Newsletter: Term 3 Week 4

Term 3 Week 4: Friday 11 August 2023

Important Dates
Out of Zone Ballot Open – Applications welcome for Year 1-4
Wednesday 16 August – Emergency Lockdown Drill
Wednesday 16 August – Pasifika Families Fono Night, 4.30pm in the Staffroom
Thursday 17 August – Year 3-6 Cross Country Meet, 1:30pm. Everyone Welcome
Thursday 17 August – Board of Trustees Meeting, 5.30pm in the Staffroom
Friday 18 August –  NEW DATE Year 3 & 4 Dance Performance, 2.20pm in the Hall, Family welcome
Monday 21 August – Out of Zone Ballot Closes for Year 1-4
Friday 8 September – Yummy Sticker Sheets returned to the office
Tuesday 12 September – Photolife Class & Individual Portraits

IN THIS ISSUE:
Positive Behaviour for Learning
Spotlight on Year 3 & 4
Health Review
Mental Health Education
Emergency Procedures
Daffodil Day – Thanks for supporting NZ Cancer Society
Sports Update: Year 3-6 Cross Country, Thanks to Jessica Gatman
PTA Update: Yummy Stickers
Enrolments at Sunnybrae
Out of Zone Ballot Open
Community Notices

The PB4L focus for Term 3 Week 5 will be on: 
Respect: Everywhere – Be in the right place at the right time, be responsible.

The Year 3/4 Team has had a focus on Performance Art.
Students have learnt about the elements of dance including body awareness, space and time and have had opportunities to express themselves in creative ways. 
To end our unit, an instructor from Dance Curriculum held workshops and taught the classes a choreographed dance. Students will have the opportunity to perform to their peers and caregivers on Friday 18 August at 2:20pm in the school hall.  We do hope you are able to join us to watch the dances at this revised time.
It has been wonderful to see the students build their skills and confidence in ways to express themselves and perform to an audience.

Health Review
Thank you to the 134 parents who completed the health survey.
As a result of this feedback and that from the teaching staff and Year 5 and 6 students the following recommendations were made and are being actioned.

• With 42.5% of parents not aware of Mitey it will be important to lift its profile in our school community e.g. providing snippets about mental health education in our newsletters.
• With only 17.9% of parents very aware of wellbeing strategies, including mindfulness, being taught at our school the Wellbeing team are to provide snippets for the newsletter about activities being used in the classrooms to promote mindfulness and wellbeing so parents feel informed and potentially use similar strategies at home.
• That teachers make explicit how the strategies and/or activities they are teaching are related to student mindfulness and wellbeing.
• Continue to put information in the newsletter about the importance of regular attendance on students wellbeing. 
• Ensure that the following activities occur on a regular basis and that we inform our community of these at the time they are undertaken. 
  – Scooter training
  – Safe walking discussions
  – Cycle safety for older students
  – Walk to school days
• Provide an overview of the programmes that foster health education and student  wellbeing with our community as well as new parents on their child’s entry to school.

We are delivering Mental Health Education through the Mitey programme.
This integrated programme is designed for NZ children. It supports schools to deliver an evidence based approach to Mental Health Education for Years 1-8.

EMERGENCY PROCEDURES:
The purpose of Emergency Drills is to ensure all students and staff at Sunnybrae Normal School are safe and that everyone is aware of emergency procedures so they can respond appropriately in the event of an emergency.
All students will be informed and prepared for each drill in advance. Classroom teachers will debrief students after each drill.
In Term 3, we will have the following practice Emergency Drills:
Week 5 – Lockdown Drill
Week 7 – Fire Drill

Supporting Daffodil Day
Congratulations on the successful Daffodil Day Donation!
Raising $440 for the New Zealand Cancer Society is a fantastic achievement, and it’s heartening to see that so many students participated by dressing up in sunshine yellow to support the cause. Your efforts will surely make a positive impact on those affected by cancer.

Nhea, Wanyi, Yuxi (Room 19) and Claire (Room 17) dressed in yellow to support Daffodil Day today.

SPORTS UPDATE:
Year 3-6 Cross Country Meet
Reminder to all parents and caregivers that Cross Country will take place on Thursday 17 August. Races start on the field at 1.30pm. 
Order of of events:
• Year 6 Championship Race   
• Year 5 Championship Race 
• Year 4 Race
• Year 3 Race
• Year 5/6 Fun Run
Students will need to have suitable shoes to run on the footpaths as well as their SNS PE shirt (if they have one) to change into before running. All parents and caregivers are welcome. Please make your way directly to the field.

Netball Coach Farewell
Thanks to Jessica Gatman for making such a positive impact as the coach for the Year 5  Girls netball team during the 2023 season.
Coaches like her play a crucial role in not only teaching the technical aspects of the sport but also in fostering teamwork, sportsmanship, and a love for the game among the young players. Jessica has done an excellent job in creating an enjoyable and supportive environment for the girls to thrive as a team. We wish her and her family a safe return to the UK.

Year 5 Girls Netball Team: Miu, Melania, Emma, Amaya, Noelle, Jessica (Coach), Alice and Sophie. Absent: Thalia, Ashley

PTA UPDATE:
Yummy Stickers
The PTA would appreciate your Yummy stickers from Yummy branded apples. Simply collect the Yummy cut-out labels from bags (each cut-out label is worth 10 stickers) and individual Yummy apple stickers for Sunnybrae to claim our share of the $200,000 free Sport sports gear prize pool. Yummy apples are available from New World, PAK’nSAVE and participating Four Square stores. The more you collect, the more sports gear we get so get going and start collecting your Yummy cut-out labels and stickers now!  Once you have a full sheet of stickers please hand it into the Office. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD A SHEET

Out of Zone Ballot – Years 1 to 4 – Now Open.
We are excited to announce there will be a ballot for out-of-zone enrolments at Sunnybrae Normal School. The deadline for applications for places in Years 1-4 is 21 August 2023. The ballot will be held on 28 September 2023.

REMINDER:

Kind regards
Lorene Hurd, Principal
SUNNYBRAE NORMAL SCHOOL

REMINDER:
Please note that all children are to be collected from school by 3.00pm. If you are unable to collect before this time, you may be interested in booking your child into the YMCA after-school club held in the School Hall.  

CLICK HERE TO BOOK 

COMMUNITY NOTICES:

Brain Play teaches science & technology classes to Kiwi kids aged 5 – 13, right across the country! We offer holiday programmes, online classes, in-person after-school classes, in-school classes, and free events for communities. Our topics include 3D printing, coding, animation, STEM experiments, LEGO & more. Free trials are also available for new students. This term we are in Stanmore Bay, Huapai, Parnell and Hobsonville (as well as online)! Check out our website to learn more about what’s on at Brain Play & book in today – https://www.brainplay.co.nz/.