Friday 13 August 2021

What Great Teaching is all about - Leaving a Lasting Impression!

Many of you would have a story about the moment a teacher influences the course of your life. 

This has been brought home to me recently in conversations with two Hereworth Old Boys. One had come to watch his son compete in sport and the other to enrol him into the School. 

Both commented separately on how much they had enjoyed their time at Hereworth, in particular the friends they had made and the staff they had come to know and admire. 

They also appreciated the quality of the teaching they had received, the structured and disciplined environment within the School and the impact particular subjects and staff had had on the paths they had followed since leaving Hereworth. 

At Hereworth our teachers inspire our boys to be their best. 
They ignite our boys’ thirst for learning. Their wisdom and energy seems boundless and their work helps our boys discover who they are.

Teaching at Hereworth is about managing learning environments with boys who can be at very different places intellectually, physically, emotionally, psychologically and spiritually. It is also about the many small acts of attention, of encouragement and guidance, by which our teachers transmit their love of their subject, their care for the boys and their passion for learning. 

Standing before a class, coaching a team, rehearsing for a play, or conducting a music group requires them to portray their best self – knowledgeable, fair, patient, enthusiastic and wise –  often for hours on end. 

Our teachers don’t always see the complete impact of their best work while the boys are still at Hereworth. However, as revealed in the conversations with these Old Boys recently, their influence can last a lifetime!

T Barman
Headmaster

KIDS SING - Wednesday 25 August
 The evening performance will be held in the Hastings Opera House. This is where all the full primary choirs (up to year 8) will perform two of their three pieces. 
This concert begins at 7.30pm until approximately 8.30pm. Hereworth boys will need to be at the Hastings Opera House by 7.00pm in their Dress Whites, clean polished shoes and well groomed hair.

The competition itself is during the day. Our scheduled competition times are on Wednesday 25 August at 11.32am and 12.08pm. This is open to the public with a cost of $5.00 per entry, cash only.

Public Booking is now open at Ticketek.

THURSDAY AFTERNOON - ‘Alternative Sport Options’
On Thursday afternoons from 3.00pm - 4.15pm only first club teams practice each week. 

Remaining boys have the option to leave school at 3.15pm, making their own way home, being picked up, or remain at school where the following options are available:

• Outdoor physical option - this will change weekly
• Lego (compulsory for Yr 0–2 & anyone else interested) - 8IS class
• Chess - Languages room
• Computing/Homework Club - 7KF note: this is not gaming on your chromebook, it will be teacher supervised such as Kahoot, Language Perfect, or completing  homework, silent reading etc.
• Debating - Selected senior boys only in music room with Mr Prowse.  

During Term Three, some boys may be required to attend a rehearsal in the afternoon slot. Prior to a prep fixture, selected boys may be involved in an extra practice.
Please complete this FORM - ONLY if your son(s) will be leaving school at 3.15pm on a Thursday Afternoon. If there is any change on a weekly basis, please let your son's classroom teacher and the office know. If your son is not going home, the expectation is that he remains at school until 4.15pm.

HEREWORTH QUIZ NIGHT - Friday 17 September

• SAVE THE DATE - Friday 17 September
• A chance to use all that trivial knowledge stored away
• Great opportunity to meet new parents in a social atmosphere, whilst raising money for the Hereworth Parents' Association. (HPA)
• Further details to follow - however at this stage we would like to make an appeal for donations of auction items.
• All donations appreciated - vouchers for services or experiences at local businesses, weekend away at a bach, wine - by the case or bottle or even just a great opportunity to clear out the gift cupboard!
• Please drop these to the Office or email details to Rick Kirkland at >>HPA

SCHOOL COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES 
Congratulations! to the following boys for being selected as School Council representatives for the second half of the year. 

Yr 1 - Jack Brewster,  Yr 2 - Flynn Parker, Yr 3 - Archie Douglas, 4TCP - Alex Brandeburg, 5DM - Baxter Douglas, 6MW - George Foote, 6SJ - Rupert McKimm, 7KF - Johnny Giblin, 7NM - Cooper Ellingham, 7MS - Lenny Grupp, 8GU - Chalkie Williams & Harry Jones, 8PU - Orlando Norman, 8IS - Baxter Twist.
The purpose of the School Council is to represent the views and opinions of pupils and to be a forum for active and constructive pupil input into the daily life of the school. Each class in year groups 1 – 8 has an elected representative. 

