Kia ora koutou,

Hello to you all,

This week Mr O is at the Rural principals conference in Christchurch.

This popular conference is tailor-made by principals for rural and teaching principals with a mix of inspirational keynotes, practical workshops, networking and hauora opportunities.

We are sure he will come back with a lot of knowledge to share with our teaching staff.

Ka pai te ra.

Have a great day.

Tomorrow, Tuesday 27th May, all children will be helping to prepare food for a Pacific Island meal. The ingredients are provided by the school.

It would be good to send the children with food for morning tea and maybe a light lunch if they are very particular about what food they like to eat.

This meal is to compliment our whole school study of the Pacific Islands, which the children have been doing this term.

Wed 28 May - Winter Sports Year 5 and 6

On Wednesday our Year 5 and 6 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, football, Rippa rugby and table tennis.

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.

Thank you to those parents who have volunteered to transport the children and help with supervision.

Last week a notice was sent home asking all families to help us shape the future of school camps. Thank you to those people who have completed the survey online. Your feedback is very important to us.

If you haven't returned your survey, please go online to www.kokopu.school.nz/camp25

There is an incentive treat for children whose families have returned their survey.

Every three years all public schools in Aotearoa hold elections for their School Boards, and this

is going to happen again in 2025.

The School Board is a key part of Kokopu School because they do a lot of important things behind the scenes, that while they may not be visible, are really important to keeping Kokopu School running. Our School Board write our strategic plan, consult with our community about things that matter, make sure our finance are being spent wisely and ensure that we are giving effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

Our board is made up of 5 parent representatives, the Principal or Tumuaki and a staff rep elected by the staff.

The board need to appoint a Returning Officer, who is responsible for the running of the election and we have appointed Election Pilot as the Returning Officer for our election this year and for the election to be provided online.

Election Pilot have been assisting schools with elections for over 20 years and have been the only election provider accredited by the Ministry of Education to provide online election services since online elections started in 2022.

Important things like the nomination and voting forms will be sent to you by email directly by Election Pilot.

If Kokopu School doesn't have an email address for you don’t stress, because Schooled Election Pilot will send these out to you by post so you don’t miss out.

Can you please ensure the school has your up to date email addresses?

Please have email details for both parents/caregivers to Kokopu School by Wednesday 16 July.

There are a lot of rules around School Board elections that need to be followed and the main

ones are the Education and Training Act 2020 and the Education (Board Elections) Regulations

2022.

Your name and contact details will be provided to Election Pilot to enable them to deliver elections services for our school as required by legislation. They will use your contact details for the provision of election services for Kokopu School only and your details will be deleted 60 days after the election date as required by legislation.

Our election day is Wednesday 10 September 2025.

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)
• 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
• Mon 16 June - Board of Trustees Monthly Meeting
• 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
• Prizegiving - Thursday 11th December

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.

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

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