ACG Sunderland Newsletter - 18 March 2022

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

ACG SUNDERLAND

WINGS NEWSLETTER Vol 18, Term One, Week Eight, 18 March 2022

Dear Parents and Friends of Sunderland, As I begin my newsletter this week, we have only fourteen positive cases at Sunderland today, and all our staff are back at work.

I am so very pleased to share this information, as it would appear that the Omicron peak may well have passed here in Auckland.

Fingers crossed that this pattern continues and that all parents have the confidence to send their children back to ACG Sunderland. Attendance in the College is back over 90% and certainly in the Upper Primary we have similar numbers. The Lower Primary is still around that 60% mark. Parents in this year group, we do ask you to reconsider your child’s situation now that the case numbers here at Sunderland are dropping.

You may well have also read in the media that our borders with Australia are opening again in the middle of April and International students will be able to return in the middle of year. There is definitely a more positive outlook appearing on the horizon, which is fantastic.

Earlier this year, we were able to recognise and celebrate Cedric Siriwardana, who was awarded ‘Top in the World’ in the recent Cambridge IGCSE Design Technology examinations. This week, we were finally in a position to award him his certificate and badges.

To be kept up to date with Covid-19 and school information, please advise any changes in your address, phone or email to Sunderland@acgedu.com

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Congratulations again to Cedric.

The finishing touches are now being applied to the new Preschool, with a final Ministry inspection set for the end of this month. Therefore, we should be welcoming students into this wonderful new centre before the end of term.

Sue Revill, the Preschool Manager will be arranging tours over the next few weeks for existing and prospective parents.

Please liaise with her directly if you are keen on enrolling your child into our centre. Email: sue.revill@acgedu.com Have a wonderful weekend, everyone.

Aspire. Succeed. Respect.

Nathan Villars Campus Principal ACG Sunderland

Value for the next week is: Self-Management The management of or by oneself; the taking of responsibility for one's own behaviour and well-being..

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Preschool

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Our pre-schoolers love exploring indoors and outdoors, building on their fine and gross motor skills. It is great to have our children back, enjoying friendships, learning and growing together.

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Primary

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1BTR - Sean Zhang for the excellent work he is sending through on ClassDojo each day. Well done!

1CAR - Yolanda Lo Tam for being helpful in class and for showing great improvement in spelling and reading her basic sight words.

1GLC - Fred Black for his positive attitude and commitment to his learning.

2SHA - Eason Sun for his excellence in maths and the ability to share his understanding with others.

2ZOU - Hanna Xia for outstanding engagement with online learning.

3HAS - Sia Motiram for working well in all the subjects and trying her best to complete all her work. Well done and keep it up!

3YAN - Maebh Lambarth for great work and participation in all subjects.

3SEA - Jayden Wei for excellent online work and submitting all tasks on time.

4RYN - Aaron Wang for being active and engaged while learning from home.

4SMI - Karen Yan for the hard work she’s been putting in on her reading comprehension and writing quality stories.

5BAK - Nathan Zheng for being extremely helpful.

5RIC - OriaTan for showing exemplar character through her compassion, honesty, responsibility, optimism, and loyalty in creating a positive school environment.

6LIM - Sanuli Edirisooriya for her excellent work ethic. She has settled well into our routines. Well done!

6DOO - William Wang for the consistent effort and focus he puts in his learning every day - not only in class but at home too. Well done!

Primary House Shield TONG 4

Primary

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1CAR & 1BTR Hybrid Learning

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Primary

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Hybrid Learning in Art

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College

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Term 1 Football Form Class Competition Every term, a form class competition is held to determine the best form class in different sports. After some decision making by the Sports Council, football was determined as Term One's competition.

On Tuesday, every form class played against another to start off the knock-out style tournament. With clusters of people watching and cheering on the side lines and music playing in the background, the competition was well underway.

The first day ended the first round along with the championship hopes of seven form classes. Wednesday started the next round and luck was on 7SSH’s side as they were drawn as the round’s wildcard. Finally, Thursday was the last day of the competition.

7DVR and VGRM’s hopes were revived when it was decided they would be the last wild cards.

The remaining form classes played fiercely to win the tournament, but every competition must have its winner. The finals came down to VOLK against VDNG. Goals were scored, players were tackled, and shots were saved. However, it just wasn’t enough for one team and so, the winner of Term One’s Football Form Class Competition is VDNG! Congratulations to them, I hope they’re happy with their bragging rights. Also, a thank you to everyone else who participated and gave it their best shot. Who knows, maybe you’ll win the next one.

By Isheeta Lal - Year 10

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College

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"No Planet B" Ozone Layer Depletion For us kiwis, ozone layer depletion is a particularly relevant subject. Many of us have heard of this issue, but what is ozone layer depletion and why exactly is it so harmful to us and the environment?

The ozone layer is defined as a thin part of the Earth’s atmosphere that absorbs almost all the sun’s harmful UV light; and depletion is defined as the reduction of the number or quantity of something. When put like this, it becomes more obvious what ozone layer depletion is. It first started to become an issue for New Zealanders in the 1980s and 1990s where there was a decrease in the ozone above NZ. Although the infamous hole in the ozone layer isn’t quite above Aotearoa, the ozone layer is still rather thin here, due to decades worth of man-made gas emissions.

