Year 3-4

Term 4 Update

Nau mai, Hoki mai - Welcome Back

Welcome back to school for Term 4 . We have been so proud of the determination that all of our learners have shown during distanced learning in Term 3. Even though our community concept had to change, we really saw each year 3 & 4 learners ‘bring their best together’ during their workshops and hub hui connects.

Our Padlets have shown learning continued as normal, displaying fun, creative and agentic ways of interacting at home.

Hopefully your children are well-rested and are ready to jump back into learning for Term 4 . We're certainly excited to see them all back online.

We wanted to express our sincere gratitude for supporting the learners with their distance learning. Thank you for everything you are doing to support their learning and well-being at home. We appreciate that these are challenging times for many but your help makes all the difference to our tamariki.

This communication will provide you with support around your child’s learning and what is coming up in Term 4.

We look forward to hopefully seeing you all in the hubs soon.

Concept Learning in Term 4


This term we are exploring the concept of phenomena. We have decided to approach this concept with the lens of ‘planet earth and beyond.’

We will begin our learning journey by looking at the astronomical systems of the earth, sun and moon.

We will then be looking into our solar system as a whole. Exploring planets, moons, asteroids, comets and finally, meteoroids.

Throughout the term, we hope to build the learners' knowledge about Planet Earth and beyond , with the end in mind being that learners will complete a group inquiry about a part of planet earth that interests them.

If your child has not yet shared this learning with you, you might like to prompt a conversation about what they already know.

Home Learning


Building basic knowledge continues to be a big focus for us this year. We are reinforcing this knowledge through explicit teaching, regular learning opportunities as well as the use of digital tools and resources - along with your support from home of course.


The following sites might be useful in helping you to support your child...



Please check our school home learning website and our Link to our blog to support with additional learning opportunities.

Team Connect

Thank you again for all of your support last term.


Should you wish to contact us our collective email addresses are as follows:


hub7teachers@stonefields.school.nz

hub8teachers@stonefields.school.nz

hub9teachers@stonefields.school.nz


Sarah Chant is our Leader of Learning and is more than happy to assist. She can be contacted at sarah.chant@stonefields.school.nz


Nga mihi,

The Year 3 & 4 Teaching Team