Hillsborough Primary School

N E W S

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

admin@hillsborough.school.nz 15th November 2017

CHILDREN’S GIFTS

We like to at this time of the

year collect gifts to donate to

children in need.

A box will be held in the Office

for wrapped gifts. If you could

please label whether it is for a ‘boy’ or ‘girl’ or for

both indicating approximately an age.

Please no secondhand gifts. Your generosity would

be very much appreciated.

First Choice in the Hillsborough Community

Principal’s Note:

Dear Parents and Caregivers

Kia Ora

You may be wondering what impact the new Government will have on making changes to the education system and in particular how National Standards will be managed. At this stage we are waiting to hear what the changes will be. I have included a recent statement regarding this issue which explains the Government's current position. “The Ministry of Education is working with the Government on its policy to replace National Standards and Nga Whanaketanga Rumaki Maori with a new system that better acknowledges a child’s progress and focuses more on developing key competencies for all learners. Boards of Trustees, Principals, Teachers and Parents will be kept informed of this change. In the interim, boards should continue to use the range of current tools they now have for reporting on student progress and achievement. Boards are asked to note that the National Administration Guidelines relating to their own planning and reporting processes and their reporting to parents, students and the Ministry of Education on National Standards remain in place until officially changed”

As we know more about the impact of any changes that take place I will keep you informed.

Nga Mihi

Mark Lewington Principal

New Students

Welcome to the following new students

who have started at HPS:

Sophie Van Houts, Yilin Liu, Joseph

Crawford and Georgia Taylor

Congratulations to the following students who received certificates on 10th

November 2017 at the School Assembly.

Jessica Ryan R17 Challenging herself with her writing and achieving fantastic results. Mahibah Kamran R9 Always working hard and having an excellent attitude towards learning. Elma Rajesh R13 Challenging herself in reading, Ka Pai! Ashby Forrest R8 Greater confidence and willingness to share his ideas in class discussions. Cherie Lin R16 Hamza Laxmidhar R18 Awesome progress in reading. Confidently recapturing the remarkable moments Of his Ambury Farm Trip. Hannah Mulipola R15 Awesome progress in maths. Katie Merrill R10 Sophie Van Houts R20 Challenging herself in writing. An amazing start to school. Always keen to try new Things and challenge herself. Natasha Tangiiti R4 Creating an outstanding recount about our bike day which included figurative language and imagination. Sienna Mumme R6 Her attention to detail when drawing and painting pictures. Katie Jenkins R3 Zita Therese Mepieza R1 Writing a well structured recount on our bike day. Working hard to add detail and complexity To her writing sample Rooney Lai R11 Writing by himself for the first time with a great attitude. Kimberley Low R7 Siddarth Kannan R14 Being a responsible learner and always showing Great sharing and thinking about your maths great listening skills. Strategies. Jordan Nethula R5 Challenging himself in all areas of his school work. You always put in your best effort. Elliot Hobson R2 Outstanding achievement in maths. Keep challenging yourself. Calista Hu R12 Always showing kindness and great teamwork.

The Quiz night was a fabulous and fun night, and a successful fundraiser making a total of $6,200 for school. The FoHPS quiz committee would

like to thank all the parents who attended and helped make the night such a success. Special thanks to Karina Wong, Donna Cameron, Leanne Carpendale, Carla Vossen-Chong, Alex Beattie, Michelle Donald, Laura Gladstone and Sarah Morgan for all her hard work!

It was a huge project and our amazing FoHPS team worked tirelessly. What an amazing group they are. Also a big thankyou to the teachers who helped and supported us!

Finally, we couldn’t have done it without all our wonderful sponsors who so generously donated their goods, services, money and vouchers.

We had so many amazing prizes so:

THANK YOU

Yesterday Order Forms have

been received by your child

to order books from the

Scholastic Lucky Book Club. This is our final order for the year. The due date for all

orders is Friday 24th November. This is online orders only. Great for Christmas

presents!

