Term 4 Week 1: Friday 18 October 2024
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Important Dates 2024
Monday 21 – Friday 25 October – Book Week
Wednesday 23 October – Family Literacy Quiz Night, 6 – 7 pm. Free event, everyone welcome to join us in the Hall. Prizes to be won.
Thursday 24 October – National Shake Out Earthquake Drill
Friday 25 October – Book Character Parade on Covered Turf at 9:15 am – 9:30 am. Parents/caregivers are welcome to attend.
Monday 28 October – Labour Day Public Holiday
Tuesday 29 October – Teacher Only Day – school closed
Friday 1 November – Gumboot Friday – gold coin donation
Tuesday 5 November – Year 1 & 2 Huff and Puff Run from 1:45 pm. Whānau welcome to come and cheer them on.
Tuesday 12 November – Year 3-5 Athletics from 9:15 am – 2:45 pm. Whānau welcome to come and cheer them on.
Please refer to the Hero calendar on your app or click here to see future events at Sunnybrae.
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IN THIS ISSUE:
PhotoLife Class Photos
Book Week: Book Sales, Family Literacy Quiz Night, Character Book Parade
Open Morning for New Entrants
Attendance at Sunnybrae
PTA Update: Colour Run Fundraiser
Sewing Helper Needed
Safety at School: Arriving to School
Nuie Language Week
Hats on in Term 4
Celebrating Success at Sunnybrae
Sports Update: Table Tennis Success
Book Club Issue 7 Out Now
2025 Term Dates
Community Notices
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The PB4L focus for next week will be on:
Independence: Everywhere – Be organised and ready to learn.
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PhotoLife Class Photos
PhotoLife have emailed to you your child’s unique Key Code to go online to view and purchase 2024 School Photos. All photos are ordered online from PhotoLife. Order before midnight Sunday 3 November for free delivery to school. Please check your Spam/Junk folder if you have not yet received your Key Code email.
Parent Queries: Please contact PhotoLife directly at enquiries@photolife.co.nz
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BOOK WEEK: 21 – 25 OCTOBER
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Book Sales
Author, Anne Kayes, is visiting and presenting at our school on Tuesday 22 October. Her first book, Tūī Street Tales, won the 2016 Storylines Tom Fitzgibbon Award. Tūī Street Heroes and Tūī Street Legends have both received a Storylines Notable Book Award. Her books have been Whitcoulls Top 50 children’s books. Anne will return the following day, Wednesday 23 October from 8:30-9 am, to sell and personally sign copies of her books. Payment must be in cash, and she will have lots of change. No eftpos or credit card transactions are possible.
You can read more about Anne’s books on her website: www.annekayes.com.
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Quiz Night
Join us for a fun-filled Family Literacy Quiz Night on Wednesday 23 October from 6 to 7 pm in the school hall! Test your reading and word skills as a family and enjoy some friendly competition at this free event. All ages are welcome, so bring everyone along for a night of learning and laughter!
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Book Parade
Our Book Character Parade will be held on Friday 25 October at 9:15 am. Let your kids dress up as their favorite book characters and march with pride. Come celebrate the joy of reading and imagination with us on the Covered Turf area at the rear of the hall!
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Open Morning for 2025 New Entrants
If you have friends or family that interested in enrolling at Sunnybrae in 2025 – please let them know about our Open Morning on Wednesday 23 October at 9.30 – 11am. This is a great opportunity to tour the school and visit our Year 1 classrooms. Parents/caregivers and their child are invited to attend.
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Attendance at Sunnybrae
As a school, we monitor the attendance of all students in week 5 and 10 of every term. The Ministry of Education has provided schools with attendance targets to attain. Below is the table that shows how we as a school community are tracking towards these targets at the end of Term 3. It is important that we continue to work together to ensure that the students in our community attend school regularly i.e. over 91% of the time. Please remember we are here to support you to ensure that your child/children attend school regularly and arrive at school on time. Having your child at school by 8:45 am at the latest, ensures that they can get organised for the day ahead and have time to connect with their friends before the school day begins.
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PTA UPDATE
Colour Run Fundraiser
The PTA is excitied to announce the Crazy Colour Run event as a major fundraising event this term on Friday 22 November. We’re doing this to raise much needed money for our new playground upgrade.
The Crazy Colour Run is all about Fun! It will be a huge colourful mess and is undoubtably one of the most exciting days on our school’s calendar. Participation is the aim, so please make sure your child attends on the day and cheer the other kids on!
Details on how to set up a fundraising account will be sent to all parents/caregivers via Hero on Monday and information brochures will be sent home with students. We look forward to having your full support with this fun event.
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Sewing Helper
We are seeking a volunteer to help sew up the hem of the black stage curtain. If you have sewing skills and a little time to spare, your assistance would be greatly appreciated. The work needs to be done on-site at the school, and we’ll provide all the necessary materials. Please let us know if you can help by calling the office on 443 5058 or email office@sunnybrae.school.nz
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SAFTEY AT SCHOOL:
Arriving at School
If using the shops carpark for drop off, please make sure you park in the angle parking so that your child can exit the vehicle and use the footpath in front of the shops. Dropping children at the parallel parking spots is very dangerous as they are required to cross the vehicle entry to the car park.
Be considerate of the shop owners as they need open parking spots for their customers. Please do not park in their parking lot for long periods of time during the school day.
Our parent volunteer crossing monitors are there to assist the children crossing the busy Sunnybrae Road. Please follow their directive and only cross when they have instructed. They are also responsible for keeping the flow of traffic moving and may hold students until there is a group to avoid unnecessary multiple crossings. We thank you for your co-operation.
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Nuie Language Week
Today our Nuie students gathered for a photo together – celebrating how proud they are to be Nuiean.
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Hats on at School
During Term 4 and Term 1, all students are required to wear a black Sunnybrae bucket hat to protect them from the sun. These can be purchased from NZ Uniforms. Please make sure to clearly name your child’s hat.
NZ Uniforms offer a naming service, for a small additional fee, on any school clothing items purchased from their store. Any unnamed hats, that are handed into the office, will be redistributed to the Donated Uniform shop.
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Celebrating Success at Sunnybrae
We are proud to announce that Aglaia from Room 20 has been selected into the New Zealand national team (youth) for the International Robot Olympiad Competition, which will be held in January 2025 in South Korea with competitors from around 30 countries. Aglaia will represent Sunnybrae in this competition and we wish her all the best.
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SPORTS UPDATE:
Table Tennis Champions
Congratulations to Yutong from Room 20, and Madelyn and Hing Yi from Room 18 who won the North Harbour Table Tennis Primary Schools Term 3 competition. Great work girls, we’re all so proud of you.
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Book Club catalogues have been sent home – click here to order online.
Order before Saturday 26 October to have your order delivered to school for free.
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Kind regards
Lorene Hurd, Principal
SUNNYBRAE NORMAL SCHOOL
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