ACG Sunderland Newsletter (Chinese). 25 February.

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ACG SUNDERLAND

WINGS NEWSLETTER Vol 18, Term One, Week Five, 25 February 2022

亲爱的桑德兰家长和朋友们

在桑德兰结束第二个完整的一周后，学生们已经很好地融入了学校生活，欢声笑 语再一次围绕在校园中。 众所周知，新冠肺炎在新西兰传播了两年多后，ACG桑德兰在本周收到了第一例 阳性病例的报告。我们所有人应该为我们确保我们的社区远离病毒所做的努力而 祝贺自己。Omicron似乎采取了不同的传播方式，尽管我们付出了很多努力，但 终究无法阻止它的变体。 在过去几天里，我们已经发送了很多对我们社区至关重要的邮件，我想在下面重 申: 在2022年2月24日星期四晚上11点59分，新西兰进入红色框架的第三个阶段，其 中一项重大改变是密切接触者在没有症状的情况下不再需要隔离。 今后，唯一需要隔离的接触者是其“家庭”接触者或接近的家庭接触者。这些接触 者需要隔离10天，并在第3天和第10天做检测。

如需更改您的家庭地址，联系电话或邮箱，请发送邮件至 Sunderland@acgedu.com

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如果您的孩子由于Covid症状而被送回家，那么他们需要在检测结果呈阴性，以及 没有任何症状下可以重新回校。 如果孩子的Covid检测呈阳性，则必须从检测之日起在家隔离10天。隔离期过后， 他们可以返回学校。 快速抗原检测 (RAT) 目前已在检测中心，家庭医生处广泛使用，您也可以在家使 用。 Leanne Chartrand 女士是我们负责应对Covid的高级领导。所有测试结果都应该通 过邮件发送给Chartrand女士。 电子邮箱： leanne.chartrand@acgedu.com 我们鼓励所有身体状况良好且没有出现新冠病毒症状的学生来校参加ACG桑德兰 面对面的课程。 随着本周的结束，我们现在有三个阳性病例分别在3年级，7年级以及10年级。在 Omicron期间，我们将让家属知道我们目前正在处理多少阳性病例。 另请注意，如果孩子在家隔离，ClassDojo或Blackboard上将提供在线支持材料。 这是一个充满挑战的时期，一些人正在与持续的Covid疲劳作斗争。学校会在这段 时间内为您的孩子提供支持，所以如果我们能提供任何帮助，请随时与我们联系。

祝各位周末愉快。

Aspire. Succeed. Respect.

Nathan Villars Campus Principal ACG Sunderland

Value for the next week is: Participation The action of taking part in something.

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我们幼儿园的孩子们感受到归属感/Mana Whenua,这增强了他们的自信和自尊。 他们尊重他人，有责任感。他们通过探索学习并积极学习。

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Apologies to last weeks student of the week from 1BTR for the incorrect surname – Chloe Zhao

1BTR - Olivia Tian for making great progress in her basic facts. Well done!

1CAR - Grayson Tan for his excellent class performance and for showing good manners to his classmates and teachers.

1GLC - Sophia Zhang for consistently producing work of a high standard of presentation.

2SHA - Emily Zhang for her wonderful weekend recount writing and amazing sounding out of unfamiliar words.

2ZOU - Yufan Tang for a significant improvement in self-management.

3HAS - Elizabeth Shingles for always helping others and contributing to class discussions.

3YAN - Hannah Lin for keeping her workspace neat and tidy.

3SEA - Lucas Li for always being a tremendous helper in all lessons.

4RYN - Jerry Li for always displaying a fantastic work effort and joy for learning.

4SMI - Blake McKeown for his persistence in maths problem solving, asking for help when he needs it and helping others around the class.

5BAK - Krishna Patel for excellent homework this week.

5RIC - Caesar Tsao for his hard work, determination. He has settled into ACG splendidly.

6LIM - Louie Kumerich for trying his best and persevering in maths lessons. Keep it up!

