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Bubbles, Gardening and Athletics
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Room One had fun blowing bubbles
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One, two, three, four, get ready for war!
That's just what Coromandel kids did to get rid of the weeds, so we cleared the water ways.
The students slipped on hi-viz, tugged on gloves, and slapped on sunscreen.
We picked up our tools and charged into battle.
Snip, clip, hack, wack, smash!
I could feel the hot and sweaty pain rushing in ... bash - Matua C and Varian got the last weed and the war has been won ... for now.
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Athletics - what a great day!!! Thanks to all those who supported our students and helped with an EPIC day.
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We played Super Smash Cricket on Tuesday 12th March. We won 2 from 4 games. Great sportsmanship and skill level from CAS, Northern Districts Cricket were very impressed.
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Kia Ora Koutou,
As I write this today, I, like all of you, am still struggling to come to terms with what occurred last Friday in Christchurch. The loss of innocence for our country cannot be undone. Our collective aroha and support goes down to the people of Christchurch, in particular to the families involved and to the entire Muslim community.
We stand with Christchurch, we stand with our Muslim community, and we stand with New Zealand. Over the course of this week, our students will be each processing this tragic event in their own way. Our staff have been briefed on the Ministry of Education & Ministry of Health’s guidelines on how to deal with children of all ages, after such an event. Please be assured that how we talk with our students will be developmentally appropriate, sensitive and reassuring.
Should any of our whānau need advice or support in how to talk with children about traumatic events or terrorism, please see the attached information, go to our Facebook page, or ring the School Office. We will make sure that all support is available to our akonga should they need it.
Over the next few days, our students will be planning how they would like our school to show their support for Christchurch, may it be a memorial service, a tree planting, or taking part in nationwide initiatives. We will make sure that these are advertised in advance, so that our community can also be a part of it.
It is times like these that we value the true meaning of community, and I would like to give you some local examples of this. Damian Langley, at the Coromandel Four Square, has kindly donated all of the food required for the Treemendous BBQ this Saturday, which we have anticipated around 80 people attending. Jan Caris, Success Cafe, has recently donated to our school hundreds of dollars worth of display boards, lighting, event chairs, marquees & many other items. We also had many community members taking part in our Treemendous Working Bee week, in which we transformed an overgrown, weed-filled area, into a potential new space for an outside classroom. The response from local organisations, such as Moehau Environmental Group, and Colville Harbour Care, and from our own whānau members, was hugely appreciated and quite overwhelming.
On Saturday, we are hosting the Treemendous event, from 8.30am till 12.30pm. We will be laying truck loads of mulch and planting over 500 native plants. You are all welcome to attend the event, and support us in creating an amazing ‘learnscape’. Morning tea, and a BBQ lunch, will be provided. See this newsletter for the schedule of the day.
In finishing, I would like to encourage you all to continue to be kind and caring towards one another. We have a wonderful community, and our kura is proud to be a part of it.
Nga mihi nui ki a koutou katoa,
Koren Hopoi
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A huge big thank you to Jan from the Success Cafe for generously donating several very useful items to Coromandel Area School. A huge big thanks!!
Also to Damian Langley, at the Coromandel Four Square, has kindly donated all of the food required for the Treemendous BBQ this Saturday, which we have anticipated around 80 people attending.
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New Zealand Defence Force Bus on the basketball courts, April 4th, from 8.30 - 11.30 a.m.
Parents, if you would like to go through the bus, please contact Yvette Storey - y_storey@coroarea.school.nz.
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Future of Education Public Meeting
Thursday 28th March at 5.30 p.m. in the Grahamstown Hall, 768 Pollen Street, Thames.
Hon Nikki Kaye and Hon Scott Simpson will be attending.
