Newsletter, Term 2, Week 8 2021

Term 2 – Week 8 2021

Important Dates

Week 8

Thursday 24 June: Closing Date for Out of Zone Enrolments for Terms 3 and 4 2021

Friday 25 June: Funky Feet Walk to School Day

Thank you prizes given for 6 or more Math-a-thon sponsors

In This Issue

Welcome to Sunnybrae
Out of Zone Enrolments Term 3 and 4, 2021
Parent/Teacher Conferences
Paid Union Meetings
Funky Feet Walk to School Day
PTA Math-a-thon 2021 Fundraiser
PTA Fundraising Initiative – Are you able to support us?
The Resilience Project; Gratitude
Artist in the Classroom
Positive Behaviour for Learning (PB4L)
Year 5/6 Sports Exchange
Wairau Intermediate Open Days / Evening
Community Notices

1. Welcome to Sunnybrae

This week we would like to welcome the following new student and his family to our school community: Viraj Bhullar (R1)

2. Sunnybrae Normal School
Out of Zone Enrolments Term 3 and Term 4, 2021

Enrolment at the school is governed by an enrolment scheme, details of which are available on our school website.

Applications for out-of-zone places are now being invited for those students who will become eligible for enrolment during the period of Term 3 and Term 4. The Board of Trustees has determined the following approximate number of out-of-zone places remaining in particular levels within the school.

Year 1 = 20
Year 2/3 = 15
Year 4/5 = 12
Year 6 = 3

The deadline for receipt of applications for out-of-zone places is 9 July 2021.

If a ballot for out-of-zone places is required, it will be held on 12 July 2021. Parents will be informed of the outcome of the ballot within three school days of the ballot being held.

If you live in the home zone and have not yet signalled your intention to enrol your child later this year, please contact the school immediately to assist us to plan appropriately. Email: office@sunnybrae.school.nz or https://www.sunnybrae.school.nz/enrolment/

3. Parent/Teacher Conferences

Wednesday 30 June from 1:15 pm – 8:00 pm

Thursday 1 July from 3:30 pm – 6:00 pm

You are invited to a Parent/Teacher conference to meet with your child’s teacher for 15 minutes on Wednesday 30 June or Thursday 1 July.

School Closure

School will close and the children will all go home at 12:30 pm on Wednesday 30 June.

After School Care Programme

YMCA provides After School Care in the school hall. You may make prior arrangements directly with the YMCA if you would like to enrol your child from 12:30 – 3:00 pm for $14.00 on Wednesday 30 June. In order to enrol go toymca-akl-ham-bop.aimyplus.com and click on Special Day or call (09) 480 7099.

Translators

If you need a translator, please contact the office directly as soon as possible.

Principal/Deputy Principal Meeting – Optional

You are welcome to make an appointment with our Principal, Lorene Hurd or Deputy Principal, Karen Rodger.

Online Booking

Go to www.schoolinterviews.co.nz
Enter our school’s unique code = b7zm3
Press ‘Go’ and follow the instructions

If you are unable to make your own online booking, please contact our school office on 09 443 5058.

4. Paid Union Meetings

On Tuesday 22 June some of our teachers will be attending paid union meetings for teachers employed under the Primary Teachers Collective Agreement and the Area School Teachers Collective Agreement. At these meetings, members will vote on the direction and priorities for their 2022 collective agreement renewal campaign. Our school will remain open as we have organised cover for our union members so as to not disrupt our school community.

5. Funky Feet Walk to School Day – Friday 25 June

Decorate your school shoes, or wear some colourful or odd shoes, meet the teachers and walk to school. You might win a prize!

When: Friday 25th June, 8:00 – 8:15 am *Teachers will be waiting to walk to school with you.

Where: One of the following meeting places:

Stanich Reserve – Ocean View Rd and walk through to Hillcrest Rd

McDonald’s car park on Akoranga Drive

The Dairy on the corner of Coronation Rd & Stanaway Street

North Shore Events Centre entrance at Argus Place

What to wear: Your school uniform and your funky feet!