6DOO - Hans Meng for always willing to help others where he can, and consistently displaying a ‘can-do’ attitude.

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Primary House Shield Findlay Year 2 Dance Class enjoying the fresh air and sunshine outside

Year 1 students are so proud of their glittered rainbow fish in Art class.

Year 2 art students are so delighted to learn how to duplicate patterns and designs.14

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1CAR students had a great time in reading lesson by using the Swat a Sight Word game board.

They also enjoyed hosting the lower primary Syndicate Assembly on Tuesday and a performing a song and dance item “The Vowel Family”.

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College

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Top 5 Cafeteria Snack Foods: The Professional Food Critic 5. Caramel slice: Priced at $3.00, the caramel slice has a ‘cheese-cake’ base, a middle layer of caramel, and the top is a sort of ‘cookie dough’ that is soft, but not raw. The size is on the larger side, so extremely cheap for the amount you get. I would recommend sharing this one with a friend, as about half of the slice size is the perfect amount.

4. Hashbrowns: These cost $1.00 and are the perfect size for a small snack, or a bite before class in the morning. They are about the size of an average person’s hand and have a crunchy outside but a relatively soft middle.

3. Chocolate cookies: Not to be confused with ‘chocolate-chip cookies’; they are basically pure chocolate cookies, with some ‘chips’ or ‘chunks’, solid or melted depending on how fresh out of the oven you get them. The outside is perfectly crunchy, and the inside all soft and melty – with an ‘oaty’ texture. This decadent treat is $2.50.

2. Cheesy garlic bread: This snack is on the larger side, however still extremely affordable at $2.50. It consists of a white bread bun, that looks like a short baguette, but has the consistency of soft white bread. The inside is filled with a garlic butter, and melted cheese. There is an option without cheese available for 30 cents cheaper ($2.20), but why would you skip the cheese?!

1. Finally, the best snack food of them all: WEDGES!!!

Priced at $3.00, you get a whole bag of scrumptious wedges. The outside is usually firmer than the fluffy inside. The flavour is close to smoked paprika, and if you are intolerant to spice; they do have a bit of a kick. My favourite part of the bag are the little crumbs and crunchy bits at the bottom, although the big, pillowy wedges are delectable too.

And that ends our list of the Top 5 Cafeteria Snack Foods, be sure to give them a try if you haven’t yet!

By Amelia Lee - 10YLW 7

College

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Senior Camp The journey began on a Tuesday morning. We sat on the stairs at the front of the school with our overly stuffed backpacks. As we talked about how excited we were, Stu helped us pack our luggage into the vans. And before we knew it, off we went.

We all significantly underestimated how long the drive would be, but none of us complained about it, because the amount of card games and conversations we had as we sat in the cramped seats, were unmatched. We used pillows as tables and laughed as we struggled to keep all the cards from falling. About halfway through the drive, we took a break and swam in the Waikato River. It was scorching hot; not a single cloud to be seen, and we had just spent three hours in the same seat, so nothing felt as refreshing as jumping into the cold water.

When we got to our campsite, we worked in pairs to set up tents. Before we knew it, we began to make dinner. Everyone was busy: some worked on the butter chicken, some worked on the rice, some worked on dessert, some worked on the salad. Hopes high, tummies empty, we began to devour the food. Unfortunately, we left the rice so undercooked, that it was still crunchy!

6:00am was wake up time. Once we were ready, we drove out about thirty minutes from our campsite. Mr Keen showed us our final IGCSE results; luckily, majority of us were beyond pleased with our grades. Stu gave us instructions and taught us how to use the paddles to steer and control the boat. I sat in the front, mainly because I didn’t want to steer the boat, but also because I quite liked paddling.

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When we hit the first big rapid, two canoes (including mine) capsized. In all honesty, I enjoyed every bit of falling into the water, it was very relaxing. I don’t think Stu, Simon, Mr Keen and Mr Gerrard would say the same, because it was them who had to pull the heavy wooden canoe out of the water. When we encountered the second rapid three canoes capsized, including the two boats that had capsized before. This wasn’t as relaxing as we were being drifted downstream, and I also lost my drink bottle and sunscreen to the river. After we made another stop, we switched boats and I went in Stu’s boat and never capsized again!

