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The Connection
Week 6
Term 3
Huapai District School
August 24th 2023
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Senior Leadership Message
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This picture is the opposite of HDS. At Huapai District School - the sparkly bits are the best bits!
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This week at our school Board Of Trustees meeting, we had presentations from the staff leaders of four different teams which work within areas of our wider school life. Leveraging Digital, Huapai Way, Assessment and Reporting and Culturally Responsive Pedagogy. It was inspiring to hear the passion these staff members bring to areas. The overarching message was that they are here to make HDS the best school for you and for your children. We are not a school that simply does “reading, writing, ‘rithmetic”, rather we work to embrace all the sparkly bits.
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Our dream for your child is that they grow as a well rounded global citizen able to stand tall and embrace challenge. Our dream for our community is that you see HDS as your school, your home and your whanau. A school where your “sparkly bits” are encouraged.
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When I walked through school this week and within the same twenty minutes see children learning to ride unicycles, celebrating their reading success at a national level, camp preparations, maths outside on a large scale, student librarians teaching younger students, immersive role playing the NZ political system, circus training, children using computers to connect with people overseas, ukeleles in class, persuasive speeches about animal rights, PE with bubbles - I know we are on the right track!
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Your children are all unique, as are our staff and our community. When everyone brings their sparkly bits to the school, our whole school shines brightly.
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Thank you for your support as HDS continues to shine brightly.
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Upcoming Events
- Friday 25th August - Bake Sale
- Thursday 31st August - Centennial Soccer
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Teacher Only Day
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Schools were allocated two (2) curriculum days this year and a further 2 in 2024 for curriculum development.
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We are proceeding with this and have set this for Tuesday 24th October.
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Our thinking is this may present opportunities for parents and also may give some options to alleviate Labour weekend traffic wows.
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NB: Labour Weekend is Monday 23rd October.
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Huapai + will run a programme on this day for parents requiring support.
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Announcement Of School Donation Major Prize Draw
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Thank you to all those who have paid their school donations this year. As we had promised earlier in the year we have 2 prize draws as a means of thanking families who paid their school donation in full by the end of Term 1. Apologies for the major prize draw and announcement not being made earlier.
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Our major prize draw recipient is the Newman family of Studio 2A, who receive a Number Works tuition voucher to the value of $600 and 4 bottles of NZ wine. 2nd prize draw recipient is the Chen family of the Montessori unit, who receive a Huapai Plus 50% credit voucher to the value of $100 and 3 bottles of NZ wine. 3rd prize draw recipient is the Bun family of Room 2, who receive 3 bottles of NZ wine.
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Thank you to everyone who has supported our school with your donations - enabling us to hit our 1st target this term. We will be announcing our smaller prize draw shortly for everyone who has donated, as a further means of thanking and acknowledging your support.
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Acknowledging the support of our major prize draw sponsors:
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Term Dates 2024
The Board have confirmed the following dates for our 2024 school year:
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Term 1: Wednesday 7th February through to Friday 12th April
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Term 2: Monday 29th April through to Friday 5th July
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Term 3: Monday 22nd July through to Friday 27th September
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Term 4: Monday 14th October through to Friday 20th December
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Please note this is a later than usual start and finish.
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Bake Sale Tomorrow
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There will be a bake sale tomorrow at lunch time outside the senior zone. The students are raising funds for their sports camp later this term.
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Items are between $1 and $3. Please consider sending some coins along to school with your child tomorrow.
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NW Zone Cross Country
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Congratulations to our NW zone day cross country team who ran out at Muriwai last week.
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These events have over 60 students in each race. We had some excellent results including the following students who placed in the top 10:
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Scarlett Byron, Cam Travers, Kadyn Abe, Olivia Travers, Elliot Chan Chui, Fletcher Lumsden and Andre Lister.
As a school, we placed 3rd overall for the Year 5 girls and 2nd overall for the Year 5 boys.
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Netball Results
Huapai Sapphires had a great season placing third in the Year 5/6 B Grade Kaipara Region Netball Season. Seeded fourth going into the finals, the Sapphires won 12-8 in the Final to take out third place against the Waimauku Stags!
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Congratulations to our Year 3&4 team who have placed 6th in A grade this year after a fantastic season. Below are some photos from their final (dress up) day.
