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Helensville Primary School

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK

29 Rata Street

Helensville

Ph. 09 420 8005

Fax. 09 420 8023

Aim High - Arohia Ake

NEWSLETTER

Where we know what it is to be a learner

‘I want to give something back to the school.’

‘I hope to make my family proud.’

‘I really want to make a difference.’

‘I’d like to try and help make our school better.’

‘I think I’m a good role model for our younger students.’


These were typical of the comments we heard from our

prospective school leaders during the recent interview process

for Head Boy and Head Girl. Needless to say, we were

impressed. It’s difficult when you have a group of students

wanting to take on a leadership role for all the right reasons,

and you can only select a certain number: it was our students

who made this job a little easier.

In schools today, we often refer to ‘student voice’. This

applies to all aspects of learning, the way things happen at

school, how our playgrounds run and also to the selection of

our student leadership team. It’s about listening to students

and being responsive to what they have to say. I was

particularly pleased to see that our students, in their voting,

selected the same students for these senior leadership roles

as our staff did. I’ve asked several of our senior students,

not who they voted for, but how they chose. Their answers

reflect a genuine respect for their peers and a willingness to

go outside their own friendship group to acknowledge those

who have demonstrated true leadership qualities.

I’m delighted to announce that the team our students, and

also our staff, selected for 2016 are:

Head Girl – Angelina Sipa

Head Boy – Regan Neville

Deputy Head Girl – Jessi Wells

Deputy Head Boy – Moses Phillips-Ryder

Our thanks go to all those students who put themselves out

there, took a risk and tried out for a senior leadership role.

Many were successful, as you will also see further in our

newsletter, all got some votes, which is encouraging for them,

and all will benefit from the learning which occurs when you

go through a process such as this. I appreciate how gracious

students were when they heard it wasn’t them who had been

chosen on this occasion; of course they were disappointed, but

it was good to see them allowing others their moment in the

sun. You all did us proud, Senior School.

Our special congratulations to our new student leaders: arohia

ake – aim high.

Kia Manawanu

Be Stout-hearted

Kia Kaha

Be Strong

Eileen Brunton

Board of Trustees

This year is a Board of Trustees election year. Our

school will be holding its election on the recommended

common election date, Friday 3rd June 2016. We will be

sending out more information regarding this in the

coming weeks.

If any parents are interested in finding out more about

standing in the upcoming Board of Trustees election,

we would love to hear from you. You are welcome to

discuss this with either our current Board Chairperson

Neil Hilton, our Deputy Chairperson Meghan Oliver or

our principal, Eileen Brunton. Please contact the

school office to be put in touch with either Neil or

Meghan, or contact Eileen directly.

NEWSLETTER NO. 2 9TH MARCH 2016


CALENDAR OF EVENTS

TERM 1 2016

10th March Home and School meeting @ 7pm in the staffroom. All welcome

11th March Upper Middle and Seniors Kaipara Sports 13th March SUNDAY Touch Finals at Rautawhiri Park 14th March Upper Middle and Seniors Kaipara Swimming Sports SAVE DAY 17th March Mobile Ear Clinic at Kaukapakapa School 20th- 25th March YCH Law Chan Chor Si Primary School at school

23rd March Junior Camp overnight 23rd March Board meeting in the Staffroom @7pm

25th March Good Friday – NO SCHOOL TODAY 28th March Easter Monday – NO SCHOOL TODAY 29th March Easter Tuesday – NO SCHOOL TODAY

1st April Summer Sport Y 5/6 Rautawhiri Park SAVE DAY 4th April

8th April Summer Sport Y7/8 Rautawhiri Park SAVE DAY 11th April

11th—13th April Lower Middle School on camp

31st May Goal Setting Day - OPEN FOR GOAL SETTING MEETINGS ONLY

3rd June Teacher Only Day - NO SCHOOL TODAY

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Swimming

Years 1-4 ‘Show-off Day’

Lower Middle 10am—11:30am Juniors 1pm-2:30pm

Thursday 10th March 2016

Parakai Springs

Come along to see your child’s swimming skills.

