ACG Sunderland Newsletter Week 6 Term 2 5 June 2020

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

ACG SUNDERLAND

WINGS NEWSLETTER Vol 15, Term Two, Week Six, 5 June 2020

Dear ACG Sunderland Community I hope you all enjoyed the extra long weekend we all just experienced. It was certainly nice to have some more freedom under level two as well.

The Friday before Queen’s Birthday has been Grandparent’s day here at Sunderland and we all are looking forward to 2021 when we can once again celebrate our special day, which then connects to a long weekend.

For our Year Five to Year Thirteen students, I am sure they appreciated the weekend to get into study with examinations taking place next week. The results will generate a reference point for our students and staff as we all take stock after the six weeks of lockdown.

I wish to also remind everyone that due to the nature of Cambridge assessment, there will be no variations due to Covid-19 pandemic and all Cambridge examinations will assess the entire syllabus taught. The student body are well aware of these expectations too, as well as Mr Stephens and Mr Keen clarifying this with students. A tutorial timetable is being collated for the two week holiday period, this will be available for students and parents before the end of Term.

OPEN DAY – SATURDAY 20 JUNE – 10.30AM TO 2.30PM

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

In conjunction with our examinations for next week, I include the statement regarding Smartwatches for your information.

Our school has rigorous cyber safety practices in place which include use agreements for all school staff and students. The overall goal of the school in this matter is to create and maintain a cyber safety culture which is in keeping with the values of the school, and legislative and professional obligations.

It has come to our attention that some children have watches at school that have video and internet capability. These devices are basically a phone on your wrist. Therefore, these watches if brought to school must be switched off at all times and kept in the student’s bag. Students using their device during school hours will have their device removed from them (unless they have prior permission by a teacher).

The school’s policy are for educational purposes appropriate to the school environment. This applies whether the ICT equipment is owned by the school or student.

Thank you for your support with this. If you have any questions or concerns please let me know.

With alert level one on the horizon, it does feel some level of normality is also not far away.

Sport teams are being organised as I write this newsletter and practices and even games are taking place this week. I know coaches and managers have spoken to parents and had meetings with team members. If you have not yet confirmed , we do ask that you do speak with coaches about your child's availability.

Thank you for your support with out co-curricular programme at Sunderland.

Have a wonderful long weekend.

Aspire. Succeed. Respect.

Nathan Villars Campus Principal ACG Sunderland

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Certificates College

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

Physical Education First A2 Physical Education Topic Test 5 – Shannon Macdonald First AS Physical Education Topic Test 6 – Hannah Leach First IGCSE Physical Education Topic Test 5 – Shaiy Adhar First Year 7A Physical Education Common Test – Savera Sidhu First Year 7B Physical Education Common Test – Joseph Kumerich First Year 7C Physical Education Common Test – Kevin Fang First Year 10A Physical Education Common Test – Sanjana Katte First Year 10B Physical Education Common Test – Justin Shan

Biology First in AS Biology Enzyme Topic test - Junheng Li English Top marks in Year 8 English Cycle Test jointly awarded to: Joylynn Cheng, Amelia Lee, Caitlin Unsworth.

Primary Honours Certificates Scarlet Townshend, 3WB

Rachel Yang, 2AV

Yanyi Shao, 2AV

Wesley Liu, 2AV

Nathan Zheng, 3WB

Lukas Wahl Olsen, 6SL

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College Music

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

Quiet Please! Recording in Progress!!

What to do when you can't perform live to an audience? Well, why not record what you can do and share it that way?

ACG Sunderland's Jazz Band and String Theory have been busy recording their repertoire, one person, one person at a time. Here's what a couple of students had to say about the process.

Jack Feng - trombone, Jazz Band

“My life of music began with the school jazz band. I was disheartened by the fact that I was not going to be able to enjoy the “swing music” again in my last few months of being here. And I just couldn’t contain my excitement when DOC told me that we will be making music again. In spite of the difficulties and the predictableness of these times, we made it happen, adapted, improvised like we always do. These recordings are not only a record of our success but also the soul and spirit this group and its music Anya Thurner- violin, String Theory

The recording process was lengthy, but it did feel good to be back at school, playing the violin. Recording was quite fun, and I hope that things will go back to normal soon. I'm curious as to what the end result will sound like.

We will also be making a video to accompany the recordings. So, watch this space, and look out on YouTube and SoundCloud in the next couple weeks for our students' recording!

Daniel O’Connor Our Super-Duper Music Teacher 4

Ground Crew

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

Lenco School Wear Shop

Sunderland Second-Hand Uniform Shop

40 Patiki Road Avondale Auckland Tel 09 838 6164

The shop is closed until further notice.

We will continue to use the entrance at number 44 Patiki Road to access our shop site at number 40 Patiki road until further notice as the site works are taking longer than anticipated– note access is very clearly sign posted to avoid any confusion.

Winter opening hours commencing Monday 8 June Monday 8.30am – 4.30pm Wednesday 8.30am – 4.30pm Friday 8.30am – 4.30pm Saturday 9.00am – 1.00pm As a reminder all school uniform continues to be available for purchase online on our Lenco website https://lenco.space/schoolwear/. .

We are not taking uniform items at present either.

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 students homeroom teacher.

Contact Details School Office: Phone: 838 7070 Address: 6 Waipareira Ave, Henderson Waitakere 0610 Email:

sunderland@acgedu.com

Kids at School Care

Attendance:

sunderlandattendance@acgedu.com

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.

Web:

www.acgedu.com

Contact Haydee Cos on 021 161 6256 for enrolment and fees information or email haydeecos@yahoo.com

Lunch Orders We remain in Alert Level 2 therefore, no lunch orders for the Primary or College. Students are asked to have their own lunch and drink bottle, as the water fountains are not available.

2020 Term Dates Term 2: Term 3: Term 4:

20 May to 26 June 20 July to 25 September 12 October to 4 December

Staff Emails Email format for staff is: Firstname.Surname@acgedu.com

Individual Students Photo and Prizegiving Photos 2019 Any individual student photos that were ordered have been handed out to the students to take home last week. If you would like one you can order direct through Photolife.

Prizegiving photos for 2019, can be ordered directly through Photolife.

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