Week 2 of Term 3 - notices and reminders

Hi team.......we hope you had a great weekend.  It was a little on the cold side!  Here are the notices and reminders for this week in the Senior HQ:

1) Learning conferences with your home room teacher are this Tuesday and Wednesday after school, along with these same two days next week too.  Your parents need to book a slot online.  Remember to arrive early to show your parents around the HQ and any work you would like to share prior to your slot with your teacher.  We look forward to seeing you for your conference!

2) The North West Winter Tournament is this Wednesday in at Hagley Park.  Remember to bring to school your sports uniform, sports gear, a big lunch and bottle of water for this event if you are involved.  We depart after morning tea.

3) Thursday is the student council mufti day to raise money for the purchase of new house flags.  Support this initiative by wearing your house colours on the day (how extreme can you be?) and bring along a gold coin please.

4) Winter sport as usual on Friday afternoon - bring all gear and sports clothes.

5) Mrs Moore will be doing her ski trip clothing lesson this week - this will remind you of the clothing you need to have ready for our Senior HQ ski trip on Wednesday the 17th of August.  Remember to hunt at home, borrow or purchase what you need so you can enjoy the day in the alpine environment by being warm and comfortable.  ALL SKI TRIP ABILITY FORMS SHOULD BE BACK THIS WEEK AT THE LATEST.  Ask a teacher if you need another or look in the 'notices' drawer by the photocopier as spares are in there!

6)  ICAS English test is on this Tuesday.

Have a great week everyone!  

Video from Sammy

Notes for Week 10!

Last week of Term 2 - I feel like it has gone so fast!
This week is Maori Language week.  Check out this website for short videos on some Maori words and phrases: Toku Reo

Kia kaha e hoa mā!: Let's go team!

Here are a couple of pics from Mrs Moore who is now safely in Paris. 

Reminders for this week.
1. Technology is on Thursday this week again, so school as normal tomorrow, although Kapa Haka students will be at the marae for the day.
2.  Kapa Haka students - your notices need to be given to Mrs Lewis for your marae trip.
3.  Ski trip notices need to be returned this week please.  Thank you to the parents who have said they can help - we have enough now.
4.  Friday afternoon will be End of Term treat for those up to date with everything - please check the weekly timetable board for what you have due in.  A separate blog post will outline this shortly.
5.  Good luck to Lucy and Molly who will present their speeches in the Rotary Speech competition on Wednesday night at Kirkwood Intermediate.  It starts at 7pm if you would like to come down and support them.

Have a great week everyone :)

Week 9 Happenings!

It is already the second to last week of the term!  Where has this term gone to?!  Lots of the snow had disappeared from Mount Hutt over the week but they got some more over the weekend which is great - here's hoping they continue to get a lot more ready for our ski trip on the 17th of August!  Things to remember for this week:

* Return you ski trip permission form and arrange payment.  Thanks to those of you who already have!
* Talent Quest grand final is this Thursday.  If you are competing keep practicing as much as you can and all the best for your performance.  Parents & family members are welcome to join us from 1.30pm - 3pm in the school hall for this exciting event!
* Cantamath is launched this week - you'll need to think about which entries you will make following Mrs B's cantamath workshop on Monday morning during our morning hui.
* All Kapa Haka members need to return their marae visit form to Mrs Lewis or the office staff ASAP.  Spare notices can be picked up from Mrs Lewis.  Your visit is Tuesday on the final week of the term.
*  Wednesday is the "How Stuff Works" inquiry group trip to the Wastewater Treatment Plant from 11.30-3pm.  Students in this group should have returned both their permission form AND their $9 to attend.  Spare forms can be found in the notices drawer by the photocopier.

Have a super week everyone!

Year 7/8 speech final

Congratulations to Molly and Lucy - year 7 and 8 speech champions respectively. 

And a huge well done to all our finalists!  You all stepped it up tonight and were wonderful. We are so so very proud of you!!

Week 8 news and notices

Congratulations to our chess team - Ben, Nachito, Hayden and Elnathan who competed at the Canterbury Inter School chess tournament last week at Halswell School.  The boys finished 3rd out of 20 teams (behind Cobham Intermediate and Kirkwood Intermediate) and have been invited to compete in the South Island chess tournament to be held in Ashburton in August!

Welcome to the HQ Mr Church.  Mr Church will be with HQ4 for the next 2 weeks and he will return in Term 4 for another 4 weeks!

Reminders for this week:
1)  Tech is on Thursday this week.  Please remember to be at school by 8:30am.
2)  The last of the speeches will be heard today during writing time, with our Senior HQ final being held tomorrow.  You will be told in class today if you are in the HQ grand final!
3)  Chess as usual today.  As Mrs B is on her CRT day, could you please ensure that the sets are packed up, and please remind the younger students that this is the expectation of Chess Club.
4)  Mrs B's inquiry group - please ensure you have completed your CareerQuest and that your interview is done by Thursday.  See your emails for further details if needed.
5)  The Pink Ribbon Breakfast is on this Friday.  A notice will come home Tuesday for all of the helpers.  Be prepared for an early start!!


Thanks to the Student Council and Mrs G for organising the disco on Friday night.
Thanks to the House Captains, Mrs Moore and Tim for organising the Talent Quest - can't wait to see the final next week!


Here's the Amy Cuddy Ted Talk again for you to watch at home if you wish Amy Cuddy Ted Talk

Have a great week everyone!

Week 7 news and reminders

Brrrrr, what a cold weekend it was!  We hope you managed to get to your sporting events and other activities over the weekend.  Mrs B had the pleasure of going to Hairspray on Saturday - it was amazing!  If you have the chance to go, then definitely take it.

In other news, last Wednesday, as you know, we had 9 students take part in the Canterbury Spelling Quiz.  78 teams competed in this event, and after 10 rounds of spelling, abbreviations, proofreading, word origins, and dictionary skills, our teams came 7th= (on 94/100), 23rd= (on 91/100) and 35th= (on 88/100).  The winning teams finished on 96/100, so we were very close!!  Congratulations to

Avonhead 1 - Ben Guo, Kayley Johnson and Evan Ting

Avonhead 2 - Caitlyn Elder, Aden Li and Elnathan Chung

Avonhead 3 - Will Mason, Fonie Ka and Jiaming Yang

Reminders for this week:
1)  Tech is on Tuesday again this week.  Please remember to be at school by 8:30am.  Well done last week!!
2)  Speeches need to be completed and ready to present in your writing groups this Wednesday.  Make sure you are familiar with you speech - practise it over and over and over again at home.
3)  Chess as usual today and Tuesday.  There will be 4 of you travelling to Halswell School on Thursday to compete in the Canterbury Inter-School chess tournament - team announced after chess club today.
4)  Keep preparing for the school Talent Quest
5)  Mrs Moore's inquiry group - please remember your trip notices.
6)  Mrs B's inquiry group - please remember to complete the CareerQuest - see your email for the link.
7)  ICAS Writing is on today, 11:15am in the staffroom - Ben, Anika, Charlie, Sammy and Neve!
8)  ICAS Spelling is on Wednesday at 11:15am.
9)  Please bring in your Pink Ribbon Breakfast return slips
10)  School disco is on this Friday - 7:30 - 9:30pm.  Thanks to the Student Council and Mrs G for organising this.  We look forward to seeing you all there to show off your dance moves!
11)  Talent Quest entries - those of you who entered will be performing this Thursday afternoon to your houses.  Good luck and make sure you are well rehearsed!

Here's a great Ted Talk for you to watch at home which may help some of you with your speech presentation.  Amy Cuddy Ted Talk

Have a great week everyone!