Our Year 5s and Year 6s have had an amazing time with their EOTC Week and Makahika Camp! You will see by the photos and some student views that it was a great experience for them. We really appreciate the response to making the EOTC and Camp Related Donations and to those who chose the option of paying off throughout the year. It has meant these experiences could go ahead and gives us confidence to continue to plan for these events in the future.

 

A big thank you to the Senior Team and parent helpers who helped make these experiences safe, challenging and memorable for all our wonderful tamariki!

 

Our Year 6s have had a mini inquiry into leadership as they prepare to take on various roles of leadership throughout the school. All of these roles are important as they meet many needs in our school. Learning what leadership is, the skills required, and the discipline to carry out their roles is a life skill.

 

It was great to see our Road Patrollers undergoing their Refresher Training and the opportunity for other students to meet the requirements for this role. Thank you to all the whānau who supervise regularly each week. The support you give to the Patrollers gives them confidence to do their job responsibly and safely. It is much appreciated.

 

Ngā mihi nui  
Julie Henderson  

My favourite Year 5 EOTC activity was the zoo sleepover. I really liked the tour around the zoo at night. We learnt a lot about the nocturnal animals and the ranger told us lots of interesting information. 

By Jessie

 

 

On the Monday of EOTC week we went on a beautiful bush walk to Tunnel Gully! It was a magical section of bush called Tanes Track. I loved every single second of it. 

By Blake

 

We did animal habitats, zoo preparation, science and art rotations. My favourite rotation was researching about zoo animal habitats and making them. I learnt about Snow Leopards and the five things they need to survive.

By Nellie

               

                       

We were very lucky to have paramedics from the Wellington Free Ambulance come and visit us. They taught us about DRSABCD and how to call emergency services. We were able to walk through an ambulance and practice CPR on fake people.

By Isabel

 

The Year 3 and 4 classes all had a wonderful time looking at and exploring the art exhibitions Lumplandia by Beck Richards and Good Bones by Michele Beevors. We also took part in a clay workshop. 

The Dowse Art Museum is full of interesting pieces of art. It is fantastic there and you should definitely go there as soon as possible.  (Georgia)

The Dowse Art museum was very interesting. First of all we went to the clay workshop and we made animals and their habitats. The clay came from Nelson and we had to use special tools to create patterns and make it stick together.   (Matthew)

Next we looked at knitted bones that took over 32,000 hours to knit. That’s 3 and a half years - a very long time! (Rhys)

Good Bones was filled to the brim with fabulous hand knitted bones of animals such as  frogs, elephants, horses and even a cat on a scratching post! Everything used was also recycled eg a broken bed and a mashed up plastic were used in the sculptures (Alice M) 

The last thing that we did was look at Lumpadia’s beautiful clay sculptures. There were lots of different worlds with various textures, designs, patterns and sizes (Yenuli)

                                                 

Eastern Hutt School works with SchoolDocs to maintain our SchoolDocs website for our policies and procedures.  Our site is available to our school community.

SchoolDocs updates, modifies, or creates policies in response to change in legislation or Ministry guidelines, significant events, reviews/requests from schools and regular reviewing from the SchoolDocs team.  

Our Board of Trustees, Staff and Parents have the opportunity to view these policies and give feedback.  

1.        Visit the website http://easternhutt.schooldocs.co.nz/1893.htm

2.        Enter the username (easternhutt) and password (Eastern).

3.        Follow the link to the relevant policy as listed.

4.        Read the policy.

5.        Click the Policy Review button at the top right-hand corner of the page.

6.        Select the reviewer type “Whānau eg Parent”

7.        Enter your name (optional).

 

 

Unfortunately, Eastern Hutt does not qualify for the Ministry Funded Donation Scheme. However, we appreciate that making the school donations can still be challenging for many families, especially at the start of the year when parents may have several students beginning intermediate and high school when other costs like uniforms and devices are high.

We are always grateful for the General Donations that parents are able to make along with the Activity Related Donations. These donations ensure that we can provide an enriched learning programme for all our students through including the following: Life Education, swimming, visits from performing artists, physical education providers, trips to Te Papa, Capital E, Year 3 – 5 EOTC weeks etc. 

The General Donation contributes to the cost of music teaching, sports co-ordinator, resources and IT equipment.

 

No child will be exempt from any activity or event, however, this means the school has to cover this cost and the operational funding is not sufficient to cover all of these expenses.

 

As always in the future, if you are in a position to contribute a little extra for families that may be struggling to contribute, this would be most appreciated. 

 

See details in this newsletter how you can make these payments, and contact Katherine Mason at the school office if you will be paying by instalments throughout the year as many families do.

 

There are a number of students who are not being picked up until well after 3.30pm. There is no one supervising these students.  It is very important that you collect your child by 3.15pm as per Eastern Hutt School policy. 

If your child is going to be ABSENT OR LATE from school please ring the absentee line 566 2734 or text only (we do not answer this phone) on 027-773-7243 before 9.30am and leave a message which includes name, room number and the reason your child is away or  is going to be late.
Late Children – please report to the office so we do not ring your parents.
Remember school starts at 8.55am. 

If you are living in our zone and have a child turning 5 this year or in 2025, please contact the school office for an enrolment pack if you have not already done so. If you have family or friends living in zone who also have a child turning 5 please let them know to contact the school office on 566 0167 as soon as possible.
There will also be places for children turning 5 who live out of zone. Our next ballot date is in March 2024.
Enrolling NOW helps us to forward plan.

You can still start an automatic payment for Stationery, Camp, EOTC (Education Outside the Classroom) Activity Related Donations and School Donation, please contact Katherine by email at accounts@easternhutt.school.nz or ring the office on 566 0167. This is an easy way to spread the payments throughout the final term.
Direct Credit to our Bank Account.

Account Details:
ASB Lower Hutt
Eastern Hutt School Board of Trustees
Account number: 12 3478 0009657 00 

Good luck to our team of tamariki who will swim, cycle and run their way around the Wellington course next weekend.  Over half a million kiwi kids have given it a TRY, and now it’s your turn.  Have fun, we know you will love it.

We look forward to hearing about your experiences and seeing the photos.