All those students who have funky feet and walk to school will go in a prize draw.

6. PTA Math-a-thon 2021 Fundraiser

Last week our Parent Teacher Association (PTA) launched a Math-a-thon to raise money for a permanent shade structure at the back of our school hall.

Each child has been given a set of maths facts to learn and a sponsorship form. We would appreciate parents/caregivers supporting our Math-a-thon in the following ways:

Encouraging your child/ren to learn their maths facts as part of their home learning programme in preparation for testing on Friday 2 July.
Helping your child/ren seek sponsors from your family, friends and workmates.
Sending your child/ren to school with their sponsorship form with 6 or more sponsors on Friday 25 June and Friday 2 July to receive a small thank you prize.

If you are able to help test our Year 1 students on Friday 2 July between 9:00 and 11:00 am, please contact our Deputy Principal Karen Rodger, krodger@sunnybrae.school.nz

Thank you for supporting our Term 2 fundraising venture.

7. PTA Fundraising Initiative – Are you able to support us?

In Term 3, our Parent Teacher Association (PTA) is running an exciting fundraising initiative – The Sunnybrae Normal School PTA Raffle 2021 – 20 days of prizes! All money raised will go towards a permanent shade structure to be built at the back of the school hall facing towards the fields.

We will have fantastic prizes all set out in calendar format, one prize per day for 20 days. You buy a ticket, enter the draw and every day a new prize is drawn. If you win a prize and the calendar hasn’t finished, you get placed back into the draw for another chance to win something else!

How can you help?

We are currently looking for people to contribute $50 vouchers for our raffle. For example, you might like to purchase a $50 voucher from a store of your choice and donate it to our raffle. If you would like to gift a voucher to Sunnybrae Normal School please contact our Deputy Principal Karen Rodger – krodger@sunnybrae.school.nz or drop a voucher at the office. Any support would be greatly appreciated.

8. The Resilience Project: Gratitude

The Resilience Project: Gratitude.

Today The Resilience Project will focus on Gratitude.

Gratitude is being thankful and expressing appreciation for what one has – as opposed to focusing on the lack of something.

Research shows that practising gratitude rewires our brains to overcome the negativity bias (which can lead to anxiety and depression) and see the world that we are thankful for. It is also shown to broaden thinking, and increase physical health through improved sleep and attitude to exercise.

View Part 2: Gratitude of the series here: https://theresilienceproject.com.au/parent-and-carer-hub/

There are many ways in which you can practise gratitude, including starting a Wellbeing Journal. In the image below are a few ideas to get started.

Source: Psychology Today

For mental health resources and support information, visit The Resilience Project’s Support Page.

Download

Part2_Gratitude_Parents.

9. Artist in the Classroom

In Room 10 this week, we have been so lucky to have the talented Tallulah Nunez teaching multimedia painting and drawing. Talullah has exhibited throughout New Zealand and is represented by Art by the Sea Gallery in Takapuna and Muse Gallery, Havelock North. She has been a finalist in many Art Awards including the prestigious Parkin Drawing Award and Miles Art Award. We have enjoyed exploring how to communicate our ideas through abstract art and can’t wait to exhibit this work at this year’s Sunnybrae Art Celebration.

Tallulah’s solo exhibition at Art by the Sea Gallery opens on 17th of July at 4:00 pm and runs for 3 weeks. The exhibition is open to the public, family and friends of Sunnybrae.

www.tallulahnunez.weebly.com

Instagram- tallulahnunez_art_nz

10. Positive Behaviour for Learning (PB4L)

This week our PB4L focus has been on showing respect and independence in the playground and on the fields.

