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

It is with much sadness that we advise our school community that Keely Rendell, dearly loved mother to Mila, wife of Craig and friend and colleague to many of our staff, passed away during the holidays.

Some of you will remember Keely, as a wonderful teacher who taught in both our senior and middle school. Her sense of fun, passion for teaching, love of sailing, the ocean and everything Australian, will be remembered fondly and talked about often, as we celebrate her life and offer support to Craig and Mila.

A Condolence Book is in place at the office for anyone wishing to leave a message or share a memory, that will be given to the family at a later date.

Nau mai haere mai! Welcome back to the start of our final term. Term 4 is an action packed term with lots happening for our students. I ask our Stanley Avenue students to continue to ‘Strive to Succeed- Whaia Kia U’ in all that they do.

Student Attendance

Term 3 Outstanding Attendance Certificates will be handed out next week. Student’s whose attendance was 97% or higher for the term will receive these certificates. It is pleasing to note that 49 students have achieved this. Another big cohort achieved 94- 96%.

The table below outlines the Ministry Attendance targets for 2024 and 2026 and our Term 3 Attendance against this. It is pleasing to see that we are already meeting one of the 2024 targets. Across the whole school our average attendance was 88% for Term 3

Attendance Prize Reminder

The Stanley Avenue Board of Trustees is excited to announce that students who achieve 90% attendance over Term 4, will get a family/whānau entry for the $100 Pressie Card prize draw. In addition to the pressie card, there will be a family entry to the Te Aroha Pools.

Term 4 attendance will be calculated at the end of Week 9 and the prize draw will take place during our final Prize Giving in Week 10.

Term 4 Sport

It’s very encouraging to see the amount of our students taking part in Term 4 Sports. This term we have Touch Rugby, Basketball and Athletics.

A message to the players/ athletes:

● Enjoy your sport

● Be a good team player

● Respect your opposition and referees

● Be the best you can be

● Remember to thank your Coaches and Managers. Without them you would not be playing

A message to the supporters:

● Enjoy watching your children

● Remember it is their game

● Be supportive of all players

● Acknowledge the opposition

● Be supportive of the Coaches and Managers

On Friday 27th October, Stanley Avenue School will be closed for instruction. As a teaching team we will be undertaking professional development based around the significant changes in curriculum and assessment for 2024 and beyond. We thank you for your cooperation and support in advance.

• 18 Oct Whānau Hui 6pm
• 19 Oct School Photos - Clean and tidy School uniform please
• 20 Oct Piwakawaka Zoo trip
• 26 Oct Scholastic Book Club Issue 7 due back
• 27 Oct Teacher Only day School closed
• 30 Oct BOT Meeting Staffroom 6pm
• 1 Nov Stanley Ave Athletics 8yr +
• 14 Dec End of School for 2023

.... in Term 4, hats are compulsory. Our school bucket hats are available at the office for $12.00

Waka t-shirts are also available from the uniform room or school office for $11.00.

On the last day of Term 3, we had a sneaky little celebration to say thank you to Mel Lee, for 20 years of service as our school cleaner.

Mel is an absolute gem and we would be lost without her. She makes cleaning our school look easy peasy, and I can assure you, it is hard work.

Thanks for the cheery "Hi ya Darl' when you walk in the door each day and for everything you do for our school, Mel. We love ya!!

It was great to see so many of our students pop along to the gardens and take the time to weed, tidy and plant. This week we have more strawberries going in.

We are extremely appreciative to have received a supply of rescue plants to add to our gardens. A huge thank you to Gardencrete Product and Services.

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.

Thursday 2nd Nov 9am- 5pm

Friday 3rd Nov 9am- 5pm

Sat 4th Nov 9am - 3pm

Two venues: Te Aroha Historic Post Office ,111 Whitaker St and the Bridge Club just 3 doors down.

Books from $2 each!

We have had some lovely children's books donated again this year, as well as novels, non fiction books, jigsaw puzzles, CDs, DVDs and records. Lots of bargains to be had.

Proceeds to local groups.

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
Phone: +64 7-884 8479
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stanleyaveschool/