ACG WINGSSUNDERLANDNEWSLETTERVol18,TermThree,WeekThree,12August2022 亲爱的桑德兰家长和朋友们 上周我们度过了一个美好的星期五，在图书周结束时，我们 举行了一年一度的人物巡游。所有小学部的班级都聚集在小 学操 场上，每个班级都有机会展示他们的服装 有些学生因 为他们的服装造型获得了一本书的奖励。 我 们至少有50位家长留下来见证了这一精彩的展示。 周三，我们邀请了一位作家访问学校，为孩子们举办了讲座。周四是“古怪的发型日” ， 孩子 们都做出了努力。Chartrand 女士和Robson先生的假发也给我留下了深刻的印象 非常 酷。 在此，我想赞扬并对我们的图书管理员Davies女士再次组织这样一个精彩活动而表示感 谢。
ACG09Sunderland8387070 6 Waipareira Ave, Henderson, Auckland 2 Aspire. Succeed. Respect. Nathan ACGCampusVillarsPrincipalSunderlandValuefor the next week is: Resourcefulness The ability to find quick and clever ways to overcome difficulties. 上周，我们为小学部和中学部引入了一个新的徽章。这个徽章专门为“House Spirit”而 设 立，中学部的领导和员工们可以颁发证书以表彰遵从House精神的伟大行为。这些行为 可以 发生在任何地方，比如 House 会 议，教室，操场。 一旦学生收集到了10张House Spirit证书，他们就会被授予一枚House Spirit徽章。如果我 们能在本学年结束前颁发第一枚徽章，那就太好了。 衷心祝贺我们高中部网球队，他们成功地进入了各个年级的决赛。高中A队为第三和第 四名而战，高中B队为胜利而战。 两支球队的比赛都很精彩， A队以微弱劣势告负，B队则赢得了他们的比赛。 非常感谢Keen先生，他和Victoria Kaho一起在2022年 执教两支球队。 我注意到，由于各种原因，学生们最近经常迟到，主要是交通问题。请注意，现在的 道路状况比封城期间更加繁忙，现在有更多人前往办公室工作。学校课程每天在8点30 分开始，所有孩子应该在8点15分左右达到学校。 祝大家有一个美好的周末。
ACG09Sunderland8387070 6 Waipareira Ave, Henderson, Auckland 3 Early Learning SchoolUnder2’sRoomJuniorRoom 这周，我一起制作了一些橡皮泥，并享受在我们手指间挤压和压扁它的乐趣。 本周，幼儿班为孩子们提供了各种学习体验。粘液探索，孩子们能够感受到不同的 质地，当他们分享他们的手在粘稠的质地上的感觉时，可以培养幼儿强大的沟通能 力。小组合作可以让幼儿们一起创造想象的游戏，特别是家庭类游戏。我们还用收 集的 颜料制作形状和字母，又是一个积极学习的一周。
ACG09Sunderland8387070 6 Waipareira Ave, Henderson, Auckland 4 Early Learning SchoolSeniorRoom 这周，我们继续如何探究驯养家庭宠物，我们邀请了兽医护士Aimee小姐，她向我们 解 释了照顾宠物的重要性并向我们介绍了两只可爱的天竺鼠(Gingernut 和 Jacob)。 每 个孩子都很幸运地轮流轻轻地拍打和喂食它们。我们还学习了兽医是如何通过葡萄糖 和 绷带进行急救护理。这是多么酷啊 ����
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ACG09Sunderland8387070 6 Waipareira Ave, Henderson, Auckland 6 Primary 举行写作比赛是为了鼓励学生们在图书周期间进行写作训练并增强创造性思维。所 有一年级到六年级的学生都踊跃参与了比赛。 图书周 – 写作比赛 The Lower Primary winners are: First: Hannah Zhao 2ZOU Second.: Johnny Zhou 3HAS Third: Mia Liu 1BTR The Upper Primary winners are: First: Eva Chen 4SM Second: Terence Li 6LIM Third: Preston Tan 5BKR weekwinnerTrophyPrimaryLowerthisis 2SHATapeluNatalie–weekwinnerTrophyPrimaryUpperthisis 6LIMPattersonTori–
ACG09Sunderland8387070 6 Waipareira Ave, Henderson, Auckland 7 Primary 感 谢大家支持我们的图书周。我们的图书馆收到了价值超过1000纽币的书籍以添加到 我 们的收藏。 我 们的访问者 作家John Carr 非常棒！他给了我们很多的笑声和写作的灵感。 古怪的头发，帽子，假发和眼镜日 非常有趣。我们有很多创造性的想法。本周的压轴 戏是周五上午的角色大游行，感谢每个人的装扮和参与。 Book Week
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Matter – Why does it matter?
