What a wonderful and colourful week last week with our first Whānau Spirit Day on Friday and the announcement of our Kaiārahi Leaders. 

Our Kaiārahi Leaders are important to our school and help guide the way. ‘Ārahi’means to lead or direct. A kaiārahi is someone who creates pathways for people.  Kaiārahi Leaders are guiders and enablers.

At Eastern Hutt, our Whānau Leaders will guide and celebrate our school from a tamariki perspective. They are the tamariki who seek out opportunities to bring their diverse peers together to shine.

Our Sports Leaders are passionate about sports and help other students to take part in and enjoy physical activities. They encourage fair play and value team spirit above all. They set up lunchtime games and represent Eastern Hutt with pride at many sporting events.

Our Arts and Culture Leaders are creative, encouraging, organised and have a love for the Arts. They help our Kaiako Arts Leader with shows and being Ambassadors for visiting performers.

Congratulations to our Kaiārahi Leaders for 2025!

The many other leadership roles include: Kapa Haka Leaders, First Language Leaders, PALs - Playground Assistant Leaders, Road Patrollers, Librarians, Buddy Readers, Wet Day Buddies, Digi Kids and Enviro Leaders.

Ngā mihi nui 

Julie Henderson
Tumaki (Principal)

Titiro whakamuri, kōkiri whakamua

Last Friday was a day filled with fun and colour!

Tamariki were greeted at the school gates with our new whānau flags flying proudly in the breeze. The assembly kicked things off with our tamariki singing their whānau group chants with mana and pride. It was also the moment our Kaiārahi leaders were sorted into their roles, thanks to the EHS sorting hat! The staff musical chairs on stage brought out a bit of fun and competitiveness, and the kids loved watching their teachers get into the spirit of it.

We also celebrated the NZ flag flying proudly in the C Block courtyard for the first time in years. Mr. O'Connell and some lucky tamariki from A7 will take turns raising and lowering the flag each day. It was a special moment, and everyone sang the National Anthem together to mark the occasion.

The day continued with a fantastic whānau picnic on the Junior and Middles Field, where it looked like a sea of colour! It was amazing to see so many families come together - we were lucky the weather played ball!

In the afternoon, the fun continued with a lively performance by the Kelly School of Irish Dancing, featuring many familiar EHS faces on stage. It was such a wonderful day, and a perfect way to wrap up the week!

On Tuesday I went to Island Bay Marine Centre. I wore an orange and silver vest. My Mum came too so she could help with the trip. We also went to a playground with a big slide. I found a swirly shell. How we got there was on a big red bus. It was a double decker. 

 

On Tuesday I went to Island Bay Marine Centre. Parent helpers came too. We touched rocks and seaweed on the beach and touched other creatures too. We went in the morning to learn about sea creatures. 

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.

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 
Account number: 12 3478 0009657 00 

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.  

 

We will advise you when policies are up for review and how you can take part in the review. 

 

Below are the instructions:

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 “Parent”

7.        Enter your name (optional).

8.        Submit your ratings and comments. 

 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 has borrowed some of the school’s clothes, please can they be washed and returned.  We have no small clothes if any students need to be changed.

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 in March 2025.
Enrolling NOW helps us to forward plan.

What does a student’s role and commitment to sport look like at Eastern Hutt?  As a school our role is to ensure our tamariki have a variety of sporting opportunities to participate in both competitive and non-competitive sports in a safe and non-threatening environment.  We aim to teach our students to have confidence and to manage themselves respectfully.  To be resilient and to work co-operatively as part of a team.  We want our senior students to develop leadership skills and act as strong role models for younger students in sport.

Tamariki  – Your role is to make sensible choices in sport, after all, your choices affect your team.  You need to work hard as a team on and off the field or court and attend your team trainings and games.  You need to have a sense of ownership in what you are doing and challenge yourself in competitive and non-competitive situations.  

We had a team of tamariki who swam, cycled and ran their way around the Wellington course on Sunday.  Over half a million kiwi kids have given it a TRY, congratulations EHS you’ve done it!   

Registrations have now closed.  Teams will be emailed out later this term.