Kia ora e te Whanau. Welcome to Term 4, a busy but fun final term of the school year. Our Year 6's begin the transition to Intermediate process. We will begin looking at class placements for next year in the coming weeks, so please let your child's teacher or a member of the Senior Leadership Team know if there is anything for us to consider when placing your child in a class for next year. If you are not returning to Hampstead next year (apart from Yr 6), please also let us know and if you know of anyone starting school next year that hasn't enrolled, they can enrol via the following link. https://enrolments.linc-ed.com/apply/NZ/3367

Tena Koutou katoa. We wish all our Hampstead School families a happy two week holiday break. The children have been very busy working hard on our school production and will welcome a more restful time to recharge. Thank you to everyone for your support with the school production, it was wonderful that so many came to watch. We look forward to seeing everyone back on Monday 6 October.

Kia ora Hampstead School Whanau. We are now only a week away from our whole school production (show) and everyone is working hard to prepare for our two performances (11am and 6.30pm on Friday 12 September). You will have seen important information that came home on a yellow notice with the eldest from each family. We have copied and pasted this information down below for your reference. We look forward to seeing everyone shine on stage. Thank you for your support with this and please talk to your child's teacher if you have any questions.

Mālō e Lelei! We’ve had a busy couple of weeks at school with everyone practising for our “Hampstead Roadies” whole school production as well as celebrating Tongan Language Week.

Kia orana, Hola, Mālō e lelei! We have enjoyed Cook Island Language Week (last week) and Spanish Language Week (this week) and next week is Tongan Language Week. We appreciate the opportunity to learn some new phrases as well as learn about different cultures and share in some music and dancing. We are very grateful to have students and their families share their cultures with us.

Kia ora whanau. We have had a fantastic first two weeks back at school and the weather has mostly been nice enough to continue PE and playing outside. It was great to see so many families at our recent learning conferences. These are a great opportunity to build close links between home and school and support your child's learning and development.

Kia ora e te Whanau. Term 2 seems to be flying by and we are already at our last newsletter. A reminder that tomorrow (Friday 20 June) is a public holiday to celebrate Matariki. We look forward to seeing the children on Monday for the last week of Term 2.

Talofa Lava! We hope you have enjoyed Samoan Language Week. We have appreciated learning some new language and learning about Samoan culture and Art. There are some beautiful photos attached at the bottom of this newsletter. Fa'afetai!

Kia ora, Talofa, Mālō e Lelei, Kia orana, Bula, Nǐ hǎo, Kon'nichiwa, salam, dia duit, namaste, Sata srī akāla, Ete sen 👋Our school was a beautiful sea of colour on Friday with everyone dressing to represent their culture. We were treated to some amazing dances too. It was really special celebrating how diverse and inclusive our school community is.

Kia ora Whanau. We were really pleased to be able to remain open last Thursday during the heavy rain. Apart from surface flooding, we had no leaks or disruptions to our day. In the event of a school closure or emergency, caregivers will be notified through HERO. Please ensure you are signed up to HERO to receive these updates. If you need help signing up, please talk to your child's teacher or call into the office and we can help.

Welcome to the last letter for Term 1. Next week is the last week of an 11 week action packed term. Term 2 starts on Monday 28 April. We invite whanau along to school on Tuesday for our Pasifika Day 🌸 Our Cultural Ambassadors have planned some fun activities for everyone and will lead these on the day. Details are in the graphic above and a timetable of the day will be published on Hero. We hope to see you there.

Kia ora e te whanau. You may have seen that our shed upgrade is all but complete and is looking great! The main gate on Wellington St is open again for access. Please ensure the gate remains closed as we have children that we have to keep safe. The bike and scooter stands will remain over by the old bike sheds beside Rm 17 and these are also getting a wee bit of a makeover which will improve our storage of bikes and scooters. Please make sure all scooters and bikes are clearly named as we have many that look the same and occasionally these get mixed up and go home with the wrong person.

Kia ora e te Whanau. We have entered Autumn and the mornings and evenings are definitely cooler and darker. We have some sunnier weather predicted for next week, so we will make next week the last week for swimming lessons. Teachers will share a learning post on Hero to share the progress the children have made.

It is hard to believe we are already at the end of Week 4 already! The start of the year is always a busy and fun time. We are delighted with the high levels of attendance we have seen over the first four weeks. This really does help the children to do well in their learning and maintain good relationships.

