Stanley Avenue School Newsletter

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School Families

It has been a tough couple of weeks with Influenza A and other winter illnesses affecting many families across our school and wider community. Thank you to our families for reading the information we have sent home, keeping children home when they are unwell, and for your understanding and support. A big thank you also to our staff, who have been impacted by illness and have continually stepped in to cover classes and support one another. It has been a real team effort, and hopefully the worst of the winter bugs will soon be behind us!

Winter Olympics Here We Come!

Next week is going to be a huge one for our senior students. While a group of students will remain at school and take part in our Stanley Olympics, a week packed with sports, activities and challenges, our selected Winter Olympics team will head away to Totara Springs for the week.

There has been an enormous amount of preparation leading up to this event. Our students have been training hard, learning sports and skills outside some of our more familiar codes, and developing the teamwork they will need for a very busy week of competition. A massive acknowledgement must go to Di Meyler and Adreena Bishop for the huge amount of organisation, training and preparation they have put into making this opportunity possible for our students.

Today, Miss Hayes and I had the chance to head down to the Rec Centre for the team's hoodie presentation, and it was fantastic to see the excitement in the room. More importantly, you could really see how this group has come together as a team. They are ready to support one another, work hard and represent Stanley Avenue School with pride. Winter Olympics is a demanding week, with nonstop sport and plenty of challenges along the way. We also have a great team of parents joining us and supporting our students throughout the week, and we are incredibly grateful to them.

We would also like to acknowledge the sponsors who have supported our Winter Olympics team. You can read more about these wonderful supporters below. Their contribution has helped make this experience possible for our students.

Parents vs Students!

Today our boys' touch team took on a parents' team in what turned out to be a hard game. It was great to see so many family members getting involved, with plenty of support from the sidelines, some excellent sportsmanship and a brilliant atmosphere. The final score was 10 to 9 to the boys!

Congratulations, boys, you're off to a winning start already! To every student representing Stanley Avenue School at Totara Springs next week, we wish you all the very best. Work hard, support your teammates, enjoy the experience and represent our school with pride. We look forward to sharing updates from the week.

Rooms 7 & 8 On the Move

Rooms 7 and 8 have spent this week preparing for and moving into their temporary learning spaces in Room 13 and our library learning space, ready for our weather tightness project to begin next week. This is the beginning of a significant project that will continue throughout the remainder of the year. From next week, there will be contractors on site, along with fencing and signage around the areas where work is taking place. We will continue to keep our school community informed as the project progresses.

A big thank you to Miss Cooper and Miss Roycroft for all the work involved in making the move. Shifting an entire classroom is no small job! We appreciate their flexibility and all the preparation that has gone into making sure their students can settle quickly into their temporary spaces. We wish both classes all the best in their new homes while we look forward to seeing the improvements ahead.

Ngā mihi,
Nick Adams

• 24-28 Aug Winter Olympics Camp, Totara Springs/ Stanley Olympics
• 28 Aug Daffodil Day - Yellow dress up supporting Daffodil day.
• 8 Sept BOT Meeting - 6pm staffroom
• 11 Sept School Disco. Get ready for a BEACH PARTY!!!

Our Winter Olympics team are travelling to take part in the Town and Country Sports camp at Totara Springs next week, and this would not be possible without the support from our very generous school community.

A Huge thank you to our sponsors...

Property Brokers Morrinsville, REC Excavation and Cartage, AgPlus, Built Local Ltd, Campbell Hamilton Projects, Chez Helene, Te Aroha Vets, JT Carters, Combined Contractors, Manukora, New Light Mini Mart and Takeaways, The Cycle Fixery and The Brand Makers.

There have been many weeks of fundraising, organisation, practices as well as mastering a cheer and taking up the challenge of learning new skills and sports. A huge thank you to everyone involved, we appreciate your time and support of our tamariki.

We wish our team every success and look forward to seeing and hearing about the wonderful memories that have been made during the week.

Keep an eye out in next week's newsletter for results and photos of the best bits!

