2014 newsletter Term 2 week 6

NEWSLETTER
Houghton Valley School Mission Statement
To INSPIRE, CHALLENGE and ACHIEVE
TE HIRINGA, TE WEROHIA, TE WHAKATUTUKITANGA
Wednesday, 11th June 2014
Week 6 of Term 2
Term 2 Calendar
Swimming Every Tuesday this Term – please remember to bring your togs!
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Thurs/Fri
Fri
Tues
Wed
Tues
Thurs
Fri
12 & 13th June 8:30- 4pm
13th June
2:15pm
th
17 June
18th June
7:30pm
th
24 June
7pm
rd
3 July
7:30pm
th
4 July
Scholastic Book Fair at Houghton Valley School
Assembly
ICAS Exam – Writing
Home and School Meeting
HVS Board of Trustees Meeting
H & S Quiz Night at The Pines
Term 2 2014 Finishes
ASB Banking Days are Thursdays
Term 3 Calendar
Week 1
Mon
st
21 July
Term 3 Starts
Dear Parents, Caregivers and Children
Kia ora koutou
We’ve been having a very busy time of late – there are lots of exciting things happening at HVS! Each
Monday the staff meeting for an admin meeting first thing to look over the coming week and the calendar
has been chocka! Swimming is well underway with the
children settled into this routine and from what I hear making
good progress with their swimming skills. They love telling me
how great they are at swimming. Matt had a group of 16
students running in the Interzone Cross Country competition
in Karori yesterday – yes in the rain. Classes have been
visiting the Carter Observatory as part of their Inquiry into
Space - we are so lucky to have this fantastic resource right
on our doorstep. Strike performance group visited the school
last week and by all accounts I missed a really good show.
Unfortunately I was attending an important Principals’
meeting to learn more about the plans the government has
for us in their ‘Investing in Educational Success’ policy. We,
the teachers, had our first of several professional
development meetings last night looking at our writing programmes across the school. This is one aspect
we have chosen to focus on this year as we review and update our school curriculum. We have been
fortunate to secure the services of Karen Coulton from professional development providers Accent
Learning to support us in this. Four of our junior teachers attended their second workshop for the Incredible
Years Teacher Classroom Management Programme.
Thank you for all the support we get for event supervision and help. There are so many great opportunities
for the students that can be only taken up with this support.
Nga mihi nui
Raewyn Watson, Principal/Tumaki
SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR
Starts Tomorrow !!!
Thursday 12 June & Friday 13 June
8.30am to 4.00pm in the Hall
Hundreds of books suited to NZ children at very good prices.
Fiction, Non Fiction, Activities
Payment by Visa, Cash, Cheque or
Direct Credit to HV School Acct: ASB 12-3481-0045763-00
Come and stock up on perfect gifts for the whole year!
Note: If you are unable to attend the fair, your child may come home with a ‘Wish List’ and a
parent permission slip. There is no obligation to buy, but if you do, I must have the form back
by Monday 16 June at the latest.
Thank you for supporting the Book Fair. The school will benefit from a percentage of sales.
Joanna
Burgers this FRIDAY
$2.50
Healthy BBQ Burgers – Fridays
$2.50
Children to line-up outside the Library to place a burger order (cash only)
from 8:30am to 9am and the Year 6 children will take the orders.
BURGER ROSTER for Term 3 – please put your name forward if you can help on a Friday making the
burgers for the children, weeks 4 to 10 are still available. List on noticeboard by the office.
SPORTS NEWS
Year 4 Girls
th
8 Niamh Fyfe
th
40 Kinderkel
Banda-Moyes
st
41 Lola Crocker
th
48 Bessie Martin
Year 4 Boys
rd
23 George Symmans
rd
43 Kano Hill
Year 5 Girls
th
4 Maeve O’R-Smith
th
30 Mali Courche
Year 5 Boys
th
29 Lukas K-H
th
44 Luke
Burns
Year 6 Girls
th
37 Quinn Courche
th
39 TamrahTitcombe
th
55 Kate Hawthorne
Year 6Boys
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31 Leo Alagh
th
39 Lee StantonBarnett
nd
42 Karson Burns
Interzone Cross Country
It was a great day for Cross Country but even better for the ducks. Sixteen Houghton Valley students
tackled the muddy, slippery and tough course in the misty valley of Karori. We are extremely proud of our
students, with every single Houghton Valley student finishing the course. There were many competitors
who didn’t.
Congratulations
Maeve O’Regan-Smith 4th Year 5 Girls and Niamh Fyfe 8th Year 4 Girls who qualified to represent Primary
Sports Wellington at the Regional Championships in Waikanae Tuesday 1 July.