Kia ora whanau. We have had a fun and enjoyable first two weeks back at school and the children have loved getting in the pool on these hot days. A reminder that there is no school on Thursday 6 or Friday 7 February. Welcome to all new families to Hampstead School.

Kia ora whanau. It's hard to believe it is already the end of the school year! We look forward to seeing you on our last day on Friday 13 December for our Final Assembly at 11am. If you'd like to stay for lunch, please bring a picnic. Kai for Kids will supply children their lunches in a paper bag this year and Talleys are kindly providing ice cream for the students afterwards. We wish all our school community a happy holiday season. We look forward to seeing the children back to school for 2025 on Monday 27 January.

Hampstead School has been very fortunate to receive a kind and generous donation of basketballs from Summer and the wonderful team at Basketball Mid Canterbury. We are so thankful and grateful to have received these second-hand balls that still have so much life left in them. The students are so excited and keen to get their hands on them and play around with them.

Kia ora e te whanau. The year is certainly flying by and very soon, staff will start looking at student class placements for next year. If there is anything we need to consider for your child's class placement, please talk to your child's teacher. A reminder that next week is a short week with our Teacher Only day on Thursday (14 Nov) and Canterbury Anniversary Show Day on Friday (15 Nov).

Kia ora whanau. It was great to see so many supporters at our Athletics day! The children really gave everything their best effort and were excellent sports on the day. Please see the attached document with placings. Enjoy the long weekend this weekend. We look forward to seeing the children back on Tuesday.

Kia ora koutou. We have made it to the end of another fun and action packed term. Later today, caregivers will receive a notification from Hero to read about Term 3 learning called "Celebrating Learning". We wish everyone a happy and safe holiday break. We look forward to seeing the children back at school on Monday 14 October.

Kia ora whanau. It is that lovely time of the year when the children are able to get outside and practice their run, jump, throw techniques in preparation for our school athletics. This will be held on Tuesday 22 October. A timetable and map of events will come out closer to the date. All welcome.

Kia ora whanau. We are fast approaching spring. Today is Daffodil Day and our Student council have been busy counting up your generous donations to go to Mid Canterbury Cancer Society. We are proud to have raised $745, which far exceeded our goal of $500!

Arohamai whanau for the late delivery of this newsletter. We had a very busy day on Friday with Winter Tournament and also a visit from Tahi, a therapy dog in training. He loved the children and was very welcomed by all staff and students. We hope to see him back for a visit again soon.

Welcome to the first newsletter for Term 3. We have had a busy first two weeks back. Thank you for making the time to meet with teachers at our learning conferences last week. You can still make a time that suits if you weren't able to make either of those dates.

Kia ora koutou. It was wonderful to see so many of you at our Matariki celebration last night. Thank you for all the donations of vegetables and to Kai for Kids for making them into yummy soup. Thanks to Anna and Nanae from our Board of Trustees for keeping the hot chocolate flowing and to James Wood JMW Events for supplying the lighting. It was an amazing night.

Kia ora e te Whanau. It is hard to believe it is almost the end of Term 2. A reminder that we have a Pyjama dress up day on Thursday 27 June (No donation required) followed by Matariki public holiday on Friday 28 June. Please bring along any coins to support the Coins for Kids coin trail on Tuesday (25 June).

Kia ora e te whanau. We have had a lot of exciting things happening at school in the last two weeks, so this is quite a long newsletter.

Kia ora e te whanau. Please see details above for our school Cross Country & Fun Run. We are so grateful to Kai for Kids for putting on a healthy kai for everyone. We hope you can make it along for lots of fun. We will all be in the middle of the field this year.

Kia ora e te whanau. Welcome back to Term 2. This newsletter contains a lot of information regarding upcoming events and activities this term.

Kia ora e te whanau. We hope you all enjoyed the Easter long weekend. We have just one more week until school holidays. Remember to put your clocks back an hour tomorrow night for the end of daylight savings.

Kia ora whanau. We hope the children are all enjoying their latest Duffy books. We are grateful to be part of Duffy Books in Homes with the support of Mainfreight who sponsor this. We were treated to a fun Duffy Theatre performance last Friday.

Kia ora Hampstead School Whanau. It was lovely to see so many new families at our New Whanau Afternoon Tea. We warmly welcome you to our school. Thank you to the many people who completed our survey to find out what community events you would like at school and to find out if anyone would like to be involved. We were pleased with the fantastic ideas put forward and 12 amazing people would like to help. We are holding a Dessert night on Tuesday 12 March from 7pm in our Library. All welcome - please bring a plate of something sweet to share. Children are welcome to play while the adults chat.

