Stanley Avenue School Newsletter

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Attendance

As a school we continue to be on track to produce some outstanding attendance results again this term. A reminder that the expectation is for students to be attending school regularly. Regular Attendance is considered 90% or more attendance for the term.

I thank the school community for their cooperation and support regarding attendance. Remember more time at school for students leads to more learning experience exposure and positive social interactions.

Students, who finish the term with attendance at 90% or higher, will go in the draw for a $100 Prezzy Card and a Te Aroha Pools Voucher. As I write this blurb a number of students are sitting on 88- 89%, a full Week 11 will help them get to 90%!

During our first Assembly in Term 2 we will hand out the Outstanding Attendance Certificates. Students whose attendance is 97% or higher will receive one of these special certificates.

Early next term we'll share our attendance statistics for Term 1.

• 8 April BOT Meeting 6pm
• 10 April Invitational Touch Rugby Tournament- Matamata (Yr 5-8)
• 10 April Sausage Sizzle $3.00 /Moosies $2.00 and Juicies $1.50
• 11 April Team Tui Domain Trip Permission slips and $3.00 payable asap
• 12 April Last day of Term 1
• 29 April First day of Term 2

What an awesome group of students I took to Morrisville Intermediate this week to compete in the Inter Schools EPRO8 Challenge. Two Year 7/8 teams (Wednesday evening from 5:00 -8:00 pm) and two Year 5/6 teams Thursday morning from 9:30-12:00 pm) worked towards completing very difficult challenges. During this time they all displayed great skills of communication, collaboration, risk-taking, perseverance and teamwork. I am so very proud of the teams and would like to express my thanks to all the parents and family members who were able to attend and support with a special mention to Megan French and Kane Holder for providing transport.
Two great events took place and while we didn't make the Top 3 in either age group this year, there was a huge amount of skill displayed and learning to come out of the events. Please check out the photos and videos to get an idea of the fast-paced environment the students worked in and how they were judged on meeting a set of criteria.

Congratulations to all the students on their efforts.

Fondest Regards

Mrs Donnis Harrison

This week we are learning to use our environment to make interesting patterns and pictures. The younger children are all keen to learn how to finger knit. A busy time at the Friendship Zone.

We are going to have an End-of-Term Sausage Sizzle and Juicy/Moosie sale on Wednesday 10th April.

Orders can be placed in classrooms on Monday and Tuesday mornings

$3 per sausage. $2.00 Moosies and $1.50 Juicies.

What a great afternoon of Netball with our Future Ferns!

On Wednesday, there were 80+ kids from around the district at Te Aroha Primary School getting involved in skills sessions and playing some Netball. We had a great time and everyone got into it and gave everything a go.

We had some special guests with us too! Nick Burton from NetballSMART helped support the warm up and ran a skills session. We also had Ameliaranne Ekanasio and Saviour Tui from the Magic who came and helped out with our Fun day! A big thank you to these guests for taking the time to support our centre. The kids (and parents) were a little star-struck but learnt so much from you all.

We couldn’t have had this day without the support of our Te Aroha community, firstly our Junior Committee for their time and efforts organising the day and to the College girls who came along and helped.

Thank you to our amazing sponsors, Twenty 20 concrete, Best Meats 2, Countdown Te Aroha & Fonterra who donated spot prizes, sausages and BBQ supplies.

We are really excited for the season to get underway, Wednesday, Week 1 of Term 2. If you have not yet registered please get in contact with me ASAP. If you are keen to coach or just be involved, there are workshops being held this weekend - Please register here... https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLScpH59TgYj.../viewform...

Bring on the 2024 season!

Kim Hayes Netball Co-ordinator

We have gone live on DirectGroup Uniforms with our new 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.

Due to the continued support of our sponsors, the Te Aroha Angling Club is once again in a position to run it's 'Take a kid fishing' day.. This will be run on Wednesday 17th April (1st Wednesday of the holidays)

We will travel up to Coromandel by bus where we will be fishing with Tom and Lorraine from Coromandel Fishing Charters 2013 Ltd.

This is for Year 6 - 8 students only (not 6- 8 year olds)

If you are interested, you will need to collect a disclaimer/permission slip from the office and return it no later than 9am on Tuesday 9th April.

Any queries please contact Steve Cox 0297700848

We are excited to announce that Edventure Hamilton will be back up and running these coming school holidays.

- Edventure Everyday (themed days) - 5-13 yr olds - $50/day

- Dungeons and Dragons with Lewis - 9-13 yr olds - $75/day

Daily activities based at Berkley, OSCAR available, 8.00am - 5.30pm,

Todd is also running a Brand New Camp...

Edventure Young Adventurers Camp 2024 (8-12yr olds)

based at Omokoroa TOP 10 Holiday Park and Thermal Pools (Tenting)- Mon 15th April - Fri 19th April $650. (20 Spaces available)

Please visit www.edventure.co.nz to BOOK NOW

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
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stanleyaveschool/