To create an environment and culture where being the best you can be is our norm.
Here at Huapai District School we are seeking to develop children who are confident and self assured in purpose, who carry a voice of positive influence and consistently deliver at their best.
Huapai is known for its fruit. I have always believed you can judge a tree by its fruit. I’d like to believe, the fruit of what we desire to see in thinking, in learning and in character is evident in the quality and depth of our children.
We are a zoned school and all students who live within the school zone are automatically accepted following proof of address provided to the office.
Tomorrow, Tuesday 16th August, is our school cross country. This will be held at the Huapai Domain. Children will all come to school at the normal time. They will wear House coloured mufti with sneakers. Footwear is compulsory for all races. Please consider packing a mat / tarp for your child to sit on at the domain.
Our year 5-8 students will all walk down as a group with their teachers shortly after the roll is taken at 9am. Our year 0-4 students will all walk down as a group with their teachers at approximately 10:30am to watch the end of the senior races before starting their own.
We are keen to have as many families as possible at the domain to support and cheer positively for the runners. You are most welcome to walk down with your child’s class from school. Please speak with your child’s teacher. Alternatively, you may wish to meet us there after bringing your child to school.
After your child’s race, they will be able to receive a sausage from the sausage sizzle. If your child has special dietary
requirements, please consider providing a sausage for us to cook. This should be given to your child’s teacher in a marked
container.
Please see attached for our cross country maps and information.
There is a bake sale for students today, Thursday 4th August, at lunch time outside the senior zone. This bake sale is a fundraiser for the Sports Camp. Prices are between $1 – $3.
There is a bake sale for students tomorrow, Thursday 4th August, at lunch time outside the senior zone. This bake sale is a fundraiser for the Sports Camp. Prices are between $1 – $3.
maree.lloyd@hds.school.nz if you are able to help. Thank you for your support.
Tickets are $5 at the door of the hall. There will be a black light, so anything white will glow. Glow-in-the-dark items will be on sale as well as chips, lollies, drinks and icepops.
Please note, students will need to be collected from the hall at the end of the disco. Some parents choose to stay and boogie, most don’t but it’s over to you. We generally turn all the lights on at the end, have the students gather and then they are released by staff to parents who are waiting outside the hall.
Thank you to our HFN for all your hard work with this initiative for our children!
We have completed our Emergency Lockdown exercise and all students, staff and persons onsite are safely accounted for. Everyone did extremely well and responded to instructions. A notice will be going out to parents/caregivers tonight to provide some more information about what has occurred today and about our emergency lock down procedures.
I would like to personally thank you for your support while we conduct these practices. Kind regards – John Petrie, Principal
Huapai District School is conducting an Emergency lock down exercise PRACTICE. This is how you will be notified in the first instance, should a lock down occur at the school. These alerts are also updated to the ‘Latest News’ section of the website. Please do not come to the school or phone the school as you will not be attended to. Your assistance and cooperation are appreciated. We will update this website when the exercise has been completed. Thank you.
This is to advise parents and caregivers that we will be running an emergency lockdown training before the end of the term. The School App and school website will form the base of our communication to parents. No action from parents or caregivers will be required.
There is a bake sale for students today, Thursday 23rd, at lunch time outside Rooms 6-10. This bake sale is a fundraiser for the Y6 Camp at Motutapu Island.
There is a bake sale for students tomorrow, Thursday 23rd, at lunch time outside Rooms 6-10. This bake sale is a fundraiser for the Y6 Camp at Motutapu Island.
There is a bake sale for students today, Thursday 26th May, at lunch time outside Rooms 6-10. This bake sale is a fundraiser for the Y6 Camp at Motutapu Island.
School finishes at 12.30 today for learning conferences.
Please ensure your child/children are collected from school or care arrangements have been made.
If you are unable to arrange care for your child for the afternoon, they will be supervised here at school.
If you are attending the learning conferences, please ensure you wear a mask.
Please remember to book your learning conference time. The conferences will be running from 1.30 – 7.00pm Wednesday 25th May, and 3.30 – 5.00pm Thursday 26th May
Booking will close at 12.00pm Tuesday (today) so teachers can plan for their meetings.
Please remember that School will finish at 12.30pm on Wednesday (tomorrow), please ensure your child is collected or care arrangements have been made.
If you are unable to arrange care for your child for the afternoon, they will be supervised here at school.
Please remember to book your learning conference time. The conferences will be running from 1.30 – 7.00pm Wednesday 25th May, and 3.30 – 5.00pm Thursday 26th May
Booking will close at 12.00pm Tuesday so teachers can plan for their meetings.
Please remember that School will finish at 12.30pm on Wednesday, please ensure your child is collected or care arrangements have been made.
If you are unable to arrange care for your child for the afternoon, they will be supervised here at school.
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The school we dream about sits heavily on a North East track. Intentionally balanced between explicit and implicit teaching. We believe in an authentic connected approach to our curriculum complemented by the creativity we believe all carry.
Excerpt From “Huapai – The School We Dream About”
We see our school as a loud school – with the noise of discovery, the energy generated from passion and the magic of students engaged in learning. We believe all we do in our school can be framed around people, pedagogy and seeing passion realised and released.
Excerpt From “Huapai – The School We Dream About”
Our Akonga walk tall, they have a thirst for knowledge, and ability to create their own learning opportunities and a belief they can affect positive change. When faced with challenges they reply “I am brave, I am determined and I can do this”.
Excerpt from “Huapai – Graduate Profile”
Our ideal Huapai student is a global citizen who strives for excellence in all endeavours. As the world opens before them, empowered by the mana they hold within, they stand strong, self-assured in purpose knowing who they are and their importance in the world.
Excerpt From “Huapai – The School We Dream About”
We see our school set ‘on the edge of possibility’. We see a front foot type of school, eager to push on and push into a future-focused agenda.
Excerpt From “Huapai – The School We Dream About”
We believe our ideal teacher is ‘the best version of themselves’. It’s not so much being a certain character type or teaching in a certain style. We believe our ideal teacher operates within their strengths, brings all they are to the table and owns it!
Excerpt From “Huapai – The School We Dream About”
We believe all people are endowed with seeds of greatness and place value on being strengths-based and future-focused, releasing the creativity we all carry.
Excerpt From “Huapai – The School We Dream About”