Hutt Central School Newsletter No 7 Term 2, 12 June - 16 June 2017 Talofa Lava Everyone, Kia ora to Neavin Broughton, our Kaumatua, who helped us to bless and open our Sandpit on Monday. The students brought their warmth to the new sandpit through their singing and support of our student council and adults who took part in the ceremony. Thank you to Sadie Fleming for cutting the ribbon and Mako Leslie for digging the first official hole. With the sandpit now open, our students have enjoyed exploring the new play and learning area. I have been most impressed with the co-operative games and sharing of space with the range of students. SchoolDocs Our Board of Trustees has reviewed our policy framework in connection with SchoolDocs who are working with us to manage our policies and procedures online. We will send home an information sheet including login and password instructions on Monday 19 June to give you more information and enable you to login to our site and access our policies. Donations Thank you to the families who have paid the school donation. School donations are an essential source of funding for us to provide the level of quality education that you expect your children to receive at school. The harsh reality for us is that Government funding for schools is distributed on the basis of a decile rating. Hutt Central School is a Decile 8 School, meaning that we receive funding according to this decile. The logic behind the system (rightly or wrongly) is an assumption that the communities of higher decile schools will make up the shortfall in Government allocations. The shortfall is made up by school fundraising events and by the recommended parent donation. We greatly appreciate your support! Good students I had some great writing work shared with me from Ryu Mudaliar, Ali Munshi, Khushi Raturi, Asheev Singh, Anant Negi and Fritz Pagtakhan this week. I was most impressed with the details they included and their accurate punctuation. George Dawson and Baylee Packer from Room 6 shared their excellent writing with me as well. George had great letter sounds and Baylee carried out his writing independently. New students Welcome to Toby Rogers-Munro and Rory Henderson who have started school at Hutt Central this week. It is great to have you here! Desks We have a set of school desks that we no longer need and we would like to offer them to families for a donation. As per the photo, there are approximately 25 desks available, please come to the office or contact the office if you would like one (or more). We also have a larger adult desk that is available.

Cross Country Congratulations to the following children who have qualified to represent the South Western Zone at the Inter-Zone Cross Country event next week. We wish them all the best for their race.

● Jaia Nair ● Keira Tilby ● Kate Gruar ● Lucia Griffith ● Olivia Buckham ● Finn Bosworth

● Riley Austin-Bryan ● Jessica Owes-Blackmore ● Tayla Brunt ● Scarlett Markham ● Lucy Davenport ● Ashton Tietjens

● Arlo Hofmann ● Drew Tilby ● Ellie Johnson ● Maddie Marshall ● Levi Bushnell ● Kyan Nair

Kia ora, Naku noa Michael Gendall

The Senior team were very lucky to host an award winning game designer to kick off the Games Inquiry Unit. Morgan Dave, one of the creators of “The Game Of Awesome” visited us on Friday. He shared with us what he did as a game designer and how “The Game of Awesome” was developed. He set us up to hack a traditional game and make it even better- our first attempt at game designing.

Winter Ills It is that time of the year again when we ask families to be vigilant about reminding children to wash their hands regularly and carefully and not to share drink bottles with others. If your child is unwell, please keep them at home to minimise the risk of spreading bugs. Please leave a message on the school answer service ( 5660059) or email admin@huttcentral.school.nz stating your child’s name, class number and the reason for their absence.

STYLE SHOWCASE Hosted by

Hutt Central School Fundraising Committee are proud to bring you a ‘Girl’s Night out!’

Learn some tips and tricks to pull together fabulous outfits,

what’s in fashion and how to shop smarter!

WHEN Friday 23rd June at 7.30pm WHERE Hutt Central School Hall,

Railway Ave.

$30 per person (First drink is redeemable with ticket)

Tickets available through the school office or at Fundraiser@huttcentral.school.nz

FABULOUS AUCTIONS ITEMS AND RAFFLES ON THE NIGHT

Light refreshments will be provided. Wine and non-alcoholic drinks will be available for purchase

Proceeds of this event will go towards updated technology for the Hutt Central School students.

Hutt Central School Disco The Hutt Central School Disco is on Friday 30 of June. The Junior session is from 5:30-6:30pm and the Senior session is from 6:45-8pm. The Middle syndicate can choose which one of these session they attend.

The theme is

‘Random’ As per tradition, there will be a Ticket Design Competition - Entries must be at the office by 12:30pm on Friday 16th. Hutt Central School Calendar Visit our website for an updating Calendar http://www.huttcentral.school.nz/

Week 8 Term 2 (19 June - 23 June)

Monday 19th - Fundraising Group Meeting Staffroom 7.00pm Tuesday 20th - Inter-Zone Cross Country Friday 23rd - Sally-Ann Moffit Fashion Fundraising event

Week 9 Term 2 (25 June - 30 June)

Friday 30th - School Disco

Week 10 Term 2 (3 July - 7 July)

Monday 4th - BOT Meeting staffroom 7.00pm Friday 7th - Last day of Term 2

Week 1 Term 3 (24 July - 28 July)

