Intermediate Term Three Update

Tēnā koutou, nau mai hoki mai | Greetings to you all, welcome back! 

In our literacy learning, we are building our knowledge on the elements of an impactful speech as we craft our own on the topic of whenua. We will be performing these in front of our peers, and we will be holding our annual speech competition, where one Stonefield's candidate will go forward to represent our school at the APPA Rehu Tai speech finals later this term. Don't hesitate to get in touch with your child's literacy teacher directly if you have further questions or would like more details about your child's progress in literacy. 

In maths, we are continuing to build our knowledge around numbers and incorporating measurement as part of our strand. If you would like more information about your child's progress in maths, please contact your child's maths teacher directly. 

As part of our learning around Aotearoa Histories, we have set ourselves a very step-heavy target! We are attempting to walk the length of Aotearoa, collectively, as an Intermediate whanau. Each week, a different guardian group will be given their own pedometer and will have one week to generate as many steps (actual steps, not vigorous hand shaking) as they can, which will be added to our total. We will be tracking our progress on our map of Aotearoa and looking at different historical contexts along the way! Stay tuned to check our progress and see how far we have travelled! 

To contact the Hub Teaching Teams, please use the email addresses below:

• hub16teachers@stonefields.school.nz

• hub17teachers@stonefields.school.nz

FOSS and Parent Helpers - we need your help! 

FOSS (Friends of Stonefields School) do a fantastic job of helping to support our school and organise a range of fun events to bring the community together. This includes Friday Cafe and this term, the highlight for many kids, the School Discos. But to make these happen they need your help! If you'd like to get involved or to find out more, please get in touch here.

Reminder: Chromebooks Charged, Ready for Learning!

A reminder that learners should be bringing fully charged Chromebooks to school each day. Chromebooks tend to be used at various points throughout each day, whilst balancing this with book work. 

• You may be interested to know that Keyboarding is a new element in the 2025 NZC Curriculum. 

• Please ensure that your child charges their Chromebook each night, so they are ready for learning the following day. 

• Chargers should be kept at home. If you would like your child to keep their Chromebook at school and charge it here, then please contact your child's hub teacher and this can be arranged. 

• Please also be aware that the school only monitors activity on Chromebooks during school hours. Outside of school hours, monitoring of the safety and security of your child while online, is the responsibility of parents and guardians.

Lost Property 

Don't forget to keep an eye on the lost property outside Te Pataka Ako! The rack is bulging with named jackets and the pile of unnamed jackets is even higher. 

Dates for the Diary

• Friday Cafe | Friday 18 July | 3pm

• School Board nominations open | Friday 18 July 

• Eastern Zone Netball | Monday 21 July | sign up here

• AIMs Fundraising Bake Sale  | Friday 25 July | 3pm

• Friday Cafe performances | Friday 25 July | 3pm

• Stonefields School Board Meeting | Tuesday 29 July | 5.30pm, Te Pātaka Ako

• Friday Cafe | Friday 1 August | 3pm 

• Cook Island Language Week  | Monday 4 - Friday 8 August

• Senior Assembly (Year 5-8) | Monday 4 August | 2pm, Hall 

• Kotahitanga Cultural Day | Tuesday 5 August 

• School Board nominations close | Wednesday 6 August | 12noon

• Tamaki Basketball (Year 5-8) | Wednesday 6 August | sign up here

• Friday Cafe performances | Friday 8 August | 3pm

• Staff Only Day | Monday 11 August | school closed 

• Eastern Zone Cross Country | Tuesday 12 August | sign up here

• School Board Election voting begins | Wednesday 13 August

• Eastern Zone Basketball Boys | Thursday 14 August | sign up here 

• Friday Cafe | Friday 15 August | 3pm 

• Senior School Disco | Friday 15 August | 7.15pm

• Tongan Language Week  | Monday 18 - Friday 22 August

• Eastern Zone Basketball Girls | Tuesday 19 August | sign up here

• Tamaki Rippa Rugby (Year 5-8) | Wednesday 20 August | sign up here 

• Whānau Hui | Wednesday 20 August | 6pm

• Pasifika Talanoa | Wednesday 20 August | 6pm

• Visitor Tour | Thursday 21 August | register here  

• Friday Cafe performances | Friday 22 August | 3pm 

• Photolife Teams & Groups | Wednesday 27 August

• Friday Cafe | Friday 29 August | 3pm 

• Senior Assembly (Year 5-8) | Monday 1 September | 2pm, Hall 

• Stonefields School Board Meeting | Tuesday 2 September | 5.30pm, Te Pātaka Ako

• Tamaki Netball (Year 3-8) | Wednesday 3 September | sign up here 

• Friday Cafe performances | Friday 5 September | 3pm 

• School Board Election closes | Wednesday 10 September

• Friday Cafe | Friday 12 September | 3pm 

• Māori Language Week  | Monday 15 - Friday 19 September

• Senior Assembly (Year 5-8) | Monday 15 September | 2pm, Hall 

• Kotahitanga Cultural Celebration | Wednesday 17 September

• Friday Cafe performances | Friday 19 September | 3pm

• Term 3 ends | Friday 19 September 

View our School Calendar to keep up to date with all events