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It has been an action-packed week:
Congratulations to the MacGibbon House children on winning today’s weigh-in. The celebration will be held Wednesday 28 August. Your child may like to wear a little or lot of yellow.
In support of the Boarders’ Assembly tomorrow, the Agriculture Committee will once again hold Gumboot Day to support and raise money for youth mental health.
Students and staff can wear (clean) gumboots to school. The gumboots are to be worn with the children’s school uniform. To donate $3.00, please text BOOTS to 469.
Reading Is Magic
Excitement is starting to build for our annual Book Week at the end of this term. We have five days of activities and fun planned around the theme of 'Reading is Magic', designed to celebrate the wonder and magic in stories and books.
Activities will include a visit from inventor and author Steve Mushin, a Story Walk, our inter-class Battle of Books Quiz, a variety of competitions and lots of fun activities.
The highlight of the week as always will be our annual Book Parade. This will take place on Thursday 26 September starting at 12.00pm. All students are invited to dress up as book characters for the day and join in the fun.
If you are interested in finding out more about this voluntary role, please contact Preparatory School Library Manager, Tracey Hull, on THL@stac.school.nz.
Regards
Jonathan Bierwirth
Principal of Preparatory School
Deputy for Rector
The Ballet Winter Showcase was held last Sunday. The audience enjoyed a collection of classical, jazz, national and contemporary work from the students’ class studies to date, including the premiere of the Royal New Zealand Ballet’s Visible – taught to the dancers by the RNZB Dance Specialist, Neve Pierce. Joining the Seniors were our Junior and Intermediate Companies, from the Preparatory School Ballet Academy programme; each performed their new dances beautifully. A group of 26 Secondary School dancers also achieved their Bronze, Silver and Gold Performance Awards – dancing solos, duos, and trios.
Flickr >The University of Otago Junior Mathematics Competition (JMC) is a national mathematics competition, with an emphasis on problem solving for students in Years 9–11, although younger students may also take part. Cong (Zilong) Chen (Year 8) received one of the top 30 prizes for the Year 9 competition. This is an excellent achievement in a highly regarded mathematics competition.
Zilong, as well as Xiaofeng (Alina) Deng and Benjamin Yu (all Year 8) also recently competed in Round 1 of the New Zealand Mathematical Olympiad (NZMO). Benjamin has been invited to participate in Round 2.
Join us for the StAC Ag Show on Thursday 26 September. Students at all year levels can enter a number of fun events, such as baking, art, flower arrangements, and Lego creations, with placings from first to third place receiving a ribbon, and all first-place winners will also receive a prize. Some incredible grand prizes are up for grabs including an animal care package from Rangiora Vet Centre for the animal categories, a Willowbank Family pass for the plant and food categories, and a Willowbank Family pass for the art and photography categories.
There is something for everyone at this A&P Show-inspired event. Come along to Gym 1 to experience all the art, baking and other pet entries as well as the petting zoo – get set for a day of agricultural fun!
The Year 12 Agribusiness students will be selling their food and animal products at the show, including deer velvet dog treats, rocky road, and lolly packs. Eftpos will be available, and a pre-order form will be sent out a week before the show.
Entries: Cost: $3.00 per category entered (viewing the entries on the day is free). Entries close 4.00pm Friday 20 September. To enter your Years 1–8 child/ren into the StAC Ag Show, please complete the Preparatory School entry form below:
Please note the annual Ballet photo for all dancers Years 1–13 will take place on Friday 20 September, 8.00am–8.35am in Gym 1.
The online sales for the following 2024 photographs are now available:
Details of how to order the photographs can be found on our website using the button below and you will need to log into StACNet using your St Andrew's College login.
If you have any questions relating to this service, please email photography@stac.school.nz.
For any illness, students should stay home if unwell. Any student should also feel free to wear a mask if they wish to do so while at school.
For any absence, whether ill-health (including COVID-19) or otherwise, the College’s preferred platform for reporting this is via our online form which can be found at the button below:
If you are not able to report your child's absence using the online form, please report their absence via the relevant email address below. If you cannot get through to us via the form or email, please call our attendance line on +64 3 940 2031 (term time only).
