Dancing to success...

What great news to receive an email from the Asthma Foundation congratulating Te Kauwhata Primary School for winning the primary category of their recent Dance 4 Asthma competition. A fantastic whole school effort earning us an IPad! Our mufti day raised $283.00 for the Asthma Foundation, thank you to everyone who gave to this good cause.

From the judges, Aaron Gilmore, dance extraordinaire, and Tim Skedden, from Babysitters Circus included:

“We chose Te Kauwhata because it had lots of different scenes, we loved when they danced with the elderly, how they incorporated the community, they used lots of people and there was so much good, original dancing."

And from the Asthma Foundation ...
"So well done! The Team at the Foundation were also impressed at how the whole school was involved and the energy and enthusiasm that was evident throughout the video. Visually, it was fantastic."

What an exciting place to be!!

Catch up again soon....

Vicki

Time doesn't stand still...

My last post signaled the term was halfway through and now it has well and truly ended and the holidays too are drawing to an end. What fantastic weather we have all enjoyed over the break, long may it continue!
What a great day our last Tuesday was as we celebrated our new school values of We C.A.R.E. It was exciting to receive our $500.00 cheque from Mark, Mr Muffin Break, and our 5 IPads sponsored by Farmlands, Huntly and presented by the branch manager Malcolm Lyster.
As a staff we will be exploring together the many ways in which IPads can support and enhance quality teaching and learning. Look out for our fortnightly tips and links to applications you can use at home as well!

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Towards the end of last term Rob, our caretaker, along with many keen and able helpers completed another addition to our 'learning landscape' - our tyre area on the Pony field. The children are thinking up all kinds of ways they can use this area as part of their learning but in the meantime are enjoying the challenge of moving between tyres without touching the ground. Thanks Rob and thanks kids, mighty effort!

To be developed next - our petanque court! Watch this space...


Enjoy the last few days of the holidays, see you all on Monday
Vicki

Half way already!

It is very hard to believe that we are already half way through term one! This week was triathlon week with most students taking part in this event on Thursday. For those competing in the cycle leg all bikes and riders were 'checked out' during Bikewise on Wednesday. Thank you Jen and crew! The weather held for us and a very successful day was held!

Congratulations to all participants and to our overall winners Alicia and Nathan!

Next week's newsletter will contain information about our exciting end to the term. Watch this space also for more!

I am quite happy to be inside working this weekend, out of the blustery winds, keeping warm and dry!

I hope you are managing this too.

Ka kite

Vicki

Bikewise for our 5 and 6 year olds.

These are changing times...

Back in touch

A warm, but rather (very) late welcome to 2012! 

TKP is buzzing and coming to life with 'We C.A.R.E.' Our values being 'Communicate ~ Aspire ~ Respect ~ Engage'.

My challenge now is to keep this space up-to-date, I cannot be outdone by the exciting Blogs currently emerging from many of our classrooms.

Keep up the good work everyone - I look forward to some competition!

Catch you again soon

Vicki

Hello again

It has been a few weeks since I have touched base, a very busy few weeks! The school cross country run went very well up on the local domain and this week TKP looks forward to hosting the inter-school cross country event, with those children who qualified at our school event ready to represent us against the Huntly cluster schools.

Our roll is going through a 'growth' spurt at the moment; we have welcomed many new children from the local 'in-zone' area. Currently applications are open for 'out-of-zone' applications for 2012, these close on Thursday 6th October. More information is available from the school office or website www.tkp.school.nz

Last week I had the privilege of being a guest judge for Room 7's Masterchef Cook-off. What a wonderfully tasty selection of dishes the children produced. Below are a few shots of some of the dishes - as you will see some very professionally presented plates of fine food!

I shall leave you with these mouth-watering creations,

Vicki 

A cold snap!!

Well today I could have been back living in Waiouru or Taupo, what a cold snap we are having at the moment! It was exciting to see a few snow flurries late this afternoon, we really are experiencing some different weather patterns this year. 

A beautiful shot overlooking Taupo this morning.
If you have a photo of snow in and around Te Kauwhata, and don't mind sharing it, please email it to me at principal@tkp.school.nz ... thanks.

Have a great week, keep warm!

Vicki