Hillsborough Primary School

N E W S

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

admin@hillsborough.school.nz 2nd August 2017

School Notices:

Congratulations to Eliana Patel Rm 14 and Frankie Hansen-Knarhoi Rm 6 for winning the Kids Pita Voucher.

Welcome to Laura Gladstone. Laura is teaching in

our new entrant class Room 13.

Parent Interviews

We have Parent Interviews held here tomorrow starting at 1.00pm.

School will be closed at 12.00pm

Please ensure you pick up your children at 12.00pm. Skids After School Programme is also available from

12.00pm at a casual rate of $16.00. Please contact Kiran to arrange this on: 021 1579 344 or email: kirani_prasad@yahoo.co.nz

First Choice in the Hillsborough Community

Principal’s Note:

Dear Parents and Caregivers

Welcome back to Term 3. It is great to see everyone back and looking refreshed. We are half way through the year already.

Welcome to all new students that will be joining us this term, I’m sure you will find Hillsborough Primary School a very welcoming and positive learning environment.

It is our Parent Teacher interviews tomorrow. The school will close at 12pm and interviews will start at 1pm. This is a great opportunity for you to meet with the teacher to discuss and celebrate your child's learning and progress so far this year, it also gives you the opportunity to discuss any concerns you may have.

We look forward to seeing you. Kind Regards

Mark Lewington Principal

Secondhand Uniform Shop

News

The Secondhand Uniform Shop will be

open:

every second Friday

8.30am – 9.00am

from Friday 4 August outside Miss Pihema’s office.

Sales are cash only

On 29th June, Hillsborough took our biggest team yet to the Gymnastics Festival at

TriStar Gymnasium. 50 gymnasts, who trialled, trained and gave up many lunchtimes,

competed against schools from across Auckland. Hillsborough kids did exceptionally

well. Their behaviour and sportsmanship was tremendous and they are to be very

proud of their achievements.

Overall Results:

Year 3 and 4 Girls: 12 Gold and 6 Red Year 5 and 6 Girls: 7 Gold and 11 Red Year 3 and 4 Boys: 4 Gold and 5 Red Year 5 and 6 Boys: 3 Red and 2 Blue

WELL DONE TEAM

A huge thankyou to Patricia Carlyle and Kara Hodgson who did a fantastic job training the team and to the parents who gave up time to transport our gymnasts.

Gymnastics Competition

Congratulations to the following students who received certificates on 9th June 2017

at the School Assembly.

Kalin Liu R17 Demonstrating great perserverance and problem solving skills. Amy Kim R10 Creating a headband with detailed pattens. Mayson Afaese R15 Making great progress in writing. Rebecca Hansen R16 Amazing work on her Matariki poster. Andy Cheng R11 Making super progress with language and reading. Justin Su R8 Working independently and always giving his best. Pavel Vlasic R12 Showing kindness by helping a less Jedeiah Tuiseula R5 confident classmate. Showing concentration and working independently. Ashwin Gupte R3 Writing a persuasive argument on why teachers should not wear uniform. Ellana Azim R18 Her amazing effort in learning the scripts for a play Sherine Chen R7 Being a super story writer Saffron McGoram R9 Being a focused and on task learner. Well done! Ryan Clapham R2 Showing incredible motivation to learn and to keep trying even when its hard. Mirwais Slaimankel R4 Making positive choices about where and with whom he works in the Kiwi Hub. Andrew Kwok R1 Writing an entertaining persuasive advert. Tina Baxter R14 Making positive choices. Keep pushing forward. Luke Beattie R6 Challenging himself and trying something new at Tristar.

Room 2 became creative in the last week of Term 2 and made Paper Mache Knomes. This was enjoyed by all students with creating ballarinas, pirates, elves and spot the minion!

ROOM 2’s PAPER MACHE KNOMES

Spellathon

The kids have now

completed their

spellathons. They have all

been busy collecting their Sponsorship Money.

Winners will be notified during the assembly

in Week 4.

** Well done to all students **

CROSS COUNTRY

The Students are underway practicing for the upcoming School cross country. This will be held

on the 31st August.

Term Events August 3rd MRIS Enrichment Day –

Y6’s Parent Interviews 7th Kauri Tui Hub Sky Tower

Visit 8th Kauri Kiwi Sky Tower Visit 9th Waikowhai Intermediate

Open Day 10th Koru – Kiwisport get set go 15th Rata Kiwisport Kapa Haka 16th Kauri – Kiwisport Crossfit 17th Koru – Kiwisport get set go 24th Koru – Kiwisport get set go Rugby Zones 29th Rata kiwisport Kapa Haka Rugby Save Day 31st School Cross Country Koru kiwisport get set go

September 5th Netball Zones 6th Chess Tournament at HPS 7th Koru – Kiwisport get set go Netball save day 8th Kauri speech competition 14th School open afternoon 15th Gymnastics zones 21st Music Concert in the Hall 22nd Rata poem competition 25th End of Term 3.

New Students

Welcome to the following new students

who have started at HPS:

Methum Gamage, Yusuf Ali, Ryan Chung,

Marina Da Silva, Andre Da Silva, Mozamil

Azim, Luca Cassidy, Keira Hennessy,

Elma Rajesh, Aiden Thai, Muhammad

Hameedi, Precious Chen, Jethro Chen,

Aksai Niranjeyan and Jaghi Niranjeyan,

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*** Community News ***

KIDS 4 DRAMA - CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF COMMUNITY

DRAMA CLASSES

WHERE: Blockhouse Bay Community Centre

WHEN:

Seniors - Ages 11-14 years Wednesday - 4.30pm-5.30pm

Juniors - Ages 5-10 years - Thursday - 3.30pm-4.30pm

Advanced - Ages 11-18 years - Thursday 4.30pm-6pm

EMAIL: kids4drama@xtra.co.nz for more details or to

register or just rock up to a class and join in the magic of

KIDS 4 DRAMA.