Kahikatea News Term 4 Week 9

Kia ora e te whānau,

What a wonderful and action-packed couple of weeks we have had!

Transition Visits

With 2024 around the corner, we had the first of our transition visits this week. Our year 2s visited Kōwhai, and our year 1s made new connections with our Koru visitors in the Kahikatea hub. There were lots of creative activities on offer and many smiles seen.

Cinderella

An absolute highlight of our week was seeing the Southern Ballet performance, 'Cinderella'. What a fantastic experience. We went on the bus to the beautiful Isaac Theatre Royal, were shown to our seats by the ushers, and watched an amazing range of dances.

Unfortunately, we were not allowed to take photos of the performance, but following are some pictures of our adventure, and words about our favourite parts.

What was your favourite part of the Cinderella performance?

"All the gowns!" - Maya

"The drama of the stepsisters!" - Sandi

"Cinderella!" - Alexa

"When Cinderella was dancing with the prince." - Mia-Grace

"The part at the end and all of the cool ballet moves." - Nellie

"They had a lot of dances. The finale!" - Casey

"The bit at the end when they gathered around and did lots of cool stuff." - Reuben

"Cinderella was pretty!" - Ivy

"When she was cleaning the floor." - Freddie

"When Cinderella danced with the prince." - Maeve

"When they went up the stairs." - Maeve

"The dancer with the white tights - they had great moves!" - Jackson

"The acting!" - Henry

"When there was the ending - the last song was nice." - James

"All of it!" - Aya

"The dance with the tassels." - Ethan

"The black costume dance." - Florence

"The start because it was funny." - June

"When the boy and girl danced together." - Ellie and Heidi

Notices/ Reminders

• This was the last week of the year for decodable books to be sent home for the year. Please send any books (including library books) back to school
• Please send your learner along to school with a reusable bag so that we can start sending workbooks home next week
• You are most welcome to attend our final Celebration Assembly for the year. This is at 9:45 on the 15th December
• Our last day of the year is Tuesday 19th December- finishing at 12:30

What a pleasure it has been to work with our amazing Kahikatea tamariki this year. We have really appreciated all of our whānau support too. Have a wonderful summer break, and we look forward to seeing all of our fabulous Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto learners back in 2024!

-Team Kahikatea

Katie, Krystal, Amber, Quynh and Lisa