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10 Tuesday <strong>August</strong> 1 2<strong>01</strong>7<br />

Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />

• By Julia Evans<br />

RANGI RURU Girls’ School<br />

pupils were asked to create a<br />

story quilt as a class to be used<br />

to tell the story of a myth or<br />

legend.<br />

The year 7 class chose to tell<br />

SCHOOLS<br />

MYTH: The 7A class from Rangi Ruru Girls’ School with their<br />

creations.<br />

Maori legend inspires<br />

creative Rangi girls<br />

the Maori legend of Tinirau<br />

and the Whale, which they had<br />

learnt in their Te Reo Maori<br />

class.<br />

The girls opted to create cushions<br />

instead of a quilt, so they<br />

could each take part of the story<br />

home.<br />

Selwyn House pupils excel<br />

in age of science and tech<br />

• By Julia Evans<br />

PUPILS FROM Selwyn House<br />

are excelling in science and<br />

technology.<br />

Ten girls have been selected to<br />

attend the Canterbury Westland<br />

Schools Science and Technology<br />

Fair in September.<br />

Natalya Flood, Kate Brown,<br />

Alice Hunter, Cara Birch,<br />

Cassidy Causer, Lucy Maynar,<br />

Chloe Graham, Estella Velenski,<br />

Emma Mason and Miya<br />

Hartstonge had their projects<br />

selected by judge, Marie Squire,<br />

from Canterbury University’s<br />

chemistry department.<br />

The project is part of the<br />

school’s CREST programme.<br />

Year 7 teachers are further<br />

engaging pupils by including<br />

elements of “gamification” into<br />

learning.<br />

The CREST programme was<br />

designed around students earning<br />

experience points to go up a<br />

level in their stages of learning.<br />

“We take science and technology<br />

very seriously at Selwyn<br />

House,” teacher Simon Christie<br />

said.<br />

Mr Christie stresses the importance<br />

of the subjects in his<br />

class because he said the girls<br />

are living in a time of unbelievable<br />

technological upheaval.<br />

“We want our students to not<br />

just be a part of that, but to lead<br />

it, and lead it ethically,” he said.<br />

NOR’WEST NEWS<br />

SCIENCE: Pupils from Selwyn<br />

House had their science<br />

projects selected by judge<br />

Marie Squire. ​<br />

RESTORE<br />

26 JULY –<br />

13 AUGUST<br />

A fundraising exhibition<br />

of spectacular limited edition,<br />

behind-the-scenes photographs of<br />

the Arts Centre’s restoration<br />

– taken by leading Christchurch<br />

photographer Johannes van Kan.<br />

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC<br />

10AM–5PM, FREE ENTRY<br />

Tim WraighT and Ché VinCenT<br />

- Changing STorieS -<br />

Both Tim Wraight and Ché Vincent live in the Motueka region in the top of the<br />

South Island, an area of diverse landscapes and environments from which to<br />

draw inspiration for their work.<br />

Tim’s carved wooden work for ‘Changing Stories’ exhibition explores the<br />

traditions associated with the reverence given to relics and remains, using<br />

the cultural practices of making intricate containers that different cultures<br />

fashion to hold these precious objects, Maori wakahuia (treasure boxes)<br />

and wakatupapaku (bone boxes) and European reliquaries which held the<br />

bones of saints, are the starting point for these pieces. Found remains of<br />

creatures and objects from the natural environment in his home area. Tim<br />

has constructed stories around fictional and whimsical; taking an object and<br />

giving it a new narrative and honouring its previous existence.<br />

Ché’s work for this exhibition is formed by his<br />

passion for botany and natural processes;<br />

exploring the patterns created by plant forms<br />

by the way water changes and repeats a flow<br />

pattern by decay and renewal. He uses recycled<br />

copper panels through a process of serendipitous<br />

experimentation. Ché has developed a fluid and<br />

intuitive approach and has developed methods of<br />

‘Edges’ by Ché Vincent from the<br />

exhibition ‘Changing Stories’ at<br />

Little River Gallery from <strong>August</strong> 5th<br />

melting, beating, bending, and fusing copper into organic forms. Copper is a lovely<br />

metal to work with; malleable and enduring with a beautiful cast of warm colours.<br />

‘Kid Who Dreamed of Leaping Through The Stars’ by Tim Wraight from the exhibition ‘Changing Stories ’ at Little River<br />

Gallery from <strong>August</strong> 5th<br />

Tim Wraight | Ché Vincent<br />

Changing Stories<br />

5 – 30 AUGUST 2<strong>01</strong>7<br />

Boys’ High building,<br />

28 Worcester Boulevard<br />

artscentre.org.nz/hire<br />

Main Rd, Little River | 03 325 1944 | art@littlerivergallery.com

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