ACG Sunderland Newsletter - 1 April 2022 (Chinese)

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

ACG SUNDERLAND

WINGS NEWSLETTER Vol 18, Term One, Week Ten, 1 April 2022

亲爱的桑德兰家长和朋友们， 又是一个美丽的秋天的早晨，气温凉爽，风很小，预计为 20°c 左右的一天。 最重要的是，奥克兰的新冠病毒感染人数继续下降，桑德兰 的感染人数也是如此——今天这个数字是 4。

我要感谢您对学校如何应对疫情表现出的信心，大多数孩子现在已经重返学校。中学的人数接近 100%，小学的人数在高年级和低年级都超过 85%。这意味着现在不需要线上混合课程，并且学校 已经恢复了某种常态。 周二，我们得以在十周内举行了第一次集会——尽管是在户外。但是在学院里第一次让大家面对 面交流的感觉真是太好了。 下周，如果天气允许，小学和中学都将在外面举行集会。中学的学者大会将延迟，也许是今年最 重要的大会之一。 Victoria Ogden 女士本周将联系获奖学生的家长。很高兴再次在桑德兰见到家 长。

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

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

我们的新幼儿园预计在本周末收到执照——这意味着我们将能够在 4 月 11 日准时开学。这 对幼儿园来说将是一个美妙的庆祝活动，因为我们终于可以扩大我们的人数了。家长们，如 果您想在我们的新幼儿园预订您的位置，请在接待处与我们的招生经理 Linda Storey 联系。 下学期，我们将在学校周围启动一个新的交通管理系统。就目前正在发生的情况来说，将会 发生重大变化。 下个月将分发地图和说明，以帮助制定新计划。 在此期间，我确实要求您继续对我们的邻居和员工保持礼貌和尊重。 祝贺我们的11名同学在本赛季赢得了他们的成绩。去年他们获得了亚军，本赛季他们取得了 更好的成绩。特别感谢斯蒂芬斯先生再次执教和管理这支球队。

周末愉快.

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

Aspire. Succeed. Respect.

Nathan Villars Campus Principal ACG Sunderland

Value for the next week is: Honesty The quality of being honest.

Sunderland First XI vs Waitakere/Hobsonville Saturday 26th March This game was the final of the Central West T20 league. Sunderland fielded first and quickly had Waitakere/Hobsonville in trouble with very accurate bowling and some good catches being taken. All the Sunderland bowlers kept the pressure on bowling out the Waitakere/Hobsonville team in 16 overs for 71 runs.

Finn O’Connor leading the attack with 4 wickets for 6 runs from his 4 overs. Sahil Patel and Finn O’Connor then made short work of the target, Sahil the only wicket to fall for a hard-hitting 42 runs – Sunderland reaching the target 1 wicket down in 8.4 overs. A win to Sunderland by 9 wickets and the team are the 2022 Central/West champions.

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Preschool

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Preschool had a great fun this week. Children enjoyed many literacy and numeracy-based activities. We continue to look at shapes and numbers, as some of our children had just come back after long time.

Preschool also helps with the development of social skills and positive self-esteem. As part of the preschool curriculum, preschool children also develop a connection between letters and sounds, and they know some of the sounds that letters make.

Children learned how to share and cooperate, work together, take turns, participate in group activities, follow simple directions, and communicate with teachers and other children.

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Primary

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1BTR - Bryan Xu for his excellent attitude towards his learning. You are a superstar!

1CAR - Ali Hotaki for showing diligence to learn and for completing his task with perseverance.

1GLC - Winston Lan for super work on his ZOOM learning.

2SHA - Winston Zhang for managing himself and looking after others.

2ZOU - Zee Wang for consistently producing written work of a high standard.

3HAS - Katie Wang for always using her manners in class and being a sensitive classmate who respectfully listens to others.

3YAN - Dawson Sun for producing an amazing narrative story in writing.

3SEA - Terrance Wu for doing a great job from home completing all his assigned work.

4RYN - Max Whittle for having a positive attitude towards learning and assisting others in need.

