect for Our Environment" in action.

Historically, Kōkopu School has been fortunate to have high attendance rates, and we are grateful to parents for prioritising their children's education. To continue supporting this, we have implemented the Ministry of Education's Stepped Attendance Response (STAR) program. You can find an infographic below detailing Kōkopu School's attendance this year. We hope to also be providing personalised attendance information for your child via email each term.

Regards

Ngā mihi nui

Yaron Overeem

Principal, Kokopu School

Tomorrow Wed 14 May - Winter Sports Year 7 and 8

Tomorrow our Year 7 and 8 students will be travelling to Kensington Park to participate in Winter Sports with other school from the Whangarei District. We will leave Kokopu at 9am SHARP! Starting times for all sports is 10:00am. Teams should assemble at their respective venues by 9:30am.

There will be a briefing at 9:45am sharp at most venues. All competitions will be finished

by 2:00pm.

Our children are participating in hockey, basketball, badminton and gymnastics.

Each child needs to take responsibility for themselves for whichever sport they are participating in. For basketball and badminton they will need shoes for the court. For hockey they will need shoes for the turf and mouthguards. If they have their own hockey stick/gear they can bring that along too.

Please send them with food, water bottles, sunblock, hats and mouth guards for children participating in contact sports.

Wed 28 May - Winter Sports Year 5 and 6

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DATE

We need more parents to help with transport and supervision for our Year 5 and 6 students please.

Times will be as above. If you can help out, please email office@kokopu.school.nz

We have had cases of head lice reported to us at school. Please be aware of this and check your child regularly. There is some very helpful information on the Health New Zealand Te Whata Ora website. click the link below.

https://info.health.nz/keeping-healthy/healthy-homes-environments/pests-and-insects/head-lice-nits

In conjunction with other primary schools in our area, teachers are participating in a second teacher only day to help us upskill in the delivery of the new maths curriculum. This day is an allocation from the Ministry of Education. We appreciate that this will be inconvenient for families and thank you for your understanding.

Please DO NOT park at the FRONT GATE. It is NOT a drop off zone.

USE OUR NEW DESIGNATED CARPARK.

Parents, please ensure the gates into the school are shut at all times.

We still need them shut after school, as there are still children at After School Care until 5.30pm.

Term 2 2025

• Mon 28 Apr - Year 7 and 8 Tech (every Monday all term)
• Tue 29 Apr - Playgroup (every Tuesday all term)
• Wed 30 Apr - Kapa Haka (every Wednesday all term)
• Thu 1 May - Gym coaching (every Thursday til week 6)
• Mon 19 May - BOT Meeting
• Wed 14 May - Winter Sports Year 7 and 8
• Tue 27 May - Country Meal (study of the Pacific Islands)
• Wed 28 May - Winter Sports Year 5 and 6
• Mon 2 June - Kings Birthday (long weekend)
• Fri 6 June - Gymnastics Competition
• Wed 18 June - Matariki Planting Day
• Thu 19 June - Teacher Only Day
• Fri 20 June - Matariki (long weekend)
• Thu 26 June - House Day Competition Winter Sports

Term 4 2025

• Ag Day - Saturday 11th October

2025 Term Dates

• Term 1: Wed 5 Feb – Fri 11 Apr 2025.
• Term 2: Mon 28 Apr – Fri 27 Jun 2025.
• Term 3: Mon 14 Jul – Fri 19 Sep 2025.
• Term 4: Mon 6 Oct – Tue 16 Dec 2025.

Our Skool Loop is a great way to communicate with our School Community. Please re-register which classroom your child/children are in. If you have not register please see the instructions below.

We would love to welcome new members to our PTA. We have met already this term, but any help with events on the food stalls would be appreciated. i.e. Swimming Sports, Triathlon etc. If you are interested in joining us or helping out please contact Amy Pugh phone 0211729388.

Qustodio Parent App for Families

• Filter and block apps and content parents don’t want their children to access
• Customise what children can access during homework hours
• Balance screen time by setting time limits on devices as well as for specific apps
• Protect screen-free moments such as mealtimes and bedtimes
• See who children are talking to and what content they are seeing in real- time

How to get started

1. Visit the Online Safety Hub. 👉 www.kokopu.onlinesafetyhub.nz

2. Create your account

3. Install Qustodio on your child’s devices.

Please name your child's/children's clothing so our lost property is not overflowing with unclaimed clothes, shoes etc.

Every day the senior children will be selling ice blocks for $1.00 each after the children have eaten their lunch.

On Friday afternoon we have a sharing assembly at 2.30pm for the whole school. Parents are welcome to come along and see what the children have to share.

Vicki is in the office on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Bexs is in the office on Wednesday and Friday until 12.50pm.

Don't forget we are collecting Yummy Stickers. So please collect the Yummy cut-out labels from bags (each cut-out label is worth 10 stickers) and individual Yummy apple stickers. Yummy apples are available from New World, PAK’nSAVE and participating Four Square stores. The more you collect, the more sports gear you get so get going and start collecting your Yummy cut-out labels and stickers now!

Guitar lessons are on Wednesday's. If you are interested in getting lessons for your child, phone Lynn Moase on 0212979437.

You can order your child's lunch on Tuesday's from Pizza Fusion and on Thursdays from West End Sushi and on Fridays from Titoki Store. Go to www.lunchonline.co.nz

If parents/caregivers want to visit the website https://kokopu.schooldocs.co.nz/1893.htm to look over our school policies and procedures, please see the following instructions: Enter the username (kokopu) and password (0179). Follow the link to the relevant policy as listed.

Email: office@kokopu.school.nz
Website: www.kokopu.school.nz
Location: 921 Kokopu Road, Kokopu, New Zealand
Phone: 094346765
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kokopuschool