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TERM TWO 2014 (Began) Monday 5 May 2014

BOARD OF TRUSTEES MTG Thursday 22 May 2014

HORORATA CROSS COUNTRY

Monday 26 (pp 28) May 2014

QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY

Monday 2 June 2014

MALVERN CROSS COUNTRY

Wednesday 4 (pp 5) June 2014

HPS CELEBRATION ASSEMBLY

Friday 6 June 2014

CANTERBURY CROSS COUNTRY

Wednesday 18 June 2014

HPS SPEECH & POETRY COMP

Friday 27 June 2014

MALVERN SPEECH COMPETITION

Tuesday 1 July 2014

HPS CELEBRATION ASSEMBLY

Friday 4 July 2014

TERM TWO ENDS

Friday 4 July 2014

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Newsletters...

If you do not have internet access and need a hard copy of our weekly Flyer/Newsletter please let me know. Thanks. They are sent on via internet PDF form or you can find a copy on the website www.hororata.ultranet.school.nz

Scooter Days….

Tui (Mondays); Kea (Wednesdays)

Piwakawaka (Fridays)

National Young Leaders’ Day …. All year 6 pupils have been invited along this year’s NYLD at the Wigram Airforce Museum, on Tuesday 20th May 2014.

Friday 15 November 2013 (NO

Newsflash…Newsflash…Newsflash…

Latest Assembly SuccessLatest Assembly Success

Last week Brodie Hey from Piwakawaka

and Esther Bruce from Tui were presented Principal

Awards as their teachers had awarded them with

five P.R.I.D.E cards. Great work and good

behaviour pays off at Hororata Primary School.

Autumn CleanAutumn Clean--UpUp

The new carpet throughout the administration

block has given everyone the opportunity to

have an Autumn Clean. Do come in and

inspect our School! And, see Mrs O’s new toy.

Our Active KidsOur Active Kids

We are all looking forward to our Cross Country

which is scheduled for the end of the month.

Of particular note are the senior students who are

of enormous help to the Junior children.

Well done to all our ‘Active Kids’.

Fonterra MilkFonterra Milk The children enjoyed their first box of milk kindly

supplied to us by Fonterra. Day One the

children were then shown how to fold the boxes

and straws ready for re-cycling. A big thank you

to Fonterra for their support.

Reminder…Reminder… Please name your child’s/children’s school tops.

Also there are some 6 and 8’s to be collected from the

School Office. Children attract positive comments

wearing the tops from visitors to our School.

The Hororata FlyerThe Hororata Flyer Hororata Primary School’s Official Newsletter

Wednesday 14 May 2014

Community Noticeboard Community Noticeboard Community Noticeboard

PPARENTARENT TTEACHEREACHER AASSOCIATIONSSOCIATION

Friday is Pie Day! One Pie or Hot Dog = $ 2.00 each.

One Juicie or Chocolate Chippie Cookie = $ 1.00 each

Thank you to those who attended this week’s meeting.

A positive start to Term Two.

PPAYMENTAYMENT OFOF AACCOUNTSCCOUNTS Any monies owing to the school e.g. Donations/Levies may be paid directly into our school bank account which is: ASB Hororata School Board of Trustees 12-3441-0019878-00 (everyday account)

Activity Fees are $ 7.50 per term per child.

Donations = $ 100.00 per school family

Stationery = $ 10.00 per child

Activity Fee = $ 7.50 per term per child - $ 30 p.a. Per child.

Sale of pre-loved black event tops = $ 20.00

SSHARHAR’’SS IITALIANTALIAN CCHEESEHEESE WWORKSHOPORKSHOP Learn how to make Ricotta and Mozzarella in a fun and relaxed environment. Morning tea and

lunch provided ($70 per person)

Saturday 24th May or Sunday 15th June, 10.00 am - 3.00 pm

(other dates/cheeses to be arranged)

Phone 03 318 0108; text 0212126782; email: sarrfoor@yahoo.co.nz

FFURTHERURTHER TTOO OOURUR NNEWEW EENROLMENTNROLMENT UUPDATEPDATE

Jasmine Smith’s Granddad, Murray Smith also attended Hororata Primary School!

HHEADEADLLICEICE

Please keep a vigilant eye out for these little critters. They are still around.

PJ DPJ DPJ DAYAYAY

Friday 30th May 2014. Wear your favourite pajamas to school.

Food and drinks on sale plus a gold coin collection for the Star Ship hospital. Also bring along your pillows because a pillow fight has

been organised as well.

HHORORATAORORATA SSWIMMINGWIMMING CCLUBLUB IINCNC..

CCASINOASINO NNIGHTIGHT Saturday 6 September 2014 $ 25.00 per ticket which includes a drink

voucher, funny money and a delicious supper!

If you would like to assist the Swimming Club sub-committee please advise through the school office. We need to provide at least 40 priz-es as well as a bonus one for the night (e.g. iPad, TV) so any begging

or pleading would be grand.

Thank you for your support.

GGIFTEDIFTED CCHILDHILD??

Here’s your chance to come and try out One Day School, New Zea-

land’s longest running programme for gifted learners.

