Tēnā koutou, 

Ko Mike Gillatt ahau, 

Nō Wilton ahau, 

He tumuaki ahau ki Hutt Intermediate

Tēnā koutou katoa

Welcome to Hutt Intermediate. We hope you have all had a lovely holiday and have managed to enjoy our fine summer. 

An especially warm welcome to our new tamariki and whānau, we hope your two years with us is a mutually enjoyable and successful time. To those of you who have an already established connection with us, welcome back. We look forward to continuing our association with you all. 

I have been principal here at Hutt Intermediate for 16 years and I absolutely love my work. Everyday I am privileged to work with our wonderful community, great tamariki and our fantastic, hardworking staff. This is my dream job. 

Intermediates are vibrant and busy places. There is always something happening or something about to happen. We do our very best to provide a range of academic, sporting and cultural opportunities for everyone. With this in mind please keep an eye on our newsletter and website for information as to what is happening at school. 

If you are coming by our school office please don’t hesitate to introduce yourself to me. 

Tēnā koutou, 

Ko Catriona Mathieson ahau, 

Nō Lower Hutt ahau, 

He tumuaki tuarua ahau ki Hutt Intermediate

Tēnā koutou katoa

I am one of the Deputy Principals here at Hutt Intermediate.  I have been in this position for the last 11 years so I have seen many families go through the school and always look forward to continuing these relationships as siblings and cousins arrive at the start of the year. It is also wonderful getting to know new families beginning their time with us.  I always say to people we have the best students and best staff - and I genuinely mean it.  My role is quite diverse including assessment, reporting, curriculum delivery and helping students so they can get the most out of their time here with us.

Tēnā koutou, 

Ko Tracey Kelly ahau, 

Nō Eastbourne ahau, 

He tumuaki tuarua ahau ki Hutt Intermediate

Tēnā koutou katoa

I am a Deputy Principal here at Hutt Intermediate. I have taught at a number of schools both in New Zealand and overseas and am now seeing the children of children I taught coming through the doors. Scary how time flies! 2024 is my 10th year at HIS. I feel very lucky to work at a school where our tamariki, whanau and staff work so well together to make it a fun, active, engaging and safe learning environment. As a member of the senior leadership team I work very closely with Mike and Catriona to ensure that we bring our school vision to life.

Kia ora koutou

Welcome to our first school newsletter for 2024. The newsletter will be posted on our website fortnightly and sent out via school-links. Our student daily bulletin is also posted on our website and is a great way to keep up to date with what is happening around the school.

Our staff have been back since last Wednesday meeting and engaging in our ongoing  professional development around our local curriculum and our teaching and learning framework. This process was started in 2021 and has involved many hours of professional development with Mark Osborne, a highly skilled facilitator. This term our school wide theme is  Whanaungatanga - a feeling of connection and belonging with others. Within this theme we will be exploring with our tamariki the following questions:

Each team will be sending out information over the next few weeks with more detail on their approach to this theme. This term we will be setting up team web pages which will be a great way for you to follow the learning going on in your child’s class.

It was wonderful to see so many of you at school on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Meet the Teacher meetings. A good relationship with your child’s classroom teacher is vital as they are your main point of contact at the school. Emailing them with any questions or concerns is usually the best way of communicating. If required, they can set up a time to call you or meet to discuss any issues. Occasionally issues of a more serious nature arise and the team leader or one of the Deputy Principals will help resolve the situation.

One of our events early in the year is our Education outside the Classroom programme.  Notices will be coming home for Year 8 camp and Year 7 day trips.  Obviously we need parent help for these trips to go ahead so please keep an eye out for notices and if you can help we would be most grateful.

We look forward to the fine weather continuing and giving us a great start to 2024. 

Nga mihi

Mike, Catriona and Tracey

 

The school photographs will take place on Thursday 8 February.  Tidy formal uniform is required. 
If you would like to pre-order a photo please use the following link. 

 

Orders for Hutt Intermediate School named hoodies can now be made on-line using this link Hoodie Orders through Classic Uniforms (CUS).

 

The cost of the hoodie is $65. Ordering will be open from Friday 2nd February and will close Wednesday 14th February.

