School Newsletter – 22 November 2022

Term 4, Week 6

A Message from the Principal

Dear parents and caregivers

In my first newsletter in term 2 this year I reported on the results of our standardised/normed assessments, the Progress and Achievement Test (PAT). 

PATs are multiple-choice tests designed to help teachers determine achievement levels. We use the Mathematics, Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary, and Listening Comprehension tests. The test results help teachers decide what kinds of teaching materials are needed and which methods or programmes are most suitable for their students. PATs are also important because they identify the progress a student is making..

This year the students who received a stanine 8 or 9 in 2021 were assigned a test one year ahead of their Year Group.  This was advised by NZCER PAT administrators as best practice.  Students who received an 8 or 9 stanine last year had made very few errors in their test.  By giving them the test, a year level ahead, the teacher is more readily able to identify their next learning steps.

Importantly at this time of the year we are able to see the accelerated progress that our students have made during this year. Further, because these are standardised/normed across New Zealand it compares our students against their peers. 

PAT: Mathematics covers number knowledge, number strategies, algebra, geometry and measurement, and statistics. PAT:Mathematics is for Years 4 to 10

The two graphs below show the positive shift to the right meaning that our cohort of students from Year 4- 8 including our very able have accelerated progress and achieved highly. These results rank at the very top end of achievement in the country.

The working towards groups show a positive shift out of that category and into working within.  

The students moving out of or into working within show the following positive shifts The whole school showed +16% shift into or out of the middle band.

The students in the working above band have also increased.  Across the school we have a +18% shift within this band.

Key;  Below = Stanine 1-3, Within = Stanie 4-6, Above = Stainine 7-9

Whole school Mathematics Stanines for Term One 2022

Whole School Mathematics Stanine for Term Three 2022

PAT:Reading Comprehension assesses how well Year 4 to 10 students understand the text they are reading. Each test is organised around several extended pieces of writing which include stories, poems, reports and explanations.

Again, the two comparative graphs show a movement to the right indicating progress in reading comprehension. The year 4-8 cohort have improved from an overall 89% in term 1 to 92% in term 3.This means that our learners are achieving highly in reading compared to NZ students.  

Whole school Stanines for Term One 2022

Whole school Stanines for Term Three 2022

PAT:Reading Vocabulary assesses Year 4 to 8 students’ ability to understand the words they read. Each question is based around a keyword that is embedded in a short sentence. Students are asked to choose a synonym that best represents the meaning of this word from a list of five possible alternatives.

The shift is again a positive move to the right where in particular students have moved from the achieving within to achieving above. And from 94% in term 1 to 96% in term 3. 

Whole school Stanines for Term One 2022    

Whole school Stanines for Term Three 2022

PAT:Listening Comprehension measures Year 3 to 10 students’ ability to understand spoken material. Students listen to a passage and then answer questions. It helps teachers detect children with poor listening skills and is also useful in identifying those children whose listening comprehension performance is significantly different from their ability to comprehend written material.

There is another considerable shift to the right where in term 1 the Year 4-8 Cohort scored 86% and in Term 3 this has improved to 91%

Key;  Below = Stanine 1-3, Within = Stanie 4-6, Above = Stainine 7-9

Whole school Stanines for Term One 2022

Whole school Stanines for Term Three 2022

Overall we are pleased to see the continued, accelerated academic  achievement levels across the school. Our results compare very well against other schools across New Zealand in our local cluster of schools. 

The school has been purposefully and deliberately focusing on the learning and in particular ‘what cannot be left to chance’ We have monitored learners, addressed needs and ensured improvement.

A big thank you goes to our teaching staff ably supported by our Learner Assistants.

News

Children Arriving Early to School

Please note children should not arrive at school before 8.30am unless they have a planned sports training.

Road Patrol Training for Year 5 students

Constable Gordon and I will be training our Year 5 students next Tuesday 29th November, starting at 9.00 am.  If any Year 5 students did not receive a newsletter please call in at the school office.  Permission slips must be in by this Friday 25th November.

Junior Kids Lit

Today 8 of our students attended the Junior Kids Lit competition at St Mary’s School in Ellerslie. 
They had spent the last term reading 13 set books, all by New Zealand authors, and were ready for the quiz.
Against 21 other local schools, our year 5 team (Freddie, Madeleine, Abigail and Freya) came 5th and our year 6 team (Madeline, Mikayla, Theo and Zoe) came 6th.
A great achievement and lots of fun had. Plus they received two books for the school library; Starbird and The Ghost of Gosswater. 

Remuera Mathex

On Tuesday November 15, Kohimarama School fielded a Year 5 team and a Year 6 team at  Remuera Mathex at St Kentigerns in Orakei.

While the questions didn’t go our way, it was a fun filled and exciting evening, and great to participate again in an event that had not been able to proceed in recent times.

