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Howick Primary School Junior Weekly Newsletter 14th August- 18th August Room 09
It’s Book fair this week - come along and take a look!
Book Fair	The Scholastic Book Fair will be in our  library from 14th August -18th August The opening times are from 8.30 - 4.00 every day of week 4 Come along and have a look at the wonderful books for sale and lots of other exciting things to buy
Tennis sessions	H.P.S. is lucky to have a series of free tennis  sessions for our students. Howick Tennis Club  is providing these free lessons to introduce our students to tennis Lessons will go from weeks 3-8 Each class will have 6 lessons. Room 9's lessons will be on Thursdays . Children can bring a change of clothes - t-shirt, shorts and a pair of sports shoes. If your child would like to continue playing tennis, a flyer will come home with them detailing the information
Fun Run	Have you started collecting sponsors yet? Fill in the back of the booklet with the names of your sponsors Once you have done the run - you need to collect  the money from your sponsor and bring it back to school and put it in the PTA box outside the office We have sent a copy of the sponsor form last week in case you needed another copy Don’t forget to choose your prize!!
Reminder	School starts at 8.50 a.m. and all students are expected to be in the classroom by then. The classroom is open from 8.30 a.m. which, from Monday next week, will be signalled by a bell. The cloak bays will be open prior to 8.30. Please note, the children are not to be in the classroom prior to 8.30, as the teachers need time to prepare for the day.
Farewell Assembly	You are warmly invited to attend Mrs. Gosnell's Farewell Assembly which is in the hall on Friday 18th August at 2 p.m.
HPS Got Talent	On Wednesday 16th August the Student Leaders are presenting the very first ‘HPS GOT Talent’ All children and parents are invited to come along and watch the ‘acts’ Tickets available at the door for $2 per person and this includes popcorn
Up and coming event - support the PTA	The PTA is hosting a quiz night on 25th August $15 per head on tables of 8 Food and drink available   Tickets available from pta@howickprimary.school.nz Please see attached flyer
Class blogs	Please check your child’s class blog for weekly letters and other info. Take a look at our latest photos of our learning and other school events Click on the link : http://2017hpsrm9.blogspot.co.nz/
Looking Ahead: Term 3 Week 5:  21st August  -  25th August
Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday:

Our latest sporting activity

This time - we are having a go at playing Tennis. Coach Aaron from Howick Tennis Club has come to give us some lessons. We had our first session last Thursday and we learned to play the game 'roll and splat'
Take a look at us in action