With less than 3 weeks of this term remaining it is an extraordinarily busy time at Stanhope Road School. Last week we had an amazing Tongan Language Week, thank you to all the staff and our Tongan

families for your help and support to ensure it was a success. This week we are celebrating Te Wiki o te Reo Māori – Māori Language Week, remember to check out our school facebook page for photos of all the fantastic activities that are happening to celebrate the week.

Safety to and from school – Please talk to your children about being safe when travelling to and from school. We have had members of the public contact us about students running across the highway and riding/scootering irresponsibly. We all want our SRS to students to be safe travelling to and from school.

2020 Planning – This is now well underway, we have a growing roll at SRS and now have over 550 students. If you have a child starting school in 2020 and you have not enrolled can you please contact the office and fill in enrolment forms. If you and your family are leaving SRS in 2020 can you please inform the office as this is important information we need for 2020 classes.

Parent Group Fun Run – We are all looking forward to this exciting event next Thursday 19th September. The Parent Group have done a fantastic job in organising great prizes. This is our big fundraiser for the year so please encourage your children to get lots of sponsors.

Kia Kaha

Zane Wilson Principal

We will be holding a ballot for out of zone students this year. 30 out of zone places will be offered. Any students wishing to enter Stanhope Road School in 2020, who do not live in our home zone, will need to apply for a place through the ballot.

Ballot forms can be collected from the office.

Please note – Any siblings of current students who no longer reside in our home zone, and are starting school anytime during the 2020 school year, must apply in the out of zone ballot this year to enrol at Stanhope Road School.

Out of Zone Ballot for Placement in 2020

9 Sep Te Wiki o te Reo Māori – Māori Language Week

10 Sep BOT meeting

11 Sep ICAS Spelling Bee Assessment

11 Sep Tamaki Rugby – Year 5 & 6

13 Sep Assembly – Whakatōtanga – All Welcome

17 Sep ICAS English

19 Sep Parent Group Fun Run Fundraiser

19 Sep ICAS Mathematics

25 Sep SRS newsletter

27 Sep Online Lucky Book Club orders close

FOR YOUR DIARYPRINCIPAL’S POST

newsletter Term 3 Week 8 11 September 2019

BALLOT APPLICATIONS

CLOSE

15 OCTOBER 2019

BALLOT DRAWN

22 OCTOBER 2019

KAPA HAKA

We had a great opportunity to visit the little ones at Little Moas during Matariki Wiki.

A group of about 25 of us walked there. We performed for them and they even joined in every time we said “hope” and “ki raro”, they echoed us.

It was such fun, we loved doing the performances and afterwards we coloured in bookmarks and read to them.

There were lots of photos and information about our Kura on their wall and graduation photos. Some of our ropu remembered going there when they were young and knew some teachers too. We knew Tiare’s Mum.

I enjoyed teaching them a couple of waiata.

Keira and Kahurangi

FROM THE PARENT GROUP HEALTH REMINDER

Fun Run Schedule

Don’t forget the Fun Run on Thursday 19th September (if the day is too wet, we will hold it on Monday 23rd September).

This year there will be some obstacles and the children will remain on the field for the whole course. They may get a little dirty, so please have them wear old clothes. As we are including an inflatable obstacle children will be running barefoot. Everyone is welcome to come and cheer the children on, the timetable is as follows:

9.15am Rooms 3, 5, 6, 2 (one lap)

9.30am Rooms 8, 9, 10 (one lap)

10.00am Rooms 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 (two laps)

11.30am Rooms 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 (three laps)

1.45pm Rooms 21, 22, 23, 24 (three laps)

Sponsorship forms have been handed out, and additional forms are available at the office.

There are some great prizes including passes to LaserTag, Parakai Springs, Auckland Zoo as well as one month’s free swimming lessons with Hilton Brown, one term of Drama with Helen O’Grady and many more.

Funds raised this year will go towards upgrading and improving the school grounds (e.g. Astroturf on the asphalt playground or landscaping the pool). We look forward to seeing you there!

parent.group@stanhope.school.nz

Measles

With the current measles epidemic sweeping the country we would like to remind all our Stanhope families that if you or your family are not immunised, you are at greater risk of contracting and spreading the virus. Therefore, we need to be extra vigilant in monitoring ill health symptoms at this time.