Eventually after eight long hours of being on the river, we made it back to our campsite.

And not long after, we began making dinner. We made mashed potatoes, sausages and bought garlic bread – it was a huge upgrade from the night before.

On Thursday, we had to pack our tents up first thing in the morning. We had some breakfast and then started canoeing downstream again. The river had less rapids along the way and we were more experienced in canoeing, so although the distance was roughly the same, we were done in six hours. We got to our motel rooms and had the opportunity to have hot showers, was a huge relief.

It felt impossible to get out of bed at 6:00am on Friday, as the beds were so comfortable. Nevertheless, we did it anyway. On the last day of camp, we mountain biked down Horopito, Old Coach Road. At one point, we went down the wrong track, which was very steep and rocky, but it was awfully fun. No one was hurt, and we all loved it. After biking, we hopped in the van and came to the realisation that camp was almost over.

We reached back to school around 7:00pm and thanked Stu, Mr Keen, Ms King and Mr Gerrard for transporting us, keeping us safe and making senior camp an unforgettable memory.

By Anjika Sharma - Year 12

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2 Events, 1 Article!

Apologies, this article was supposed to be posted in the newsletter last week. However, I was just too carried away on Sky Sports *ba dum tss* Ok, never mind that was dry… But all jokes aside, I have typed up an account of 2 sports event I’ve been keeping up to date with. One is less writing than the other, because I only cared about the men’s finals for the 1st event. Enjoy!

January 17th, 2022, in a rather populated city in Australia. We heard the cheering, the chanting and the “SIUUUUU” in Melbourne Park. Oh yes, Of course I’m talking about the “AO” also known as the Australian Open. International recognized tennis tournament was played between the 17th to the 30th. Seeing the “GOAT”, Nadal performing those staggering forehands, backhands, overheads, volleys onto Medvedev - and winning the overall slam, was FOR REAL entertaining! (Sorry Russian fans). But overall, the match was “glorious” and I’m most definitely looking forward to seeing who the next champion will be for AO23!

On Ice, On Snow and Onto Podium? What do those 3 terms exactly mean – when put together? You guessed it! It’s the 2022 Winter Olympic Games! One of the top sport events I have been keeping up with this year.

The main reason for it; because it was played in my home nation, China. Known as the first “Dual Olympic City” the country stunned the world 14 years ago, and it has stunned us even more 14 years later; today. Although, before the games there were misconceptions and false accusations targeted at China directly. These included people saying they were “Boycotting” the games, China’s “Human Rights Abuse” and as what the Americans calling it a “Genocide” against the Uyghurs. Therefore, The USA didn’t send any government officials as well as a few other countries. This got to the point, where some athletes who received a medal did some “disgusting” actions both on and off stage and during the games. This included wiping the podium before standing on it, fouling skaters and as well as throwing away the mascots they were given along with their medals.

Looking onto the bright side, I am thrilled to watch all the short track speed skating events.

Plus, a bunch of events on the Big Air Tower, Ice Ribbon and of course the national snow park located in Yanqing. Lastly, I have made my decision that this has been the most successful winter games for us. As an example, New Zealand has won our first gold medals achieved by both Zoi S. Synott and Nico Porteous. Both were young legends, who won bronze in the 2018 games.

We also can’t forget about many of the athletes’ stories/journeys that made them reach where they are standing today! Some suffered illnesses, family issues or even injuries.

I look forward to Milano Cortina Winter Olympics 2026, Paris 2024 Summer Olympics and you already know we can’t wait for the “FIFA World Cup” this year in Qatar!