On Thursday, students were super focused drawing with the chalk. Lots of creative pictures were drawn using their imagination. A great way to spend a lunchtime.

On Wednesday, a team of 48 students represented Stanley Ave School at the District Cross Country held in Manawaru. Mother nature turned on a beautiful Winter's day and wow, our athletes did us proud! It is always wonderful to see our students 'strive to succeed' and give it their best, and the smiles on their faces say it all.

A big thank you to our parents/ grandparents and caregivers who gave up their valuable time to chauffer our team to Manawaru and cheer them on from the sidelines on the day. Thank you to Manawaru school for being wonderful hosts.

Well done to all of our team, and congratulations to the following place getters who will go on to represent Te Aroha District at the Thames Valley competition:

8 Year Old Girls: 2nd Luca Watts

9 Year Old Girls: 2nd Mia Harris, 3rd Miriam Norman

9 Year Old Boys: 5th Archer Carppe

10 Year Old Girls: 1st Indi Coombe

10 Year Old Boys: 4th Carter Mold

11 Year Old Girls: 1st Harmione Brown, 6th Phillicity McLaren-Wilson

11 Year Old Boys: 2nd Patrick Norman, 3rd Levi Leahy

12+ Year Old Girls: 1st Jessie Van den Heuvel

12+ Year Old Boys: 2nd Joseph Holder

Jessie Van den Heuvel and Joseph Holder.

Congratulations to you both on a great effort, we are very proud of you.

What a stunning day for Waka Wednesday! Teams Pukeko and Piwakawaka were invited to learn longball with the Captains. Batting, throwing, and fielding skills were demonstrated with increasing confidence as they cheered each other on. Great work everyone.

Today we farewell Miss Teague from Room 3, and wish her and Finn, good luck for the impending arrival of their baby girl and the adventures that follow. Miss Teague has been an integral part of our Ruru team for the last 2 years and staff and students alike have enjoyed lots of wonderful fun moments, and learning during this time. We look forward to meeting (and having a cuddle) of the latest addition to our Stanley Ave whānau in the coming months.

Te Aroha College are holding an Open evening on Thursday 3rd of September and invite parents and caregivers of Year 8 students to attend from 6pm - 8pm in the college hall. The evening will be an opportunity to meet staff and hear about the Year 9 programme for 2027.

We are changing the way we do our Enrolments this year. We are going with an electronic enrolment form and we will be holding all the enrolment appointments at the college. All year 8 parents have been sent an email with details as follows.

We will be holding enrolment evenings on the following days between 4pm and 7pm

Monday 21 September

Tuesday 22 September

Wednesday 23 September

Wednesday 14 October

Thursday 15 October

To book a time, caregivers need to EMAIL enrollments@tacol.nz. We will then book a time and send them the electronic enrolment form.

See below for details and entry form for Calf Club 2026. Please note that all animals must be born on or after 1st July.

Paper copies of the entry forms are available from the school office.

Last day for entries 1st September 2026.

Our Entries are Open for our Annual Calf Club Event 2026, this is our second Year running

Being held on Saturday, 26 September 2026

Venue: Te Aroha Race Course

We welcome entries for Calves, Lambs and Goats.

Entry Forms are available from the Stanley Avenue School office, once completed please email entries to christan.alexander@sealeswinslow.co.nz or email her directly and she can get the forms to you directly, alternatively we have entry forms available at St Joseph's Catholic School Te Aroha Office.

We look Forward to seeing everyone there and celebrating another calf club day.

Our Sports Shirts are available through Directgroup Uniforms and are available to purchase now. This is a great option as you can have a name printed directly on the shirt (Surnames are a great idea as these can be handed down to younger siblings) 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.

Rapid Rockstar Music Academy offers structured music lessons in guitar, drums, bass, and ukulele during school hours.

Students learn in small groups, building confidence, developing real musical skills, and playing songs in a supportive environment.

For more information or to register, visit:

rrma.co.nz/reg

Please make payments to 03 1573 0009816 00 (Use your 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
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