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HENLEY

SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER

56a William Street

Richmond, Nelson

Ph. (03) 544 8904

Email: office@henley.school.nz

Website: www.henley.school.nz

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Kia ora koutou te whānau

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

Welcome to Kansas Ivory (Room 2) and Madison Zangl (Room 2) who are both new to Henley School and

started recently.

We also welcome Shona Bryant, a teacher trainee from the University of Canterbury, who is based in

Room 18 until the end of the term. We hope you enjoy your placement at Henley School.

Well done to all of the children

who participated in the Weetbix

TRYathlon on Sunday. We had

91 students who took part – our

largest group yet and as a result

we won a prize for the school

with the most entries. It was

great to see so many students

proudly wearing their TRYathlon

tee shirts and medals at school

on Monday. A big thanks to Jan

Lynch for coordinating the

entries and organising the

Henley gazebo that provided shelter for the many who attended. This is a fantastic event and the children can be very proud of

their achievements. I watched a number of our Henley children compete and I am sure they would have slept well on Sunday

night after the early start and physical activity. Our own school triathlon for Middle and Senior Syndicate students is on Thursday

19th March.

Last week many of you would have been at the school swimming sports at Nayland Pool. Thank you also to the parents who

assisted with marshalling and supervising the children at the pool. The benefit of this venue is the ability for it to cater for our

whole school without the need to run separate swimming sports as would be the case at other venues. The cost of the venue is

also currently more attractive than other options. Thanks to Cade Armstrong, Jan Lynch, Sabine Reinert and their respective teams

for organising the day as considerable planning is required to make these types of events run smoothly.

Yesterday we had a number of children who took part in the Inter School Swimming Sports at Nayland Pool. Our students did well

taking out a number of placings in the individual events. All our relay teams placed with both boys’ teams and the senior girls’

team winning their events and our junior girls team coming second. Thanks to Mrs Myers and Mrs Lynch who managed the teams

and assisted with the running of the event and to the many parent supporters we had down there on the day to cheer the

swimmers on.

Over the next few weeks we have our Senior Syndicate on camps at Lake Rotoiti. Considerable work goes into organising the

camps and I would like to thank the teachers for their commitment in making this outdoor experience a reality for the children. As

teachers, we learn a lot more about our class and the individual children. For some children it is their chance to shine and

demonstrate skills in other areas. Camps provide opportunities to learn some of the key competencies required to function in

society. Thank you to all the parents who are supporting the camp in various ways such as transport, baking or by offering to be

a camp parent.

Thank you to those parents who have returned their updated contact details form to us – it is vitally important that we have the

most up to date information on our system at this end. If you still have yours at home and your details have changed then please

get that back into the Office as soon as possible.

Mā te wā, Ngā mihi nui

John

12 March 2020

No: 3 Term 1

CONFIRMATION OF UPCOMING DATES

Thurs 12 March Butterfly Musketeer visiting Junior classes

Thurs 19 March Henley Triathlon (Middle and Senior

Syndicates)

Thurs 19 March Mufti Day – fundraiser for the St John

ambulance service – wear your sporty clothes

and bring a gold coin for the trail

Mon 23 March Board of Trustees meeting – 5.30pm – Tasman

Room

Mon 23 to Wed 25 March Senior Syndicate Camp – Rooms 3 and 13

Wed 25 to Fri 27 March Senior Syndicate Camp – Rooms 12 and 4

Thurs 26 March Newsletter

Mon 30 March to Wed 1 April Senior Syndicate Camp – Rooms 11 and 15

Tues 31 March Middle Syndicate Picnic – 5.30pm to 6.30pm

Mon 6 to Wed 8 April Middle syndicate Art Gallery Trips

Thurs 9 April Newsletter

Thurs 9 April Last day of school for Term 1

Fri 10 April GOOD FRIDAY – SCHOOL CLOSED

Mon 27 April ANZAC DAY OBSERVATION – SCHOOL CLOSED

Tues 28 April First day of school for Term 2

FOHS (Friends of Henley School)

SECOND HAND UNIFORM SALES

27th March sale CANCELLED

From Term 2, the sales will be held

every second Friday of the month

(during term time). Dates will be

confirmed in the Calendar of Events for

Terms 2, 3 and 4 2020 which will be

issued to our families at the end of

each preceding term.

Until then, if you are needing any

uniform items please phone Heidi at

021 117 3607.

MUFTI DAY

Thursday 19 March

The school is holding a

mufti day on Thursday 19

March for the St John

Ambulance Service. Wear

your sporty clothes on the

day and bring a gold coin

for the trail.

SCHOOL POOL CLOSING

The school pool is closing for the 2019/2020 swimming season on Monday 23 March.

Parents can then return pool keys and collect the $5.00 refund.

