Mathex

On the 22nd September we had our annual Mathex competition where 23 schools send their top maths team to compete in a problem solving competition.

There are four students in each group, and one of those students is the runner who retrieves the maths question from the panel, races back to the group and once the problem is solved, races back to the panel to check if they have it correct.   After half and hour the team with the most correct answers wins.

Congratulations to Sunnyhills who came second place.

Market Day at Sunnyhills

Wednesday 23 September we had our market day which was run by our senior school students.  Students had worked hard to create things to sell and learnt a lot about production processes, managing staff and profit and loss!!   Thanks to all the staff and children involved in helping make this a success.

Councillor Seminar Day

Councillor Seminar Day

Our school Leaders all recently took part in a Leadership Seminar Day beginning with a working breakfast followed with guest speakers who shared with us their leadership journeys and roles.   Our thanks go to Sharnika Leleni, Dick Quax & Phil Larcombe for their inspirational thought and insights.

Escape Room

The School Leaders completed their Seminar Day with a visit to the Escape Room in Auckland City where they put their team work and problem solving skills to good use in their attempt to escape from their rooms in the fastest possible times.

Mandarin Speech Competition

Mandarin Speech Competition

Sunnyhills once again hosted the Zone final of the Mandarin speech final on Wednesday 2nd September. 

There were 15 entries from all over Auckland.  Congratulations to our entry Leticia Liang who won 3rd place equal.  A great effort.

Arts Week Grand Finale Assembly

On the last Friday of Arts Week, all the children showcased a selection of their work.  These slides show you a sample.  We hope you enjoy them.




The Kapahaka Group also performed which was amazing.  Here they are...

Arts Week 2015

Arts week was a great success.

Children had the opportunity to participate in a variety of art forms from visual art to performing arts.  Lunchtime sessions such as craft in the library/learning hub, drawing on the pavement, performing resident musicians were a real hit with everyone!

Here is a selection of photos from arts week for you to enjoy.  A big thank you for everyone who helped make it such a success.





We also had Jam Bus www.jambus.co.nz which are a mobile recording studio.  Choir and Kapahaka were some of the lucky ones who participated in this.


This is a slideshow of Jam Bus setting up.

Mathex 2014

This is the Sunnyhill's Mathex team competing against other area schools in a maths challenge.  Congratulations to Star of the Sea school who won with 125 points and well done Sunnyhills for coming second place with 115 points.

Trudy Strom's Wishing You Well Morning Tea

Wishing Trudy Strom all the best in her new adventures in Wellington.  You will be missed!

Stu Deval - Storyteller, Author and Illustrator

Squeals of laughter and gasps of fright were heard today as Stu Duval Storyteller, Author and Illustrator enthralled both middle and senior school children.  As part of literacy week he shared his story ideas and writing tips with children. The intent concentration and enthralled faces were evidence of how much children enjoyed this visit.

QR Code - Opening Sentences

We have two more fabulous opening sentences to hear stored in QR Codes.

Caitlin D. Scan the QR Code below to hear the sentence."Emily's mind was whirling with thoughts of today's adventure as her gumboots slipped on her feet."

Claire D Scan the QR Code below to hear the sentence.

"A flock of seagulls swept by the tiny cottage in the middle of nowhere."

Literacy Week - Lunchtimes

We have had the privilege of the lovely Karen Yates and Robyn Steel reading at lunchtimes this week.

Children have also been busy trying out the QR Code challenge.

Literacy Week - Grandparents Reading

Today we had lots of fabulous Grandparents come to our school to read to our children.

Here is a snapshot of some Grandparents reading.

Disco - Fairytales Theme

The PTA organised a fabulous disco.  What a fantastic evening.  The hall decorations were amazing!!! Thanks to everyone who helped make this disco a great success.

Here are a few pictures from the evening:

National Young Leaders Day

On Thursday 29th May the School Councillors, House captains and Deputies attended the National Young Leaders Day event for 2014.

This was a day full of inspiration, excitement, words of wisdom and motivational quotes and speeches.

There were also a lot of laughs as the speakers were extremely funny also.

These were some of the quotes that stuck in our heads  

"Dream big achieve more" - Cam Calkoen

" Live for awesome"

"When times get tough will you put down the sea anchor or keep rowing " -Jamie Fitzgerald

"Sometimes you just need to take a nap and get over it" - Francis Valentine

"Leadership is about creating success for your team" - Annette Fale

"Leadership is thinking on your feet" - Laura Langman

Literacy Week - Buddy Classes

Today, buddy classes Room 7 (year 6) and room 22 (year 1) collaborated together to create online stories.  They used Google Docs with Google Drawing as the tools to complete this.

Jasmine and Lejie talk about the process in the video below.

Literacy Week - QR Codes

Today in the library at lunchtime, children had the opportunity to learn about QR Codes through a challenge involving creating an opening sentence to match a picture in a book.  The aim was to extend children beyond the standard opening sentences such as 'Once upon a time...'.

This is Caitlin's QR Code with her opening sentence.  Scan the code using an App called QRReader, which is free in the App Store, so you can hear Caitlin's sentence out loud.

This opening sentence is for the book called Window by Jeannie Baker.

Well done Caitlin.

"The everlasting forest could be seen through the cottage window, where the tiny child cried."

Literacy Week

It's Literacy Week this week at Sunnyhills.

This means that there is a particular focus on reading and writing with lots of fun activities planned including grandparents reading to students, dressing up as your favourite book character and many more activities throughout the week.

Today we had the pleasure of having Mrs Prescott read to children in the library.  Everyone loved her Eeyore outfit.

Undefeated Netball Team B-5A

On the 26th May there was an Interschool Netball Field Day.  The Sunnyhills team B-5A showed great team work and encouragement of each other, battling the very cold wind and rain and still won all their games!

Well done Sunnyhills!

Thanks to Tina Funnell for this photo.

SNAG golf

SNAG golf (www.snaggolf.co.nz) has offered our senior school FREE golf lessons and are also leaving our school with $1,000 worth of gear.  This is in association with Pakuranga Golf Club who are trying to increase the knowledge and skill of the game in this area. 

Here are a few pictures of the children enjoying themselves whilst learning new skills.

Week 7 Assembly

This week at our school assembly our Year 6 Councillors were announced.  Congratulations to those selected. Check out our latest newsletter for further details.

We also had a visit from Chef Souffle who talked about the fabulous cookbook fundraiser the PTA are organising.  Children have the opportunity to participate in a competition to design the front cover of the cookbook and come up with a fabulous name.