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Good luck to all the Years 5-8 that are

competing at the Kaipara Swimming Sports

on Friday!

The CEC programme ‘Life Choices’ will begin again in Years 1-2 (Junior Team) and Years 3-4 (Lower Middle Team) classes on 11th March 2016. This programme maintains a biblical basis and utilises the key competencies and Values of the NZ curricu-lum, retaining a distinctly unique NZ perspective, including famous NZ’ers stories, like Sir Edmund

Hilary, Kate Bush and Tarore. There is a specific learning outcome for each session, for example The Good Samaritan story looks at Relating to Others – students are encouraged to think about the idea of who a neighbour is – looking at Values of Integrity, respect, equity, and how we can help others in trouble. The programme is presented in a fun, open, non-judgemental way appropriate for all children in a school environment, no matter their belief system. This, by teachers who receive professional development and undergo police vetting and are overseen by the class teacher. If you have any questions or queries, there is a website – www.cec.org.nz or you are welcome to ring Waldon Ellett on 09 4208238 or contact Yvonne Harland on 0291200641 [email protected] Offers of support would be welcome. As a student workbook will be purchased for your child, it would be appreciated if you could contact your child’s teacher as soon as possible, if you will be withdrawing them or if you have withdrawn them previously and would now like them to be included.

Daisy Oliver-Chambers

Daisy recently competed

in the Auckland Junior

Club Champs and received

a Gold medal for the

400m sprints and a

Bronze medal for the 800m sprints

Great results Daisy!

Congratulations to... Jessi Wells

Jessi came first in the Junior

Young Farmer of the Year

competition at the Helensville

A&P Show on the 27th February.

It was a really hot day, but this

didn ’t hold

Jessi back.

Well done

Jessi!

http://www.cec.org.nz

mailto:[email protected]


Our other successful leaders...

Sports Leader: Angelina Zickert

Blue House: Peti Tavui and Jalayne Te Paa

Green House: Brock Colson and Isabella Burke-Barton

Red House: Finn Gowthorpe and Amy Fisher

Gold House: Jamie Painter and Emma Painton

Netball Co-ordinator: Megan Cook

House Points Co-ordinators: Ashley Herlihy-Watson and

Oscar Oliver-Chambers

Head Librarians: Levi Daniel and Sophie Beeton

Tuesday 15th March 7-9 pm.

Lions Lounge

Rautawhiri Park

Rautawhiri Road, Helensville

This course offers an introduction to the three basic composting systems; worm farming, bokashi buckets and traditional composting.

A $40 discount card is available per household, to be used should a com-post system be purchased from the Compost Collective website.

To register your place go to www.compostcollective.org.nz

Kaipara Memorial RSA

Quiz Night

Support our school.

Thursday 17th March 2016

Tickets $5 per person, 6 per team.

Get your teams together and prepare yourself

for a great night.

Meals available to purchase on the night from

6pm. Quiz starts at 7pm

Please register your interest at the school

office.

We would like to thank the RSA for their

support.

West Auckland's own large-scale outdoor art exhibition is now on. With creative activities for the kids and easy terrain for all the family, the Harbourview Sculpture Trail is one of Auckland's most anticipated art events. It features 40 artworks set amongst picturesque ponds, bush and grasslands of Te Atatu Peninsula.

Open every day from 10am through to 28 March.

Visit

www.harbourviewsculpture.com

for tickets and details.

http://www.harbourviewsculpture.com/


Medley (Backstroke, Breast-

stroke, Freestyle)

