Newsletter Term 4 Week 5: Friday 10 November 2023

Term 4 Week 5: Friday 10 November 2023

Important Dates
Monday 13 November – Teacher Only Day – School Closed
Wednesday 15 November – Year 1 & 2 Huff and Puff Run on the field 2:00 pm. All welcome
Thursday 16 November – Board of Trustees Meeting in the Staffroom, 5:30 pm
Friday 17 November – Year 3-6 Athletics Day 9:10 am – 2:50 pm. All welcome. PTA Iceblock and Sausage Sizzle – order on MyKindo
Monday 4 December – Sports Prizegiving in the Hall, 3:15 – 4:15 pm
Tuesday 12 December – Year 6 Leavers Celebration + Prizegiving, Hall @ 5:30 pm
Wednesday 13 December – Final Assembly in the Hall, 11:15 am – 12:30 pm
Wednesday 13 December – Family Picnic, Covered Turf / Field, 12:30 – 1:30 pm
Thursday 14 December – End of Term 4 at 12:30 pm

IN THIS ISSUE:
Positive Behaviour for Learning
Spotlight on Year 1
Sports Update: Huff ‘n Puff and Athlectics Day
Students Turning 5
Emergency Procedures: Lockdown Drill
Homestay Families Needed for Intermediate Students
Lucky Book Club
PTA Update: Fundraising Sausage Sizzle and Iceblock Day, Parent Helpers Needed, Parent Survey
Reminders
Community Notices

The PB4L focus for next week will be on: 
Cooperation: Everywhere Play safely, Keep hands and feet to ourselves

The Year 1’s have green fingers.
The Year 1’s are starting a new Unit of Inquiry in a few weeks time. We will be exploring ‘Our World- Living Things Change and Grow’. We wanted to document the process of living things growing and changing over time and decided to plant sunflower seeds and beans. The students enjoyed being gardeners, using gardening gloves and trowels to plant the sunflower seeds in little pots. 

The first few seedlings sprouted after a few days and the excitement was tangible. They have now also seen the roots forming and experienced first-hand what is needed for a plant to grow. We cannot wait to send them home to be replanted and enjoyed by our Year 1 families.

SPORTS UPDATE:
Junior Huff ‘n Puff 
On Wednesday 15 Novemeber, the Year 1 and 2 students will be taking part in their annual Huff ’n Puff Fun Run event. The event will be held on the school field at 2:00 pm and all parents and caregivers are welcome to come and watch.
Children will need to wear their school uniform and bring to school –  a hat, water bottle, and suitable shoes to run in (such as sneakers – these do not have to be in school colours). Running in bare feet is also fine if preferred by the child.

Year 3 – 6 Athletics Day
Held Friday, 17 November, 9:15 am to 2:50 pm on the school field, is the Middles and Senior Athletics Day. Parents, caregivers and whānau are all welcome.
Students need to wear their PE uniform. They can wear this to school as it’s an all-day event. Students will need to bring their hat, sunscreen, water bottle, any medication needed and a positive attitude. Non-finalists will be participating in fun sports-based activities throughout the day.

Order of events:
9:15 am – 11:20 am – Year 3 & 4 track events, Year 5 & 6 finalists field events
11:45 am – 12:30 pm – Year 3 & 4 finalist field events, Year 5 & 6 track events
12:30 pm – 1:10 pm – Lunch. Pre-ordered iceblocks and sausages delivered to classrooms at 12:30 pm
1:15 pm – 2:10 pm – Year 3 & 4 finalist field events, Year 5 & 6 track event
2:10 pm – 2:50 pm – Year 3 to 6 track finals and class relays

Students turning 5 in 2024
If you know of a child turning 5 who is keen to attend Sunnybrae please encourage the family to enrol them so that we have accurate numbers of 5 year olds attending our school in 2024. Thank you for supporting Sunnybrae.

