Daily Notices for Tuesday 11 February 2025

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Student Notices/Panui

PB4L School Value Focus: 

  • Certificates will be awarded in Assembly this week! Make sure you are showing your Kirkwood values both inside and outside of the classroom. 
Sport:

  • Summer Tournament: LAST DAY FOR SIGN-UPS! Make sure if you wish to sign up for one of these sports: Orienteering, Cricket, Touch, Futsal, you do so before the end of today. 
  • Orienteering: we will have a hui tomorrow. If you know who you would like to be in a team with I will collect these teams tomorrow. Teams are of students of 3-4 and can be a girls, boys or mixed team. If you don’t have a team, don’t worry. We will get you sorted. 
  • YEAR 8 ONLY – Sports Council: Collect a form from the office to fill in if you wish to be a part of the Sports Council this year. We are looking for 4 students to take on this role. Once you have completed this form, please return it to the office. Applications will close this Friday. 
  • Triathlon: Information has gone home to your whanau. Please get your permission forms back ASAP.
  • Water Polo: Well done to all those who trialled. It was a competitive pool of players to choose from. The list of selected players is posted on the main office door. If you have missed out, there may be another opportunity to join throughout the year. Individual players can also enter the water polo canterbury competition to play in a mixed team using this link https://www.sporty.co.nz/viewform/337153. For the selected players. Aaleiyah will bring around a notice after morning tea. Please bring it back as soon as possible. If you cannot join the team, please let me (Mrs Robertson) know as soon as possible, so that I can offer your spot to another player.
Cultural

  • Orchestra Signups: Signup sheet for those wanting to join the orchestra this year will be outside the library at interval and lunch. For those new students – we meet on Thursday at 11:00am in Room 6. The lovely Jennie will meet with you this week, on Thursday. If you’re worried about if you have enough experience – signup and come to the meeting and we can find some musical parts for you! 🙂 Any questions, come and see me. Cheers, Mr. Botting. 
  • Guitar Lessons: Guitar lessons starting today in the office behind Room 4 and 5 (Music Room 2)
  • Drum Lessons: Drum lessons starting today in the old dental clinic (Main Music Room). If you would still like to sign up for drum lessons, then come find me at some point today. Cheers, Mr. Botting. 
Academic:

  • The first class Library sessions begin today, with an orientation or re-orientation session. Year 8: you will remember how to enter the library calmly and politely so that you can make the most out of your sessions with Mrs Dobbs. Year 7: Nau mai and welcome. Your teacher will give you clear instructions on how to go to the library, but we are expecting very quiet lines moving to and from there today and Thursday. If you can line up your shoes carefully outside it makes it easier for others to use the library easily and is much appreciated.                                                                 
Opportunities:

  • Year 8 Only – House Captains: If you would like to sign up for House Captain this year you will need to collect an application form from the office today. This is due Friday. The process is different this year and will be as follows – Fill in an application form by Friday, you will then be invited to an interview next week – please attend promptly. At the interview, there will be Miss Brenssell, Mrs Robertson and Mr Tappenden plus approximately 3 other Year 8 students. You will be asked a variety of questions here which you will answer to the best of your ability. You must fill in a form to receive an interview time so please get onto this ASAP. All staff are welcome to attend the interviews to listen in. All staff will get a chance to vote on the nominees. 
  • Become a Language Ambassador!  
    • Do you speak more than one language at home? Are you passionate about helping others? We’re looking for students to apply for Language Ambassador roles to help our school community! We are looking for someone who can:
    • Fluently read, write, and speak in one or more languages
    • Be patient, helpful, and enthusiastic
    • Work well with both students and teachers
    • If this does sound like you, come to the office to grab an application form in the Language Ambassador Application Box near the house containers for Tohu, fill it out and hand it back into the box! More info can be found on the form 🙂 
    • Application closes on Friday 21 February.
Other:

  • PMP 12 noon – 12.30 Year 7 Ashtyn and Ruby S Room 9, Charlie and Tate Rm5, Mason Room 3 please meet Mrs B outside Rm7.
  • PMP 12.30 – 1pm Year 8 Alex Room 12, Abby and Harry Room 2 please meet Mrs B outside Room 7. Thank you.
  • Sports Shed – Room 8 today Axl & Toby.
  • Mr P is kindly opening the pool today (weather permitting). Make sure you use your awesome Kirkwood manners.

