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Hutt Valley High School News - Te Kura Tuarua O Te Awakairangi - Friday 1 June 2018
Hutt Valley High School News
                                   Te Kura Tuarua O Te Awakairangi

              Teacher Only Day - Friday 1 June 2018
                                      School is closed on this day

Dear Parents and Caregivers                                  excellent, as it turns out. There have been events
                                                             across the region in the last couple of weeks that
This week is a short one with a teacher-only day on          have echoes into our school and guidance are
Friday and Queen’s Birthday on Monday, meaning that          extremely busy making sure our students have
classes resume on Tuesday 5 June.                            access to support to work through their reactions. A
                                                             week of fun events and an energetic celebration of
Tomorrow is Loop Day, where the schools belonging            school life are exactly what is helpful. Thank you to
to the Wellington Loop converge on one of the                the organising group for the idea and for the effort
member schools (Wellington High School this year) for        needed to mount and run the activities.
a day of workshops and training sessions linked to ICT
learning strategies through to wider topics aimed at         Meanwhile, if you are interested in seeing some live
increasing teachers’ skills. The Wellington Loop is a        drama, our regional winners are performing in this
co-operative entity that was initially a core group of       year's Nationals for the Sheliah Winn Shakespeare
Wellington city schools who were the first to be             Competition this weekend. Ketsia Velaphi, Lulu
provided high speed internet access and who then             Harkness, Charlotte Wilson, Tom Blair, Max Watene
joined forces to work on the new knowledge required          and Simon Buxton are at the Michael Fowler Centre
to exploit the IT possibilities for learning. The original   this Sunday afternoon. Many of us saw their piece at
group has since expanded to a region-wide range and          the Multicultural Evening and it’s brilliant. Tickets are
provides training support and packaged services, as          available via Ticketmaster:
well as a major day open to all the member schools for       http://www1.ticketmaster.co.nz/university-of-otago-
wider workshops. It’s a brilliant example of practical co    sheilah-winn-shakespeare-wellington-new-zealand-
-operation, and the day tomorrow - which as a teacher        03-06-2018/event/2400545BE4CE5606?
only day does not count in the year’s instructional days     artistid=2473702&majorcatid=10002&minorcatid=32
- is a significant one in professional learning.
                                                             And finally, for those with friends who have Year 8
Next week, the student leadership group are running a        students considering enrolling at Hutt Valley High
Wellness Week, the details of which you can see in the       School in 2019, our Open Evening is at 6.00 pm on
newsletter. This is well-timed, as we move into the          Thursday 7 June, next week.
start of winter, and provides a tonic to the shift in the
weather. The day is a spin-off from the session our
head students ran last term when they invited other
student leaders to HVHS to discuss how they could
create positive action between co-operating schools
for the benefit of all students in the Hutt Valley. That
has produced a plan for a Wellness Week in term              Ross Sinclair
three, and that is something to look forward to. Our         Principal
student leaders thought a week of activities this term
would also be a good thing, especially with the
stresses that occur in term two. Their timing is

31 May - Issue 13                                                                      www.hvhs.school.nz
Hutt Valley High School News - Te Kura Tuarua O Te Awakairangi - Friday 1 June 2018
Hutt Valley High School News                                                               31 May 2018

