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26 NOVEMBER 2020 TERM 4 NO 4 NEWSLETTER

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 Important Dates
27 Nov Swimming starts for Room 8 in Block 2 11 Dec Final Assembly and Year 6 Graduation 11am
1 Dec 2021 New Entrant visit Newsletter and reports home
2 Dec Last swim for Room 12 in Block 3 Last day of EziLunch orders
3 Dec 2021 New Entrant visit 14 Dec No EziLunch orders
8 Dec Last swim for Room 8 in Block 2 15 Dec No EziLunch orders
9 Dec Year 3 / 4 Fun Day Last day of Term 4 – Early finish 1pm
 Mufti day – no gold coin
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 Message from Virginia Montague - Principal
Tēnā koutou Parents / Caregivers / Sunnynook Families

I received some beautiful cards of thanks this week as did our Year 6 teachers and parent helpers
from our Year 6 students. The camp out was a wonderful experience for all and an opportunity to
celebrate together. Thank you for my lovely cards. I would like to acknowledge the hard work and
commitment of our Year 6 teachers: Mrs Duffield, Ms Cadness and Mrs Hagen. Not wanting the
students to miss out after the camp was cancelled due to COVID, they organised a fabulous few days
for our Year 6s. Thank you too, to the wonderful group of parents who helped out over this time.

 We have an exciting and very busy few weeks coming up before school finishes
 for the year. Our end of year Prizegiving Assembly takes place on Friday, 11th
 December at 11am. We will be celebrating with Year 6 parents and families and
 acknowledging our students who will be receiving the Endeavour Award. If this
 is your child, the class teacher will have contacted you to let you know. During
 this final assembly our Year 6 students will receive their graduation certificates
 and house badges. It will also be an opportunity for the children and community
 to farewell Mrs East our Deputy Principal who is leaving Sunnynoook to take up
 her new post as Principal of our local Wairau Intermediate School. Parents who
 would like to are invited to stay for tea and cake to say their farewells to
 Yolanda.

The Board of Trustees Mid Term Elections closing date, 4 December – 4pm is drawing
near. If you haven’t already done so, make sure you cast your 2 votes in your sealed
envelope. Our sealed, BOT voting box is at the school reception. To recap the
candidates, please read the candidate statements, Jarrel Beazley, Nijat Iman,
Rebecca Tindall, Michelle Pou and Darius Witana.

 We would like to thank the fine people at the Spencer Apartments Takapuna
 for the new pool cover. It is greatly appreciated.

Ngā mihi
Virginia

 Beautiful art work illustrated by Vitas, Aria and Oscar – Room 14

Admin Notes
 2020 Years 1 – 5 Leavers – please could you inform the admin office in writing, as soon as
 possible, if your child will not be returning to Sunnynook Primary School in 2021. This is for the
 planning of staff, and class organisational purposes.
 SCHOOL ENROLMENTS FOR 2021 – are now open. If you know of anyone living in-zone
 who may be interested in enrolling their child, please ask them to collect an
 enrolment pack from the school reception.

 Full School Assembly
 Value Responsibility
 Banner Creative Learning Group with Mrs White and Mrs Taylor – for their wonderful work making
 beautiful treasure chests to help them understand the value of money.
 Yummy Apple Trophy Room 12, again – twice in a row!!
 Caught being good Ezra – R14 and Rishaan – R20

 2021 Road Patrol Volunteers Needed
 Adult Volunteers are urgently sought for road patrol 2021.
 Without the help of parent volunteers we are unable to support the safe crossing of students
 on Tonkin Drive.
 Volunteers are needed to help supervise the crossing from 8.15 - 8.45
 and between 2.45 and 3.15pm.
 If you can volunteer at one of these times your support will be very
 much appreciated.
Please contact Mrs East on: yolandae@sunnynooknschool.nz if you are able to volunteer for 2021.

 Diwali Celebrations 11 – 13 November
 The Festival of Lights - 'Diwali' was celebrated with great
 fervour and enthusiasm by students and teachers at
 Sunnynook Primary School. Students explored one of the
 most famous legends and learnt about the significance of
 Diwali which is the triumph of good over evil, light over
 darkness and time for new beginnings. The spirit of festivity
 was enhanced with various scintillating activities planned
 from 11th Nov - 13th Nov 2020. Students wholeheartedly
 participated in activities like lantern making, Diya and
 Rangoli decoration. The entire event was imbued with the
 spirit of festivity, filled with joy and happiness.