Kia ora e te Whanau. We had a great day on Sunday at the pool and your kind donations raised $242.40 for the Port Hills Fire Welfare Fund. We hope to have another open day before the end of the season. We will advertise this via Hero. It was also great to see so many families at our Connect Night last Tuesday.

Welcome back to school. The children have had a fun two weeks. It has been nice seeing the children connect with their friends and making new friends too. We welcome all new families to Hampstead School.

This will be our final Newsletter for 2023. We will post pictures from our End of Year Assembly on Facebook. Details of our last day of school is posted below.

Kia ora Whanau. This newsletter is going out a little early, due to our Teacher Only day Thursday and Canterbury Anniversary Day on Friday. It was great to see many of you at learning conferences this week. If you were unable to make it in and would still like a time to meet with your child's teacher, please give the office a call and we can arrange a time that suits. Enjoy the long weekend.

Kia ora whanau. It's Gumboot Friday! We have lots of fun outfits today with our trusty gumboots. We are so pleased to be supporting our Board Members Dayle and Regan who have grown their beautiful mullets to fundraise over $11000 for Gumboot Friday. We are very proud to have helped exceed this target by raising $433.90. Mental health affects so many people including children. Money raised helps to get additional services to those in need. Thanks everyone for your support.

Kia ora Hampstead whanau. It has been a really busy two weeks back with lots of fun events and activities. Thanks everyone for a fantastic Athletics Day and special thanks to Kai for Kids for putting on such an amazing shared kai for everyone to enjoy.

Kia ora whanau. We wish all the children an enjoyable holiday break. This term has been action-packed and gone by so quickly. We look forward to seeing everyone back on Monday 9th October. Please remember to bring your school sunhats back after the holidays as we wear hats daily in Term 1 and 4.

Malo e lelei, we hope you enjoyed celebrating Tongan Language Week. We have 19 children at our school that are of Tongan descent. We have enjoyed learning some new language and dressing up today. Ma'u ha 'aho lelei (Have a nice day).

We have reached that time of year where time really starts flying. Our Year 6 students are encouraged to attend the Intermediate Open Night on 19 September at 7pm. Next term they have a visit from Mr Gray and past pupils as well as a visit to the Intermediate to look around.

We have had a very busy but super fun couple of weeks at school. We have been fortunate to have so many opportunities for our tamariki to shine! Thank you to everyone that came along to our Learning Conferences and Celebration of Learning evening. This really helps support your child's learning as well supporting quality connections with our school. If you were unable to make these events, you are always welcome to pop in and chat with our teachers any time.

Kia ora e te Whanau. This term has flown by so quickly. The children have been really engaged in their Space inquiries and I have loved learning lots from the children. We look forward to seeing you at our Learning Conferences and Celebration of Learning Night early next term. All details are contained within this newsletter. We look forward to seeing everyone back on Monday 17 July after the Matariki long weekend.

Kia ora whanau. Miss Martin flies to Scotland with fiancé Joseph to finally have her wedding. We wish them the very best for a wonderful day and many many happy years ahead. Miss Martin (or should I say Mrs Williams) will be back for the start of Term 3. We had a lovely assembly for her before she left with former student Harrison Doak piping her in with his bagpipes. Mrs Ali Hetherington (former Hampstead teacher and close friend of Jen's) came to be by her side as her Bridesmaid for the event. We send Arohanui to Jen and Joseph and look forward to hearing all about their adventures when they return.

Talofa lava Hampstead School 'Aiga. We have enjoyed learning more about the Samoan language and culture during Samoan Language Week.

Kia ora e te Whanau. This week has had a safety focus for the children with Road Safety Week and NZ Bullying-Free Week happening this week. We have had a visit from Fran (we know her as Constable Fran) who came with her dog Kobe and taught the children about safety around dogs.

Kia ora e te Whanau. We've had a great couple of weeks back at school with some lovely autumn weather. It's been great seeing the children challenge themselves in their training for the Cross Country which is coming up on 25th May.

We wish all our families a happy Easter holiday break. School resumes for our students on Wednesday 26 April. This is due to Staff Only day on Monday 24 April and Anzac day holiday on 25 April.

Kia ora Hampstead School whanau. We are very excited to share the news that our Miss Hannah Gray and Caz welcomed Angus David Kenyon-Gray into the world on Wednesday 22nd March. Congratulations Hannah and we can't wait to meet Angus and have lots of cuddles.

