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    • Art te Aroha cancelled
      • Hi all What a blow! So it goes without saying we have postponed our Art Te Aroha event next Friday following the Prime Minister’s announcement that the Alert Level 4 restrictions for areas outside of Auckland have now been extended until 11.59pm on Tuesday 24th August. We are remaining optimistic that us Kiwi folk will band together and kick this Delta to touch. The Parentlink team will be working hard to reschedule the event at the earliest possibility in 2021 when it is safe for us to gather again. We will continue to be in contact to keep you updated as we receive government announcements. Even though we are going to reschedule the event, we would like to give ticket holders the option of receiving a refund. If you would like a refund please email fundraising@kilbirnie.school.nz with the ticket numbers and names.  Kia Kaha Parentlink

    • Art Te Aroha - get your tickets
      • Kilbirnie School warmly invite you to Art Te Aroha - our biennial Art Auction. Book a babysitter and buy your tickets now for our awesome arts auction on 27 August. This is a great opportunity to purchase both affordable and investment pieces for your home while enjoying a night out with drinks, food, live and silent auction.   

    • Term 2 start
      • We're looking forward to seeing everyone back at school on Monday 3 May! We hope that you all had a good break.

    • Learning conferences
      • Learning conferences are on Monday 12 April and Wednesday 14 April. To book a time with a teacher, follow the link https://www.schoolinterviews.co.nz/ and use the code q2jm8. 

    • Movie Night
      • Grab your tickets for a fun night out at the movies!  Numbers are limited, so get in quickly. Tickets are available at the school office. When: Thursday 8 April at 6pm. Where: Roxy Cinema Cost: $15 children, $20 adults (children must be accompanied by an adult)

    • Stationery lists 2021
      • The stationery lists can be found under the "Everyday stuff" tab on the website. If you wish to shop online, the lists have been loaded with Warehouse Stationery or Office Max.  

    • Poroporoaki
      • The time has come to say goodbye to our Year 6s as they go on to the next stage of their adventure. We will celebrate them with a poroporoaki at 12.30pm on Friday 18 December.

    • BYOD meeting
      • Thursday November 12, 6.30-7.30pm in Room 10 This is an informal information meeting for whānau of year 4 students who will be entering the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) environment in year 5 in 2021. Any other interested parents are also very welcome to attend. 

    • School Production tickets now available
      • Tickets for all shows are now available from the school office. Initially, one ticket will be able available for whānau of each student for each show. That is, one ticket for the matinee and one ticket for the evening show. If the government’s plan to return Wellington to Level 1 goes through as planned, a second ticket will be available for whānau of each student for each show from Tuesday morning next week. We will confirm the availability of the second ticket per student per show as soon as the change to Level 1 is finally confirmed. Please remember that you will be asked to name the attendees at the time of getting your tickets. If there is any change regarding the person attending, please notify the office so we can amend our records; please bring your ticket to the show when you come.

    • School production 2020
      • The Kilbirnie School Production is back this year with three great acts to entertain and amaze you! Tuesday 22- Ngake Hub presents: OFF THE PLANET. School hall. Matinee: 1.15pm. Evening show: 6.30pm. OFF THE PLANET: Grandma and grandpa’s bedtimes story comes to life and takes us on a journey through space.   Wednesday 23- Whātaitai Hub presents: SPACE TRAVELLING: BY THE STARS, TO THE STARS, AMONG THE STARS. School hall. Matinee: 11am. Evening show: 6.30pm. SPACE TRAVELLING: BY THE STARS, TO THE STARS, AMONG THE STAR:. Whataitai Hub will have you looking at the history of navigation, earthlings adventures into Space and intergalactic travels of the future. You will be amazed by our fantastic singing, public speaking, acting, artistic talents and much, much more. We have all been working extremely hard over the past view weeks and can’t wait to share it all with you.   Thursday 24- Matairangi Hub presents: BUBBLE BREAKDOWN. School hall. Matinee: 11am. Evening show: 6.30pm. BUBBLE BREAKDOWN: Join KBNZ News for a live Bubble Breakdown News Special, where we will be sharing and celebrating the creative endeavours of New Zealanders during Lockdown. From Cape Reinga to Bluff, you will see a huge range of talent, brought to you by our news anchors and roving reporters.

