Kōkopu Newsletter

I would like to welcome our new students who started this term .. Lucy, Ariyah, Cole, Anabelle, Treston, Nixon and Ava to Kokopu School. You have had a great start and we know you will fit in well.

One of the things I really enjoy is meeting new families and giving them a tour of our wonderful school. I know that both students and staff take pride in our school and this shows when they meet visitors and share what a great place Kōkopu school is. I have also had a number of visitors to our school in the last two weeks including, people from The Ministry of Education, contractors, and principals from local and not-so-local schools. They all comment on the positive environment and that children are busy, learning and happy.

We are going through a bit of growth at the moment and you may notice that class sizes are getting bigger. As a small rural school, we have student milestones that determine when we get our next teacher. For us to get another teacher and open up room 5 we need to get to 126 students. We are currently sitting on 119. So, if you know of anyone looking to move into our area or wants to enrol at our school, please encourage them to get in contact with us and fill in our online enrolment form. www.kokopu.school.nz/enrolments You can also remind them that we are not zoned so there are no restrictions on attending our school.

Regards

Yaron Overeem

Principal

Kokopu School

Our year 4-8 students had a wonderful day completing 4 Lego challenges with other small rural schools in our area last week.

We were particularly impressed with the creativity and the way our students demonstrated our school values by supporting others.

A huge thank you to Poroti School for organising extra charity funding to help pay for the day.

Also a big thanks to the parents that helped out when our bus didn't arrive.

Liz Davies will be here on Thursday 23rd May in the morning to take class, individual and family photos. Get your order in now! You can order online or send in your form with the money which we will then pass on.

Thank you.

Wed 15 May - WPSSA Year 7 & 8 Winter Sports Tournament (CANCELLED)

Wed 29 May - WPSSA Year 5 & 6 Winter Sports Tournament

A notice from Room 3 has come out regarding these events.

You can give permission for your child to attend via our Skool Loop App.

Please note .. we will require parents to help transport to this event.

On Tuesday the 4th of June we will be having a Teachers Only Day. This is part of our government's entitlement to support schools in implementing the new curriculum. This term we will be joining other schools from our Community of Learning (COL) to undertake professional development. This will coincide with Kings Birthday which is on Monday 3rd June. We hope that some of you can take an extra long weekend and enjoy some time with your children. Thank you for your cooperation keeping your children home.

Once again we will be judging chickens at Ag Day, which will be held on Saturday 2nd November. If you want to raise a chick for this, you will need to order one by 6th June. The chicks will be hatched on the 8th of July when you will pick them up.

If you would like to order a chick please follow the link to our Ag Day page.
AG Day Website

With cooler weather we have noticed more students coming to school in Oodies.
Oodies are great for home but not so great for school. We would prefer students to be in normal jerseys more suitable for the classroom environment, learning and playing outdoors.

Can we have all the swimming keys back please?

We would like to do an audit of what keys we have.
When you return your key you will get your bond back.

Please be advised that there is chicken pox going around at the moment in our school and in the wider community.
Please be vigilant.

For more information about chicken pox click here

This Wednesday 22nd May we will be selling balloon animals $2.00 and drinks $2.00. Proceeds from this fundraiser will go to Pink Ribbon, Cancer Society and Kokopu School. Please support us by sending your gold coins. Thank you.

TERM 2

Thu 23 May - School Photos

Wed 29 May - WPSSA Year 5 & 6 Winter Sports Tournament

Fri 31 May - Scandinavian Study Country Meal

Mon 3 Jun - Kings Birthday

Tue 4 Jun - Teacher Only Day

Fri 14 Jun - Gymnastics Competition

Thu 27 Jun - Matariki Planting Day

Fri 28 Jun - Matariki

Lost property – Please name all your children's clothing so we can make sure they claim any lost property. Thank you.

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

Term 1 .. Thursday 1st February to Friday 12th April

Term 2 .. Monday 29th April to Friday 5th July

Term 3 .. Monday 22nd July to Friday 27th September

Term 4 .. Monday 14th October to Friday 13th December

OPEN DAY

Wednesday 31st July, 5.30 - 7.30pm approx

Starts in the Manawahine Gym followed by guided tours

with specialist staff on hand to answer any questions. A great

opportunity to see our extensive range of curricular and extra

curricular activities. Come along and get a feel for our

special learning environment.

Lupton House will be open from 4pm for prospective boarders.

Maunu Hockey Club Registrations Now Open for the 2024 hockey season

All ages and abilities welcome. Please click here to fill in the form, or email maunuhockey@gmail.com to register your interest. Games start early May.

Cookbooks are still available, so if you want your copy, then get in quick. You can pick up copies from the school office for $25.00 each.

If paying online please reference your online banking with "Cookbook" and your name.

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