HPS is front page news!

We were thrilled to make the front page of the Central Leader!

Click here to read the article about our high achieving school.

Building Opening and Cultural Celebration

We were very pleased to bless and open our new building which houses our Staff Room, Library and a Modern Learning Environment - also known as a Classroom.

Our oldest and youngest students do the honour of cutting the ribbon.

All of our children came in cultural dress and shared cultural singing and dancing items with our school community. Once the formal part of the day was over, we had delicious food from food stalls set up by parents and whanau.

Joshua Tokelau and the Tongan Boys Dance Group.

The school choir performing.

2014 Year 6 Graduation Celebration

Yesterday we celebrated our Year 6's graduating from primary school. 

They had a graduation afternoon tea with whanau and other people who have helped them achieve all that they have during their time at Hay Park School, and they also shared some of their favourite memories and how HPS is special to them.

Here is a link to the collaborative film Year 6 worked on together. 

Kapa Haka

Every Friday the senior school works with the wonderful students from Waikowhai Intermediate School. The older students pass on their knowledge and support  to Hay Park School students in learning the Kapa Haka. It is great to be part of this experience and the students really enjoy learning something new.

A big THANK YOU to Roz Tuitama a teacher and Whaea Vicki  a parent from Waikowhai Intermediate School who help support the learning on the Kapa Haka.

Working With Hillsborough Kindergarten

Each Wednesday the Deputy Principal, Amanda Galloway, visits Hillsborough Kindergarten to work with students on early Literacy and Numeracy skills to help prepare them for starting school. This helps support the very successful transition programme for students into Hay Park School and helps students get off to a great start with their learning.

Ako Hiko Cluster Launch

This week 5 students went to talk to business men and women to promote their learning through the use of digital devices and help launch the Ako Hiko cluster to help raise funds to support the cluster of schools. 

They had an amazing time and loved talking and meeting all of the business people. They were able to make conversation, ask questions to find out information and answer questions about their learning and the Chromebooks. They were awesome and great Smoooozing.   

SNAG Golf

The first half of this Term our children are taking part in SNAG Golf in school. SNAG golf stands for Starting new at Golf.

The children are learning lots of new skills and really enjoy the challenge.

T-Ball Practice

We are really lucky at Hay Park School to have Russell supporting the students with getting a T-Ball team together to compete in the Eden Roskill competition every Saturday.

A huge THANK YOU to Russell for volunteering to train the team every Thursday lunch time. We have our fingers crossed that the team will do well and WIN!

Please feel free to come along and support and cheer the team at 41 Gifford Av. 

Library Time with Hillsborough Kindergarten

We love to work with our little friends next door from Hillsborough Kindergarten. On Thursday 23rd October Hillsborough Kindergarten walked across to join us  in our new Library with Room 1 students.  Everyone got to hear the story called the 'Scary Bear' and then everyone shared a book with a friend. We all learnt about how to look for a book to read and how to place the book back on the shelf. 

We look forward to seeing the Hillsborough Kindergarten every Thursday, to share a special time together. :-) 

Term 3: 100% Attendance Students

A huge WELL DONE to the following students who have achieved 100% attendance for Term 3 2014:

• Gargee
• Daphne
• Jay 
• Lyu
• Joseph C
• Genete
• Christoffer
• Hulita
• Nikheel
• Cicilia
• Sami T
• Shreya
• Petulisa
• Lolo
• Orlando
• Siliuasi
• Rita
• James
• Alaskah
• Shrey
• Arnav
• Taine

Coming to school everyday is a really important key to students learning.  Keep it up everyone and lets see who can get 100% attendance in Term 4. 

PB4L Leader Board on Green Tickets

We have had an excellent Term 3 with our PB4L Green Ticket Totals and we are all bursting with Pride. 

The School Council are currently debating the reward for students who have been awarded 150 Green Tickets for showing the Hay Park Way (Respectful, Postive Leaner and Being Safe). 

