18 February 2000
Newsletter No. 2000/1
Dear Parents/Caregivers
Welcome back to those of you who have had students with us before and a
special welcome to those of you who have children with us for the first time. Newsletters
such as this are prepared regularly and distributed through classes. If two or three weeks
have gone by and you have not seen one, your son or daughter will have one in their bag!
Last year we sent out approximately 15. This year we are trialling posting out four
newsletters one each term. We also "post" our newsletter on the school
website and run a regular monthly page in the "Hutt News" which carries a
calendar of events among other items.
New Staff
We welcome the following teachers to our staffroom:
Mrs L Burr |
Mathematics |
Ms E Halliwell |
Art |
Mr S Lange |
Music |
Mrs E McAfee |
English/Drama |
Ms Munro |
Technology |
Ms L Pace |
Food Technology |
Mr A Sagar |
Technical |
Mr A Vythilingam |
Economics |
Ms A Wallace |
Science with Biology |
We welcome Dr M Asare back to the Mathematics Department, Mrs V Duguid,
Guidance, Mrs S Langley, Languages, and Mrs N Dick to the office.
Term Dates 2000
- Tuesday 1 February Friday 7 April
- Wednesday 26 April - Friday 30 June
- Monday 17 July - Friday 22 September
- Monday 9 October - Friday 8 December
Public Holidays
- Good Friday Friday 21 April (occurs in school holidays)
- Easter Monday Monday 24 April (occurs in school holidays)
- Anzac Day Tuesday 25 April
- Queens Birthday Monday 5 June
- Labour Day Monday 23 October
Parent Teachers Association Meeting
The PTA meeting will commence at 7.00 p.m. in the school staffroom on
March 20th. The Annual General Meeting for the Parent Teachers Association will
commence immediately after. All are welcome.
School Fees
The Board recommends an annual donation of $165 per year for each
student, with a maximum of $330 per family. Payment may be made in a lump sum, by termly
amounts or by direct credit. In the latter case, please contact the school office for
details. We remind you that these donations are tax deductible. We
enjoyed excellent support last year. If you can manage to make your donation before 31
March the school benefits through the early use of your donation, and you gain the
earliest possible tax refund. Please contact the Principal, in
confidence, if you have any concerns about this matter.
Coming Events
February |
Tuesday 22 |
Athletics Finals, Hutt Rec. |
Thursday 24 |
Postponement Day: Athletics Finals |
Concert : Thomas Hecht, Pianist |
Saturday 26 |
Dragonboat Festival |
Monday 28 |
3rd Form/7th Form Social |
March |
Wednesday 1 |
1st XI Boys Cricket vs Non-Descripts |
Thursday 2 |
Athletics Hutt Zone Championships, Hutt Rec. |
Tuesday 7 |
Wairarapa Sports Exchange |
Thursday 9 |
North Island Boys Waterpolo Championships till Sunday |
Tuesday 14 |
Wellington Regional Athletics: Newtown |
Monday 20 |
Palmerston North GHS Exchange |
Tuesday 28 |
Polyclub Exchange with Naenae |
Thursday 30 |
North Island Waterpolo Girls Championships till Sunday |
Friday 31 |
Japan Trip to 17th April |
April |
Tuesday 4 |
7.30 p.m. Jazz Evening |
Thursday 6 |
Waterpolo Boys Nationals till Sunday |
Friday 7 |
3rd Form Option reports issued |
Parents Interview Evenings
Tuesday 21st March 4.30 p.m. |
3rd Form |
Wednesday 29th March 4.30 p.m. |
4th Form |
Appointment slips will be sent out the week prior to the interview date.
Education Review Office: On-Line
School and early childhood centre accountability review reports
confirmed after 1 July 1997 are now available on the ERO website : www.ero.govt.nz/.
School Office
The School Office would be grateful to have any old
towels or flannelette sheets for cleaning up. Also the Fashion Department would
appreciate any old magazines (Fashion, New Idea, Womens Weekly, Sport, National
Geographic, etc.). These may be dropped off at the School Office.
Ad Alta Uniform Shop
Normal shop hours are as follows:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday |
8.15 10.00 a.m. |
Monday, Wednesday and Friday |
2.30 - 4.30 p.m. |
Thursday evening |
6.30 - 8.30 p.m. |
The telephone number during shop hours - 570-3551.
We are currently in need of good quality pre-used uniforms jerseys, skirts,
polo-shirts and grey trousers. If your student has outgrown their uniform or is now in the
7th Form and not requiring the above items, we would like to buy them from you.