For more information
https://nikkikaye.national.org.nz/future_of_education_thames
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Treemendous Working Bee - Saturday 23rd March
8.00 a.m. Set Up
9.00 a.m. Official Welcome
9.15 a.m. Start Work
10.15 a.m. Morning Tea (provided)
10.45 a.m. Back to Work
12.00 p.m. Clean Up and Photos
12.30 p.m. BBQ Lunch (provided)
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Newspapers Gladly Received
If you have any old newspapers you no longer need, the Art Room would be very pleased to receive them. We would be happy to collect them. Please contact the school office and leave a name and phone number or address for us to contact you to arrange collection.
Many thanks.
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There will be a Mufti Day on Friday 5th April to raise money for St John Ambulance. All students wishing to wear mufti to school on that day are asked to bring a gold coin donation. Thanks.
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Swimming Sports
'Go," I cried as Billy dived into the water. It was relay time at Swimming Sports and it was me, Billy, Aeryn and Chloe. Billy was almost half way through the first lap. He was coming in second, it looked like we had a chance! It was almost Aeryn's turn, she looked like she was ready to win this for sure! On the sideline most people were cheering for Tokotea but it didn't bother us. It was going to be my turn any second now. I was feeling pretty confident but nervous at the same time. At that very moment, Aeryn touched the wall and I dived in at full speed. I swam and swam until I touched the wall! I gasped for air. We came second, but I didn't care about the placement - I just cared about the fun!!
Lyrik Watene Willetts
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Swimming Sports
'All right, all set to go. Oh, wait, bag.' It was Wednesday, swim sports.
'Tick tock,' the car indicators fill the space as we pull into the front gate of school. I take a glimpse at the pool, flags up, blocks ready and then there's me, nervous as hell.
I say bye to Mum and she says, 'Good luck.' I smile and waddle to my class. A couple of minutes go by and it's time to go to our house groups. I enter the room where all the Hauraki members go. We do some crafting and manage to make a flag and talk about our chant. We soon head on down to the pools marching and singing our chant proudly. 'Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, who are we, we are Hauraki!' We hung our flag up and chucked our bags under our tent.
Soon enough it was my race. I nervously got ready to dive, PEW - the gun went. I bounced off the wall, dived into the water reaching for the end. I rise to the surface. Pull! Breath! Kick! Glide! 'Ah,' I finished. I did more races throughout the day.
It was super fun, now I'm exhausted, I came first in all my races though 'Woop! Woop!'
Stella Barr-McLean
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Swimming Sports
Swimming Sports was coming up. I was ready!! Mum, Devin and I found the best costume ever! A sparkly, glittery yellow tutu, fishnet gloves, the perfect top hat with a yellow floral rim and matching fluro yellow thigh high socks. I was the best dressed according to Whaea Charlotte.
Finally, my first fun race had started. Doggy paddle! All four of us were crammed in one lane. The gun fires! We all start racing towards the other side of the pool. I glanced over at the teacher, Matua Max, next to me. He sped up. I made it! The water was warm but kind of cold. That was so much fun.
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Kia ora koutou,
We have spent the last couple of weeks creating our Positive Relationships/Whakawhanaungatanga tree.
We have been talking about positive communication and have been discovering what makes a positive relationship. The seniors got to make the trunk and branches for the tree and they wrote on them things like- Friendship, positive relationships, manners, active listening and respect.
We then brainstormed with the juniors what each of these words meant or looked like to them, and expanded on these words and came up with words like honesty, trustworthy, kind, nice, etc. They got to put these words onto paper leaves, fruit and flowers to go on the tree.
So with all of our Kiwi Can kids working together they have created a beautiful Positive Relationships tree that will be on the wall in our Kiwi Can classroom for everyone to see.
On the 4th March we were lucky enough to have Sanford representatives from Auckland, Coromandel and Tauranga visit us here in Coromandel. For those of you that don't know, Sanford have been supporting and sponsoring our Kiwi Can - Coromandel programme for over 10 years and it was lovely to be able to host them here in town for the day.
Thank you Sanford!
Nga Mihi Nui from the Kiwi Can team Marlene, Gemma, Jasmine and Brianna.
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