ACG Sunderland Newsletter - Term 3 - 13 August

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ACG SUNDERLAND

WINGS NEWSLETTER Vol 17, Term Three, Week Three, 13 August 2021

Dear Parents & Friends of Sunderland On Tuesday night, I had the privilege of seeing both our Senior Netball Teams in their finals of their respective grades.

Both teams had their best games of the season, with the Senior A Team beating their Avondale opposition quite comfortably in comparison to the draw generated earlier in the season.

The Senior B Team were leading their opposition at ¾ time, but unfortunately Stella Dobson suffered a nasty thumb injury and the team battled on with only six players, coming up just short in the end.

I wish to congratulate all the players for their wonderful season and to personally thank Mr Stephens and Mr Keen for their skill and energy in coaching their respective teams.

Things look very positive for next season!

OPEN DAY - SATURDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 10.30AM – 2.30PM

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Our Primary School trips to Mangere Mountain continued this week, with trips for our Senior Primary Students. The feedback has been so very positive and I wish to thank Mrs Riddell for organising this science based experiences.

On Thursday night, Mr Stephens and I hosted our annual Careers/Options Evening in the Auditorium. This was our largest ever with perhaps 200 people in attendance.

Three main topics were covered:  How Cambridge works  University Entrance  The Options Process here at Sunderland These were followed by an opportunity to speak with subject specialists here at Sunderland to gain a better understanding of each subject and where it may lead beyond school.

If for any reason you missed the evening, please don’t hesitate to contact myself, Mr Stephens or Mrs Lambarth, who is our Careers Advisor.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone.

Aspire. Succeed. Respect.

Nathan Villars Campus Principal ACG Sunderland

Value for the Next Week is: Cooperation The action or process of working together to the same end.

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Primary House Shield McDonald Students of the Week 1JH- Amber Wang 1CS- Cindy Chen 1NG- Saisha Ghosh 1NC- Matilda Townshend 2AV- Amelia Cutler 2SB- Sia Motiram 3MH- Laura Tang 3BR- Deanna Patel 4CF-Reyansh Misra 5WB- Brooklynn McKeown 5CW- Tina Zhang 6SL- Abigail Cosgrove

Coby Nguyen 4CF and Gabriel Santacruz 2AV won the Upper and Lower Primary Trophies

Chloe Wang received a first place medal from Snow Planet for her achievement at their latest Y1-4 competition. She also took the first place medal for ACG Sunderland as the top school.

Congratulations Chloe

Assembly Certificate Presentations

Primary Assembly Merit and Honours Certificate presentations

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Cupcake Day Cupcake Day was held on Monday 9 August and raised a whopping $1212.30 for the Parents & Friends Committee. Thank you to all those who brought in these wonderfully tasting cupcakes.

It was a very difficult decision for our Judge, Mr Villars. His favourite cupcake winners were: Gary & Lucas Gao – 5CW/2SB Mark Lu – 5CW Louie Kumerich – 5CW

Esha Liu – 4CF Toru Patterson – 5CW Aaron & Zee Wang – 1CS/3BR

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Primary

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Mangere Mountain Year 4-6 Science Week Trip

As part of Science Week, the Year 4-6 Students went to Mangere Mountain as part of their learning for Maori Science.

Thank you to all the parents who assisted on this trip. We hope you enjoyed the day as much as the children did.

Poem by Yuchi He – Year 4 E-xcelente, Spanish class is full of fun!

S-ing Spanish songs in class P-ractise phrases and words translation A - very exciting subject N-ever had a boring moment O-pens my mind and makes me imaginative L-earning how to make conversation in Spanish is amazing!

Yummy Fruit Company ACG Sunderland is participating in the Yummy Fruit Company sticker collection.

If you shop at your local New World, Pak’nSave and participating Four Square stores, please look for the Yummy Apples. Please purchase either bags with cut-out labels or individual apples with yummy stickers. One cut-out label is worth 10 apple stickers. Place the Yummy stickers on the Sticker Collection Sheets and place the cut-out labels on the Cut-Out Label Collection Sheets in your child’s classroom. The Yummy stickers will then be converted into a winning share of $200,000 sports prize pool from DG Sport. The school can choose the sports gear from a list of DG Sports Packs. Promotion finishes at end of Term Three.

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Primary

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Primary School Production Driving Me Crazy

A form will be sent home with your child.

Please bring your completed form with your child’s name and class and your money to Reception

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College

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University Course Planning Sessions University

Liaison

Date

Otago University

Therese Lam

6th August

AUT

Sian Milligan-Smith

13th August

Time & Place

Fridays Massey University

Dane Anderson

20th August 12.40pm – 1.30pm

Victoria University of Wellington

Keryn Roberts

27th August M02

University of Auckland

Teri Fong

10rd September

University of Canterbury

Kate Pattinson

16th September

College Netball Tournament Warmups

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Students Voice

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The Evolution of the Chess Club I think all of us can agree that 2020 was a strange year for everyone. For us students, lockdown and alert levels changed our day to day lives including our schoolwork, social lives and extracurricular activities. The extracurricular activity that changed most for me was chess and the drastic change from playing in my club to online chess.

