HUKANUI SCHOOL

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

NEWSLETTER5 December 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. A reminder that learning reports go home next Friday 13 December following our awards assembly and school finishes at 1 pm on Monday 16 December. This will fol-low a shortened lunchtime from 12 - 12.30 pm. Please make arrangements for your child to be picked up at the earlier time of 1 pm that Monday.  EXCITING OPENING CELEBRATION We are all ex-cited about the opening of the Living Room Kitchen classroom to-morrow at 2 pm. The stu-dents will be playing a ma-jor part as this has been their project, and thei r dream c o m i n g t o fruition. It has been a fan-tastic learning journey for so many children over the last couple of years and provides a fantastic learning space for many students to enjoy for years to come.

BOT UPDATE - PRINCIPALS APPOINTMENT Kia ora whanau, Thank you to those who shared your thoughts relating to what the Board should be looking for in our new Principal. We have

collated your feedback and will use it, to-gether with staff and student  thoughts, to update the key documents we use in the selection process (position description and person specification). We have appointed an independent con-sultant, Colleen Lowe, to assist us with our recruitment process. Our advertisement is live on the Education Gazette online, and will be included in the hard-copy edition published next week. Applications close on 31 January 2020 - and from there, the hard work begins! Alice Baucke, Board Chair

SPEECH FINALS NIGHT As part of our oral language programme, all children at Hukanui School write and present a speech or recite poems as in the case of junior classes. Great skills to devel-op early in life. Tonight’s Speech Finals at 6.30 pm in the hall is the culmination of the seniors speech programme and is an excit-ing and entertaining night not to be missed. The Year 3 and 4 finalists will also be sharing but they aren’t judged. Con-gratulations to the following senior finalists and all the best tonight as you deliver your speeches in front of families and friends. Year 6: Cameron Bainbridge-Smith, Frances Gregory, Zach Houlihan, Dylan Lee, Gemma Martin, John Park. Year 5: Hope Bowler, Brooke Bryant, Talia Davidson, Lukas Hill, Saskia Potter, Brylee Stowers.

YEAR 6 GRADUATION Our Senior Year Graduation evening will take place in our School Hall on Wednes-day 11 December at 7 pm. The focus of this night is on celebrating the achieve-

HUKANUI SCHOOL

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

PTA NEWS

INTERSCHOOL ATHLETICS Our team did very well representing our school at the Interschool Sports Day on Wednesday at Southwell School. Results will be in next week’s newsletter.

Lost Property will be laid out in the Cultural Garden for all of next week. Come and see if you can be re-united with your long lost uniform items and missing shoes!

Uniform Donations - if you have any unwanted uniform items that you'd like to donate, please drop them off at the school office.  We'd love to hold a second-hand uni-form sale early in Term 1 of 2020 but need more stock for this to be able to go ahead.  

MINIBALLHeat 11 Glenview 2. Kobi BrowneHeat 29 Flyers 10. Dylan Lawrence & Angus MaBreakers 25 Flyers 23. Cameron Bainbridge-SmithHOCKEYStrikers vs Marion. Tom Cobham & Samantha TilleyTrappers 7 Frankton 0. Cameron Bainbridge-SmithBlasters vs Aberdeen. Aiden Walters & Maddy CrossCRICKETSixers 89 St Johns 127. Zachary Cooper & Quintin Nikoro TOUCHYellow 7 Woodstock 7. Max Wilkinson & Brax Frederick-BishopGreen 4 Te Totara 4. Seth FreestoneWhite 1 Rototuna 2. Marshall PakingaBronze 6 SJCS 3. Luca MurrayGold 3 Te Ao Marama 6. Ben Ward, Kesla Paikea, Karli Paikea & Carson Daly.

PLEASE NOTE - All sports uniforms must be returned to the office in a clean condition with your name and sport attached after your final games. There is a sports uniform stocktake next week and any unreturned items will be charged to the borrower. This includes inter- school borrowers.

SPORTS NEWS

ments of our graduating Year 6 students. All Year 6 children are expected to attend and Year 5 students who are in performing groups. This is a formal night and is one night that it is not appropriate for preschoolers or younger Hukanui children to attend. Hukanui children will be invited to watch the per-forming groups at rehearsals during the week. 