In the early 21st century, more and more individuals and families are investing in smart home appliances and devices, such as an Apple HomePod or Amazon Alexa. However, for the same purpose, different companies choose to program these devices with incompatible languages for communicating with some products from a rival company, meaning they cannot work synchronously with select models to perform a complex function like whack a mole with the Philips Hue E14 Bulb ceiling lighting of a given owner’s home. Telling Alexa to confirm a whack when a light is on, for HomePod to turn it off. During the launch phase of one tech business in this field it may have to do with native actions performing better with a dedicated language for syncing company-product-specific actions between their own products; this is unviable for many in 2022. The general target market of these companies now purchase from more than one brand and have differently branded smart devices in their home simultaneously be it functioning for cheaper; native compatibility with tablets, smartphones and the like via dedicated preinstalled software (i.e. Apple Home for HomePod) or being more simplistic to use and just having more 5 star reviews on Amazon. To resolve this issue, enter Matter and Thread, set to release this spring in the Southern Hemisphere. Some of the most common protocols currently, or cross communication languages between smart home accessories include Zigbee and Z Wave. In a nutshell, both run on a wireless mesh network, meaning any three or more devices you decide to tell to execute a function synchronously via Zigbee provided its supported send signals to each other in loops depending on who is closer to what – in more detailed context, what device is closest to which accessory. For example if you have a smart doorbell, HomePod mini near the doorway and security camera outside the front door which all support Zigbee, the HomePod mini would receive your vocal command to ring the doorbell and turn on the camera as it can be voice activated, then relay that to the doorbell since it’s closer than the camera, and the doorbell would relay that to the camera since that’s the only other thing that needs to be activated/execute a function. However, mesh networking has to operate on a high frequency band to be effective and live up to its fast standard, which means Zigbee and Z Wave interfere with Wi Fi connectivity occasionally (utilising the 2.4Ghz band which many New Zealanders have internet based on). Also, devices which attempt to communicate with Zigbee incompatible accessories have a very hard time doing so, since Zigbee requires a license for companies to implement, and without one code refuses to run on those devices.
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Matter will be especially important to those who are newcomers to the industry, like me. It means less time spent frying grey matter to learn various protocols and memorise their cons, pondering about what company to choose and prioritise on the shopping list over another, and remembering my Alexa won’t work with my iRobot Roomba for some reason I’ve forgotten. Think of its release like Google; what you don’t know, Just Google It! A technology uniting many things, in Google’s case knowledge of the unknown. Now my Roomba must work with the Alexa, and I can peacefully burn my notes on the other protocols once September hits. Thread, on the other hand, will be incorporated into all devices also supporting Matter. It seeks to replace Wi Fi connectivity being a requirement to control smart accessories, consuming far less power than the former whilst being a second generation of Zigbee, operating on a wireless mesh network much the same way, with each new device strengthening the connection. However, unlike Zigbee it turns your smart devices all into networking nodes, meaning any can become a mini router for another device to stay connected to others via Thread, and is open source meaning any manufacturer can implement Thread without needing to pay for a license, and edit some of its behaviour too in each product. Far less power isn’t kidding; with the new 6LoWPAN standard for Thread, a single AA battery will last on average 10 years before bottoming out. The future of smart homes appears even more simplistic and user friendly, and I enthusiastically await the release of Matter and Thread. But after their official implementation and rise to being mainstream, I do wonder if future updates to such technologies will be even worth considering. How power efficient is too power efficient?
