Nor'West News: August 01, 2017
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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