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PAGE 12 Wednesday <strong>September</strong> <strong>27</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />
BAY HARBOUR<br />
Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
Linwood<br />
College<br />
PERSONALISED<br />
PATHWAYS<br />
TO SUCCESS<br />
2018 Student Leaders: 1st Row: Vai Mariner, Crystal Mehlhopt, Jenna Hollis, Leeah Mullany, Sarah Moana Wooff-Smyth<br />
2nd Row: Eden Pettigrew, Adonai Schwenke, Anaru Gray, Cole Barrie<br />
3rd Row: Havana Aaifou, Thomas McHutchison, Sapana Kharal, William Paulden, Sean Robertson-Wright, Makayla Austin<br />
Enrolling now for 2018<br />
Principal’s Report<br />
Striking the Stage<br />
Kia ora koutou. Talofa.<br />
Kia Orana. Malo e<br />
lelei. Bula. Fakaalofa<br />
atu. Namaste and<br />
Kumusta. Greetings<br />
to our Community.<br />
Earlier in the year,<br />
I wrote about the<br />
principle of collaboration and its importance<br />
to our students as they prepare for the global<br />
world in which they will live their lives. This is<br />
because the global world requires effective<br />
interaction with others. IQ alone is not enough.<br />
Our Emotional Intelligence (EI) – also matters.<br />
I also discussed that we now know through<br />
neuro-science that IQ-smartness is not fixed<br />
but can grow. Effort makes us stronger. In<br />
schools this is sometimes called ‘growth<br />
mindsets’. For more information on this please<br />
see https://www.mindsetworks.com/science/<br />
I raise these points again at the end of Term 3<br />
as our focus even more tightly centres on<br />
our senior students’ success in their Yr 11-13<br />
Career Pathway and for the juniors, their Year<br />
7-10 Learning Pathway.<br />
Meet the Mayor<br />
Nineteen Linwood College students attended<br />
the Duke of Edinburgh Bronze and Silver<br />
Award Ceremony with the Honourable Lianne<br />
Dalziel, Christchurch’s Mayor. This prestigious<br />
event was held at the Mayoral Office.<br />
At Linwood College we want our students<br />
to have both the necessary NCEA success<br />
in knowledge and content-skills, and also<br />
leadership and employability expertise. IQ and<br />
EQ – the whole person. This is reinforced by the<br />
following seven qualities that NZ employers<br />
are essential for career development:<br />
1. Positive attitude<br />
2. Communication<br />
3. Teamwork<br />
4. Self-management<br />
5. Willingness to learn<br />
6. Thinking skills<br />
(problem solving and decision making)<br />
7. Resilience<br />
The message is that academic and social<br />
learning support one another in personalised<br />
pathways, career development and lifesuccess.<br />
This message is at the heart of<br />
Linwood College of <strong>2017</strong> and beyond.<br />
Finally, schools can be complicated places.<br />
If for any reason you would like to talk to me<br />
about anything, please contact the office so we<br />
can arrange this. My door is open.<br />
Ngamihinui – best wishes,<br />
Richard Edmundson - Tumuaki (Principal)<br />
We congratulate these students on their<br />
efforts and again thank Chris Allan from the<br />
Joshua Foundation for his mentorship and<br />
tremendous commitment to Christchurch<br />
youth.<br />
The Year 11 production, ‘<strong>Harbour</strong>ing Ghosts’ was a<br />
fantastic, eerie performance. Through this, students<br />
explored the healing of past mistakes.<br />
It was then the Year 12/13 classes' turn to take the stage.<br />
They tackled an adaption of Hamlet, ‘Ophelia Thinks<br />
Harder’. This was an extremely challenging performance<br />
which students handled with finesse.<br />
Stars in the Making<br />
In 2016, twelve Linwood College students<br />
acted as extras in ‘The Changeover’, a movie<br />
filmed and set in Christchurch’s Eastern<br />
suburbs.<br />
Prom Night <strong>2017</strong><br />
For many Seniors the <strong>2017</strong> ‘American Prom’<br />
was the highlight of the year’s social calendar.<br />
Magic was in the air and everyone was dressed<br />
to the nines - dancing the night away with<br />
flashing tambourines and Mickey Mouse ears.<br />
It was truly a special occasion, full of smiles,<br />
Based on a novel by Margaret Mahy and<br />
starring Timothy Spall and Lucy Lawless, this<br />
comes out in theatres on <strong>September</strong> 28.<br />
Get down and support our local talent.<br />
friendship and laughter and one which our<br />
students will never forget.<br />
Staff working at Twiggers said that it was<br />
a pleasure to be part of such an enjoyable<br />
occasion. They were extremely complimentary<br />
towards our students’ positive demeanor.<br />
ELL at the Zoo<br />
Photos: Daniel Chew Photography<br />
Front Row: Thor Russell, Jack Triggs, Damien Arps. Back Row: Ms Larisha Toomey, Makayla Austin, Aaron<br />
Skow, Jamie Hosking, Kyle Amer, Honorable Mayor Lianne Dalziel, Jacob Tait, Moahengi Ngauamo, Pritesh<br />
Nair, Joshua Galang, Orion Tipuna, Chris Allan (Joshua Foundation) Not present in photo: Jade Lindsay,<br />
Lilyanah-Rose Mato, Jordan Meaclem, Jakhaan Pitama-Dwyer, Piper Stewart and Gloria Sua.<br />
The Wonders of Science<br />
Ninety English Language Learning<br />
students gathered with excitement<br />
recently for their <strong>2017</strong> excursion to Orana<br />
Park. It was an unseasonably sunny day<br />
and the two busloads of students had a<br />
wonderful excursion.<br />
Science discoveries<br />
cause wonder<br />
and amazement<br />
for ‘Team Kea’, a<br />
class of innovative<br />
students from Te<br />
Waka Unua School<br />
who visited the<br />
College recently.<br />
Linwood College • Phone: 982-0100 • office@linwoodcollege.school.nz • www.linwoodcollege.school.nz