Term 2 Week 7: Friday 14 June 2024

Important Dates 2024
Tuesday 18 June – Lockdown Drill
Thursday 20 June – BoT Meeting, 5:30 pm in the Staffroom
Friday 21 June – School event to support Jammies for June Charity
Friday 21 June – Whole School Assembly, 2:10 pm in the School Hall. All welcome
Wednesday 26 June – Parent Teacher Conferences, 1:30 pm – 6:30 pm Wednesday 26 June – Sunnybrae SCHOOL CLOSES AT 12:30 pm
Thursday 27 June – Matariki Breakfast, 6:30 am. All welcome
Thursday 27 June – Parent Teacher Conferences, 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Friday 28 June – Matariki – School Closed
Friday 5 July – End of Term 2
Please refer to the Hero calendar on your app or click here to see future events at Sunnybrae.

IN THIS ISSUE:
Spotlight – Year 3 & 4
Jammie for June – Gold coin donation
Shore to Shore Fun Run Rewards
Mental Health Education
Lockdown Drill
Attendance – The affect of being late to school
PTA Raffle – Win tickets to Madagascar the Musical
Dropping your children at school
Staff Directory
Community Notices

The PB4L focus for next week will be on:
Cooperation: Playgrounds and Fields – Demonstrate fair play and include others.

Spotlight on Year 3 and 4

Bird crazy in Room 13
The tui was flying in the fresh air with its wings spread out. The big wide sky was blue with no clouds. The giant green tree was behind the tui. The gigantic green leaves were flowing through the clear fresh air. The wings of the tui were swishing and stretching in the blue sky. The tail of the tui was blown by the wind. It was a beautiful sunny day with juicy grass and trees. By Myles

The beautiful tui with white fluff under its chin was gliding down to an amazing tall tree with green glitter leaves. The sky was bright blue with white clouds. The sun shone on it which made it sparkly. By Johanna

Kiwi Information Reports from Room 12
The Little Spotted Kiwi lives on Kapiti Island and at Zealandia in broadleaf forests and grasslands. They have brown feathers and a long bill. They have short feet and claws. They eat earthworms, cockchafer beetle larvae, cranefly larvae, spiders and caterpillars. Kiwi Breed in early Spring. Predators are cats, dogs and stoats. They are the smallest kiwi. By Enoch and Kam

Ōkārito kiwi’s scientific name is Apteryx Rowi. These live in the West Coast forest on the South Island. The male Ōkārito kiwi weighs 1.9kg and the female weighs 2.6kg. They have pale brown soft feathers streaked with black and brown, it has short legs, a long pale bill, short toes and claws. The Ōkārito kiwi eats beetles, moths, earthworms, crickets, spiders, cicadas and freshwater crayfish. They breed between June and February and the female lays up to three eggs.. They incubate the egg for 65 to 90 days. Their predators are cats, dogs, ferrets, possums and weasels. They are powerful swimmers. Did you know that the Ōkārito Kiwi can live up to 100 years? By Mia and Raffa

Native & Endemic Bird Fact Wheels by Room 15
Some of the facts included in our fact wheels…

Kākāpō are large, nocturnal, flightless parrots. They freeze when faced with a threat.
Tūī are clever birds, and they can copy sounds like the songs of other birds, the ringtones of phones and even the words that people say.
As Tūī get older, their white ball gets bigger and bigger.
Kārearea (the NZ Falcon) are capable of flying at speeds up to 200km per hour. That’s fast! The Kārearea can catch prey bigger than itself.
Pīwakawaka eats small insects. If they catch a big one, they bring it to a branch and smack it until it dies!
Sometimes, Kererū eat so much ripe fruit that they get too full and fall out of the tree!

Come to school dressed in your favourite pyjamas on Friday, 21 June. If you would like to take part and donate new unworn pyjamas, please drop them off at the school office from Monday 17 – Friday 21 June. The donated unworn pyjamas will be provided to the Middlemore Foundation. See www.jammiesforjune.org.nz for more details. A gold coin can be handed to your classroom teacher on the morning of Friday, 21 June, or CLICK HERE to use myKindo to make an instant $2 online donation.

REMINDER:
Keep Safe and Tie Up Your Shoelaces
Elise is in Year 3 and a member of Room 14. She has a very important message that she would like to share with all of the students at Sunnybrae Normal School. She would like everyone to tie up their shoelaces because tripping and falling could break your arm. Poor Elise is speaking from experience.

Shore to Shore Fun Run Rewards
We’re thrilled to share that our school has been awarded a $418 sports voucher from Harcourts and Sports Distributors as a reward for all those who participated in the Shore to Shore Fun Run.
With this voucher, we can now upgrade our sports equipment. Thank you to everyone who participated and made this possible. Let’s continue to stay active, healthy, and united as a school community!

Mitey Part 3 of 5:
Designed for NZ children, Mitey supports schools to deliver an evidence based approach to mental health education for Years 1-8.

