Term 3 Week 7 : 8th September 2017 Achievement Awards

Te Kete Wakahuia Cooper, Sahith, Kate Welcome to Hokowhitu School. Te Kete Aronui From the Principal Alexis For settling in so well to Ruma Rima and trying your best Congratulations to our STRIVE winners Emerald, Mahee, Olly, Baxter, Grace and Arapata. These children consistently show STRIVE in the Kete and in Dear Parents/Caregivers in all that you do. 0pm Olive Fantastic improvement with writing independently. the playground. Kia Ora Koutou, Nga mihi kia koutou Korbyn For writing down letter sounds quickly. Cooper For always making such good choices in the classroom The marble jar day notice went home Monday. Please continue to bring the Last week we completed a fire drill to ensure that the children are clear about what to do and where to meet in the around his behaviour. payment in and permission forms. It is going to be a FANTASTIC day. Braxton For giving everything a go with enthusiasm and case of an emergency here at school. It could be timely for you to have a discussion at home too, so that in the event of determination even with his arm in a plaster and a TKA Teachers a fire in your home, everyone is also clear about the exit plan and meeting points. sling. Nevaeh For trying hard and joining in so well at fitness on the turf. Te Kete Tangaroa PRINCIPAL’S MAGAZINE Zachary For being helpful and showing kindness and respect Bob For having a fantastic week! In this term’s magazine there was a significant article about our school. If you are interested in having a read (or towards his classmates. Lashya For a focused effort with your Novel Study reading simply looking at some of the many photos), feel free to pop into the office and ask to see one of our copies. It makes Ali For trying so hard to learn all of his sounds. and activity. Katie For being a superstar reader. Elisa For bubbly and enthusiastic attitude to school life. many positive statements in describing our learning environments and our teaching practice, making special mention of Madison, Brooke For striving to do their best in their writing. Tiria Congratulations for making the School speech finals. the children being ‘heavily engaged in their learning tasks, and whether working alone or in groups, they are not easily Edmund Congratulations for making the School speech finals. \ Zoe Congratulations for making the School speech finals. distracted’. It’s great that’s the way someone from ‘outside’ our schoolnd sees our learners - as that is theth way we are - Cross country running times – Thursday 2 June – PP – Wednesday 8 June Te Kete Pounamu Al-Bara Congratulations for making the School speech finals. STRIVING for them to be! Joshua, Cooper, Esther Congratulations for making the School speech finals. Nevaeh, Haetatanga, KIDSRACE FOR KIDS TIMES: CONCERT Hajra, Clara, Payton, TKP Super Stars this week! Note these times from 11:05 are approximate, they may run 2-3 minutes early or late depending on the runners. Katelyn, Elijah Next Monday evening our Hokowhitu School choir will be participating in World Vision’s 2017 ‘Kids for Kids’ choir. They have beenBEGIN preparing 11:05 for severalYear months 1 girls - my sincere thanks go to Helen Griffin and Ang Caldwell who have put many Our Mufti Day raised $538.80 for hours into training this group. Tickets are available via TicketDirect on www.ticketdirect.co.nz or 0800 224224. Te Kete Manawa 11:10 Year 1 boys Isla For being a kind and considerate kete member. Camp Quality! Participants need to assemble at the pre-arranged meeting spot at the Central Energy Trust Arena by 6.45pm on Zoe For clever reading thinking. 11:15 Year 2 girls Thank you everyone for your Monday evening, in order to be seated and ready to perform at 7.30pm. It is always a great night out! Chris, Umar For outstanding maths thinking. 11:20 Year 2 boys Felix For using a positive attitude. donations. RICOH SPORTS TOURNAMANET Austin For using kete routines to guide his learning. 11:25 Year 3 girls Emily, Michelle For consistently striving to be the best they can be. Good luck to all the teams competing next Wednesday. While most teams will be playing their matches at the Arena, Scarlett For consistently striving to be the best she can be. the hockey is11:30 to be played on thYeare turf 3 boysadjacent to the Esplanade. Our sincere thanks to all the parents who have offered to assist with teams - whether it be coaching or transporting or supporting! 11:35 Year 4 girls School Notices School Sports Notices BOARD OF 11:40TRUSTEES MEETINGYear 4 boys nd Basketball Results The 2 BoT 11:45meeting for this termYear is 5being girls held next Wednesday evening commencing at 5.30pm. Meetings are open to Talent Quest Finals Hokowhitu Titans vs . We won our Quarter final 18-16. It was the public and so anyone is welcome to attend. Thursday 14th September - 2.15pm in the School Hall 11:55 Year 5 boys a very close game. Well done to Aiden who was player of the day. All Welcome! Hokowhitu Gladiators vs . We lost our game last week 18-20. SCHOOL ASSEMBLY Player of the day was Arjun. The Hokowhitu Angels played Storm in their semi-final. They Everyone is invited to our assembly next Friday morning at 9am.PTA Miss Bisset and Miss Coley’s whanau classes will be on were all tied up at 10-10 all at the full time buzzer. The game then went the stage and sharing some of their learning with us. [Type a quote from the document or the summary of an interesting point. You can Community Notices into extra time of 2 minutes where the Angels managed to sink a shot to

position the text box anywhere in the document. Use the Drawing Tools tab to change the make it 12 -10. The angels dug deep to hold out the Storm from scoring CONGRATULATIONS Children’s Scottish Country Dance Class with some gutsy defence to take the win. Our player of the day went to The formattingTKA and TKT speechof the finals pull werequote held text this morning.box.] Due to this newsletter needing to go to print before the A new class for primary aged children is being held on Monday evenings the whole team for their amazing team effort and pure courage. Bring on from 6.45pm – 7.30pm at the Scottish Society Hall, Berryman’s Lane finals! competition was completed, I am unable to announce the winners today, however both the Year 5 and Year 6 winner (off Princess Street). th gets to compete at the Northern Cluster competition on the 19 of September. No special gear required – just comfy clothing, soft shoes and a Hockey Results willingness to “Give it a Go”! This class is organised by the Manawatu Hokowhitu Vultures won 3-2 vs Winchester Falcons. Scottish Country Dance Club. For further details and expressions of Hokowhitu Thunderbirds lost 5-0 to St Mary’s Senior Sticks. interest contact Helen on 06 355 2665 or Nicole 027 766 1461. Hokowhitu Firebirds lost 6-2 to Riverdale Tigers. Nga mihi Hokowhitu Hawks drew 2-2 vs Ashhurst Lightning. Lin Dixon Hokowhitu Village Farmers Market Hokowhitu Falcons won 10-0 vs College Street Typhoons. Player of the th Principal Next market is on Sunday 17 September 9am-1pm. For more Day was Josh M for finding space and working hard. information contact Robin on 027 283 6853. Hokowhitu Eagles won 1-0 vs Winchester Eagles.

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