We are continuing to update our students records and ask you as a matter of urgency if you have not done so already to provide the school office with details of your child/rens immunisation status. This can be done simply by taking a photo of their Plunket book immunisation page and emailing this to office@stanhope.school.nz.

Welcome to our new SRS students:

Bella Room 2Vianna Room 2Jerel Room 2Zei Room 3Jaymae Room 14Samantha Room 22Xzavier Room 22

Room 17 have had a wonderful visit from Frazer Dale, Outreach Educator from Auckland Zoo, and Hazel Meadows, Sustainable Schools Advisor from Auckland Council. We discussed and examined some of the animal pests that threaten our native wildlife, such as rats, mice, stoats, ferrets and weasels.

Room 17 students then undertook some “citizen science”, by installing some tracking tunnels, chew cards and wax tags within the school grounds. These will enable us to monitor what types of pest animals are present within our school. We are really looking forward to seeing the results.

NEW STUDENTS – TERM 3

TE KAUPAPARI SUSTAINABILITY

SPECIAL AWARDS

Excellent Stanhope Learners who have shown Mr Wilson their special work:

Dylan Room 9Arwen Room 9Matias Room 9Sebastian Room 9Anyana Room 9Lucas Room 9

Gabrielle Room 3Sanuli Room 3 Isaac Room 3Jayron Room 3 Liam Room 3Aundi Room 3

FROM THE ART ROOM

OUR MANTRA: ME WHAKAARO RANGATIRA – THINK LIKE A LEADER!

Hautūtanga, the bow of the waka, leading the way. In the Intermediate team, we believe EVERYONE has leadership capacity. Our 2019 Leadership Programme is off to an exciting start! You will see us looking, listening and asking for opportunities to lead in a range of contexts around the school. Check these young leaders out!

HAUORA & EVENT MANAGERSOur mission – to lead by boosting school morale and spirit with purposeful, fun events!

Leadership projects we are currently working towards:• School Disco night• One Can Two Can week• Year 8 Graduation

Dinner• Graduation hoodies

ECO-WARRIORSOur mission – to lead by developing and creating a ‘greener’ environment at Stanhope Road School.

Leadership projects we are currently working towards:• ‘Tree-mendous’ outdoor classroom

application• Creating and maintaining new gardens

S.O.C (Social Offline Club)Our mission – to lead by creating opportunities for younger students to develop their confidence and friendship skills.

Leadership projects we are currently working towards:• Playdough Fridays• Bubble fun• Just Dance• Crafts & drawing

S.W.A.T TEAM (Students Who Advance Technology)Our mission – to lead by teaching and trouble-shooting in a digital capacity.

Leadership projects we are currently working towards:• Gathering student voice

for Technology workshops • Coding workshops

YEARBOOK COMMITTEEOur mission – to lead by creating a Yearbook that captures Hautūtanga’s year.

Leadership projects we are currently working towards:• End of Yearbook• Promo movie profiling leadership in Hautūtanga

SPORTS COACHESOur mission – to lead by raising the calibre and enjoyment of sports with younger students at SRS.

Leadership projects we are currently working towards:• Planning, coaching and

running workshops with Year 3/4 students

• Looking to extend this to Year 5/6 in Term 3

PROJECT MANAGERSOur mission – to lead by designing and constructing useful items for Stanhope Road School.Leadership projects we are currently working towards:• Birdhouses• Now taking orders for pallet ‘stuff’!

TEAM TALK – Hautūtanga

Term 3 Week 8 11 September 2019

Term 3 Week 8 11 September 2019

STANHOPE SCENE

NEW PLAYGROUND

Work installing our new playground has begun.

There was an audience watching the little orange digger this week!

DAFFODIL DAY

Thank you to our community for supporting the Cancer Society Daffodil Day Mufti day where we raised a fabulous $649.10!

TONGAN LANGUAGE WEEK

It was a busy and colourful week at SRS celebrating Uike Kātoanga’i ‘o e Lea Faka-Tonga 2019!