ICAS Writing & English Results 2019Students from Hukanui School demonstrated high-level Writing and English skills when they participated in the re-cent ICAS Writing and English Competitions. We congratulate all entrants and give special recognition to the following recipients of the special awards:

ICAS Writing ResultsDistinctionYear 4: Jean-Jubair Tohill, Ava DentYear 5: Ji Sun Park, Trinity LongmanYear 6: Aiden Walters, Aaron Zeng, Catherine RichardsonCreditYear 4:  Ryan Zhou, Eric Zhang, Rebecca Walters, Flynn Thorn, Caitlyn Macann, Luke Lockwood, Isabella Lemin, Grace Huang, Zoe Godden, Charlotte ColvinYear 5: Hope Bowler, Nicky Zheng, Hannah Wang, Brylee Stowers, Saskia PotterYear 6: John Huang, James Mackie, Marcus Ridge, Jun Han, Lillian WaldronMeritYear 4:  Levi Shaw, Ashleigh Ridge, Lily Martyn, Jefferson LovelockYear 5: Sophie JonesYear 6: Sam Wang

ICAS English ResultsHigh DistinctionYear 3: Caitlyn MacannYear 6: Frances Gregory, Ella RobertsDistinctionYear 3: Sophie Aquilina, Evelyn ArmstrongYear 4: Jubair Tohill, Levi ShawYear 5: Sophie JonesYear 6: Frances Clarke, Aiden Walters, James MackieCreditYear 3: Xenia LiuYear 4: Jenny Zhu, Eric Zhang, Nicky Sroeun, Luke Lock-wood, Jefferson Lovelock, Grace Huang, Yin Qi Tao, Re-becca Walters, Hunar Pannu, Charlotte Colvin.Year 5: Hannah Wang, James McDonald, Emily Smart, Arie Moran, Yuxuan Zheng, Caleb Jefferson, Daniel Stokes, Talia DavidsonYear 6: Isaac James, Aaron Zeng, Ryan Attanagoda, Ben AdamsMeritYear 3: Holly AdamsYear 4: Isabella Lemin, Samantha Tilley, Angus StephensYear 6: Sarah Wang, Marcus Ridge, Jun Han, Max Arm-strong

HUKANUI SCHOOL

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

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BIGGEST PROGRESS IN SPELLING AWARDS

Band Enrolments Please ensure that new enrolments for our band programme must be in to our office by next Tuesday, 10 December. Jody Thomas Band Co-ordinator

Weed a Weed to win a book for your child! Have you got an hour to spare

tomorrow Friday 6 December from 1.30 - 2.30 pm?  The Gully Guardians need some help to weed around the new gully plants. Spades provided. As an incentive we will be drawing out a name for a lucky weeder to win a book. Meet at the beginning of the boardwalk in the gully (Picker-ing Crescent end).

HUKANUI SCHOOL

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

COMMUNITY NOTICES

Calendar of Eventsfor the Coming

Week

5 December - New Entrant Parents Evening 5.30 pm - Year 6 Rock Climbing Option - Speech Night Finals 6.30pm in our school hall

6 December - Road Patrol Fun Day - Year 3 & 4 Assembly 9.15am - Opening of the Living Room Kitchen 2 - 4 pm

10 December - Leaving Parents & Helpers Morning Tea 10 am

11 December - Senior Graduation & Awards Night, 7 pm in our school hall

12 December - Mr David Mossop’s farewell 2 - 4 pm

13 December - School Awards Assembly 9.15 am - Junior School Christmas Carols in Hall 2.20 - 2.50 pm - Learning Reports go home

16 December - Last day of School for 2019 Early closing at 1 pm

For our full school calendar of

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

Kind regards, David Mossop Tumuaki PRINCIPAL

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Kelly Sports Holiday Programmes. 13 - 24 December and 6 - 31 January. Held at Hamilton Girls’ High, Southwell and Te Totara. Programme and bookings www.kellysports.co.nz or email waikato@kellysports.co.nz YMCA After School Programme at Hukanui School will open at 1 pm on Monday 16 December.Waterworld Holiday Programme. January 2020, 8 am - 5.30 pm. www.hamiltonpools.co.nz or 07 958 5863 for details.  Finding Wild Holiday Programme. Two weeks, 13 - 24 January 2020 for ages 5 - 13 years old. www.intonatureschool.co.nz