ACG Sunderland Newsletter - Friday 4 Feb

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

ACG SUNDERLAND

WINGS NEWSLETTER Vol 18, Term One, Week Two, 4 February 2022

Dear Parents and Friends of Sunderland, It’s the end of another short week and our school is in wonderful spirits as we navigate the start of 2022.

We appreciate that the restrictions placed on the school and the community in general with the ‘Red Level’ has caused some frustrations with limited access to the school and the requirements of mask wearing for everyone in the building. However, this has not negatively affected the Sunderland culture. In fact, the new College Leaders are already busy at work developing the House Walls in the Lower College area to enhance the Sunderland way.

This Thursday – Saturday our young leaders are out on their leadership camp, where they will develop the charity service plan for the year. More importantly, they will begin to develop a culture and team to unite behind the Sunderland values.

With the growth in both the College and Primary, the Sunderland carparks are under more pressure than ever both before and after school.

I do ask that your ‘drop offs’ are quick. It’s not a time to sit in your cars and have breakfast or stand in the carpark catching up with friends etc. Please keep everything moving.

Please advise any changes in your address, phone or email to Sunderland@acgedu.com

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

Also, please respect the primary pick up times.

Year One – 2.50pm Years Two & Three – 3.00pm Years Four to Six – 3.10pm It would be appreciated that parents do not arrive earlier than these times, in order to minimise social gatherings. It is also suggested, during these summer months, that parents park away from the school and walk in for the pickup.

Parents are reminded that masks are required to be worn at pickup and drop off.

Have another wonderful long weekend and I will see you all on Tuesday morning.

Aspire. Succeed. Respect.

Nathan Villars Campus Principal ACG Sunderland

Value for the next week is: Respect A feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, or achievements.

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Preschool

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Preschool is back in the New Year 2022. Children are happy to be back and we welcome our new children and families to preschool. Children have fun and learn at the same time.

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Primary

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1CAR had a great start of the school year and are all excited to learn with their new classmates and friends.

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Primary

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Year 3 & 4 Visual Art Class - Chinese New Year Dragon Paper Folding activity.

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College

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2021 Y13 Graduation Dinner At the end of last year we celebrated the Y13 Graduation in a different style than the normal graduation dinner and ceremony due to the Covid-19 alert level we were in at the time.

A huge congratulations goes out to all our Y13 graduating students and we wish them all the very best.

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Notices

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ACG Sunderland is opening its new Preschool early in 2022.

There will be three main rooms that we are looking to name.

Infant Room Junior Room Senior Room We are running a competition and giving the students the opportunity to name these rooms similar to how the onsite Wings Café was named The theme is AVIATION You can email your room name choices along with your name and class for one or all three rooms to linda.storey@acgedu.com.

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Notices

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

Attendance If your child is going to be absent from school or you are picking up your child during the day for medical, dentist or other appointments, please email their teacher and sunderlandattendance@acgedu.com

Police Vetting Forms These forms are used when a parent or caregiver wishes to assist on any school trips where interaction with the students is required.

When forms have been completed, the parent needs to hand this into reception along with the original 2 forms of identification. Ie: drivers licence, passport or birth certificate.

The original identification needs to be sighted by reception to ensure its validity.

Bus Service Any children that require the services of the ACG Sunderland bus service need to contact Victoria Ogden at reception or by email at Victoria.ogden@acgedu.com Please be aware that if your child is new to this service, we do need at least a weeks notice to get this arranged with the bus company and to ensure that your child is aware of where the buses depart from at the school

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Notices

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

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.

ACG Sunderland Students Invoices As mentioned in January, we moved to a new finance system at the start of the year. The implementation has gone smoothly and we’d like to thank parents who have amended their reference when making payment by bank transfer to the Communication Ref No. A small number of parents have not recognised the noreply-jde@inspirededu.com address that the invoices have been sent from, or have found that the emails have gone direct to junk. If you can please check these points if information is not coming through and, as always, please contact Mandy Allen at mandy.allen@acgedu.com or 09 838 7070 if you have any accounts questions.

No Cheque payments from 22 June 2021 ACG Sunderland will not be accepting or issuing cheques from Tuesday 22 June 2021.

Payments need to be made online or over the counter with Eftpos or Credit Cards (2% surcharge).

Please note that both the café and reception cannot provide any cash-out services.

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Notices

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

UBIQ has taken the decision to not proceed with second-hand buyback purchasing for the 2022 academic year.

This is not a decision they have taken lightly as they feel it is a valuable service to provide to the students, and families attending ACG. However, in light of recent and ongoing outbreaks of the highly transmissible Delta variant of Covid-19 in the community and subsequent alert level changes, they strongly feel the need for ongoing caution and care. Even more so given the size of the campus we are based on, and recent cases that created exposure events on campus.

For this reason, UBIQ are uncomfortable putting their staff, ACG students and their families in a position of risk.

UBIQ sincerely apologise for any inconvenience this will cause and look forward to a safer 2022.

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Notices

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ACG Sunderland Ball Committee are fundraising – please support them!

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Ground Crew Lenco School Wear Shop 40 Patiki Road Avondale Auckland Tel 09 838 6164

2021 Open Monday, Wednesday, Friday from 8.30am to 4.30pm Saturday from 9.00am to 1.00pm 2022 Open 10 January to 12 February Monday to Friday from 8.30am – 5.30pm Saturday from 9.00am – 3.00pm 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/

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

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.

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

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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