Y8 Girls Y8 Boys Y7 Girls Y7 Boys

1st – Mia Canter

2nd – Emma Davison

3rd – Megan Cook

1st – Branden Cowper

2nd – Finn Gowthorpe

3rd – Oscar Oliver-Chambers

1st – Claudia Pilkington

2nd – Jamie-Lee Binks

3rd –Mikaela Canter

1st – Caleb Olsen

2nd – Caleb Cook

3rd – Brock Colson


1st – Eve Canter

2nd – Pearl Lloyd

3rd – Jacinda Meikle

1st – George Pilkington

2nd – Troy Shaw

3rd –Andre England

1st – Lexie Orange

1st – Jamie Davison

2nd – Ben Davison

3rd –Finlay Tanner

Freestyle


1st – Mia Canter

2nd – Jessi Wells

3rd – Emma Davison

1st – Paora Taipeti

2nd – Oscar Oliver-Chambers

3rd –Finn Gowthorpe



3rd – Paris King

1st – Caleb Olsen

2nd – Josh Uluinayau

3rd – Riley Brewis


1st – Eve Canter

2nd – Pearl Lloyd

3rd - Lara Middleton


2nd – Troy Shaw

3rd – Chase King

1st – Taylor Pakenham

2nd – Piper Crake

3rd – Kyla MIddleton


2nd – Angus Calder

3rd – Arian Painter

Backstroke


1st – Mia Canter

2nd – Jalayne Te Paa

3rd – Angelina Zickert

1st – Oscar Oliver-Chambers

2nd – Branden Cowper

3rd – Angus Fletcher


2nd – Paris King

3rd – Mikaela Canter

1st – Caleb Olsen

2nd – Jamie Teague

3rd – Riley Brewis


1st – Eve Canter

2nd – Pearl Lloyd

3rd – Kiyana Pakenham


2nd – Troy Shaw

3rd – Harry White

1st – Kyla Middleton

2nd – Piper Crake

3rd – Alexa Pengelly


2nd – Max Valentine-Price

3rd – Ben Davison

Breaststroke


1st – Mia Canter

2nd – Angelina Zickert

3rd – Jessi Wells

1st – Oscar Oliver-Chambers

2nd – Paora Taipeti

3rd – Branden Cowper



3rd – Mikaela Canter

1st – Caleb Olsen

2nd – Caleb Cook

3rd – Daniel Roy


1st – Lara Middleton

2nd – Eve Canter

3rd – Chloe Reynolds


2nd – Jake Bloemendal

3rd – Andre England

1st – Kyla Middleton

2nd – Tearewa Murray

3rd –Taylor Pakenham


2nd – Samson Cowen

3rd - Ben Davison

Boys Girls

Open Butterfly 1st – Caleb Olsen

2nd – George Pilkington

3rd – Branden Cowper

1st – Mia Canter

2nd – Megan Cook

3rd – Jessi Wells

Flying Squad 1st

Gold House

2nd

Red House

3rd

Blue House

4th

Green House

2016 Year 5-8 Swimming Sports Results


This morning Room 6 and 7 went on a

pirate ship adventure. On the adventure

we went looking for treasure to keep and

to take home. Hoist the sails. Then we

sailed away to an island. At the island

we hunted for treasure.

By Raya

Room 6 have been learning to write recounts.

Here are some of the adventures we have been on.

On the weekend I went on a pirate ship.

It was stormy. I saw a sea monster. I

saw a shark. The waves were bumpy and

fun.

By Adrienne

Today Room 6 and Room 7 went on a

pirate ship. We saw a shark and a sea

monster and then we saw an island. We

sailed to the island and we dug for

treasure. In the treasure there was

gold and jewels and diamonds.

By Dana

This morning Room 6 and Room 7 went on

an alien spaceship. I saw a lot of aliens.

They were friendly. We saw the moon

and a rocket ship and asteroids. I like

the aliens.

By Ollie

This morning my class went on a pirate

ship. We made my teacher walk the

plank. We got wet. We jumped in too

because the boat was sinking. Then we

saw heaps of

fish.

By Kadin

In the morning we went on an alien ship

and we crashed on Mars. We built it

again. We went back again. The alien

went to the moon and they had a party.

They came back to give us a ride around

the moon and we had

another party. I loved it.

By Gibson


The Upper Middle Team had a fantastic four days away at Camp Adair, just outside Hunua. The amazing experience included fun, (often challenging) activities that brought us all together as we worked on our teamwork and personal abilities. Check out these few snaps from our memorable time away.


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Helensville Primary School · Helensville Primary School ... who have demonstrated true leadership qualities. ... Caleb Olsen 2nd – Caleb Cook 3rd – Brock Colson