Newsletter/Pānui 4 17 March 2017

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Kia ora whānau,

Raka te mauī , e raka te katau

A community can use all the skills of its people This week we have had a big focus on ensuring that the children behave in the way we, and you, expect them to. Maybe it’s been the weather but we have noticed quite a bit of "niggle” so we have been reminding children about ;

• doing as they are asked quickly and quietly • using manners • speaking pleasantly and politely • moving around the classroom in a respectful way • keeping cloakbays and classrooms tidy • being kind, caring and generous to classmates • following the rules when playing games • ways to cope when things don't go their way • putting sports equipment away

It is the little things that make a difference and we have noticed a big improvement from the start of the week. We would appreciate your support in reinforcing these messages of behaving positively at school. Hooray to James RF and Kyle S for making it through to the central swimming sports where they will compete against the best of the best in Christchurch. Good Luck boys!

We are delighted to advise that the Year 5 and 6 classes have the option of doing some free mountain bike training at school. The Christchurch Adventure Park have very kindly offered to come in and work with some children while their park is being fixed after the recent fire. It’s super having the support of a local business – giving back to the community – thank you!

Have a wonderful weekend – Go the Crusaders and we’ll see you at the Parent Maths Evening next Tuesday night at 7pm. Ngā mihi nui

Lee Lee McArthur Pr incipa l / Tumuaki

Contact us! 91 Sparks Road, Hoon Hay, Christchurch 8025 338 8429 Absentee Line: 338 7493 Absentee Cell: 027 911 6019 office@hoonhay.school.nz w. hoonhay.school.nz Bank Account: 12-3148-0131625-00

A huge welcome to

Gemma H, Lucy A, Sophie P-McB,

Skyla S & Egypt P it’s great to have you at Hoon Hay School.

Congratulations to the following tamariki for receiving a Principal’s Award recently:

Takeru D, Ben L, Thomas K, Marena S, Finn H, Luke A, Emma G, Eva O, Lachie N, Jessica M, Chloe C, Rebecca B & William

McN.

Rā whānau! Harry L, Leah F, Faith D, Nic H-C,

Renan R, Dela B, Kyle S, Keahn D,

Willow E, Max M, Phoebe S, Keevah L,

Ella D & Kyla B.

Congratulations to the following tamariki for recently receiving a

Principal’s Award:

Cael d b & Kiera R.

The way your children are learning maths, is probably different than the way you learnt maths.

Last year we ran a parent information session, that shared how we teach maths and why we

teach the way we do.

We had a number of people who were disappointed they were unable to make it, so we would like to offer a

“What’s Happening In Maths?” parent evening again this year. What: What’s Happening in Maths? This will include:

• How we teach maths • How children learn • The importance of the messages we give our children • Some ideas for supporting your child with their maths • An opportunity to talk with others and ask questions

Where: Room 1, Hoon Hay School

When: 7pm, Tuesday 21 March

Parent Maths Evening

Next Week!

Try this at home

We love hearing about parents and children working together to solve maths problems. It’s a great opportunity to show persistence, spend time with your

child and help them develop a love of maths. Here’s another problem to try at home J

We hope you enjoyed solving our maths problem last week – Ms McArthur, the duck, corn and fox – with your child. Here’s another one you might like to try. Advance warning - your child may have seen this problem before.

Extensions • How many ways are there for the frogs to do this? • How many moves does it take? • What if the number of frogs kept increasing – five frogs on each side? Six frogs? • Are you noticing a pattern? • Could you use this pattern to predict how many moves for 20 frogs? • Could you use this pattern for any number of frogs?

What else do we get up to?

Congratulations to Kaylin J who received 3 first placings, 2 second placings and 1 third placing at the Garden City Tappers competition held at Mairehau High. What an amazing dancer you are Kaylin!

Eliza G is pictured with her medal from participating in the X-Games recently with

her Mum.

Well done to Eva P and Sam H who have been selected for the Canterbury Children’s Athletics team. They will be travelling to Dunedin to complete on 25 – 26 March. We wish them all the very best!

Schooldocs

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Don Pasquale Choir New Zealand Opera brought Donizetti’s comic opera "Don Pasquale" to Hillmorton High this week and some of our choir members went along to enjoy the performance. The opera was set in a NZ context and it was sung in English. It was hilarious and the students, parents, and teacher who attended absolutely loved the performance. What a great way to spend a cold, wet morning!

Term 1 Activity Fee Thank you to everyone who has already paid the Activity Fee for Term 1. Many of you have used the Kindo School Shop payment, and we hope you found this easy – it sure makes things easy for the office. Just remember that if you are finding the payment deadlines tight, please consider setting up an automatic payment to ease payments thoughout the year.

SOUTH WEST SWIMMING ZONES Congratulations to our Hoon Hay Zone Swim Team, who competed in the pool on the 14th March at Wharenui. Mrs Meaclem was very proud of how well everyone swam. Our Zone Team was; Oceane L, Sophie L, Jessica P, Emma CL, Kyle S, Louie N, Alex M, Jamieson C, Milla H, Sophie Y, Jasmine C, Zoe T, Ava F, Keira R, Ryan J, Blake B, James RF, Austin MS. The team had some stunning performances in the pool, and 11 of our 18 swimmers qualified in their heats to advance to their final, which is a fantastic achievement at this level. In the relays Hoon Hay battled strongly and both our 9 and 10 year old teams finished in 3rd place. Kyle S (freestyle) & James RF (breastsroke) have both qualified in their individual events to now go on and swim at Centrals on the 6th April - we wish these two boys the best of luck.

