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Hinuera School News ... TERM 2 Issue 5
30 June 2016
July Tuesday 5th School Photographs Friday 8th Last Day—Term 2 Monday 25th Term 3 Begins
Another term has flown by. It has been a very exciting and successful term, with great learning happening in clas-ses, good progress on the building pro-ject, and the Prime Minister’s Awards. Thanks again to all of the school com-munity for Learning and Growing to-gether.
Regards Dean
Welcome
A very special Hinuera welcome to the following new students . . .
Valentina Mitchell Room 2 Tenley Hudson Room 1 Logan Bird Room 1
School Photographs
Just a reminder that school photo-graphs will be taken on Tuesday 5th July. All order envelopes need to be back at school by Friday 1st July to enable Photolife Studios to check and collate them. If you require a sibling photograph, please pick up a sibling envelope from the office. School pho-tographs are lovely to look back on, so be sure to pop your order in if you would like one this year.
Board of Trustees
The new board have held their first meeting, and Craig Alexander has been elected as the Board Chairperson. We thank Craig for accepting this im-portant responsibility.
Parent/Teacher Interviews
Thanks to all the parents who attended interviews. It’s always valuable to be able to discuss student learning and goals for the year. If you were not able to meet with teachers last week but would like to, please contact them and organise a suitable time.
Hobbiton Visit
A huge thank you to Hobbiton Movie Set for taking your time to host Rooms 5, 6, 7 and 8. It was really fun doing the Hobbit training, when we were trying to sidestep eggs and mouse traps….
It was interesting learning skills around how they filmed The Hobbit movie and the different techniques used to film it. The graphic designs made us think of how we will be able to create great things for the Digi Awards. All the amazing tips will really help us with our Digi Awards and our business crea-tion projects. Thank you!! Molly Brown & Summer Richards
Student Safety
Please remember that any school stu-dents crossing the road must be ac-companied the whole way by an adult, so if anyone is parking across the road, we ask that the adult responsible for the students always get out of their vehicle to either drop them off or meet them. If your child/ren are bus stu-dents and you are collecting them, please make sure that the adult taking them signs their initials in their bus list slot for the day.
Cyber Safety Evening for
Parents/Whānau
The Cyber Safety Evening will now be hosted by Matamata College. This will be held on Monday 4th July 2016. John Parsons has a vital message about ways you can guide and support your children in the online world, and the responsibilities you have in this area. This is a “must” for all parents. Doors open at 6.30pm. Speaker begins at 7pm.
John will be in at our school on Mon-day working with classes to give them instruction on cyber safety at their par-ticular level. This sort of knowledge is so valuable to our young people.
Spud in a Bucket
Thanks to all those who have put their names forward to grow a spud for the Ag Day competition. If you would still like to do this, please register at the office. Unearthing the spuds at ag-day is a lot of fun. This is an activity that all students can enjoy. Seed potatoes will be sent home before the holidays so watch out for these in your child’s schoolbag.
Digi Awards 2016 Students have been making starts on their Digi Awards entries in class. Please remember over the holi-days is a perfect time to have a go at creating some Digi Award entries of your own. It is fine for students to re-ceive some coaching from parents, friends or family members but the fin-ished products must be their own work. For more information on the categories and judging criteria please visit the local wiki address: http://matamatadigiawards.wikispaces.com
There are also some examples of last year’s finalists and winners to give you inspiration.
Friday Sausage Sizzle Don’t forget Fridays are sausage sizzle days. If you have not pre-ordered you can bring your $2 to the office on the day. Please check with Janelle for dates that you have selected to help and if you can’t make it, arrange a replacement Janelle 021 117 8087.
Community Notices ...
Student Writing
Some fabulous writing from Room 5 stu-dents … and a very current topic … RAIN!!!
Pouring rain thumping on the roof like the sound of
dreadful thunder. Like a cheetah that got out of the zoo.
The rain soaks up the mushy grass. Dribbling down the
window trying to come in. It feels as wet as a snail’s
slimy back. Flooding my feet like I was in a cold pool.
Charlotte Tidmarsh
As the rain hit the mushy ground it screamed while it
could. It surfs down your roof as it sings to a soft lulla-
by. As I went outside a sound got louder and louder ‘til
it started to roar as loud as a tiger. I was not scared. I
kept going. When I got out the door I felt freezing like
winter snow. The rain felt like snowballs hitting me.
Hayley Morgan
Rain pounding the roof like bits of metal. Rain bowling
the Hinuera stone on the side of it. The stone just man-
aging to sustain the blowing, pouring rain. Pounding on
it like tools. The wind blowing more furiously than
ever.
Thomas Parsons
Splash! Went the puddle as I jumped in. The rain is
dribbling down my nose like a tickling feather. Zoom-
ing as fast as a cheetah pouring down from the dark
clouds like black liquorice. Flooding my feet like I am
in a pool.
Amelia Curran
App of the Week
CRAFTS & CREATIONS Children’s Holiday Programme
Tuesday 19th, Wednesday 20th, Thursday 21st July,
@ Matamata Baptist Church, 26 Tower Rd 10am—12:30pm
6-12yr olds—$2-00 entry/child Games, Crafts, Woodwork, Poker Work,
Bible Stories Enquiries to Baxendines—07 888 7980
July School Holiday Soccer Programme
Monday July 18 to Wednesday July 20. $25 per day or $70 for
all 3 days. Boys & Girls of all abilities and sporting back-
grounds are welcome. Visit
www.matamataswifts.co.nz for more information and to register. Contact Dwayne on
[email protected] or 021 993 832.
Matamata
Tuesday 9 August Monday 5 September Tuesday 20 September
Matamata Primary School Broadway Firth Primary School, Station Road Matamata Primary School Broadway
9.00am-12.00pm
Hinuera Rugby Club
End of Term Disco
Friday 8th July
6.30-9pm
$5 entry
Cash canteen
Dress theme- pyjamas and
onesies All primary aged chil-
dren welcome!
Parents please deliver kids to
the door
Canva is a free app which ena-
bles you to create beautiful de-
signs. This could be a great app to
use for Digi Awards when creating
posters! (Remember to use your
own photos for Digi Awards)
