Nor'West News: September 05, 2017

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World-class problem solvers
• By Julia Evans
TWO CASEBROOK pupils
have proved themselves among
the top young problem solving
minds in the world.
Casebrook Intermediate
School pupils Ben Donaldson
and Bronte Perriam came back
from the e-ICON World Contest
in Busan, South Korea last week.
And with them they brought a
pair of best creativity awards.
Deputy principal Nick Leith
escorted Ben and Bronte over
to the Korean Peninsula and
said the trip was an incredible
experience.
“Both students were
heavily involved in the
creation and development of
a mobile phone app package,
including marketing and a
business proposal for further
investment,” he said.
And even though Kim Jong
Un was testing nuclear warheads
across the border, Mr Leith said
there was no evidence of a tense
political climate whatsoever.
“It’s something South Korea
has been going through for 50
years, you couldn’t even tell
anything was going on.”
He said it was the heat that got
to them more than any threat
from North Korea.
WINNERS: After working 14-hour days, Ben Donaldson (left) and Bronte Perriam won best
creativity awards with support from deputy principal Nick Leith.
Instead Ben and Bronte
worked gruelling hours with
two students from Buwon Middle
School in Incheon.
Mr Leith said they added
the creative support to the
expertise of their Korean teammates.
“They definitely had to work
for the free trip, the work ethic
across the competition was really
high,” he said.
Ben and Bronte were working
14-hour days on their app, in
34 deg C heat – although most
of the time they were too busy to
notice the heat.
“I think how hard they had to
work caught the kids off guard
the most,” he said.
But with sweltering temperatures
and swollen limbs, Mr
Leith said they were glad to be
back on New Zealand soil.
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NEW REWI ALLEY BOOK
Thirty years after former
Christchurch Boys’ High School
student Rewi Alley’s death, a new
biography has been printed to
introduce his achievements to
younger generations. Written by his
niece, Philippa Reynolds, it details
the life of the writer, educator and
political activist who dedicated 60
years to humanitarian causes in
China. A copy of the biography was
presented to Chinese vice-president
Li Yuanchao at a ceremony in the
Great Hall of the People, Beijing.
CBHS will also hold a function in
December to celebrate the 120th
anniversary of Mr Alley’s birth.
CYCLEWAY CONSTRUCTION
Construction of the Northern
Line cycleway connection between
Harewood Rd and Restell St,
Papanui, has begun. The work will
end in mid-January. A new cycle
and pedestrian crossing will also be
created at the Harewood Rd railway.
FOOTBALL TOUR HELP
Burnside High School student Nova
Daly-Davies, 17, has been selected
in the New Zealand secondary
schools under-18 football team to
tour Singapore. Nova received $500
from the Fendalton-Waimairi-
Harewood Community Board to go
towards her trip from September 29
to October 6.
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