Hillsborough Primary School

N E W S

Belfast Street, Hillsborough, Auckland 1042 www.hps.school.nz Ph: (09) 625 7307

admin@hillsborough.school.nz 8th August 2018

New Students

Welcome Jasmie Lai, Izayah Green, Kelly Zhou, Brooklyn Daniels, Zanthe Butler and Sukhmanpreet

Basra who have recently started at Hillsborough

Primary School

Principal’s Voice:

Dear Parents and Caregivers I would like to thank all those parents and caregivers who were able to attend our recent parent teacher interviews. It was a great turnout and an excellent opportunity for parents and caregivers to discuss their child’s learning progress. If you were not able to attend, you are welcome to contact your child's teacher and set up a meeting.

I would also like to thank all of those who completed our reporting questionnaire. This is a valuable way to gather your thoughts and feedback on a variety of issues. We are currently analysing this information to see where we can make improvements. I will keep you posted.

I Need Your Help

If children are coming to school by car it is very important that they arrive and depart safely. Before and after school can be a very busy time with lots of congestion with cars and children coming and going. When dropping children off please make sure that you park in a way that allows your child to safely enter or exit the car.

We have a turnaround area directly at the front of our school and it is not a place to drop or pick up children. It is clearly marked with broken yellow lines and usually has a sign to remind about not stopping.

I have observed many parents either stopping in the turning bay or stopping in the no stopping areas in the street to pick up and drop off children.

I would really appreciate your support with

this as it is about getting our children safely to and from school and

Please make this a priority when driving your child/children to and from school.

Many Thanks Nga Mihi Nui Mark Lewington

TEACHERS STRIKE ACTION

The NZEI has advised the Hillsborough BOT that

teachers at the school will be taking strike action for

a full day – School will be closed on:

WEDNESDAY 15TH AUGUST

It is important that you make alternative

arrangements for the care of your child/children.

The SKIDS programme will be operating during that

day.

If you require to book your child into SKIDS, the

contact details are:

Kiran – Ph: 021 157 9344 Or email: Hillsborough@skids.co.nz or you can book online at www.skids.aimy.co.nz

Thankyou for your understanding.

Congratulations to the following students who received certificates on Friday 3rd August at the School Assembly. Jessica Hansen R16 Persevering to do her best everyday. Andre Da Silva Filho R9 His careful attention to detail in his art and then helping others. Lillyamara Bartlett R5 Persevering and thoughtfully completing her Mondrian Art. Kiana Remuera R7 Her wonderful progress in reading and for having a happy positive attitude. Jack Van Houts R2 Showing commitment to learning by asking questions and sharing ideas. Millie Bolton R1 Challenging herself to try harder maths and do better strategies. Ryan Lee R12 Constantly challenging himself to complete all tasks to a high standard Tyler Chambers R15 Aiden Thai R6 Always challenging himself and presenting his best work. Sharing his ideas during class discussions. Well done Aiden! Poppy Simpkin R10 Challenging herself by beginning to share her ideas with the class. Robin Ding R18 Increasingly making positive choices to stay focused on his learning Kyla Kopu-Gleeson R14 Vamika Malik R11 Independent working on your reading tasks. Putting lots of effort into her writing this week. Well done for putting lots more sounds onto your paper! Yoga Gu R4 Completing work to a high standard and being a helpful and positive class member Zachariah Jackson R17 Elliot Hobson R3 His great critical thinking. Demonstrating all of our values all of the time. You are a hardworking, independent learner and

a wonderful role model for others. Gurmann Sethi R13 Making great choices and being kind to others Disha Sharma R8 Being more confident and willing to share her ideas in class discussions

UPCOMING EVENTS

DAFFODIL DAY

FRIDAY 31st AUGUST

GOLD COIN DONATION AND WEAR SOMETHING YELLOW

School Uniforms

From the beginning of Term 4, the school polo shirt for sale from the School Uniform Centre, will be a royal blue colour.