Delivery of hoodies will be approximately 3 weeks after ordering closes.

 

For those who have trouble choosing a size, there will be samples at the school office where you can come with your child before or after school and try them on.

 

The hoodie is part of the school’s formal uniform, so please refrain from using nick names -  we suggest using  one of following opitions when choosing the name to be printed on the hoodie;

 

J. Bloggs                    (Initial plus surname)

Joe .B                         (First name and initial of surname)

Bloggs                       (Surname only)

 

We have a limited stock of the old style hoodie.  These hoodies are very similar in style to the ones on-line but are made from a different fabric.  These hoodies are un-named and can be purchased from the school office for $50.

All students are expected to bring their own morning tea & lunch at Hutt Intermediate, or you can use the Lunchonline delivery system https://www.lunchonline.co.nz/. 

NOODLES: Please do not bring noodles that need cooking for lunch, unfortunately due to microwaves being held up for those needing a school meal and mess continuously being left behind, this service is no longer available.

Unfortunately we do not get any funding for a free school lunch program. If your child does not have lunch with them they should do the following;

1. Let their classroom teacher know at morning tea time (or before).

2. If there is someone at home who can drop off some lunch, call home via the office (they should not be doing this more than once!)

3. Failing that, they can bring a note from their class teacher at 12.20pm to come and get a hot meal from the Food Tech department (we make microwavable meals as part of our manaakitanga (kindness/hospitality) project in class).

4. We want our lunches to be as accessible as possible to those who need them; no one should go hungry! However this service is NOT for students who;

If we feel people are taking advantage of the system we will call home to check there is a valid reason.

 

SUBWAY lunch orders will be available on Tuesday.  Your child’s order must be placed on line and paid before 9.30am on each Tuesday morning and will be delivered to your child at the beginning of lunch time.

 

Please follow the instructions below for ordering:

 

·      Go to subway.co.nz and choose the Online Ordering option

 

·      Select the School Lunch Programme option by pressing the green bar Order Now

 

·      This will take you to the login page.

 

·      If you already have a Subway card / account, you just login in with your existing details

 

·      If you don’t have an existing account, please register (you will only need to do this on the first time)

 

·      Once you have logged in you will automatically be directed to the School Lunch option you have already selected

 

·      Select Hutt Intermediate from the drop-down list of schools

 

·      Under ‘Class’ please type the class in where it says ‘Enter class here’ (don’t use the drop-down box on the left as they do not match our classes)

 

·      Put your child’s name in ‘Student Name’ box

 

·      Proceed by pressing NEW ORDER and follow the step by step ordering process

 

·      The order will automatically assume you are ordering for the next Tuesday available

 

·      You will need to pay on line and if you wish you can save the details for future orders

 

Lunchonline is availabe at Hutt Intermediate School. Please see the following details on how to register.

We are aware that there are a number of COVID positive cases within our community.   Although there are no official regulations regarding isolating, we request you keep students at home for 5 days and do not send any students to school if they are unwell.

 

The School day commences at 8.55am and finishes at 3.00pm. Punctuality is important. Students are required to bring their PE gear to school every day. 

 

Please remember to notify school before 9.00am if your child will not be at school for all or part of the day. You can do this via our website or by calling our absence line PH: 570 3101. This reduces the lengthy process of contacting you to check on absences. We use an electronic absence notification system, which means you will be initially contacted via text message and/or email when your child is away and no notification has been received. 

Students arriving late for school must sign in using Vistab on arrival before going to class. This is located at the main office. 

DIRECT PAYMENT 

Below are the Direct Payment details for paying school donations, class trips and activities.  Please make sure to reference all payments. 

 

Hutt Intermediate School Direct Payment Details 

Account Name: - Hutt Intermediate School Board 

Account Number: - 12 3142 0339812 00 

 

PLEASE CLEARLY STATE THE DETAILS OF YOUR PAYMENT: 

 

              Student’s Name – Surname and first name initial is adequate 

              Class Number 

              What the payment is for – EOTC / Donation / Electives etc 

Water Only School

Hutt Intermediate is registered as a water only school.  Please ensure that students only bring water to school.