Student Voice:
Last week we celebrated Diwali. Mrs Batra helped us to make some things for
Diwali. The first thing we made was a lantern. The second thing for year 4-6 was
a rangoli pattern outside the tech room. The second thing for the year 1-3 was a
rangoli pattern on a paper plate. We loved the rangoli patterns decorated with
lots of glitters that made them sparkly. On Friday we made colourful rangoli
pattern rings and year 4-6 painted diyas. We also loved that we could take them
home. By Suwon, Room 18
 I enjoyed celebrating Diwali at my school. I made a lantern
 and coloured a rangoli pattern on a paper plate. It was so
 much fun.
 By: Gavin, Room 10

Year 6 EOTC – 18 – 20 December
We had a journalist from the Rangitoto Observer visit us during our camp. Click on the link - we made the
front page!! Photo compliments of Rangitoto Observer: Happy campers... below: the assembled year-6
campers at Sunnynook Primary

 EOTC was an amazing experience. We did Go Karting , Pikelet making and much
 more . Plus the food was delicious , We had burgers for dinner and toast for breakfast,
 Everything was super yummy.

 My favorite activities were the makey makey crafts and pikelet making.(FYI the
 pikelets were super tasty) For crafts we got to make whatever we wanted to. I made
 a little bag from the fabric and then I made a bracelet out of pipe. (Special thanks to
 Mrs Duffield for running the station)

 The food was so good. Everyone bought in a little bit to share for morning tea, this
 ranged from Doughnuts to Pizza Slices. Sometimes there was so much food we got to
 take as much as we wanted to.

All of this could not have been possible without the help of the teachers and the parent helpers Thanks to
 them for making Eotc so awesome.
 By: Nakisha, R1

On November Wednesday 18 - 19, the year 6 students had an awesome EOTC camp out at Sunnynook
School. Everyone was excited and ready to start the fun EOTC, at school!

All of the Year 6s arrived at school a little earlier than usual at
school and placed our stuff out on the senior netball court while
we waited for the start of school bell (9:00 - 8:45). Once the bell
had rang we were all put in our groups and lined up for the start
of the activities. But first we had to set up our tents up on the senior
side of the field.

After that, we went back into our groups and were called what
activity we were going on. These are the activities...

Activities: (Not in particular order)

 1. Go Karts 6. Robotics (Stem)
 2. Cryptic Word Hunt 7. Arts And Crafts
 3. Qr Code Scan Hunt 8. Team Work (Obstacles)
 4. Pikelets 9. Bush Walk
 5. Makey Makey 10. Skateboards and Scooters

 My Group (7) - manage to do 5 activities each day.

At morning tea on the first day it was pouring down with rain and I was stuck
in my tent for a while. Once the rain slowly calmed down the people who
were in the tents went down for shared morning tea.

Then later that day, the teachers said, “Tonight it is going to be windy and
rainy and the tents could possibly fall down or even worse, get damaged.
So… The boys will be sleeping in the hall and the girls will be sleeping in the
library.” Then we did lots more activities

So we went to pack down our tents and moved into the hall and the library.
Later that evening, around 5:00 we had a big game of capture the flag!
Some of the others went to do the go karts. Afterwards I went to have a few goes on the Go- Kart and the
second round,... I got to drive it. On the first go though I sat in the passenger seat. It Was Awesome!

We all had burgers and chips for dinner, and it was delicious. After dinner we watched a movie in the…
Staffroom! We watched “Flushed Away'', and in my opinion, I thought it was really funny, so did the other
Year 6s.

When the movie had finished we all got ready for bed and most people got to sleep late!

The next day, we had breakfast - Weetbix or Cornflakes with a side of toast. We went back to activities
and it was so much fun for the rest of the activities, same with one's yesterday. We had a shared lunch and
the food was also delicious.

 Finally, at the end of the day, we all said thank you for the people that
 helped with the awesome year 6 EOTC.
 “WE ALL HAD SO MUCH FUN!!!” Before the
 Thank You letter to: weather
 • Parent Helpers - Activities
 • Teachers - Organizing turned
 • Mrs Montague – Organizing
 • Mrs East – First Aid
 • Countdown - Food Supplies
 • Thank You so much for your help! We
 really appreciate it!
 By: Archie, Yr 6

New sleeping arrangements
 Girls vs Boys

 Day vs Night

Year 5 Student Action Team –

The time had finally come for our SPS Student Action Team to share our ideas with the rest of the Pupuke
Kahui Ako Student Action Teams. Our school logo came up on the TV screen and then, it was our turn. We
stood up, grinning nervously, and we filed up the side aisle onto the stage area. Mrs Cleaver flicked onto
our own Google Slide and it came up on the TV screen behind us.

Hunter spoke first and introduced our quiet space and how we will be working with Rotary NZ. Jolie spoke
second and voiced our thoughts and suggestions about the floor plan and furniture. She talked about the
couches that we want and the suggested layout of the floor. Next, Jasmine spoke about the wall space
and how we want a mural wall and a wall with many textures and smells, including furry patches, smooth
spots, and scratchy splotches. Then Isla talked about all the accessories and toys that we want to have in
our quiet space such as soft toys, cushions, fidget toys, and squishies.

