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

Today Stanley Ave School had a mufti day and raised a further $350 to add to Ashwan' Singh's fundraising total....and Ashwan gave us an amazing farewell concert.

Ashwan and his mother Neetu are travelling to America in the holidays to represent New Zealand at the 26th Annual World Championship of Performing Arts in Los Angeles.

We are so very proud of you Ashwan, we know you will give it your very best and we hope you have a fabulous adventure.

Kia ora e hoa, kia ora nga haerenga - Good bye friend, Safe travels!

PaCT Conferences- Mid Year 2023

I would like to thank our school families/ whānau for attending their children’s PaCT Conferences. Strong mutual relationships between home and school are vital for the success of our ākonga (learners). We are immensely proud of the turnout. Our initial goal was for 75% attendance from parents/ whānau. The official turnout percentage was 77%! If you were unable to make it to the PaCT conferences, please phone or email the school and we can arrange an alternative time to discuss your child's learning.

Danielle Morgan- Learner Assistant

We are delighted to announce that Danielle Morgan has won the advertised Learner Assistant Position starting Term 3. Danielle will be working within the Piwakawaka Team. Danielle is mother to Zadie (Room 7) and Juniper (Room 11). We are excited to have Danielle’s skillset and know she will add further value to Stanley Avenue School.

BSLA Teaching and Learning: Piwakawaka Team

Our Piwakawaka teachers continue their great work with the Better Start Literacy Approach. A reminder that this is a phonic based programme that is being thoroughly endorsed by the Ministry of Education and leading educators. We are looking forward to sharing assessment results next term.

Please see below the feedback from Judith Woodham (BSLA Facilitator.)

‘I am very impressed with the teaching team's commitment and very high work ethic to be ready to undertake a lot of new teaching and learning when school is already a very busy place.'

'I feel very fortunate to have been working alongside the Piwakawaka staff.'

Ngā mihi nui

John Byers

• 30 June Last day of Term 2
• 14 July Matariki Holiday
• 17 July First Day of Term 3
• 21 July Matariki Breakfast. See notice in this newsletter or on Hero
• 28 July Mufti day Fundraiser for Winter Olympics Team
• 8 Aug Stanley Ave Cross Country - Boyd Park
• 21 - 25 Aug Winter Olympics Camp at Totara Springs Year 7/8

...Fairlane Hughes. Fairlane started in Room 4 and we hope you have had a wonderful first week and we look forward to hearing all about your days at Stanley Ave in the coming terms.

What an amazing time the Year 7 & 8 students have had at Squash this year! First of all a huge thank you to the Te Aroha Squash Club for supporting us with this annual event. I am sure you are picking up some more members from some of our keen families.

This year was another great learning journey as we went down and learnt how to play and practiced, then along came Tournament Day! We run an Overall Trophy competition with all players and we also run a Boys’ Trophy and a Girls’ Trophy.

This year our results were very close and difficult to watch as they battled on the courts. Congratulations must go to all of the students that rose to the challenge of trying a new sport and giving it their absolute best. A huge congratulations to our place getters and trophy winners! Trophies will be presented in Term 3, keep an eye out for photos in the newsletter.

Overall Trophy

1st Blake Watts

2nd Xavier van Kuijk

3rd Connor Wood

Girls Trophy

1st Palace Newton

2nd Ariana Parker

3rd Sophie Holder

Boys Trophy

1st Xavier van Kuijk

2nd Blake Watts

3rd Charlie Knight

Wow...that Netball season went by so fast.

This week saw the last day of Netball in 2023. Netball on Wednesdays after school has been a blast and a big change for students and adults alike.

The Year 1-4 Fun Ferns had a fun last night with the usual skills and games as well as the bonus dress ups, goody bags and spot prizes for everyone. A huge thank you to all the parents involved but especially to Avrill Coombe and Sandra Harris who took the lead for these budding netballers.

This season ended on a high for our Year 5-8 teams. Some wonderful netball was played by all 3 teams and showcased the growth in skills and knowledge of the game over the last few weeks.

Stanley Ave Gold (Year 5/6) won the Clarke Trophy for the opening round, and came runner up in the closing round. Well done ladies....and Joseph for an amazing season. The sportsmanship and team player attitude was a credit to you all and culminated in a very successful season overall. Thank you to Ally van Kuijk for her dedication, patience and support of these Future Ferns.

Stanley Ave Teal (Year 7/8) ended up playing off for 3rd and 4th and played unmistakably their best game this year. It was wonderful to see the drive, teamwork and growth in the knowledge of the game on display. Well done to you all, and we hope that you all carry on in your netball journey. Thank you to Jaimee Corbett and Kristy Mikkelsen for stepping up once again and guiding this team during 2023. The last game was the best...and was a credit to the hard work you put in this season.

Stanley Avenue Blue (Year 7/8) had the most successful season possible, winning the Presidents Cup for the Championship Round, the Dianne Carson Trophy for the Closing Round and the Primary Sports Association for the Best Goal Average. The majority of this team have been together since Year 5 and 6, and along with the addition of boys to the team this year, have an unbeaten record. They are playing a superb brand of netball and the growth and teamwork is amazing and a pleasure to watch. Great job team and a huge thank you to Elle Holder who has taken on the coaching role for the last few years for this group. The fight back after a very tight first quarter against TAPs was a credit to your ability to bring the best out of this team and instill the confidence in them all to do it again and again.

