HUKANUI SCHOOL

VISION STATEMENT: “ A LEADING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT MAXIMISING PEOPLE’S POTENTIAL “

NEWSLETTER31 October 2019

HUKANUI VALUES: Respect, Excellence, Co-operation,

Integrity, Individuality.

Hukanui School Phone: 07 8556037 Pickering Cres Cell: 021 289 9275 P.O. Box 12002 www.hukanui.school.nz Chartwell - HAMILTON office@hukanui.school.nz

Dear Parents/Caregivers Nga mihi kia koutou katoa.

THANK YOU GRANDPARENTS Our children loved hosting their grandpar-ents last Friday and judging from the feed-back from grandparents, they loved being here as well. It’s encouraging for our chil-dren that grandparents make this big effort to support them at school as it affirms them in their learning. Thank you grandparents and especially those who ‘adopted’ grandchildren on the day as their grand-parents couldn’t be here. More photos are on our Facebook page.

BOOK FAIR Thank you for supporting our Book Fair last Friday. Nearly $4,550 commission was raised through sales that will go back into books for our library. Big thanks to Sarah Penny our Librarian and to the staff who helped with books on the day.

CLASS PLACEMENTS FOR 2020 The leadership team puts a lot of thought into all aspects when placing children in classes for next year. It is a very thorough and time consuming process as we con- sider children’s learning needs, teacher/ student relationships, social mixes and new flexible learning environments. If you think there is vital information we are not aware of regarding your child’s place-ment for 2020, this must be put in writing to the Principal by Friday 15 November at the latest. Correspondence received after this date will not be considered. Please re-member this is a courtesy we extend to parents, not a right to choose classes or classmates for children. These requests will be disregarded. Finally, please refrain from making disparaging comments about other pupils, families or teachers. That is not the Hukanui way.   YEAR 6 O.E. OPTIONS PROGRAMME The next activities in our Year 6 O.E. Options Programme start next week. The horse riding op-tion is taking place over three

days next week from Monday to Wednesday. The caving option takes place the following week on 11 and 12 November. They have all had their letters so know what day

they are going. Can parents make sure all students are at school at 7.50 am for the caving with everything they need that is on their list. We cannot wait for late com-ers. If your child is sick that morning please text the school phone, 0212899275 by 7.45 am at the latest. 

HUKANUI SCHOOL

VISION STATEMENT: “ A LEADING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT MAXIMISING PEOPLE’S POTENTIAL “

Scholastic Bookclub issue 7 is out. Books can be ordered online at scholastic.co.nz

or at the office. The final day for purchases is 1 November.

LIP SYNC FINALS Congratulations to the following children who competed in our annual Lip Sync Competition held last week. The peoples choice act will be announced at assembly tomorrow. 1st: 4 Galaxy Potato Girls - Navkiran, Hannah, Ji Sun and Angelina 2nd: Nowhere Near Perfect - Aisha, Salma, Amelia, Brooklyn, Emma, Brooke 3rd: Dangerman - Ryder

ORAL LANGUAGE FOCUS - Phonological Awareness challenge #9 Link Make language play a part of your day; Chil-dren respond to hands-on learning. Try making a collage of items that start with the same sound using pictures from magazines. Sock puppets can be another fun way to work on these skills. Make one that likes to munch on words that start with a certain sound. Let your child have fun ‘feeding’ his puppet different ob-jects or pictures that start with that sound.

ICAS SCIENCE RESULTSHukanui Students Commended for Performance in In-ternational Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS) Science 2019. Students from Hukanui School demonstrated high-level Science skills when they partici-pated in the recent ICAS Science Competition. 76 stu-dents entered the competition and 46 achieved special awards. The competition is designed to test a range of Science skills. It requires students to use the following: Observing and measuring, interpreting, predicting and concluding, investigating reasoning and problem solving.

We congratulate all entrants and give special recognition to the following recipients of the special awards:High DistinctionYear 6: John Huang and Marcus RidgeDistinctionYear 3: Evelyn ArmstrongYear 4: Ashleigh Ridge, Caitlyn Macann, Seo Myeongjo, Levi Shaw, Jefferson Lovelock, Eric ZhangYear 5: Sam Hart, Caleb Jefferson, Angelina Wang, Hannah Wang Year 6: Ryan Attanagoda, Frances Gregory, James Mackie, Aiden Walters, Aaron Zheng.CreditYear 3: Sophie AquilinaYear 4: Tristan Young, Ryan Zhou, Luke Lockwood, Bosco Lu, Hunar Pannu, Yin Qi Tao, Jenny ZhuYear 5: Sophie Jones, Gavin Guo, Rafi Islam, Oscar Lu, James McDonald, Chloe Wang, Aiden Willmoth, Yuxuan ZhengYear 6: Max Armstrong, Jun Han, Chloe Hopkins, Nataniel Richter, Sam Wang.Merit Year 5: Medha Chanadi, Eunice Liu, Arie Moran, Ryan WangYear 6:  Frances Clarke, Sarah Wang, Jarvis Xiang.

