Newsletter: Term 1 Week 7: Friday 15 March 2024

Term 1 Week 7: Friday 15 March 2024

Important Dates 2024
TONIGHT – Family Fun Fest 4:30 – 7:00 pm, All friends, neighbours and whānau welcome to attend.
Wednesday 20 March – New Date: Year 3-6 Try-athlon 1:15 – 3:00 pm, All parents/caregivers and whānau are welcome to watch on the school field.
Wednesday 20 March – Inside Lockdown Practice Drill.
Thursday 21 March – BOT Meeting, Staffroom 5:30 pm.
Wednesday 27 March – Whānau Hui in the Staffroom 5:00 pm.
Thursday 28 March – Whole School Assembly 2:15 pm, All parents/caregivers and whānau are welcome to attend.
Friday 29 March – Easter Friday, School closed.
Monday 1 April – Easter Monday, School closed.
Tuesday 2 April – Easter Tuesday, School closed.
Friday 12 April – End of Term 1 at 3:00 pm.
Monday 29 April – Start of Term 2.

IN THIS ISSUE:
Spotlight on Year 1 and 2
ESOL Parent Meeting
Lucky Book Club – Issue 2 out now – order online
Sports Update: Athletics Opportunity, Year 3-6 Try-athlon, Netball Registration, Winter Hockey Registration
Community Notices

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

SPOTLIGHT ON YEAR 1 & 2:
Learning and Growing
The tamariki in the Year 1 and 2 Team are all enjoying participating in an inquiry unit on Identity and Wellbeing.

Big Idea: Learning and growing together helps us to be the best we can be
Key Elements:

We are part of a class, family, school and community
Friendships and teamwork
I can teach and learn from other people
Learner Qualities

Concepts: Wellbeing, Communication, Identity, Belonging, Diversity. Culture, Relationships, Roles and Responsibilities, Values
Summary: This unit of inquiry aims to help students understand and explore their own personal identity, including their values, beliefs, and qualities that make them unique. It also focuses on promoting wellbeing by teaching students the importance of self-care, healthy relationships, and managing their emotions. Throughout the unit, students engage in activities and discussions that encourage self-reflection and provide opportunities for them to express themselves creatively. The goal of the unit is to help students develop a positive self-image and a strong sense of self, which will support them in their academic and personal growth.
Curriculum Areas: Social Studies, Language and Literacy, The Arts, Health and Physical Education

Here are some photos of the amazing learning that we have been doing in our classrooms.

ESOL Parent Meeting
Interested parents are invited to attend the ESOL Parent Meeting to be held Monday 18th March at 6:30 pm by Zoom.
This meeting will introduce you to the Sunnybrae ESOL team, who will explain the ESOL programme at Sunnybrae Normal School. They will share with you some work completed by the students, and explain how you can help at home. The meeting is scheduled to last 30 minutes. We look forward to talking with you soon.
Please email Mrs Christine Mason at cmason@sunnybrae.school.nz with any questions.
CLICK HERE TO JOIN ZOOM MEETING – https://us04web.zoom.us/j/71467550563?pwd=3v1vpXORicNl6OR6mE8ewbHJI5738W.1

Meeting ID: 714 6755 0563 Passcode: yq55pz

Lucky Book Club Catalogues
Look out for your copy of Issue 2 of the Book Club catalogue that came home in school bags this week.
It’s packed with hundreds of books from just $3.50 to help you on your child’s reading journey. Order online before Friday 22 March for free delivery to school. CLICK HERE TO ORDER ONLINE

PTA UPDATE:
Tonight is the Family Fun Fest
Bring a brolly as we are going ahead rain or shine! Plenty of covered areas to shelter if it decides to rain. This is the biggest fundraising event of the year, and we need your support. It’s all about bringing family together for some fun, food, and entertainment. On offer are BBQ sausages in bread, assorted BBQ meats served in buns (kindly donated by Silver Fern Farms) with your sauce of choice, Chinese dumplings, egg fried rice, Taiwanese pork mince with steamed rice, sushi, onigiri and green tea, dutch fries, Harcourts coffee and ice cream cones, home-baked cakes and desserts plus ice blocks. Extended family, friends, neighbours and whānau are very welcome. Bring your picnic blankets and join us for the evening. The event starts at 4:30 pm and should end by 7:00 pm. We are set up on the back School Field, under the Covered Turf and inside the School Hall.

