PUKEKOHE HILL FAMILY NEWSLETTER Phone 092386374 Fax 09 2387445 e.mail: admin@pukekohehill.school.nz www.pukekohehill.school.nz

No 20/14 23 July 2014

WELCOME TO HILL

Kia ora koutou. Welcome back

to a new term. This term’s

learning concept is “Culture”

which will provide excellent

learning experiences for

students.

Welcome to Gemma King,

Kelsie Arthur, Dre Taurua-Kite,

Armani Taituha, Rynal Singh,

Asher Pinker Janat Devi and

Arabelle Andrews who have

recently celebrated their 5th

birthday and joined Mrs Poirier

in the Reception Class or Mrs

Thomson in Room 27. Welcome

also to older students Peyton

Hocking, Shivani Rana, Hopper

and Esme Burson, and Braeden

Mills who have joined us from

other NZ schools or from

overseas.

STAFF IN THE NEWS

Welcome to newly appointed

and returning staff. Mrs

Gabrielle Thomson has begun

our latest new entrant class in

Room 27, and Janice Bajo has

joined our Cleaning team.

Welcome back also to Mrs

Alison Tod who returns from

leave to teach Room 2.

EVENTS COMING UP

Dates to diary …

July 22: Matariki challenge

28: PTA at 7.30pm

31: Family Conferences 2-8pm

August:

19: Kids for Kids Concert 7.30

FOR THOSE WHO LIKE TO

PLAN WELL AHEAD

Term 3: Closes Friday 26

September.

Term 4: Monday 13 October.

Closes Wednesday 17 Dec.

AROHATIA TE REO:

CHERISH THE LANGUAGE

As part of te wiki o te reo Maori

- Maori Language week – and

our Term 3 Culture learning

inquiry concept, we celebrated

with a whanau challenge day on

Tuesday to construct flax

putiputi, followed by a Matariki

assembly on Wednesday, and a

sleepover for our Maori

Enrichment class, and the hangi

lunch offer on Thursday.

Special thanks to teacher Mrs

Chamberlain and whaea Valerie

Mave, Hutana Maxwell and the

impressive leadership shown by

tamariki from Room 22.

HOW’S YOUR TE REO?

Like to help your children

pronounce Maori or learn more

yourself? Check out

www.maorilanguage.net or

www.korero.maori.nz/forlearner

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FAMILY CONFERENCES

NEXT WEEK

YOU CAN BOOK ON LINE

Next Thursday on 31 July

parents and students will be able

to meet with teachers.

The reports that children

brought home at the end of term

will be useful for discussion at

family conferences next week.

Conference Appointment

Forms: These are included with

this newsletter.

Booking On Line: Something

new this year. You can book

on line by going to

www.schoolinterviews.co.nz,

key in the event code F3RBY

and follow the simple

instructions given.

Alternatively, you can fill in

the return sheet on today’s

form and return to school by

this Friday. Actual

appointment time information

will be sent home by Tuesday

29 July.

Family Conferences: These

are being held next week on

Thursday 31 July. School

lessons will finish at 1.45pm

and all children can then go

home. Children are

encouraged to be part of these

conferences.

There are no conferences for

Room 11 Reception Class and

Rm 27 children.

Kids After School: Will be

open from 1.45pm on Thursday

31 July. If your children are

already booked in as their usual

day of care after school, KAS

will be expecting them to come

in unless told otherwise. If your

child is not usually booked in on

this day and you would like to

arrange care, please come and

see us after school anytime to

arrange a casual booking or

phone Carolyn at 0274.435.207

or 238.3760.

VIRTUES ARE US

The Virtues programme at Hill

is part of our school culture and

part of our integrated inquiry

concept curriculum. This term

we are revisiting two virtues

listed as most important through

community consultation.

The first virtue is “Tolerance”.

A definition used with children

at school is “We are able to

show tolerance when we:

Accept differences

Make others feel included by

reaching out in friendliness

Be free of prejudice

Don’t complain when

uncomfortable conditions

can’t be helped

Change yourself instead of

trying to change others.

Accept people the way they

are, faults and all.

This virtue is an excellent link

to our Pupils in Positive

Playgrounds (Pipps) approach.

Families are encouraged to talk

about each virtue with children,

and discuss what they mean to

your family.

NEXT PTA MEETING

The next PTA Meeting will be

held next Monday, 28 July at

7.30 pm in the school staffroom.

All welcome!

PTA SIZZLE HELP

NEEDED THIS SUNDAY

Can you help? The PTA are

running a sausage sizzle at the

Animates opening this Sunday

and need some helpers. Please

ring Caroline at 021 840 720.

SHORTS NEEDED

Winter is here and so is the

mud! Children who want to

play touch rugby, soccer and

general “chasey” games on the

school field need to wear shorts

or skorts and they may also need

a change of clothes to put on

afterwards.

UNIFORM NEWS

LET’S KEEP THEM WARM

Hill School’s uniform

options include warm polar

fleece tops, long sleeved

skivvies, long pants and

school beanies.

Children may wear rain

coats and jackets to school

on these wet and cold days,

but are expected to wear

only uniform clothing at

school.

Girls are able to wear dark

blue tights with their skorts.

There is a small supply of

second hand uniform

clothing for sale at the

school office.

As always, please clearly

name all uniform clothing

so it can be returned to its

owner if dropped, and

check that naming hasn’t

been “washed out”.

Let’s keep them warm out there!

The Warehouse is the new

supplier of our school uniform.

ENRICHMENT CLASS

POSITION VACANT

Sadly, support staff member

Whaea Val is leaving and so

there is a position vacant to

support our Enrichment class

tamariki. Strengths in te reo and

tikanga maori required. This is a

15 hour per week position.

Please contact Graeme at school

or call 238 6374.

SENIOR PRODUCTION

“ONCE UPON A TIME”

Congratulations to the Senior

syndicate and staff for their

performances of Once Upon a

Time at the end of last term.

Hill certainly has some talent!

ART SHIRTS WANTED

Can you help?

We are starting our next New

Entrant class and need old shirts

– adult size – for children to use

as art shirts. Just drop off to the

office or to Mrs Thompson in

Room 27 (the PMP room)

COMMUNITY NEWS

Young at Art:Taking

registrations for after school srt

classes for Term 3. Contact

Anna at 029 7712 923

Pukekohe Christian School:

Enrolments now open for 2015.

Contact the school at 238 6449

Graeme Rix

Principal