Hampton Hill School Newslink Phone: 232 6509 http://hamptonhill.school.nz LIKE -Hampton Hill School—Tawa 4 June 2015 Kia ora, Malo e lelei, Talofa lava, Namaste, Hi Everyone, 7/8 June—e noho marae for kapokapo children 9 June— BoT meeting 5pm 9 June—7.30-9pm—Raising happy, confident and resilient children (see page 4) 11 June - Learning Maps session 18 June—Reports out today 19 June— Wheels Day 22 June—Kapokapo Festival 24-25 June—Learning Conferences 26 June—Performance at school $5 - due ASAP please. 26 June—KidsCan Dress up day Hampton Hill School is becoming known for the effective literacy teaching and the support that our students receive to reach their potential. I have copied part of an email we received last week. This is testament to the hard work of all of our teachers! “My grateful thanks for the visit I made to Hampton Hill School last week while visiting the Wellington region for Accelerated Literacy Learning. I just wanted to say what a hugely enjoyable and beneficial visit I had to your school. I was so impressed with the way your teachers have taken some key elements of Accelerated Literacy Learning and seen the potential for alignment with your school ways of working. The evidence you have of school thinking and discussion (on your whiteboard and walls) is testament to some great leadership in inquiry.” 26 June—Quiz Night—fundraiser 30 June BoT meeting 5pm (Data) 3 July— Wheels Day 3 July— Last day of Term 2 @ 3pm Assembly Friday at 2.30pm Room 2—hosts After School Programme [email protected] phone 021 594 646 Our teachers truly live our vision of “Grow People to Thrive” and are always working towards being the most effective teachers that we can be. The teachers had a fantastic learning day on Friday last week. It’s wonderful to have a full day together to get stuck into some in depth learning. We spent the day sharing our beliefs & values and how After School Programme these impact on the way we teach in the classroom. We were able [email protected] phone 021 646topic to help us to expand our to read some current research on594 this thinking. Thank you to our whanau for supporting HHS by keeping your tamariki home that day. Have a lovely weekend everyone. STRIKE performance money is due at the office—$5 please—this is going to be an awesome show! Kelly O’Leary, Principal. National Kiwi Carpool Week is coming up on 8-14 June. Carpooling is a great way to get to know other parents at your child’s school and to connect with your community. Register for free at LetsCarpool.govt.nz and find a match to commute to work.You enter your basic details, and the site generates matches that best fit. Hana Conner is in Room 4 and is a very talented writer! She has researched information on owls and has put her learning into her own words. Hana uses humour in her last sentence to engage her reader “It sounds like it wants more pork for dinner” Wonderful writing!! We have started a shared fruit bowl for children to help themselves if they choose. If you would like to donate fruit, please add it to the bowl in the office area. Thanks! Kiwi Hockey – please turn up with mouth guard and shin pads. This week’s draw: Linden Park Giants vs Adventure Dragons 8.40 warm up, 9 am game Stingrays vs Plimmerton Red 8.40 warm up, 9 am game Sharks vs Linden 9.40 warm up, 10 am game Turf games at Tawa College Heroes - bye this week HHS Black Sticks vs Redwood 2. 11.55 am warm up, 12.15pm game You can find game times, results and other information on our school sports website http://hamptonhillsports.wikispaces.com/ Netball – all games at Ngati Toa Domain This week’s draw: HHS Dynamite vs Tawa Tornados 1.10pm warm up, 1.40 pm game HHS Ferns vs Titahi Bay 3 1.50 pm warm up, 2.20 pm game Help needed? If anyone is walking or bringing a car from the Chester Road area—we need help to get a child in Room 2 to school Monday to Wednesday. Please phone Jan or Kelly in the office or phone directly to: 027 2322 729 with your offer of help.