There will be two age based sessions on

Monday 26th May 2014 at Burnside Primary School, 96 Memorial Avenue, Christchurch, 9.15am-11.45am for 6-9 years and 12.30-

2.45pm for 10-12 years.

The cost is $35 per child. Places are limited and bookings are essen-tial! For more information, or to book a place for your child, email San-di on sandi.vanbarneveld@giftededucation.org.nz or phone

0274606065.

NB: We are a registered charitable / not-for-profit organisation

Principal’s CornerPrincipal’s Corner

Kia ora Koutou

Quote of the week… ‘If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it again?’ - John Wooden

Classroom Modernisation Project… I am pleased to report that Stage One of the Classroom Modernisation Project i.e., new carpet in Block Two (Admin Block), is now complete. This part of the project was undertaken in the school holidays and has transformed this area of the school in terms of look and comfort for students and staff. I would like to acknowledge Sarah Minson and her team of Mums and kids who came in during the holidays to help shift all the furniture and prepare the rooms for the work to be undertaken. Given the eleventh hour dramas we faced with the discovery of moisture in the concrete, that extra help meant that the work could be completed within the holidays.

Information & Communication Technology (ICT)… To complement the new Network for Learning (N4L) platform (High Speed Broadband) now operating in our school, we have acquired nine new Acer Aspire All-In-One Desktop computers and fifteen Apple 4th Generation iPads to be shared equally amongst classrooms. These will be rolled out to all classrooms over the next few weeks along with three existing laptops per class.

To safely store and sync the new set of iPads we are looking to purchase some charge and sync cabinets; new iPad covers and headphones for each class. To help fund this, we are selling our 16gb iPad 2’s to school families. These can be purchased through the school for a donation of $200. If you are interested in purchasing one or all of these devices please contact the school office… first in first serve!

Fonterra Milk for Schools… We have applied for and have been accepted into the Fonterra Milk for Schools Programme. Milk will be given to children everyday from Monday 12 May 2014. We will be experimenting with different times for the distribution of the milk, with the aim causing the least interruption to classroom programmes as possible. The following students have been selected to help co-ordinate the programme: Paula Smith (School Co-ordinator), Esther Bruce, Livi Williamson & Robert Harris (Milk Monitors).

Haere mai... I would like welcome Poppy Freeman, Jasmine Hood, Miles Henriksen, Joshua Smith & Joshua Tuer (Piwakawaka) to our school. I am confident that your time here will be both enjoyable and rewarding.

Finally, the Hororata Cross Country will be held at the Hororata Domain on Monday 26 /PP 28 May 2014. The event is a valuable opportunity to select students to progress onto the Malvern and Canterbury Cross Country events. Children will once again compete alongside their counterparts from Greendale School, in the following distance: Pre-schoolers – 200m; 5 - 6 Years - 800m; 7 -8 Years - 1.4 km; 9 – 10 Years - 2.0 km.

The school will walk down to the domain at 10.30am, with the first race beginning at 11.00am. The race programme is as follows: 9 -11 Yrs, 7–8 Yrs, 5-6 Yrs &, Pre-schoolers, concluding with a Community lunch at the Domain. Parent/Caregivers are welcome to take their children home after the event. It is anticipated that we will return to school at 1.30pm.

Thanks for supporting our school

Marty Gameson (Principal)

Teacher’s CornerTeacher’s Corner Piwakawaka (Miss Raybould)

Hi everyone

We have been very fortunate with the weather as it allows us to prac-tise our cross country running every day. This will carry on through to week 4 when our race is scheduled. The children will need running shoes every day between now and then. We are also taking any vests off from under our t shirt before we run as we all get very hot.

Already we are seeing an improvement in people’s running.

As I have 8 reading groups I do not read with every group every day. However, I still want the children to be reading new books every day, so they will usually read it with Mrs Chatterton. Sometimes this may not be possible, so, if this is the case I will endeavour to write “new story” in their notebook which will show they have read it with their

group only.

New children will have started to bring home reading books this week. The focus is pointing to the words one at a time as they read the story. Memory and the picture are very important at this stage. We are also learning high frequency words. These are pasted into their reading notebooks. I will only tick the word if they get it right without prompting and I will only do this once a day. Please practise these at home, too. Information regarding these words are in the front of the notebook. It usually takes at least a week before they get 10 ticks for the word and then they can colour it in.

Kind regards Julia

Kea (Miss Stewart) Hello all,

Welcome back to term 2. This term is a short one so we have lots to do but not a lot of time to do it! This term our first maths topic is geometry. I have uploaded some tasks to support at home learning in this area. It is good to see many children continuing to practice and maintain their learning through

using Maths Buddy regularly.

Our class Ultranet also has some new things up for the children to watch and do. Watch the how to video’s in the media gallery for tips on how to use Ultranet. Please keep practising logging in so that the children can do this independently without supervi-sion.

Thanks Megan

Tui (Mrs Foster)

Hello Everyone

In Tui this term we’ve had some exciting changes—gone is the formal seating plan and in place are round tables, big and small cushions, wheelie chairs and more. The children can choose where they sit as long as they are completing all their work, so far so good and please feel free to come in and see for yourself.

