Bay Harbour: April 12, 2017

Wednesday April 12 2017
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Exploring the capital city
Pupils from Our Lady Star of the Sea School have
been exploring Wellington. They enjoyed many of
Wellington’s popular sites and attractions, including
visiting Te Papa, Capital E studios and Parliament.
OUT OF THIS WORLD: Jack Miller jumped at the chance to be
in costume at Capital E studios. ​
FUN: Darcy Dougherty and Bruno Davies read the news on a visit to Capital E studios.
Meanwhile, Joel Fulford learnt about space at the Carter Observatory
Art auction attracts hundreds
• By Caitlin Miles
AN ART auction hosted to raise
money for Lyttelton Primary
School attracted hundreds of
people.
The Peninsula Art Auction was
held at the weekend and is the
major fundraising event for the
school. It is held every two years.
One of the organisers, Lucie
Ozanne, said it was well-attended
by local people.
“We were really impressed
by the number of people. Very
pleased with how it went,” Ms
Ozanne said.
The live auction gala on
Sunday night had 240 people
attend. Ms Ozanne said she was
unsure how much had been
raised as a final count had not
been done.
Principal Brendan Wright said
the team involved with making it
happen did a “tremendous job.”
“It was impressive seeing the
school transform into an art
gallery overnight,” Mr Wright
said.
More than 60 artists from the
peninsula and further afield decided
to gift pieces of art for the
auction, along with 12 businesses
which also offered support.
It was the seventh time the
event has been run, but the
first time it has been held at the
school since it was rebuilt.
Mr Wright said people not
only enjoyed the art show, but
also getting to look around the
ON
DISPLAY:
The school
was turned
into an art
gallery
at the
weekend,
showing
pieces from
more than
60 artists.
school.
“There were many positive
comments from the public about
the art on display, but also about
Lyttelton Primary School and the
facilities the children enjoy on a
daily basis,” he said.
Lyttelton Port of Christchurch
supplied funding to help the art
auction go ahead.
TECH: Jamie Larking and Kayden Leftly have been learning to
build robots.
Building robots in Lyttelton
ROBOTICS HAVE found their
way to Lyttelton Primary School.
The school purchased four kits
of Lego Mindstorms robotics,
with pupils leading the way on
the new initiative.
Principal Brendan Wright said
it was “an exciting initiative.”
Pupils have been working in
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teams to learn programming
and perform basic functions to
build robots.
Mr Wright said they were
looking forward to seeing
the pupils develop their skills
and hopefully enter robotic
competitions and events in the
future.
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