Term Events

November 24th FoHPS School Disco

Last Day of Bible 27th Rainbows End CARE Day

y6’s 28th Athletics Zones 30th Athletics Zones Save Day

December 1st Cultural Show 5th Christmas Thankyou

Morning Tea 8th School Prize Giving 11th Year 6 Trip 13th Year 6 Graduation 15th School Closes 1pm

A BIG Congratulations to Room 3 for selling the most Entertainment

Books. Well done Room 3 for the great sales! They are going to be

receiving a pizza lunch for their hard work!

SCHOOL DISCO

Friday 24th November

6.00pm – 7.30pm Whole School

7.30pm – 9.00pm Years 5 and 6 Only

THEME:

“ It would be cool to be…… “

Door Sales only (from 5.30pm) - $5.00 per ticket or $10.00 per family Sausage Sizzle, drinks and ice cream available for purchase

(we want to make this a great night for the children and we need lots of helpers, a notice will come home next week regarding this).

WORLD VISION ‘KIDS FOR KIDS’

YEAR 4 CHOIR

Last night the choir performed with 700 children at the Vodafone Events Centre at

Manukau. Over the last six months they have learnt the words to 19 songs and at

yesterday’s rehearsal they learnt actions for all of them. They were amazing! Their

enthusiasm and excitement ‘spilled over’ in this fun concert. Mrs Melville and I were so

proud of all the children. Theo Jackson and Tyleah Po’e Tofaeono performed as part

of the ‘Mod Squad’ for the final item. Congratulations on being fantastic rock ‘n rollers

you two!

A special thankyou to Mrs McIntyre-Robinson and Mrs Melville

for all their hard work with our Year 4 students for this special

event.

If you are interested in starting your child for Karate lessons at Hillsborough

School, here is an excellent offer valued at $150.00, this voucher can be yours to

purchase for only $70.00!

You can purchase this voucher at the school office.

TRAVELWISE

Last Wednesday our Travelwise Student Leaders were invited by Auckland Transport to a special day at

The Cloud, in the city, to acknowledge their hard work this year. They had a fabulous time meeting and

learning about all the emergency services in Auckland from the Harbour Master to the Police dogs and

everyone else in between.

At the end they received a GOLD AWARD for their outstanding contribution to helping our kids and the

local community be road safety aware in our community.

A huge thankyou to Casey Ogilvy, Connor Stewart, Sam Cameron, Esther Henderson, Brooke Van

Houts and Alex Harries for their dedication and diligence to their roles as Travelwise Student Leaders

this year!

Special thankyou to Ms Baker for all her dedication in working with the Travelwise students!

sKids Hillsborough provides safe, structured and fun before and after school care onsite for your children. A safe environment – not leaving the school grounds. Before School, After School or during the Holidays SKIDS will keep your children safe and happy. On 15th December 2017, school finishes at 1 pm. SKids will be running extra hours on that day from 1 pm to 3 pm. The cost of the session will be $16. Then the regular hours will continue (3pm to 6pm). You can book your child online with 3 simple steps –

1. Go online on https://skids.aimy.co.nz , click on New Parent register.

2. Enrol your child by providing all details.

3. Go to special day and make a booking.

The dates for sKids Holiday Programme will be as below –

18th December 2017 to 22nd December 2017

15th January 2018 to 31st January 2018 *

To find out more about the programmes we offer, and our opening hours please call or email us. Email: skids.hills@gmail.com Phone: 0211579344 / 098189662

* 29th January will be closed due to public holiday Auckland Anniversary.

Please note: You may be entitled to Work & Income OSCAR subsidies towards your SKIDS fees. Please check their website or you can discuss this with us.

2018 Term Dates for Hillsborough Primary School

Term One: Thursday 1st February – Friday 13th April

Term Two: Monday 30th April – Friday 6th July

Term Three: Monday 23rd July – Friday 28th September

Term Four: Monday 15th October – Tuesday 18th December

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