Thank-you to our Fabulous Helpers!

On Friday, we had our annual thank-you morning tea to show our appreciation for all of the people that help our school.

Here are our students saying thank-you to all of our supporters.

A HUGE THANK YOU

Early this week one of our families had a difficult time when their house burnt down and left them with nothing. The community and school have come together to support the family by donating items for another house and also raising $497. Thank you everyone from the family and the school.

Year 6 WINNING Team

Six Lucky Year 6's got the chance to compete with other local schools at Waikowhai Intermediate school Community day. They took part in a range of sporting activities and problem solving where they had to work together as a team. They won $100 voucher for the Warehouse. I wonder what they will spend the money on.

WELL DONNNNEE Blue Hawks

The Blue Hawks came first out of their Saturday netball group tournament at Mt Roskill school. We are so delighted over their success.

Community Blue Hawks Celebration

The parents and families that supported the Saturday Netball 'The Blue Hawks" came together to celebrate the success of the children but also to say thank you  for everyone's hard work. We shall look forward to next year. 

150 PB4L Green Ticket WINNERS

On Friday 28th August 2 students who had achieved over 150 green PB4L tickets selected to have lunch with Mrs Galloway the Acting Principal. 

I am not sure who had more fun, Mrs Galloway or the students! 

Our PB4L Top Scorers Week 5

Hanley: Paul 60 green tickets 

Frizzell: Miraj 82 green tickets

Kahukiwa: Boston 108 green tickets

Morris: Beni 84 green tickets

O'Neil: Sami 149 green tickets

Flox: Vonairay 170 green tickets

McCahon: Rita 176 green tickets 

Wow, amazing PB4L work guys and enjoy selecting your prizes from the PB4L menu! 

Working with Hillsborough Kindergarten

YUWe are looking forward to our two newest students joining Hay Park School, Zion and Norman. 

Ashlyn and Sinead their Year 6 buddies meet with Zion and Norman each Friday over at the Kindergarten, getting them ready to start School. 

JUST 2 More Saturday Games for the Blue Hawks

Saturday 22nd and Saturday 29th are the last two weekends of games for the Hay Park Blue Hawks Team. Good luck, you have trained hard. 

Maths Week

Monday 17th August saw the start of MATHS WEEK! Mrs Rai organised a maths completion where students had to solve maths problems each day in the library. 

We ended the week with a Maths assembly where all the students shared their learning. 

An amazing week of maths learning. 

Visit to Camp

Last night, Mrs Rai, Miss Fortes and Mrs Galloway went to visit the Year 5 and 6 students on camp at Long Bay.

They were having an amazing time, having some free time in the park before dinner.

Maori Art Whanau Group

The students have been working hard on making their own taniwha though moulding. 

Watch this space and find out what they will do next! 

Graduation for Incredible Years for Parents

A huge congratulations to the parents who have successfully completed an amazing positive parenting programme. 

The parents have attended for 2 hours each week, for the last 14 weeks and they have expressed how the course has changed their thinking about how to deal with tricky behaviour at home. 

The parents were presented with certificates to mark the end of their hard work. Thank you to Russell Sua and Grant Taylor (the facilitators) for all your hard work. 

Getting off to a Good Start with CAMP

Our Year 5 and 6 students all made it on time this morning to catch the bus at 8am to Long Bay for their school camp. 

Mrs Galloway received a text from Mrs Kingston saying 'all arrived safely' and they were straight into activities'. We all hope they continue to have a great time despite the weather :-) 

PB4L Highest Green Ticket Holders

The students listed below have the highest scores in each class for Green PB4L tickets. They are the positive role models of their class. Excellent work. 

Frizzell Class: Fatimah  58

Kahukiwa Class: Boston  - 85

Morris Class: Beni - 69 

O'Neil Class: Daniel - 125

Flox Class: Vonairay - 118

McCahon Class: Shahid - 115

Give me a P, Give me a B, Give me a 4, Give me a L

This week the students and staff counted up the green tickets to see what rewards we would get for following the Hay Park Way. Which means:

Being Respectful

Being Safe

Being a Postive Learner 

We celebrated in a PB4L assembly :-) 

Ka pai to everyone 

Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori

This week each class has been focusing on Maori Language Week. 

This is a time for all New Zealandars to celebrate te roe Maori and use more Maori phrases in everyday life. 

Hay Park School celebrated all the language we had learnt by coming together in assembly and sharing what we had learnt! 

Thank you to Matua Edwards who played a fun Quiz to challenge student knowledge. 

Goodbye and Good Luck Mrs Aikman

The last week of Term 2 was spent saying farewell to our inspirational Principal Mrs Aikman as she is about to start a new journey as the Principal of  Takanini school.

Thank you to all the families and our community that supported the farewell and making it truly special for everyone.

GOOD LUCK MRS AIKMAN

Bikes for the Students

We are very grateful to have taken part in a kind donation by IAG, which saw 28 Hay Park School students getting new bikes and helmets.

The students and families enjoyed a trip to Eden Park. We got to see around the changing rooms and also we got to see the bikes being made with the teams from IAG. It was an amazing experience.

Big Hawks Vs Blue Hawks Netball Game

The students and staff took part in a fun netball game to help celebrate Margaret Aikman's last week as the Principal of Hay Park School.

The students had some strong words before the competition and they meant business on the netball court.

Ask the students who won the game.

Stardome Rockets

As part of our space concept the students had to design and make their own class rockets. 

John from Stardome then came along with some scientific equipment to launch the rockets into the sky. He just used water and air, it was pretty awesome. 

Ask the students who won the prizes for:

1. Best flight. 

2. Best dress rocket.