Room 4 students are working on a special arts project that we are calling ‘The Cloaks Project”.  We are fortunate to have a class working with Elizabeth Whiting (designer) and Fiona Graham (writer).  

The children are all making their own cloak made from calico and the finished cloak will show their sense of belonging along with their wider family and what is important to them.  The children will show their cloaks at a performance at the TelstraClear Stadium on October 28. This performance will be a parade of the children wearing their cloak with video clips of the children telling the story of their cloak.  This is part of the Southside Arts Festival and once again we are very fortunate to have arts experts working with our students and teachers.

Our school was one of six Auckland school selected to take part in Sacre: The Auckland  Dance Project.   

Working with students from six schools across Auckland, the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and renowned English choreographer  Royston Maldoom  created a new contemporary dance work with over 150 Auckland students.  The dance was performed to Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring played live by the Auckland Philharmonia.

Hay Park's group of senior and junior children worked with  Markham Arts dance educators  in  preparation for their big dance performance in the Aotea Centre on Friday 14 October.

You can read a review of the performance here in the New Zealand Herald.

You can read about the dance rehearsals here in the Western Leader.

Read about us and Markham Arts.

Hay Park School children have had lots of fun by taking part in Daffodil Day. To show our support we wore yellow.  We donated  $300 to the Cancer Society Daffodil Day. 

Room 9 had the greatest amount of yellow clothing worn.  Their reward was exclusive rights to the sports gear for this day.

http://www.daffodilday.org.nz/

Congratulations to the rugby team, coaches Miss Igasan and parent coach Esa Tuikolovatu for an outstanding rugby performance. 

The Hay Park Rugby team are currently the Mt Roskill Zone Rugby champions 2011.  

At Zone Rugby finals on 23 August they won all of their games. 

They demonstrated positive attitudes, fair play and huge team spirit.  Well done! 

Another huge thanks to all the parents and supporters that came to the tournament, side line support is important to emerging sportspeople.   

The much anticipated, new school playground was officially opened on Tuesday 23 August 2011. 

"So exciting!  Twirling on the ring swings is fun". - Sailau

"I love balancing on the tightrope, especially when it wobbles". - Mafi

"The  rock climbing wall is challenging, I really like it!  I'm going to practise climbing everyday.  It makes me feel brave, scared and happy". - Latifah 

Hay Park School hosted the Reading Associations 2011 Authors and Illustrator's Day.  

Schools from  all over Auckland visited to take part in young authors' workshops hosted by author Craig Smith and illustrator, Katz Cowley.  Craig authored, and Katz illustrated the 2010 New Zealand Post Awards Picture Book finalist Wonky Donkey. 

The After School Learning Centre is held in the school hall every Tuesday afternoon.  This is the third year it has been running.

Year 4, 5 and 6 children develop their study skills and complete homework assignments with the assistance of teaching staff and volunteers from the Hillsborough Baptist Church.