Pre-Covid, I played many tournaments around Auckland, NZ and even in other countries, but with Coronavirus this was obviously harder to do. Thankfully, over the board chess isn’t the only option for us chess players, as we also have a world of online chess to explore. I never really played online chess before 2020 but quarantine changed all of that.

My first real experience with online international tournaments was the 2020 FIDE Chess Online Olympiad. Living in New Zealand, our time zones weren’t ideal. The tournament organizers had the tournaments schedules accustomed to the countries where most of the chess players were from which meant that games here could go from 9pm-2am while others were playing from 3pm-8pm. They also had to take measures to make sure that we couldn’t cheat. The main precaution they took was our old friend Zoom. We were to join a zoom meeting where we would turn on our camera and microphone and share our screens so that the organizers could always see what was going on around us. Another problem that we bumped into was the language barrier but there were ways to get around that with interpreters and finding a common language.

I also started playing more online chess using popular chess websites such as Lichess and Chess.com in my spare time, a quick and easy way to keep me entertained.

Now that vaccines are starting, I hope that we will begin to return to travelling to play chess, but online chess will always be engraved in my brain as a massive part of my growth as a chess player.

Anya Year 9

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Whole School Term Planner

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Term Planner will be updated weekly.

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Notices

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Dramatic Rascals offers an innovative reading & creative writing program for children ages 6-13 years. With an extensive Reading Corner, Makers Space and Performance Stage, students will have the freedom to create, explore and best of all, have fun!

They work with students in groups from ages 6-13. They have Storybook Courses that dive into the characters and settings of some childhood favourites.

They explore speaking, listening, reading comprehension, spelling, vocabulary and writing activities based on our novels!

Students have the chance to present debates on their 𝗣𝗣𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗲 𝗦𝗦𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗮𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗲, create 3D models in our 𝗠𝗠𝗮𝗮𝗸𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘀𝘀 𝗦𝗦𝗽𝗽𝗮𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗲 and hold discussions in our 𝗥𝗥𝗲𝗲𝗮𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗴𝗴 𝗖𝗖𝗼𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗿 along with many more innovative and creative tasks designed for all learners.

Contact Dramatic Rascals directly for more information.

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Applications at Sunderland Reception

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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.

Day

Level

Monday

AS IGCSE, AS

IGCSE

IGCSE, AS

Tuesday

Mathematics

Physical Education English literature Music

IGCSE, AS, A2 AS, A2

Physics Business Studies

AS IGCSE, AS, A2 IGCSE

Thursday

A2 IGCSE, AS IGCSE A2 IGCSE, AS, A2

Friday

IGCSE AS

Wednesday

Subject

Mathematics Chemistry Biology Mathematics

Time

Location

3:15pm – 4:00pm 3:20pm – 4:00pm

B14 L08

12.45 – 1.20 pm 1:00pm – 2:10pm 3.15pm -4.00pm 3.30pm – 4.30pm

7:30am – 8:30 am 3.15pm -3.45pm 3.15pm -3.45pm

M03 M07 L14 T07 L02 B14 B14

Design & Technology

8:00am – 8:20am 12:45pm – 1:25pm 12:45pm – 1:15pm 8:00am – 8:20am 3:15pm - 4:30pm

M01 B01 B14 M01 L07

Mathematics Mathematics

12.45pm – 1.20pm 12:40 - 1:15 pm

M03 L02

Physical Education Physics Mathematics

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.

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Notices

Beginner Basketball with Coach Nigel Learning the fundamentals of the sport of Basketball • • • • • •

Basic ball-handling Footwork Layups Shooting foundations Defence Rules of the game

Where: ACG Sunderland GYM When: Saturday Mornings starting 12/06 Ages 5years to 10: 9am to 10am Ages 10years plus: 10am to 11am What to bring: Water bottle & own ball if you have one.

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ACG Sunderland Ball Committee are fundraising – please support them

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Ground Crew Lenco School Wear Shop 40 Patiki Road Avondale Auckland Tel 09 838 6164 January 2021 Reopen – Thursday 7th Jan Monday to Friday 8.30am – 4.30pm Saturday 9.00am – 3.00pm 9 February 2021 Open 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/.

ACG Sunderland 09 838 7070 6 Waipareira Ave, Henderson, Auckland

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

Kids at School Care

Attendance:

sunderlandattendance@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.

Web:

www.acgedu.com

2021 Term Dates

Contact Beth Rivero for enrolment and fees information by email beth.rivero@gmail.com or Phone: 022 394 5743.

Term 3: Term 4:

Staff Emails

2022 Term Dates

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.

Term 1: Term 2: Term 3: Term 4:

26 July to 24 September 11 October to 7 December

26 Jan to 14 April 2 May to 1 July 25 July to 23 September 10 October to 6 December

Traffic- Safety Please note that numbered car parks are for staff.

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.

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