Daily Notices for Monday 10 February 2025

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Pupil Notices/Panui       

Sport:

  • Summer Tournament: We have a tournament coming up on Tuesday 4 March. We have the following sports available to sign up for: Orienteering, Cricket, Touch, Futsal. If you want to sign up for one of these please put your name down on the sign-up sheets today outside the Library. (Please note – you can sign up for more than one sport, however, they are all played on the same day so you will only be in one team).
  • Water Polo Trials are on TODAY starting at lunch eating time for Ruby S R9, Ruby M R9, Grace C R5, Jun Beom R13, Heinrich R10, Isla R2, Nathan R10, Issy R8, Crystal R4, Millar R4, Jack R4, Danique R3, Vincent R12. Meet at the pool ready with your togs. Matthew, Alexandria and Aaleiyah – I will need your help in running these trials, so meet me there – Thanks, Mrs Robertson. 
Academic:

  • Technology classes for year 8 this morning are as follows:

8K1 go to T7 Mr Powick, 8K2 go to T8 Mrs Rowe, 8K3 go to T1 Mr Erickson, 8K4 go to T2 Mr Anderson, 8K5 go to T5 Mrs Buick, 8K6 go to T4 Ms Russell, 8K7 go to T3 Mr Ingle, 8K8 go to T6 Mrs Paterson.

Other:

  • PMP starts today! 12 noon – 12.30 Yr 7 Ashtyn and Ruby S Rm9, Charlie and Tate Rm5, Mason Rm3 please meet Mrs B outside the library.
  • PMP 12.30 – 1pm Yr 8 Alex Rm12, Abby and Harry Rm2 please meet Mrs B outside the library. Thank you.
  • Sports Shed – Room 2 today Abby & Indiana
  • Donna is kindly opening the pool today (weather permitting). Make sure you use your awesome Kirkwood manners.
  • Sports Shed Monitors – Please meet Mr Burke at Rm 1 at interval today to go over rules & expectations.
  • Become a Language Ambassador!  
  • Do you speak more than one language at home? Are you passionate about helping others? We’re looking for students to apply for Language Ambassador roles to help our school community! We are looking for someone who can:
    • Fluently read, write, and speak in one or more languages
    • Be patient, helpful, and enthusiastic
    • Work well with both students and teachers
    • If this does sound like you, come to the office to grab an application form in the Language Ambassador Application Box near the house containers for Tohu, fill it out and hand it back into the box! More info can be found on the form 🙂 
    • Application closes on Friday 21 February.

Breakfast club:  this will start again next week, more information will be in the notices in the next couple of days 

Daily Notices for Friday 7 February 2025

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Pupil notices/Pānui 

Sport:

  • Summer Tournament: We have a tournament coming up on the Tuesday 4 March. We have the following sports available to sign up for: Orienteering, Cricket, Touch, Futsal. If you want to sign up for one of these please put your name down on the sign-up sheets today outside the Library. (Please note you can sign up for more than one sport, however, they are all played on the same day so you will only be in one team).
  • Water Polo Trials are on Monday starting at lunch eating time for Ruby S R9, Ruby M R9, Grace C R5, Jun Beom R13, Heinrich R10, Isla R2, Nathan R10, Issy R8, Crystal R4, Millar R4, Jack R4, Danique R3, Vincent R12. Meet at the pool ready with your togs. Matthew, Alexandria and Aaleiyah – I will need your help in running these trials, so meet me there. 
Cultural

  • Violin: Mina J, Alanna C and Caitlyn M – Can you please come and see me at some point today regarding violin. Cheers, Mr. Botting. 
Academic:

  • Technology: Make sure you take a pencil and a drink bottle for a settled and successful technology session today. 
Other:

  • Become a Language Ambassador!  
    • Do you speak more than one language at home? Are you passionate about helping others? We’re looking for students to apply for Language Ambassador roles to help our school community! We are looking for someone who can:
    • Fluently read, write, and speak in one or more languages
    • Be patient, helpful, and enthusiastic
    • Work well with both students and teachers
    • If this does sound like you, come to the office to grab an application form in the Language Ambassador Application Box near the house containers for Tohu, fill it out and hand it back into the box! More info can be found on the form 🙂 
    • Application closes on Friday 21 February.
  • Classroom Computer Monitors: Could I please meet with your class’s computer monitors today at lunch eating time in Room 12. 
Library open next week. On Tuesday seeing R12, R4, R10, R5. Year 8 need to bring summer slide books back. I will do some orientation with all classes, show a clip regarding information literacy, and hopefully everyone can start borrowing. We might need two sessions to get through especially with the Year 7 classes.