Lockdown Drill 
As part of the ongoing training and review of our Emergency Procedures, Sunnybrae held a Lockdown Drill on Wednesday 8 November at 1:10 pm.
Prior to the drill, teachers reviewed with their students what they should do if they hear the ‘lockdown’ announcement. During lunchtime, when students were outside, the lockdown announcement was made and students made their way to the nearest classroom. Staff were impressed with how quickly and sensibly students made their way to the nearest classroom and how the outdoor areas were cleared. Later once the ‘all clear’ announcement was made students promptly made their way to their Emergency Assembly Area to meet up with their teacher and classmates for attendance.  The drill was completed by 1:30 pm. Following the lockdown teachers reviewed the drill with their class and noted their feedback.

Homestay Families Needed for TNIS
Be a Homestay Parent and Make a Difference
We have Korean learners arriving to study at TNIS for Term 1, 2024.  Homestay compensation is $400 per student per week. Police vetting of anyone over 18 in the home will be required. A homestay learner is a great chance to share different cultures and widen your child’s worldview. Any families interested in hosting the visitors, please contact Vincent on 021 0272 2746.

Lucky Book Club
Our school has chosen to participate in the final issue of the exciting Scholastic Lucky Book Club.  However, we have chosen not send home flyers for this issue.  
To order any of the exciting titles, click on the link below – note down the 3 numbers highlighted in black below each title and proceed to place your order via LOOP…  Enjoy shopping with your children from home… and remember the GIFT option is available on issue 8 should you wish to gift a surprise for Christmas.   
Click here to order online
We are participating with online orders only, so please do not send cash orders to our school.  
Please have your orders placed by Wednesday 22 November.  All orders will be delivered to our school approximately 10 days later.  If you place an order outside of the recommended date, the books will be delivered to your home with a freight fee of $7.50. 
For help at any time you may call 0800 266 525 and chat to the friendly customer care team, click on the help button on the Book Club platform or email bookclub@scholastic.co.nz  

PTA UPDATE:
Sausage Sizzle and Ice Block Day
Remember to pre-order for the PTA  Sausage Sizzle and Iceblock Day next Friday, 17 November.
Available for purchase on MyKindo. Orders will close at 3:00 pm Tuesday 14 November to allow for processing. $2 Sausages and $2 Iceblocks will be delivered to the classroom at lunchtime. Limited to one iceblock per student, please.
Click here to pre-order

Parent Helpers Needed – Please Help!
The PTA would appreciate parent helpers to assist with the smooth running of the Sausage Sizzle. We need many more parent helpers for this event. 
Please email Mei Ling at mkua001@gmail.com if you can spare an hour or so of your time during one of these slots below:
9:00 am – 10:00 am Sort Kindo orders into classrooms
10:00 am – 11:30 am Set up BBQ + cooking, Set up classroom boxes for orders
11:30 am – 12:30 pm Put sausages + ice blocks into boxes + Deliver to classes
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Washing and drying up all dishes, BBQ and classroom boxes.

PTA Parent Survey
The PTA would appreciate a few minutes of your time to complete a survey on Fundraising activities at Sunnybrae.
Your feedback on events and ideas would be welcome.  We look forward to hearing from you. Thank you.
Click here complete the survey 

Yummy Sticker Rewards
Thanks to all of our Sunnybrae families that sent in Yummy Sticker sheets.
We have been rewarded with $556 to spend on sports gear generously donated by The Yummy Fruit Co. Look out for new equipment to play with in 2024. 

REMINDERS:
Cutlery in Lunchboxes
There has been an increase in students asking for cutlery at lunchtime to
eat their lunch. If you are packing food that requires utensils, please ensure you have included a fork or spoon in your child’s lunchbox.
Please remember to pack some healthy fruit or vegetable options for your child to
have at Brain Break time. It is great to have fruit/veggies for morning tea and/or
lunch as well.
Northgrove Avenue
In order to keep all students safe, it is important that when dropping off or picking up your child, you park the car alongside the footpath and that your child then gets out or into the car from the footpath. We would appreciate your help with this to keep all of our students safe.

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:

Book in one full paying adult cut or colour plus 2 children’s cuts and go in draw to win either A Stationery Pack for 2 children or 1 School Uniform
for the 2024 school year. You get to choose what option you’d like. 
Book online hairidentity.co.nz or phone 09 443 5077

Hair Identity, 41 Sunnybrae Road, Hillcrest 
Open from 1 September – 30 November.  Drawn 1 December 2023.
T&C’s apply – see instore for details. This prize is for primary/intermediate aged children. 

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