Term 2 Week 7
1 June 2010
A message from our Principal . . . . . .
Welcome to the first day of winter. While we all needed a little rain, we do hope the wet weather of the last couple of weeks is not
here to stay. Thankfully, the weather for Life in Valley Day, could not be faulted and we all enjoyed the warm sunshine and blue
skies. This event gets better and bigger every year and it is great to see the diversity and special character of this area. There are a
number of people who put a lot of work into making this day a success and I thank each of you for your time and effort.
Our book character parade during Book Week is another special HVS event and congratulations must go to the students and staff
who made such a fantastic effort with their costumes.
Our teachers are now busy writing progress reports for each student. This year we have made a number of changes to our reports to
align with the National Standards. Our progress report will target the key areas of reading, writing and maths, while our end of year
report will include all learning areas. We will be seeking feed back from parents/caregivers on the new format. In the meantime,
please be extra kind to your child’s teacher as these new reports are a lot of work!
Maree Stavert
Principal
LIFE IN THE VALLEY DAY
Once again this was a roaring
success, helped along by a
brilliantly fine day. Crowds were
steady throughout the day and
everyone enjoyed the opportunity to
find out more about what goes on in
our valley.
Huge thanks must go to our fantastic Tony who did so much
work behind the scenes getting everything ready.
Special thanks also to Trudy Calder and her Green Team
ambassadors who did a wonderful job showcasing our
environmental initiatives.
Thanks also to:
 everyone who joined in our working bee planting
 our Home and School team for super soup and satisfying
sausages
 all of you who donated beautiful baking for us to sell, the
standard was superb!
 our terrific teachers for working on a Saturday
 the Henderson Valley Residents and Ratepayers
Association for their great organisation
 all the community groups who helped make the day such a
success
Please visit our website for more photos.
PROJECT TWIN STREAMS
AND
HENDERSON VALLEY SCHOOL
Present
‘THE WALL’
A collaborative arts project sponsored by Project Twin Streams
in recognition of the part Henderson Valley School plays in
supporting the restoration of the Opanuku Stream banks.
Based on the work of the visionary artist
Frederick Hundertwasser,
THE WALL
will be constructed of adobe and recycled bricks and bottles.
Many other ideas that germinated out of creative brainstorming
exercise with PTS arts coordinator Kristin Kell and children from
the school will also be incorporated.
THE WALL will be constructed from June to October 2010 and
will enclose our new Native Tree Identification Trail. The aim is
to involve all the children of the school and community.
HOW CAN YOU HELP?
Non Monetary DONATIONS needed now
If you have usable left-overs of
Cement ☺ Re Rod ☺ Concrete Mixers (loan only)
That you are willing to donate.
Please contact
Kristin Kell 027 4951019 kahupoint@actrix.co.nz
SCHOOL BROADBAND CONNECTION
Like many households in this area the speed of our broadband
connection is a constant frustration to staff and students. Our
school is 5.2km from the exchange in Henderson and this means
our download speed runs at about 0.1MBPS, which is extremely
slow. This has a huge impact on our ability to provide our
students with quality e-learning opportunities.
SCHOOL LUNCH SURVEY
We are currently considering a proposal from the local Flax
Café to supply school lunches for our students a couple of days
a week. They have developed a healthy, affordable, tasty menu
that includes hot and cold food.
This would be a big step for our school and we are carefully
thinking about all the implications.
It would be great to get some feed-back from parents and
whanau, so please take the time to complete the slip below and
return it to school.
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School Lunches at HVS
Yes, we would make use of a school lunch service at the
school.
No, we would not be interested in buying school lunches.
Any comments?...........................................................................
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To solve the problem, Telecom says they would need to install a
new roadside cabinet closer to the school at a cost of around
$150,000. They have no plans to do this.
With all the government promises to provide ultra-fast broadband
for schools, we have decided it is time to let others know of our
particular issue. It is extremely unusual for a school of 400+
students and staff to have to contend with this sort of broadband
speed.
We are currently writing to our local MP and relevant Cabinet
Ministers to share our frustrations. If anyone in the community
has any ‘connections’ or ideas we would really appreciate your
support. Watch this space!
COMING EVENTS
Twin Stream Planting
Thurs, 3 June R7, 11
Queens Birthday Holiday
Mon, 7 June
Corbans Art Trips
Tues, 8 June R4, 5
Wed, 9 June R 3, 9
Thurs, 10 June R12, 6
Fri, 11 June
R17
BOOK WEEK
Even though our Book Character Assembly had to be held
indoors due to the rain, a great time was had by all. The
costumes were fantastic! A huge thank you to parents for
putting in so much effort on their children’s behalf. The
assembly was beautifully organised by Miss Wills and Room 12
and the book character parade expertly run by Miss Favier.
