Hillsborough Primary School

N E W S

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

admin@hillsborough.school.nz 31st May 2017

School Notices:

Congratulations to Mike Xu Rm 2 and Dominic Jackson R9 for winning the Kids Pita Voucher from Pita Pit.

School Photos

The orders for the school photos close tomorrow 1st June. If you require your child’s photo and/or class photo and sports photos, please return payment in the envelope to either your class teacher or the school office. However you can also order your photographs online at www.schoolmemories.co.nz. Include your shoot key on the front on the envelope.

First Choice in the Hillsborough Community

New Students

Welcome to the following new students who

have started at HPS: Alan Zabetan Rooney

Lai, Darren Lin, Olivia Marshall,

Catherine Pereira and Ryan Wong

Principal’s Note:

Dear Parents and Caregivers What a great way to kick off Book Week with a parade. It was wonderful to see so many children dressed as their favourite characters. If you looked carefully you could see Harry Potter and Hermione, Hedge Wig and Bell, Angelina Ballerina and a Wild Thing, Thing1 and Thing2 to name just a few. Having a week dedicated to books and reading is such a positive way to highlight the importance of imagination and creativity. Books are able to transport us to other worlds, to bring mystery, adventure and fantasy alive which encourages children to dive into reading and continue to read as they move through life. I would encourage you to share a book with a child this week, to discuss the characters and themes and show the importance of books in our lives. Read on! Many Thanks

Mark Lewington PRINCIPAL

ORIENTEERING

On Tuesday 23rd May 33 children

represented Hillsborough Primary School at the Roskill Zone

Orienteering Day. The course was tricky and required a lot of

stamina. Our students were outstanding and showed perseverance

and great sportsmanship. One of our year 6 girls teams placed 2nd

overall and our two year 6 boys teams placed 2nd and 3rd overall.

We had heaps of fun and look forward to term four when we get to

learn more about orienteering as our kiwisport topic.

Thank you to all of our parent helpers and supporters on the

day.

Term Events

May 31st Book Fair late night

June 5th QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY 6th Zone Soccer 27th Hockey Zones 29th Gymnastics Competition Rata at Auckland Live

July 7th Reports go home Term 2 ends

BOOKWEEK Bookweek is now underway this week held in Room 13. This is a great opportunity to purchase books at

reasonable prices for your family. Our school receives a percentage of the books sold during the week, which we use to buy books for the library and classrooms, to benefit all children. Donations of books (of your choosing) to our school library are also very greatefully apreciated and we acknowledge this, inside the book, and also at school assembly. On Monday students and teachers dressed up in their favourite book character. The students enjoyed having Clifford the Big Red Dog come to visit to share in the excitement.

Congratulations to the following students who received certificates on 26th May 2017 at the School Assembly.

Jason Zhou R4 For making huge progress in both reading and writing. Your perseverance and hard work are paying off. Well done! Ilma Ismail R17 Outstanding progress with her maths knowledge. Nilasha Khemani R18 Always showing kindness to others who need help. Sarah Cheng R7 Her enthusiasm in writing. Demetrius Shepherd R10 Creating an amazing train out of shapes Tyler Isobel R15 Making great progress in reading and writing. Ayza Khan R11 Her great ideas. Maya Ali R5 Her positive attitude in class and showing kindness and respect to teachers. Jack Van Houts R16 Hana Ahamed Sulaiman R9 Being creative and careful artist. Her fantastic attitude in all learning areas. Sophie Bacchus R6 Her fantastic backroll during gymnastics. Bethany Morgan R2 Conscientiously striving to do her best at all Ahmed Khimani R3 times. Giving well thought out strategies in mathematics. Havaka Etuata R1 Being a careful helpful artist in R13 and creator of 3D shapes. Eliana Patel R14 Using interesting words in your writing. Kloey Sun R8 A great effort in gymnastics showing balance, flexibility and control. Lilah Baker R12 Wonderfully detailed art work.

Our

supporting

New World

Entertainment Books We at Hillsborough School are so excited to be

launching the NEW 2017/2018 Entertainment

Books soon!

We are raising as much as we can to support our school,

and we need your help! Order your NEW 2017 | 2018

Entertainment Book or Entertainment Digital Membership

now. You'll receive hundreds of valuable offers for

everything you love to do, and help our fundraising at the

same time! Control + Click on order now, this will take you to the booking website.

For further information you can contact:

Karina Wong

0211574844

karinaw@hotmail.co.nz

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

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