Term 3 Week 7: Friday 6 September 2024
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Important Dates 2024
Wednesday 11 September – Wig Wednesday, Gold Coin Donation for Kiwi Kids with Cancer
Thursday 12 September – Interschool Cross Country, School Disco Night
Friday 13 September – Whole School Assembly, 2:15 pm – Everyone is Welcome
Wednesday 18 September – Photolife Class and Individual Photos
Thursday 19 September – Board of Trustees Meeting, 5:30 pm in the Staffroom
Friday 27 September – End of Term 3
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:
Principal’s Update
Spotlight on Year 3 & 4: Math-a-thon
Attendance at Sunnybrae
Parent / Whānau Puberty Talks
Gates Closed at all Times
Photolife Class and Individual Photos
PTA Disco
Sports Update: Basketball Tops Debut
Out of Zone 2025 Ballot
Community Notices
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The PB4L focus for next week will be on:
Cooperation: Playgrounds and Fields, Demonstrate fair play and include others.
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Principal’s Update
We are pleased to inform you that Lorene’s hip surgery was a success, and she is now in recovery. The medical team is confident in her progress, and she is taking the necessary time to heal and regain her strength. We know many of you have expressed concern and well wishes, and we will be sure to pass those along. While she recovers, the school will continue to run smoothly under the guidance of our Senior Leadership Team until the end of Term 3. Thank you for your continued support and understanding during this time.
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SPOTLIGHT ON YEAR 3 & 4:
Our Math Skills
Math games are a great way to learn the skills needed for fast recall of math knowledge. Room 15 have been enjoying some warm-up math games. We are playing Pepperoni Pizza and Multiplication Squares to practise knowledge of multiplication facts, and Fish for Ten and Circle Bonds to practise instant recall of the number bonds that add to ten.
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Room 14 enjoyed creating a multiplication array city, as a visual way of understanding multiplication and equal groups.
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Room 13 have been writing multiplication stories inspired by the book Each Orange Had 8 Slices. We used the book as a warm-up to our math lessons for a couple of weeks. Now we have our own stories that the class can solve by reading through each student’s multiplication story and using their multiplication knowledge to answer the questions.
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Room 12 has been learning about place value and playing math games to practise our basic facts. Cards are a really simple resource for lots of different games.
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On the subject of math, we wanted to give you a quick update on our school’s Math-a-thon fundraiser, and wow—what an incredible response we’ve had so far! The students have been working so hard on their math challenges, and we couldn’t be prouder of their efforts. Thanks to their determination (and your generous support!), we’ve already raised over $1200. This is an impressive amount.
There’s still time to donate if you haven’t had a chance yet, so let’s keep that momentum going! Every contribution makes a difference and helps our school reach its goal. Simply visit https://sunnybraeptamathsathon.raiseit.co.nz/ and make an account. Share your account with friends and family to watch your leaderboard grow. There are a lot of great prizes to be won, also.
Math-a-thon sponsorship contributions can also be made on your myKindo account. www.myKindo.co.nz
Thank you all for being such an amazing community!
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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. This includes monitoring students who consistently arrive late to school. At the beginning of this term we took part in a study with the North Auckland Integrated School Support Service as they collated data on why students across a number of schools were late to school.
We thank the families who also took part in an individual survey with the team at North Auckland Integrated School Support Service.
The Ministry of Education has an expectation that all students’ attendance at school will be 90% or above and this is considered to be regular attendance. For the first 5 weeks of this term 286 students (77%) were meeting this expectation.
Please remember we are here to support you to ensure that your child/children attend school regularly and arrive at school on time. As a school community it is important that we work together to ensure that all students arrive on time for school and attend regularly as we know every day counts.
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Gates Closed at all Times
For the safety of all children at Sunnybrae, please ensure you close the gate after you enter and exit the school grounds at the Northgrove entrance.
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School Photos
Photolife class and individual school photos are being taken on Wednesday 18 September.
Please remember to send your child to school wearing the correct school uniform. It must be either the black collared long-sleeve polo shirt or the yellow short-sleeved polo shirt with a collar. No polar fleece jackets or sweatshirts can be worn for the photos.
Sibling photo request forms were sent home today so please check school bags. If you want a group photo of all your children, the form must be returned to the office by Monday 16 September.
Ordering of photos will be online. See www.photolife.co.nz for more details.
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SPORTS UPDATE:
New Basketball Singlets
It was an exciting win for the Year 5 and 6 Magic Basketball team! It must have been thrilling to debut their new singlets and secure a victory in such a close game against the Stanley Bay Dunkers. Congratulations to the team for pulling through in the final moments!
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Kyle, Ronal, Zoe, Deacon, Noah M, Nikau and Noah P. Absent Ryuji and Elliot.
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Out of Zone Ballot for 2025
We are excited to announce there will be a ballot for 2025 out-of-zone enrolments at Sunnybrae Normal School. The deadline for applications for places in Years 1-6 is 15 October 2024. Please email officemanager@sunnybrae.school.nz to register.
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Kind regards
Lorene Hurd, Principal
SUNNYBRAE NORMAL SCHOOL
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