The School Council benefits the whole school as it gives opportunities for pupils to communicate feelings and opinions to teachers and support staff as well as influencing decisions that are made.
 

HEREWORTH vs ST PETER'S
Results from the Prep Fixture which was played yesterday, Thursday 12 August.
Hockey – Win 2-0
Rugby – Loss 28-22
Football – Draw 3-3

SUNDAY 15 AUGUST - Pirates of Penzance REHEARSAL

• 1.00pm - 5.00pm - Lead Maidens
• 2.00pm - 5.00pm - Mabel & Frederick
• Please note: NO Pirates, Pirate King, Ruth or Sam required
• Boys may wear mufti, bring a snack and a water bottle
• Please see the cast below

TICKETS ON SALE - BOOK YOURS NOW!!!!
Try Booking 
Please note: There is NO allocated seating.

PIRATES OF PENZANCE - CAST

Pirate King: HEATH MORUNGA 
Frederick: JAMES REID
Mabel: ARIAN WARD 
Ruth: HUNTER MARSHALL
Major General: IZAAC CHADWICK 
Police Sergeant: CHRISTIAN PORCER
Sam: MIKA IOASA

Maidens: Jackson Redshaw, Freddie Hunter, Leith Hay, Chalkie Williams, Hamish O’Meara, Tait Humphreys, Leo Dixon 

Lead Pirates - Act One: Nakaia Waitere, Kalle Tremain, Joseph Collings, Baxter Easthope, Angus Munro, Nate Solomon, George Giblin, Lenny Grupp, Caleb Hutchinson, Harvey Reid, Johnny Giblin

Lead Pirates - Act Two: Leo Kirkland, James Joblin, Jack Stableford, Sam Whiteside, Charlie Whiteside, Marcus Brownlie, Baxter Twist, Tom McHardy Jake Barbara, Will Symes, Ollie Withnall.

Lead Police: Cordell Henare, Bernie Agnew, Johnson Blakely, Tom Martin, William Hunt, Kuki Green Thom, Daniel Barry, Baxter Dowling, Sam Wallingford, Sam Brittin, Cody Caton, John Read, Aidan Scott, Logan Von Dadelszen, Cooper Ellingham. 

SUNDAY 19 SEPTEMBER - Final Dress Rehearsal
This is a compulsory dress rehearsal for all boys and staff from 
11.30am - 5.00pm

PERFORMANCES

REMEMBER: To access the digital calendar please refer to the Hereworth App or via the Schools website. These are LIVE versions that reflect any additions or amendments made during the term. Click the following link for the schools website then click the CALENDAR tab  >>Hereworth website

CUPS & TROPHIES
ALL cups and trophies need to be returned to the School Office as soon as possible. This includes the following:

• All Winter trophies 
• Sandy Lane cups
• Three Winter sports codes (football, rugby, hockey)
• Skiing
• Chess
• Cross Country
• All Athletic cups
• All Summer sports
• All End of Year trophies 
   

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST: PARENT LED - SKI TRIP
If you are interested in a parent led external opportunity for senior school students and their families for some;

• Spring Skiing at Whakapapa
• First week of the September holidays, Monday - Friday
• Accommodation in a HB Ski Hut
• Build a snowman & drink hot chocolate

Then please express your interest ASAP with Paul O'Regan to determine viability. All communications and enquiries to be emailed to: paul@esat.co.nz 
Please note: This is NOT a Hereworth School event.
 

COMMUNICATION DURING SCHOOL HOURS

• A reminder to all parents that if boys wish to contact their parents during the school day, this must be through their teacher or via the school office. 
• Boys are not permitted to email their parents or use cell phones to call them. If they are found to have done so there will be a punishment as a consequence. 
• As per the Student Code of Conduct: 'All mobile phones need to be handed to classroom teachers upon arrival to school and collected at the end of the day.' 
• Similarly, if parents need to get a message to their son, this should come through the office or the classroom teacher also.

HBDHB - Health & Wellbeing 
Please find attached a Term Three newsletter from the Child Health Team with important information around Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and COVID - click the following link;
>>>Health & Wellbeing 

Please Note: The menu can be subject to change. All meals come with a selection of salads, veggies, and fruit