Newsletter Term 4, Week 6

T4 W6: Friday 25 November 2022

Important Dates
Wednesday 30th November – Year 4-6 Cluster Sports Day
Monday 5th December – Sports Prizegiving, 3-4pm 
Thursday 8th December – Board of Trustees Meeting, 5.30pm
Monday 12th December – Year 6 Farewell, 5.30-6.30pm
Wednesday 14th December – Final Assembly & Family Picnic, 11.15am-12.15pm 
Thursday 15th December – Last day of school – ends at 12.30pm

IN THIS ISSUE:
Positive Behaviour for Learning
Butterfly House
Wellbeing
Sports Update: Junior Cross Country, Year 4-6 Cluster Athletics Day
Seesaw Update
Homestay Families Needed
Enrolments at Sunnybrae
Emergency Procedures: Lockdown Drill
Cardboard Boxes Needed
Lost Property
Community Notices

Welcome to Sunnybrae
This week we would like to welcome the following new student and their family to our school community: Isabella in Room 2

The PB4L focus for Term 4 Week 1 will be on using excellence everywhere. Our lessons will focus on Entering and exiting quietly, making a good choice about where we sit and sitting quietly.

Butterfly House 
Thank you to Udari Malavitantrige (Vonal, Nethalee and Yuven’s mother) who has kindly been working on making our butterfly house beautiful again. We look forward to the butterflies returning this summer to enjoy this space.

Take some time for yourself and your family away from devices.
Make any time you have off count. The pull towards a device each day is very real, even just to check emails, but do take some time to have a break from it and do something different. Do what works for you, maybe allocate an hour at the start of the day, have a device-free day, every second day or whatever works for you. 

Get out in Nature
It sounds simple and it is! We are so fortunate to have so many local parks, small bush areas and close beaches on the North Shore. Feeling a connection with nature is good for the mind and body.

• Take a walk along the beach, with your shoes off
• Walk along the edge of the water with bare feet, a little chilly, but very invigorating
• Walk on the grass with bare feet
• Put your raincoats on and go for a walk in the rain

Listen to music and if all else fails….dance! It is a great stress relief and perhaps a good laugh for everyone in your household!

SPORTS UPDATE:
Junior Cross Country 
Despite rain the Year 1-3 students were enthusiastic about running in the Junior Cross Country last Thursday.
After weeks of training the students were ready to show all the progress they had made and cheer on their peers. In fact I think they had even more fun because of the rain! Thank you to the Year 6 students who helped encourage and guide the students around the course and the parents who came out in their array of coloured umbrellas to cheer on the students.

Year 4-6 Cluster Athletics Day 

Confirming that our cluster athletics day has been moved to:
Wednesday 30th November.
All students participating in this event will need to meet outside Room 17 at 8.30am. A reminder notice/checklist, will be sent out on Tuesday of next week.

Seesaw Update
Please ensure that you have the most up to date version of Seesaw (when using the app) so that you can receive teacher notices, messages and your child’s report at the end of the year. Seesaw is now only one app instead of two separate ones.

EMERGENCY PROCEDURES:  Lockdown Drill 
As part of our ongoing monitoring of our Emergency Procedures we had an indoor lockdown drill on the morning of Monday 21 November.
Soon after the lockdown announcement was made members of our Senior Leadership Team walked around the school checking the external doors were locked and that students and staff we secure and silent. These drills also test our indoor and outdoor speakers ensuring emergency announcements can be heard. Following the drills and the ‘all clear’ announcement is made teachers complete a debrief document with their class.

PTA UPDATE:

With all your support, the Yummy Sticker promotion has raised a whopping $887 to go towards new sports equipment for the school. Thank you for eating all those apples everyone!

SAFETY AROUND SCHOOL:
Parking
We are asking that all parents/caregivers be considerate of our many neighbours by ensuring that you leave their driveways clear when you are dropping off or picking up your child/children. For security, please lock your vehicle at these times.

Kind regards
Lorene Hurd, Principal
SUNNYBRAE NORMAL SCHOOL

REMINDER:
Please note that all children are to be collected from school by 3.15pm. If you are unable to collect before this time, you my be interested in booking your child into the YMCA after school club held in the hall.  

COMMUNITY NOTICES:

HAIR identity It’s who you are

“PONY TAIL CLUB”
Coming this January School Holidays
10th January to 31st January 2023

Have you ever wondered how to BRAID, add that extra BLING or
add a FASHION COLOUR. $30 for 30 min appointment for MUM and DAUGHTERS. Book in to learn the HOW TO’S OF HAIR

PHONE 09 443 5077
Hair Identity, 41 Sunnybrae Road, Hillcrest

Give braiding a go or how to use your irons correctly, simple tricks to make that school run a little easier on you both. Along with the hair we have some nail art packs (stick your own nails with great accessories, so your Daughter can be all blinged out) – Our nail technician is coming soon – so watch this space.

30min appointments for MUM and SONS, Book in to get that hair tattoo or learn how to use product. (for hair tattooing hair must be dry and faded – if you need that cut first please book additional time)