School Newsletter
19 February 2026

Kia ora e te whānau | Greetings all

To our families who celebrate Lunar New Year, Gong Xi Fa Cai! 

We look forward to seeing you all tonight, Thursday 19 February, for the Meet the Teachers and Community Picnic. There will be sessions at 4.30pm and 5.30pm. 

Our learners have been diving deep into their learning, with middle and senior learners completing a number of different assessments recently. This gives us a starting point for the year to then track progress against. Your child's teacher will share more about these at the Parent Connects in early March. Please see below to book your timeslot. 

Our Intermediates are beginning to explore our local waterways and discover the biodiversity that exists in our wetland and in the oceans. We have partnered with the Mountains to Seas Conservation Trust to have hands-on experiences where we're examining water quality and learning about the importance of conservation efforts. Learners will be snorkelling at a local beach and at a marine reserve to compare the impact of conservation efforts and to explore life under the waves!

Ngā mihi nui,

Sarah and the team

Year 3-8 Parent Connects - book your timeslot

The Year 3-8 teachers will be holding Parent Connects on Wednesday 4 March to Friday 6 March. This is an opportunity for parents to connect with the teacher to hear some noticings from the term so far and some early assessment information. It is also an opportunity to think about home learning opportunities that learners could do at home to further their learning and set targets for the year ahead. 

The meetings will be 10 minutes. There will be an option for either an online meeting (video-conference) or in-person meeting. If you are having an in-person meeting, this will take place in your child's hub. 

• Year 3-4 - Wednesday 4 March

• Year 5-6 Thursday 5 March

• Year 7-8 - Friday 6 March

How to book:

To book a meeting, please go to School Interviews:

• Enter your details, including if you would prefer an in-person or video-conference 

• Select the hub for each child

• Select a timeslot for each child

You’ll notice each hub has two or three bookings available at each time slot, depending on the number of teachers in that hub. Please book your preferred time and the team will then allocate a hub teacher for your meeting. 

You will receive a booking confirmation email from School Interviews confirming your booked timeslot. If you have booked a video-conference meeting, this booking confirmation email will include the Google Meet link for you to join at your booked timeslot. 

If you need to make any changes to your bookings, please use the 'change or cancel your booking' link in that email. 

Year 1-2 Learners

Followuing your FLC, your next progress update Teachers will touch base with you through the beginning of March. This is an informal conversation; you won't need to book a timeslot for this. 

Phones and Smart Watches

A reminder that phones may be brought to school for Year 5-8 learners but MUST be placed in the hub's phone box at 8.30am and collected after 3pm. 

We're noticing that kids are getting very distracted by Smart Watches during learning time. We have updated our Phone Policy to include smart watches with cellular and data functions. If your child's watch has cellular and data functions, please ensure these are turned off during school hours. If these functions are on during school hours, then it will be treated the same way as a phone. Learners will be asked to place them in the phone box and collect them at the end of the day. You can read our Phone & Smart Watch Policy here. 

If you need to contact your child during the day, please call the office and we can get a message to them. 

Friends of Stonefields School (FOSS) 

We are delighted to have three parents keen to get Friends of Stonefields School (FOSS) going for this year, thanks Nadine, Emma and Dana! The purpose of FOSS is to help connect our community through events and fundraisers. 

If you would like to get involved in helping to organise some community events this year, we'd love to hear from you. The events planned at this stage include a Movie Night and Disco. Please email foss@stonefields.school.nz 

Visitor Tour

Stonefields School offers prospective and current parents an opportunity to attend a walk through of the school. This will give parents/caregivers an insight into what being a learner at Stonefields is all about!   

Our next tour will take place on Tuesday 17 March, at 9.15am. Please register here if you'd like to attend or pass on the details to any other prospective parents.   

Term 1 Inter-School Sport opportunities still to come

• Weetbix Tryathlon Y0-8 | Sunday 22 March  (Seeking 2 parent leads for this event - please email sport@stonefields.school.nz if you can help with event set up / pack down - this volunteer roles comes with a free parking spot at the event)

• EZ Orienteering Y7-8 | Mon 23 March

• EZ Swimming Y7-8 | Tues 24 March

For more information about all sports opportunities, please visit: stonefields.school.nz/sport

• Friday Cafe (run by Year 7-8) | Friday 20 February | 3pm

• Junior Assembly (Year 0-4) | Monday 23 February | 2pm, Hall

• New Entrant Cohort visits | Monday 23 - Thursday 26 February

• Stonefields School Board Meeting | Tuesday 24 February | 5.30pm, Te Pataka Ako

• AI Parent Workshop | Tuesday 24 February | 6pm

• AIMs Parent Information Session | Tuesday 24 February | 7pm

• Kapa Haka practice | Wednesday 25 February | 8.20am Te Pou Manawa

• Friday Cafe (run by Year 5-6) | Friday 27 February | 3pm

• Year 0-2 Little Scientist Visit | Monday 2 March

• Kapa Haka practice | Wednesday 4 March | 8.20am Te Pou Manawa 

• Year 3-4 Parent Connects | Wednesday 4 March | book your timeslot

• Year 5-6 Parent Connects | Thursday 5 March | book your timeslot

• Year 7-8 Parent Connects | Friday 6 March | book your timeslot

• Friday Cafe (run by Year 5-6) | Friday 6 March | 3pm

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

An Evening with Rob Cope 

 Wednesday 25 February- One Tree Hill College - 6.30-8.30pm

Join us for an insightful talk with expert Rob Cope, on navigating the digital world with your children - real-life examples and tips for our parent community.  We all want our school and community to be a safe place for our tamariki. But in a rapidly changing digital world, the risks our children face online are growing—more frequently, and more seriously.  To find out more about the evening's topics and buy tickets, please visit here

Community Activities

There are plenty of sports, art, and cultural activities available in our community including school holiday programmes. Check out our Community Noticeboard for more details.