 

Daily Notices for Wednesday 5 February 2025

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Student notices/Panui 

PB4L School Value Focus: 

  • Kahikatea Kirkwood has 5 school values: Whanaungatanga, Rangatiratanga, Tohungatanga, Manaakitanga and Kaitiakitanga. This term, instead of focusing on just one value, we would like to celebrate the variety of these values displayed throughout our school days.
Sport:

  • Triathlon: Meeting today at morning tea in Room 10. Come along if you have any questions or if you would like to sign up. 
  • Water Polo – We are after four more players to make up a water polo team. A team needs to be entered today. Alexandria will be around to collect the last few names. Waterpolo is on a FRIDAY night! There was a mistake about the days earlier this week, it is a FRIDAY night between 6:45-9:30 pm. 
Cultural

  • Kapa Haka this afternoon is for all Year 8 ākonga. Meet on the new court by the playground at 2pm. There will be time to pack up afterwards
  • If you have expressed interest in the form for free music lessons at school for Violin, Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone and Cello – these are now with the tutors and they will meet with you and sort schedules for next week. 
  • Private music lesson tutors should have already been in contact with your parents. Please come and see me if you have any questions.  Cheers, Mr. Botting
Academic:

  • Festival of Women and Girls in Science:
    • On Saturday the 15 February at Tūranga Central Library there will be a Festival of Women and Girls in Science! This is a fantastic, fun interactive event – it will run from 10am until 3pm and you can come along for as long as you like, within that timeframe. It is FREE. Last year it was a very busy, successful event!
    • The festival is about celebrating some of Christchurch’s female scientists, but anyone can come along and join in – boys are definitely welcome too. The festival is just about showing us that anyone can do science – no matter who you are.
    • Some of the hands-on displays include: A planetarium dome, a virtual volcano and a make-your-own seed bomb activity. There will be friendly scientists who will love to chat with you.
    • Here is a website with more information www.festivalofwomenandgirlsinscience.co.nz
Other:

  • Become a Language Ambassador!  
  • Do you speak more than one language at home? Are you passionate about helping others? We’re looking for students to apply for Language Ambassador roles to help our school community! We are looking for someone who can:
    • Fluently read, write, and speak in one or more languages
    • Be patient, helpful, and enthusiastic
    • Work well with both students and teachers

If this does sound like you, come to the office to grab an application form in the Language Ambassador Application Box near the house containers for Tohu, fill it out and hand it back into the box! More info can be found on the form 🙂 

Application closes on Friday 21 February.

  • Book Club closes on 4 March. Order online through loop system or money and orders to the office.
  • The grass in the lunch eating area is suffering from people cutting through it (sometimes leaping over the wire fence) on their way to the pool, the courts or the field. If you are going somewhere else, stick with the paths and save the grass, so it is nice to sit on at lunch. Room 2 – Are you able to send some muscle out to move the picnic table off the path and onto the pavers? Thanks, Mrs Robertson
  • It has been wonderful to have so many students saying hello to staff and each other around the school and in the playground. Keep up all the manaakitanga!

Daily Notices for Tuesday 4 February 2025

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Student Notices/Panui

PB4L School Value Focus: 

  • Kahikatea Kirkwood has 5 school values: Whanaungatanga, Rangatiratanga, Tohungatanga, Manaakitanga and Kaitiakitanga. This term, instead of focusing on just one value, we would like to celebrate the variety of these values displayed throughout our school days.
Sport:

  • This term we have the following sports available to you: Swimming (whole school event + CAIMS), Triathlon, Rugby League, Hockey, Orienteering, Cricket, Touch, and Futsal. In order to make these happen, we need awesome students who want to participate and we will need some parent helpers! Listen out for more information about the above sports. 
  • Hockey Goalie: Do you have any students in Year 7 or 8 who play in the goalie position for Hockey? If so, let your classroom teacher know or come and find Miss Brenssell (Room 10) or Mr Botting (Room 12). 
  • Water Polo: We need to put a team in for water polo this week, so we need to know who may be keen to play. Games are on a Monday night between 6:45 and about 9:30pm. There are approximately 6 games per term, with a cost of approximately $60 per term for each player. The pool is 2m deep so you must be a confident swimmer and comfortable playing an aggressive sport. A sign up sheet will be up on the steps outside the library at morning tea and lunch today. If you are not sure if you are keen on Water Polo or want some early season training, there are three have a go sessions this month (Feb 10, 12, 14) run by Water Polo Canterbury. Info and registration at https://www.canterburywaterpolo.org.nz/year-7-8s/have-a-go-sessions. Any questions, come and see Mrs Robertson.
  • Triathlon: There will be a meeting on Wednesday at morning tea in Room 10. If you are interested in finding out more about triathlons come along and ask on tomorrow.
  • Sports Shed: This is run out of Room 1 at morning tea and lunch. Please give your name and class number to the students waiting in Room 1. All gear should be returned at the end of the break. If you have an issue with any missing gear – please go and let the monitors know. 
Other:

