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Today we farewell Mr Piantelli and wish him well on his new journey as Principal at Swanson Primary.

Our Chief!

 Kapa Haka Performance at Arataki

A wonderful sunny day to be at Arataki in the Waitakere Ranges.  Twenty girls and fifteen boys performed with great enthusiasm both inside, and as an encore, outside on the deck.  We were surrounded by families from our school, they were so proud of their children.  Thanks to Mrs Schierning, Tahee, Mark, Anne and Lisa who have worked so hard to make this day happen.

Talofa Lava - it is Samoan Language Week.

This weeks assembly was a little different than normal - as it is Samoan Language Week we enjoyed the beautiful Samoan National Anthem and a wonderful slideshow presentation on Samoa, it's people and culture.  Here are some videos for you to enjoy from assembly.

Birdhouses

​Building birdhouses - Birds need homes too, warm and dry ones - just like us!  Wilson and Alexis have made these from scratch - starting with designing, cutting the wood, drilling and screwing all the pieces together - all the way through to completion.  We think they look fabulous so far.  They are just applying some finishing touches and then they will be fixed around the school for our feathered friends to enjoy.  We are inspired now to make a dovecote!

Dance class!  Not bad for our first lesson, we are quick learners!

A big thank you to Mr Stokes, our caretaker for making sure our Anzac Day tribute looks fitting.

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Buddy Reading

Some little bunnies came to help out at our Easter assembly - aren't they the cutest bunnies in town?

We had an Easter Egg Hunt this year - huge thanks to Tegel Foods for supporting us - each child in the school received an egg!  Smiles all round!
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Life Education Caravan

Senior Swimming Sports

Surf Day!

Junior Jump Jam!!!

Grandparents Day

Room 9, 12 & 12 celebrated Grandparents and just how special they are by inviting them to school.  We read stories with them, sang them some songs and shared morning tea.  It was just lovely.

Krypton Factor

On Sunday March 5th a group of 16 children from HNS competed in the Henderson Lions Krypton Factor at Rutherford Primary School.  We had two teams entered and they competed against teams from 15 other West Auckland schools.  The children had 12 challenges to complete, each requiring strategies to test their physical and mental agility.  The children worked hard, showed sportsmanship and had loads of fun.  The outcome was also favourable as HNS A Team came third overall.  We wish to thank all the families who came along to support the children and also a big thank you to all the wonderful people at Henderson Lions Club who organised the event.  We all had a fabulous day.  Cindy Zahra and Sona Chawla

Ronald McDonald came to talk to us about Road Safety.

A little reward for all our Monitors who have worked hard all year!

Pasifika Festival - we were lucky enough to have our Kapa Haka, Samoan, Tongan, Cook Island and Indian groups perform.  It was a wonderful day of cultural celebration.

Senior Kapa Haka

Check out how good we are sounding!

Junior Kapa Haka

Year 0-1 Cultural Celebration 

Art Exhibition 2016

International Food Day!

Gardening with Mr Stokes.

Reading with a buddy in the sunshine is wonderful!

PowerKids!

This programme is designed to empower children by encouraging them to use their 'Powers'!

Our Fair Go Kids Ad Awards Submission - Recycling Plastic Bottles.

Some of the things we do for fitness, this gets our bodies and minds ready for learning.

Greenhouse Extended Version

Our Olympics Day!  

Getting ready for our Olympics Day!  Exciting stuff.

Our amazing 2016 Speech Finalists!

Our 2016 Speech Finalists!

Our very talented students from Rooms 14 & 17 give Kapa Haka performances at Waitakere College and Waitakere Hospital.  Thank you Gary Bowers from PHLEX Photography - https://www.facebook.com/phlexphotography/?fref=ts
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Year 3 & 4's using rope to create ocean wave like patterns.

We've been learning how to play basketball!  We have learnt to pass, catch, dribble and shoot the ball high up to the goal!

We have all seen how tricky our school entrance is to enter - visibility is very difficult, especially during drop off and pick up times.  We have tried repeatedly over the years to get the council to put in a crossing and we are so excited that we now finally have one!  Here we are learning how to use it to keep ourselves safe!

We got our Fancy Feet out as the Walking School Bus came to visit us!

Tui Glen Park Trip

The Year 0/1's walked to Tui Glen Park to explore the flora and fauna and enjoyed a lovely picnic lunch.

Blokes Breakfast - celebrating dads!

Thanks George for teaching us some pretty fancy football skills!  

Great mates and creative minds!

Big Book Off Parade

Now that the 'Read-a-thon' has finished - we celebrated by encouraging all the children to come to school dressed as their favourite book character - as you can see everyone enjoyed the Parade immensely!

Senior Softball

We had perfect weather for the Senior Softball.  Our students did us proud with their fantastic sportsmanship skills.  A great time was had by staff and students alike.  We had two softball teams - one girls and one boys.  The girls finished first and the boys came fourth.  We had two mixed t-ball teams.  T-ball 1 finished first and T-ball 2 came in fourth also.  Great results!

Krypton Factor

On Sunday 20th March, eleven children represented Henderson North School at the annual Henderson Lions Krypton Factor which was held this year at Woodland Park School.  The children had to compete against a number of West Auckland schools in twelve tasks which tested their physical and academic abilities.  We are excited to report that we got third place this year and a great day was had by all.  The children showed great sportsmanship, confidence and determination throughout the whole competition.

The children who participated were Adria, Glaeshia, Roy, Tailah, Tyler, Zephaniah, Suzianne, Azriel, Krystal, Niekol, James and Team Coach Miss C Zahra.

Senior Swimming Sports

The weather was perfect and we had a great turn out for spectators supporting their children.  A great day was had by all.  It was great to see the students participating with swimming, some finding new found confidence after the lessons they have recently received.  Thank you to all the staff involved in organising the day and thank you to all the mums, dads, grandparents, aunties and uncles that made the effort to come and support our swimmers!