Update 21 - 12 December, 2019

2019 End of Year Reporting

We are now ready to share your child’s end of year achievement and progress report with you. On Monday, 16th December, you will receive an email from SchoolTalk with your child’s end of year report. The purpose of this communication is to outline what to expect and to answer any questions you may have.

You can expect to see how your child is achieving against each aspect of the School's Graduate Learner Profile (see below). There will be three main parts to your child's end of year achievement and progress report.

• A written teacher comment about your child (Years 1 - 8), and a reflection written by your child if they are in Years 4 - 8.
• Progress against the expected curriculum levels in Reading, Writing and Mathematics and your child's next learning steps.
• Progress against the School's Graduate Profile Outcomes, such as Collaboration and using the Learner Qualities.

Please note if your child is in Hub Koru, you will receive a physical report from their hub teachers. This report will be about your child's experience at school so far rather than a measure against the curriculum level expectations.

For more information on how to read your child’s end of year report, click here.

Pōwhiri | Welcome to New Families and Staff

When: Tuesday 4th February 2020 | 9.15am.

Details: Our whole School will be formally welcoming our new learners and staff joining Stonefields School in Term 1 of 2020 (those starting at the beginning of the Term as well as mid Term) with a Pōwhiri. You are most welcome to join us and gather on the court area at around 9.10am. Our new families will meet at the front of the School (next to the School office) at around 9.10am.

Following the Pōwhiri at around 10.00am, we will have morning tea for our visitors in the staff hub upstairs, we would love you to join us.

2020 Term Dates:

There has been a change in the start date for 2020. School will start for learners on Tuesday 4th February 2020. Part of the teacher union settlement was to provide teachers with 8 teacher only days over the contract period of three years. Since opening, Stonefields School has never had a Teacher Only day during term time.

Kelly Club will be open on the 3rd February - click here to make a booking.

• Term 1: 4th February - 9th April
• Term 2: 28th April - 3rd July
• Term 3: 20th July - 25th September
• Term 4: 12th October - 15th December

Staff Farewell

Stacey Rowe started her teaching career at Stonefields School in 2017 and has been a caring and much-loved teacher at Stonefields School. Stacey has made a significant contribution to the learners she has taught during her time through her kindness and strong relationships. Her compassion and expertise in supporting learners will be missed by learners and staff alike. Stacey is expanding her teaching experience and looking forward to continuing her journey at Clevedon School. We have a great relationship with Clevedon School and we are looking forward to watching Stacey grow from strength to strength. We wish her all the best.

Shading Update

The start date of the shading construction has been slightly delayed due to the consent required. As soon as the required content is received, work will start, this is expected to be at the start of the new year.

Reminder - Learning Achievement Celebration

What: Junior and Senior Learning Achievement Celebration

When: Tuesday 17th December 2019

Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Where: Auckland Netball Centre, 7 Allison Ferguson Drive.

More information regarding learners arrival times and information for the performing groups will be sent out tomorrow.

We are excited to share this celebration with all our Whānau, this will be an evening not to be missed!

Sport

Auckland Primary TAG Champs

Our Yr 5/6 TAG team took on Auckland's best teams at the Primary TAG Champs last week. We had lots of fun and enjoyed the challenge of facing more experienced teams. It was great to see our team learning from their opposition and using our speed to score lots of great team tries. Watch this space in 2020!

Touch and Rippa Rugby

This year we have had a huge amount of interest in Rippa Rugby and touch rugby from our learners. It would be great if we could set up some school teams to play in the after school leagues at local clubs. These usually run in Term 1 and Term 4. To do this we would require volunteers to coach and manage the teams as we do for netball. We will look to provide a coaches training session for those who are new to Rippa and touch. If you would be interested in coaching a team next year please email lynnk@stonefields.school.nz. At this stage we do not need to know which learners are interested, we are looking for coaches first.

Tamaki Athletics Results

Can be found here.

Flippa Ball

Well done to our 2 Flippa Ball teams on a great season. A huge thank you to those parents who supported these teams with managing and coaching.

As we are reaching the end of the year I'd just like to thank everyone who has supported our school sports this year. We wouldn't have been able to provide so many opportunities without your support. Thank you for giving your time, enthusiasm and expertise, it is greatly appreciated.

We look forward to continuing to grow our sports programme with you in 2020.

Lewis Eady Music Lessons

2020 music lessons at school start the week of Monday 10 February!

We offer group or individual tuition on piano, keyboard, guitar, ukulele and more.

If you would like your child to learn music at school next year, please enrol online by 20 December 2019.

For more information, contact Lewis Eady on 09 5244119 or visit their website.

Bricks 4 Kidz®

After School STEM Programmes

Bricks 4 Kidz® increases students' knowledge and enhances their skills in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math using Bricks 4 Kidz® propriety models and lesson plans build around Next Generation Science Standards and Common Core State Standards. Bricks 4 Kidz® enrichment classes include Jr. Robotics, Coding, and Programming.

Click here to enrol for Term 1 2020.

Good News Story

Congratulations to 6 of our Stonefields School learners who performed in the Selwyn Drama performance of Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach.

Eco Shop | A great initiative that does our little bit to help the planet |

Munch Cupboard is an award-winning New Zealand self-sustaining social enterprise. Our drive is to assist in social change to make the world a better place for the next generation by considering the environment and what we feed our children.

Some examples of products available for purchase are beeswax wraps, lunch boxes, reusable organic sandwich bags and produce bags, etc. View the full range of products and make purchases through our school online shop.

Items are delivered to school every fortnight, free of charge and we will contact you once your items arrive.

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