Pegasus Post: June 14, 2016

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• By Fraser Walker-Pearce
Tuesday June 14 2016
Pupils get cycle tracks
RAWHITI SCHOOL has
started a possible $120,000
project, which includes three
tracks and 50 new bikes.
Rawhiti has begun a bikes
in schools programme, which
could see a maximum of three
new tracks installed at the
school, as well as 50 bikes and
helmets, kept safely in a storage
shed.
The only catch is the school
has already used up its Ministry
of Education capital funding,
which other schools around the
country have used to cover most
of the project costs.
Therefore, Rawhiti has had
to be more creative with their
fundraising.
Deputy principal Paul
Wilkinson said after good
feedback from the community
about what challenges their
pupils faced getting to and from
school, they decided this was
the best option.
“We’re really excited to be able
to put together this package of
bikes and tracks for the community
and pupils . . . we heard
from the parents that the roads
aren’t safe, combined with the
changes in road works in the
area, and cones everywhere,
that parents didn’t feel comfortable
sending their kids to school
on bikes,” he said.
The school has received a
WORK IN PROGRESS: Rawhiti School deputy principal
Paul Wilkinson and Burwood-Pegasus Community Board
chairwoman Andrea Cummings show where the loop track will
go.
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN
$50,000 anonymous donation,
a $10,000 grant from Rawhiti
Sport Incorporated, and last
week it received a further
$10,000 from the Burwood-
Pegasus Community Board.
The school board has also
contributed $20,000 to the
overall cost.
This means if the school
wants to build all three tracks,
it only has to raise about
$20,000.
The three possible tracks the
school could build are a mini
BMX or ‘pump’ track, a skills
track, including see-saws and
bridges, as well as a 440m track
circling the school.
The loop track would be 440m
in length, and 2m wide, and will
be built on site.
PASSIONATE performances,
talented singers and community
markets were all features of the
recent Matariki east-side event.
The event was held on
Thursday and
Friday evening
last week at
Aranui High
School.
There
were market
stalls in the
afternoon, and
performance art
in the evenings.
The event was
particularly special as it will be
the last time that seven eastern
schools collaborated on the
project.
Aranui High School hosted
St James, Aranui Primary,
Avondale, Queenspark, Wainoni,
and Rawhiti schools over the two
days, which was centred around
the celebration of the schools’
final event.
Both Aranui schools, Avondale
and Wainoni schools will all
close at the end of the year to
make way for the new Haeata
Community Campus super
school, which is currently being
built on the site of Aranui High.
SCHOOLS
PEGASUS POST
Schools mark
Maori New Year
Aranui High head of Maori
department Matua Te Iwingaro
Wairoa (left) said it’s a time
of celebration for the whole
community.
“It’s a time for celebration, for
whanau and community to come
and watch their children perform
at Aranui High School, and to
celebrate Matariki.
“Each school is represented by
a star on our shirts,” he said.
Former Aranui High music
and drama students joined
in with current pupils and
students, as did members of the
community for performances.
GETTING READY: Stalls being
set up in preparation for
Matariki celebrations.
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Community event opens doors to Haeata
Jasper Pelayo, who
will be attending
Haeata Community
Campus in 2017
For Year Eight student Jasper Pelayo, the new
Haeata Community Campus represents an
opportunity to learn in state-of-the-art facilities
and meet new people.
“I am looking forward to more students to work
together and cooperate with, new classrooms
and buildings and facilities like the theatre,” says
Jasper, who currently attends Aranui Primary.
Jasper will be among the 900 students
attending Haeata when it opens its doors in
term one of 2017.
A community information evening is being held
on Wednesday night (15 June) to give people
the chance to learn more about the innovative
new school and speak directly with members
of the Senior Leadership Team. This is being held at the Aranui Wainoni
Community Centre on Hampshire Street from 6.00pm.
Catering for students in Years 1-13, Haeata is currently being built on the
Aranui High School site. It will combine pupils from the four schools that
are closing in eastern Christchurch – Aranui Primary, Wainoni Primary,
Avondale Primary and Aranui High School – as well as welcoming new
students from the local community.
Haeata Community Campus principal Andy Kai Fong encourages people
to attend the information evening to see first hand what the new school will
offer and get answers to any questions they may have.
“This is a great opportunity to speak directly with the Senior Leadership
Team, myself included, about the various opportunities at Haeata and
what the new school can offer your child and family/whānau,” says Andy.
“Architectural plans will be available for viewing alongside floor plans of
the buildings to help our parents, students and the community familiarise
themselves with the new spaces.”
Haeata represents a new start for the east and will provide significant
opportunities for students and the wider community, says Andy.
“This purpose-built campus will be a place of learning for the whole
community, where identity, culture and language are celebrated and
strengthened.
“Families can be confident that their children will have access to quality
and innovative education that provides a strong foundation for their future.
We can’t wait to welcome our first students in 2017.”
Haeata Community Campus
information evening
When: Wednesday 15 June, 6.00pm - 7:30pm
Where: Aranui Wainoni Community Centre,
31 Hampshire Street, Aranui
For more information please contact Deb Palmer on
(03) 929 0509 or visit www.haeata.school.nz
Artist’s impression of the new Haeata Community Campus