Kia Ora Koutou Katoa 

It was great to see so many of you at our Whānau picnic last week. We were lucky with the weather and the games of Danish Rounders and Touch Rugby were keenly contested by children, staff and parents alike. 

By now your child should have started to settle into life here at Hutt Intermediate. We realise that for some of our tamariki the transition to a new school or a new class is not as smooth as they, or you, would like. There are a variety of reasons for this. However, whatever the reason may be, if your child is having difficulty adapting to their new environment or is having any other problems, please contact the class teacher immediately. We find that when we are alerted early we can all work together to put solutions in place.  Please get in touch about any issues as soon as possible to prevent things escalating unnecessarily.

A public service announcement!!! Please do not park over our neighbours' driveways or on yellow lines. This causes all sorts of disruptions to our neighbours and to the flow of traffic around the school. Police do patrol our area on a regular basis after school and they do issue infringement notices. Your consideration here is greatly appreciated. 

We have also noticed many of our tamariki have a poor knowledge of basic pedestrian safety. We have already had concerned parents and members of the public contact us about children running across the road without looking and stepping out on crossings without checking to see if drivers have stopped for them. If your child walks, scoots or cycles to and from school can you please reinforce to them the basics of pedestrian safety. 

One of the many great things about an Intermediate School is the variety of activities tamariki can involve themselves in. With this in mind we publish our daily bulletin on our website https://www.his.school.nz/newsletter_sets/2-daily-bulletin/years/2025 so that you can see what is happening at school and encourage your child to sign up. This bulletin is also shared with the students daily and it is expected that they will take responsibility for signing up and attending meetings.

We have had a very busy start to the school year! Thank you to all the helpers who attended the team trips to Ākau Tangi Sports Centre this week. There are many more activities planned in our Term 1 calendar. Coming up in the next few weeks we have our first Whānau Rōpū meeting, our school athletics day and preparation for our Year 8 camps in early March. The dates for these are on our website calendar and we hope to see many of you at these events.

It looks like summer has arrived at last so we hope you have a great weekend enjoying the sun.

Ngā mihi

Mike, Catriona and Tracey

Thank you to all of the whānau members who have taken the time to complete our Whānau Information Survey which was linked to the QR codes around the school. It would be fantastic to get 100% response to this. The code will be up in your child's class and on noticeboards around the school over the next week. You can also click on the link below to go to the form.
Whānau Information Form

He mihi tenei ki a koutou katoa, 

Nau mai, haere mai. 

We would like to invite you to our first whānau hui to be held in our staffroom at Hutt Intermediate from 5 - 6pm on Wednesday the 26th of February.  This is an opportunity for us to share what we have done so far as well as outline the direction of our kura for the future.
 

We will meet in the staffroom and kai will be provided. 

Ngā mihi nui, 

All students are expected to bring their own morning tea and 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.  Regrettably, 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.

 

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 of Trustees

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.