Jake S, Mikayla E, Audrey P, Harrison V

Jeffrey D, Isaac W, Fletcher D, Ariel L

Kohimarama’s Got Talent 2022

Wow!  Talent, talent and more talent from our students this week as we held the Singing, Comedy and Magic sections of our Kohimarama’s Got Talent 2022 this week.  Congratulations to all who took part, giving it a go and putting yourselves out there, you are all awesome!

Singing Section

Senior

• 1st = Acacia and Liv
•          Lucia
• 3rd – Scarlett 

Junior

• 1st -Poppy, Ella A, Ben, Estee, James, Max, Noah, Isabell, Ella C, Emma and Clara
• 2nd – Xanthe 
• 3rd – Hansey 

Comedy Section

• 1st – Ava
• 2nd – Pedro and Sam L
• 3rd – Samuel H

Magic Section

• 1st – Madison Armstrong
• 2nd – Baz 
• 3rd – Ella A

Highly Commended

• Finnegan 
• Jacob N and Harry B

Our Dance section will be held on Monday 28th November, so still time to keep practising.

New Flippaball players for 2023

We will be looking to recruit new flippa ball players for next year especially current year 2 and year 3 players.   Games are played on Sundays at the Sacred Heart pool.

If any students would like to have a go at Flippa ball before next year they are welcome to come to either of the last two practices on Thursday 24^th Nov 24 and Thursday 8^th Dec at the Swimtastic Pool on Merton Road at 7.15am to 8.15am.

Any questions please email libbybourke@xtra.co.nz

Homestay Families Needed

Our school will be expecting visiting students from Korea arriving 9th January and departing 25th February 2023.  

To facilitate these students we are looking for homestay families to host them.  

Although they arrive before the start of Term One, these students will attend school each weekday in January 2023.

Host’s will be paid $300 per student, per week – usually placing two students per home.  

Students can share a room but must have their own bed.  

If you would like more information or an application pack, please contact Debbie from Student-Care NZ Limited on debbie@nzstudentcare.com or 09 390 7838 Mobile 027 285 7838

Certificates & Awards

Class Certificates

Congratulations to these outstanding students from Kiri Team and Cowley Team:

• Room 1 – Sora S
• Room 2 – Anna H
• Room 3 – Betania R, Jack R, Noah D
• Room 4 – Oliver T, Reid B, Charlie L
• Room 5 – Oke S, James Z
• Room 7 – Charlie T

• Room 6 – Tommy G
• Room 8 – Kylo H
• Room 16 – Isabelle B
• Room 17 – Saksham G
• Room 25 – Tymofii B, Nathan W
• Room 26 – Louis G
• Room 27 – Archer K

Caught Being Good  –  “Greenies”

Rain, rain and more rain – yet still our students are playing fairly and being careful of each other.  Thank you to you all, especially:

• Anna             Rm 2             for commitment           Selwyn
• Alex              Rm 6             for respect                   Colenso
• James           Rm 16           for respect                  Patteson

Sports News

Touch Rugby

Term 4 is touch rugby time and we are fielding 15 teams on Wednesday afternoons at Madills Farm, across Years 3-8, with current students, an ex student, a teacher and parents fulfilling the coaching roles.

We have also participated in the inter school tournaments recently, with three teams from our Year 7/8 hub attending the Eastern Zones tournament on November 8, and four teams from Years 5&6 competed at the Bay Suburbs event on November 15. Both events were at Madills Farm, and it was great to see so many parents supporting our players.

Both days were action packed and very busy. The Year 5 boys team took out third place in their competition.

Athletics

We held our school athletics meeting at Glover Park on November 2, for our Year 4 – 8 learners, and completed our high jump and shot put competitions at school over the last 2 weeks. Our placegetters were:

Results Table for Athletics 2022

	Year	1st	2nd	3rd
100m	Y4G	Saskia C	Agnes C	Harriet W
	Y4B	Nate L	Frederic G	Oscar R
	Y5G	Juliet Q	Teagan H	Grace P
	Y5B	Freddie R	John G	Grayson G
	Y6G	Ellie H	Esther C	Mikayla E
	Y6B	Paolo Z	Jenson P	Lochie S
	Y7G	Lalita Z	Juella G	Isabel O
	Y7B	Harrison A	Callum P	Joseph C
	Y8G	Nina R	Aura H	Maddie M
	Y8B	Leon L	Theo G-M	Zach G

	Year	1st	2nd	3rd
200m	Y4G	Saskia C	Agnes C	Imogen W
	Y4B	Viggo H	Frederic G	Nate L, Louis P
	Y5G	Juliet Q	Madison A	Sophia W
	Y5B	Sam L	Hugo T	Oliver B
	Y6G	Allie S	Ellie H	Alexa J
	Y6B	Paolo Z	Harrison V	Theo P
	Y7G	Isabel O	Theani T	Lara K
	Y7B	Harrison A	Henry T	Callum P
	Y8G	Nina R	Imogen C	Samantha D
	Y8B	Leon L	Zach G	Theo G-M

