ACG Sunderland Newsletter - 25 November 2022

ACG SUNDERLAND WINGS NEWSLETTER

Vol 18, Term Four, Week Seven, 25 November 2022

Dear Parents and Friends of Sunderland,

On Monday afternoon, Mr Robson and I visited many of the camps that over 300 of our Year 6 11 (inclusive) students attended from Monday Wednesday.

The camps were in great spirits, even with the Spring weather challenging some of the activities.

From tramps to high rope courses to mountain biking and confidence courses with river crossings and mud, I’m sure our young students are taking advantage of all these opportunities.

This is the first time since 2019 that Sunderland has been able to return to our normal ‘Outdoor Education’ programme with all students from Year 3 13 having the opportunity to take part in our challenging yet safe programme.

With over 300 children away, this required all the college staff plus several primary staff to assist in this programme which is just wonderful. I would suggest no other school currently can accommodate so many of their young people away con currently.

Please check the lost property box for your children’s lost uniforms before close of school on Tuesday 6 December.

I wish to take this opportunity to thank all the staff for taking part in this important activity, and in particular Mr Keen for his overall leadership of this programme for the College.

Mrs Chartrand has stepped in this year to lead the Year 6 camp as both our teachers are on maternity leave special thanks to Mrs Trew and Mrs Hasan for also attending this special camp to the far north.

On Tuesday, our Year 1 children visited the Royal Heights Rest Home, where we have been attending for the past 15 years pre Covid. The feedback from Mrs Butler was very positive with our young ones singing Christmas carols to the residents.

I see we arrived home from the rest home with dozens of balloons too!

Also, on Tuesday the Fire Service visited our Year 1 2 classes and again the feedback from Mrs Butler was so very positive. Hopefully, this little Spring storm subsides for the weekend, and we can enjoy some family time before everything gears up for Prizegiving and then the lead up to Christmas.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone.

Aspire. Succeed. Respect.

Nathan Villars Campus Principal

ACG Sunderland

Value for next week is:

Graciousness

The quality of being kind, polite and generous.

Early Learning School

Under 2’s Room

In the Under Two's room, the babies used their senses to explore and learn. We enjoyed using bubbles to explore this week. The bubbles have been blown, chased, and popped by our babies. Exploring with bubbles improves hand eye coordination and develops motor skills. Bubbles excite babies' curiosity, encouraging them to explore their surroundings with their senses.

Junior Room

This week, our Junior Room was so busy exploring our indoor and outdoor environment. There were groups of children by the sandpit and obstacle course working as a team. Inside, our group activity was focusing on shapes; big and small; and numbers.

All the children happily explored their environment and used their ingenuity. They seem to have a very good understanding of what is happening around them and developing relationships with others in regard to turn taking, sharing and communicating.

Early Learning School

The Senior Room children had another busy week with lots of activities and learning involved in all areas of their development. During group times, Kiwi children were learning to identify the first letter sound of their names, Pukeko tamariki were working on number recognition, and counting to 10., while the Piwakawaka children revisited the positional language involved ‘on top, under, behind, in between, inside, and around.'

Senior Room

1BTR – Ryan Li for a fantastic effort in all subject areas. Well done!

1HOC Godfrey Wang for working hard to improve his sight words.

1CAR – Lucas Qu for great improvement in his academic performance and for being kind.

1GLC – Layla Tang for an excellent attitude to her schoolwork.

2SHA – Zane Luo for progressing to the gold level in reading.

2ZOU Kairav Biswas for excellent progress in reading.

3HAS – Alan Li for excellent participation in class activities.

3YAN – Leevin Lek for doing her best in all subjects.

3SEA – Sarah Zhang for her incredibly tidy work and exceptional handwriting.

4RYN – Oscar Fan for asking great questions.

4SMI Rachel Yang for maintaining focus and trying hard at camp.

5BAK – Coby Nguyen for an amazing performance in his drama play.

5RIC – Fiona Lin for improving in all math areas. Well done!

6LIM – At camp

6DOO At camp

Primary House Shield Waitakere

7 Primary Assembly

Gold Librarians Trip to Rainbows End

On Friday 18th November, the Gold librarians went to Rainbows End. Despite a few showers, it was a great day. Thank you to all my Gold librarians for the work you do in the library. A big thank you to Mrs Bonneywell and Mr Andrews for coming along and helping on the day.

Scooter Days

Royal Heights Rest Home Visit – Year 1

All Year One students sang joyful Christmas carols which were enjoyed and well appreciated by everyone in the rest home, especially the manager. Allen Huang’s family from 1CAR sent a balloon bouquet for them that made them really happy.

