Hutt Intermediate Newsletter

Waiho i te toipoto, kaua i te toiroa Let us keep close together, not wide apart

Kia ora koutou katoa

We know a solid relationship between home and school is paramount for students to achieve their full potential, therefore we were delighted to see so many families coming in for our whānau conferences. Our teachers all commented on how much they value the time to talk with whānau, sharing successes and setting goals to ensure our students get the very best out of the remainder of the year. This is especially important for our Year 8 students as they prepare to transition to college next year. If you missed a chance to catch up with your child’s classroom teacher please don’t hesitate to get in touch with them should you have any questions or concerns.

Sadly the cold and flu season is well upon us with high student and staff absences due to illness. A gentle reminder, if your child is sick please do not send them to school. The current cold and flu strains are particularly virulent and we would like to limit their spread amongst students and staff.

Please remember we have robust systems and structures around the use of cellphones in school, their storage and how students are to contact whānau during the school day. Unfortunately, a number of students are circumventing these processes. Aside from the fact that it is now mandated by the Government that cell phone use during school hours is not permitted, the school does not take any responsibility for the loss or damage of a cellphone that has not been handed in at the start of the school day. It is also irritating for our staff when a child rings or texts a whanau member to come and take them home and the class teacher and office staff know nothing about the call. The correct process if a student is unwell, is for them to firstly speak to their teacher, who will send them to the office. Our office staff will then contact the designated contact person to arrange for them to be picked up. We appreciate your help to ensure our procedures are followed.

It looks like we are in for a long overdue spell of fine weather. We hope you all get a chance to get out and about and enjoy it. Fingers crossed the weekend activities all run as planned, and you get the opportunity to spend some quality time together.

Ngā mihi

Mike, Catriona and Tracey

Community Sports.

Community Sports starts on Wednesday 20th August. Emails have been sent out regarding what activity your child is in and payments for this need to be paid before Friday 22nd August. If we do not receive payments for these, your child will be moved into a school based activity. If you have not received information please contact Miss Presland on margaretp@his.school.nz.

Students will have lunch at the usual time. At 1pm students will return to their classrooms and move into their activity groups. Those going off site will be taken by bus to their event leaving at approximately 1:15pm. They will be at their activity each week from 1:30pm - 2:30pm and then return to school by bus arriving back at about 2:45pm.

Those who have a school based activity will be supervised between 1 - 1:30pm before starting their activity at 1:30pm with teachers.

Students will need to ensure they have their PE gear and water bottles.

If they are in squash, tennis, badminton or table tennis and have their own racquets they are welcome to bring these each week.

Touch Rugby Term 4

An email for Touch Rugby in Term 4 at Fraser Park has been sent out this week to those who have signed up. This can also be found on our school website if you have not received this.

If you child would like to be in a student organised team, please ensure that the list is given to me by Monday 1st September and all google forms need to be completed by Monday 8th September. Please remember all students need to ensure they complete a google form to be entered into a team.

Handball experience

On Thursday a group of 20 students were given the opportunity to attend a last minute Handball competition at Akau Tangi Sports Centre in Kilbirnie. It was a great experience for our students, who learnt a lot throughout the day and demonstrated some great skills.

WRISSA League/ Girls Flag

The teams to represent Hutt Intermediate at the WRISSA league and WRISSA girls flag tournament on Wednesday 27th August will be

WRISSA Hockey

Congratulations to our WRISSA Hockey team who attended the WRISSA Hockey tournament a few weeks ago. They played well throughout the tournament and managed to finish 5th overall. In addition to this they have secured a place in the Toi Whakaihuwaka tournament in October. Congratulations team.

Girls WRISSA Basketball

On Wednesday 6th August, our girls basketball team attended the WRISSA Tournament at Walter Nash. It was a great day of basketball with some real talent on show throughout the day. Our girls played hard and grew in confidence throughout the day, ending up 5th= with Naenae Intermediate.

A special thank you also goes to the students from H1 who came and helped out with scorebench for the day. It was fantastic to have you help out and you all were fantastic.

Boys’s Football vs St Bernard’s College.

On Thursday our boy’s football team had the opportunity to play against a St Bernard’s team at St Bernard’s. It was a great opportunity to play together again and continue to build the skills and team work. Thank you to Diego Serpa who took the team for the day.

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