    • Important reminders under Alert Level 2
      • Some important reminders for parents and whanau under Alert Level 2: • All students are welcome at school from 8.30am in the morning. • Students and whānau should not come to school if unwell. We will contact whānau to collect students who show signs of illness during the school day. • Kilbirnie School contact tracing registers are not required under level 2. The Government Covid Tracker App uses a QR code which is available for use around the school. • If you on the school site at any time apart from drop off before school and pick up after school, you must sign in and then out again using the Vistab tablet device on the reception desk. • Hand sanitiser is available at the entrance to all classrooms and also at the entrance to our admin block. Please use this if entering any building. • Maintain physical distancing. • Where appropriate, farewell students at the school entrance and allow them to walk to their classroom.  

    • Parentlink Quiz Night
      • Come join us for an evening of friendly competition at our Quiz Night for a Kilbirnie School fundraiser on Friday 14th August. Get a team of 8 together, or enter as an individual and we will put you in a team. $30 a ticket which includes entry, welcome drink, nibbles, light supper and live music. The Axemen Clubroom bar is open from 6.30pm with the quiz starting at 7.30pm. Grab your mates and start swatting, let's make this a great night!!

    • School Matariki Day
      • The Kilbirnie School Matariki, Māori New Year, celebration is planned for this Thursday July 2. Students will work with others from different classes and ages and do 3 activities during the day. There will be no evening celebration this year but we do want to invite whānau to visit the school during the day to see what the students are doing. Please do come along and see us if you would like to. Sign in and out at the office, Carolina will be able to tell you where your child is working. The one hour sessions start at 9.30am, 11.30am and 1.45pm.

    • Level 1 message from the Principal
      • Kia ora koutou, Today is the first school day under Covid Alert level 1. The contact tracing registers are no longer required and have been removed. The Ministry of Health has provided us with a specific Kilbirnie School QR code that can be used in conjunction with their NZ Covid Tracer app. We have placed this QR code around the school for those whānau that wish to use this to track their own personal movements. Parents and whānau are now able to come and go from the school site in the morning and afternoon without signing in and out, at any other time of the day, parents must sign in through the Vistab digital sign-in system at the main reception. Students who are late should also use the Vistab. For the remainder of this week we will continue to have staff at the school entrances in the morning and afternoon. It may well be that many parents continue to farewell students at the gates and allow them to walk to class from there, this has worked well. Since we returned to school we have appreciated the support of our community in ensuring that students were not at school before 8.30am. It is important that this support continues, teachers are not able to supervise students before this time. The Ngake (junior) hub staff will email their whānau separately tomorrow and I will provide another update on school operations under level 1 in the school newsletter this Friday.  Regards Tony Austin

    • Matariki Day
      • Matariki will be celebrated at school on Tuesday 2 July and the children will have the opportunity to try a variety of activities during the day. 

    • Message from the Principal
      • Kia ora koutou,  It has been wonderful to be back at school with students and staff. The last few weeks have been particularly unusual working in a school with no students! We have all been very pleased with the way students have settled back into routines and learned the new physical distancing, hygiene and cleaning procedures that are operating in all classrooms and across the school. Teachers have worked with students this week to ensure they feel comfortable, supported and safe in the classroom and school. Teachers have observed students carefully throughout the week and report a general calmness and prevailing sense of being happy to be back at school. We have really appreciated the support of our community in making our contact tracing system work well.  As you know, we must have all adults that enter the school grounds or buildings record their details in the register, we will continue to ask that you do not enter the school or grounds unless it is absolutely necessary. When possible, please drop your child or children at the school entrance you use and collect from there, rather than going into the grounds.  There are registers outside the 3 main blocks and also outside the hall, hand sanitiser will be available however bring your pen if possible. At any other time of the day, parents must sign in through the Vistab digital sign-in system at the main reception. Students who are late should also use the Vistab. Please maintain physical distancing if you need to come to reception. We understand that for parents of our youngest students in the Ngake hub it is still important and necessary for you to bring your child into the classroom. You can certainly still do this, just remember to fill in the register. The Ngake hub will continue to finish at 2.50pm each day. In this week’s video I am joined by students from room 9 who talk about the first week back in class: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2VTwbGyH5M&feature=youtu.be Again, I would like to thank the Kilbirnie School community for your support this week and also throughout our preparation for the return to school.   Tony Austin.

