Update 12

12th August 2021

Kia ora e te whānau

Tēnā Koutou Katoa,

Term 3 is well underway and the school has been abuzz with lots of excitement and laughter, despite some dreary and chilly days!

Our learning focus for the term - Community - has seen our junior learners venture out of Hub Rima and around the school to learn more about our school community and what some of our staff do around the school to help keep them safe, happy and healthy.

Have a great rest of the week and a wonderful weekend.

Ngā mihi nui,

Sarah and The Stonefields School Team

School Assemblies: Change of Date!

Apologies! We sent out a wrong date for one of our upcoming school assemblies in our last communications update. Please note that the Even Hubs Assembly (Hubs 2, 4, 8, 10, 12 & 14) will be on Monday 20th September. All other assembly dates & times remain the same:

Monday 16th August, 2.10 - 2.50pm: Junior Assembly
Friday 20th August, 2.10 - 2.50pm: Senior Assembly
Monday 6th September, 2.10 - 2.50pm: Hubs 1, 5, 7, 9, 11 & 15
(new date) Monday 20th September, 2.10 - 2.50pm: Hubs 2, 4, 8, 10, 12 & 14

Whānau are more than welcome to come along to any of our assemblies, and we would love to see you there!

Manaiakalani Whānau Survey

We would value your time in completing the Manaiakalani whānau survey. The data from these surveys is compiled with the rest of the Manaiakalani cluster of schools, and this is a big focus for the Manaiakalani Research Team this term. To learn more about Manaiakalani please click here.

Out of Zone Siblings

While Stonefields School does not accept out-of-zone enrolments we do try, where possible, to allow out-of-zone new entrant siblings of currently enrolled learners to be at school together. Each year our School Board looks at the current and predicted roll to determine if we are in a position to continue to make this exception. If you are a current parent of the school and have an out-of-zone pre-schooler due to start school in 2022, please email Sarah (sarah.fj@stonefields.school.nz) before Friday 20th August so that the Board can come to a decision as to whether or not a new-entrant only ballot is feasible.

Year 7 & 8 Uniform Refresh

After gathering the voice of our year 6-8 learners and their whānau at our Intermediate Years info evening last term, we have kicked off a focus group of learners, parents and teachers to bring to life a new Senior Uniform to recognise our Year 7 & 8 learners as leaders in the school. We are looking to roll out the new uniform in term 1 of 2022, and will share further communications as we progress along the design process.

School Orchestra

We are starting to build a school orchestra! If your child(ren) plays an orchestral instrument (e.g. violin, cello,. flute, clarinet, trumpet...) and would be interested in joining, we would love to hear from you. We rehearse on Tuesday lunchtimes at school. All levels are welcome as we have parts available for beginner, intermediate and more advanced levels, so they can just choose whatever they are comfortable with. Please contact Katherine Wilcox if your child is interested.

Te Pātaka Ako | Community Hub

You can find a full schedule of all of our upcoming events in the Community Hub - Te Te Pātaka Ako here

There's so much happening at Te Pātaka Ako! Our schedule is so jam-packed with workshops, seminars and activities it's hard to fit them all into one communication update. That's why we're excited to launch a dedicated Te Pātaka Ako site - this is where you will find information about everything that's happening in our wonderful Community Hub.

Sri Lankan and Indian Whānau - Coffee & Conversation

Wednesday 18th August, 6.30-8pm. This is an opportunity for us to hear your aspirations for your children’s education and gather your voice. RSVP here.

Workshop: Sight Words

Tuesday 24 August, 2-2.45pm. The importance of mastering the sight words and ideas on how to support your child with learning the sight words at home. Recommended for parents of learners in years 0-1.

NetSafe Presentation: Cybersafety

Wednesday 1st September, 7-8.15pm. Netsafe will share the opportunities and challenges of digital technology and the practical steps you can take to minimise the chance of harm and help tamariki stay safe online. Highly recommended for parents of learners in years 3-8. RSVP here.

Student-led Initiatives

Toy Drive

Dear Parents/Guardians

We are doing a toy drive from the 20th of August to the 1st of October. We would love if your children could contribute and bring in some old toys that they no longer want/need. The types of toys we are looking for include:

Number games & ABCs
Elefun
Threading & lacing
Playdough
Puzzles
Dolls or soft toys
Lego/Duplo, Mobilio...

Please only bring in toys that are pre-loved but still in good condition.

Upcoming Events

Junior School Assembly | Monday, 16th August | 2.10-2.50pm
Senior School Assembly | Friday, 20th August | 2.10-2.50pm
NetSafe Cybersafety Presentation | Wednesday 1st September | 7-8.15pm
Resilience - William Pike | Wednesday 8th September | 7.8.30pm
Learning Celebration | Tuesday 28th September | 5.30-8pm

Sport

Eastern Gymnastics Competitions

Well done to all of the learners who participated in the Primary and Intermediate Gymnastics Competitions. We competed in the vault, beam, floor and bar, and practiced a lot to get everything spot on. Congratulations to all of our learners who qualified for Auckland Champs!

We're excited to hopefully have more learners taking part in gymnastics competitions next year!

Eastern Zones Netball

Well done to our Yr 7 and 8 teams who battled against the elements and tough competition at the Eastern Zones Netball Tournament. The teams gave it their all and we were really proud of their teamwork and determination on the court.

Flippaball

We're really excited to have 2 Yr 3/4 Flippaball teams playing this term. Good luck to the teams!

Expressions of interest are still open for learners from other year groups here.

Tamaki Basketball League

Our Yr 5/6 and Yr 7/8 Basketball teams began their 6 week after school league off with great wins yesterday. Ka rawe!

As always, we would like to thank our all of our wonderful whānau for their help and support to give our learners so many sporting opportunities.

Yummy Fruit Stickers

Just a reminder that this is the last term to collect Yummy Fruit Stickers. In term 4 we can exchange our stickers for free Sports equipment so get collecting now! You can collect blank sticker sheets and return full sticker sheets to the office.

Our Sports Website is your first port of call for all information about whole school sport and inter-school sports events. This is updated regularly.

Sports Website

Library

Scholastic Book Club

A friendly reminder that if you would like to purchase books for your children from the Scholastic Book Club, orders for 2021 issue no. 5 close tomorrow, Friday 13th August.

The ordering process is completely paper-less, and the current brochure is available to view here.

If you are new to the Scholastic Book Club, you can find out more about the Book Club here and before placing an order, you will need to register using the LOOP website. You may then place your order via the Loop website, or by using one of Scholastic's apps. Please make sure you have your child's hub number handy and remember there is no need to return anything to school as all orders are processed online through the Scholastic LOOP system. If you would prefer to view the catalogue in paper form, your child may collect one of these from the school library, which is open during school lunchtimes.

If you have any questions or problems placing your order, please email anna.malan@stonefields.school.nz

Community Notices

2021 Term Dates

Term 2 | Monday, 3rd May - Friday, 9th July

Term 3 | Monday, 26th July - Friday, 1st October

Term 4 | Monday, 18th October - Wednesday, 15th December

2021 Teacher Only Days

Monday, 13th September

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