Mana Motuhake
Children need to believe they can be successful and that they can achieve at school by setting goals, being persistent, and taking responsibility. Supporting children involves providing positive role models that they can aspire to together with setting high expectations and showing them how to succeed.

Mana Motuhake develops when children know:

who they are and where they come from.
they have positive role models they aspire to be like.
their language, culture and identity are an asset.
that many people from their cultural group have achieved success.
how to manage their time to complete important work.

Children demonstrate Mana Motuhake when they:

feel proud to be a member of their cultural group.
come to school regularly, on time and ready to learn.
communicate with clarity and confidence.
set goals and complete tasks to the best of their ability.
use creativity and imagination to problem-solve and innovate.
self-assess and make improvements.
Ref: Mitey Sir John Kirwan Foundation

Lockdown Drill
On Tuesday 18 June, we will have a planned lockdown drill.
As part of keeping our school safe, we need to be able to respond safely and quickly to a range of emergency situations. As part of maintaining our emergency procedures in our school, we will be conducting a lockdown exercise with our staff and students on the morning of Tuesday 18 June. During the exercise, you will receive a notification from the school via Hero, so it is important that your emergency contact details are up-to-date and correct. The notification will emphasise that this is an exercise/practice. During this practice drill, we will not be answering the phone or allowing students to leave the school premises. A follow-up notification will be sent to advise when the drill is complete.

In a genuine incident, should you become aware of a lockdown or evacuation at the school, we please ask that you do not attend the school or phone, as we will not be able to respond. Your presence or contact may make it more difficult for us or the emergency services to manage a situation.

Attendance at School

Lateness: You might think, “It’s only 5 minutes.”

Here’s the impact of all that missed time when we add it up:
– 5 minutes late every day = 25 minutes every week = 4 hours of missed school every term = 3 full days of school every year. After 10 years, that = 30 days, which is 6 complete weeks of school.

– One hour of lateness daily = 5 hours of school (the equivalent of a full school day) every week. Over one term this equates to 10 school days (2 weeks) missed. Over a full school year this equates to 8 weeks.

In the first 5 weeks of this term, we had 112 students of our 354 students (32%) arrive late to school for one or more days of the school week.

Dropping your children at school
Our Drop Stop and Go Zone is working well. Thank you to the parents for your co-operation when dropping your children at school.
This a kindly reminder to everyone to use caution and drive safely, particularly when leaving the driveway or approaching crossings.

Please be mindful of the following:
Leaving the Driveway: When exiting your driveway turn left only and take a moment to check for pedestrians, cyclists or oncoming vehicles. Proceed slowly and with caution to ensure everyone’s safety. Check the crossing lights are green to proceed.
Crossing Signals: Always obey traffic signals and signs. Running a red light poses significant risks to yourself and others on the road. Please ensure you come to a complete stop when required.

By driving responsibly, we contribute to creating a safer environment for everyone in our community. Let’s work together to prioritise safety on our roads. Thank you for your cooperation and commitment to keeping our students safe.

Staff Directory

Room 1 – Wendy Frazer wfrazer@sunnybrae.school.nz

Room 3 – Karen Hasell khasell@sunnybrae.school.nz

Room 4 – Catherine Young cyoung@sunnybrae.school.nz

Room 4 – Monique Jansen mjansen@sunnybrae.school.nz

Room 5 – Brittney Hight bhight@sunnybrae.school.nz

Room 6 – Christine Mason cmason@sunnybrae.school.nz

Room 8 – Liz Kwon lkwon@sunnybrae.school.nz

Room 9 – Rachel Poole rpoole@sunnybrae.school.nz

Room 10 – Eva Roding eroding@sunnybrae.school.nz

Room 11 – Claire Everett ceverett@sunnybrae.school.nz

Room 12 – Rachel Olliver rolliver@sunnybrae.school.nz

Room 13 – Anna Blair ablair@sunnybrae.school.nz

Room 14 – Catrina Scott cscott@sunnybrae.school.nz

Room 15 – Melinda Clow mclow@sunnybrae.school.nz

Room 16 – Carolyn Hutton chutton@sunnybrae.school.nz

Room 17 – Jasmine Kim jkim@sunnybrae.school.nz

Room 18 – Miranda Blincoe mblincoe@sunnybrae.school.nz

Room 19 – Mary Waters mwaters@sunnybrae.school.nz

Room 20 – Stephen Gordon sgordon@sunnybrae.school.nz

PTA UPDATE:

Great school holiday entertainment. Support our PTA Fundraiser.
Simply purchase an online raffle ticket on myKindo to be in the draw to win a double pass valued at over $80. Enter as many times as you like. The winner will be drawn at the Whole School Assembly on Friday 21 June. Entries close 9:00 am Friday 21 June. Available on myKindo only. No cash to the office, please.
Click here to purchase your entry in the draw.

Naming your child’s school items
Please ensure all items that come to school are clearly named. This includes
clothing, drink bottles, lunchboxes, shoes, school bags and swimwear. We do our very best to get the named items back to your children as soon as possible. We appreciate your cooperation.

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.