ACG Sunderland 09 838 7070 6 Waipareira Ave, Henderson, Auckland
ACG SUNDERLAND
WINGS NEWSLETTER Vol 18, Term One, Week Three, 11 February 2022
Dear Parents and Friends of Sunderland I hope that, like me, you enjoyed another long weekend with family and friends. I’m sure the children have appreciated the gradual start to this academic year. This does mean however that the next holiday is not until Easter , which joins onto the school holidays in 2022. As I explained earlier, the school has grown by over 20% in 2022 and therefore parking is challenging all around the community. Currently, we have around 100 car parks spots for parents, and this will increase once our new preschool opens in March. I do ask that parents park away from the school and walk in, particularly afterschool. There is parking available at the Warehouse/Noel Leeming shopping area, Te Pai Netball Courts and street parking where you can find it. We have been notified of some parents parking in private car parks, across the road near the café, and next door at the Kip McGrath car park. Unless you are using these facilities, I do ask that you do not park in these private car parks. It has caused some distress to the owners of these businesses and their customers. I also ask that you respect the traffic rules and don't park on the broken yellow lines or queue in the centre of the lane, waiting to enter the carparks.
Please advise any changes in your address, phone or email to Sunderland@acgedu.com
ACG Sunderland 09 838 7070 6 Waipareira Ave, Henderson, Auckland
We appreciate that parking can be challenging but there are solutions coming, so please be patient over this period, and as a Prime Minister would say “be kind to one another”. Private businesses carparks – not to be used by Sunderland parents
New carparks opposite new preschool opening soon
Aspire. Succeed. Respect.
Value for the next week is: Open mindedness
Nathan Villars Campus Principal ACG Sunderland
The willing to consider new ideas; unprejudiced
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Preschool
ACG Sunderland 09 838 7070 6 Waipareira Ave, Henderson, Auckland
The Preschool children had a very busy week, getting to know our new friends who have just started and making them feel comfortable with our daily routine. They enjoyed playing alongside others, building friendships, learning to share, and taking turns in small groups as well as the feeling of belonging.
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Primary
ACG Sunderland 09 838 7070 6 Waipareira Ave, Henderson, Auckland
We congratulate our House Leaders in the Primary Tong George Watts – 6LIM Steven Wang – 6DOO
Findlay Nathan Chen – 6LIM Ryan Yao – 6DOO
Waitakere Tina Zhang – 6LIM Kian Michael-Jacques – 6LIM
Fleming Arabella Endersby-Grant – 6LIM Madeline Yeoman – 6DOO
McDonald Louie Kumerich – 6LIM Hans Meng – 6DOO
Whenuapai Amy Deng – 6DOO Evelyn Law – 6DOO
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Primary
ACG Sunderland 09 838 7070 6 Waipareira Ave, Henderson, Auckland
Year 3 sports session with Miss Smith
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Primary
ACG Sunderland 09 838 7070 6 Waipareira Ave, Henderson, Auckland
Our Year 5 Camp – Lakewood Lodge, Huntly Last week, Year 5 went to Lakewood Lodge in Huntly for their camp. The children had an amazing time doing a wide range of activities including flying fox, climbing wall, kayaking, horse riding, archery and low ropes. A huge thank you must go to Mr Baker, Miss Richardson, Mr Fuente and our parent helpers Kelly and Jenny for coming to camp and helping our Year 5 students.
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Primary
ACG Sunderland 09 838 7070 6 Waipareira Ave, Henderson, Auckland
Year 3 & 4 are learning about the elements of art. They have started designing their silhouette. Here are some of their first design.
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Primary
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1CAR with 4RYN enjoying some fun activities and reading with their buddies during GLU Period
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College
ACG Sunderland 09 838 7070 6 Waipareira Ave, Henderson, Auckland
Rivers and Mountains - Senior Camp - 2022 It all began with a lengthy bus journey on an incredibly hot summer’s day, a journey all the way from School to Tongariro National Park. We had arrived at our location, as that’s when we set up our Campsite for the next few days. We grabbed a bag of tent components in teams of two and proceed begin the process of assemble our new shelter, only then go back and remove the short rod from where the long rod was actually meant to go, with a similar cycle of ‘two steps forward, one step back’ until miraculously a complete tent emerged from our combined efforts. Once the setting up was completed, the focus shifted to dinner preparations, and this is where I must emphasise that if you plan on taking part in the year 12/13 camp, I encourage you to always taste the food as you cook it to ensure it is well cooked. The next couple of days were composed of an extensive canoeing voyage along the Whanganui River, which involved braving the many perilous rapids that lay in our path, suffering from some quite dramatic capsizes while braving said rapids, and more peacefully admiring the beautiful riverside scenery of soaring cliff faces, picturesque cascading waterfalls, sweeping stony shores, and looming half-sunken fallen trees. Our first day of canoeing concluded with our return to the campsite, and I discovered the need to drink enough water during the voyage. After a good night’s sleep, we all felt remarkably better including myself, which was rather fortunate as that was when we had to take down the campsite and fully repack our bags for the next stage of our camp. We then loaded the bags and tents into the vehicles and settled into the next phase of the canoe voyage, which after a rather large rapid at the beginning went a lot smoother, now that we were somewhat more ready for what the river had to throw at us. Our river voyage concluded sitting at around 50km of travel over the two days, finally landing upon a small stony shore opposite a particularly towering cliff face, we loaded our canoes onto a trailer and after briefly getting changed into drier clothing, we drove to our accommodation for the third night. That accommodation was an apartment hotel, and after two nights in a tent and sleeping bag with a travel pillow that was just slightly too flat to provide true comfort, sleeping the night in a room with a proper bed, and a true pillow was a magnificent experience. It was amazing how much you suddenly appreciated everyday comforts so much more, how just a few nights could change your perspective so much. That night we also ate like royalty, with burgers and garlic bread cooked on a barbecue.
