ACG Sunderland 09 838 7070 6 Waipareira Ave, Henderson, Auckland
ACG SUNDERLAND
WINGS NEWSLETTER Dear Parents and Friends of Sunderland
Vol 16, Term Three, Week Eight, 11 September 2020
Our attendance rates are up - over 90% in all classes! Thank you for your support and confidence in this area. Senior mock examinations have gone very positively this week. I have spoken to many students in the atrium before their exam sessions and most seem relaxed and confident – even after two lockdown periods. I think this confidence is generated by the quality of teaching and support the entire school has experienced during these unprecedented times. Students will have all their results back in the next week or so. A huge thank you to Mr Stephens for his organisation of these examinations. As documented last week, with Auckland still at Alert Level 2.5, no sports games are currently taking place. However, practices here at school are still possible. We will have a much better idea of where Auckland will end up regarding alert levels early next week. With this uncertainty, the ball committee have decided to cancel the 2020 ball. This was a hard, disappointing decision – but the right one. We will make sure all the graduates from 2020 are invited to next years event. Senior management have decided that our last Open Day to be held on the 19th September will take place.
ACG Sunderland Open Day, Saturday 19 September 10.30am – 2.30pm
ACG Sunderland 09 838 7070 6 Waipareira Ave, Henderson, Auckland
We are confident, even with restrictions on numbers that we can run a successful event. Mrs Chartrand and Mr Stephens will be in touch regarding student guides for the next weeks event. You will have seen my email earlier in the week with regards to the concerning TikTok video circulating. We understand this video is of a suicide. Unfortunately, the horrific images and video content are only too common on many social media sites and this is a timely reminder for all parents to be aware and mindful of what content your children are watching and digesting on their devices. Can I suggest you all have conversations this weekend with your children about inappropriate content etc. And finally, if you are intending to move your child from ACG Sunderland for 2021, you are required by the contract of enrolment to give one terms notice. I do require this written notice by the 25th September. Have a wonderful weekend and keep safe.
Aspire. Succeed. Respect.
Nathan Villars Campus Principal ACG Sunderland
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Primary Students Of The Week 1NC 1NG 1RW 2AV 2-3SB 3WB 4LC 5KB 6SL
Austin He Xuanny Lin Oria Chu Leah Francis Ellie Zhang Larissa Zheng David-Ezra Empeno Marcus Xue Ray Chung
ACG Sunderland 09 838 7070 6 Waipareira Ave, Henderson, Auckland
Honour Students
Deanne Patel, 2AV
Richard Liu, 2-3SB
Lucas Wang, 2-3SB
Omar Chopra, 2-3SB
Maran Googan, 2-3SB
Kourtney Ataya, 4LC
Academic House Shield
Tong Shriya Ramachandran, 4LC
Miumiu Jin, 5KB
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Primary Speeches
ACG Sunderland 09 838 7070 6 Waipareira Ave, Henderson, Auckland
A huge congratulations to the speech finalists in Year Four, Five and Six that presented their speeches by Zoom to our Henderson Toastmaster judge, Aroha. Our Year Four finalists were:
Rafan Ershad- Hossain
Terrance Li
George Watts
The winner was Terrence Li with his speech about ‘Why Maths is important’ Our Year Five finalists were:
Marcus Xue
Tomas Zou
Reuben Jacka
Sionya Biswas
Ray Chung
Our Year Six finalists were:
Zaynab Ali
Ray Chung won with his speech called ‘Positive Thinking’. Ray is invited to go forward to the Zone Speech Final on 17 September at Royal Road School (If our Alert Levels go down to one). We have our fingers crossed for you Ray!
Highly Commended went to Sionya Biswas for her speech called ‘Foxes’, George Watts for his speech called ‘Cricket’ and Reuben Jacka for his speech called ‘Polar Bears’. 4
Technology
ACG Sunderland 09 838 7070 6 Waipareira Ave, Henderson, Auckland
Our Year Four students have been learning how to make butter, how to create their own pancake recipes and how to creatively decorate pancakes using a variety of fruits, cream, butter and syrup.
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Kids at School Care
ACG Sunderland 09 838 7070 6 Waipareira Ave, Henderson, Auckland
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The Student Voice!
ACG Sunderland 09 838 7070 6 Waipareira Ave, Henderson, Auckland
Week 7 was our first week back at school after our second lockdown. We’ve continued learning at home through zoom with the help of our supportive teachers. Online learning was productive, but we had more fun meeting our friends and teachers at school, interacting with them. Everyone was excited to learn back at school. We couldn’t keep our lockdown stories to ourselves. We never stopped talking in interval and lunch. Seniors and some of the year 10s started revising for mock exams. For Seniors, mock exams started on Week 7 Friday, and the year 10 Extended Science students have their mock exams on week 8, Monday and Wednesday. It’s their first mock exams which is a lot of pressure, but all science teachers have been encouraging and supportive. I’ve been studying for this as well and I was worried that I couldn’t keep up since we couldn’t follow the right schedule during the two lockdowns. However, my science teacher has helped me and my classmates as best as she could, so that everyone is in the right place ready for the exams. All teachers and students are delighted that everyone is back to school. I believe that everyone is having a great time at school learning something new every day. We are looking forward to all the wonderful days that will come for this term.
Written by Eunchae Ahn (year 10)
Coming back to school has been incredibly relieving and enjoyable so far. We can finally socialise and interact physically with our friends and teachers again! Learning has also become so much easier and less stressful compared to lockdown. I am very glad that things are now back to normal and I hope it stays like this. Written by Jessie Wu (year 8)
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Ground Crew
ACG Sunderland 09 838 7070 6 Waipareira Ave, Henderson, Auckland
Lenco School Wear Shop
Sunderland Second-Hand Uniform Shop
40 Patiki Road Avondale Auckland Tel 09 838 6164
The shop is open. Please ask at reception for access.
We will continue to use the entrance at number 44 Patiki Road to access our shop site at number 40 Patiki road until further notice as the site works are taking longer than anticipated– note access is very clearly sign posted to avoid any confusion. Winter opening hours Monday 8.30am – 4.30pm Wednesday 8.30am – 4.30pm Friday 8.30am – 4.30pm Saturday 9.00am – 1.00pm
We are taking good quality uniform items for the second-hand shop. Blazers must be dry cleaned.
Lost Property All lost property can be found by the Second-Hand Uniform Shop.
For your best interest, please name all clothing, lunch boxes and drink bottles as we will return all named items to the students homeroom teacher.
As a reminder all school uniform continues to be available for purchase online on our Lenco website https://lenco.space/schoolwear/. .
Contact Details
Kids at School Care
Email:
sunderland@acgedu.com
Kids at School Care operates in G02, Monday to Friday from 7.00am to 8.20am and 3.10pm to 5.45pm. They also run a Holiday Programme.
Attendance:
sunderlandattendance@acgedu.com
Web:
www.acgedu.com
Contact Haydee Cos on 021 161 6256 for enrolment and fees information or email haydeecos@yahoo.com
Staff Emails
School Office: Phone: 838 7070 Address: 6 Waipareira Ave, Henderson Waitakere 0610
2020 Term Dates Term 3: Term 4:
20 July to 25 September 12 October to 4 December
Email format for staff is: Firstname.Surname@acgedu.com
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