Brandon & Sharons' snail

This week while I was on duty I came across Brandon and Sharon. They had found a little snail in the garden. It was great to see them exploring how he moved, and what would happen when the snail came across a gap in the table. There were great conversations being had between all of the children who came over to discuss the snail, like how does he move, where is his home and what does he eat. A great example of how not all learning happens in the classroom!

More smiley faces for Room 5!

This week we welcomed Phoenix, Austin and Amul to Room 5. Amul is the first from his family to attend Stanley Avenue and so is Phoenix. Austin is lucky enough to have a big sister with him at school. Say a big Hi to our newest students if you see them around!

Hello Term 4!

Check out Nate's plants!! He found a pansy in his Little Garden and is lucky enough to have some other plants too! I hope you all had great fun with this little project over the holidays, keep the photos coming - it is great to see the progress!

Today has been a great start to the new term. We had 3 lovely ladies join Room 5 today! Welcome to Sharon, Alaska and Willow - it is great to have you in our class and we hope you had a great first day.

Don't forget that this term school issue sun hats are compulsory. Students not wearing hats will be restricted to certain shaded areas within the school. Hats can be purchased from the office or uniform room.

Sebs' Little Garden

Hope you are all enjoying your holidays - at least we have seen a little bit of sunshine so far!
Fingers crossed by now , your Little Gardens have sprouted! I know ours at home have started too, which is very exciting! Don't forget to send in some pics to me so we can see how each others gardens are going! Here is a cool collage that Sebs mum sent in of his awesome garden progress!
Can't wait to hear how it is after the holidays.!

Reminders for Term 4

Hi all, last day of term today so just a few notices before we go into holiday mode.

• First day back is the 16th of October - Please note , there is an early finish at 1pm for Professional Development.
• Photo orders close on the 18th October.
• School hats are compulsory in Term 4 - these can be purchased from the school office.

I have also sent home a letter today about our Little Garden project. Each student will receive a Little Garden pot to plant and grow over the holidays. It would be nice if they could look after it themselves to learn about what a plant needs as we will be looking at this in term 4. If you like you can also email in pictures of your plants growing over the holidays - or get children to draw a picture of the seedling once it sprouts. My email is Hayley.Williams@Stanleyave.school.nz.

Enjoy the holidays , have fun and stay safe.

Miss Williams

Welcome Braxton!

Today we had Braxton join us in Room 5. Braxton is already a familiar face around Stanley Avenue as he has a big sister here who has also been through Room 5.

Here is a picture of Braxton with his first lot of story writing!

If you see Braxton around, feel free to say hi and welcome him to our awesome school.

Junior Showcase!

Well done to all of our students who were a part of our Junior Showcase yesterday! You all did really well and I am super proud of your efforts!

Big thanks to the parents who made it to , we will try and get a video on our school You Tube channel for those of you that missed it.