ACG Sunderland 09 838 7070 6 Waipareira Ave, Henderson, Auckland
ACG SUNDERLAND
WINGS NEWSLETTER Vol 17, Term Four, Week One, 15 October 2021
Dear Parents and Friends of Sunderland, It’s a wonderful spring day, a cool morning, the wind is up a little but not a cloud in the sky. Usually, there would be the sound of children everywhere, running outside, the chat of senior students in Wings Café and staff moving through the corridors. However, this is Lockdown Level 3, and currently schools continue to be closed across Auckland, Northland and the Waikato. One of the positives is that Cambridge Schools have the opportunity to continue to offer their external examinations onsite at school to our senior students. We are aware that students have worked all year, and It is wonderful for them to then have the chance to perform at their best in a high-stake assessment, with these exams being confirmed to take place from the 7th of October. ACG Sunderland is following the Health Order very closely to minimise the risks to our staff and students during this very challenging time, but to date I have been very impressed with how the process for all parties has been taking place.
VIRTUAL OPEN DAY – 30 OCTOBER 2021 10.30am – 2.30pm
ACG Sunderland 09 838 7070 6 Waipareira Ave, Henderson, Auckland
Next week is more challenging as our numbers increase, particularly on Monday and Tuesday. I have full confidence in our processes and in our staff, led by Mr Stephens, in navigating this time. If any of you have questions about this process, please don’t hesitate to make contact. Many of you will be aware that the Government is now requesting schools to collect data on the vaccination status of all students from 12 years old. For Sunderland, that will mean students in Year 8 and above in practice. We will let you know how we will survey your children in the next week or so. The online school lessons appear to be going very well and I want to commend our teachers and students for again seamlessly moving into this mode of teaching straight after the holidays. We have had seven new students join the school this term also – mainly in the Primary and one in the College. A huge welcome to these new students. Mr Dawson was telling me that Siyona Biswas had been successful in having some T Shirt designs accepted commercially. A huge congratulations to her. Please stay safe everyone and I look forward to catching up face to face (in a mask) very soon.
Aspire. Succeed. Respect.
Nathan Villars Campus Principal ACG Sunderland
Value for the Week in Term 4 is: Sincerity The absence of pretence, deceit, or hypocrisy. 2
Preschool
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Preschool Online Learning During the first week of the school holidays, the preschool tried doing some science experiments.
Dancing Rice experiment Baking soda and vinegar reactions are a mainstay of many cool science experiments, but did you know they can even make rice dance? What you’ll need: white vinegar, baking soda, rice, clear jar, water, food colouring (optional) Instructions: Fill the jar 3/4 full with water. Add food coloring if desired. Add 1 tablespoon of baking soda and stir. Mix completely. Add 1/4 cup of uncooked rice. Add 1-2 tablespoons of white vinegar. Watch the rice dance!
The reaction didn’t happen at first, I had to add in a little more vinegar than I had initially expected. When we did, though, it was awesome. The top fizzed slightly but then the rice just started dancing around the jar. It was fantastic. I am glad we added in food coloring. It made the effect of the dancing rice experiment look even more cool. It almost looked like a black light show or some sort of light show. This experiment truly was fun.
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Preschool
ACG Sunderland 09 838 7070 6 Waipareira Ave, Henderson, Auckland
Preschool Online Learning Lava Lamp Experiment: What you’ll need: glass or plastic bottle, water, vegetable oil, baking soda, 1 cup vinegar, food colouring, eye dropper, funnel Instructions: Put 2 or 3 heaped tablespoons of baking powder (bicarbonate of soda) into a tall jar. Fill approximately one-quarter with cold water. Add a drop of food colouring and give the mixture a swirl. Don't worry if the baking powder doesn't all dissolve. Carefully pour in cooking oil until the jar is about three-quarters full. Pour in about a tablespoon of vinegar or lemon juice. What happens? For an authentic lava lamp experience, do this experiment in a darkened room and put a bright torch behind the jar. Watch the shadows it casts, trippy man! The science behind this experiment: Oil and vinegar do not mix. When you drop vinegar into the bottle with the oil, the vinegar sinks to the bottom and the oil floats to the top. Oil floats on the surface because vinegar is heavier than oil. Vinegar is more dense than the oil. As the drops of vinegar fall through the oil to the bottom of the bottle, it reacts with the baking soda to make carbon dioxide gas. These bubbles attach themselves to the coloured vinegar and cause them to float to the surface. When the bubbles pop, the colour sinks back to the bottom of the bottle.
