School Newsletter
28 August 2025

Kia ora e te whānau | Greetings all

As we continue to focus on Kotahitanga, standing as one, we're reminded of how important it is to work together with you, our amazing community. Your partnership is key to making sure every child has the best possible experience and outcome at our school.

With our Board Elections underway, now is a fantastic time to get involved! This is your chance to elect the people who you feel will best represent you on the School Board. We have 10 candidates to choose from. 

We also really want to hear your voice in our whānau survey. What do you think has worked well this year? Where are our areas for improvement? Your feedback truly matters and helps shape our school's future.

Speaking of your feedback, based on last year's survey, one of our strategic goals this year is to ensure our school values are truly lived. We recently started a new initiative where we celebrate "Whakamana Champions"—learners who have been caught living our values in action. Have you noticed a learner living our values recently? We'd love to hear about it! Please let us know what you saw, and we'll add that child to our Whakamana Champions prize draw.

Thanks for being such an important part of our school community!

Ngā mihi nui,

Sarah and the team 

Parent Workshop - Reading For Fun: fostering kids who want to read!

Thursday 11 September, 3:15pm, Library

Children who want to read will be better readers and better readers will want to read more so how do we get our kids onto this cycle of success?  Parents from all age groups are invited to a discussion about ways that we can encourage a love of reading at home, at school and for life.  You will leave with practical suggestions and resources that you can use straight away.

BandQuest 2025

This week our two school rock bands - Stonerock and Rock Fall, brought their best together performing at the Auckland Central BandQuest Competition in front of over 1,000 people at the Bruce Mason Theatre. Their dedication and love of music shone through delivering two incredible performances! Congratulations to Rock Fall who took out 1st place!! They will now compete in the national competition. 

Special thanks to Nathan Imboden for his wonderful direction and guidance of these talented young musicians!

Here's their full 6-minute sets.

Author Justin Christopher at Friday Cafe

Earlier this term our lucky Year 3 and 4 learners got to hear from author Justin Christopher and explore some of his hilarious books.  Next week at Friday Cafe he will be there to give everyone an opportunity to buy signed copies of his chapter books for $20 and his laugh-out-loud funny picture book Nannas with No Manners for $22.  Catch him outside the hall between 3pm and 3.30 on Friday 5 September.

Term 4 Inter-school Sports Line Up! 

• EZ Volleyball Y7-8 | Week 2 | Thursday 16 October

• EZ Touch Y7-8 | Week 4 | Tuesday 28 October

• Senior School Athletics Day Y5-8 | Week 4 | Wednesday 29 October

• Tamaki Have a go day Y3-4 | Week 5 | Wednesday 5 November

• ATTA Table Tennis Competition | Week 6 | Thursday 13 November

• EZ Athletics Y7-8 | Week 7 | Thursday 20 November

• AUCC 6-aside Cricket Smash Festival Y3-4 | Week 8 | Tuesday 25 November

• AUCC 6-aside Cricket Smash Festival Y5-6 | Week 8 | Wednesday 26 November

• Tamaki Athletics Y5-8 | Week 8 | Wednesday 26 November

Sign up forms will go live Friday 12 September (week 9) on the sport website: stonefields.school.nz/sport 

• Hub 13 Museum Trip | Friday 29 August 

• Friday Cafe | Friday 29 August | 3pm

• AIMS Games starts | Saturday 30 August

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

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

• Kapa Haka practice | Wednesday 3 September | 8.20am, Te Pou Manawa

• Friday Cafe performances | Friday 5 September | 3pm 

• Junior Assembly (Year 0-4) | Monday 8 September | 2pm, Hall 

• Tamaki Netball (Year 3-8) | Tuesday 9 September 

• School Board Election closes | Wednesday 10 September

• Kapa Haka practice | Wednesday 10 September | 8.20am, Te Pou Manawa 

• Out-of-Zone New Entrant Parent Tour | Thursday 11 September | 9.15am 

• Reading For Pleasure - Parent Workshop | Thursday 11 September | 3.15pm, Library 

• Friday Cafe | Friday 12 September | 3pm 

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

After-School Activities and Holiday Programmes

There are many sports, art, and cultural activities available both on-site and in our community. Check out our Community Noticeboard for more details.