Our lessons have focused on:

Following instructions given by the staff or the peer mediators
Talking to a peer mediator or duty teacher when help is needed

11. Year 5/6 Cluster Sports Day

Last week many of our Year 5 and 6 students took part in the local Cluster Sports Day against teams from Willow Park, Northcote and St Mary’s. This is an annual event and the sports we played this year were Soccer, Rippa Rugby, Netball and Table Tennis. We were very lucky with the weather which was superb on the day. Many students played sports they had not tried before and all of them had a fun-filled day. Some of their thoughts have been shared below.

Gina R19: Today we went to our Cluster Sports and I played table tennis! ‘WHOOSH’ went the ball and before I knew it, I’d already beaten 4 teams! Table tennis reminds me of badminton with a smaller ball and bat. While eating lunch, the coach called my team and we were in the semi-finals! Even though we placed 4th, Sunnybrae placed 2nd overall with 71 points total and I had a heap of fun!

Ayla R19: We had Cluster Sports today and it was so much fun! I played 4 soccer games in total. I’m happy it didn’t rain and that it was a nice, sunny day. I was on Team United with 8 other people. We won 2 games and I got so sweaty afterwards. It was really, really fun and I enjoyed it a lot.

Sophia R19: Today we went to a netball court and I was really excited to see who we were going to play against. We went there because it was Cluster Sports Day. Cluster Sports is where you can choose from the following sports: rippa, netball, soccer and table tennis. We were all separated into groups and played against different schools. I felt competitive and I tried hard to win for my team. Now I feel like netball is my favourite sport!

Hiroto R19: I did table tennis at Cluster Sports and it was so much fun! I was with Felix and Winnie from Room 20. I was called for the semi-finals and my team won! I was in the finals and I got destroyed by a person called Angel. She was so good but Felix won the next round. Winnie won the last point by default because the opponent messed up and my team won overall!!! I was sooo happy then I was awarded with a certificate and chocolate. My team got a round of applause before we went back to school.

Ximon R19: This week a group of Sunnybrae kids went to play rippa rugby for Cluster Sports day. Three other schools came as well and each team played 4 games that lasted 18 minutes. Sunnybrae had 2 teams and both teams actually won two games each. We barely ate anything when we were there but we drank all our water! We all enjoyed ourselves, had a great time and sang all the way back to school.

Lewis R19: Today we all went to the Cluster Sports and I chose to play rippa rugby. Rippa rugby was in a muddy field and there were lots of teams from other schools. Sunnybrae had 2 teams, the Kiwis and the Pukekos. I was in the Kiwis with 7 other people. We each had 4 games to play and we had to walk 25 minutes to get there! I got very muddy and everyone got really tired. It was so much fun and exciting to play and watch.

Oscar R19: Soccer was so much fun. I was in a team and it was called United. Our first game was against Sunnybrae City and we won by 7 but we were all good sports. The last game we played was a team from Willow Park and they were all very nice.

12. Wairau Intermediate Open Days / Evening

Wairau Intermediate School will be holding Open Days during school hours on Wednesday 11 August, Thursday 12 and Tuesday 17 August and an Open Evening on Thursday 12 August from 7.00-8.30pm. Current Year 6 children and their parents/caregivers are invited to visit the school during these times. Year 6 students who are interested in attending Wairau Intermediate in 2022 are invited to join in on a transition day being held on Thursday 29 July. If you would like your child to have this opportunity, please contact the School Secretary on 410 7805 and this can be arranged in advance and the appropriate form completed. Prospectus packs will be available at the Open Days and Evening and can also be obtained by phoning the Wairau Intermediate School Office on 410 7805. Enrolments will be open from Monday 16 August.

Kind Regards

Lorene Hurd
Principal

13. Community Notices

FREE Netsafe Parent Workshop Evening

Tuesday 22 June @ TNIS – 6:30pm in the TNIS school library.
The NETSAFE parent workshop evening will provide you with practical ideas that you can use to keep your children safe whilst they are online. The workshops are based on parents’ common concerns about online safety including: