Newsletter Term 1, Week 8

Term 1 Week 8

2022

In This Issue

Welcome to Sunnybrae
Covid-19 Updates
Sunnybrae Road Construction and Delays
Positive Behaviour for Learning
Sport at School
Hockey season approaches
PTA Ice block Fundraiser
Prospective Parent Meeting

Community Notices

1. Welcome to Sunnybrae

This week we would like to welcome the following new students and their families to our school community: Nia Mackinnon and Freya Zhuang in Room 3 and Armani Bate in Room 5.

2. Covid-19 Updates

The safety and wellbeing of our students and staff is our top priority. To provide a school environment that’s as safe and healthy as possible, Sunnybrae is working very hard and following the Government’s Health requirements and guidance.

Attendance has clear benefits for all of our students at Sunnybrae. Regular attendance at school:

Improves student learning
Improves student wellbeing
Has benefits that outweigh the risks

Sunnybrae Normal School mitigates risk as follows:

Requiring all staff to wear a mask
Year 4 and up wear face masks indoors
Open all windows and doors for good ventilation
Existing hand washing routines in place. Wash your hands with soap and water often (for at least 20 seconds) and dry thoroughly.
Use of hand sanitiser as part of daily routines in all classrooms
Students taught to sneeze and cough into their elbow or cover their mouth and nose with tissues. Put tissues in a bin immediately.
Avoid touching your face, including your eyes, nose or mouth
Staff do regular cleaning of high touch surfaces throughout the day
Cleaning of the entire school every night
Staff and students stay home if sick

We work hard every day to make our school a safe place.

3. Sunnybrae Road Construction and Delays

The Sunnybrae Road Construction will be moving closer to school from next week. If you are driving to and from school please plan travel in advance as there may be some delays. Please stick to the lowered speed limit around the school and roadworks site. If you are walking, please stay well away from the coned off areas. Some footpaths may be closed but alternative routes will be provided. Traffic controllers will be onsite to assist pedestrians if required.

4. Positive Behaviour for Learning

Next week our lessons will focus on using independence in the playgrounds and on the fields.

Our lessons will focus on:

Choosing safe and sensible places to play

5. Sport at School

Our first week of Year 3, 4, 5 & 6 basketball coaching started this week! Great to see sport return to some normality and fingers crossed we see plenty of healthy competitive court time this year. Please make sure that you turn up for practises, and advise your coach if you are unable to make it!

6. Hockey Season Approaches

Entries for the North Harbour Hockey Junior Hockey Competition are now open. If your child is interested in playing hockey for Sunnybrae this year, please get in contact with Mrs Olliver (rolliver@sunnybrae.school.nz) for an “expression of interest” letter to be emailed out. Alternatively, get your child to see Mrs Olliver at school in Room 20 on Monday.

7. PTA Ice Block Fundraiser

8. Prospective Parent Meeting

Please share the following notice with any parents you know who may be considering sending their child(ren) to our school

Sunnybrae Normal School would like to invite all parents who are considering sending their child to our school in the next year to a meeting. Please join us on Zoom where we will share information about the school and explain how we bring quality learning and our core values to school life.

If you are interested in hearing more about Sunnybrae Normal School, please contact the office on officemanager@sunnybrae.school.nz for details of the zoom meeting.

Prospective Parents Meeting on Wednesday 23 March 2022 at 10:00 am