ACG09Sunderland8387070 6 Waipareira Ave, Henderson, Auckland 10 College Ok, so we have a general idea of the protocols and cons of the modern smart home industry. But down to business – what is and why does Matter matter? To know, we have to point out the shortcoming of Zigbee and all other protocols which are universal, meaning not unique to only a single protocol, dumbing down my explanation in the first paragraph; one device supporting Zigbee, may not support Z Wave (f you choose a Zigbee product for example, you are limited to other options from other companies which support only Zigbee if you want a “diverse” range of smart accessories that play nice with each other). Matter, on the other hand is set to release and be forcibly supported by all major contributing companies’ smart home devices. Score! Thread, on the other hand has already released for some devices, like the HomePod Mini from Apple and fourth generation Amazon Echo. Matter will be a protocol that can be read and understood by all popular smart home accessories used by the public, regardless of whether it also supports Zigbee, X10, Z Wave Long Range etc. You now have two options of connectivity for every smart home device you purchase, which will work with even more products! Woohoo!
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400 athletes from 23 nations competed in the Stoke Mandeville Games, which later developed into the Paralympic Games, which were held for the first time in Rome, Italy, in 1960. They have occurred every four years since.
Paralympic Sport – Ice Hockey
The Initial Development of Paralympic Sport stems from Dr. Ludwig Guttmann. He established a spinal injuries centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Great Britain during 1944, at the British government's request. Over time, rehabilitation sport developed into recreational sport and subsequently competitive sport.
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Later, in 1952, Dutch ex servicemen joined the Movement, and the International Stoke Mandeville Games were founded.
The very first Paralympic Winter Games were held in Sweden in 1976, so like the Summer Games, they were held every four years and comprise an Opening Ceremony and a Closing DueCeremony.toanagreement
Dr. Guttmann organised the debut of wheelchair competition, which he titled the Stoke Mandeville Games, on July 29, 1948, the day of the Olympic Games' Opening Ceremony in London. This event marked a major turning point in Paralympic history. They included 16 injured service men and women who excelled in archery.
between the IPC (International Paralympic Committee) and IOC (International Olympic Committee), the Games have featured in the same cities and venues as the Olympics ever since the Summer Games in Seoul, Korea in 1988, and the Winter Games in Albertville, France in 1992.
Of course, the Paralympic Games have many adaptations to allow handicapped people to participate. For example, ice hockey has been adapted significantly to allow fair play between competitors. Since its debut in the Lillehammer 1994 Paralympic Winter Games, the paralympic ice hockey event has rapidly grown in popularity among fans. Male and female competitors with physical impairments in the lower body play this fast paced, intensely physical sport.
has heard about it at least once in their lifetime, but the discussion usually stops there. Native plants and animals are disappearing faster than one would expect. Here in New Zealand, we have around 7500 native species at risk of extinction, 800 of these are listed as high risk and 25% of these high-risk species can be actively managed by the Department of Conservation. Losing these species would irrevocably change the environment and its Sustainablebiodiversity.Development
Goal 15: Life on Land, aims to protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt the reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss. 50% of New Zealand’s total land area is protected but it’s not stopping the country’s biodiversity loss.
The International Ice Hockey Federation's (IIHF) rules are modified for ice sledge hockey.
Climate change and pollution is hard to avoid hearing about in the 21st century. The world is warming up and wasting away at an alarming rate and it’s showing no sign of slowing down. While these environmental problems are possibly the most important and undoubtedly need to be solved, other issues need to be brought into the light. Issues which aren’t being addressed and will lead to our downfall. Issues which can be as detrimental to our planet as the ones we already know so much Everyoneabout.
Dune swale daphne is a critically endangered species
By Nicholas Qin – Year Native9 New Zealand Under Threat
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In order to enable stick handling and symmetrical shooting, a player may use two bladed sticks. Similarly to ice hockey, each side tries to outscore the other by attempting to keep the other team from scoring while shooting the puck across the ice and into their goal. There must be six players on the rink at once per team, including the goalie. Games in ice sledge hockey last three 15-minute periods each.
