ACG Sunderland Chinese Newsletter - 11 Feb

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

ACG SUNDERLAND

WINGS NEWSLETTER Vol 18, Term One, Week Three, 11 February 2022

尊敬的 ACG Sunderland 家长和朋友 我希望您和我一样，与家人和朋友渡过了另一个美好的长周末。我相信孩子们已 经欣喜地进入新学期的学习。我们下一个假期在复活节，同时也是学校假期。 正如我们之前所说的，我校人数较去年增长超过20%，因此我校面临了停车位的 挑战。目前，我们大约100个停车位供家长使用，待我校新的幼儿园正式开园后， 车位将有所增加。 我建议家长将车停在校外，然后走进学校接送您的孩子，尤其是在放学后。 您可 以将车停在Warehouse/Noel Leeming ，Te Pai Netball Courts 或路边。 我们了解到一些家长将车停在私人停车场，学校对面的咖啡馆或者隔壁的Kip McGrath 停车场。除非您光顾这些场所，否则我要求您不要停在这些私人停车场。 将车停在这些私人停车场已给这些业主和顾客带来了困扰。 我还要求您遵守交通规则，不要在虚黄线上停车，或在车道中央排队等待进入停 车场。

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

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

停车位现在面临挑战，但是会有一些解决方案，所有请在这段时间耐心等待，就 像总理说的 “善待彼此 be kind to one another”. 私人停车场 – ACG Sunderland 学生家长不得使用

新幼儿园对面的新停车场即将开放

Aspire. Succeed. Respect.

本周引述: 开放思想 Nathan Villars Campus Principal ACG Sunderland

愿意考虑新的想法；无偏见

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Preschool

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The Preschool children had a very busy week, getting to know our new friends who have just started and making them feel comfortable with our daily routine. They enjoyed playing alongside others, building friendships, learning to share, and taking turns in small groups as well as the feeling of belonging.

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Primary

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We congratulate our House Leaders in the Primary Tong George Watts – 6LIM Steven Wang – 6DOO

Findlay Nathan Chen – 6LIM Ryan Yao – 6DOO

Waitakere Tina Zhang – 6LIM Kian Michael-Jacques – 6LIM

Fleming Arabella Endersby-Grant – 6LIM Madeline Yeoman – 6DOO

McDonald Louie Kumerich – 6LIM Hans Meng – 6DOO

Whenuapai Amy Deng – 6DOO Evelyn Law – 6DOO

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Primary

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Year 3 sports session with Miss Smith

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Primary

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Our Year 5 Camp – Lakewood Lodge, Huntly Last week, Year 5 went to Lakewood Lodge in Huntly for their camp. The children had an amazing time doing a wide range of activities including flying fox, climbing wall, kayaking, horse riding, archery and low ropes.

A huge thank you must go to Mr Baker, Miss Richardson, Mr Fuente and our parent helpers Kelly and Jenny for coming to camp and helping our Year 5 students.

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Primary

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

Year 3 & 4 are learning about the elements of art. They have started designing their silhouette. Here are some of their first design.

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Primary

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1CAR with 4RYN enjoying some fun activities and reading with their buddies during GLU Period

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College

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Rivers and Mountains - Senior Camp - 2022 It all began with a lengthy bus journey on an incredibly hot summer’s day, a journey all the way from School to Tongariro National Park. We had arrived at our location, as that’s when we set up our Campsite for the next few days. We grabbed a bag of tent components in teams of two and proceed begin the process of assemble our new shelter, only then go back and remove the short rod from where the long rod was actually meant to go, with a similar cycle of ‘two steps forward, one step back’ until miraculously a complete tent emerged from our combined efforts. Once the setting up was completed, the focus shifted to dinner preparations, and this is where I must emphasise that if you plan on taking part in the year 12/13 camp, I encourage you to always taste the food as you cook it to ensure it is well cooked.

The next couple of days were composed of an extensive canoeing voyage along the Whanganui River, which involved braving the many perilous rapids that lay in our path, suffering from some quite dramatic capsizes while braving said rapids, and more peacefully admiring the beautiful riverside scenery of soaring cliff faces, picturesque cascading waterfalls, sweeping stony shores, and looming half-sunken fallen trees. Our first day of canoeing concluded with our return to the campsite, and I discovered the need to drink enough water during the voyage. After a good night’s sleep, we all felt remarkably better including myself, which was rather fortunate as that was when we had to take down the campsite and fully repack our bags for the next stage of our camp.