After that Renēe discussed the things that will be in our outdoor space. She talked about the things we
want to put in our outdoor space, such as outdoor cushions, wood benches and a sensory garden. After
that, J.D and Shavain both made clear the rules in our quiet space. J.D introduced why we had the rules
and the Quiet Space Pass. You needed a Quiet Space Pass to get into the quiet space, otherwise random
people might come into the quiet space, making the quiet space noisy. J.D also talked about the people
who will monitor the space, taking and checking the Passes. Shavain then stepped up to talk about the
draft nine rules for our quiet space. Last to talk was Amy. She spoke about what our plans were for 2021
and working with the teachers and Rotary New Zealand.

“They’re Year Five students, actually.” Mrs Cleaver said after we sat down. The Year Sixes and over stared
at us, mouths hanging open and eyes wide. But their attention was quickly diverted, thankfully, as there
was one more school after us (Westlake Girls). Then it was snack time. There were mini bread wraps,
sausage rolls, veggie sausage rolls and red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting. The Westlake Girls SAT
came to see our work that we had laid out on our table at the back of the room. We had the snacks and
played a quick game of Busted on the playground before we had to go back to school. We all had the
best time ever in the Student Action Team.

By Amy and Jolie, Room 5

Years 4-6 Super Athletics Day - Cancelled

We had to inform our Year 4 – 6 Super Cluster Athletics participants that the scheduled event on
Wednesday, 25 November was cancelled by the event co-ordinators with no save day.
We were as disappointed as the students were to get this news but it was out of our control.
The Athletics certificates will be presented on Tuesday, 1 December at the Year 4, 5 and 6 joint assembly.
The results of the competitive events that were held during school time are as follows:

 Y4 Girls

 Long Jump High Jump Discus Shot Put 100m 200m 400m 800m
 1.Keira 1.Keira 1.Georgia 1.Enai 1.Alexis 1.Alexis 1.Alexis 1.Sabeen
 2.Sabeen 2.Annie 2.Yoona 2.Savanna 2.Catherine 2.Catherine 2.Keira 2.Michelle
 3.Carmen 3.Alexis 3.Catherine 3.Carmen 3.Annie 3.Keira 3.Savanna 3.Carmen

 Y4 Boys

 Long Jump High Jump Discus Shot Put 100m 200m 400m 800m
 1.Jesse 1.Ezekiel 1.Nathan 1.Narin 1.Stefan 1.Ezekiel 1.Ezekiel 1.Jonno
 2.Ray 2.Tyrone 2.Artur 2.Arlington 2.Cameron 2.Tyrone 2.Stefan 2.Jesse
 3.Patrick 3.Jesse 3.Stefan 3.Richard 2.Narin 3.Narin 3.Narin 3.Narin

 Y5 Girls

 Long Jump High Jump Discus Shot Put 100m 200m 400m 800m
 1.Katia 1.Katia 1.Polina 1.Jolie 1.Jasmine 1.Katia 1.Katia 1.Amy
 2.Avalina 2.Avalina 2.Ayah 2.Ayah 2.Jolie 2.Brooke 2.Renee 2.Amelia
 3.Renee 3.Jasmine 3.Shelley 3.Amy 3.Brooke 3.Jolie 3.Avalina 3.Avalina

 Y5 Boys

 Long Jump High Jump Discus Shot Put 100m 200m 400m 800m
 1.Edwin 1.Aiden 1.Edwin 1.Joaquin 1.Kobe 1.Kobe 1.Hunter 1.Aidan
 2.Amarant 2.Rafe 2.Lyon 2.Esa 2.JD 2.JD 2.Shavain 2.Shavain
 3.Rafe 3.Minjun 3.Esa 3.Lyon 3.Rafe 3.Muhammad 3.Zander 3.Hunter

 Y6 Girls

 Long Jump High Jump Discus Shot Put 100m 200m 400m 800m
 1.Erina 1. Isabella 1.Ariana 1.Erina 1.Erina 1.Erina 1.Isabella 1.Erina
 2.Laela 2. Immanuella 2.Zoe 2.Mia 2.Immanuella 2.Immanuella 2.Neve 2.Isabella
 3.Immanuella 3. Shia 3.Mia 3.Ariana 3.Shia 3.Shia 3.Laela 3.Neve