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College
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The next morning, we packed our bags once again, and after breakfast we climbed into the buses and travelled to our next activity. Mountain Biking. We were fitted with helmets and bikes and soon set off for the Old Coach Road bike trail. There was a little apprehensive at first. I soon found my worries to be ill-founded, and found myself quickly settling into the experience, appreciating the beautiful forests, remnants of the old twisted cobbled road, and especially the two enormous and towering curved viaducts, which remain incredible feats of engineering even to this day, despite being over a hundred years old. While one of the viaducts no longer has a traversable surface, the other leads across a wide gorge to a small picnic spot where we rested and ate our morning tea before continuing onwards. The trail continued to twist and turn, but the gradual climb of the first half had now concluded, so the ride continued at a slightly faster pace. We began the long drive back to Auckland. Senior Camp was a rather extraordinary experience, set in a beautiful environment, with challenging yet rewarding activities, full of new experiences, and above all with wonderful guides and instructors who made you feel safe at all times, even when attempting something you might be stepping outside your comfort zone to do. It also instils a new appreciation for the simple pleasures of everyday life, such as sleeping in an actual bed, and having a solid roof over your head. By Jack Sedcole – Year 13
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College
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Madison McDowall – Year 9 - Young Entrepreneur Hi, I'm Madison McDowall - I am currently a Year 9 and I run ‘The Imperfect Beauty Co’. During Lockdown, I found myself constantly searching for natural bath and beauty products that weren't super expensive! That's when I decided, why don't I just make some? And that's how it all started! Now I have a successful Facebook page (and I hope to get a website soon) Visit her Facebook page 'The Imperfect Beauty Co I.B.C’ Congratulations to Madison for taking on this initiative and starting her own business. Some awesome skills learnt have been social marketing, finances, stock management/ordering and customer service .
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Notices
ACG Sunderland 09 838 7070 6 Waipareira Ave, Henderson, Auckland
Courtney Noble - Our Piano Teacher In her own words… I am a West Auckland registered (IRMTNZ) piano teacher with 16 years of experience. I am very passionate about providing both fun and quality music tuition to all of my piano students. This involves being flexible with my teaching style, as all students learn in different ways. It also means that I tailor repertoire to each student’s interests while still providing a solid technical foundation. Along with practical playing, I believe music theory and aural skills are very important and will compliment student’s progress on the piano. If you are interested in piano lesson for your child please do contact Courtney directly to arrange for a lesson time. cnoble947@gmail.com If you’d like further information about the Itinerant Music programme at ACG Sunderland, please do pick up a pamphlet at reception. Also feel free to contact our Head of Music, Daniel O’Connor. daniel.oconnor@acgedu.com
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ACG Sunderland 09 838 7070 6 Waipareira Ave, Henderson, Auckland
ACG Sunderland is opening its new Preschool early in 2022. There will be three main rooms that we are looking to name. Infant Room Junior Room Senior Room We are running a competition and giving the students the opportunity to name these rooms similar to how the onsite Wings Café was named The theme is AVIATION You can email your room name choices along with your name and class for one or all three rooms to linda.storey@acgedu.com.
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ACG Sunderland 09 838 7070 6 Waipareira Ave, Henderson, Auckland
Attendance If your child is going to be absent from school or you are picking up your child during the day for medical, dentist or other appointments, please email their teacher and sunderlandattendance@acgedu.com
Masks If your child is in year 4 or above, there is a requirement for them to be wearing a mask while in school. Please ensure that you child comes to school with a mask and a spare one in their bag in case it is lost or broken. Please ensure that your children dispose of their masks in the rubbish bins provided around the school. We are finding a lot of masks just thrown around the school grounds.
Police Vetting Forms These forms are used when a parent or caregiver wishes to assist on any school trips where interaction with the students is required. When forms have been completed, the parent needs to hand this into reception along with the original 2 forms of identification. Ie: drivers licence, passport or birth certificate. The original identification needs to be sighted by reception to ensure its validity.