PTA NEWS

Have you filled in the Hukanui 2020 Fundraising Survey yet?  We'd love your feedback and your ideas for fundraising for next year.  The short survey (it only takes a few minutes) can be found at  https://s.surveyplanet.com/cA9oRP8S  

A big shout out to: - All those families who donated items to fill our gift hampers for the grandparents day raffle.- Carleen Schultz from Expressions Chartwell for displaying the raffle hampers so beautifully.- The parents who helped with the grandparents morning tea. Our next PTA coffee morning is coming up next week on Wednesday 6 November. Pop in any-time between 8.30-10 am for a free hot drink and a chat. You'll find us next to Starbucks.

Our November PTA meeting is coming up on Tuesday 12 November. Head along to the school staffroom - doors open from 7.15 pm and the meet-ing starts at 7.30 pm.

We still have boxes of Whittakers chocolates available to sell - if you'd like to sell another box, these can be collected from the school office.

MINIBALL Heat 8 Forest Lakers 8. Samuel Wang Breakers 35 Forest Lake 15. Dylan Lee

HOCKEY Strikers v Aberdeen. Rebecca Walters Trappers v Aberdeen. Olivia Whatley Blasters v St Peter Chanel. Cooper Hay

CRICKET Blasters played Te Totara. Vincent Mould Sixers 50 Sixers 69. Harshil Vansia

SPORTS NEWS

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VISION STATEMENT: “ A LEADING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT MAXIMISING PEOPLE’S POTENTIAL “

Room 1 Nathan Carter Room 2 Ryan WangRoom 3 Shayma Farah Room 4 Saskia PotterRoom 5 Amelia Garrett Room 6 Ryan AttanagodaRoom 7 Emma Cooney Room 8 Ben DippenaarRoom 9 Jayda Embleton Room 10 Avery WuRoom 11 Phoebe Meyer Room 12 Caleb WalkerRoom 13 Kahvarna Tulaniu Room 14 Amelia BellRoom 15 Mason Goodman Room 16 Donnelize KnoetzeRoom 17 Heinrich Coetzer Room 18 Britney KosalRoom 19 Andy Lin Room 20 Dominic SaundersRoom 21 Cheyse Lowe Room 22 Matthew McClinchyRoom 23 Larsina Barnett Room 24 John HoekstraRoom 25 Achilles Xiao Room 26 Cooper NewmanRoom 27 Grace Paterson Room 28 Aiden FergusonRoom 30 Jerry Huang Reception Camryn Richards

STARS OF THE WEEK

Fire WritingAs the fiery monster appeared out of thin air it crashed into the trees on the side of the road. I smell the burning smoke wafting up my nose. I slowly felt my heart slowing down then going faster and it did that over and over again. Cautiously I heard crackling and screaming from the people panicking anxiously trying to get away from the raging fire. I taste black smoke entering my body trying to stop me from breathing but my lungs are fighting it. By Phoebe Meyer

As I walk down the sidewalk a crowd of smoke beams up upon the mountains in front of me... It leaves an ashy path behind and keeps burning tree by tree. I realise that it was heading down this way. I suddenly hear a crackle, bang, crackle. I shiver with fear and immediately ran away. The smoke made me cough and cough. It smelt like a bbq or a fireplace. I felt anxious. By Zoe Godden

Nervously I watch as the trees melt and burn down to the ground. Watching the fire makes my heart beat faster and faster. I'm wondering if the deep dark orange colour of light is going to burst with flames and get closer and closer to me. Mysteriously the tree in front of me is crackling down to the ash textured ground. The concrete I'm standing on turns red like the burning fire. Cautiously I step back and behind me is a dirty old rubbish bin which makes my eyes water and sting. Warily I move to the side but the burning flames come closer and closer. My heart is pounding faster than a lion cub. By Tiare Cottle

CHILDREN’S CONTRIBUTIONS

HUKANUI SCHOOL

VISION STATEMENT: “ A LEADING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT MAXIMISING PEOPLE’S POTENTIAL “

COMMUNITY NOTICES

Calendar of Eventsfor the Coming

Week

1 November - Year 5 & 6 Assembly 9.15 am

- Hukanui Whanau Hui, 12.30 pm in our school hall.

4, 5 & 6 November - Year 6 Horse Riding Option

5 November - School tour for prospective Families 11 am

8 November - Year 3 & 4 Assembly 9.15am

11 & 12 November - Year 6 Caving Option

- Postponement dates for Horse Riding Option

12 November - PTA Meeting 7.30 pm

13 November - Postponement date for 3rd Horse Riding Option

- Hukuleles on Tour

For our full school calendar of

events go to our website www.hukanui.school.nz

Kind regards, David Mossop Tumuaki PRINCIPAL

p. 07 839 6521w. PAUAarchitects.co.nz

e. office@PAUAarchitects.co.nz

Supporters of Hukanui Primary School’sEnviroclassroom

Adam Thomas Football. Olympic Football Coaching. $80 for 6 ses-sions starting Friday 1 Nov. To register www.AdamThomasfootball.com Hukanui Bible Church Free Light Party, Cnr Hukanui Road & Elmi-ra Street, 6:30pm Thursday 31 October. Face painting, crafts, farm animals, BMX track, mini-golf, ultra-violet room. Food & drink, goodie bags to take home. Wear a costume (no Halloween costumes please).Chartwell Church Light Party, Cnr Comries Road & Bellmont Ave. Thursday 31 October 5.30 - 7 pm. Fancy dress encouraged, prizes for best. $2 per person or $8 family inclusive of food/drink & activities.