Hāwera Primary School

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Hāwera Primary is a caring community of lifelong learners who strive ever and always for higher and better things.

Email: admin@haweraprimary.school.nz
Website: https://sites.google.com/haweraprimary.school.nz/haweraprimaryschool
Location: 261 South Road, Hawera, New Zealand
Phone: 06 2787709
Facebook: facebook.com/haweraprimaryschool

Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou katoa - Greetings to you all!

Welcome to our first school newsletter for 2021. WOW what an excellent and exciting start we have had!

Some highlights include our Whakatau to welcome our new staff, students and their whanau on Day 1, it was lovely to see so many new faces. We look forward to getting to know you and wish you all the best during your time at HPS. We extend a special welcome to our new staff members Michelle Kivell who has made a great start to her teaching career in Mataara-M3 and Shyanne Hikaka who is doing a wonderful job as our additional cleaner.

Currently we are also hosting several student teachers we wish Mckenzie Annabell, Ella Dazley, Josh Wakeling, Karla Swainson and Victoria Arnold all the best. We thank you for your contribution and hope you enjoy your time at HPS. They are all great additions to our fantastic HPS team!

The junior students also enjoyed a wonderful time at Nowell's Lake and other activities as part of the beginning of the year Out & About experiences. Thank you to all those involved.

Despite Level 2 restrictions we were fortunate enough to be able to continue with another highly successful Year 5-6 Vertical Horizon Camp. Thank you to our dedicated staff and excellent parent helpers for your huge efforts to give these students an awesome experience. They have been sharing lots of funny stories and made a tonne of cool memories which is what camp is all about.

We look forward to hearing all about the Year 3&4 adventures following their camp next week, thank you to those who have returned their permission slips etc if you have not please do so as soon as possible.

Our Kapa Haka and Mau Rakau groups are up and running with great enthusiasm. The students are showing amazing retention and commitment to grow as leaders. It's also wonderful to see so many new students keen to be involved and learn something new! Thank you to our tutors Matua Lui Domb and Matua Bodene Masters-Tewhare your expertise is a great asset to our school. Ka mau te wehi!

We would like to thank one of our past principals Mr O'Brien for giving up his time to provide extra swimming lessons with some of our older students. He is pleased to report nearly all of the students involved have graduated and can confidently swim a length of our pool. Well done kids, keep practising!

Senior Swimming Sports are on Tuesday IF we are still at Level 2 this will be closed event we will only take the competitive swimmers and it will be staff only NO SPECTATORS. We will swim the non-competitive events at school at a later date, we look forward to seeing lots of 'personal best' efforts. The Spragg Banner team will then be named by Thursday, ready for this rescheduled event on Friday 12th March. We will let you know the details asap.

We have some exciting things coming up including Free & Healthy School Lunches Programme, Saturday Morning Netball and Southern Shield Rugby League Tournaments. Please see the attached information further down the newsletter.

Our new student management system HERO is off to a great start, thank you to those who have downloaded the app and are using it already. If you are having any issues or need some help please pop in and see us. There is some more handy information below. Remember to let us know straight away if you have a change of details etc. Over the year we will begin to roll out our even more great features like student goals so that you can also track your child's progress and achievement. Exciting times ahead....

MAJOR ROADWORKS begin on South Road on Tuesday 9th March, it will be one lane with no parking or access from Collins to Vogel Street. ALL STUDENTS will need to be picked up and dropped off from the back carpark. We will provide additional parking in a roped off area on the field. More information below. Thank you for your understanding and patience.

Have a safe and relaxing long weekend everyone.

‘Ma te huruhuru ka rere te manu - Adorn the bird with feathers so it can fly’

Shevaun O'Brien

PRINCIPAL

TARANAKI ANNIVERSARY Monday 8th March- SCHOOL CLOSED

Senior Swimming Sports Tuesday 9th March at Hawera Aquatic Centre

Year 3&4 Camp Thursday 11th -Friday 12th March

Spragg Banner District Swimming Champs- Friday 12th March

BOT Meeting- Monday 15th March

Whanau Picnic & Swim- Wednesday 24th March 5-7pm at Hawera Primary Pool

Junior Swimming Demonstration-Thursday 18th March 11.30am at Hawera Primary Pool

Southern Shield Rugby League Tournament- Year 5&6 only Thursday 25th March

GOOD FRIDAY- Friday 2nd April NO SCHOOL

EASTER MONDAY-Monday 5th April NO SCHOOL

EASTER TUESDAY-Tuesday 6th April NO SCHOOL

TEACHER ONLY DAY-Tuesday 13th April

Howie Tamaiti Rugby League- Wednesday 14th April

Science Roadshow (Selected Students)- Wednesday 14th April

Term 1 ends- Friday 16th April

Term 2 starts-Monday 3rd May

At the end of last year the BOT selected two new members to fill existing vacancies, here is the first introduction.