HVS Netball Draw for this Saturday
HVS Divas – Year 6 - All games are at 12:20pm, team warm-up and chat at 11:30am
Round 5, 14/6, Court 6, vs Island Bay Makos
HVS Winners - Year 5 - Round 5, 14/6, Time 1:10pm Court 1, vs Miramar North Lighting Bolts
HVS Combos - Year 5/4 Round 5, 14/6, Time 1:50pm Court 3, vs St Bernards & Berhampore Juniors
Dates to diary for Term Two
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Swimming on every Tuesday of the term
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HVS Senior Swim Trials June 24 at WRAC
If you take any photos at sports-related events that we can use in the newsletters and are happy to share
them with everyone else, please e-mail me on [email protected].
Home & School
HVS Quiz night- Thursday 3rd July 2014 at The Pines 7.30pm
With only 3 weeks left until the HVS quiz it’s time to start booking in the babysitter, brushing up
on your general knowledge, and collecting your gold coins for the raffle. Below is some
important information on how to register your four person team for this fun evening.
When you’re ready to go, email me on [email protected] and I will give you all the info you need to
register and pay for your team. Our preferred method of payment is an online bank transfer to our Home
and School bank account, but we do also of course accept cash or cheques. When you register your team I
will send you through the Home and School bank account number along with a reference code to include in
the payment.
There won’t be any door sales available on the night so get in quick to secure one of the 35 team places.
Not got a full team? That’s okay register yourself anyway as an individual participant ($15/person) and
we will allocate you a team on the night-it will be a great way to meet others from the local community and
school.
If you require any further information on how to register your quiz team please contact me on 021 301 074.
Best times to call are between 7pm and 10pm most evenings.
On the night we will be raffling off some yummy gourmet hampers but still have a bit of room to fill in some
of them. So if you have something you’re able to donate towards this raffle, or know of a business or
someone else willing to donate, please contact Kate Bromfield on [email protected].
As always we do still need help with running the evening so if you can help in anyway please let Caroline
McGlinchy know on [email protected] and she can find you a job that suits you. By the way please
ignore the autoreply on my email. I check for non-work related emails everyday ☺
Cheers
Caz
Houghton Valley School Fair - Saturday November 8th
Thank you so much to all those who have volunteered for co-ordinator roles for the Fair this
year. We have had a great response so far!
We only have a few positions left to fill - and they are essential roles so please let us know if you can help.
Toys - to arrange for the collection, sort, and set-up of toys
Clothes - to arrange for the collection, sort and set-up of clothes
Rapid Raffle - to source prizes together with the Silent Auction Co-ordinator and run the raffle on the day.
Craft - to arrange regular crafty evenings to produce goods to sell at the fair - in your own home if
possible!
Marketing - to arrange publicity, including the distribution of posters and leaflets.
Also, please let us know if you are able to offer dry, secure storage space for use from now until Fair Day,
so that we can start to collect items for the Fair.
Karen Parr - [email protected] (Parent of Harry in Kowhai and Emily and Hannah in Ngaio)
Katy MacLeod - [email protected] (Parent of Jimmy in Kowhai and Annie in Ngaio)
Next “Home and School Meeting” will be held on
WEDNESDAY 18th June in the HVS Staffroom at 7:30pm
Community News
ASB Holiday Football @ Wakefield Park, Island Bay – JULY
The famous Island Bay United programme, ASB Holiday Football, is running in the first week of the school
holidays for July, 2014. With IBU club coach Martin Garcia, this very successful one-week programme at
Wakefield Park is loved by primary and intermediate boys and girls. DATES: July 7th to 11th, from 9am 3pm. IBU is sanctioned through NZ Football for this official football curriculum, which is great
fun. Registration is on the IBU Junior club website www.ibujuniors.org.nz. A full week is $150, or $33 per
day. Email queries to [email protected].
Houghton Valley Zumba : Mondays at 9:30am at the Houghton Valley
Community Hall next to Playcentre with Natasha Macaulay 021 258 9580. $10
per class or $70 with a 10 trip ticket. It’s exercise in disguise, fun for all! Only 3
classes left before the holidays!!! [email protected]
Yoga! Revitalise this term - Now Tues 9.30am and Thurs 10.30am. Beginners welcome at Houghton
Valley Community Hall.
ARTRAGEOUS KIDS HOLIDAY PROGRAMME
There will be sessions running throughout the holidays from 7th - 18th July (week days only) at the Poneke
Dojo, Mount Cook. The days will run 8.30 - 3.30pm $65, after care until 5.15pm can be arranged for an
extra $10. There are limited spaces available for each day so, if you would like to register your children
please contact Sarah [email protected] and make a booking ASAP. PLEASE NOTE THERE IS
NO ONLINE BOOKING SERVICE AVAILABLE at present as we are in the process of updating the service.
Reminder: HVS New School Bank Account: ASB 12-3481-0045763-00
Payments for HVS After School Care:
ASB 12-3481-0045763-01
School Contact Details: Phone: 939-3318 Office Email: [email protected]
Website: www.houghton.school.nz Principal Email: [email protected]