Spelling and reading is now being written in the Homework Book as it is all part of our work at home programme.

We are writing Poems at the moment and I have been impressed by some of the Poems that the children have pro-duced.

Everyone is running at fitness time, even me and we are all getting faster.

Cheers Jenni

Kid’s CornerKid’s Corner

Tui ClassTui Class——Amazing PoemsAmazing Poems

W oolen jackets protecting folks against the fierce bitter cold

I nto the Arctic Desert go brave farmers to help stock escape the dangerous snow

N ever before has it been so tough

T ired farmers working hard against Mother Nature’s wrath

E dible ice tastes so nice on a cold winters’ day

R aggedy snowmen standing tall while laughing children play

Lucca Morgan (Yr 6)

A mazing colours of orange, crimson and tawny yellow cover

the ground

U nder the tree endless seas of red, yellow and orange

T rees standing naked in the ice cold wind

U nder the tree cheerful contented children play whistling in the wind

M en bent over continuously raking away the rainbows of

colour

N ow finished playing, children wait impatiently for snow to

come

Hamish Thornley (Yr 5)

A utumn leaves layering the ground in a colourful blanket

U nder the trees is a spectacular cloak

T owering trees all orange, yellow, cinnamon and crimson

U nder your feet as you walk leaves start to crackle

M agnificent leaves smearing the ground with colour

N ice colourful leaves coating the ground in glorious colours

Oliver Blackburn (Yr 5)

A utumn leaves are the loveliest thing in the world

U nder my umbrella I hear them pattering down

T he brightly coloured Autumn leaves rush down the autumn

rivers

U nder the trees, oh, the piles of leaves

M any leaves fly in the wind dogging their astonishing trees

N ever do the leaves stop till the trees are bare!

Jade Abraham (Yr 5)

A stounding leaves fall from trees

U nder the trees a magnificent mat lays!

T he trees are filled with many extraordinary colours

U p over the trees the sky is blue

M y garden is full of vibrant colourful trees

N ow it is dark, the leaves can not be seen

Esther Bruce (Yr 4)

Autumn Festival Autumn Festival Autumn Festival (2014)(2014)(2014) This year breaking from tradition we held an inaugural Autumn

Festival. Observing a Farming and Autumn theme, the festival

showcased student work from a variety of essential learning areas.

Like the Annual Pet Day, the Autumn Festival was part of an Open

Day, where by parents and friends of the school were invited into the

school to view children’s work and to work alongside children in the

classrooms as part of our Easter based Tinkering Time.

Congratulations to the following students on achieving notable

success at the Hororata Autumn Festival:

Vegetable Creation: Pre-School - Isaac Williamson (1sT), Luke & Lilly

Oliver (2nd), Billie Williamson (3rd); 5-6yrs - Seth Wright (1St), Xavier

Loos (2nd), Jackson Blair-Monk 3rd=; 7-8yrs - Joe Cookson (1st), Livi

Williamson (2nd), Will Cookson (3rd); 9-10yrs - Jade Abraham (1st),

Harry Cookson (2nd), Ava Davies (3rd).

Sand Saucer: 5-6yrs - Jackson Blair-Monk/ Seth Wright (1st=); 7-8yrs

- Esther Bruce (1st), Livi Williamson (2nd); 9-10yrs - Zane Benbow

(1st).

Painting: Pre-School - Harry B/Fergus (1st), Trinity/Gerry & Paula

(2nd=), Ricien Kaye (3rd); 5-6yrs - Poppy Freeman (1st), Connie

Bergen/Skyla Stokes (2nd=), Ayla Abraham (3rd); 7-8yrs - Zara

McLean (1st), Charlie Blackburn (2nd), Jennifer Fickling (3rd); 9-10yrs -

Naiyumi Busgano (1sT), Oliver Blackburn (2nd), Harry Cookson (3rd).

Photos: 5-6yrs - Jackson Blair-Monk (1st), Xavier Loos (2nd), Ayla

Abraham/Charles Malincon (3rd=); 7-8yrs - Charlie Blackburn (1st),

Zara McLean (2nd), Will Cookson/Simon Henriksen (3rd=); 9-10yrs -

Hamish Thornley (1st), Naiyumi Busgano/Jade Abraham (2nd), Harry

Cookson (3rd).

Handwriting: 5yrs - Skyla Stokes (1st), Dustin Rowlands (2nd); 6yrs -

Charles Malincon/Sienna Morgan (1st=), Jessie Smith/Zoe Parker

(2nd=); 7-8yrs - Zara McLean (1st), Tom Chaffey (2nd), Samuel

Hadfield (3rd); 9-10yrs - Jade Abraham (1st), Naiyumi Busgano (2nd),

Harry Cookson/Hamish Thornley (3rd=).

Portrait: 5-6yrs Seth Wright/Poppy Freeman (1st=), Charles Malicon

(2nd), Robert Harris (3rd); 7-8yrs - Shimee Araguas (1st), Esther Bruce

(2nd), Simon Henriksen (3rd);p 9-10yrs - Harry Cookson (1st), Jade

Abraham (2nd), Tom Freeman (3rd).

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