Hello, my name is Allan Proudfoot and I have lived in Hawera for just over 12 years after transferring up from Palmerston North.

My family is a blended family of five children; where one has left the nest, three are at High School and my youngest currently attends Hawera Primary School.

One of our children has intellectual disabilities; our journey has been long and full of trials, tribulations and celebrations. From the support my family has received from schools, services and the community, joining Hawera Primary School Board of Trustees is just one small way of me giving something back.

I have worked in the Dairy Manufacturing sector for 32 years and through numerous rolls I have undertaken I have picked up a wide range of skills that I could bring to the board.

I am very excited about this opportunity and are looking forwards to working with the Board to ensure Hawera Primary School and its students continue to positively grow and develop.

SH3 HAWERA, TARANAKI – ESSENTIAL REPAIRS

Plan ahead for two weeks of WESTBOUND ROAD CLOSURES between Denby Rd and Collins St, starting on Tuesday 9 March, for essential road surface repairs. South Road will be one lane with no parking or access from Collins to Vogel Street.

Our crews will be on-site from Monday to Friday each week, between 5am-8pm. Westbound traffic will be diverted by Puriri St, while eastbound will be under STOP/GO traffic management.

Please note these works may be postponed at short notice due to weather and other factors.

ALL STUDENTS will need to be picked up and dropped off from the back carpark. We will provide additional parking in a roped off area on the field.

Thank you for your patience while these important works take place.

Haumarutia tō haere - Drive safe.

Purposes:

To maintain the aspects of the Covid 19 alert levels that worked well and had positive outcomes for our learners

To minimise disruption, distractions and extend learning time in the afternoons

To increase our student's independence, resilience and self-management skills particularly those of our youngest students.

To protect our health and safety by allowing us to quickly and efficiently identify who has been on our school grounds within a set timeframe should the need occur.

Before School

-No students should arrive before 8.30am (unless there are special circumstances arranged with the classroom teacher), apart from the road patrollers at 8.20 am

-Parents/Caregivers are welcome to take their children to class from 8.30-8.50am daily. This is a great time to catch up with their teacher/visit the office etc.

-Our school whanau are invited to attend our weekly assemblies at 9am on Fridays, you do not need to sign in for this.

During the day 8.50am-3pm

-ALL visitors must sign in and out at the office

-Please DO NOT go straight to the student's classroom or bag area, we can call them over or drop off lunches/gear etc.

After School

-The front main and side carparks are closed to the public from 2.30pm-3.15pm daily, please do not enter.

-No student should exit the school grounds before 3pm unless they are accompanied by a parent/caregiver. Students must wait at the gate until the end of day bell rings.

-All students exiting the school via South Road will be taken to the front middle gate, please DO NOT collect them from the classroom, carpark or on their way to the gate.

-Parents/Caregivers please wait to collect your child from outside the front middle gate or back carpark if they are not walking or riding home independently.

-Only the parents/caregivers of students with additional needs should be entering the school grounds and only if required.

-Any students who are not collected by the time the duty teachers come in will be dropped off at the school office to wait.

Other

-Lunch orders can be completed in class, a runner will be sent around to collect them. Additional envelopes and order forms can be sent home upon request.

-Teachers collect up all permission slips and money to be handed in each morning. Alternately there is eftpos available in the office or you can set up an automatic payment with Mel in the office.

-If your child is showing any signs of being unwell please keep them home until fully recovered, students who become sick during the school day will need to be collected from the sick bay as soon as possible.

-Please remember to model road safety to your child/ren by using the school crossing and avoiding parking on yellow lines, bus parks and across driveways.

We are always open to hearing from you and working together. If you have any questions or feedback please contact your child's teacher via HERO or through a message through the office at your earliest convenience.

Netball permission slips have been seen home, please contact the office if you haven't received one yet. Remember they must be returned by Wednesday 10th March so we can enter our teams.

We are having our rescheduled Swimming Sports on Tuesday 9th March at the Hawera Aquatic Centre. This is a huge day and lots of fun for all involved. We will be walking down at 9.00am sharp. The first event will begin at 9.30 am.

After the swimming sports we head to the park for a picnic lunch and a play at about 1.00 pm. If you wish to take your child from the pool during the course of the day please let Mrs Webb (who will be wearing a yellow vest) know as the rest of the staff will be super busy.