The school polo shirt will a darker blue Sales of the new shirt will be from the start of Term 4 2018 Shirts will be $32.00 for short sleeved, $35.00 for long sleeved Students can still wear the light blue shirt until February 2020

A sample of the long-sleeved polo shirt is on the wall in the office foyer. You are more than

welcome to pop into the office to have a look at the new colour.

FoHPS BBQ and Mufti Day

Friday 17th August

FATHERS DAY BAKE SALE

FRIDAY 31ST AUGUST

TEACHERS ONLY DAY

WEDNESDAY 22ND AUGUST

SCHOOL WLL BE CLOSED THIS DAY

The Music

Try Out Programme

A special 8 x week music programme for Rata syndicate/middle-school children.

Students will explore a variety of instruments, sing songs, and learn the basics of music

Lessons are in a small group, for 30 minutes on Monday afternoons, during school time.

Price: $79. To enrol please email: sonyawatersong@gmail.com

BILLY

HARRIS

SOCCER

Billy’s classes are continuing this term on Wednesday Mornings 8.00am – 8.45am

Great for your child’s skills, coordination and confidence.

Only $65.00 for the term.

Contact Billy on Ph: 027 2799042 to enrol or arrange a free trial class. See his website www.billyharris.co.nz

Term Events August 6th Dental Van here all Week 8th Mt Roskill Year 6 Enrichment 9th FoHPS Meeting 14th Basketball Zones 15th School Closed 16th Gymnastic Zones 17th BBQ & Mufti Day 21st Netball Zones 22nd Teacher Only Day 23rd Parent Evening (Puberty talk for Y6) 27th School Cross Country 28th Puberty Talk – Year 6 30th BOT Meeting 31st Saveday Cross Country Fathers Day Bake Sale Daffodil Day

sKids Afterschool Programme

To register for sKids you will need to use AIMY PLUS – this is the online

parent portal and booking system.

To do this, go to AIMY PLUS by either clicking on the Parent Login box on

the sKids website www.skids.co.nz – this will redirect you to

http://skids.aimy.co.nz or you can go straight to http://skids.aimy.co.nz

School Fun Run

It is now just 3 weeks until our School Cross Country event. Please make sure that you have registered your child

for the event so that they are able to fundraise and claim prizes. Please

visit schoolfundraising.co.nz to register. The class with the most online registrations by the end of this week will win a free iceblock day. If you have any questions please contact Mrs Bryant in Room 3 or by email: bbryant@hillsborough.school.nz. .

All the best with your Sponsorships!

Friends of Hillsborough Primary

Invites you to

Beats Bingo Night for Parents

Grab a bunch of friends

and join us for a fun night out

(Instead of numbers on your bingo cards it’s song titles!)

Date: Friday 31st August 2018

Doors open at 7pm

Bingo starts at 7.30pm

Venue: Carlton Junior Rugby

Puriri Drive,

Cornwall Park Ticket Price: $20.00 on sale from 30th July via Kindo and at the school office.

Light Supper Provided

Cash Bar: (affordable prices) no BYO

Prizes for Bingo results, best dressed table and spot prizes

(This is replacing our annual quiz night, but a little bit different! It will be an awesome night!)

Cook Island Language Week Kia Orana Last week we celebrated Cook Island language week. The theme this year was: "Kia ngākau parau, kia rangarangatu to tatou reo Māori Kūki ‘Āirani". “Be proud of your language and protect its future”. Each classroom did their own language week activities. Our Pasifika group had a true Cook Island morning tea with delicious Cook Island donuts. Our Cook Island girls learnt to sew tivaevae, a Cook Island fabric art and also learnt a hula. They performed the hula at assembly and were amazing! Meitaki Maata

Matariki 2018 To celebrate Matariki, the Maori Whanau group designed and created beautiful kites for our school hall. The children did an amazing job of using Maori patterns in their design and showed Whanaungatanga and Manaakitanga by working very well together as a group on their masterpieces. Ka pai tamariki!

Kite Day 2018

To celebrate Matariki, all children had an opportunity to make a kite and fly them at our very own Kite Day

at the end of Term 2. The children enjoyed the chance to test out their kites

in the beautiful sunshine.

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