Fakakoloa ‘o Aotearoa ‘aki ‘a e Tauhi Fonua - A Tongan Perspective of Enriching Aotearoa, New Zealand.

After an exciting school launch, we learned lots about the Tongan culture and language throughout the week and ended it with lots of yummy Tongan treats!

A HUGE THANK YOU to our Tongan parents and community who came along to our Uike Kātoanga’i ‘o e Lea Faka-Tonga launch, who prepared the hall, shared their knowledge of Tongan culture and for cooking all of the scrumptious food we ate! We really appreciate you – malo ‘aupito!

SRS BIKE AMBASSADORS

Wednesday was the first training session for our SRS Bike Ambassadors, which was organised by our Auckland Transport Travelwise Coordinator, Joni Lee.

These Year 6 volunteers, spent the day with Janet Stark, a Cycle Coach, and Coordinator, learning how to be a Bike Ambassador, understanding bike and helmet safety, bike maintenance and route planning.

The role of these ambassadors will be not only to check and assist students with their bikes but also to remind students about bike safety to and from school.

Each ambassador was also lucky enough to receive one ‘spokey dokey’ for their bikes, a map and a bike crew workbook. The students were also complimented by Janet for their enthusiasm and courtesy.

Well done Bike Ambassadors.

STANHOPE SCENE (cont’d)

EPro8 (SS)

After a hiatus last year, Hautūtanga came back to EPro8 with a vengeance – fielding 4 teams! The teams: Roboti-cus, Stan-Bots, Illogicals and E-nnovate were challenged to create and think critically using different types of technology! You did an amazing job EPro8ers! We are so proud of your perseverance and GRIT! See you next year, Year 7s!

Puāwaitanga were excited to field two teams at this year’s EPro8 competition. We learnt lots and can’t wait until next year. Well done Roboti-cus and E-nnovate, you did some great problem solving.

REMINDERS

Term Dates 2019

Term 1: Wed 29 Jan – Fri 12 Apr

Term 2: Mon 29 Apr – Fri 5 Jul

Term 3: Mon 22 Jul – Fri 27 Sep

Term 4: Mon 14 Oct – Fri 13 Dec

Term Dates 2020

Term 1: Wed 29 Jan – Thu 9 Apr

Term 2: Tue 28 Apr – Fri 3 Jul

Term 3: Mon 20 Jul – Fri 25 Sep

Term 4: Mon 12 Oct – Fri 11 Dec

Term 3 Activity Fees

Term 3 activity fees ($40) are now due and can be paid directly into the following account 12 3109 0012738 000.

Please use your child’s name and room as a reference.

Year 7 & 8 Technology Fees

Year 7 & 8 Technology Fees ($40) are now due and can be paid directly into the following account 12 3109 0012738 000.

Please use your child’s name and room as a reference.

Late to School

If your child is late to school, please ensure that they report to the office immediately on arrival to sign in and collect a late slip to give to their teacher.

09 579 6434 | office@stanhope.school.nz | www.stanhope.school.nz | facebook.com/StanhopeRoadSchool/

STANHOPE ROAD SCHOOL NOW HAS A SCHOOL APP!

Sign up to the School App today to ensure you get important messages, newsletters, reminders and notify us of absences.

Go to the App Store on your Apple or Android device and search ‘SchoolAppsNZ’ to download the app onto your device.

Then search ‘Stanhope Road School’ to find our school’s app.

Absences

If your child/ren are going to be away from school, please do one of the following BEFORE 9.00am each morning:

• call the school (579 6434), press option 2 and leave a message on the answer phone

• use the Absence submission template on the Stanhope Road School App

• send an email to office@stanhope.school.nz

• use the Absence submission form on the school website. Please clearly state your child/ren’s name, room number and why they are absent

Kindo Online School Shopping – coming soon!

We are excited to let you know about our Kindo online school shop, which will be opening in Term Four!

You will be able to view and make full or part-payments on your family account for things like activity fees and technology fees, as well as supporting school fundraisers.

Next year you will also be able to purchase your stationery items and order school lunches.

Our Kindo School shop will be open 24/7 and available on our school website, making it easy for you to complete payments and purchases when it suits you!

More information will be coming soon – so watch this space. SAVE TIME – PAY ONLINE