 Y6 Boys

 Long Jump High Jump Discus Shot Put 100m 200m 400m 800m
 1.Xavier 1. Xavier Sione 1.Luke 1.George 1.Xavier 1.Xavier Smith 1.Rhys 1.Rhys
 Sione 2. Xavier Smith 2.Caleb 2.Tian Tian Sione 2.Xavier Sione 2.Zac 2.Zac
 2.Xavier 3. Gabriel 3.Arley 3.Mahtab 2.Xavier 3.Ryan 3.Gabriel 3.Gabriel
 Smith Smith
 3.Zac 3.Ryan

Years 0-3 Fun Athletics Day – 17 November

What a fantastic day our Year 0-3s had, enjoying a fun Athletics Day.
The results of the sprint events are as follows:
 Year 3 Year 2
 Boys Girls Boys Girls
 1 Soane Olivia R 1 James Hannah
 2 Max Olivia C 2 Aiden Talei
 3 Te Ramaroa Olivia B 3 Cameron Siel

 Year 1 Year 0
 Boys Girls Boys Girls
 1 Nathan Rose 1 Blair Charlotte
 2 Leon Mika 2 Sion Urwah
 3 Hunter Aubrey 3 Luka Olivia

 Sports Results
 On the sideline from our team coaches
 Netball
 Year 1: Sunnynook Sunbeams – had the following game/s:
 Date Against Result Player/s of the Day
 14 November Bayfield Draw 0 – 0 Evana and Kaleeyah
 21 November Greenhithe Fire Flys Win 4 – 1 Mila-Rose

 Year 3: Sunnynook Sunsets – had the following game/s:
 Date Against Result Player/s of the Day
 7 November St Joseph’s Golden Ferns Loss 7 – 8 Neeva and Luisa
 14 November St John’s Sunflowers Win 8 – 3 Grace and Indie
 22 November HPPS Star Win 7 – 6 Lily and Annie

 Year 3: Sunnynook Sunrays– had the following game/s:
 Date Against Result Player/s of the Day
 31 October Murrays Bay Rockers Loss 1 – 3 Suwon
 7 November UHPS Grasshoppers Draw 2 – 2 Keira
 14 November Greenhithe Emeralds Loss 4 – 7 Cynthia
 21 November Sunnynook Flowers Los 5 – 18 Olivia R

 Year 3: Sunnynook Sunflowers – had the following game/s:
 Date Against Result Player/s of the Day
 31 October Kristin Dovetails Win 12 – 3 Olivia C
 7 November Greenhithe Emeralds Loss 0 – 6 Alice
 14 November Murrays Bay Rockets Draw 4 – 4 Ezra
 21 November Sunnynook Sunrays Win 18 – 5 Lani

 Year 6: Sunnynook Y6/2 – had the following game/s:
 Date Against Result Player/s of the Day
 14 November Campbells Bay Blue Win 30 – 1 Jade and Havyn
 21 November Campbells Bay Red Loss 1 – 26 Briana

Junior Basketball
Year 3: Sunnynook Hurricanes – had the following game/s:
Date Against Result Player/s of the Day
13 November UHPS Falcons Win 4 – 2 Cameron and Narin
20 November Murrays Bay Thunder Win 14 – 10 Cameron

Year 3: Sunnynook Torrnados – had the following game/s:
Date Against Result Player/s of the Day
20 November Sunnynook Lightning Loss 6 – 30 Olivia

Year 3: Sunnynook Lightning – had the following game/s:
Date Against Result Player/s of the Day
20 November Sunnynook Tornados Win 30 – 6

 Hockey
Year 1/2: Sunnynook Stars – had the following game/s:
Date Against Result Player/s of the Day
16 November St John’s Blue Sticks Win 2 – 1 Cameron
23 November Westminster Hard Hitters Win 3 – 0 Hayden

 Touch
Year 3/4: Sunnynook – had the following game/s:
Date Against Result Player/s of the Day
12 November Campbells Bay Rockstars Loss 1 – 4 Theo
19 November Campbells Bay Red Win 4 – 3 Catherine

Year 5/6: Sunnynook Boy 1B– had the following game/s:
Date Against Result Player/s of the Day
17 November Kristin Panthers Win 9 – 1 Kobe and Aidan

 Next meeting: our first meeting for 2021 will be on Monday, 15 February at 6:30pm
 in the Staff Room. We would love to see you there.
The Beach Party Disco took place on Friday 13 December and it was well supported. We made just
over $2,000.00. We want to thank the community for supporting us and the parents that assisted us
 with the evening.

 Calendar art orders should be with you before the end of the week!

 We are still collecting fruit stickers for the Yummy sticker promotion.
 These stickers help us to earn sports gear for the school, so please
 keep collecting.
 Contact the PTA on sunnynookpta@gmail.com and LIKE our Sunnynook School PTA
 Facebook page to keep up to date with our events & fundraisers.
 If you are looking for Second hand uniform, email us on sunnynookuniforms@gmail.com

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