ACG Sunderland Newsletter - 2 December 2022

ACG SUNDERLAND WINGS NEWSLETTER

Vol 18, Term Four, Week Eight, 2 December 2022

Dear Parents and Friends of Sunderland,

It’s hard to believe we have made it through the penultimate week here at ACG Sunderland.

With camps now done and dusted except for the Year 12 & 13 ones which heads out mid January the students were all back in school this week.

On Tuesday, we were able to celebrate Legacy Day again after it was in recess for the last two years. Legacy Day is the day when all the Year 13 students come back to school and set up a whole lot of games and activities for the rest of the Lower College to get involved with. It’s a massively fun day for all involved, with the staff enjoying it as much as the students do.

I wish to personally thank all the College leaders and Year 13 students for stepping up and organising the event a particular thank you to Mr Keen who oversaw the entire day from start to finish.

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

We have also had videographers and photographers in the school this week for three days as we refresh the marketing shots for all aspects of the school. I wish to thank all the students and staff who assisted in these three very important days for the school.

This Friday was supposed to be our annual picnic at Long Bay, but unfortunately due to bus driver shortages, we were not able to get transport to the beach.

Therefore, we brought the beach and fine weather to Sunderland and were able to enjoy a very relaxed atmosphere here at school for the day.

The College enjoyed music from four school bands in the morning, then a whole raft of activities in the afternoon, with the Primary basically doing exactly what would have taken place at the beach here at school.

I know staff and students were disappointed they could not get to Long Bay, but perhaps the real frustration is the lack of workers across our wonderful country.

I look forward to seeing you all at prizegiving next Tuesday.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone

Aspire. Succeed. Respect.

Nathan Villars Campus Principal

ACG Sunderland

Value for next week is:

Aspiration

A hope or ambition of achieving something.

Early Learning School

Under 2’s Room

This week, our tamariki played with the animal shape sorter. We are learning shapes and colours with this new toy and developing problem solving skills.

Junior Room

December is upon us, and the Junior Room children have started their Christmas crafts. They used fine motor skills and hand eye coordination to navigate painting within the circles to carefully making finger paint Christmas lights on a beautifully green Christmas tree. Children enjoyed adding their own sparkle to hand made decorations for their very own Christmas tree at home, a great way to begin the festive season!

Early Learning School

Welcome Summer!

Children had a great time exploring in and outside the play area. It was another exciting week learning with our Early Learning School children.

Senior Room

Children spent most of their time playing outside. They enjoyed many activities like number games, letters, Block building, cutting, pasting, writing, painting, messy play, music, and movement and family play.

1BTR - Sean Zhang for fantastic progress in writing.

1HOC - Ethan Chen for working hard and being a kind student.

1CAR - Ayaan Gandhi for showing excellent performance in English and Maths.

1GLC - Jack Morrow for doing a great job learning his spelling words.

2SHA - Heidi Qin for amazing reading responses.

2ZOU - Zee Wang for outstanding academic achievement in 2022.

3HAS - Yomal Navaratne for being a diligent learner.

3YAN - Jacqueline Jia for a consistent high standard in her work.

3SEA - Terrance Wu for a positive attitude to learning.

4RYN Nicole Patterson for showing initiative in managing challenging situations.

4SMI Charlotte Hoffmann for working very hard and always trying her best.

5BAK Phoenix Nicolson for great start at ACG Sunderland.

5RIC Bert Xu for getting up in front of an audience and exuding confidence.

6LIM Sanuli Edirisooriya for always settling to task and working hard.

6DOO Hans Meng for taking risks and giving everything a go at year 6 camp.

Primary House Shield Findlay

Week 8 Primary Assembly

The Lower Primary trophy this week went to Gleb Emelyanov 3HAS

1CAR Christmas Party

Sunderland Picnic

Sunderland Picnic

Legacy Day

It’s a school tradition that takes place annually; a celebration of the end of the school year, and a way for the year 13s to say their final goodbyes: Legacy Day. On Tuesday this week, instead of normal classes, we played games, got dunked and sang karaoke.

I’m sure many will agree with me that the start of summer is the best time of year. The weather is improving, the holidays are near, and Christmas is around the corner. For me, Legacy Day and school Camp are two events that mark the beginning of this joy filled season. With it, Legacy Day brought a taster of summer; ice blocks, sunscreen and a waterslide.

Rather than spending the day in classrooms, we played classic games such as volleyball, dodgeball, multisport and rob the nest for the first part of the day, then morning tea, which doubled as a break to reapply sunscreen since the sun was out with no clouds. For the second part of the day, we played some more unusual games. Some of my favourites were: mirror charades, where one person acted a word out as usual, and a second had to mirror their actions, while everyone else guessed what the word was by watching only the person mirroring. ‘Hello I am’ where a player drew a piece of paper with a name on it and then had to describe who they were while the others guessed; and Dare Pong where a ping pong ball was bounced into a cup with a dare in it which the successful “bouncer” could assign to someone. I had to skip around the field singing ‘Let it Go’ and some students even had to ask Mr Keen for an autograph. To finish off the middle block, we had our traditional Handball competition which is always a blast, and so entertaining to see the finalists being knocked out or holding their position as king.

During lunch, icies were served to everyone and a classic kiwi waterslide was set up on the back field, with soap and a hose. Although I had originally decided not to get wet, once I saw the slide, I couldn’t resist and egged on by my friends, I had to go down it for old times sake; and I don’t regret it!

We chose our next activity the choices being: Family Feud, Musical Chairs, an Engineering Challenge and board games. By this point, everyone was tired and the energy levels were either dropping to exhaustion, or rising to chaotic euphoria. Finally, we had the highlight of the day: karaoke. Based on different school clubs and groups, we went up on the stage and sang (more like screamed) many songs, ranging from Ocean Eyes to Bohemian Rhapsody and Let it Go. Of course, no one was drunk, but from the shout singing it definitely sounded like we were. This was definitely my favourite part of the day, and seeing Mr Jones and Mrs Carter steal the show with Single Ladies was a once in a lifetime experience.

Overall, Legacy Day was a blast, and I’m so excited to do it next year!

By Amelia Lee – Year 10

Legacy Day

Congratulations to Isheeta Lal and Amelia Lee both Year 10 on receiving the Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Hillary Awards.

College Design and Art

By Joseph Kumerich – Year 9

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 2 February 2023.

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.