	Year	1st	2nd	3rd
400m	Y4G	Agnes C	Saskia C	Imogen W
	Y4B	Theo R	Joshua O	Nate L
	Y5G	Teagan H	Sophia W	Madison A
	Y5B	Sam L	Hugo T	Pedro T-R
	Y6G	Bella P	Ellie H	Kayly P
	Y6B	Paolo Z	Harley S	Theo P
	Y7G	Isabel O	Liz Z	Juella G
	Y7B	Jacob R	Henry	Harry H
	Y8G	Nina R	Maddie M	Imogen C
	Y8B	Leon L	William R	Casper H

	Year	1st	2nd	3rd
800m	Y4G	NA	NA	NA
	Y4B	NA	NA	NA
	Y5G	Juliet Q	Madison A	Abigail J
	Y5B	Hugo T	John G	Nico G
	Y6G	Bella P	Ellie H	Esther C
	Y6B	Nicolas P	Arno S	Theo P
	Y7G	Isabel O	Rachel T	Liv d S
	Y7B	Henry T	Jacob R	Harry H
	Y8G	Nina R	Imogen C	Maddie M
	Y8B	Leon L	Isaac R	Theo G- M

	Year	1st	2nd	3rd
1500m	Y4G	NA	NA	NA
	Y4B	NA	NA	NA
	Y5G	NA	NA	NA
	Y5B	NA	NA	NA
	Y6G	NA	NA	NA
	Y6B	NA	NA	NA
	Y7G	Liz Z	Rachel T	Lara K
	Y7B	Henry	Kroum L	Harrison A
	Y8G	Nina R	Imogen C	Maddie M
	Y8B	Theo G-M	William R	Casper H

	Year	1st	2nd	3rd
Long Jump	Y4G	Agnes C	Hattie W	Imogen W
	Y4B	Frederic G	Spencer K	Theo R
	Y5G	Teagan H	Violet H	Ashlee J
	Y5B	John G	Samuel L	Arthur G-M
	Y6G	Allie S	Esther C	Bella P
	Y6B	Paolo Z	Harley S	Theo P
	Y7G	Isabel O	Liz Z	Lara K, Theani  T
	Y7B	Lucas O	Lincoln C	Callum P
	Y8G	Samantha D	Alyssa R	Maja B
	Y8B	Leon L	Zach G	William R

	Year	1st	2nd	3rd
High Jump	Y4G	NA	NA	NA
	Y4B	NA	NA	NA
	Y5G	Bella H	Violet H	Teagan H
	Y5B	John G	Freddie R	Pedro T-R
	Y6G	Esther C	Allie S	Ellie H
	Y6B	Paolo Z	Kirill L	Theo P
	Y7G	Isabel O	Liz Z	Lara K
	Y7B	Kroum L, Henry T		Joseph C
	Y8G	Samantha D	Imogen C	Alyssa R
	Y8B	Leon L	Zak C	Isaac R

	Year	1st	2nd	3rd
Softball Throw	Y4G	Saskia C	Ivy H	Jessica M
	Y4B	Franklin O	George C	Theo R
Shot put	Y5G	Blair C	Bella H	Estella D
	Y5B	Harry H	Isaac W	Pedro T-R
	Y6G	Stephanie G	Mikayla E	Georgia B
	Y6B	Paolo Z	Theo P	Blake S
	Y7G	Juella G	Lara K	Liz Zheng
	Y7B	Lucas O	Henry Z	Jacob R
	Y8G	Summer P	Samantha D	Imogen C
	Y8B	Leon L	Isaac R	Max A
Discus	Y5G	Madison A	Adele L	Scarlett F
	Y5B	Freddie R	Harry H	Emile S
	Y6G	Allie S	Demi C	Ellie H
	Y6B	Paolo Z	Harley S	Blake S
	Y7G	Isabel O	Lalita Z	Lara K
	Y7B	Basile L	Harrison A	Lincoln C
	Y8G	Summer	Alyssa R	Samantha D
	Y8B	Leon L	Isacc R	William R

Bay Suburbs Athletics

On Monday November 21, Kohimarama School was represented at the Bay Suburbs Athletics Day at Glover Park in Glendowie by a squad of Year 5&6 athletes. Many thanks to the parents who supported our participation by providing transport, and helping run events.

Our place getters were:

High Jump

• Year 5 Boys. 2nd. Freddie R

Shot Put

• Year 5 Girls. 3rd. Blair C

100m

• Year 5 Girls. 2nd. Teagan H

200m

• Year 6 Girls. 3rd. Allie S

400m

• Year 6 Girls. 3rd. Ellie H
• Year 6 Boys. 3rd. Paolo Z

800m

• Year 6 Girls. 3rd. Bella P

4x100m Relay

• Year 6 Girls. 2nd. Ellie H, Allie S, Esther C and Mikayla E.
• Year 6 Boys. 3rd. Paolo Z, Jenson P, Lochie S & Harrison V.

Sports Results

Flippa Ball Results

• Year 3/4 Sharks
  Win 9-4. POD Theo R
• Year 5 Kinas
  Win 8-3. POD Blair
• Year 6 Blue Bottles
  Win 9-0. POD Theo P