The HIGHEST TOTALS to date for 2014

Talilotu 212: Well done To Talilotu for having the most Green Tickets for Postive Behaviour for Learning

Shreya           179

Shrey             166

Joseph Ch     164

Carleece        163

Tuitofa           160

Simione         154

Hulita             148

Joseph HJ     145

Nikheel          144

Jayzel            144

Jahleena        136

Vonairay        135

Mark              135

Eddie             134

Ashlyn           132

Rose             132

Tyrone          131

Malachy        130

Cicilia            129

Breanna        127

Evangeline    127

Rita               127

BUT REMEMBER THERE IS STILL A WHOLE TERM TO GO!

SPCA Cupcake Day

Flox class baked up a storm for SPCA cupcake day. They baked and iced over 200 cupcakes and made $214 profit to donate to the SPCA. This is enough to provide a warm bed to a puppy for a week. 

Everyone at school enjoyed eating their delicious cupcakes. Well done Flox learners!

Hay Park School and May Road School collaborate on Genius Hour project.

On Tuesday the 2nd of September, McCahon and Flox learners walked to May Road School for our first Genius Hour collaboration session. 

Genius Hour allows students to learn about their passions and find out about things they want to know during a set period of time at school. McCahon and Flox learners have worked on Genius Hour projects before, but this is the first time we have collaborated with students from another school. May Road School is part of the Ako Hiko cluster so we went to team up with their Year 5 and 6 Chromebook classes. We had a great time getting to know new people and talking about our "I wonder" questions. A big thank you to May Road School for hosting us.

Take a look at this video to see what we got up to.

International Languages Week Mufti Day

On Friday the 22nd of August we had a mufti day to celebrate International Languages Week. Children came dressed in an outfit reflecting their culture - what a colourful day! We had prizes for the best dressed child in each class.

Here are the McCahon learners all dressed up in their cultural outfits.

PB4L Community Night

We had a great PB4L (Positive Behaviour 4 Learning) community night on the 20th of August.  Lots of parents came along to learn all about PB4L at Hay Park School and joined in for some Circle Time with children and teachers.

Thank you to Henry and Kay from the Board of Trustees who spoke about PB4L and how it helps their children to manage themselves positively both in and out of school. Remember the key to for PB4L is to remain positive - to model being positive and to reward the positives with a smile, a supportive word or a hug.

Tisi and Edwin from the Ministry of Education were impressed with our work to date with PB4L at our school. They were very impressed with the way our parents are joining us to create the most successful and positive home and school learning partnerships.

Here is a PB4L video made here at Hay Park School about being a respectful friend.

Rugby Zone Competition

On Tuesday the 19th of August, our Rugby team played in the Zone competition at Memorial Park in Mt Roskill. 

Our team came second after losing (2-3) in a very close game to Three Kings School. This is a great result considering the team has only been together for a couple of weeks. Thanks to Mr Pickering, our parent coach, for giving up your time to come in and coach the team. 

Hay Park School wins Zone Netball Competition.

Last week our students competed in the Zone Netball Competition - and we won!  Way to go team! 

On Thursday the 7th of August our Netball Teams competed in the zone competition. After 2 weeks of intensive coaching by Jenny Hurt and Mrs Galloway, we had an excellent result - with our A Team beating Mt Roskill Primary in the final to come first, and our B Team coming second. A fantastic result from our talented players. A big thank you to our excellent parent coach, Jenny Hurt. Thank you for giving up your time to help out. 

Hay Park School Sculpture Walk.

At the beginning of Term 2 we unveiled our new Sculpture Walk. During Term 1, each class worked on a sculpture together to be displayed somewhere in the school. We went on a school trip to the Botanical Gardens to see the Sculpture Walk and get some ideas about materials and form. Classes were inspired by different artists and worked through a series of ideas before coming up with and constructing their final sculpture. All of our sculptures are made from recycled or found objects - this kept us in budget and made us think outside the box and be creative. We had a great turn out of whanau and friends at our official opening, with students at each sculpture to explain the ideas and techniques behind it. 

A big thank you to Rachael Botica who curated our Sculpture Walk and helped us with inspiration, techniques, and sourcing materials.

You can take a look at the brochure we created below. 

• Outside page.
• Inside page.

Take a look at our classes page to see a photo of each sculpture.