School Picnic
It was a fun evening yesterday at school. Thank you to everyone who came along and connected with us and your community, and for being flexible with the night change (it wouldn't have been much fun in last week's rain). The kaupapa about the evening is all about us as a community coming together, in the hope of you developing a greater sense of belonging at our kura. We had intended on sharing some messages, but had some issues with our PA system.  

Big shout out to the amazing Friends of the School - absolute legends! Especially to Rebecca who once again ran the BBQ. We do truly appreciate your efforts. 

Karori Waterside Football with KWNS
We are delighted today to have every class in our school working with Karori Waterside FC over at the turf at Karori Park. It is great to connect with our local club - and for our ākonga and staff to be involved in excellent Physical Education! Even better for it to be in such lovely, sunny weather. 

Western Zone Cricket
Karori West had a fantastic day at Western Zones Cricket, playing five rounds of non-stop cricket against some of our neighbouring schools. We entered two teams representing our Year 5/6 and Year 7/8 students, and the sunshine made for perfect cricket conditions. It was wonderful to see the children having so much fun, trying their hardest, and showing excellent sportsmanship by cheering on others’ successes as well as their own.

Kapa Haka - new KWK approach
This year we have welcomed Todd and Ihipera Parata into our school, who are teaching and leading KWK (performance Kapa Haka) this year. They bring a massive amount of experience with them, and in their first session last week had our ākonga sounding awesome. We will continue syndicate Kapa Haka being led by the truly awesome Whaea Lalita.  
 

Congratulations to Lucy M who participated in the Oceans 26- Papamoa Beach Surf Life Saving Competition. Over 700 kids competed at the biggest Surf Lifesaving junior event in the country.

As always, please feel free to get in touch should you need. 

Simon Flockton, Principal: principal@kwns.school.nz
Kirsty Harry, Deputy Principal (Y0-4): kirsty.harry@kwns.school.nz
Marcus Collins, Acting Deputy Principal (Y5-8): marcus.collins@kwns.school.nz

Have a lovely remainder of your week.

Simon Flockton
Tumuaki I PRINCIPAL

2026 Registrations are open for the 2026 Autumn/Winter Netball Season.

Registrations are open for all year 1 to 8 students who are keen to play Netball this season. To join a team, please register here by 5pm Tuesday 3 March 2026. 

Season dates (Terms 1 and 2):

Round 1: Saturday 2 May – Saturday 4 July 2026 

Fees
Fees only apply to players in Year 3-8. The cost is $70 per player (please pay via bank transfer). Years 1 and 2 are free. We do not want cost to be an obstacle to a child playing netball. If you are unable to cover the registration cost but your child would like to play, please email kwnsnetball@gmail.com confidentially to see what support might be available. Alternatively, if you would like to sponsor another child to play, please get in touch! Account details
KWNS 12-3223-0091361-00 (ASB). Please use your child's name and the word 'netball' as the detail/reference.
 
Parent Coaches and Managers
KWNS cannot have teams in this competition without the support of parents as Coaches/Managers during the season. Each team must provide their own Coach/Manager. If you are interested in coaching or managing a team, please email kwnsnetball@gmail.com. There will be a free coaching course run by Wellington West to support you to build your coaching skills.

Senior Trials (Years 7 and 8)
Given the depth of senior Netball talent, and that Years 7 and 8 play across three Netball divisions, trials will be held to select the teams and place them in the right division. The trials will be held at the school turf on Sunday 8 March, 1:30pm-3:30pm. There will also be a practice session at 10:30am, Saturday 7 March for students to practice prior to the trials. On the registration form, please indicate your student’s favourite netball positions to help with organising the trials. If a student doesn’t want to trial, then please let us know at kwnsnetball@gmail.com - we can still place them in a team.

Changes to the format of Year 5 and 6 netball
From this year, years 5 and 6 will now play seven-a-side Netball, instead of six-a-side. This is so kids are better prepared for the switch to senior Netball and learn those positions better. This means kids will play the positions and rules of GS, GA etc instead of the six-a-side positions of A, C, D.

Year 7/8 Player Development Programme
This programme is run by Wellington West Netball for any interested Year 7/8 players and is held over four weekends. Please indicate when you register for the season if you are interested in attending For more information about this programme, please visit: Wellington West Netball - Year 7&8 Development (sporty.co.nz).

Thanks,
Karori West Netball Committee


Underwater Hockey

Did you know KWNS has an Underwater Hockey team? Underwater Hockey is a fun and inclusive sport for students years 5-8. Joining Mini League is a great way to get involved in the sport, make new friends, improve your swimming skills and learn the basics of the game.  

If your interested in finding out more, sign up for the Have-a-go session here: 

or contact Lucy:  lucy.fookes@gmail.com for more details.

We’re a Movin’March school and counting down to Monday 2nd March when we’ll be encouraging tamariki to walk or wheel to school.
 
Walking or wheeling to school is a great way to get active, know your neighbourhood, get energised to learn, AND take care of the environment. 

This year, we’re taking part in the new WoW Class Challenge. Each student will set their own goal for March and record this on a bookmark they can take home. We’ll record trips in class on a wallchart, and those who are working towards their goal may win small prizes.

We will also enter in the regional competition to be in to win some great class prizes!

Info for whānau:
www.movinmarch.com

It’s summertime, it’s great to be outdoors, and Movin’ March is just around the corner, which will see our tamariki make an effort to walk and wheel to school. In the spirit of active travel, here are two great opportunities for parents:

We have had a change in lunch order providers this year as Lunchonline has been bought by another provider. All lunch orders can now be ordered from myKindo. 

Wednesdays - Subway

Thursday - Hell Pizza

Fridays - Sushi

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

 

As you may be aware, this year we moved to Hero, a New Zealand owned and operated Student Management System. With Hero, you can:

Hero has a number of other features that we plan to introduce in the future. 
 

To download the app:  scan the QR code (above) or search ‘Hero by linc-ed’ in the app store.

If you are having issues with Hero, please contact the school office.