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Preschool
ACG Sunderland 09 838 7070 6 Waipareira Ave, Henderson, Auckland
Preschool Online Learning We’ve been incorporating a lot of open-ended explorations into our preschool activities. These sink or float activities are an engaging way for kids to explore the properties of different materials. They are great science investigations for preschoolers. Today in our zoom meeting we tried Floating and sinking experiment and children really liked it. This science experiment is the perfect way to explain density to pre-schoolers. It took them a while to discover that some objects floated and some sank depending on their density. I explained that objects that are less dense than water will float, while objects that are more dense than water will sink Children learned: Whether something floats depends on the material it is made of, not its weight. Objects float if they are light for their size and sink if they are heavy for their size. An object can be light for its size if it contains air, such as a hollow ball. Materials with a boat shape will float because they effectively contain air.
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Primary
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Primary Online Learning
Last week of Term 3 the Year 2 students made colour wheels in Art Class using household items
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ACG Sunderland 09 838 7070 6 Waipareira Ave, Henderson, Auckland
Colouring Competition – NZ Cancer Society Kia Ora, This term, ACG Sunderland is supporting the 'NZ Cancer Society' for our Term 3 charity. The Cancer Society of New Zealand is currently the leading non-government organisation dedicated to reducing the incidence and impact of cancer and ensuring cancer care for everyone in New Zealand. It is an independent charity. With recent Lockdowns, our fundraising events at school has been a challenge. Nonetheless, we have put in place a Colouring Competition for the students to do during the lockdown period. Students received an email from their House Leaders with a PDF File of the Colouring Sheet. Once we are back in school, they can submit their sheet at Reception with a simple gold coin donation. With this year's Street Appeal for Daffodil Day cancelled, donating through our school is the perfect opportunity for you to show your support! You may also directly donate to the NZ Cancer Society via this link below: https://www.daffodilday.org.nz/acgsunderland Thank you so much for your help, Stay Safe! Regards, ACG Sunderland Leadership Team
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College
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An Auckland University Creative Arts and Industries student led Urban Planning Workshop was held last week via Zoom. The students were led through a problem solving task and Kate Ricketts who is the new Student Academic Advisor for the Faculty of Creative Arts & Industries was impressed by the responses of the ACG Sunderland senior students. It was a really wonderful opportunity for them to hear about University culture and to engage in some fun and exciting activities
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College
ACG Sunderland 09 838 7070 6 Waipareira Ave, Henderson, Auckland
Congratulations to Siyona Biswas (Year 7) for her cool designs that have been accepted by a company called "The Together Collective“. They are a youth enterprise and sell merchandise with young artists designs. Well done and keep up the great work.
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College
ACG Sunderland 09 838 7070 6 Waipareira Ave, Henderson, Auckland
ACG Founders’ Scholarship Going to University next year? The ACG Founders' Scholarship is awarded annually to ACG Schools students who plan to study at university next year and is up to the value of $75,000. Now is the time to start planning for a standout application! The Scholarship will recognise outstanding academic ability as well as personal qualities for future success, such as integrity, leadership, boldness of vision, exceptional drive, energy and a capacity for work.
*Applications close today! Friday 15th October The ACG Founders Scholarship honours a group of people whose vision, expertise and dedication led to the establishment of the Senior College of New Zealand in 1995. From 2018, one Scholarship is awarded annually. The recipient will be a student who is currently studying at one of ACG’s secondary schools in New Zealand and who plans to commence a course of university study the following year. It may be held in conjunction with other awards. The Scholarship will recognise outstanding academic ability as well as personal qualities for future success, such as integrity, leadership, boldness of vision and exceptional drive, energy and a capacity for work. The inaugural recipient of the ACG Founders Scholarship, Alex Pentchev, graduated in 2018. Now he is studying Medicine at the University of Sydney and aspires to work in medical research. “The scholarship has opened up fantastic opportunities such as semester exchanges to universities all around the world. I no longer have to worry about finances and I can focus solely on my studies, which has been extremely helpful during the stressful transition to university. All around, it feels as if a massive weight has been lifted off my shoulders. I now have the ability to do anything I want in education without worrying about money.” – Alex Pentchev Download the form here or see below. https://www.sunderland.acgedu.com/admissions/scholarships
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College
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Notices
ACG Sunderland 09 838 7070 6 Waipareira Ave, Henderson, Auckland
School Trophies & Cups If you were presented with a school trophy or cup at last years prizegiving, it is time to dust them off and bring them back to school. You can drop these off in a plastic container that will be left outside the School Reception on any school day during the hours of 9.00am and 3.30pm.
All trophies and cups must be returned no later than Friday 29 October
Please DO NOT bring these in on the weekend and leave them outside.
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Notices
ACG Sunderland 09 838 7070 6 Waipareira Ave, Henderson, Auckland
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. 13
Notices
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 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/.
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
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.
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
Attendance:
sunderlandattendance@acgedu.com
Web:
www.acgedu.com
2021 Term Dates Term 4:
11 October to 7 December
2022 Term Dates Term 1: Term 2: Term 3: Term 4:
26 Jan to 14 April 2 May to 1 July 25 July to 24 September 11 October to 7 December
Traffic- Safety Please note that numbered car parks are for staff. Please do not park in the 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. 16