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Managers: Janine Kruger and Sharde Smith
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Touch Rugby
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Is your child keen to play Touch Rugby this year? The sport is open for players in Year 0 through to Year 8. If so, please see the link below for details and registration information. Registrations close end of August.
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Camp Pay It Forward
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Are you a family who is willing to support a child attend camp who could not afford to do so otherwise?
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If this is something you are interested in, please contact maree.lloyd@hds.school.nz or pay it forward using the Pay It Forward items on Kindo. You can also contact the School Office for bank account details.
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Sponsorship For Netball Uniforms
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We are keen for our players to have new uniforms but the cost is beyond our budget. Each uniform dress is around $60 each. In order to keep a range of sizes in stock for the years going forward we need about 50 of them. Is your company keen to have its name on new netball uniforms for the school? We are looking for either one main sponsor or several sponsors to help us with the cost of this large investment of around $3,000.
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Centennial Soccer
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This is set for next Thursday afternoon at 3:30pm at the Domain. Please consider popping down to cheer on the teams.
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Congratulations To Room 7 - Reading Eggs
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Congratulations to Room 7 who came 3rd in New Zealand for their Reading Eggs challenge.
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Celebrating Our Kids
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Highlighting Abigail Wilson (Montessori unit) who has not only had a reasonably long stint on the TV show “Shortland Street” but has now had an article about her featuring in the recent “Woman’s Day” magazine. Great to see our Huapai children shining.
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Kickstart Breakfast Club Update
Thanks to information being added to Hero, we now have a comprehensive list of students with food allergies and dietary requirements. This means that we no longer need to check this with permission requests as all staff and volunteers assisting with breakfast club will be able to check allergies / dietary requirements for students coming to breakfast club for the first time.
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Please keep the office updated with any changes to allergies / dietary requirements. Thank you.
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Camp Instagram Pages
Is your child off to school camp this year? Are you keen to see what our camps involve?
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We have the following instagram accounts for your to follow:
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Leadership Awards
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It’s great to see these nearing completion. It is a huge achievement and something we value highly as a school. When your child has completed their award on HERO, please ask them to see Maree Lloyd to sign everything off and arrange their assembly. Our goal is to have one of these assemblies before the end of this term.
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Yummy Apple Sticker Promotion
Each year we have the opportunity to trade in stickers collected from the Yummy apple range for sports gear. This is an annual promotion that has seen the school earn some great gear that is used across the school. It’s that time again to remember to collect the stickers.
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A collection sheet is linked below, or each of the classrooms have one on their wall for use at school. Paper copies of the sheet can be collect from the school office should you wish.
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Creative Matters
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Creative Matters are back for the 2023 year. With classes on Tuesdays, 3pm - 5pm in Room 10. Please book at the link below.
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Brain Play
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Wednesdays, 3:30pm - 5pm in Room 10.
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Brain Play teaches science & technology classes to Kiwi kids aged 5-13, right across the country! We offer holiday programmes, online classes, in-person after-school classes, in-school classes, and free events for communities. Our topics include 3D printing, coding, animation, STEM experiments, LEGO & more. Free trials are also available for new students. This term we are in Stanmore Bay, Huapai, Parnell and Hobsonville (as well as online)! Check out our website to learn more about what's on at Brain Play & book in today.
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Please book at the link below.
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Music Lessons With MusiqHub
MusiqHub are looking forward to another awesome year of music in 2023 at Huapai School! They will have a bunch of slots available for Guitar, Drums, Piano and Ukulele lessons. If you're interested, be sure to get in touch to reserve your spot or ask any questions you may have. Contact details below:
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Guitar, Keyboard and Ukulele:
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2023 Term Dates
These are the Term Dates for 2023:
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Term 1: Tuesday 7th February - Thursday 6th April
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Term 2: Wednesday 26th April - Friday 30th June
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Term 3: Monday 17th July - Friday 22nd September
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Term 4: Monday 9th October - Tuesday 19th December
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Monday 24th April (the day before Anzac Day)
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Tuesday 6th June (King's Birthday weekend)
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HERO Notifications
We use HERO to send classroom updates, to share regular learning posts and now for payment on all in-school costs. HERO sends push notifications or emails. You can now choose how you receive HERO notifications as well as manage devices that receive them.
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To set your own notification preferences:
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Click on your profile image
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Scroll down to My Devices and select your preferences.
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Or please see the full instructions linked below.
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