  • Year 8 students if you wish to apply to be a School Librarian please come to the library at 1pm to have a chat with Mrs Dobbs and collect an application form. Thanks.
  • Library may open at interval and lunch week 3 depending on School librarian positions being determined. 
  • Become a Language Ambassador!  
  • Do you speak more than one language at home? Are you passionate about helping others? We’re looking for students to apply for Language Ambassador roles to help our school community! We are looking for someone who can:
  • Fluently read, write, and speak in one or more languages
  • Be patient, helpful, and enthusiastic                                                
  • Work well with both students and teachers
  • If this does sound like you, come to the office to grab an application form in the Language Ambassador Application Box near the house containers for Tohu, fill it out and hand it back into the box! More info can be found on the form 🙂 
  • Application closes on Friday 21 Feb.

Daily Notices for Monday 3 February 2025

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Pupil Notices/Panui                  

PB4L School Value Focus: 

  • Kahikatea Kirkwood has 5 school values: Whanaungatanga, Rangatiratanga, Tohungatanga, Manaakitanga and Kaitiakitanga. This term, instead of focusing on just one value, we would like to celebrate the variety of these values displayed throughout our school days. There will be many discussions and activities the Year 7 students will engage in discussions and activities with their classroom teachers to explore these values throughout the term.
Sport:

  • We have many sporting opportunities here for you! Make sure you listen out for the notices to know what you need to do if you wish to sign up. 
  • This term we have the following sports available to you: Swimming (whole school event + CAIMS), Triathlon, Water Polo, Rugby League, Hockey, Orienteering, Cricket, Touch, and Futsal. In order to make these happen, we need awesome students who want to participate and we will need some parent helpers! You don’t need to know the rules of the sport to sign up! Listen out for more information about the above sports. 
  • Hockey: Do we have any students in Year 7 or 8 who play in the goalie position for Hockey? If so, let your classroom teacher know or come and find Miss Brenssell (Room 10) or Mr Botting (Room 12). 
  • Triathlon: There will be a meeting on Wednesday at morning tea in Room 10. If you are interested in finding out more about triathlons come along and ask on Wednesday. 
  • Water Polo: We need to put a team in for water polo this week, so we need to know who may be keen to play. Games are on a Monday night between 6:45 and about 9:30pm. There are approximately 6 games per term, with a cost of approximately $70 per term for each player. The pool is 2m deep so you must be a confident swimmer and comfortable playing an aggressive sport. A sign up sheet will be up on the steps outside the library at morning tea and lunch today and tomorrow. If you are not sure if you are keen on Water Polo or want some early season training, there are three have a go sessions this month (Feb 10, 12, 14) run by Water Polo Canterbury. Info and registration at https://www.canterburywaterpolo.org.nz/year-7-8s/have-a-go-sessions. Any questions, come and see Mrs Robertson.
Cultural

  • PRODUCTION! This year is a production year – giving you the opportunity to sing, dance and act in what will be, our brand new hall! More information will come out soon, but we’re aiming to get auditions underway when the Year 7’s are back from camp. There are speaking parts, non-speaking parts, dancing parts, singing parts, as well as set/prop/costume designers, constructors and painters – Something for everyone
  • Music Lessons: If you are interested in learning an instrument at school, then please head to the office to grab a permission form (Thanks to those that have already put theirs in). Free lessons at school are for: Violin, Cello, Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute. If you learnt violin last year – Philippa would love to see you again this year! Private lessons at school are Piano, Guitar, Bass, Ukulele and Drums. See Mr. Botting if you have any questions. 
  • Violin Returns: If you aren’t continuing with violin lessons this year and you hired an instrument from the school – can you please return them to the office. 
Other:

  • Welcome to the first full school day for 2025. If you are new to our school we hope you will have a fantastic first day. If you have been here last year, we hope that you will continue to make the most of all the opportunities available to you. We would really like it if the Year 8’s would show their kind and caring side and make sure our new students feel welcome and included. I know that I am looking forward to a great year – I hope you are too. Have a great day, Mr Tappenden
  • Assembly on today at 11 am. Please find the cone with your room number on it when you hear the morning tea bell go. Year 8 – you know how these goes, it would be great to see some rangatiratanga from you! Classroom teachers will meet you at your cone and show you where to sit. 
  • AV Monitors could you please set up for Assembly – You will need to do this before/during morning tea. 
Pool water temperature today @ 7am is 18°C
Mōrena koutou This morning our three teaching assistants will come around classes and introduce themselves. Please make sure you show them the same respect and kindness you would to any adult.