Tuesday Times
Havelock North Primary School 1st June 2021
PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE
Kia ora Koutou,
Welcome to the first official day of winter, although to be fair, I think winter has been here for a week or so already. Only another 20 days until the shortest day.
Room 11 and 12 are now back in their newly renovated classrooms which is exciting. The acoustics in Room 11, in particular, is now much better and they certainly look fresher and more vibrant. A big thank you to Miss Denny, Mrs Field and the students for their patience over the past few weeks. Thanks also goes to our Property Manager, Robin Gray and to Pete Newton for making the move as seamless as possible.
Last Wednesday night we had a good crowd attend the Structured Literacy evening. A big thank you to everyone in attendance and well done to our teaching team for their presentation. We hope you found the evening informative. We certainly received a good deal of positive feedback and we appreciate your support around this piece of work. Change is always challenging and rightfully people question the motive for change. For those who were not able to attend the evening, we will look to uploading our presentation on the website.
A special welcome to our new student Rosie Hammond and Jamie Olivier. Well done on making such a positive start to school Rosie and Jamie.
A reminder that all local Primary and Intermediate state schools have a Teacher Only Day this Friday 4th June.
Thank you and have a great week everyone.
Ngā mihi
Nick Reed
Principal
Soraya's Convincing Argument
Dear Mr Reed
Our world is precious, it’s the only one we’ve got. Yet we are treating it like a rubber ball we forgot about, in other words we are forgetting that the environment matters as much as we do. Climate change is humans' fault, it’s our mess we need to clean it up. To do this we need to take small steps. I am asking for your permission to make a small bush walk behind room 6 & 7. Because this little thing can do so much. Trees breathe in carbon dioxide and breathe out oxygen for us to breathe. We could become a better school just from planting a few small trees. We need to clean our mess one step at a time. So let my wish come true. Unfortunately you're probably thinking “who’s going to plant the trees, who’s going to water the trees?” Well put those worries to rest, because there are some amazing responsible children at this school. I said I wanted to make my mark on this school before I left, well this is my chance.
Yours sincerely,
Soraya Riddell
Whakatauki
Be strong, be brave, be patient.
Hui - Week 7
Junior Skipping for Fun and Fitness Te Kakano and Pakiaka Teams...
On Friday 11th June...
11.30- 12.10 - Pakiaka
12.20-12.50 - Te Kakano
Parents of the children in Te Kakano and Pakiaka Teams are invited to come along and view the children in action as they skip, jump and participate in a range of fitness activities that showcase their skills and perseverance at the completion of our Skipping/Jumping PE unit. Parents, please watch and support your child from outside the courts- either from the upper turf or around the edges of the lower turf. That way the children will be able to keep focused on their rotations. We have some of our wonderful PALS students supporting us as we practice our skipping/jumping skills.
Blast in the Park 2021 needs your help
It is the Blast in the Park 16th year and we need volunteers to ensure we have another successful year.
This event is now engrained in our communities calendar and is an important fundraiser for HNPS. We are seeking the commitment of volunteers to help pull this great event together, so have a think if this would interest you, talk to other friends at the school that would be keen and also talk to any other people that have a connection or passion for the Havelock North Primary School community. If you are interested or would like to discuss further please contact Steve Gregory by Friday 11th June.
It is important to note if we don’t have enough volunteer support this event will not be able to go ahead for 2021.
027 549 9179
2021 International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS)
Once again we intend to offer, to Year 4, 5 and 6 students, the opportunity to sit competitions in English and Mathematics.
Please be aware these ICAS tests involve a high level of reading ability and the tests are an optional assessment for students and they are challenging. These are a one off test, that are held on one day and not necessarily a true indication of a child’s actual ability. Participation is entirely voluntary and at the discretion of parents.
Parents interested in finding out more information regarding the competitions can look online at https://www.unswglobal.unsw.edu.au/educational-assessments/products/icas-assessments/.
The English test will be held on the week beginning the 16th August and the Maths test will be held on the week beginning the 30th August.
This year parents will enter and pay for their child online to save the office double handling the money and to ensure no registrations are missed. Please visit the link below and use the school code to pay. Once a child is registered they will appear on the schools ICAS login page.
Use this link to register: https://shop.icasassessments.com/pages/pps
Use this school access code: VYV289
Closing dates for these tests are; English 1st August, and Maths 15th August. Chromebooks will be the best devices to use for these tests. Prior to the test, I will need to check each student’s device to ensure it has the capability to sit the test. The Tuesday Times will be the only source of correspondence about the ICAS assessments.
