Well done girls and well done to the coaches!

Don Neale (15th August 2016)

Today we have been visited by Don Neale. Don is the secretary of the Hokitika Hockey Club. He started his session by talking to the whole school about the Building Learning Power muscle of "perseverance". This was followed by a skills session. The children thoroughly enjoyed it!

Mini-Marathon 2016

Well done, Everyone!

Our own School Calendar App is coming soon. 

Book Fair this week!

Book Fair

Tuesday 7th- Friday 10^th June

2:30pm – 4:00pm daily

At the Kokatahi-Kowhitirangi School Library

reading is so much fun!

I will miss you when I'm gone.

Thank you so much for all the wonderful farewell messages and gifts.  It has been a wonderful 8 3/4 years teaching and learning in this community.  I will miss this corner of the world.  

Take care, Ms McLellan

(in case the video of the children's performance doesn't work- here's a link https://flic.kr/p/G8QcLQ )

Board of Trustee Elections

Next term there will be Board of Trustee elections. Please take a look at this 3 minute video for an overview of how the Board of Trustees works and why we need your involvement.

http://resources.nzsta.org.nz/videos/becomeatrustee/html5video.html

Pet day inspiration

I know pet day is a long way off, but I saw this and thought what a great challenge for students bringing chickens!

Welcome to 2016

We are off to a scorching start this year... this picture shows the temperature in the office which is usually freezing.   So the children have come back keen to learn and catch up with their friends and swim all day!  

We are certainly seeing some children struggling with the heat.  Please ensure that your child has a water bottle or encourage them to visit the fountain regularly. Sun hats are also essential this term.  Even when it's not this hot, they must be worn during term 1 and 4.  We know how hard it can be to sleep in this heat, but please do your best to keep your child's room a suitable temperature so they are well rested to cope with a full school day.

Once it cools down a little (I can't believe I've said that) and we have settled back into our routines we are looking forward to an exciting year of learning with the students!

I hope you have had a great summer and are enjoying your peaceful days now that the children are back at school! 

Have a Merry Christmas!

We hope you all have had a great year. It has been busy, but fun with lots of adventures. Thanks for all the great comments about this year's concert- the children definitely were awesome performers! In case you didn't make it to the parade, our mini Kokatahi Band members looked great and were able to join the band singing I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts for a big crowd!