Hawera Intermediate School
NEWSLETTER 24 November 2021
Contact Details
Email: office@hi.school.nz
Website: hi.school.nz
Location: 245 South Road, Hawera, New Zealand
Phone: 06 278 5030
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HaweraIntermediate/
Kia Ora Koutou
The year is rapidly coming to a close.
Staff are busy writing reports to sum up student progress over the year, administration staff are completing end of year audits, prizegiving statistics are being sought, end of year activities are ramping up, transition visits from contributing school students and ours are visiting the high school, and fundraising is all go as we work to meet our shortfall from camp fundraising due to being unable to have held our gala.
Alongside this we have our annual positive puberty education classes being delivered, the Life Education Trust Trailer is here and "spring fever" is certainly evident within the school setting!
We look forward to our settled weather continuing and to our students being the "best they can be" as we head towards the last three weeks of school.
Thank you to everyone who has supported our fundraising efforts thus far, over $2,000 has been raised with more ventures scheduled.
Ngā mihi nui
Neryda Sullivan
Principal
OUTSTANDING LIBRARY BOOKS
As we approach December it is important that ALL school library books are returned so that we can do a stock take before we finish for the year.
Students that have outstanding books will be given a slip with the name of the book and its cost. Please have a look around your home, under beds or in draws and see if you have one of our precious resources that can be returned.
YEAR 7 GIRLS
1st: Tayah Wilson
2nd: Zevaya Prestidge
3rd: Teigan Thompson
SHOT PUT
1st: Trae-Lee Maraki
2nd: Jemma Gibbs
3rd: Zevaya Prestidge
HIGH JUMP
1st: Lucy Fearnley
2nd = Tayah Wilson,
2nd = Jesha Brown-Hazeldine,
2nd = Ayla Cadwallader,
2nd = Jahliyah Hori
3rd: Sophia Gates
LONG JUMP
1st: Porsha Lasike
2nd: Peyton Scott
3rd: Tayah Wilson
YEAr 7 Boys
DISCUS
1st: Ceysharn Rio
2nd: Marius Aholelei
3rd: Tyson Mackay
SHOT PUT
1st: Marius Aholelei
2nd: Tyson Mackay
3rd: Turi Broughton
HIGH JUMP
1st: Carlo Martin
2nd = Kordae Ross
2nd = Marius Aholelei
3rd: Tyrece Squire
LONG JUMP
1st: Kordae Ross
2nd = Marius Aholelei,
2nd = Carlo Martin
3rd = Maluapapa Manutai
3rd = Lucian Kelly
YEAR 8 Girls
1st: Annie Tippett
2nd: Casey Duffy
3rd: Kaylee Tweeddale
SHOT PUT
1st: Jade Te Wiki
2nd: Casey Duffy
3rd: Helena Cameron
HIGH JUMP
1st: Saige Smith
2nd: Kayla Crump
3rd = Annie Wolland
3rd = Kaylee Tweeddale
LONG JUMP
1st: Kaylee Tweeddale
2nd = Saige Smith,
2nd = Erina Fearson
3rd = Nirvana Page-Oliver
3rd = Casey Duffy
YEAR 8 BOYS
DISCUS
1st: Tayne Katene-Rowlands
2nd: Brooklyn Lake
3rd: Riki Royal
SHOT PUT
1st: Riki Royal
2nd: Terenzo Fale
3rd: Nathan Baylis
HIGH JUMP
1st: Ryan Lincoln
2nd: = Jacob Sparkes
2nd = Jaxon McDonald
2nd = Te Kingi Morehu-Hanikawhe
3rd = Jack Wasley,
3rd = Riki Royal
LONG JUMP
1st: Nathan Baylis
2nd: Jaxon McDonald
3rd: Sonic Luke
Sprint finals, Whanau relays and staff relay will take place this Friday at 2:30pm
Sprint qualifiers
Year 7 Girls: Lucy Fearnley, Jesha Brown-Hazeldine, Jemma Gibbs, Katlin Chamberlain, Jeila Katene , Porsha Lasike, Ysabella Uncles
Year 8 Girls: Erina Frearson, Kayla Crump, Nirvana Page-Oliver, Kaylee Tweeddale, Saige Smith, Casey Duffy, Annie Wolland
Year 7 Boys: Lucian Kelly, Maluapapa Manutai, Halen Maddock, Kordae Ross, Caden Anderson, Jesse Kahui, Hunter Stephens
Year 8 Boys: Riki Royal, George Le Quesne, Te Kingi Morehu-Hanikawhe, Nathan Baylis, Montana Andersen, D'Vantae Thompson, Levi Anderson
200m Finals
Year 7 Girls: Lucy Fearnley, Porsha Lasike, Jahliyah Hori, Katlin Chamberlain, Nevaeh Ratahi, Peyton Scott, Kypreece Page-Oliver
Year 8 Girls: Erina Frearson, Tiama Hill, Nirvana Page-Oliver, Kaylee Tweeddale, Saige Smith, Casey Duffy, Annie Wolland
Year 7 Boys: Carlo Martin, Maluapapa Manutai, Halen Maddock , Kordae Ross, Jesse Kahui
Year 8 Boys: Rusty Hockley, Jacob Sparkes, D'Vantae Thompson, Ryan Lincoln, Riki Royal, Michael Hayman, George Le Quesne
Kauri values at work
CARING IN THE CLASSROOM
Room 11 enjoyed a visit from Taranaki Animal Protection Trust recently along with some furry friends.
