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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?
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- 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 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 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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