Akomanga Waru (Hub 8)

Dear Parents/Whanau,

A warm welcome back to you all for the final term of the year.

It has been great to see our learners progress throughout the year in their soft skills collaboration, thinking and making meaning and this has resulted in pleasing results in their learning. We are continuing to work on showing respect to our property and the property of others and taking care of our environment both inside and outside the hub.

Our Learners have been continuing to reflect on their progressions and independently upload their evidence to school talk. They are aware of using the iPad as a learning tool in conjunction with other resources such as their books, whiteboards and other learning resources.

Conceptual Understanding

Next term we are setting our learners up for success to transition into 2020, either Year 2 or Year 3. Our concept learning is about ‘change’. We are looking at change for ourselves through Hauora.

Whole School Communication

Please read this link for further information about Stonefields School

Community Notices

Please take the time to click on our community notices. This section holds information on what is going on in and around our community, outside of school activities. New notices have and has recently been added and the section is updated on a regular basis.

Taha tinana - Physical well-being

Taha hinengaro - Mental and emotional well-being

Taha whānau - Social well-being

Taha wairua - Spiritual well-being

Reflections on our sustainability learning...

Manaiakalani Film Festival

The annual film festival at Sylvia Park is scheduled for Wednesday 13th November (Week 5) Hub 7’s movie is called “IDAC” and Hub 8’s movie is “ Lego Masters Stonefields”. More details will be provided closer to the time about the learners viewing them in the cinema during learning time.

Kiwi Sport

This term Hub 7 and 8 will be participating in weekly gymnastics lessons. Lessons are on Wednesday in term 4. Please note that our Kiwisport programme will be running from Week 2-7. As physical education is an important part of our curriculum, we encourage all learners to participate.

Field Day

The athletics/field day is scheduled for Friday 29th November ( Week 7) More information will be provided closer to the time.

General Housekeeping

Reading Books

Children will be given reading books each week and we expect them to read at home every day. All books need to be returned each week. Please ensure your child bring their book bag to school each day. Readers will not go home unless they are in a book bag. You may purchase book bags from the office.

Lateness

Please make sure your child is at school before 8.55am (when the bell goes) to ensure they are ready for the start of their school day. It is preferable that they arrive at 8.45am to sort out their things and then get ready for learning. If you would like to speak to a teacher regarding your child’s learning, please email to arrange a time to meet.. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

School Supervision

Our learning day starts at 8.55am, our hub doors open at 8.30am. When learners arrive in the morning we encourage them to organise themselves to be ready for learning. This involves hanging up their bags and bringing in their book bags. If learners arrive before 8.30am they can be booked into Kelly Club. Kelly Club provides both before and after school care. Please contact Celia Mackinven stonefields@kellyclub.co.nz should you require before and after school care.

Sickness

If your child is sick, for example; contagious coughing, coloured mucus from the nose, high temperatures, has been vomiting or had diarrhoea, please keep them home so other children in the hub and teachers do not get sick. We prefer that the children stay at home for 48 hours after their sickness so the bugs can not be passed on.

School Information

A reminder that the Stonefields School App is a great place to receive all notifications and school information. Another place to find information is on our school website.

Stonefields School also has an official Facebook page for updates on events and activities within our school but please be aware that if you need to communicate with any of the Hub teachers, email is the best method of contact.

Parent Helpers Please!

We would love your help with the following:

    • Putting reading books away;
    • Listening to learners read;
    • Photocopying;
    • Laminating;
    • Pencil sharpening etc.

Please feel free to connect with us, we are free most mornings and after-school, except for Thursday mornings and Mondays after school.

Please email us if you have any questions.

Or our collective email address is

hub7teachers@stonefields.school.nz

hub8teachers@stonefields.school.nz

Kindest Regards

Anita Unka, Makere Stirling, Melissa Heng, Emma Clark, Amanda Lunken and Bea Gardner