We then loaded the bags and tents into the vehicles and settled into the next phase of the canoe voyage, which after a rather large rapid at the beginning went a lot smoother, now that we were somewhat more ready for what the river had to throw at us. Our river voyage concluded sitting at around 50km of travel over the two days, finally landing upon a small stony shore opposite a particularly towering cliff face, we loaded our canoes onto a trailer and after briefly getting changed into drier clothing, we drove to our accommodation for the third night.

That accommodation was an apartment hotel, and after two nights in a tent and sleeping bag with a travel pillow that was just slightly too flat to provide true comfort, sleeping the night in a room with a proper bed, and a true pillow was a magnificent experience. It was amazing how much you suddenly appreciated everyday comforts so much more, how just a few nights could change your perspective so much. That night we also ate like royalty, with burgers and garlic bread cooked on a barbecue.

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College

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The next morning, we packed our bags once again, and after breakfast we climbed into the buses and travelled to our next activity. Mountain Biking. We were fitted with helmets and bikes and soon set off for the Old Coach Road bike trail. There was a little apprehensive at first. I soon found my worries to be ill-founded, and found myself quickly settling into the experience, appreciating the beautiful forests, remnants of the old twisted cobbled road, and especially the two enormous and towering curved viaducts, which remain incredible feats of engineering even to this day, despite being over a hundred years old. While one of the viaducts no longer has a traversable surface, the other leads across a wide gorge to a small picnic spot where we rested and ate our morning tea before continuing onwards.

The trail continued to twist and turn, but the gradual climb of the first half had now concluded, so the ride continued at a slightly faster pace. We began the long drive back to Auckland.

Senior Camp was a rather extraordinary experience, set in a beautiful environment, with challenging yet rewarding activities, full of new experiences, and above all with wonderful guides and instructors who made you feel safe at all times, even when attempting something you might be stepping outside your comfort zone to do. It also instils a new appreciation for the simple pleasures of everyday life, such as sleeping in an actual bed, and having a solid roof over your head.

By Jack Sedcole – Year 13

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College

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Madison McDowall – Year 9 - Young Entrepreneur Hi, I'm Madison McDowall - I am currently a Year 9 and I run ‘The Imperfect Beauty Co’.

During Lockdown, I found myself constantly searching for natural bath and beauty products that weren't super expensive! That's when I decided, why don't I just make some? And that's how it all started!

Now I have a successful Facebook page (and I hope to get a website soon) Visit her Facebook page 'The Imperfect Beauty Co I.B.C’ Congratulations to Madison for taking on this initiative and starting her own business. Some awesome skills learnt have been social marketing, finances, stock management/ordering and customer service .

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Notices 公告栏

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

Courtney Noble – 我们的钢琴老师 钢琴老师说道：我是一名拥有16年经验的奥克兰西区注册(IRMTNZ)钢琴教师。我热 衷于为我所有的钢琴学生提供有趣和优质的音乐教学。这涉及到我灵活的教学风格， 因为所有学生有应以不用的方式教学。这也意味着我们会根据每个学生的兴趣定制 曲目，同时也坚持提供技术基础。除了实际演奏外，我相信乐理和听力技巧也非常 重要，会帮助学生在钢琴上取得进步。 如果您的孩子对钢琴课感兴趣，可直接联系Cortney来安排上课时间。 cnoble947@gmail.com 如果您想了解有关ACG Sunderland 巡回音乐会的更会信息，请在学校前台领取小册 子。也请随时联系我们的音乐主任 Daniel O’Connor. daniel.oconnor@acgedu.com

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Notices 公告栏

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

ACG Sunderland 将于2022年初开设新的幼儿园。 我们正在为以下三个主要房间征集名字 Infant Room 幼儿教室 Junior Room 小班教室 Senior Room 大班教室 我们正在举行一场比赛，让学生们有机会为我们的房间命名，类似于Wings Café的命名方式 主题是 AVIATION (航空) 你可以将的你想给房间起的名字（可以是一个房间也可以是三个房间），连同 你的姓名，班级发给linda.storey@acgedu.com.

