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

Kia ora koutou,

What a day we had on Thursday with our ‘All Blacks’ themed day. Hopefully, telepathically, Stanley Avenue’s support gets through to the boys! Go the AB’s!!!!

2023 Community Consultation

The Stanley Avenue Board of Trustees have been working hard to put together our 2023 Community Consultation. This afternoon our Community Consultation will be sent to all school families. The google doc is titled ‘Easy Community Consultation,’ due to the fact it’s short in length (5 minutes max) and user friendly, particularly when filling out on mobile phones. Your feedback would be greatly appreciated to help assist our strategic direction moving forward.

Families/ Whānau that complete the consultation will go in the draw to win a $100 Prezzy Card!!!! Please note the Consultation closes on Friday 10th November at 3pm.

New Zealand Online Junior RoboCup Competition

It’s pleasing to announce that students from Stanley Avenue School have achieved national awards in this year's 2023 competition. Students from Room 3 worked incredibly hard over Terms 2 and 3 in their teams in a range of Robocup challenges. We acknowledge and thank Mrs Harrison for all of her mahi and drive, to guide the students to these results.

Senior Art Challenge

2nd Place: Ashwanpreet Singh, Regardt Prinsloo and Sharon Ye

Senior Biorobotics Challenge

3rd Place: Druss Newton, Nate Moore and Seb Narayan

Senior Helper Robot Challenge

3rd Place: Aaliyah McLaren and Navaya Wilson

• 30 Oct BOT Meeting Staffroom 6pm
• 1 Nov Stanley Ave Athletics 8yr +
• 8 Nov District Athletics
• 7 Dec Year 7/8 Graduation Social
• 11 Dec Prizegiving Assembly 9.30am
• 13 Dec Whole School Picnic at Matamata Pools
• 14 Dec Last Day of School for 2023

Over the last two weeks we have had a couple of instances of homeowners calling the school to advise us of 'near misses' with students on bikes or scooters, and in another case, a student who was biking was unharmed but actually hit by a car.

If your child is walking, biking or scootering to school on a footpath, it would be timely to remind them to watch out for cars reversing or coming out of driveways. It is extremely hard for someone in a car (even if they are being very cautious) to see a child who is speeding down the footpath. Before they know it, they are behind the vehicle.

Rueben the Safety Bear says.. On every trip, when using the footpath, look out for Sneaky Driveways. You can check out more from Rueben by watching the video below

Next Wednesday 1st November is our Athletics sports for all of our children who were 8 years old and older on Monday 9th October.

We are needing some help with running the event:

• Parent help needed on events
• Selling of Juicies and Moosies
• First aid

If you could help with any of these things please contact Di Meyler or the school office. You could also reply to the message sent out on our HERO app.

We are also looking for helpers on Wednesday 8th November, as we are hosting the District Athletics as well.

Thank you

Di Meyler

Notices have been sent home, with the eldest or only child for our whole school pool trip to MATAMATA pools. Please note the change of venue.

Please ask your child, if you haven't seen this notice. Spare copies are available at the office. The cost is $10 per child which includes the bus fare and pool entry and is payable online to 03 1573 0009816 00 or with cash/eftpos at the office.

Te Aroha College are holding two enrolment evenings at the college for anyone who missed the enrolments at primary schools.

The dates are Monday 30th October and Tuesday 7th November, both evenings are from 4pm until 6pm.

Appointments can be booked by either email rjohnson@tacol.nz or by phone 07 884 8625

Last Friday the Piwakawaka Team set off on their first EOTC (Education outside the classroom) adventure to Hamilton Zoo.

A fantastic day was had by all, lots of animals seen and tired wee students on the bus ride home!

A HUGE thank you to the 27 wonderful parent helpers, and to the other parents who joined us on the day. Also many thanks to my wonderful team of teachers and learner assistants who were part of this adventure.

We couldn't have done this visit without your support!

Chris Finucane

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.

Want to learn new skills, get outdoors, and have fun? The skills you learn in athletics are the perfect foundation for almost any sport.

Every student can give athletics a go. Te Aroha Athletics Club is welcoming new members now and we encourage students to get involved and get active.

Contact details for all athletics clubs nationwide are available here athletics.org.nz/FindaClub and become a member.

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.

Cambridge Festival of Sport is a new event in 2023.

There are some great activities including:

- A Pool party, bar-b-cue, and swimming for 25m, 50m, 100m certificates - at the Perry Aquatic Centre in Cambridge on Friday afternoon/evening (24/11)

- A 2.2km fun run - or the last 2.2km of a Rod Dixon's Kids Marathon - at the Cambridge Raceway on Saturday morning (25/11).

- Teams to do a 4 x 1km relay - they can be children, competitive teams, business house (staff), families.

- A Triathlon NZ supported split triathlon - swim Friday evening (200 for 14 and under, 400 for 15 up), run at the Cambridge Raceway on Saturday morning, cycle at APL Hautapu on Saturday afternoon.

- A 5km fun run for adults.

- Attend a great concert in Hamilton for Gumboot Friday (Mike King). It is alcohol free and family friendly.

Check out our website https://www.cambridgefestivalofsport.co.nz/

We have 50 or more artists so far exhibiting, displaying all sorts of work including painting, potters, jewellery makers, woodworkers, quilt makers etc. There will be music, street performers, lots of yummy food, and even Father Christmas may make an appearance.

Come along and join us for a fun family event.

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/