Stanley Avenue School Newsletter

Hello, Kia ora, Chomreabsour, Mālo ni, Ni hao, Kia orāna, Talofa lava, Namaste, Hola, Hallo, Chào bạn, Bula Vinaka, Kumusta, Guten Tag, Mālō e lelei , An-nyeong-ha-se-yo, greetings to all our School Families

Thank you…

I’d like to say a big thank you to our School Community for your cooperation with the school closure this afternoon. The burst water pipe was a huge inconvenience to everyone in the area. The way students were picked up so promptly was greatly appreciated. Let’s hope the pipe gets fixed on time.

Have a great weekend!

John Byers

• 17 June Oxford Pie orders close.
• 20 June Tough Guy and Girl Ngaruawahia
• 21 June Gymsport festival
• 26 June Oxford Pie orders delivered
• 27 June Matariki Celebration Lunch and Open afternoon
• 28 June Matariki School closed
• 1 July BOT Meeting 6pm Staffroom
• 3-4 July PacT Conferences details to follow

In the mornings, Room 7 have been singing ‘Hello Around The World’ to learn different ways to say ‘Hello’ in other languages. The students have been asking to learn more about other countries… So for our ‘inquiry’ we are flying to a new country every week to learn more about it!

First we made our own passports. We had to get our passports checked and stamped to get on the plane.

Miss Roycroft gave us a ticket for our flight. We had to use our tickets to find our seats on the plane to fly to our first destination… Australia!

We had lots and lots of questions about Australia. We wanted to know all about Australia's dangerous animals, the weather, and if they had the same shops and money that New Zealand has.

We then set about investigating the answers to our questions. This involved finding books in the library about Australia, looking at websites to find information like ‘National Geographic Kids’.

We had an expert - Flynn - come in to help us answer some of our questions. He brought in his Australian coin collection to help us see the differences between Australian money and New Zealand money.

We then used all that we learned and know to complete a poster that was ‘all about Australia’. If you want to see where we have flown to this week, you will have to visit Room 7, or Room 7s blog.

Come and help us celebrate Matariki the Māori New Year.

Thursday 27th June by Rooms 1-4 From 1.00pm

In Māori culture, Matariki is the name of the Pleiades star cluster and the celebration of its first rising in late June or early July. This marks the beginning of the new year in the Māori lunar calendar.

This year it falls on Friday 28th June.

Every year at Stanley Avenue School we celebrate Matariki, and like to involve our school community. Following many successful gatherings, this year we have made a change to how we celebrate Matariki at Stanley Avenue School.

On Thursday 27th June we would like to invite all whānau to join us for lunch, from 1.00pm.

We will be offering lunch to all students and their families, and then invite you to walk around our classrooms and look at student learning and displays about Matariki.

Who can come: All family members are welcome to attend, including siblings and grandparents.

Lunch will include: Chicken sliders with coleslaw, sausages, bread, pikelets, jam and cream

Water and juice will also be available

Vegetarian sausages and Gluten-Free options are available if required.

Please let Mrs Finucane know if you prefer either of these options.

Please bring: To reduce our costs and our environmental waste impact, we encourage as many families as possible to bring their own cups, plates and cutlery.

We want to thank our sponsors: Inghams, Tatua, and Duck and Cover for helping us with our lunch this year.

Ngā mihi nui-Thank you!

The Friendship Zone challenge this week was to design a fun park. Well done to everyone on creating some unique designs.

We have gone live on DirectGroup Uniforms with our Sports Shirts that you are able to purchase. We feel moving forward this is a great option and will save a lot of time issuing and collecting sports shirts. At this time we still have our other sports shirts for anyone that is playing and has not purchased their own yet. Check them out at:

https://dgstore.co.nz/collections/stanley-avenue-school

You can purchase the sport shirts and they arrive directly to your address and they even have Afterpay so that it makes it possible to budget. We are looking forward to seeing these appearing on our sports fields.

Email: office@stanleyave.school.nz
Website: https://stanleyave.school.nz/
Location: Stanley Avenue School Stanley Avenue, Te Aroha 3320, New Zealand
Phone: +64 7-884 8479
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