Looking Ahead
                                                                     Congratulations to:
June                                                            Congratulations to Micah Tofilau 13LR who
1           Teacher Only Day - school closed
                                                                 has a lead role in the HIBS production of
4           Queens Birthday Holiday                              Bugsy being performed from 6-9 June.
5-8         Wellness Week                                        Tickets are available on eventfinda.
6           Board of Trustees Meeting, 5.30 pm
7-9         Performing Arts Mini Tour
                                                                Congratulations to Lucy Forrestal (Year 13
                                                                 2017), who won the Best Debut (Wellington)
7           Open Evening, 6.00 pm
                                                                 for her show in the NZ Comedy Festival
8           Jazz Festival                                        earlier this month.
9-10        Chamber Music Festival
12          Year 11 Maori Pasifika Day at Victoria              Congratulations go out to William Follett
            University                                           12RG and Adam Bruce 12OA who have been
                                                                 selected in the Wellington U18 Boys Hockey
13-14       Dance Benefit, 7.00 pm                               Team.
18-22       Year 11 Production
18          Big Sing                                            Congratulations to Joshua Apaapa-Preston
19          Wanganui Sports Exchange                             9KGOV and Caio Fernandes 10ROMR who
                                                                 were selected for the U14 Wellington Futsal A
20          Year 12 and 13 Geography Trip
                                                                 team going to Nationals in Palmerston North
21          CSW Swimming Championships
                                                                 in mid July.
22          Maori Leadership Day 2
22          Rockquest Regional Finals
22          Japanese Schools Trivia Quiz                                   Safety Notices
23          Chamber Music Centrals                        Helmets on bikes - please wear helmets if you are
25-29       Year 11 Production                            riding a bike to school.
25-29       Year 13 PE Camps                              Ludlam Crescent road crossing - we have been called
27          St Marks Lunchtime Concert                    by a member of the public concerned about the way our
                                                          students are crossing the road east of school crossing
                                                          Ludlam Crescent to the Penrose Street area. Please
   2017 Yearbook has                                      use the crossing at school to get across Woburn Road.
         arrived                                          Driving into the school - please do not drive into the
                                                          school grounds to drop off or collect students before and
If you ordered one it can be
                                                          after school. We have a very busy campus with plenty of
collected from Tuesday 5 June at
                                                          parking available outside and in the neighbouring
the Resource Centre between the
                                                          streets.
hours of
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday -
8.00 am - 1.00 pm
Tuesday and Friday - 10.30 am - 4.00 pm                              Winter Menu 2018

        Open Evening 2018
Will be held for all parents/caregivers and their stu-
dents, who are interested in attending Hutt Valley High
School in 2019.
Hutt Valley High School Hall Thursday 7 June 2018 at
6.00 pm.
There will be introductions and brief addresses plus
guided tours of the school and advice on programmes.
Enrolment packs will be available.

                   Hutt Valley High School, Private Bag 31 909, Lower Hutt 5040
   Phone +64 4 566 4584 / Fax: +64 4 566 7779 / Absence Line 560 1568 / Web: www.hvhs.school.nz
Hutt Valley High School News - Te Kura Tuarua O Te Awakairangi - Friday 1 June 2018
Hutt Valley High School News                                                              31 May 2018

                                                                            HVHS APP
                                                      The quickest and easiest way to let us know
                                                      if your student is absent, late or needing to
                                                      leave early for an appointment.
                                                      To download the app for free on iPhone or
                                                      Android click this link. http://onelink.to/w5btdp

                                                                         Lost Property
                                                      We have a lot of lost property at the moment. Please
                                                      name items - it makes it easier to return.
                                                      If your student has lost an item of uniform, please get
                                                      them to come to the student office and get a lost
                                                      property form. Even if the item is not named, we may be
                                                      able to identify it and return it.

                          Hutt Valley School
                              Bus Service
                              Changes                 Near Misses with School Children on
                                                                 Train Tracks
From Sunday 17 June 2018, we’ve got some
                                                      The Greater Wellington Regional Council has asked us
changes coming to your school and public bus
                                                      to share a message about safety at train crossings.
services, including timetables and routes.            There have been some near misses recently in the
                                                      Greater Wellington area involving children crossing train
Please note the route 887 (Eastbourne) changes.       tracks before and after school. They all have one thing
There will only be one trip of route 887 from         in common: children aren’t expecting a “second
Eastbourne on school days. Timetables and maps        train”. In all of these recent near misses, bells and lights
can be found following the link below.                have still been operating, but because the first train has
                                                      passed, students make the mistake of thinking it’s safe
Alternatively a public bus service R83 is available   to cross. This can be extremely dangerous as the track
                                                      crossings in areas with double tracks always have the
to meet your students need. Route 83 runs every
                                                      potential for a second train to pass. This link shows
30 minutes from Eastbourne Terminus to your           footage of one near miss: Near Miss.
school (stop at Hutt Valley High School – Woburn      As well as looking and listening before crossing, please
Road).                                                make it clear to children that if bells and lights are going,
                                                      it’s because a second train could be coming and it’s not
Please refer to https://www.metlink.org.nz/on-        safe to cross. Thank you for your support in getting this
our-way/hutt-valley for information about these       safety message out to children. For more information
changes.                                              about safe behaviour around tracks and trains,
                                                      see Tracksafe.co.nz.

                  Hutt Valley High School, Private Bag 31 909, Lower Hutt 5040
  Phone +64 4 566 4584 / Fax: +64 4 566 7779 / Absence Line 560 1568 / Web: www.hvhs.school.nz
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