Monday 24th - First day for Term 3

Check out our Class Blogs Room 1 Mrs Campbell https://blog.seesaw.me/teamtahi2017/ Room 2 Miss Mahoney https://blog.seesaw.me/teamrua2017/ Room 3 Mr Burgess https://blog.seesaw.me/teamtoru2017/ Room 4 Miss Tiffen http://kowhanga.blogspot.co.nz/ Room 5 Mrs Fleming http://kowhanga.blogspot.co.nz/ Room 6 Mr Hodge http://centralroom6.blogspot.co.nz/ Room 7 Mrs Burrell http://hcroom7.blogspot.co.nz/ Room 9 Mrs Scott https://blog.seesaw.me/theamazingroom9 Room 10 Mrs Braddock https://blog.seesaw.me/room10hcs Room 11 Mrs Gould http://wonderfulroomelevenhcs.blogspot.com/ Room 12 Mrs Butler http://room12hcs.blogspot.co.nz/ Room 13 Miss Smith https://blog.seesaw.me/tekaumatorublog/ Our School Library huttcentralschoollibrary.blogspot.co.nz

Community Notices St Bernard’s College

Orientation Visits for Year 6 Catholic boys who are considering enrolment at St Bernard’s College in 2018 will be held on Thursday 29th June 9.15am - 11.30am or 12.15pm - 2.30pm. Such a visit will provide the boys with a great opportunity to be introduced to their local Catholic college, to meet staff and experience hands-on activities in a number of their facilities. Parents will need to arrange their child’s own transportation. Should you wish your son to visit, please ask for a letter from the Hutt Central School office with more details.

Goodtime Music Academy - School Holiday Programmes Tuesdays 11th and 18th July - Rad Rhythm Percussion Day Wednesdays 12th and 19th July - Goodtime Gigantic Thursdays 13th and 20th July - The Goodtime Experience Day More information available at the school office. Register at holiday.gtma.co.nz before 23rd June.

Child Asthma Study Massey University is conducting important research looking at the different types of asthma in children aged 8-18. The study involves a lung function test and a short questionnaire. If your child has asthma please consider being part of this study. Please contact: Jean Feary McKenzie 0800 080 078 or asthma@massey.ac.nz

Kids Cross Country Series The next event in the Brendan Foot Supersite Kids Cross Country Series is at Mt Victoria. It's a mini mountain run . Each event has 500+ kids, aged 4 to 13. There are three more events you can take part in. Sunday 25 June at Mt Victoria, Sunday 9 July in Tawa, Sunday 13 August in Petone. Come along, join the fun. Only $8 to enter. Book at least one week prior to each event and you'll receive a printed race bib with your child's name on it. For more info or to enter go to athleticshub.co.nz or contact jo@athleticswellington.org.nz

Fabulous free school holiday events, workshops and activities for children and youth at the first ever Beyond the Page festival 8-23 July 2017. From te reo Māori storytelling, to costume workshops, meet the robots, LEGO challenges, a region wide scavenger hunt, youth quiz, zine making, writing workshops, live-action mystery detective games and so much more. Kicking off with a Pancakes for Poetry event, and Sir Jon Trimmer and the Royal New Zealand ballet story sessions on Saturday 8 July. Check out our daily release of lines from our favourite Hairy Maclary book being read by national and local heroes https://www.facebook.com/beyondthepagenz Beyond the Page is a collaboration between Hutt City , Upper Hutt and Wellington City Libraries

https://beyondthepage.nz

The Kid’s Lounge Holiday Programme 10th July – 21st July 2017. We are open from 6.45am to 6.00pm

We have great activities scheduled for these holidays including Laser Force, Kiwibounce Trampoline Park, Movies (Despicable Me 3), Indoor Sports, Swimming, Baking, Cooking, Learn Hip-Hop and much more.

We are based in Central Lower Hutt at 229a High St (above Williams Dry Cleaners) You can book your place or find more information via email at hctkd@hotmail.com or text/call Vai 022 355 4434. Our timetable is on our Facebook Page - The Kid’s Lounge

We are OSCAR approved so some families may be eligible for OSCAR subsidies through WINZ. We are also taking in enrolments for our before and after school care. Your first week is free for new enrolments for Before and/or After School Care. We are the only Before School Care provider in the Hutt Valley that opens at 6.45am. Perfect for shift workers or people who work in Wellington.

"OSCAR House Holiday Programme enrolments are now available for the upcoming school holidays. We’ve got some great trips planned to Laser Force & Arcade (S), Junglerama (J), Lighthouse Cinema (Despicable Me), Hutt Valley Gym Sports & Upper Hutt Roller Skating Rink. OSCAR House been operating since 1998 and are a reliable, FUN, quality after school care and holiday programme. We are an MSD OSCAR approved programme & OSCAR subsidies are available. Our programmes are both in premises adjacent to Eastern Hutt School for both the Junior Programme for Years 0-3 and for Senior Programme for Years 3-8 (some discretion in Year 3).

We’d love to have you join us! Please visit www.oscarhouse.co.nz Kids Domain

PARENTS!!! its that time again... school holidays is approaching us. Book your child in now to avoid disappointment in missing out on a placement with Kids Domain. Online bookings at www.kidsdomain.biz - lots of fun daily activities and prizes (for ages 5-14years) WINZ Subsidies are available for working and studying parents. Phone 027 4749573