Last night our Kapa Haka group performed at the HuttFest held at Walter Nash Stadium. They were amazing and all ‘stars’ on stage. They have persisted with their practices and last night they gave it their all! They performed with energy and big smiles and made everyone feel proud to belong to Eastern Hutt. Thank you goes to our Tutors Matua Piko, Whaea Angelique, and kaiako Anne and Rosa for taking the Kapa Haka and to Chelsey, Ann and Angela for all their support throughout the preparation for this. 

 

This week we farewell Mr James Martin who began his teaching career here and has been teaching in the Senior Team for the last 2 ½ years.  

James has not only taught his tamariki in G1 but also been willing to contribute 

his musical skills and talent beyond the classroom. This has been in the way of music at Hui, Ukulele Club, ShowQuest in 2023 with Hannah and EHS Got Talent. 

James has also often been seen outside on the senior field at lunchtime playing football with the tamariki which they have really enjoyed. We wish James all the very best in his new venture when he will settle in Australia with his partner after some travel to visit his family in the UK. 

 

Next term, we welcome Luke Dentice who will teach in G1 for 4 days per week and Katie Walker will teach one day per week along with some additional release. 

 

We also welcome Chris Pullan who will be teaching our next cohort of New Entrants. They have already enjoyed a visit and are excited about starting next term. 

 

We also welcome Nikita Chhagan who will be teaching in C1 for three days and Megan Skelly will be teaching the other two days while Jacqui is Acting Deputy Principal. 

 

Next term, I will be away on a Primary Principals Sabbatical which is awarded to Principals to engage in some professional learning and reflection as well as taking time for rejuvenation! 

I will be visiting some schools in New Zealand and Australia to see practice in providing learning support programmes. 

 

In my absence, both Ann Gwilliam and Hayley Walshe will be Acting Co-Principals and Jacqui Graham will step up to be Acting Deputy Principal. Eastern Hutt will be in good hands! 

Congratulations to the children who were awarded a Principal Award in Term 2.  I have enjoyed having morning tea and a chat with the Junior, Middle and Senior team children.

 

The Junior Team children who received an award were Riley B1, Henry B2, Sebastian B3, McKenna B4, Kiya B5, Naksh B6, Euan C1, Nathan C3, Sultan D1 and McGregor E6.

 

The Middle Team children who received an award were Ethan A1, Amyra A2, Drishti A6, Charlie A7, Angus D2, Daniel E1, William E2 and Lexie E3.

 

The Senior Team children who received an award were Bethany A8, Lucas A9, Tian A10, Luna G1, Fran G2, Ava G3 and Marcus G4.

 

I wish you all the very best for the July holidays and hope you can make time to do the fun family activities that you all enjoy doing together.
 

Thank you to all of you all who have given time over this term to help the school in so many ways. It is always much appreciated! 

 

We hope you can all enjoy some extra time with your children over the holidays and stay well. We look forward to seeing fresh smiling faces to begin Term 3! 

Ngā mihi nui  
Julie Henderson  

Here are the photos of our lovely Juniors at the Matariki Celebrations. Matariki Heri Kai  - The Feast of Matariki.

This June our school participated in Jumping June to help fundraise money for the Heart Foundation. We raised $23,685.47. We all joined in on the Jumping June event day on Monday 24 June and dressed up in 80’s fluro activewear. Our school was given 590 skipping ropes for joining up - enough for every single tamariki to take part! We skipped every day from the start of June to the end of June. Skipping is good for you because it keeps you healthy and fit and keeps your heart running. Even though Jumping June is finished we will still keep skipping because it's really fun and we want to get better.

By Finn, Grace and Marco

Year 6 Sports Leaders

The Bee Healthy Dental Mobile will be parked at our school in term 3 from 22nd of July to 6th of September.

 

Once seen, your child will be given a completion certificate which will inform you of what happens next.  

Please search your child's school bag for one of the following:

·       Your child requires no further appointments this year

·       Your child needs an appointment at your local Dental hub for further care.

Your local Hub clinic is:           Naenae

 

To update your contact details, please call 0800 TALK TEETH (825 583) 

If you have pre-school aged children please call to arrange an appointment for their annual dental checkup at the Dental Hub.  To book or reschedule an appointment, please call 0800 TALK TEETH (825 583).

 

Private Bag 31907 Lower Hutt
www.beehealthy.org.nz | 0800 TALK TEETH (825 583)

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. 

With winter here and students having accidents or playing in puddles, it would be good if your child had a spare set of clothes in their bag to change if they get wet/muddy or have an accident.

If your child has borrowed some of the school’s clothes, please can they be washed and returned.

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 maybe places for children turning 5 who live out of zone. Our next ballot date is Monday 21 October 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 

On Thursday 13th June, 50 excited Year 2&3 Gymnasts headed off to Hutt Valley Gymsports to participate in the Gymsports Schools Festival. After 7 weeks of training in their Monday lunch hour it was time to show off their gymnastic skills. It was amazing to see how much the tamariki had learnt and improved on during these 7 weeks. So many of them demonstrated the Eastern Hutt School values of perseverance, resilience and manaakitanga during these training practices and at the Festival itself. The tamariki were very fortunate to have the support of many Year 5&6 coaches. The coaches demonstrated whanaungatanga, promoting tuakana-teina relationships with the younger students which resulted in confident strong gymnasts. Thank you to the 4 coaches who were selected to attend the Festival: Ella Shin G1, Taanniya Vasanthkumar G1, Mia Spark  and Bethany Mackenzie A8. Thanks also to the parents who accompanied us on the bus. We couldn’t have done it without you! 

 

Congratulations go to the following gymnasts who received Gold Excellence Awards: 

Anna Hetherington E1 

Demi Wang E2 

Layla Cudby E3 

Harper Love Cunningham B1 

Mack Coote B3 

For the first time there was a special commendation for excellent coaching. This was awarded to Bethany Mackenzie A8. 

 

Three Eastern Hutt gymnasts were selected to demonstrate their skills on one of the apparatus. They were: 

Paige Telfer B1 - Beam 

Sophie Harrison B3 - Beam 

Lilly Maru B4 - Vault