Nor'West News: December 13, 2016

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8 Tuesday December 13 2016 NOR’WEST NEWS PAPANUI HIGH SCHOOL NEWSLETTER Greetings, Tena Koutou Katoa, Welcome to our final newsletter for 2016. We have had a very successful year, and our students are doing incredibly well. Increasingly, students are experiencing and striving for greater success. We know that, when students are engaged, they will make progress, and this has been reflected in their achievement. As a school it is our responsibility to provide the best possible learning for every student, and ensure we meet their diverse needs. The consolidation of recent initiatives also ensures sustained and continuous improvement can happen, and supports the embedding of good school wide practice. What strongly complements curriculum success, is of course the opportunities provided by the school’s co-curricular programme. Our students have performed exceptionally well in a full range of activities, some of which are shown below. At this time of the year, we need to say farewell to a number of permanent staff. Mr Thomson is leaving us to take up the Head of Mathematics position at Riccarton High School, and Mrs Alison Goodfellow who has taught in our ESOL department for the last 15 years, is retiring. We thank them for their hard work and for the many years of service they have provided to the school and to education in general. Ms Alana Davis, and Mr Fred Poskitt, were both awarded 40 years long service awards at our recent senior prize giving in acknowledgement and celebration of their dedication, valued service, and outstanding contribution to our school. I would like to thank and acknowledge; • the, Board of Trustees, Parent Teacher Association, parents, whanau, and the wider community, for their support and for sharing in the responsibility of educating our young people, • the entire staff, who make Papanui High School an exciting and rewarding place, and, • the students, who give us all enormous pleasure in seeing them achieve the things they do. Our students grow up to be wonderfully mature young adults with a strong sense of social responsibility. For those students who are leaving. Thank you for being a part of Papanui High School. I hope you feel well prepared for the next step in your lives, and that you are moving on to new and exciting challenges. I wish you all the very best for your future. Have a safe and happy holiday period. I look forward to 2017 in the knowledge that as a school and a community we will continue to work together to provide our students an education that is supportive, caring, and developed in a ‘forward thinking’ way. Jeff Smith Principal My School, My Success, My Responsibility Tōku Kura, Tōku Tiketike, Tōku Haepapa SENIOR PRIZE GIVING In early November we celebrated Senior Prize giving at the Horncastle Arena. We would like to thank Toshiba and Business Distributors Limited (BDL), the Papanui Foundation, The PTA, and the many other sponsors and supporters who contribute to our celebrations. This year, Juliet McLachlan was named Dux, and Megan Crosbie named Proxime Accessit. The three BDL/TOSHIBA Scholarship recipients were: Jahna Low, Sophie Harrison, and Eryn Turner. SPORTS AWARDS At the Sports Awards evening the following individuals were recipients of our major awards in 2016. Congratulations to all sports participants this year, and to those who received awards. Pupil in a Manager/ Administrator Role – Meghan Collins Adult in a Manager / Administration Role – Glenn Hooper Pupil in a Coach/Administration Role – Michaelee McDonald and Maia Van Der Westhuizen Adult in a Coach/Administration Role –Te Haere Stirling Student Service to Sport – Shani Clark Adult Service to Sport –Jamie Collins/Peter Laifa/Toby Simpkon Sport Development Cup – Netball Team of the Year – Super Touch Boys Sportswoman of the Year – Shani Clark Sportsman of the Year - Goiteom Gebremedihin HEAD STUDENTS FOR 2017 Congratulations to Britney Aldridge and Mikael Ewans on their appointment as Head Students for 2017. Britney and Mikael will lead a head student team next year which will consist of Samuel Archibold, Stella Cheersmith, Liam Helleur, Liam Kennedy, Casey Knowles, Grace Newton, Kristina Orr, Jacob Richards, Lena Sareewan, Arama Thompson- Ruka, Hana Tuetue and Nicolene Van Rensburg. CHARITY WEEK In this year’s annual Charity Week Food Bank drive, the students really got in behind the event. We had an excess of 1900 items donated. The event is also a House competition and was won by Ahi Ka (Red House) with 601 items donated. 1900 items equates to about 40 banana boxes packed full of food. Next year the goal will be to get 2000+ items. All proceeds go to the City Mission. A mufti-day to raise funds for Ronald McDonald House was also held, and a cheque to the value of $1,800 was presented by members of the School Council. SPORTING SUCCESS Congratulations to Jason Smith, Finn Pollock, Goiteom Gebremedihin, and Jared Neighbours who competed at the National Secondary Schools Athletics. Finn, Jared, and Goiteom all finished in the top 10 in their events. Jason Smith won 3 Gold medals and a Silver: Gold Long Jump Para Athlete Gold 100m Para Athlete, Gold 200m Para Athlete, Silver Discus Para Athlete. 2017 START DATES January 23 School Office opens 25 - 27 Peer Support training camp 30 Teacher Only Day 31 Year 9 students report 9.00am Powhiri for ALL new students February 1 Year 12 students report 9.00am Year 13 students report 10.00am 2 Year 10 students report 9.00am Year 11 students report 10.00am 3 Timetable starts 6 Waitangi Day - school closed Jason Smith ARTS AND CULTURAL AWARDS At this year’s Arts and Cultural Awards: • Bonnie Paul was the Maori/ Pasifika awards supreme winner. • Tyla Anderson received the Larry Thomson prize. • Most Outstanding Male: Kyle Martin • Most Outstanding Female: Juliet McLachlan • Most Outstanding Individual in a Support/Leadership Role: Oliver Foster • Best Male Musician: Kyle Martin • Best Female Musician: Claire Daddiza Bonnie Paul Papanui High School | PO Box 5220, 30 Langdons Rd, Christchurch Phone: 03 352 6119 | www.papanui.school.nz