Chess Power

The Chess Power Junior online team came 1st at the National Championship. ACG Sunderland gets to kept the trophy at school till next year’s competition.

The following children were part of the team and all received a medal: Richard Liu Rex Yu Zack Wang

Fiona Lin

Richard also won a second medal he was the individual champion of the entire tournament.

Firefighters Visit

Year 6 Camp – Waitangi

From Monday to Wednesday the Year 6 children went to Waitangi in the Far North this week. Excellent opportunity for the students to step into a marae and the learn the cultural ways of the Māori. For some, this was their very first time in a marae.

Again, a big thank you to all the parent helpers and teachers.

Year 7 Camp – Kokako Lodge

This week, our Year 7 children went to Kokako Lodge, Hunua. We split the children into 6 groups and each group undertook 6 activities: archery, orienteering, raft making, high beam, high ropes, team building/problem solving.

Despite the weather, a wonderful time and great learning experience was had by children, teachers and parent helpers. The food was great too.

A big thank you to all the parent helpers and teachers that came along to help make this an awesome experience for the children.

College Design and Art

Notices

Arrival at School

Please be reminded that school starts at 8.30am. Students must arrive by 8.15am and they will be marked absent if they are not in class by 8.30am.

Lost Property

We are accumulating an awful lot of lost property – uniforms, drink bottles, lunch boxes, shoes etc.

Please ensure that ALL your child’s belongings are labelled with their name.

Sundry Purchases

If you are purchasing sundry items from Reception like calculators, badges etc, can you please ensure your child has the correct money as we do not have change at reception. We are unable to put these on your school account.

2nd Hand 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

School Socks

We have available in the 2nd hand uniform shop, a range of brand new boys socks in a variety of sizes. Price is $14 per pair.

School Badges

House Badges $5, Sunderland Badges $8.50, Speciality Badges $12. Please ensure your child has the correct money as we cannot charge these to your school account. These can be purchased from Reception.

Notices

Parents and Friends Committee

Dear Parents and Friends of ACG Sunderland

ACG Sunderland is an independent school whose students are of incredibly diverse ethnicity. From pre school to senior college the school strives to help their students achieve their full potential. The Parents and Friends Committee works alongside this aim of the school.

Parents and Friends is a committee run by volunteers all, unsurprisingly, are friends or families of the school! The committee raises funds to cover items of benefit to the students that are not covered by school fees. In the past this has included such things as donations to the school ball, shade sails over playgrounds, cricket nets, and the planting of a hedge for privacy at the front of the primary playground.

All activities run by Parents and Friends are fun, social activities that help to instil a feeling of belonging throughout all families attending the school. Meetings take place on the first Thursday of every month at 8.30am in the staffroom. Please let Mrs Sonya Eldridge know if you are interested in joining the committee by email: sonya.eldridge@acgedu.com

The next meeting is Thursday 1 December 2022.

ACG Sunderland Parents and Friends Committee Scholarship

Parents & Friends Committee would like to let all parents know about this scholarship for 2023.

The purpose of the ACG Sunderland Parents and Friends Scholarship is to assist an individual or group of current students to participate in an activity that extra finances are required to allow the activity to take place. These activities may include (but are not limited to) representative sports, music, the arts, or sponsorship.

Criteria

The student/s must be currently enrolled at ACG Sunderland

A full application Form must have been completed and signed

At the discretion of the Parent and Friends committee a maximum of $1000 may be allocated each academic year.

Application forms can be requested from Linda Storey at linda.storey@acgedu.com

Notices

Dear Parents,

Kids at School Care Holiday Programme

Thank you for your continued support to Kids at School Care.

Holiday Programme will start on the 6th of December from 12:00pm after the Prize Giving Programme. Morning care during holiday programme starts at 7:30am and after school care is until 5:00pm.

Attached, copy of the Holiday Programme from 6 23 December 2022 and 9 25 January 2023. Booking is now open until the 18th of November.

Have a great weekend.

Kind regards, Nanette

Notices

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.

Notices

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:

Ground Crew

Freedom2Play School Wear Shop

40 Patiki Road Avondale Auckland

Tel 09 838 6164

Open

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 Freedom2Play website freedom2play.co.nz/collections/schoolwear schools acg sunderland school

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

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.

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.

6 Waipareira Ave, Henderson, Auckland

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

2022 Term Dates

Term 4: 10 October to 6 December

2023 Term Dates

Term 1: 26 January to 6 April

Term 2: 26 April to 30 June

Term 3: 24 July to 22 September

Term 4: 9 October to 8 December

2024 Term Dates

Term 1: 25 January to 12 April

Term 2: 29 April to 27 June

Term 3: 22 July to 27 September

Term 4: 14 October to 3 December

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.