TICKETS FOR PURCHASES
We will be running a cashless system for all Sunnybrae-run games and food stalls. You will be able to buy $1 tickets from various locations at the Fun Fest and you can use those tickets to buy food, drinks and entry to activities. Eftpos (not paywave) and cash taken. Please note: We cannot refund unused tickets.

SPORTS UPDATE:
Athletics Opportunity
Thank you to Angela Temata from Harcourts Cooper & Co who provided tickets to the Sir Graeme Douglas International Athletics meet held on Sunday 10th March. These lucky Sunnybrae students had the opportunity to meet Dame Valerie Adams and sprinter Zoe Hobbs.

Year 3-6 Tryathlon
We are pleased to be able to hold our Annual Year 3 to 6 Tryathlon on Wednesday 20 March, 1:15 pm – 3:00 pm.
This is a fun activity where everyone is encouraged to participate, either as an individual in the championship race or in a team of 2 or 3 friends where one person swims, one person cycles and the other person runs.
Students are to bring swimming togs, a named bike and helmet and running shoes. Bikes are to be brought to school in the morning and arranged in the cordoned-off area on the school field. Please check the tyre pressure and all parts are in working order before bringing them to school. All parents, caregivers, whānau, neighbours and extended family members are welcome to come and watch on the school field. Hope to see you there.

Netball Registration
It is time to register for the netball season 2024. There is a bit of information below so please read it carefully.

Year 1, 2 & 3 Future Ferns Netball is held on Monday afternoons/evenings at Netball North Harbour, beginning 13th May 2024. The Year 1 & 2 programme runs for 12 weeks, and for Year 3, it is 13 weeks. Fees will be approx. $77 per player and will be confirmed on MyKindo once the teams are registered.

Year 4, 5 & 6 play on a Saturday morning at Westlake Girls High School in the ‘Junior Netties’ competition and runs for 12 weeks, beginning Saturday 4th May 2024. Fees are also approximately $80 per player and this includes the umpire fee and will be confirmed on MyKindo once the teams are registered.

For us to be able to register teams we rely on our parents to support our children by offering to coach or manage a team. If you are in a position to coach or manage please email Claire at ceverett@sunnybrae.school.nz with your child’s name, year level and if you would like to coach or manage.

Netball North Harbour offers excellent support to our coaches and managers by providing informative parent evenings so you know how the games work and what to expect.

Futureferns Coaching – 6th May at 6.30 pm at Barfoot & Thompson Centre.

Coaches information evening: It is a requirement that all coaches helping a Year 1 – Year 3 team attend this evening. Bookings will be required, and the cost is $15.00 per person. I will send links to register once the teams are confirmed.

There are Primary Information Evenings for Year 4, 5 & 6 coaches and managers – 8th & 10th April 2024.

These meetings will be held via Zoom. Topics include rules at NNH, how we run the competitions, what they need to do and the all important rotations for Year 4 and 5.

Informal Practical Coaching Year 4 to Year 6 Coaches – 11th April at 6.30 pm at Netball North Harbour, I will send out a link to register for this once teams are confirmed.

To register your child to play Netball for the 2024 season, please follow this link to register directly with Netball North Harbour. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER https://www.sporty.co.nz/viewform/278795

Registration closes on Friday 22nd March 2024. Please email Claire Everett if you have any questions. We would love to hear from you if you are able to coach or manage your child’s team. Thank you for your support.

Claire Everett, Sports Coordinator – ceverett@sunnybrae.school.nz

Last Day for Winter Hockey Registrations
Once again, Harbour Hockey is offering a primary school hockey competition this year.

All games are played at the National Hockey Centre, Bush Road, Rosedale. Games are on Monday after school, starting around 4:00 pm. This will vary with the different age-group grades.

Harbour Hockey has introduced a new grade this year for the Year 1 & 2 age-group. This is designed to include skill-teaching and learning how to play a game. For more details, see the attached Google forms or contact Rachel Olliver at rolliver@sunnybrae.school.nz. Registration closes today.

Click here to register for Year 1/2 Hockey
Click here to register for Year 3/4 Hockey
Click here to register for Year 5/6 Hockey

Kind regards
Lorene Hurd, Principal
SUNNYBRAE NORMAL SCHOOL

REMINDER:
Please note that all children are to be collected from school by 3.00 pm. 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.