Ozone depletion has many effects on the environment. For example, excessive amounts of UV light can reduce photosynthesis and therefore plant growth, but it’s not just the plants and trees that ozone depletion affects.

UV-B radiation has been proved to damage marine life such as fish, shrimp, and crab in their early stages. It has also been shown that the radiation may negatively affect their reproductive capacity, which could cause problems regarding the food chain.

UV radiation has serious effects to humans too, some of these include increased risks of sunburn, melanoma, and eye problems, to name a few. As you can see, excessive UV radiation has many effects on almost everything around us, so what can we do about it?

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College

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To protect ourselves: ‘slip, slop, slap and wrap’ is used in many schools across the country, and for good reason. In case you’re not familiar with the saying, you should slip into the shade, slop on some sunscreen, slap on a hat and make sure your sunglasses wrap around your eyes for protection. It’s also recommended to use SPF 15-30+ sunscreen and try to avoid being outside in the sun between 11am and 4pm, especially during the summer.

There are also ways to try and prevent ozone depletion, such as disposing of refrigerators correctly and maintaining your cars air conditioning system. This will help prevent CFCs from being released in the air. CFCs gradually destroy the ozone layer, so it is vital that we learn to prevent too much of them from being released into the air.

Ozone layer depletion is a major problem here in Aotearoa, and it’s important to educate ourselves on the matter and on how we can protect our loved ones and the environment around us from it.

By Anya Thurner - Year 10

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College

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Why are Masks so Controversial?

To wear or not to wear? A frequently asked question during the COVID-19 pandemic.

So why not discuss this very controversial topic and share every viewpoint?

Obviously, health organizations recommend that we wear masks, even cloth masks are better than nothing. But a lot of people have a different opinion. Let’s talk about this and look at it from their perspective.

Most anti-maskers believe that masks are not helpful and are taking away their freedom. Some have even taken further lengths and protested to remove the mask mandate.

Others are simply tired of having to wear facial coverings. Several anti-maskers do not know any people who have contracted the virus, and don’t care about people who are not as healthy as themselves and may be immunocompromised.

However, pro-maskers contradict this. They believe masks are extremely helpful, and it is better to wear a somewhat-bothersome mask than get COVID. It has been asked countless times why people are so rebellious and refuse to put on a face covering.

In my opinion I believe masks are helpful, the mask mandate is very necessary and protects surrounding people and yourself.

By Maggie Chen - Year 9

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College

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Teachers Off With COVID COVID, COVID, COVID... It’s not going away anytime soon. People don’t realise that it’s taking a massive toll on students and their education’s especially with their specialty educators being off with COVID! I asked a few students for their opinion on the situation; here’s what they had to say.

Maggie Chen Year 9 – It’s good that they are isolating so we can’t catch COVID, but because teachers interact with students on a daily basis it’s a little difficult.

Caitlin O’Connor Year 9 – With teachers being off with COVID (they should be off when infectious for obvious reasons) it impacts students a lot! Having a different reliever every day is hard because they all have different rules, learning standards and styles of teaching, not having your normal teacher also gives students less motivation and it’s easier to not pay attention and just slack-off.

Anonymous – Having Relievers is very difficult especially in specialty subjects such as Computer Science, Design Technology, Art Etc. Because when you need help the relievers struggle to assist you when that is not their main subject.

Amelia Lee Year 10 - I feel that it was inevitable that teachers would be off with COVID; but nevertheless, it did come as a bit of a surprise that suddenly they just weren't here anymore. However, I think they have been doing a really good job to make sure that we still learn well, and don't fall behind at all.

Students have different yet similar opinions on the situation its not easy for anyone but its especially hard on the students.

By Madison McDowall - Year 9

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Notices

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Surf Lifesaving Scavenger Hunt There is a scavenger hunt throughout week 8 and 9. Find the 15 Surf lifesaving flags hidden around the indoor college campus for a FREE entry into the raffle AND ten house points!

If you find a flag, then write your name and year level on it and put it in the Surf Lifesaving jar at reception.

2nd 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

Photolife Portrait Photographs - College Your child’s 2022 Portrait Photographs are now available to view and purchase online through www.photolife.co.nz. Your unique Key Code will provide secure access to only your photographs. All orders placed before Sunday 20th March will have FREE DELIVERY back to ACG Sunderland. We encourage you to place your order before this date to avoid the $6 Postage and Packaging fee. Should you not wish to place your order online, you are able to call our Customer Service Team on 09 262 1040 to place your order over the phone.

Victoria Ogden has sent out an email to you with your child’s unique key code, if you have not received this please contact her on victoria.ogden@acgedu.com

Lunch Orders

ACG Sunderland is a water only school and Lunch Orders will not provide any other drinks/ice blocks. If any drink or ice block items are ordered, this will be substituted for another item/s that is of the same value.

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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:

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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.

KASC is offering an after school care fee discount to all the Sports players who will stay in KASC from Monday to Friday.

Parents just need to sign an enrolment form as required by MSD & OSCAR. The discounted fee is $10 which include afternoon tea.

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ACG Sunderland Ball Committee are fundraising – please support them!

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Ground Crew Lenco School Wear Shop

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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.

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