Year 3-4 Term Four Update

Tēnā koutou, nau mai hoki mai | Greetings to you all and Welcome Back 

Nau mai hoki mai and welcome back to the last exciting term of the year. 

It's great to have our Year 3-4 students back after the break, and they are brimming with excitement and enthusiasm for the learning experiences awaiting them in Term 4. They are looking forward to a variety of exciting events, including the Year 3-4 Sleepover and the end-of-year Learning Achievement Celebration.

Before we dive into Term 4, let's take a moment to acknowledge the exceptional end to Term 3. Our learners put in tremendous effort and dedication to create their impressive performance pieces for the school show. Their hard work didn't go unnoticed by our community, as many members of the audience praised the accomplishments of our Year 3-4 learners. Ka pai tamariki mā

Our sleepover is nearly here. If you have not yet completed the permission form, please do so by 5pm today (Friday 13 October, 2023). 

Please find below a rough timetable for our event and some further information. If you have any other questions, please do not hesitate to contact the hub teams via email.

What to bring:

• air mattress (pump if you can supply one)

• sleeping bag

• A small plate and cup for each person

• pillow

• pyjamas and undies

• slippers

• dressing gown or wearable blanket

• favourite sleeping toy

• toothbrush and toothpaste

• small towel or flannel

• change of clothes for the morning

• Biscuits to share for our supper time (without nuts please)

Friday

The children will go home at 3pm as usual. The children are then invited to return to school at 6.30pm after having a full dinner at home.

6.30- 7.00pm Sign in at Hub 7. Children will be assigned a group. Please take any baking, biscuits etc. you have provided to the Hub 8 kitchen. Children and adults set up beds/sleeping spaces (please keep in mind when setting up your spaces that you will be unable to block any doors/ fire exits).

7.00-7.45pm Learners and adults will meet together for an official welcome, karakia and waiata. Children will begin a group activity rotation and enjoy two or three different sleepover activities on offer (time dependent). This could include Lego Masters, Rocket racers or a dance party.

7.45-8.15pm Supper

8.15-9pm PJs, brush teeth & Movie Time!

9pm Story & settling to bed

9.15pm Lights out.

Saturday

7:30-8am Wake up and pack up sleeping area

8:00-8:40am Light Breakfast served

8:40-9:00am Final pack up

9:00-9:30am Pick up begins

9.30pm Sleepover finishes

Thank you for all your support with this exciting event, we are looking forward to welcoming everyone on Friday 27 October.

Thank you again to all those who contributed to help make our Oho Mauri show such a success last term! As promised we're super excited to share the videos with you so you can relive the Show. Special thanks to Rakesh for creating these videos. 

Tamaki Athletics - Interschool Sport Tournament

Event Date: Tuesday 28 November
Years: 3-8
Venue: Pakuranga Athletics Club
Team selections: There are limited team entries available for interschool events due to capped entries by the organisers. Trials will be held for team selections, learners will be informed if they make the team.
Please complete the sign-up form on the sports website using your child's google account. 

Gymnastics

We’re super excited to continue our partnership with Eastern Suburbs Gymnastics for our Hub 7 & 9 learners. As part of our PE curriculum, every Monday this term, learners will be taken via bus to the Eastern Suburbs Gymnastics facilities in Glen Innes. The trained facilitators there will provide a 35 minute fun-filled session across various floor exercises and apparatus. These sessions will cater to a range of abilities helping to extend the learners' gross motor skills.

The first group will be leaving promptly at 9am, please ensure your child is at school by 8.45am.

• Parent Workshop on Dyslexia | Tuesday 17 October | 7pm, Te Pātaka Ako please rsvp here to attend. 

• Labour Day (School Closed) | Monday 23 October

• Year 3-4 Sleepover | Friday 27 to Saturday 28 October

• Junior Assembly | Monday 6 November | 2pm, Hall  

• Whānau Hui | Tuesday 7 November | 6pm

• Manaiakalani Film Festival | Wednesday 8 November 

• Junior Assembly | Monday 27 November | 2pm, Hall  

• Staff Only Day | Friday 24 November 

• 2024 Hub Transition Morning | Tuesday 12 December  

• Learning Achievement Celebration | Wednesday 13 December  

Library Days 

Our library day for Term 4 is on a Thursday. We encourage your child to borrow books of interest from the library each week.  

School Photos - PhotoLife

You will have received an email during the holidays from PhotoLife which includes the key code to purchase your child's school photos. Please order by Sunday 22 October for free delivery to school. 

If you didn't receive an email with your child's key code, please check your spam folder. If you still can't find the email, please contact office@stonefields.school.nz with your child's name. 

Contact

As always, please contact our teaching team if you have any questions.

Hub 7 team: hub7teachers@stonefields.school.nz

Hub 9 team: hub9teachers@stonefields.school.nz