By Nicholas Qin - Year 9

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Sunderland on Service at ACG Sunderland 亲爱的家长和同学们，你们可能知道服务是一个重要的价值观，应该被所有年龄的人 来实践。在桑德兰，我们希望表彰那些已经在家里或者社区中积极无私服务的人，但 重要的是，我们希望那些没有真正从事积极服务的人有机会接受有关服务的教育，而 这可以通过Sunderland On Service (SOS)来达到。 我们的使命宣言是什么？

通过在学校和社区帮助他人来发展服务和尊重的价值观。 在我们的社区中积极贡献，展现无私，热情和决心的价值观。

如何参与或获得您的徽章？ 我们将在我们的公告板上发布有关可以进行不同活动的信息，并将进一步公布更多信 息。您可以在前台处领取表格或者在Blackboard上填写您的工作时间，然后将其交还 给前台，以便我们奖励您的出色服务。 任何你想算作你的工作时间的事情都应该作为志愿者来完成，这意味着你不能因为做 这些而获得报酬。请记住保持适当的服务年龄。 以下是获得徽章的信息：

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COVID-19 Contact Types Flow Chart . 使用这张流程图来帮助您确认您和您的家人的接触者类型以及您需要做什么

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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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小学午餐 温馨提示，小学生不能直接从自助餐厅订购午餐。所有午餐必 须通过如下网站订购。 https://www.sunderland.acgedu.com/school-information/lunchnutrition 接送服务 家长们，请将您的孩子送到校门口或前门，除非您有学校会议， 否则不要来学校。小学生将在小学/幼儿园门口的停车场下车。 请不要在有编号的车位停车，因为这些车位仅供我校老师使用。 失物 我们有大量失物招领。请确保您孩子的衣服连同他们的午餐盒 和饮料瓶注有他们的姓名。失物招领处在在小学部的双玻璃门 可以找到。 myACG 登录 所有ACG桑德兰新学生家长的登录信息已经于周五2月18日通过 邮箱发送。如果您没有收到您的登录信息，请联系 sunderland@acgedu.com：

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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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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。

购买徽章 & 校服 如果你需要从前台处购买House徽章，桑德兰徽章或校服，请确认 你有正确的现金或者你可以刷卡支付，因为我们不能找零。 House badge - $5 Sunderland Badge - $8.50

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。 奖杯 如果您的孩子在 2021 年底的颁奖典礼上获得了学校奖杯，如果 他们尚未领取，请通知他们来学校图书馆领取他们的奖杯。奖 杯已命名并等待学生领取。 16

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高中辅导课程 辅助课程是提供给高中部学生额外的学科指导。重点是同学们要有准备而来 参加。 带着你的问题而来， 你不仅限于以下方面可以获得帮助，如 • 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。问题要具体。这些辅助课 程是你在相应科目的老师指导下认真研究每个课件要求的一个很好的机会。

KASC为周一至周五留校参加体育训练的学生提供训

练后看管费折扣

家长只需要按照MSD和OSCAR的要求签署一份登记 表。 折扣后的费用为$10，其中包括下午茶。

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Travis Hill – Guitar and Bass Tutor We’re very lucky to have a new guitar teacher at ACG Sunderland. Here’s what a long term colleague had to say about him.

Travis is a great colleague. He is easy going, approachable, and an excellent communicator. Travis has really expanded his teaching skills and strategies and has thrived (not just survived) with his online teaching during the periods of lockdown.

He is extremely positive and friendly, and many of his students remain in lessons with him through their entire time at school.

So if you child is keen on the guitar I’m sure they will be very happy to have Travis as their teacher!

You can contact him directly to set up a lesson time: Travis Hill travisjameshill11@gmail.com

Violin Teacher - Fiona Haughton There are so many ways that learning the violin can positively impact the lives of our young people. It brings physical confidence through improved co-ordination, stamina, posture and flexibility. It also brings mental and emotional confidence through developing memory, co-ordination of the senses, the ability to perform in public, working with others in ensemble situations, and the ability to express meaning and emotion through music.

Children who learn the violin can play comfortably in ensembles, which allows them to engage with their friends and peers in a new way, and to experience performing in public with the security of being surrounded with others.

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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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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

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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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