4SMI - Jessie Zhao for her excellent help in Computer Science.

5BAK - Coby Nguyen for always trying his best with his learning.

5RIC - Maran Googan for his helpful and positive attitude in the classroom.

6LIM - Tori Patterson for being a very kind and generous student and always doing things with a smile on her face.

6DOO - Ryan Kueh for his incredible and thrilling “Monster House” writing piece.

Primary House Shield TONG 5

Primary

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World War 3 War rages on forever.

Few survive omicrons fever.

Men sign up to fight, like black Americans looking for their right.

As the battle rages on...

Bang! Whoosh! Boom! A tank is gone.

Rifles firing without pause, Men dying without cause.

NATO powers unite! Get us out of missile strikes D-day has raged for many hours.

Grandma's giving flowers to the Russian military before they die, let us remember the reason why they sacrificed and gave up their lives.

End this vile massacre now. before anybody else enters hell.

By Yuchi He – 5RIC 1CAR Lesson and Activities on 2D & 3D Shapes

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Primary

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Our young artists in Art Class are so proud of their work

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College

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“On Friday the 18th of March, the Festivals Club celebrated Holi by having a large rangoli coloured by the students.

Holi is a festival of colours, having originated in India, and the colourful fun is enjoyed internationally. Traditionally, coloured water and powders are thrown and sprayed around. The Holi festival is a fun festival that dates back thousands of years. The completed rangoli was a pleasant sight that didn’t survive until Monday due to the torrents of rain over the weekend.

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College

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"No Planet B"

Environmental Issues – Ocean Acidification Environmental issues, what a broad topic, a salient one definitely. There are a couple concepts that are not such hot topics, but equally important. Discovered by Ken Caldeira and Michael Wickett, ocean acidification is the ongoing decrease in the pH value of the earth’s ocean; mainly caused by carbon dioxide gas in the atmosphere, dissolving into the ocean. This leads to a lowering of the water’s pH value, making the ocean more acidic.

The problem here is not enough people know about this issue, especially the people who make it worse. The main cause of ocean acidification, from carbon dioxide, is human activities, namely the burning of fossil fuels. So, it’s the people causing the problem; not natural things, which means that this issue is quite simple to solve. So, why is it not being addressed?

Obviously, the halting of burning of fossil fuels is not ideal, because they are essential to generate energy – which we use for generating electricity, to power transportation, and industrial processes. Many scientists and universities are attempting to create solutions for other ways to generate energy. The government is also working to reduce two categories of pollution that cause ocean acidification: carbon dioxide emissions and excess nutrients, furthermore they are collaborating with federal and non-federal partners to monitor ocean acidification.

To summarise, we can stop ocean acidification by cutting carbon pollution drastically and immediately. We are exerting a massive influence on the oceans with unpredictable and potentially catastrophic consequences if we continue to pollute it.

Let’s look at statistics now. The polar oceans in the Arctic and the Antarctic are particularly sensitive to ocean acidification. New Zealand is relatively close to Antarctica, so the waters surrounding NZ are prone to acidification. There has been a decrease in pH from 8.095 to 8.044 over the past 20 years (1987 – 2017), this corresponds to a 7.1% increase in acidity.

Overall, in the world the acidity in the oceans has increased by 26% since about 1850, a rate of change roughly ten times faster than any other time in the last 55 million years!

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College

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Animals certainly get affected by ocean acidification, mainly shell-forming animals and plants like corals, crabs, oysters, planktons, fish and urchins, because ocean acidification robs seawater of the compounds these creatures need to build shells and skeleton. As a result, they will have weak shells, impairing their development and survival.

According to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), ocean acidification has the potential for altering biodiversity, species composition, tourism, fishing industries and the entire food web. Over one billion people around the world depend on food from the ocean as their primary source of protein.

Hopefully after reading this article you understand the danger of ocean acidification. I hope you learnt something, because every bit of education helps.

By Akarsh Shankar - Year 8

Year 9 Compared to Year 10 Greetings! My name is Zyna, and I am a Sunderland Year 10 student. This is my first-time writing, as I’ve only recently joined The Student Voice. I came to ACG last year and have had a great experience here; since I've received a wonderful education and made a lot of new friends.