Thank you to our wonderful judges for making the incredibly
hard decision of who got the book prizes donated by scholastic.
The winners were:
Year 1 Te Kareti Duncan - Mermaid
Thomas Logger - Bottomly Potts
Year 2 Lakota Byrne - Bad Jelly
Benjamin Reid - Wizard
Year 3 Ellie Parry - Hairy McLairy
Sam Gilberd - Thomas the Tank
Year 4 Daishah Morgan - Fairy
Jade Waldron - Tin Man
Year 5 Maya Athineou Nunn - Asterix
Jack Hollings - Robin Hood
Year 6 Eden Dawson - Pipi Longstockings
Liam Wilkinson - Red Riding Hoods Grandma
Overall Junior Winner: Emilion Craig as the Pied Piper
Overall Senior Winner: Leon Nunn as a Spartan
A special thanks to our librarian Mrs Davis for running the Book
Fair in the library. $3046.70 was raised from the Book Fair,
enabling the school to purchase $914 worth of new books for
our library.
Valiants
0
0
Player of the Day:
SATURDAY HOCKEY
Results - 22nd May
v Valley Vipers
v AISC Kershaw
Yazmin Martin
2
2
Vipers
2
5
Player of the Day:
v Valley Valiants
v AISC Patel
George de Jager
0
0
Victors
5
Player of the Day:
v AISC Sima
Ellie Parry
3
Volcanoes
8
Player of the Day:
v Howick Pakuranga
Jaedon Guttery
2
Vikings
5
v Somerville Preston
2
Player of the Day: Katrina Clark, special mention to Sarah-Anne
Webster & Joshua Forbes for their awesome goal scoring.
Volcanoes
8
Player of the Day:
v Howick Pakuranga
Jaedon Guttery
2
Results - 29th May
6
v Western Wiggles
0
4
v AISC Kanji
0
What a display of teamwork, passing and goal scoring the kids put
on. Their skills improve in leaps and bounds. There were plenty of
goals scored by Daniel Fryer, James Donald, Matthew Frost and
Yazmin Martin. Well done to everyone in the Valiants.
Valiants
Victors
4
Player of the Day:
v Somerville Griffen
Henry Nalter
0
Volcanoes
3
Player of the Day:
v Ficino Green
Shayna Robinson
1
Vikings
9
v AISC Soma
2
Player of the Day: Laura Dukes, special mention to the whole
team for an awesome effort with five players scoring goals for the
win! Fantastic Effort!
Check our website for more Character Parade photos.
CODE OF CONDUCT AWARDS
Congratulations to the following students who won ‘Angel
Awards’ for displaying respect and responsibility:
Goergia Goodison R1, Casey Deller R10, Haley Hill R8, Shelan
Khosrawi R8, Jack Kerwick R3, Jean Harris R8, Jordan Dixon
R2, Connor Lopesi R8, Jacinda Poinga R2, Mackenzie Hick
R17, Matthew Emmerson R17, Thomas Drabble R8
HV Warriors
Player of the Day:
SATURDAY NETBALL
Results - 22nd May
11
v Mystic Matipo
Mary Duff
HV Warriors
Player of the Day:
Results - 29th May
15
v Rosebank Twilight 13
Michelle Suwantika
10
BASKETBALL
Results - 21st May
HV Yr5/6
2
v Holy Gross Goldstars 18
Special mention to Matangi Prescott for his amazing skills on the
court!
Results - 24th May
HV Yr5/6
9
v Hoani Waititi
29
TITIRANGI FARMERS MARKET
The Titirangi Farmers market day is changing from the 3rd
Sunday to the 2nd Sunday of the month as of June 13th. We
are now inside the hall as well as outside and wish to welcome
you all to the new cafe. The market is a great place to do your
grocery shopping, catch up with friends, relax and be
entertained with light music. See you all there on Sunday 13th
June.
WAITAKERE CITY MOBILE LIBRARY BUS
The mobile library bus will next be at school on the following
Fridays between 10.55 - 11.30am: June 11th & 25th
OLD TOWELS WANTED
The SPCA are looking for old towels to help keep the animals
warm over winter. If you have any unwanted towels, please
bring them to the office. Thank you.
YMCA SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAMMES
YMCA runs a holiday programme suitable for children aged 5-15
years. To ensure your child doesn’t miss out, please enrol early as
places are limited. These programmes are approved by CYFS and
WINZ subsides are available. WINZ enrolment night is Monday
28th June 5-7pm at the Massey Leisure Centre. A WINZ rep will
be on site to do assessments. Last day for WINZ reg June 29th.
CHIPMUNKS BEFORE SCHOOL CARE PROGRAMME
Chipmunks are calling for expressions interest to run a before
school care programme at Chipmunks. For further information
please email chipmunkshenderson@xtra.co.nz or ph 838 2033.