Please bring them into the Uniform Shop during opening hours. Thank you.
Student ID Cards
This year we would like to encourage ALL students to get a
student ID card from school. They will be compulsory from 2001. We
see them as having the potential to assist us in the safe and efficient running of the
school.
We have, for some time now, been concerned about the possibility of
strangers entering the school grounds during the day, and if all students have an ID card,
we will be able to establish quickly whether someone has the right to be here.
The library would like to use the cards as issue cards. This will speed
up issues, and enable us to keep a much closer track of books that are not returned.
These cards cost $6, and the ordering and issuing of cards is organised
by the Student Council.
Skateboard Protocols
We are happy for students to bring skateboards to school as long as they appreciate
that there are conditions governing their use.
- Skateboards are to be put into the lock-up before the start of morning school. They are
not to be taken into lessons.
- Boards may be retrieved from the lock-up at lunchtime, for use on the back courts only,
and must be returned to the lock-up before the start of afternoon lessons.
- Skateboarding does not entitle students to wear non-regulation items of clothing. It is
essential that the school uniform code is respected. Non-uniform garments will be
confiscated and returned on the Thursday of the following week.
- Students using the back courts for skateboarding are expected to help keep the area
litter free, and to remove any material used for jumps etc. at the end of lunchtime.
It is the responsibility of all skateboarders to ensure that these requirements
are met. Non-compliance may lead to skateboards being banned altogether from school.
Homework Diary
All students have been issued with a free homework diary. We will be
trying to make full use of this - especially at Forms 3 and 4. All students receive
homework and it should be recorded in this diary. If you have concerns about homework
please contact your child's form teacher.
Travel
Students who travel by bus
Students will be required to produce I.D. if travelling in mufti on
school buses. Contact Cityline for timetables.
Students with motor vehicles
If a student wishes to drive a motor vehicle to school a form
requesting permission must be obtained from the office and returned completed and signed
by a parent.
If a student wishes to be a passenger in a motor vehicle
driven to school by a fellow student the intending passenger must also obtain the
appropriate form and return it to the office completed and signed by their parent.
Applications for both the above must be renewed every year.
The above requirement is not intended to interfere with a person's
perceived rights but to deter undesirable and dangerous incidents, e.g. the driving of a
vehicle in the vicinity of the school by an unlicensed person.
Road courtesy
Students using the crossing outside the school on Woburn Road, and
elsewhere should be considerate of other road users. Do not straggle across in one's and
two's.
Canteen
The canteen staff would like to welcome all new students and staff to
the school. The canteen is open every morning break and lunchtime and has a very large
selection of food and drinks available. We make all our own sandwiches, most of our rolls,
muffins and cakes on the premises and are happy to cater for special diets on request. All
profit is returned to the school via the Parents Association. We are very lucky to have
wonderful parents and 7th formers rostered on to help us and we couldn't do without them.
Parents are welcome to phone us on 570-3553 if they have any queries.
Multicultural Dinner and Entertainment
Please keep Friday 19th May free for our annual
Multicultural Dinner with entertainment. It is an excellent evening enjoyed by all who
attend.
General
Parents, guardians or others may only contact students during the day
at school in the case of a serious emergency. No messages will be delivered to children
unless senior staff approve. No member of the public may be in the school without the
prior approval of the Principal.
I would remind all parents/guardians that the custom and practice of
Hutt Valley High School, well supported in law, is that students will be clean-shaven. We
have no wish to become involved in unpleasant and time-consuming confrontation on this
matter. Please ensure that your son conforms to this requirement.
Community Education
Please call Teresa McCombie on 568-7521 for further details.
Congratulations to
PTA Garage Sale
An undeveloped film was found in a black satchel at the Garage Sale. If
you donated such a satchel and would like your film back, please contact the school
office.
Wellington College of Education
Wellington College of Education
are running meetings to introduce the Ministry of
Education guidelines on educating gifted students, which will be sent to schools in
the second term. These meetings will also outline the professional development programme Wellington College of Education is offering to schools
and issues concerning the education of gifted students. These issues who should be
considered as gifted or having a special ability, the need to adopt a schoolwide approach
to meeting the needs of gifted children, the importance of developing a parent/whanau
network and the legal responsibilities of schools.
They will be running meetings for parents, teachers and any interested
members of the community or whanau at Queen Margaret College Hall,
Hobson Street, Thorndon, Wellington on 21st February and at the Wairarapa Education Resource Centre, 340 Queen Street,
Masterton, on 24th February.
Graeme Marshall
Principal
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