The newsletter provides information about upcoming events at Pukekohe Hill School, including sports competitions, fundraising activities, and orientation events. It congratulates students who participated in netball and cross country and lists the top finishers. It also reminds families to return trophies and cups from the previous year's prizegiving and invites parents to the board of trustees meeting. Finally, it shares highlights from Room 10, including their learning about past and present, a train trip, and Maori language week activities.

1. PUKEKOHE HILL FAMILY NEWSLETTER
Phone 092386374 e.mail: admin@pukekohehill.school.nz www.pukekohehill.school.nz
No 25/15 26 August 2015 Name……………………………
DATES COMING UP
August:
26: Board Meeting 7pm
27: Chess at Rosehill
Central Cross Country
28: Daffodil Day appeal
29: Arts Festival opens
Start of September:
1: Y6 Orientation evening at
Intermediate
2: Franklin Cross Country
8-10: MiniWheels lunchtimes
8: Tititorea school challenge!
NIFTY NETBALLERS
Congratulations to our Year 3-6
netballers who have recently
enjoyed several Franklin
competition days. Special
thanks to our netball champion
Mrs McNaughten, to all the
teacher and parent coaches, and
to parents who supported our
players at the tournaments.
GOLD COIN DAFFODIL
DAY THIS FRIDAY
Each year, Hill School
supports the Cancer
Society’s Daffodil day
appeal. This Friday, 28
August, children are
encouraged to bring a gold coin
donation to school for a class
coin trail. Each child who
makes a donation will receive a
daffodil in appreciation.
CROSS COUNTRY
Congratulations to our Year 3-6
students who took part in last
week’s school cross country.
After training for a number of
weeks, the day was perfect for
running, and 40 students have
qualified for Central Champs on
Thursday.
Only 1000 metres to go!
Top 3 place getters in their
races were:
Yr 3 Girls: Cathy Wong,
Kalia Frost, Amy Pirret.
Yr 3 Boys: Sione Taupaki,
Thomas Henderson, Rhen
Pressnell.
Yr 4 Girls: Emerson Dalziel,
Ripeka Navunicagi, Payton
Murphy
Yr 4 Boys: Jack Shaw, Liam
Mould, Preston Brydon
Yr 5 Girls: Bella Earl, Riley
Jenkins, Priyanka Khusal.
Yr 5 Boys: Shaun
McNaughten, Cavalera
McCarthy, Andrew Cotter.
Yr 6 Girls: Naimh Baxter,
Ariane Bell, Mackenzie
Armitage.
Yr 6 Boys: Mason Johnston,
Asahi Smith, Blake Dooner-
Wakeling.
LET’S KEEP THEM
MOVING!
WALKING SCHOOL BUS
Thanks to those parents who
came to last week’s meeting and
especially those who have
volunteered to start a “Walking
School Bus” next term. Look out
for more information about this
great way of promoting more
student and family walking and
reducing the number of cars
around the school.
TROPHIES AND CUPS
RETURNED PLEASE
Calling all families who had
students who were awarded
cups and trophies at
Prizegivings at the end of 2014.
These are now needed back at
school as we prepare for
Prizegiving 2015.
So, please give them a clean and
polish and send them back to
Mrs Hari in the office as soon as
possible.
BOARD MEETING
TONIGHT
WEDNESDAY AT 7.00PM
This evening, Wednesday 26
August at 7.00pm in the
staffroom, the Board of
Trustees holds its next meeting.
The agenda covers policy
review, areas of student
achievement, class highlights,
Te Huarahi, property
development and finance.
Meetings are open to the public
and you are most welcome.
ARTS EXHIBITION
Open 28 Aug – 6 September at
Town Hall and Franklin Arts
Centre and features school art
including from Hill students.

2. INTERMEDIATE
ORIENTATION YEAR 6’s
There is an Orientation evening
at Intermediate next week on
Tuesday 1 September from 6 –
7.30pm for our Year 6 students
and their families.
PTA YUMMY APPLES
Yummy Apples Promotion:
Last days for sending these
Yummy Apple stickers or
barcodes from Pak’n Save and
New World is 11 September.
Just stick them on the sheets
(extra sheets are at the office)
and send back to school so we
can redeem for free sports gear!
CLASSROOM
HIGHLIGHTS
Each month several teachers
and students provide a Class
Highlights report to the Board
of Trustees and parts are shared
in Family Newsletters.
Room 10 is a class of
enthusiastic 5 year olds. All
OUR children are very keen to
learn and work hard to achieve
their learning goals, and have
made considerable progress.
The children enjoyed Term 2’s
concept which was “Past and
Present”. The trip on the
Glenbrook Steam Train was a
highlight and this gave the
children first hand experiences
of things from the Past. It is
always so encouraging to hear
the children who do not
communicate readily, speak
freely and with enthusiasm
while on these type of trips.
The train trip was a first for
many of the children.
To wind up Term 2’s concept
we had a Grandparents Day
where all the junior school
children invited their
Grandparents to school to share
their learning about “Past and
Present”. The children
performed Folk Dances then the
Grandparents came back to
class. The children asked
Grandparents questions about
their past, especially when they
went to school. Lots of the
Grandparents had many
interesting stories to tell.
This is what Room 10 children
say they really like about
learning:
They enjoy Reading and are
making pleasing progress in this
area. They like reading the little
readers and are very keen to
learn their letter sounds and the
basic sight words. Many love to
practise writing these words.
They like to write stories about
things special to them and are
keen to achieve their learning
goals. After they finish writing
their stories they can self-assess
their work to see if they have
been successful.
The children like to practise
Handwriting. They are learning
to form their letters correctly
using the Magic Caterpillar
formations. We have new
blackboards in the classroom
and practise forming letters on
these.
In Art the children have been
learning how to sew. They were
successful in creating a self-
portrait photo for Mother’s day
and a teddy bear and also learnt
how to do weaving.
This term we are learning about
the concept of “Movement”.
One highlight so far was the
visit from the Puppet Man who
put on a circus show with
marionette puppets. The
children were very intrigued to
see how these puppets work and
were able to have a turn with the
puppets.
Earlier this term it was Maori
Language week and the
children learnt new Te Reo,
including names of the days,
counting, greetings and ways to
answer the question “Who are
you?” - “Ko wai koe?” They
have also learnt some new
Maori action songs.
As well as learning Te Reo the
children learn greetings from a
variety of countries, and they
answer the roll with a different
greeting each week.
Room 10 is a busy classroom
where lots of learning, personal
development and fun is
happening every day.
Lorraine Watson
COMMUNITY NEWS
ASB Bank Offer: In the market
for a home loan? If you take out
an ASB home loan over
$150,000 before 31 December
this year, ASB will donate $500
cash to Hill. For details check
out asb.co.nz/schoolbanking
Pukekohe Metro Cricket
Club www.pmcc.hitscricket.com
Registration Dates for new and
existing members for the
upcoming season are Wed 2
Sep - 5.30-7.30pm, Sat 5 &
Sun 6 Sep 10am-1pm at the
Bledisloe Park clubrooms.
From ages 5 and up, all abilities.
Contact Amanda Davies
secretary@pmcc.org.nz
or 021 879737
Pukekohe Raceway Kids
Obstacle Duathlon:
Thursday 24th September
Open to Year 4 – 8 Individuals
and Two-Person Teams.
Run, Bike & Obstacle Course
Run. You can enter online:
www.bsgevents.co.nz
Graeme Rix – Principal