ACG Sunderland Newsletter - 11 November 2022

ACG SUNDERLAND WINGS NEWSLETTER

Vol 18, Term Four, Week Five, 11 November 2022

Dear Parents and Friends of Sunderland,

On Tuesday afternoon, I had the opportunity to attend the matinee performance of the Year 4 6 Production. This was ‘Passport to the World’, where each class chose a country for destination and explored the culture of this country through dance, song and drama.

It was super entertaining, and all the children were clearly enjoying themselves which is what shows are all about.

I wish to also highlight the Primary orchestra, who performed at the short intermissions in the café. This was a fantastic addition to the overall experience.

It is my intention to also attend the Lower College over the next few days. Special thanks to all the teaching staff and in particular Miss Samantha Richardson for her overall direction, and to Mr Daniel O’Connor for all his work with the music and orchestra. This week we had an earthquake drill at school. As you would have expected, the drill went very well.

All visitors and items being dropped off for children – must report to reception – please do not go directly to the classrooms.

On Friday this week, Mrs Chartrand and I will be visiting the Year 4 camp, which is being held at Motu Moana in Green Bay. It has been a number of years since we have been able to conduct outdoor education across the school and I know everyone is very excited.

You will be aware that all our regular camps from Year 6 11 will also be going out from the 21st 23rd November inclusive. I will also be visiting these camps over that time too. At this time, I wish to thank all the staff who give up their own time to take young people out of the classroom into the outdoors. It is a very valuable experience, and a lot of fun. Earlier this year, I let the community know about Liam Hall who was selected to present New Zealand in the Chemistry Olympiad scoring a silver medal. This medal has finally arrived, so we have a photo of our top academic, and a small write up in the college section of this newsletter. Well done, Liam.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone.

Aspire. Succeed. Respect.

Nathan Villars Campus Principal ACG Sunderland

Value for next week is:

Authenticity

The quality of being genuine or real.

Early Learning School

Under 2’s Room

This week, the Under 2s drew on coloured paper to see how colours mix to make magic results.

Junior Room

For this week, our Junior children had the chance to experience and learn using exploration. They are busy participating in creating volcanoes, magic milk and making their own potions in support of the learning inquiry for this term, Transformation. Everyone seemed to love this experiment and enjoyed watching the different changes happen.

The Junior children are demonstrating the maori disposition of being whakarongo (focused) as they are spending a long time concentrating on their mahi (work). They were able to continue with their work while others are chatting around them and they are contributing to the conversation with smile and gestures as they work without getting distracted.

Early Learning School

Senior Room

Early Learning School tamariki have had so much fun exploring areas of indoor play when we couldn’t be outside, such as family play, drawing, sandpit, counting numbers, drawing shapes, target game, college, puzzles and quiet activities like reading. It was another exciting week learning with our Early Learning School children. We are still doing our Jolly Phonics program, to teach children how to identify different letter sounds (of the alphabet) so they can read and eventually write them.

1BTR - Merina Zhang for improvement in spelling.

1HOC - Kenneth Jin for being a respectful and helpful member of class.

1CAR - Annie Chen for showing excellent performance in class and for being kind and helpful.

1GLC - Emily Kepakisan for getting a great score on her basic facts.

2SHA - Serena Xia for progress in reading.

2ZOU - Hanna Xia for dedication to our class performance.

3HAS - Yannis Li for excellent participation in class activities.

3YAN - Maebh Lambarth for great participation in all class discussions.

3SEA - Amelia Cutler for her incredible production and presenting skills.

4RYN - Nicole Patterson for showing progress with reading comprehension.

4SMI - Jason Zhang for stepping in as an understudy in production and excellence writing.

5BAK - Gordon Jin for huge improvement in academic results and classroom focus.

5RIC - Aryan Hotaki for great feedback on learning support.

6LIM - Terrence Li for working hard during production rehearsals and nailing the matador character.

6DOO Yuli Tang for your perseverance during Bike Skills.

Primary House Shield Fleming

Junior Worlds Karate Championships

Eesha Ranchhod – Year 11 competed in the Junior Worlds Karate Championships on the 26th of October, representing New Zealand. She managed to place 29th, putting her in the top 30 in the world in her age group, Junior Kata Female. Congratulations, Eesha!

Chemistry Olympiad

Earlier this year, I participated in the International Chemistry Olympiad, which was held remotely in Tianjin, China. I was the first student from our school to ever make it to the New Zealand team. I was ecstatic with my result, where I was in the top 30% of over 300 of the top chemistry students from all around the world. This scored me the highest result from the NZ team.

Since we couldn't attend in person, the medal had to be shipped all the way back here for us to receive it. Last week, I finally managed to pick this up from one of the NZ Coordinators. Not only did I receive my silver medal, I also was given some memorabilia, which included a backpack, mascot and an official reward scroll. These are memories that I will treasure forever.