NOR’WEST NEWS Tuesday December 13 2016 9 Your Local Views Readers respond to the ongoing saga of the Edgeware BP expansion, and the issues neighbours have been left with G B Tulloch: Re: the glaring white wall at BP Edgeware, perhaps it could be repainted with a mural showing the foul clouds of toxic smoke from the wrecked Deep Sea Horizon oil rig, the oil drenched coast of the Gulf of Mexico, the dead workers, the suffocated seabirds, the poisoned fish, and the hordes of lawyers, spin doctors and lobbyists running round trying to hide BP’s responsibility. In the meantime, boycott BP. David Dixon: Good to have a chance to comment on the BP/Edgeware issue. We have followed your regular features and frankly the behaviour of the corporate is appalling. The whole concept of them enlarging in such a congested area with kindergarten, housing , the supermarket, a busy Postshop, all the other shops and a very busy intersection is inane and should never have been allowed to go ahead. I felt so much for the neighbours having to fight the corporate bully through a loaded resource hearing. Talk about David and Goliath. The decision Mr Mountford reached was deplorable and for BP to now Christmas O P E N I N G H O U R S DECEMBER DECEMbER 2016 2016 Saturday 24th - CLOSED Saturday 24th – CLOSED Monday 26th - CLOSED Monday Tuesday 27th 26th -– CLOSED CLOSED Wednesday Tuesday 28th 27th - 8am – CLOSED to 5.30pm Wednesday Thursday 28th 29th –- 8am 8:00am to 5.30pm to 5:30pm Thursday Friday 29th 30th –- 7.30am 8:00am to to 4pm 5:30pm Saturday 31st - CLOSED Friday 30th – 7:30am to 4:00pm Saturday JANUARY 31st – 2017 CLOSED Monday 2nd - CLOSED JANUARY Tuesday 3rd - CLOSED 2017 Return Monday to normal 2nd business – CLOSEDhours Wednesday Tuesday 3rd 4th – CLOSED January Return to normal business hours Wednesday January 355 93804th | stadc@xtra.co.nz stalbansdentalcentre.co.nz treat the neighbours with indifference is dreadful. Give them heaps Lianne. I for one will no longer use that service station in spite of the fact that it is the most convenient for me. Perhaps a boycott might make BP become a good neighbour. Z here I come. Edward Duncan: Yes BP should paint the wall and replant the trees. It should never have been given resource consent in the first instance. Also Kazu Kano should be compensated given the length of time the trees will take to reestablish. Yes, the mayor has every right to step in, she is the voice of the people. By her stepping in she has 395 Brougham St, Christchurch Ph (03) 365-3411 GLARE: The wall at BP Edgeware which reflects sunlight into Kazu Kano’s home. shown there is an issue here. It would be interesting to verify how much this bullying actually happens throughout the city. We personally experienced our own neighbour (St Bede’s College) being given resource consent to build a car park along our boundary and an all weather hockey pitch including flood lights. This venue can run from 7am until 10pm seven days a week. We were told basically the same it would have little or no effect on the neighbours. I would like the commissioner or person responsible for the consent to come over one evening and listen to the car doors, alarms and horns. We are all but pawns in a chess game. “Exclusive range of pottery, furniture, handcrafts, stoneware & gifts” Open 7 days Mon-Fri 10-4.30pm Weekends 10-4pm SPORTS Stand-out player gets team home CHRISTCHURCH Boys’ High School’s Quinn Clinton put in a stand-out performance to help the Junior Tall Blacks qualify for next year’s under-19 World Championship in Egypt. They upset the odds by defeating Australia 57-51 in the Oceania qualifying tournament in Fiji on Saturday. Clinton led all scorers in the final with 14 points, including two late three-pointers to see his team home. The point guard was named as New Zealand captain prior to the tournament and lived up to the billing. Trailing by two points with less than two minutes remaining, Clinton hit from long range to put his team up 50-49. With 40 seconds remaining, Clinton hit another three while getting fouled, to send him to the line for the chance of a four-point play. He failed to convert the free-throw, but team-mate Taane Samuel’s put-back put the nail in the coffin for Australia. Clinton was impressive Providing Custom Framing of all Artworks 6 Main North Road | Ph 352 7594 (Next to SBS Bank) www.artworkspictureframing.co.nz Open Mon-Fri 9am-5pm Closed weekends throughout the tournament, averaging 14.5 points per game. The worlds will be held in Cairo from July 1-9. NEW STOCK FOR XMAS Quentin Doig photography Hot Summer Style. A 355 9380 m stadc@xtra.co.nz i stalbansdentalcentre.co.nz Sterling Silver Ball Clip Top Bangle $145 Sterling Silver Round Clip Top Bangle $165 Sterling Silver Infinity Clip Top Bangle $159 GIFT VOUCHERS AVAILABLE Shop 38b, on the car park side of Merivale Mall, Christchurch. Telephone 03 356 1002. Buy online at souljewellery.co.nz
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