Newsletter – Term 3, Week 2 2021

Term 3 – Week 2 2021

Important Dates

Term 3, Week 2

Tuesday 3 August: Year 4-6 Cross Country training begins – 10:45 am

Orders for Jesters Pie Day close on MyKindo at 11:00 am

Wednesday 4 August: Jesters Pie Day

Year 4-6 Cross Country training continues – 10:45 am

Latin/American Families Community Engagement meeting 5:00 pm Staffroom

Thursday 5 August: APPA Choir Rehearsal in the Music room – 8:00 am

Year 4-6 Cross Country training continues – 10:45 am

ESOL Parent Meeting in the Hall at 7:00 pm – Invitations have been sent to parents/caregivers of students currently in the programme.

In This Issue

Welcome to Sunnybrae
School Drop Off and Pick Up
Jesters Pie Day – Wednesday 4 August
PTA Math-a-thon 2021 Fundraiser
Year 4-6 Cross Country Training
IRIS Recording Tool for Student Teachers
Sunnybrae Cultural Project
Lucky Book Club – Scholastic Orders
Positive Behaviour for Learning (PB4L)
The Resilience Project: Sleep
STEAM ED Partnership with Local Industry
National Scout Day – Monday 2nd August
Wairau Intermediate Open Days
Takapuna Normal Intermediate School Enrolments
Community Notices

1. Welcome to Sunnybrae

This week we would like to welcome the following new students and their families to our school community: Heline Ceran (R15), Phoenix de Silva (R2), Craig Dorfling (R2), Joshua Jang (R2), Izumi Kubacki (R7), Mirei Kubacki (R17), Vega Luo (R2), Isla Marsters (R1), Persephone Marsters (R11), Nasri Heredia Ramirez (R16), Daniel Pedroza Ramirez (R13), Alice Shih (R11) and Shukichi Shikano (R2).

Welcome back to the following First-Year Student Teachers from the University of Auckland: Kendra Abbiss (R4), Yinglin Chen (R13), Grace Wichman (R16) and Ke-Arn Peters (R20). They will be teaching at Sunnybrae for the next 5 weeks.

On Monday we will welcome our new Office Manager, Jennifer Wheadon. Please give all new members of our school community a lovely Sunnybrae welcome when you see them.

2. School Drop Off and Pick Up

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Please Drop Off at the Gate between 8:30 and 8:45 am.

Covid-19 Alert Level 1

In Term 3 we ask that parents/caregivers continue to drop their children at the school gates in the morning to help reduce contact tracing and foster independence in our students. Staff and Student Councillors will be present at all gates to assist with drop off.

Parents/caregivers are welcome to come to the classroom to pick up their children at 3:00 pm.

3. Jesters Pie Day – Wednesday 4 August

You can order a Jesters Pie for your child’s lunch next Wednesday 4th August.

All orders and payments have to be made through MyKindo.

Orders close Tuesday 3 August at 11:00 am.

$2.00 from every pie purchased is given back to the PTA (Parent-Teacher Association) as fundraising for Sunnybrae Normal School.

Information was sent home during the week.

See attached PDF below for more information.

4. PTA Math-a-thon 2021 Fundraiser

Well done to everyone who took part in our PTA Math-a-thon fundraiser last term. So far we have raised over $10 000. We are still accepting money from those families who collected it over the holidays.

There are 2 options for payment:

Pay the money into our school bank account via online banking – Sunnybrae Normal School, ASB Northcote, 12 3053 0370789 00, please include your child’s first name, room number and the word ‘athon’ in the reference.
Pay cash at the school office.

Thank you very much for your support.

5. Year 4 – 6 Cross Country Training

REMINDER

Our Annual Year 4-6 Cross Country will take place on Thursday 9 September. Training will begin on Tuesday 3 August.

Training will take place on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings.

Please ensure your child is prepared on these days.

They will need to have suitable shoes to run in as well as their SNS PE shirt (if they have one) to change into before running.

Any necessary medication e.g. asthma inhalers will also need to be at school. Students will be responsible for carrying these when they run.

If you require any further information, please contact your child’s teacher or email Mary Waters mwaters@sunnybrae.school.nz.

6. IRIS Recording Tool for Student Teachers

The University of Auckland has introduced a new tool called IRIS which will allow student teachers to reflect on their own teaching. This term we have student teachers at Sunnybrae who will be using this tool for the first time.

What is IRIS?

Student teachers will record themselves using a state of the art system designed for initial teacher education and annotate the videos, noticing key aspects of their emerging teaching practice. Together with their University of Auckland Supervisor and Sunnybrae teacher mentor, the student teachers will use the annotated videos as the basis for a rich conversation about the learning that has occurred.

Why use IRIS?

This approach is used widely in the UK and other countries. Evidence shows a significant improvement in the quality of teacher practice. The University of Auckland is the first university in New Zealand to explore using this technology.

Security?

Student teachers have a personal, password-protected account for IRIS Connect and videos are uploaded to a secure cloud-based platform where they can only be accessed by those who have been granted permission. Video recordings can be anonymised to further protect students and staff.

7. Sunnybrae Cultural Project

This week our Community Engagement team worked with our Japanese and Filipino families. It is a privilege to listen to each family sharing their stories and images that represent their culture. These will be used to create a series of panels at the front entrance of the school that represents all of the different cultures of the people within our school community. Next Wednesday at 5:00 pm we will meet with our Latin/American families. Each cultural group that makes up our school will receive an email invitation to a meeting during Term 3. We look forward to sharing stories with you.

8. Lucky Book Club – Scholastic Orders

Issue 5 Lucky Book Club brochures were sent home this week.

Please place your orders online at https://www.scholastic.co.nz/parents/lucky-book-club/.

The office will not be taking any cash orders.

Orders close Friday 13 August.

9. Positive Behaviour for Learning (PB4L)

This week our PB4L focus has been on using respect in the library.

Our lessons have focussed on:

Using an inside voice.
Reading quietly.

10. The Resilience Project: Sleep

Martin Heppell from The Resilience Project has created a short clip about the importance of sleep. To view this clip please Click Here.

For more information on sleep and device management please click through to view the latest blog “Reclaiming Control of Your Electronic Devices”.

11. STEAM ED Partnership with Local Industry

Can You Help?

Can you Help? The recent Drawing the Future Report, investigating the career aspirations of New Zealand children and young adults, showed concerning results in terms of the lack of children who see STEAM industries as a career pathway. The Pupuke Kāhui Ako are encouraging our parent community to help us address skill shortage locally and nationally in the STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, The Arts and Mathematics) sector and is organising a community event in Term 3. Please see the flyer at the bottom of the newsletter for further details and fill in this form if you are interested in being involved.

12. National Scout Scarf Day – Monday 2nd August

On Monday 2nd August, the Scouting movement are celebrating World Scout Scarf Day and are encouraging their members to wear their scarves to school or work for the day. As a school we welcome and encourage past and current members of Scouts to wear their scarf to school on Monday 2nd August. This is one of the ways Scouts Aotearoa raises awareness about the unique opportunities Scouting offers youth and adults alike. Scouts Aotearoa is a growing and vibrant Movement offering adventure and skills-based learning for anyone aged 5-26.

13. Wairau Intermediate School – Open Days