A huge thank you to all our umpires, but especially to our college umpires this season. Umpiring any sport is not easy and to put yourself out in the limelight whist learning a new craft takes courage. We applaud you and thank you for your efforts each week. We hope to see you all in 2024.

Lastly, thank you to everyone who has played a part in this season in whatever capacity. Without you all, Junior Netball just would not happen. It was the wish of so many, that we change to a week night instead of a weekend. There are many learnings that we can take from things that went well and things that need improvement. It is always challenging to be involved in the first of anything and we hope that Te Aroha Netball can build on this start and Stanley Ave will be involved again in 2024.

As always my heart is full and bursting with Stanley Avenue pride.

Have a wonderful holiday....don't forget to catch up with the World Cup in South Africa starting on 28th July.

Go the Silver Ferns!!!

Kim Hayes

Check out some of the dress ups for Coaches on the last night. Fabulous!!!

We have just 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.

Friday 21st July from 7.45 till 8.45 a.m. by Rooms 1-4

Come and help us celebrate the Māori New Year.

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, 14 July 2023, which is during the school holidays.

Every year at Stanley Avenue School we celebrate Matariki, and like to involve our school community.

This year we are planning a Matariki Breakfast on Friday 21st July (Week 1 Term 3).

Who can come: All family members are welcome to attend, including siblings (pre-school and college) and parents.

Current Students can attend without family, with parental permission.

Breakfast will include: Weet-bix, cornflakes, fruit , waffles, sausages, bread, spaghetti and baked beans.

Tea, coffee, milo, water and juice will also be available

Vegetarian sausages are available if required-please let us know if you prefer this option.

Koha: In order to help us out with costs we would appreciate a gold coin donation per person, as a guideline

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.

Ngā mihi nui- Thank you!

Our Te Whatu Ora Dental team have had there last day at Stanley Ave today. The truck will be moving to Paeroa Central School over the holidays.

We would like to say a big thank you to these hard working ladies who have incredible patience and are so caring of our tamariki as they look after their dental care.

Room 8 designed cards and gave them to the Dental Nurses. The big card is a big tooth shape, with a toothbrush and toothpaste inside and a farewell note. Everyone in Room 8 wrote a note and drew a picture on a star post-it that they stuck inside the card... and they added glitter (of course!)... Check out the photos below of Room 8 presenting their cards to the Dental Nurses

Be well, stay safe Noho ora mai. See you next time ka kite koe i muri mai

Firth Tower Self-Guided School Holiday Activities for July School Holidays

Included in your admission charge. Available every operational day from Saturday 1st to Sunday 16th July 2023 for families to enjoy together. Your little people may need your assistance with some of our activities.

Please check our website for operational days and admission charges www.firthower.co.nz. We will be closed on Friday 14th July – Matariki public holiday.

Traditionally, Matariki festivities included lighting ritual fires, making offerings and various celebrations to farewell the dead, honour ancestors and celebrate life. Nowadays, people all across Aotearoa come together to remember their ancestors, share (kai) food, sing songs, tell stories and play music.

‘Messages to passed loved ones’ bunting. Write a message on the bunting to remember a loved one who has passed and we will fly the bunting from the homestead veranda. You will find this on the homestead veranda, no. 4 on your map.

Test your Te Reo with our Te Reo Māori item/building names.

Come and find Te Reo labels on the outside of the buildings. Test your Te Reo knowledge. Some relate to the building and others relate to what you might find inside the building. There’s even a QR code to take you to the Māori dictionary if you really can’t get it!

Mahi Kai

Preparing for a Matariki feast! Hidden around the museum are pictures of food items for you to prepare a feast. What can you find? You can list all of the food items on the back of this sheet. The food you find in a ‘kete’ (basket) will have a letter from the alphabet on it. There are 8 kete to find! Unscramble the letters. What word does it spell out?

Hang out the washing activity (weather permitting)

Come and learn what great, great grandma used to wash and hang the family clothes before the washing machine and clothes drier were invented. Behind the homestead, no 4.

Indoor Victorian pastimes

A selection of games to learn and enjoy in the homestead, no. 4 on your map.

Morse Code in the Barn/ Count the Poppies

You’ll need your sharp eyes to find the poppies in The Barn! How about solving the Morse Code and finding the soldiers in The Barn, no 6?

Victorian Outdoor Games (weather permitting)

Good old-fashioned fun to run off some energy in our beautiful reserve, outside The Barn, number 6 on your map.

Photo opportunities

Dress up in Victorian/Edwardian style in the homestead (no. 4), pop your face through the funny photo boards in front of The Tower (no. 5) or sit on the 3-legged stool and ‘milk’ Daisymoo in the Dairy Shed (no.16).

Movie Theatre

Silent, black and white movies playing this holiday period. You’ll find our tiny movie theatre inside the Barn, number 6 on your map.

Thank you

The Firth Tower Team

Please make payments to 03 1573 0009816 00 (Use you surname as a reference)

Email: office@stanleyave.school.nz
Website: https://stanleyave.school.nz/
Location: Stanley Avenue School Stanley Avenue, Te Aroha 3320, New Zealand
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