On Wednesday night, both the Year 9 and 10 teams did not win but did incredibly well scoring 90/85 and 90/70 between them.
Mr Devereux is Mr Mathex here at Sunderland, and has been running the teams here for many years. I wish to personally thank him for the energy he brings to this event looking after eight teams over two nights. Thanks are also due to Ms Ngoh, was also a huge help on the nights, Thetoo. competition involves teams from each school in Auckland – many with two teams just like ours. Three players try to answer tough maths questions, while a runner is taking the answer to a marker to check progress and get the next question.
Dear Parents and Friends of Sunderland, Yesterday evening, I had the privilege of attending the annual Mathex Competition held in the stadium over in Kohimarama. Not the easiest location to get to from West Auckland but, after negotiating the Auckland traffic, we arrived to find literally hundreds of top mathematics students from around Auckland, with their maths teachers & parents, all trying to organise themselves before the start of the event.
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Thank you for taking the time, last week, to read my essay on student pick up and drop off It’s so important that we follow our expectations please.
As we head towards the end of Term Three, I remind parents that if you do not intend to have your children educated at ACG Sunderland in 2023, you do need to give one term's notice or incur a terms fee in lieu of this correct notice period. Please let me know in writing before the 23rd September. Have a wonderful weekend everyone.
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While writing my report, the Year 7 & 8 teams will be competing, and their results will be posted next week. I also wish to highlight our netball teams again.
Nathan ValueACGCampusVillarsPrincipalSunderlandforthe next week is: Conscientiousness The quality of wishing to do one's work or duty well and thoroughly.
Aspire. Succeed. Respect.
On that note, I do ask that all parents also respect the road rules. Please do not park on the yellow lines to drop off and pick up children. Thank you.
Our Year 8 team ended up coming 3rd in their competition, and our Year 10 team came 1st in their respective level. Netball across the Primary and College is in wonderful spirits moving forward into 2023. I wish to thank all the coaches and managers who have done such a wonderful job.
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This week, the children explored the sensory blocks. They had a lot of fun playing and building different shapes. Lots of fun and outdoor exploration for the Junior Room this week. Bubbles galore as the children mixed and stirred the water together.
There were puzzle pieces on the outdoor table, where the children learn to match real life animal puzzles together. Plenty of learning opportunities to participate in this week!
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ACG09Sunderland8387070 6 Waipareira Ave, Henderson, Auckland 4 Early Learning SchoolSeniorRoom It was another busy week in the Senior Room, where the children love their time outdoors in the sandpit, mixing water in the sand to create muddy puddles and making volcanoes. During group learnings, we discussed vocabularies such as ‘tall, taller than, short, shorter than, long and longer than’ when comparing our heights and when ordered two items by length.
3SEA - Nayana Roopesh for always being helpful, considerate, hardworking.
1CAR - Ada Liu for excellent performance in class and for showing good manners.
4RYN Ethan Wo for making great progress in reading.
5RIC - Oria Tan for always presenting her work neatly and always displaying a positive attitude.
6LIM - Madeline Yeoman for a kind, polite, friendly nature. It is a pleasure having Madeline in 6LIM.
5BAK Austin Xu for improving focus towards learning.
1GLC - Jason Wang for a great week of remote learning.
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3HAS Oliver Tan for good behaviour and working hard in all learning areas.
1HOC Aiden Tao Li for working hard in all subjects and being a good example for good behaviour.
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for developing her alphabet knowledge well.
6DOO Gary Gao for enthusiasm and effort he shows and puts into his homework tasks.
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2SHA Dylan Cong for excellent manners and thoughtfulness.
2ZOU - Matilda Townshend for outstanding progress in mathematics.
4SMI - Jayden Zhu for positive attitude and effort in his learning.
3YAN Evan Bai for writing an interesting letter to his character.
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On Tuesday 23rd August ACG Sunderland's two Hockey teams went to the North Harbour Hockey Stadium to compete in the West Auckland schools hockey cluster. When we arrived we were told we had 4 games to play before lunch. The Sunderland A team were one of the A grade teams and the B team were one of the B grade teams. For the A team the top 2 teams in our group of 5 would go through to the semi finals. After putting our bags down we warmed up and split into our two teams ready for our first games. Games were 20 minutes long, 6 players on the pitch and only 2 subs. Since you only played in one direction for the duration of the game and whoever was there first got to pick their preferred direction, we made sure we got there early and had the sun behind us!
A team faced a difficult fourth game against Summerland B (they had six teams in total!) after winning our first three. The opposition scored the first goal and after we heard that to win the group we needed to win, we went into all in attack. We scored a goal! But, unfortunately, in our efforts to a second goal we conceded one and lost 2 1. So we were second in the group and had a semi final against Summerland A who had won their group and had some players who played for Auckland. Not letting this dishearten us, we decided to play a defensive formation before we figured out how they played but they were amazing and we lost 3 0. All was not lost as there was a 3rd/4th playoff to come.
Sunderland B team won all four of their games with two incredible victories 6 0 and 10 0 and no goals scored against them at Sunderlandall.