Notices

Arrival at School

Please be reminded that school starts at 8.30am. Students must arrive by 8.15am and they will be marked absent if they are not in class by 8.30am.

Lost Property

We are accumulating an awful lot of lost property – uniforms, drink bottles, lunch boxes, shoes etc.

Please ensure that ALL your child’s belongings are labelled with their name.

Sundry Purchases

If you are purchasing sundry items from Reception like calculators, badges etc, can you please ensure your child has the correct money as we do not have change at reception. We are unable to put these on your school account.

2nd Hand Uniform Shop

A reminder that the 2nd hand uniform shop is no longer sending cheques out or able to pay into your school account for uniform items sold on behalf. If you know you have uniform items in the shop to sell, please go to reception or ring the school with a bank account number to deposit the funds. No bank account number no payment

School Socks

We have available in the 2nd hand uniform shop, a range of brand new boys socks in a variety of sizes. Price is $14 per pair.

School Badges

House Badges $5, Sunderland Badges $8.50, Speciality Badges $12. Please ensure your child has the correct money as we cannot charge these to your school account. These can be purchased from Reception.

Notices

Parents and Friends Committee

Dear Parents and Friends of ACG Sunderland

ACG Sunderland is an independent school whose students are of incredibly diverse ethnicity. From pre school to senior college the school strives to help their students achieve their full potential. The Parents and Friends Committee works alongside this aim of the school.

Parents and Friends is a committee run by volunteers all, unsurprisingly, are friends or families of the school! The committee raises funds to cover items of benefit to the students that are not covered by school fees. In the past this has included such things as donations to the school ball, shade sails over playgrounds, cricket nets, and the planting of a hedge for privacy at the front of the primary playground.

All activities run by Parents and Friends are fun, social activities that help to instil a feeling of belonging throughout all families attending the school. Meetings take place on the first Thursday of every month at 8.30am in the staffroom. Please let Mrs Sonya Eldridge know if you are interested in joining the committee by email: sonya.eldridge@acgedu.com

The next meeting is Thursday 1 December 2022.

ACG Sunderland Parents and Friends Committee Scholarship

Parents & Friends Committee would like to let all parents know about this scholarship for 2023.

The purpose of the ACG Sunderland Parents and Friends Scholarship is to assist an individual or group of current students to participate in an activity that extra finances are required to allow the activity to take place. These activities may include (but are not limited to) representative sports, music, the arts, or sponsorship.

Criteria

The student/s must be currently enrolled at ACG Sunderland

A full application Form must have been completed and signed

At the discretion of the Parent and Friends committee a maximum of $1000 may be allocated each academic year.

Application forms can be requested from Linda Storey at linda.storey@acgedu.com

What to do during an Earthquake

Notices

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.

Notices

Sunderland on Service at ACG Sunderland

Dear parents and students, as you maybe knowing service is a crucial value that should be practised by all ages. Here at Sunderland we want to recognise those who already do active selfless service at home or in their community, but most importantly we would like those who don’t really do active service to be given a chance and to be educated about service, and this can be reached through Sunderland On Service (S.O.S).

What is our Mission statement?

To develop the values of service and respect by helping others in our school and community.

To actively contribute within our communities, display values of selflessness, enthusiasm and determination.

How to get involved or get your badge?

We will be putting up information about different activities that can be done on our notice board and will be posting more information soon. You can collect a sheet at reception to fill in with your hours or find it on blackboard, and it can be handed back to reception so that we can award you for your outstanding service.

Anything you want to count as your hours should be done as a volunteer, meaning you shouldn’t be paid for doing it. Remember to keep the service age appropriate.

Below is the information for the badges:

Ground Crew

Freedom2Play School Wear Shop

40 Patiki Road Avondale Auckland

Tel 09 838 6164

Open

Tuesday, Thursday from 9.00am to 5.00pm Saturday from 9.00am to 1.00pm

Closed

Monday, Wednesday,

Friday and Public Holidays

As a reminder all school uniform continues to be available for purchase online on our Freedom2Play website freedom2play.co.nz/collections/schoolwear schools acg sunderland school

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.

Staff Emails

Email format for staff is: Firstname.Surname@acgedu.com

Sunderland Second-Hand Uniform Shop

The shop is open. Please ask at reception for access.

We are taking good quality uniform items for the second hand shop. Blazers must be dry cleaned.

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.

6 Waipareira Ave, Henderson, Auckland

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 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

2022 Term Dates

Term 4: 10 October to 6 December

2023 Term Dates

Term 1: 26 January to 6 April

Term 2: 26 April to 30 June

Term 3: 24 July to 22 September

Term 4: 9 October to 8 December

2024 Term Dates

Term 1: 25 January to 12 April

Term 2: 29 April to 27 June

Term 3: 22 July to 27 September

Term 4: 14 October to 3 December

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.