Associate Education Minister visits Stanley Avenue School!

Last week we were lucky enough to have the Associate Education Minister, Nikki Kaye, visit our school to celebrate Stanley Avenue School being the 1000th school to be connected to the Network for Learning. The Network for Learning is a government funded initiative and is designed to assist 21st Century Learners by providing a fast, efficient and secure internet access. This will allow our learners to utilise the expanding range of digital devices we have to their full potential.

The Minister had a great time mingling with our students and discussing their learning. It also provided an opportunity for Stanley Ave to showcase how we use digital devices to enhance learning opportunities.

The Network for Learning also provides an excellent education site called the Pond. This is an education sharing site where educators and learners share resources to assist learning opportunities. As a school we will be exploring this more over the coming weeks and look at how it can enhance the Stanley Avenue Learner.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/10662319/Students-now-well-connected

Term 4 Preview

As Deputy Principal of Stanley Avenue School, I am extremely excited about what Term 4 has to offer our amazing learners.

Term 4 provides learners with a chance to showcase their academic progress they have made during the year. Week 3, will be our official testing week for a range of standardised tests and during the first four weeks students will be undertaking reading and maths assessments with their classroom teacher. From here teachers will take into account students class learning work, discussions and conversations and form Overall Teacher Judgements ( OTJ's) in Reading, Writing and Maths.  This information will then be presented to parents later in the term in the form of a written report. I look forward to seeing the progress students have made during the last two terms.

As always Athletics will be a huge focus for Stanley Avenue School. We will start Athletics training in Week 1, leading up to our School Athletics in Week 4. Again this year we will host the Districts Athletics. For the first time we will host the Thames Valley Athletics Day along with the other Te Aroha schools. This is really exciting for the school and the Te Aroha Cluster.

Students will also be involved in a ' Maths- a-thon' during Term 4. This will help the students with their basic fact skills and it will also act as a fundraiser for the school.

Our annual Te Rapa Pools trip will be held in Week 9 and if last year was anything to go by it will be great fun for the entire school.

The Rainbow's End day will provide us with a chance to thank our wonderful leaders and senior students who have taken up various leadership roles around the school. With new rides at Rainbows End this promises to be a great day.

Lastly, our School Prize-giving and Senior Graduation round out our festivities on what will be a busy and productive term.

Best wishes for a great term and continue to always, ' Strive to Succeed!'