LEGENDS WINTER SPORT TRIALS Trials for our Year 5-6 winter sports teams begin next week. Winter sport is played during terms 2 and 3 on a Friday afternoon in school hours. We also enter teams in the basketball competition at Pioneer on Wednesday evenings. Children must attend trials to be considered for our school teams and be committed to trainings and games througout the season. Trial Dates

Monday 20th March - 8am Football

Tuesday 21st March - 8am Hockey

Wednesday 22nd March - 8am Netball - 6 Aside

Thursday 23rd March - 8am Rugby

Friday 24th March - 8am Basketball

HOON HAY CROSS COUNTRY This year we are holding our Cross Country at school. Lock this date into your diary - Tuesday 4th April. (pp Tuesday 11th April). Children are already practising each day and improving their personal fitness and speed. We welcome all whanau to come and watch the cross country on the morning of the 4th April. The events will run in the following team order: Legends, Team Koru, Team Harakeke and Mighty Minnows with a medal ceremony planned for around midday. Children are encouraged to wear a t-shirt in their house colour for the day.

Good Luck to all the families who are running in the Christchurch City to Surf this Sunday

March 21 ParentMathsEvening–7.00pm–8.30pm24 WholeSchoolAssembly–9.00am27 PrimarySchoolsDuathlon29 PTAMeeting–7.30pm30 WoodendCampParentMeeting–3.15pm31 SecondhandUniformSale–2.30pm

April 04 CrossCountry–WholeSchool(pp9April)06 CentralSwimmingSports BOTMeeting–7.30pm07 WholeSchoolAssembly11 SpencerParkCampMeeting–3.20pminRoom21(Year5)11 WainuiCampMeeting–3.20pminRoom20(Year6)13 SausageSizzle Term1Ends

May 01-02 Year4CamptoWoodend02 SouthWestZoneBasketballTournament05 SecondhandUniformSale08–12 RoadSafetyWeek12 WholeSchoolAssembly–9.00am15-17 Rm20&21Camp–Yr5SpencerPark/Yr6Wainui17–19 Rms18&19Camp–Yr5SpencerPark/Yr6Wainui22–24 Rm17Camp–Yr5SpencerParkFormoredates,pleaseseeourCalendarontheSchoolWebsite

2017 Schoo l Terms

Term 1 Tuesday 31 January – Thursday 13 April Term 2 Monday 1 May – Friday 7 July Term 3 Monday 24 July – Friday 29 September Term 4 Monday 16 October – 12 noon Friday 15 December

Amazing Holiday Activity. Do you have children that have an amazing imagination and love to create? Then this holiday programme is for them! Let them discover the art of making cuts, wounds, bruises and beyond using only make up! We are offering a one day programme for $80 per child Wednesday 19 April – Ages 8 – 12 Thursday 20 April Ages 13 – 16 Wednesday 26 April – Ages 8 – 12 Thursday 27 April – ages 13 – 16 Please visit our website to find out more. We are also on WHAT NOW this Sunday – Check it out http://www.ksfx.co.nz/holiday-program/ HALSWELL UNITED AFC - FOOTBALL SEASON STARTS 1st APRIL - REGISTER ASAP if interested. Online registrations are OPEN. For ALL players aged 4 to 70+ The season starts 1st April to end of August (early bird fees before end of March). First Kicks 4-6 years ($60), Fun Football 7-8 years ($100), 9th/12th Grades ($130), 13th/18th ($150) for the season Senior Men/Women – Casual Kick around Wednesdays, 6.30pm (Halswell Domain) For more information please visit our website at: www.hawkfootball.org.nz/register Email: Sam Bunn: huafcGM@gmail.com for information Girls Rugby - As you may know with the success of our Women's Black Fern rugby teams, 15s and 7s, there has been an increase of interest in women's and girls playing rugby. This year Canterbury Rugby is trialling an U11 all girls tackle grade competition. The aim is to bridge and develop rugby at a young age. Suburbs RFC is proud to announce we are aiming for an U11 girls team and inviting any interested players to come along and give it a go. Currently Suburbs RFC has a Womens team and traditionally have had numerous girls playing in most grades.

The first practice, greet and meet will be this Thursday 16th March 5.00pm at Hoon Hay Park (Mathers Rd). Please spread the word and forward this information to any parent who's child might be interested. For further enquiries please contact rdo.suburbsrfc@gmail.com or call 027 5119519. Active Kids Holiday Programme – bookings open now. Please contact P 03 373 50 60 E activekids@sportcanterbury.org.nz www.sportcanterbury.org.nz

Christchurch City Council's Community Service Awards are a way of giving well-deserved recognition to people who make our communities better places to live. They are a way of thanking and honouring volunteers who, without pay or little recognition, demonstrate dedication and passion, inspiring others to make service a central part of their lives. Nominations can be made online at www.ccc.govt.nz/csa or at your local Service Centre. Nominations close 5pm, Thursday 13 April. Cleaner available - Phone Fran for super clean on 3381697 or 0273089722.

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