Attitudes towards animals are formed early in life. For many students school may be the first place where they gain experience on how to handle and look after animals. The use of animals in schools provides students the opportunity to:
- Have a shared pet.
- Respect animals as living organisms.
- Learn about animal welfare and how animals’ needs must be met at all times.
- Observe the complete life history of an animal.
- Identify and investigate the range of environmental, physiological and behavioural factors influencing living animals.
- Understand the complexity of environmental interactions affecting animals.
Kaitiakitanga extends beyond the classroom
of a year 9
As part of the Health and Physical Education curriculum, we teach a unit about “ Positive Puberty”, which is a compulsory sexual education component of the New Zealand Curriculum.
This unit of work will provide students with the knowledge, understanding, and skills to develop positive attitudes towards the changes that they will and may be already experiencing, during puberty.
The unit will involve a discussion of male and female body changes during puberty, that is the physical, mental and emotional growth and development that occur and the new needs that arise during puberty. During this unit, we will be covering changes to your body and menstruation to help understand what puberty is and the changes to the teenage body.
As part of this unit, we like whanau to be actively involved by also talking to your child about the changes that occur with puberty and adolescence.
There is a lesson that includes specific information relating to the menstrual cycle which will include information about menstrual products and all female students will be offered information and a range of product samples to help them understand the menstrual cycle.
Please contact your child’s teacher if you have any questions about the lesson details, or would like some guidance in discussing this topic with your children.
Badge work Closing Week 7
School bus arrangements for 2022
Next year will see some minor changes to our school transport as the Ministry of Education transitions to a new contract with our current bus operators. To make sure that the start of the school year goes as smoothly as possible, please familiarise yourself with the information below.
As always, please either stay with your children while they are waiting for their school transport in the morning or keep in contact with them to make sure that they are picked up safely.
School bus routes, timetables and bus stop information
Please contact the school office, Glenn Heather our teacher in charge of school bus operations or Weir Bros for route information.
Eligibility for school transport assistance
We often get questions about whether students qualify for school transport assistance i.e., a place on a school bus.
The Ministry of Education has three criteria that students must meet in order to qualify for school transport assistance. They are:
- The student must attend their closest state or state-integrated school
- The student must live more than a certain distance from the school:
- Years 1-8: At least 3.2 km
- Years 9-13: At least 4.8 km
- There must be no suitable public transport options
The Ministry of Education has a handy video on their website that helps explains the eligibility criteria for school transport assistance.
Responsibility of caregivers
To ensure a safe environment for bus loading and unloading caregivers should:
- not park in bus bays
- adhere to the speed limit (20 km/h while passing a stationary school bus on either side of the road)
- try to eliminate the need for children to cross the road
- ensure that children get to and from the bus stop safely
- teach children to not run across the road
Please note: if you currently have a private arrangement with your bus operator, you will need to contact your bus operator to confirm that your arrangement will continue in 2022.
School transport queries
If you have any queries about our school transport, please contact Glenn Heather our Bus Controller. He can be contacted via the school office.
- 22 - 30 November - Life Education Truck visiting HIS
- 5 December Lions Junior Speechmaker Competition
- 8 December - Home School Partnership Meetings
- 15 December - Year 8 Formal
- 15 December - Service Assembly
- 16 December - Formal Assembly