Your child must have:

-a substantial packed lunch & drink bottle

-walking shoes

-sunhat & sunscreen

-togs & towel (worn underneath clothes to school-to allow for a quick change)

STUDENTS ARE STONGLY ENCOURAGED TO DRESS IN THEIR HOUSE COLOURS!!!!!!!!! ☺

Upon arrival at the pool children are to get changed and seated in their house groups. This area is marked off, we respectfully request for ease of supervision/management that spectators do not sit in or remove their children from this area.

All students must enter at least three individual events and a maximum of six (this does not include the fun events 15 & 16). Swimming is an important life skill. Your child is expected to participate unless they are medically unable if this is the case they must have a written signed note from a parent/caregiver. Underneath is a list of events. Your child has selected these with their teacher.

Rumour has it we have a super quick team of swimmers representing the Teachers this year so we are looking for some parents/caregivers who are keen to participate in a 50m freestyle relay. Please let Ms O’Brien know at the start of the day if you are keen.

We look forward to seeing you all down there for what promises to be a great day.

Any questions or queries please email Ms O’Brien principal@haweraprimary.school.nz

School Swimming Champs= the boy/girl with the most points overall across the longest race for each of the four strokes at the school swimming sports

The Spragg Banner team will be selected following our Senior Swimming Sports and finalised before Thursday 11th March.

We are trying something new, we have sent out a permission slip via HERO to those students who indicated they would like to play.

Please contact the office if you need help getting on Hero or you didn't receive one and your Year 5-6 child would like to participate. See below for more details

The Government is currently introducing a free, healthy, daily school lunch in some schools for all students. We are really excited to let you know that our school will be joining the free lunch programme from in Term 2, 2021.

All parents want to provide their children with a lunch every day. But, as you will know, there are many reasons parents can struggle, often through no fault of their own. We know that some of you will have been particularly affected by the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Offering a lunch for all our children who need it will go some way to helping families and whānau to support their children and tamariki. This is why we have decided to take part in this programme.

Lunches will cater for the diet, health and cultural needs of our students, and we will work with suppliers and the Ministry of Education to make sure they are healthy and nutritious. All suppliers will be required to meet New Zealand food safety standards.

The lunches will be available for all our students. While we know there are hungry children in every community, we do not always know who they are. Providing a lunch to every child means we do not need to single-out those who need it more than others. However, lunches are not compulsory, and you can continue to provide your child’s own lunch if you wish.

We have worked with the Ministry of Education on the best way to meet our school’s needs. We have opted to join a group of schools and have selecting approved suppliers now that the Ministry’s open tender processes has been completed

We are delighted to announce the following suppliers for our school, we have attached some sample menus so you can get an idea of what they will be providing.

MONDAY- Tika Catering

TUESDAY- Subway

WEDNESDAY- Tika Catering

THURSDAY-Tika Catering

FRIDAY- Subway

Please let us know if your child has any special dietary requirements or allergies (if you haven't already) as soon as possible .

Lunches will be delivered to the classrooms in class lots, teachers will be distribute lunches to individuals. Students with special requirements will have named lunches. All packaging and food scraps will be returned to the hall to be collected by our suppliers. Any spare lunches will be refridgerated and distributed as required.

If your child is out of school at 1pm for an appointment etc, their lunch will be put aside for them to enjoy upon their return. Nobody will miss out. Our suppliers have indicated they are happy to arrange pick up and drop off at our various camps and school trips.

The programme will run until the end of 2021 and will be evaluated whilst it is running. This will include feedback from schools, students and suppliers about what the lunches are like, how they are delivered, and if they have an impact on students’ learning and achievement.

This information will help to decide whether to continue beyond 2021, and what an ongoing programme might look like. You can find out more about the programme at: www.education.govt.nz/free-and-healthy-school-lunches

If you have any further questions, please contact our office, or the Ministry at school.lunches@education.govt.nz

Mahi Tika Mahi Pono to provide healthy food and employment to our community. Tika Catering is a proudly Maori owned business with a focus to build and provide meaningful positive work opportunities for our community. To encourage our people to build skills in the food and beverage industry. A lot of our other catering work is done on Marae. This also provides an experience to work Marae kitchens and leads to further build capability to manaaki Iwi/hapu when required in such situations for example tangihanga ect. While Tika Catering is relatively new. The drive to build this business is from to passion and desire to nurture and grow our people and to normalize Maori practices in the workplace.

Subway is committed to providing all our customers with a choice of healthy, locally produced foods and our business started as a way for customers to create their own food using the freshest of locally-sourced ingredients. We were first established in New Zealand in 1995, but our restaurants are part of the Subway® global franchised food business, with 40,000 individually owned and operated businesses in more than 100 countries. Each of our 250 New Zealand restaurants are individually owned and operated New Zealand small businesses. All our chicken, beef, turkey, fresh vegetables and fruit are all 100% New Zealand farmed, with our bread also produced by a New Zealand company.