    • Term 2 home learning
      • All Kilbirnie School students are continuing their home learning programmes from within their home bubble. Teachers have worked hard to review and further develop home learning programmes which commenced again on Wednesday April 29th. Feedback from our community informed this review. If you have any questions or queries at all regarding your child's home learning, all teachers are able to be contacted daily by email or using video conferencing.  Please don’t hesitate to contact and engage with your teacher if your child or you need additional support to make home learning work for you. We are very aware of the challenges whānau are facing.  What successful home learning looks like will continue to be different for different students. Teachers are striving hard to provide programmes that suit a wide variety of needs and circumstances within the home. I would encourage parents to do their best when supporting students, don’t be too hard on yourselves and if you’re feeling unsure, contact the teacher. Regards Tony

    • Covid-19 update - 14 March 2020
      • On March 14th the Prime Minister announced new and strong protective measures to keep individuals, families and communities safe and healthy. The measures come into effect from 1am Monday 16 March 2020 and are as follows: Travel restrictions remain in place for people arriving from or who have been in mainland China and Iran over the prior 14 days (Category 1A).  In addition, all travellers coming from all parts of the world, except parts of the Pacific, will be required to self-isolate for 14 days on arrival in New Zealand. This also includes Australia and French Polynesia. This self-isolation requirement applies to New Zealand citizens, permanent residents and their families (Category 1B). All travellers coming from the following parts of the Pacific will be required to self-isolate if they show symptoms, within 14 days of arrival. This includes all Pacific Islands Forum members (except French Polynesia, category 1b), Associate Member Tokelau, and Observer Wallis and Futuna. (Category 2).Those in New Zealand thinking about traveling overseas, should avoid all non-essential travel at this time. For anyone who arrived into New Zealand prior to this time they will need to follow the previous restrictions. The self-isolation requirement would therefore only apply to those arriving on Sunday 15 March and earlier, if they had travelled in or transited through China and Iran or had travelled in the Republic of Korea or Italy. The new restrictions will be reviewed on Tuesday 31 March and then every 14 days after that date. There are no restrictions on freight and goods, they will continue to come in. 

    • Science at Kilbirnie School
      • The professional development for our teachers this year is linked to science. In each newsletter, there will also be a focus on a scientific wondering. Here is this week's.

    • Stationery lists 2020
      • The stationery lists can be found under the "Everyday stuff" tab on the website. If you wish to shop online, the lists have been loaded with Warehouse Stationery or Office Max.  

    • Get your pool key
      • School pool keys can be hired from the office, from Monday December 9th until the end of term only. We will again offer pool keys to members of our school community this summer. These will be available to parents of Kilbirnie School students through the school office from Monday December 9th. Keys cost $90. There is a $10 refund when the key is returned at the end of the season. Any remaining keys will be available for members of the wider community to hire from Monday December 16th. 

    • Ngake Hub Christmas Party
      • Monday 16 December, 11.00am. The world famous Ngake Hub Christmas Party is on again this year. If your child is in Rooms 1, 3 or 4, please bring a plate of food to share. We've heard that a special visitor will come for a short visit, ho ho ho.

    • Certificate Assembly
      • Tuesday 17 December, 2.00pm This will be our final assembly for the year, where special certificates will be handed out such as for road patrol or peer mediation. Parents welcome :-)

    • End of school year
      • We've worked hard, we've struggled and grown and now it is time to relax! School will break for the year on Thursday 19 December at 1pm. We hope you have a great summer and see you all next year on Wednesday 6 February at 9am.

    • Market Night Friday 29 November
      • Market Night is on Friday 29 November, 4.30 to 7pm. Spread the word amongst your friends, family and neighbours - this event is open to the public and is a great way to grab dinner and be part of the Kilbirnie School community. The more the merrier!   

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