The Lower Primary Trophy Winner this week was Olivia Tian –Hockey1BTR
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The teams were: Pulling ourselves together we realised that we were competing against Summerland B team again. But we knew this time the situation was different: we had both just lost our games they would be confident after beating us before people would be more tired as both teams were coming up to their 6th games So keeping the spirits up we bounced back and scored an early goal and we increased our confidence. After two more goals we won the game 3 0 and were overjoyed! After going back to our bags we were called up for prize giving. We found out that ACG Sunderland B team had come first in B grade and the A team came third (out of 10 teams) in A Whengrade.prize giving was finished, after a hard day of hockey, we went back to school for PE!
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By: Watts Year 6 3rd place A Grade B team 1st place B Grade
A team –
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Mark Luo Shyla Wang Ethan Hoffman Yilia Wang Louie Kumerich Nathan Zheng George Watts Preston Tan Ryan Yao Ryan Shingles Alex Meng Ryan Kueh Yuchi He Danny Liang Oscar Wang Bobby Paul
The team are: Amelia Lee, Khushi Thakar, Megan Unsworth, Caitlin Unsworth, Resha Bedekar, Keshalia Nelson, Francesca Gray, Lucia Belle
Congratulations
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It was an excellent game and the score was 37:13. Congratulations!
The Year 8 netball girls won their final on Wednesday and came third in their grade!!
The Year 10 netball girls won their final on Saturday and came first in their grade!!
The team are: Siyona Biswas, Athena Deng, Eloise Downes, Heidi Jackson, Nina Kelly, Amna Memon, Ghazal Sandhu, Billie Sedcole, and Georgia Sedcole; their coaches are Anjika Sharma and Natasha Woolley.
Year 8 Netball
The mixed C/D team were in the playoffs to win their grade and again drew 3 games and lost on score countback to finish 2nd in their grade. This was a great effort as with illness and absence there were only two players (Dishi and Ben) who had to play all six games.
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The Boys C Grade team was in the playoffs for third place and drew with Waitakere 3 games all. Unfortunately, due to the score countback they finished in 4th place overall.
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Cats or Dogs: Which is better?
By: Louis McSporran - Year 9
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There are several hundred types of pets, but I narrowed it down to the most common: Cats and Dogs. There are many factors to which is the best pet. Such as how loyal they are, or, how easy they are to clean up after and feed.
New Zealand has the highest number of pets per household than anywhere else in the world, besides the U.S., we are outnumbered by our pets. Pets are something that gives certain individuals great joy, entertainment, comfort, and companionship, but what is the best pet?
Being a dog owner, I am biased that dogs are preferable to cats. So, I went and asked the public. One of my friends said, “Cats are much cheaper than dogs, and more independent, while dogs require more care and attention, but are much more loyal than cats.” He was right. More people are going to have cats since they cost less than a dog. However, New Zealand is known for its beautiful native birds. If there are so many native birds like the Tui, and the Kereru, then why would someone deliberately buy a cat and put these birds in So,danger?Iturned to the internet for answers. As I scrolled through multiple articles, webpages, and polls, I found my final answer: dogs. The majority of New Zealand prefers dogs. But that raises the question; why are dogs more popular? Surveys show, 78% of New Zealanders consider a dog to be a part of the family, but cats are not too far behind at 74%. Studies have shown that self identified dog people tend to be less neurotic, less likely to suppress their emotions, and tend to have overall higher scores of wellbeing than cat people. Young children significantly prefer dogs over cats. Basically, dogs just make people feel happier, likely due to their own carefree, “happy go lucky” personalities, after all, they are man’s best friend.
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Lost Property We are accumulating an awful lot of lost property – uniforms, drink bottles, lunch boxes, shoes etc.
Sundry Purchases
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.
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.
No bank account number – no payment
Please ensure that ALL your child’s belongings are labelled with their name.
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.
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. Arrival at School
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Donation
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Barnardos would like to thank the ACG Sunderland Community for our amazing donation to their charity What’s Up. We managed to raise a whopping $3526.84 for this wonderful charity. We thank you also as ACG Sunderland for your generous contributions to such a wonderful cause.
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House Spirit Certificates and Badges
This term, the student leadership team is proud to present a new measure to recognize students who embrace their sense of house spirit, the House Spirit Certificates and Badges! When students are seen to be displaying pride, enthusiasm, leadership and participation during House meetings and events, they can be awarded a House Spirit Certificate by that teacher. Once a student has accumulated ten of these certificates, they can hand them into reception, and then they will receive a House Spirit Badge at assembly.
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ACG09Sunderland8387070 6 Waipareira Ave, Henderson, Auckland 17 NoticesSeniorTutorials 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.
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:
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 actively contribute within our communities, display values of selflessness, enthusiasm and determination.
To develop the values of service and respect by helping others in our school and community.
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.
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How to get involved or get your badge?
ACG09Sunderland8387070 6 Waipareira Ave, Henderson, Auckland 19 Ground Crew Lenco School Wear Shop 40 Patiki TelAucklandAvondaleRoad098386164 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 Lenco website https://lenco.space/schoolwear/school wear acg sunderland/ 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. 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 Staff Emails Email format for staff Firstname.Surname@acgedu.comis: 2022 Term Dates Term 1: 26 January to 14 April Term 2: 2 May to 1 July Term 3: 25 July to 23 September Term 4: 10 October to 6 December 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!Nocash 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. 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 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.