District Athletics

Last Wednesday a group of our amazing Atheltic students made their way to Herries park. This group of students represented SAS in Thames Valley Athletics. All athletes did us proud and we were very successful in all the relay races.

Well done to everyone that took part on the day and huge congratulations to those who placed and who will go on to represent us in the Waikato Full Primary Athletics this Wednesday!

Our last assembly item!

On Friday the 24th of November Room 4 presented their last class item in assembly! We decided to reflect on and re-enact some of the highlights we have had throughout the year. There have been so many and only a few made the cut!

If you missed our presentation in assembly here is just the highlights video below.

Middle School Meet!

Yesterday for two-thirds fo the day the middle syndicate came together to do some fun end of year activities. We practised singing our hearts out for our end of year performance assembly (it's in week 9 on Thursday 14th Dec come check it out!),  we took up a challenge that involved constructing a tower strong enough to hold a basketball off the ground and we played colour tag! A game that was learnt on middle school camp.

Check out these photos from the Basketball tower Challenge! 

The Year 4 girls took the challenge out with a Tower standing above knee hight and nearly withstood our stamping earthquake!

2017 Districts Athletics

On Wednesday the 15th November, 79 of our top Athletic students represented our School in District Athletics.

Room 4 had several people representing SAS and they all performed well on the day! 

It all got very competitive between the Schools, especially in the relays. SAS did great in all of them we only didn't place in one! Which is a great success!

We are very proud of all students who participated on Wednesday. It is going to be thrilling to hear about how Anna, Anna, Calauz, Daniel, Jessica Kahurangi and Trevor get on when they represented us once again at Thames Valley Athletics this coming Wednesday! Congratulations to you 7 on your fantastic achievements!

STUDENT LED SPORT!!

Over the past couple of weeks, Room 4 has been stepping up into the role of a teacher. In pairs or on their own students have been leading whole class fitness. This has involved them organizing the class and instructing them where to go, warming the class up, engaging them in 2 games or activities and then packing them up and instructing them back to class.

They have been absolutely incredible this week with lots of different activities being played. Today's instructor was Daniel and he did a fabulous job of organizing and instructing our team! ka pai Room 4!!!

Daniel's Basketball games. Girls v Girls and Boys v Boys

120th AP&H Show in Te Aroha

Last weekend was Te Aroha's 120th AP&H show and each of the classrooms at school entered an art project. Our class entered into the Recyclable Materials category. We had free range on what we wanted to create, the only criteria were, it couldn't be bigger than a shoe box and had to be made entirely out of recyclable items. 

We had people making, basketball hoops, pumpkins, monsters, shoes, a horse, sand timers and so much more! 

On the day we had 3 winners! Anna and Anna took out 1st place with their cardboard horse, Teia took out 3rd along with Riley. Teia had created an awesome cat made from a drink bottle and Riley created a Halloween pumpkin out of a bottle and a snake from old wallpaper. 

Congratulations you 3 on your wonderful creations! 

Camp Photos!

Finally, here a few photos from the first two days of Middle School Camp!

Enjoy and don't forget to leave us a comment down below!!

Middle/Senior School Athletics!

Wow, Athletics 2017 was a huge success! We had great weather, awesome attitudes from everyone and lots of team spirit.

Everybody gave everything their all and were running, throwing, jumping, and cheering their hearts out!!


A huge shout out and congratulations to all the people who placed in any event and got into a final. Tino pai!!!

Massive thanks to all the parents, teachers, and other community members who made today possible, you are all fabulous!

Room 4's Highlight from camp!

Here's what Room 4 enjoyed at Lake Ranch Camp.

We're back and are straight back into it!

What an amazing week we all had last week! It was an awesome week of lots of firsts for many of the students in Room 4 and the rest of the middle school (Rooms 9, 10, 13, some of Room 3 and of course teachers and parents too). We're excited to share our experiences and stories (both the good and the bad) with you throughout the next few weeks - so keep checking in!

The dream team minus the parents and teachers!

P.S a MASSIVE thank you to all the parents, caregivers, teachers and students who all worked together to make camp happen! It was one of the best camps most of us have ever been on!!! 

LAST TERM OF 2017!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            It's great to students coming back to school with a great attitude and their sunhats! Especially as we're heading into summer and the days are already heating up. Just a reminder that next week it's compulsory for all students to have a school hat.

What's coming up this term...

 Well lots of us are really excited about Middle School Camp next week!!

Next week (week 2) is our first ever Stanley Avenue School Middle School Camp!  On Tuesday the year 4s, 5s and 6s will head away to the fantastic Lakes Ranch camp in Rotorua.   While on camp the groups will be experiencing a wide range of awesome activities, games and challenges – including mud run, night glow worm walk, buma trail, kayaking… and more!!!  This week we have started our Camp Journal Books in our camp groups and starting planning our group skits!! 

                                 For more information about the camp, click the 

                                                    ‘middle school camp info’ 

                                 link in the site menu on our School website!

                          CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU BRIGHT AND 

                            EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AT 8AM!

       If you can't find your camp list click here for a digital copy.

Some important dates to fill in on your calendar! 

Week 3 (30-3 Nov)

1. Wedneday= Group day

Week 4 (6-10 Nov)

1. Monday= School Athletics day (saving day is Friday week 4)

Week 9 (11-15 December) 

1. Monday= Te Rapa Pools trip 
2. Tusday= Year 7/8 Graduation
3. Thursday- Final Assembly 
4. Friday= Last day of school 

End of term 3 updates!