Nga mihi,
Greg Bain
Deputy Principal
Values Awards Recepients
Maui Dolphin
Our Maui dolphin fundraising day is Friday 11 June. We are busy making posters and planning other activities to raise awareness and help save these amazing animals.
Raglan Area School wrote a song about Maui dolphins. See the link below.
Lucia Hains
Year 4, Room 3
School Photos 17th June
After the photos have been taken your son or daughter will bring home a slip with their unique Access Key detailed on it. This Access Key will display all the photographs of your child. It is then an easy process for you to shop online and purchase the photographs you want.
If you place your order within three weeks of receiving your Access Key you will receive free delivery for your photo orders. Photo Life has agreed to dispatch all the orders back to the school and your child will bring their photographs home.
Any orders placed after this three week period will be sent directly to your specified delivery address and will incur a $6.00 Postage & Packing charge. You will see this message when you go online to view and order your photographs.
Please be aware we are not doing sibling photos again this year due to time restraints.
SPORT Term 2
Please send any HNPS sporting action shots to sport@hnps.school.nz
- Winter Hockey Y3-4 & Y5-6
- Netball Y5-6
- Basketball Y0-2 & Y5-6
- Funsticks Y0-2
- Barefoot 10s (registrations now closed)
- Soccer & Rugby played through the local clubs http://www.hnwafc.org.nz/JUNIOR-FOOTBALL/JUNIORS-1 and http://www.havelocknorth.rugby/
- Junior Tough Guy and Gal Y3-6 (Weds 2nd June) - Registration closed
HNPS Tui vs HNPS Kiwi Hockey home game
This Week's STAC AWARDS Recipients
S = Sportmanship T = Teamwork A = Attitude C = Coachability
Jack Christie
Jacob Majors
Netball
Isla Scott
Renee Redmond
Eriez Bellamy
Olivia O'Callaghan King
Sophia Morris
Brooke Makris
Hockey
Victoria Dorward
Renee Redmond
Harry Lyndon
Niamh McGuillicudy
Bea Stewart
Olivia O'Callaghan King
Zoe Forster
Rupert Hammond
Isabelle Gibson
Canoe Polo
Kenzie Atkinson
George Dorward
Out and About
Structured Literacy Evening
A good crowd in attendance
Some interesting looking students
Miss Northe teaching Animation to Year 2 students
Simon the Magnificent
Netballers in action
Te Mata Park Tree Planting Dates
All volunteer days will run from approximately 9am to 12pm.
Saturday 5th June – Tauroa Forest planting day
Sunday 20th June – Te Kahika planting day
Sunday 27th June– Rongoā garden
Saturday 3rd July – Maintenance and planting day
Sunday 18th July– Te Kahika planting
Sunday 25th July- Rongoā garden
Sunday 8th August– Planting day
To stay up to date with our volunteer events, go to our website: https://www.tematapark.co.nz/current-park-info/
Or sign up to receive our volunteer newsletter for regular updates: https://www.tematapark.co.nz/get-involved/#donate
Another option is to donate trees. At $10 a tree, they make a wonderful gift, and each donation helps to fund our planting projects.
https://gift-a-tree-to-te-mata-park.raisely.com/
For more details or to register your attendance, please get in touch with me.
Thank you so much for your time, and please consider joining us and becoming kaitiaki of our maunga.
Ngā mihi nui,
Sara Shaw
Communications & Education
Te Mata Park Trust
027 233 6099
Term Dates and Teacher Only Days 2021
Term 2 2021
3 May – 9 July Public holiday this term is Queen’s Birthday – Monday 7 June
Term 3 2021
26 July – 1 October
Term 4 2021
18 October – 16 December
Public holidays this term are Hawke's Bay Anniversary - Friday 22nd October and Labour Day – Monday 25 October
Teacher Only Days
4th June
27th August
Up Coming Events
- Teacher Only Day 4th June
- Queen's Birthday - 7th June
- Sushi and Pie Friday 11th June
- Junior Skipping for Fun and Fitness Te Kakano and Pakiaka Teams Friday 11th June
- Endangered Species Mufti Day Friday 11th June
- School Photographs - Thursday 17th June
- Sushi and Pie Friday 2nd July
- End of Term 2 - Friday 9th July
- Big Night Out - Saturday 7th August
Contact Us
Email: admin@hnps.school.nz
Website: https://hnps.school.nz
Location: Havelock North Primary School 9 Campbell Street, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
Phone: +64 (06) 877-8788
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HavelockNorthPrimary