Year 10 has been fantastic so far; however, it is really different from year 9. Year 10 necessitates a lot of notetaking, and science particularly is a lot more stressful, because there is so much more knowledge to absorb.

Year 10 is a lot more hectic, but personally, I think that’s excellent since it prepares us for IGCSE. Year 10 also requires more test preparation, in comparison to year 9. Cycle tests are much more difficult, and you must revise more than you did in year 9.

Finally, year 10 also entails a significant increase in duties and workload, teachers have much higher expectations of us, and are less lenient when marking.

So far, I have really enjoyed year 10, and am looking forward to the rest of the year; learning new things; and spending time with my friends.

By Zyna Sen - Year 10

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失物招领 我们积累了大量的失物—校服，饮料瓶，午餐盒，鞋子等。 请确保您孩子的所有物品都贴上他们的名字。 定期更换校服，午餐盒和饮料瓶会变得非常昂贵。

杂项购买 如果您在前台购买杂物，如计算机，徽章等，请您确保您的孩子有正确 的钱，因为我们在前台没有零钱。 我们无法将这些物品记入您的学校账户。

二手校服店 温馨提示，二手校服店不再寄出支票，也不再能够代销您寄存在学校的 校服。如果您知道商店里有校服要出售，请前往接待处或将费用转入学 校银行账户。 不提供银行帐号 - 没有付款

午餐订购 ACG桑德兰是一所只提供水的学校，午餐订单将不再提供任何饮料/棒冰。 如果订购了任何饮料或棒冰项目，我们将替换为其他相同价值的项目。

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Sunderland on Service at ACG Sunderland 亲爱的家长和同学们，你们可能知道服务是一个重要的价值观，应该被所有年龄的人 来实践。在桑德兰，我们希望表彰那些已经在家里或者社区中积极无私服务的人，但 重要的是，我们希望那些没有真正从事积极服务的人有机会接受有关服务的教育，而 这可以通过Sunderland On Service (SOS)来达到。 我们的使命宣言是什么？

通过在学校和社区帮助他人来发展服务和尊重的价值观。 在我们的社区中积极贡献，展现无私，热情和决心的价值观。

如何参与或获得您的徽章？ 我们将在我们的公告板上发布有关可以进行不同活动的信息，并将进一步公布更多信 息。您可以在前台处领取表格或者在Blackboard上填写您的工作时间，然后将其交还 给前台，以便我们奖励您的出色服务。 任何你想算作你的工作时间的事情都应该作为志愿者来完成，这意味着你不能因为做 这些而获得报酬。请记住保持适当的服务年龄。 以下是获得徽章的信息：

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Tania Dalton 基金会将在埃文代尔学院的下一个学校假期提供 Boost 计划。该计划面向 在奥克兰西区的学校就读的 7 和 8 年级女孩，可免费参加。该计划为期 3 天，从 4 月 26 日星期二到 4 月 28 日星期四，在假期的第二周，他们为女孩们提供了一个安全和支 持性的环境，可以尝试一些不同的运动和活动，以建立信心、联系和机会。 Whānau 可 以通过在线注册自己注册女孩。

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高中辅导课程 辅助课程是提供给高中部学生额外的学科指导。重点是同学们要有准备而来 参加。 带着你的问题而来， 你不仅限于以下方面可以获得帮助，如 • 复习过去的考试题 • 与课程相关的特定问题解疑 • 实践论文 • 关于课程的问题 • 老师审查你的具体科目的薄弱项 学习是需要主动的，记住老师希望你主动一些。问题要具体。这些辅助课 程是你在相应科目的老师指导下认真研究每个课件要求的一个很好的机会。

KASC为周一至周五留校参加体育训练的学生提供训

练后看管费折扣

家长只需要按照MSD和OSCAR的要求签署一份登记 表。 折扣后的费用为$10，其中包括下午茶。

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Ground Crew Lenco School Wear Shop

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

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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