As Owner operator of Subway Hawera, I am excited about the opportunity to be able to supply fresh and healthy lunches to the students. I have had the pleasure of running the Hawera store for the past 15 years, 8 of those as the franchisee. Over the past 13 years I have run a successful school lunch program with many schools, and it is lovely to be able to support so many of these kids, gala and pet days. I also sponsor sport teams and many local charity events throughout the South Taranaki community. I have hired many school students from the local high school over the years, it is so rewarding to be the first employer of these teenagers and offer them the skills to take on the wider world when they have moved off to Uni or full-time employment. I have a team of 10 staff in Hawera Subway and we are very much like a family, most of the crew have worked in the store for over 2 years with myself and one other over 15. I hope in increase the number of local staff hired within the store as a result of this programme. We are strongly focused on sustainability and our impact on the environment through the products and services we provide to the community. Subway are a large supporter to the South Taranaki region, our bread, cookies and danish are made at Yarrows the Baker in Manaia and Cheese is produced at Fonterra Eltham. Our mantra on dealing with local suppliers is to create win-win scenarios to ensure all dealings are sustainable for both parties.

The Hero your parents want.

Hero is a powerful and secure online sharing platform that can be customised to reflect the curriculum, vision and values of any school. Built by teachers, school leaders and parents to help schools reduce workload, increase student agency and support parents to understand progress.

Hero packages allow schools to add functionality when they need to and caters for schools who want to start small with sharing through to a fully featured, complete student information system!

Landing Page - bringing all your communication channels together

Customise your landing page with links to school website, social media and complimentary digital platforms.

Absence notifications from mobile app

Allow caregivers to message absences directly from within the App.

School Calendar in mobile app

Keep families and students up to date with upcoming events via an integrated calendar built right into the Hero app.

School Term dates in mobile app

No more manual updating the website with your school dates, give parents access to current and future term dates from within the Hero app.

Community surveys and trip permissions

Reduce the use of paper even further by publishing permission slips on to the Hero app so that families can quickly and easily give permission from with the Hero app. Schools will have the responses saved into the app for planning.

Tino pai Kata, great maths mahi!

Miharo Jax, excellent maths and presentation of your learning

Congratulations Saphire, thank you for always showing the KAHA Way! Ka pai!

Ka rawe Celestial, we love it when you role-model showing The KAHA Way! Keep it up!

Way to go T'Neal, Braxton and Izzy, keep earning lots of points for showing 'The KAHA Way'!

Tino pai Aaliyah, it great to see you showing so much pride in your maths! You shine!

Ka rawe Jah, thank you for being such an honest and kind member of the HPS whanau. Stay awesome!

Miharo Areta and Olivia, thank you for showing kindness and looking after others so beautifully!

Ka pai Oli and Carter check out your amazing handwriting, we are so impressed with what you can do already. Keep shining!

Here's a little sample of some of the fun at our recent camp, as you can see the kids had a blast! Check out the big smiles and happy excitement on their faces.

The school office is open each day from 8.30am to 3.30pm. If your child is going to be absent for any reason can you please phone the office, send a message via HERO email Mel (admin@haweraprimary.school.nz) oprior to 8.30am. There is a message option on our phone system. These options are all available 24/7.

Need to talk? Free call or text 1737 any time for support from a trained counsellor.

Lifeline 0800 543 354 (0800 LIFELINE).

Youthline 0800 376 633, free text 234 or email talk@youthline.co.nz or online chat.

Samaritans 0800 726 666.

We are happy to announce we will resume Lunch Shack orders from next Friday 29th May.

Order forms and envelopes will now be kept in each class from now on, teachers will arrange for them to be sent to the office in the morning after the roll.

Please note the following important health and safety information:

"As a food manufacturer and supplier we follow strict health and safety which include regular sanitation of all work benches and utensils, along with regular washing of hands.

All lunches will be prepared and placed in tubs with lids for each class, we will deliver to the reception using gloves and masks, then the bins can be delivered to each class. We can then collect tubs from reception."

Thea Haunton- Lunch Shack Bakery

We are now able to order school lunches from Subway on a Wednesday. Envelopes are available from the your child's classroom.

Mini Subs $3.50 - 6 inch $4 - Cookies $1 - Water $2.

Orders need to be place BEFORE 9am Wednesday (no late orders accepted as Subway collects the money)

Please provide correct money -

Hawera Primary will NOT be able to change money for the children.