Selwyn Times: May 02, 2018

16 Wednesday May 2 2018
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Darfield High School
Community News - Term 1, 2018
International Department
2018 has started off with a total of 23 awesome international
students, and a handful more due to arrive at the start of
Term 2.
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Back row from left: Rira, Hiroto, Keigoro, Saho and Miss Nicola Hely
Front row from left: Chihiro, Mizuki, Hanna and Liz.
They began the year with a three-day orientation
programme, and enjoyed experiencing some Maori culture
at the Mihi Whakatau. Although there were some nervous
faces on the first day of school, everyone is settling in well.
On Thursday evening 8 February, the International Dept
held a ‘Picnic in the Park’ event at the Darfield Domain for all
International Students and their Host Families.
Holding an event at the start of the year is a great way for
International Students to spend some fun time together,
sharing food, playing games and getting to know one
another along with their host siblings. Host parents enjoyed
the chance to get to know one another as well as catch up
with other host families who have been hosting for several
years.
Mrs Kennedy and Miss Hely cooked a BBQ for the 77
guests, and host families brought delicious desserts for
everyone to enjoy. The international students enjoyed their
first taste of a NZ BBQ, with meat patties being the favourite!
Above: Miss Hely and Mrs Kennedy from the International
Department, cooking a Kiwi BBQ for the guests.
Below: A group of international students and host students enjoying
the afternoon.
Mayra Rodrigues Da Silva
Maria Clara De Melo
Our current international students are from Thailand,
Germany, Japan, Brazil, Thailand and China.
A big thank you to the buddies who have looked after our
new students so well, and our staff, host families and the
community for warmly welcoming them.
Ruandherson Santa
Cruz Oliveira Lira
Rodrigo Eduardo
Da Silva
Nicolas Rodrigues
Dos Santos
This year we welcomed 13 new international
students who started in Term 1.
Business Studies
The NCEA level 3 Business Studies course involves
a practical business activity, in which students
must form businesses and produce new, innovative
products that can be put on the market. This is part
of a course which is organised by the national Young
Enterprise Scheme.
Elyse Kerr and Bridget
Leach are working in
collaboration with the
SPCA to produce a
colouring book/story
book of the tales of
animals that have
been rescued by the
SPCA.
As part of their course,
the Year 13 Business
Studies class travelled
to the The Foundry
at the University of
Canterbury to attend Business partners Elyse Kerr and
Kickstart | Tīmata. Bridget Leach with Connie
Attending Kickstart
allowed Years 12 and 13 students from all over
Canterbury to learn more about the Young Enterprise
Scheme programme for the year. We were given the
chance to talk to a number of business people about
our product ideas and also gain an insight on how
to run a business. This was a great opportunity for
everyone and helped us identify next steps for our
products.
Above: Looking after our International Thailand guests from Kiwi Centre.
While at Darfield High School they are assigned a “School Buddy” who helps them within the school environment.
Year 9 Camps
The Year 9 camp was based at Craigieburn for
three days and two nights. They got to experience
many fun activities, such as bouldering, abseiling,
kayaking, Cave Stream, BBTBT (also known as bring
back the beech trees) and a big three hour hike up
Helicopter Hill.
Darfield High School •McLaughlins Road, Darfield •Telephone: 03 318 8411 •Email: admin@darfield.school.nz •Website: www.darfield.school.nz