Players wear double blade sledges, which the puck may slide beneath, in place of skaters. Players require two sticks, and each has a pushing spike and a shooting blade. The players can therefore push themselves using the spikes and play the puck using the blade end of the sticks with a rapid flick of the wrist.
Out of all the trees, ferns and flowering plants in New Zealand, 80% can only be found here. Native trees such as kauri, pōhutukawa, mānuka, and rātā have been classed as threatened species, mainly due to the spread of myrtle rust disease. Quillwort, limestone cress, coastal peppercress, eyelash seaweed and dune swale daphne are all in the top ten of all endangered species in New Zealand (included with endangered animals).
There are 45 fairy terns left with only 12 breeding pairs
College Why does it matter if these plant species die out? As simple as it may seem, these plants are the centre of biodiversity. They cultivate insects and microorganisms that can’t live without these plants. The reverse is also true. Plants can’t live without native animals as they spread seeds and some minerals. Without one or the other, the entire ecosystem collapses. Imagine today’s Generation Z having to tell their kids about a unique and fascinating animal they once saw and then having to say it doesn’t exist anymore. How sad does that sound? Terrible. What can we do to stop it?
There are plenty of charities and organisations such as Forest & Bird which are currently working to save some of our threatened species. These include kākāpō (as of February 2022 there 202 in existence), kiwi and kokakō (which have dropped in numbers between the 1970s and 2007), whio, albatross and sharks. They are assisting in bringing the fairy tern and long tailed bat back from the brink of extinction. The organisation also focuses on our flora, doing their best to stop their extinction by planting the endangered species and so much more. However, they can’t do all of this alone and rely on donations and volunteers to keep them running.
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Bringing awareness to the issue, whether it’s creating a new topic of conversation at the dinner table or posting ways to give assistance can do more than you think. As of right now, at risk species are barely talked about anywhere; we don’t see it on the evening news or hear about it on the radio. People not having information on the topic means we don’t have volunteers or anyone donating to organisations focused on maintaining New Zealand’s native ecosystem. Whether it’s you or one of your followers, every person and every cent matters.
Many countries around the world automatically give legislative protection from hunting, habitat destruction and other threats to all of the species listed as threatened. New Zealand is not one of those countries. There is legal protection for species under a range of acts but most of these don’t extend to plants, invertebrates and fish and their protection relies on whether or not they are in national parks or reserves. The Department of Conservation believes this is enough protection for a native species but as we can see by the rapid decrease of such animals and plants, it isn’t.
While your individual actions may not have the biggest difference, they are doing something and contributing to the bigger picture. It’s important to know about this issue, what is currently being done to solve it and what you can do to help. It has an effect, even if you think it doesn’t. I hope you’ve learned something from this article, being informed already helps by itself. By Isheeta Lal - Year 10.
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This term, the student leadership team is proud to present a new measure to recognize students who embrace their sense of house spirit, the House Spirit Certificates and Badges! When students are seen to be displaying pride, enthusiasm, leadership and participation during House meetings and events, they can be awarded a House Spirit Certificate by that teacher. Once a student has accumulated ten of these certificates, they can hand them into reception, and then they will receive a House Spirit Badge at assembly.
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ACG09Sunderland8387070 6 Waipareira Ave, Henderson, Auckland 23 Ground Crew Lenco School Wear Shop 40 Patiki TelAucklandAvondaleRoad098386164 Open2022 10 January to 12 February Monday to Friday from 8.30am 5.30pm Saturday from 9.00am 3.00pm From 12 February 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 Lenco website https://lenco.space/schoolwear/school wear acg sunderland/ 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. 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. 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 Staff Emails Email format for staff Firstname.Surname@acgedu.comis: 2022 Term Dates Term 1: 26 Jan to 14 April Term 2: 2 May to 1 July Term 3: 25 July to 23 September Term 4: 10 October to 6 December 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!Nocash 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.