Kia ora Whanau. You may have seen in the media that Primary and Secondary school teachers and principals will be taking strike action on Thursday 16 March. This means our Board of Trustees have made the decision to close our school on Thursday 16 March as we cannot safely open with no teachers available. We understand this is an inconvenience and we appreciate your support with this.

Our thoughts are with the communities in the North Island recovering from Cyclone Gabrielle. Our school went out in support today to raise funds to support the recovery efforts. Thank you for donating generously to this cause. Money raised from our Pool Open Days has also gone towards this. We are proud to announce we have raised $718!

Welcome to our first newsletter for 2023. The students have had a wonderful two weeks back and we have certainly been able to make the most of the school pool with the hot weather we have been having. Our thanks to our amazing pool committee who work hard to clean and prepare this for our return to school. They also maintain the chlorine and cleaning of the pool during the season. We are extremely grateful for their support. The Pool Committee will be holding three open days (weather permitting) on Saturday 11,18 and 25 February from 12-4pm. Gold Coin donation per person. Children must have an adult to supervise. Any cancellations or updates will be on our Facebook page.

Wow, it is hard to believe we are almost at the end of the year! This will be our last newsletter this year. Today student reports will come home and will include details for next years class including a stationery list. These are also available on our website. We look forward to seeing many of you at our Assembly and Picnic on Wednesday (14th December). Wishing everyone a safe and relaxing summer break.

Kia Ora Whanau. With Staff Only Day Thursday (tomorrow) and Canterbury Show Day on Friday, we are sending this newsletter out early. Enjoy the long weekend and hopefully some sunshine.

Welcome to our first newsletter for Term 4. It is hard to believe we are already at the time of year where we are making plans for our Year 6's to transition to Intermediate. Term 4 is always a busy but exciting term. We are currently making appointments for staffing for 2023 and then we will look at class placements for students.

Wow, we are already at the end of Term 3. We wish everyone all the best for the school holiday period ahead. We start back on Monday 17 October.

Kia ora whanau. We have had a busy two weeks celebrating Tongan Language Week last week and Maori Language Week this week. Language weeks are a great chance to learn some extra language and also embrace cultural traditions, music and dance as well as learn some history.

Mālō e lelei. Next week we celebrate Tongan Language Week. We are proud to have 15 Tongan children at our school. We will celebrate the language and culture of Tonga over the week. I was very fortunate to attend a ceremony in Auckland last week, where the Ministry of Education gifted the Pacific Strategy Resource "Talanoa Ako ~ Make it Happen" to Principals. Malo 'aupito.

Kia Ora Hampstead Whanau. It has been a busy couple of weeks at school with Swimming, Winter Tournament plus Maths Week last week and a Jump Jam competition on Sunday! It's nice to have lots of opportunities to keep the children happy and enthusiastic about school.

Kia Orana! This week we celebrated Cook Island Language Week. We celebrate the cultural diversity we are fortunate to have at Hampstead School. We have 35 children who identify as Cook Islanders. They shared some of their culture and language with us in Assembly today. Meitaki!

This is our last newsletter for the term. Next term, we will trial having a fortnightly Newsletter on a Friday in even weeks of the term. School returns from the July holidays on Monday 25th July.

Kia Ora e te Whanau. Many thanks to those of you who have provided us with feedback via our Whanau Survey. If you haven't had a chance yet, there is still time. The link to the survey has been emailed and is contained in Class Dojo. Paper copies are available through the office also. Please get in touch if you would like the link sent to you.

Tena Koutou whanau. We are all still buzzing from the Matariki evening on Tuesday. It was so nice to be able to come together again. Awesome teamwork with our Board busy on the BBQ and our PTA keeping the hot chocolates coming. Thanks Koka Bernie and our Kapa Haka for your amazing talents on the night. We got some great feedback on our community survey. It's not too late to have your say - the link to the survey has been emailed and posted on Class Dojo and we have paper copies in the office. Your ideas and suggestions are very much appreciated.

Kia Ora everyone. We have been enjoying learning about Matariki and we have been blessed with some beautiful clear night skies. We hope to see the stars out on Monday night for our special Matariki Celebration. Our local Hakatere Marae are having a Matariki celebration on Saturday (18th June) from 3-7pm. All Welcome.

Kia ora Whanau. It's been a busy few weeks at school. We have also seen a rise in illness over the last two weeks. There seems to be a lot of winter ills about. We appreciate you keeping your tamariki at home and letting us know when they are unwell. At this stage, we have only a small number of active Covid cases, but it is still in our community.

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