Last term we had been doing squash on a Thursday with a squash instructor called Kay. She taught us how to bounce the ball on the squash racket, how to dodge quickly with fast feet. She also taught us how to play dog and bone with the reaction ball, it bounces everywhere! Kay is the best!!!

Thank you, Kay, for teaching us squash!!!

By T.T

Last term the whole middle/senior school were learning all about persuasive, inspirational and informative speeches. Last, Term on Tuesday the 12th of September it was the  Stanley Ave School speech finals. Anna Wade went through with her speech about Kiamaniwa horses and Jessica Bray went through with her speech about younger parents are better than older. They did really well and spoke with confidence. The best thing is they both made it through to the Rotary speech finals from.

Jessica Bray got 3rd, Anna Wade got 2nd and Rico Dare got 1st in year 6s. Everyone that went to the speech finals had a good speech and they were all very interesting with awesome facts and lots of humour. 

By T.V

STEM CHALLENGE

This week Room 4 was faced with the 'Basket Creator' challenge. With limited resources (1 paper plate, 1 piece of thick paper, tape and glue) they had to create a basket that would hold a cup of dice and counters.

Things we needed to remember were, work as a team, make sure nothing can fall out of our basket and don't touch other's projects!

Here is the challenge outline, our co-constructed marking criteria and the two materials we were given.

Even though we all used the same materials we each created something that was unique. We each used the materials in different ways yet we all achieved the brief. 

Pablo Picasso inspired art!

Room 4 has been doing an artist study on Pablo Picasso. We have had our first go at a Picasso style portrait. They are currently on display in the office, so come in and check them out. Next, we are going to take our first try and improve it by adding more facial features and by creating it out of mixed media. 

Healthy Eating with John Muir!

Over the past two weeks, Room 4 has been working with John Muir from Team energize. We have been looking at the four different food groups, what different foods do to our bodies and how much sugar is in the drinks we consume!

Room 4, has been exceptional at knowing what's in the food they eat. They were the first class ever, that John has taken to correctly order drinks based on their sugar content.

Here Room 4 are organising foods into the four food categories (Grain foods- make us Go, Meats and proteins- make us Grow, Fruit and Vege- make us Glow and Milk and milk products- make us Grow.)








They were then challenged to create a balanced meal using all 4 food groups with the correct portion.


Later, John worked with us to fine tune our running style and abilities in the lead up to our school cross country. Needless to say, running with incorrect form and style makes running look and feel ridiculous!

Room 4's wheel of names

Term 3!

It's great to see everyone back at school this week. We have already started up our cross country training at Boyd Park. The track is loaded with squelchy mud so make sure a change of clothes is brought on Tuesday and Thursday!

RUGBY TOURNAMENT


Room 4 also had a handful of students awarded certificates, shirts and a trophy at this weeks assembly! It was for their triumph in winning their rugby tournament at the end of last term! Kai pai, Kahurangi, Harlem, Blake, Trevor and Joseph!!!

Term 3 reminders!

Cross Country (Week 4, Thursday 17th August) 

Bring spare clothes (shoes are your choice) on the 'T' days - Tuesday's and Thursday's. We are heading to Boyd Park to start our Cross Country preparation.

Speeches (Week 7) 

Throughout this term, we will be writing and performing speeches.  Below are a variety of topics to get you thinking about what you would like to speak to the class about - you are able to choose any of these topics or any topic of which you are confident speaking about for your first speech.  

• Explain a cultural festival or practice of significance to you that others may not know about or appreciate.
• If I ruled the world...
• If I was a parent the ground rules I would make are...
• My secret life as a hero...
• Why do we have day and night time?
• How come the earth goes round and round?
• What are stars?
• Why is a dog often called 'Man's best friend'?
• It is better to be a kid than an adult
• It is better to be an adult than a kid
• If I was born a hundred years ago, I ...
• How to procrastinate like a professional - ten top tips
• The top 3 strangest hobbies
• Why junk food is good for you
• Why lying well can be useful

Here are some helpful links to get you thinking!

Possible speech topics                                     More speech topics

                                Tips on how to write a good speech

What we learnt from Zero Waste last term!

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Term 3 Catch-up

Room 4 has been super busy this term! We haven't even had time to keep you up to date with our learning journey.
So here's a quick catch-up on what you've missed so far...

Chapter Chat! 
This time the book is called Ms. Bixby's last day! Follow us on Twitter to see what we've been tweeting --> @SASRoom4



 JUMP JAM!
The whole senior school (Rooms 9,10,13,4,3,2 and 1) have been doing Jump Jam in the mornings to energise and wake ourselves up, so we're ready to start the day fresh! 

Sailor the Puffer Fish 
This term we had Sailor the Puffer Fish come into School to do a show about asthma. He talked to us about what asthma is and what causes it. We also learnt what to do if someone was to have an asthma attack. 



Zero Waste Education
This term we had Ms. B in from Zero Waste and we learnt about recycling and the benefits it has on our environment and the planet! We studied the life of a can and even how long it takes for different things to break down. 






Making cards to say thanks
Room 4, once again were super card creators!! We made cards to say a massive THANK YOU to those amazing people in our school who help us in all areas of our learning! You are all amazing! 

🎉 🙌 Thanks for a fantastic 11 WEEKS and we'll see you next term! 🙌 🎉