Bus Service Any children that require the services of the ACG Sunderland bus service need to contact Victoria Ogden at reception or by email at Victoria.ogden@acgedu.com Please be aware that if your child is new to this service, we do need at least a weeks notice to get this arranged with the bus company and to ensure that your child is aware of where the buses depart from at the school 14
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ACG Sunderland 09 838 7070 6 Waipareira Ave, Henderson, Auckland
Students Lunches and PE Uniforms Please ensure before you leave home that your child has packed their lunch, drink bottle, PE uniform & shoes and other uniform requirements in their school bag or you have ordered their lunch online by 8.30am. We are having a lot of lunches and bits of uniform dropped off at reception which can be quite disruptive to the classes when these are dropped off or students asked to collect from reception.
Senior Tutorials
Tutorials are offered to students as a means to give extra support and guidance. The key to tutorials is be prepared. Examples of what you could get help with and what you should bring but not limited to • • • • •
Review past exam questions Specific questions related to the course Practice essays Questions on your coursework Teacher is reviewing a specific area you are not confident in.
The key is being specific, remember staff like it when you are proactive. The tutorial is the opportunity to look closely at the requirements of a piece of work with the guidance of a staff member.
ACG Sunderland Students Invoices As mentioned in January, we moved to a new finance system at the start of the year. The implementation has gone smoothly and we’d like to thank parents who have amended their reference when making payment by bank transfer to the Communication Ref No. A small number of parents have not recognised the noreply-jde@inspirededu.com address that the invoices have been sent from, or have found that the emails have gone direct to junk. If you can please check these points if information is not coming through and, as always, please contact Mandy Allen at mandy.allen@acgedu.com or 09 838 7070 if you have any accounts questions.
No Cheque payments from 22 June 2021 ACG Sunderland will not be accepting or issuing cheques from Tuesday 22 June 2021. Payments need to be made online or over the counter with Eftpos or Credit Cards (2% surcharge). Please note that both the café and reception cannot provide any cash-out services. 15
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ACG Sunderland 09 838 7070 6 Waipareira Ave, Henderson, Auckland
UBIQ has taken the decision to not proceed with second-hand buyback purchasing for the 2022 academic year. This is not a decision they have taken lightly as they feel it is a valuable service to provide to the students, and families attending ACG. However, in light of recent and ongoing outbreaks of the highly transmissible Delta variant of Covid-19 in the community and subsequent alert level changes, they strongly feel the need for ongoing caution and care. Even more so given the size of the campus we are based on, and recent cases that created exposure events on campus. For this reason, UBIQ are uncomfortable putting their staff, ACG students and their families in a position of risk. UBIQ sincerely apologise for any inconvenience this will cause and look forward to a safer 2022.
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ACG Sunderland 09 838 7070 6 Waipareira Ave, Henderson, Auckland
ACG Sunderland Ball Committee are fundraising – please support them!
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Ground Crew Lenco School Wear Shop
ACG Sunderland 09 838 7070 6 Waipareira Ave, Henderson, Auckland
Sunderland Second-Hand Uniform Shop
40 Patiki Road Avondale Auckland Tel 09 838 6164
The shop is open. Please ask at reception for access.
2022 Open 10 January to 12 February Monday to Friday from 8.30am – 5.30pm Saturday from 9.00am – 3.00pm
Lost Property
From 12 February Monday, Wednesday, Friday from 8.30am to 4.30pm Saturday from 9.00am to 1.00pm Closed Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday and Public Holidays As a reminder all school uniform continues to be available for purchase online on our Lenco website https://lenco.space/schoolwear/school-wear-acgsunderland/
We are taking good quality uniform items for the second-hand shop. Blazers must be dry cleaned.
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 student’s homeroom teacher.
School Contact Details School Office: Phone: 838 7070 Address: 6 Waipareira Ave, Henderson Waitakere 0610 Email:
sunderland@acgedu.com
Attendance:
sunderlandattendance@acgedu.com
Web:
www.acgedu.com
Kids at School Care 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. Contact Beth Rivero for enrolment and fees information by email beth.rivero@gmail.com or Phone: 022 394 5743.
2022 Term Dates Term 1: Term 2: Term 3: Term 4:
26 Jan to 14 April 2 May to 1 July 25 July to 23 September 10 October to 6 December
Staff Emails Email format for staff is: Firstname.Surname@acgedu.com
Lunch Orders – From Libelle You can order your child's yummy and healthy lunches at www.lunchorders.co.nz. Cut off time for ordering same day is at 8.30am. If you have any questions, please reach out to the Lunch Orders team via email on lunchorders@libelle.co.nz or flick a message on the Lunch Orders FB Messenger. Happy Lunch Ordering! No cash-out service available.
Traffic- Safety Please note that numbered car parks are for staff. Please do not park in the numbered carparks.
Contacting School Bus Drivers
Please do not ring or text the drivers after 7.15am as they will not be checking their cell phones while they are driving. Thank you for your support. 18