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Notices公告栏

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Attendance 出勤率 如果您的孩子要缺课，或者你在白天需要接孩子就医，牙医或者其他预 约，请发送邮件至我们的老师sunderlandattendance@acgedu.com

Masks 口罩 如果您的孩子在4年级或以上，我们则要求您的孩子在上学时佩戴口罩。请 确保您的孩子佩戴口罩来学校，并在包里放一个备用口罩，以防止口罩丢失 或损坏。 请确保您的孩子将口罩丢弃在学校周围的垃圾桶中。我们在校园周围发现了 许多废旧口罩。

Police Vetting Forms 警方审查表格 警方审查表格适用于当父母或者监护人希望协助任何需要与学生互动的 学校旅行时的。 表格完成后，家长需要将其连同原始身份证件，如：驾驶执照，护照或 者出生证明出示给学校前台。 学校前台需要查看原始身份证件以确保其有效性。

Bus Service 校车服务 任何需要ACG Sunderland校车服务的学生，需联系前台Victoria Ogden 或发 送邮件至 Victoria.ogden@acgedu.com 请注意，如果您的孩子是第一次使用校车服务，我们需要至少一周的通知 期来安排校车事宜，以确保您的孩子知道校车从哪里出发。

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Notices 公告栏

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

学生午餐和运动校服 在您离开家之前，请确保您的孩子的午餐， 水瓶，运动校服 & 运动鞋及其他校服都在 孩子书包中。或者您已经在上午8.30前在线订购了他们的午餐。很多家长将午餐和学生 校服放在学校前台，学生去前台领取午餐和校服时，为学校工作人员和课堂造成很大 的困扰。

高中辅导 辅助课程是提供给高中部学生格外的学科指导。 你可以获得以下帮助内容以及需要你准备好的材料， • 复习过去的考试题 • 与课程相关的特定问题解疑 • 实践论文 • 关于课程的问题 • 老师审查你的具体科目的薄弱项 学习是需要主动的，记住老师希望你主动一些，这些辅助课程是一个很好的机会来和 老师对于你的相应科目有个更好的沟通。

ACG 桑德兰学生账单 如我在一月份邮件中提到的那样，我们在今年年初开始使用心得财务系统。实施进展 顺利，我们要感谢家长在通过银行转账到“通讯参考号”进行付款时修改了他们的参考。 少数父母不认识这个发件人地址noreply-jde@inspirededu.com 或者发现电子邮件直 接进入到了垃圾邮箱。如果您没有收到任何信息，请检查一下您的邮件，如往常一样， 如果您有任何账户问题，请通过 [EMAIL] 与 [NAME] 或者 [NUMBER] 联系；如果您有 任何账户问题，请于[NUMBER] 联系。

从2021年6月22日起不接受支票付款方式 ACG 桑德兰从2021年6月22日起将不再接受支票付款方式。所有付款将只能通过网上转 账，前台刷卡或者信用卡（2%额外费用）支付。 请注意学校前台和café不提供提现金服务。

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Notices公告栏

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

UBIQ 已决定在2022 学年不进行二手回购购买活动。 这不是他们轻率的决定，因为他们觉得这是一个能提供给来 ACG学习的学生和家庭有意义的服务。 然而，鉴于最近和正在进行的社区中可传播的Covid-19三角洲 变种的爆发以及随后的警戒级别变化，他们强烈地感到需要持 续的谨慎和小心。鉴于我们校园学生的规模，以及基于最近在 一些校园内出现的病毒传播事件的考虑，我们更要格外谨慎。 基于以上原因，UBIQ 不愿意将员工、ACG 学生及其家人置于 危险境地才做出此艰难的决定。 UBIQ 真诚地为由此造成的不便表示歉意，并期待2022 年是更 安全的一年。

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Notices公告栏

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ACG Sunderland 舞会委员会正在筹款—请支持他们！

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Ground Crew Lenco School Wear Shop

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

Sunderland Second-Hand Uniform Shop

40 Patiki Road Avondale Auckland Tel 09 838 6164

The shop is open. Please ask at reception for access.

2022 Open 10 January to 12 February Monday to Friday from 8.30am – 5.30pm Saturday from 9.00am – 3.00pm

Lost Property

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/

We are taking good quality uniform items for the second-hand shop. Blazers must be dry cleaned.

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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