2020 Henley School Triathlon

Middle and Senior Syndicate

Thursday 19th March

2.00pm start

On Thursday 19th of March,

Henley School will hold its Middle

and Senior Triathlon. This event combines running, biking and

swimming (no scooters please!). The event will be run as a

participation event, with the emphasis on having fun and

accomplishing a challenge. Races will be run in class groups

rather than age-groups.

Please make sure that your child has a bike that operates, plus

a helmet, some running shoes and swimming togs.

Come along and support all the kids in this fun

event from the spectator’s area, the space

between the big adventure playground and the

rugby posts.

Mr A and Mrs Lynch

FOHS (Friends of Henley School)

Meeting Tuesday 17th March

2.00pm – Staffroom

All are welcome to come along to this

meeting which will discuss upcoming

events and fundraising opportunities

for the year.

If you can’t make it to the meeting but

would like to be involved, please email

Kirstie at kirstievanhoutte@gmail.com

Looking forward to seeing you all.

Kirstie van Houtte

Whakataukī

At Henley School we teach the children Whakataukī (Māori

proverb) to reinforce values in our curriculum. This allows

us to teach topics with a cultural perspective and put the

learning into practice in our school, homes and community.

Currently our school wide theme is about Challenge so we

have chosen the following Whakataukī.

He waka eke noa

We’re all in this together

Book Club Issue 2 - orders

close Friday 27th March

Spare leaflets are usually available in the Library.

Book Club orders must be made on-line. The school is not able

to process orders for families. To order, follow step 1 under

the ‘Three Easy Ways to Pay’, which is in the Book Club leaflets.

Harold dropped in for a

visit at the Junior

Syndicate’s picnic at

the end of February.

DOGS IN SCHOOLS

In regards to the playground, we remind you that it is

important that if you bring a dog into the grounds it is

done so on the understanding that you are confident

that you have full control over the animal. You need

to be certain that your animal is always on a lead

and remains close to you (not at the end of a fully

extended lead) and we discourage you from

encouraging children to play with the animal or play

between dogs. If you cannot control your animal,

you will be asked to remove it from the premises

permanently. Please be mindful that we have many

students who are afraid of dogs.

There are many factors that can startle even the

most trusted animal. Also, a reminder that no dog

should be on barked areas, allowing children less

confident with dogs a safe place to play, and that

any faeces are the owners responsibility for removal.

Please remember

that our children are

also learning how to

be appropriate with

your animals.

COMMUNITY NOTICES COMMUNITY NOTICES COMMUNITY NOTICES

BRIDGE VALLEY HOLIDAY CAMPS - Our next children’s camps are coming up in April, and we can’t wait! With all of our fun activities, exciting games, great leaders, and safe environment, camp is something that anyone will enjoy. On top of that, our theme for next camp is Virtual Reality, so we will be including all of our favourite video game characters, and you’ll even get to have a turn in the gamers lounge throughout the week! Junior (Ages 8-11) 14th - 17th April, Intermediate (Ages 11-13) 20th - 24th April

APRIL NETBALL HOLIDAY PROGRAMME – 21st April to 23rd April – 9.30am to 2.00pm – Saxton Outdoor Courts – for years 3 & 4, 5 & 6, 7 & 8 – cost is $100.00 for

three days or $40.00 per day (discounts available for multiple siblings) – register online by visiting the Nelson Netball Website at www.nelsonnetball.co.nz/

TAEKWONDO – gain flexibility, fitness, confidence, self-discipline with the Richmond Taekwondo Club and train with 11 x Blackbelt Champion Master Hamish Wybrow

– suitable for all ages, kids to adults – all you need is some loose fitting clothing – FIRST TWO LESSONS FREE – Henley School Hall, Tuesdays and Thursdays –

4.30pm to 5.15pm Junior Class (5-7yrs) – 5.15pm to 6.15pm Cadet Class (8-12yrs) – 6.15pm to 7.45pm General Class – for further information contact Master Hamish

Wybrow 021 255 7775, email wybrowtkd@gmail.com or visit www.richmondtaekwondo.co.nz

EASTER BUNNY HUNT – GARDENS OF THE WORLD – Saturday 11 April – the hunt begins at 10.00am finishing at noon (wet day Monday 13 April) – bring a picnic

lunch and enjoy the gardens for the rest of the day – 95 Clover Road East, Hope – www.gardensoftheworld.co.nz - Ph 542 3036

INTERSCHOOL SWIMMING

Congratulations to all the Henley Interschool swimmers.

The attitude and behaviour were outstanding! It was a

very successful afternoon with many individual placings.

The relay results were;

Junior Girls – 2nd

Junior Boys – 1st

Senior Girls – 1st

Senior Boys – 1st

SWIMMING SPORTS 2020

DAY! FABULOUS

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