Pegasus Post: September 20, 2016

PEGASUS POST Tuesday September 20 2016 15
Mairehau
high School
Encouraging ExcEllEncE in our community
Outdoor
Education
on Tuesday 7 June, the Senior outdoor education
class embarked on an overnight adventure to Mt
oxford. Faced with well-below-zero temperatures,
the first thing on the agenda was to light a bonfire
to keep us toasty – and the marshmallows of
course!
For dinner, students cooked spuds on the open
fire – some were boiled, some were baked, and
some made fries.
after a chilly night in the tents, we were up
at 5.30am for bacon, eggs, spaghetti and hot
chocolate before we attempted to climb Mt
oxford. By 8am, we were an hour into the climb
and we had the most eerily warm weather – and
we were stripping down the layers of clothing –
even though we were standing in a few inches of
snow. We made it half way up, and then Year 12
student Dallas had a run-in with a tree (literally),
and we decided it was best to make the tramp
down to camp. By this stage we were in a foot
of beautiful powdery snow – so we had an epic
snow fight before we departed. although we
were disappointed we could not continue to the
summit, we had an awesome time and we look
forward to our next adventure.
Popstars - The 90’s Musical
after 3 months of rehearsals, our drama production for
2016, ‘PoPSTarS – the 90’s musical’ was presented to
enthusiastic and welcoming audiences, both in the
morning matinee and evening performances.
The cast was brilliant, with a few new talents emerging
and our ‘seasoned professionals’ stole the show with
fantastic singing and acting.
The production was very well supported by the
community. Thank you to everyone who was involved.
Year 12 students pitch in to
help Christchurch community
an area of wetland damaged by fire in 2014 was restored to its former glory with help from Mairehau
high School students and the university of canterbury Volunteer army (SVa). in 2014, vandals drove a car
into halswell Quarry, destroying an area of native planting before setting fire to a section of boardwalk.
in March, Year 12 students Shilah Norman, Kodie North, and Madi Maxwell-Mcginn, alongside the uc
SVa, took on the restoration project as part of the SVa’s uc volunteer programme, and in the space
of a few hours transformed the wetland area. The uc programme encourages secondary students to
become leaders in their communities through volunteering while being mentored by SVa members.
Despite it being a rainy day the girls,
and other students from christchurch
schools, arrived eager to get to
work. one crew set about rebuilding
the damaged boardwalk, another
group cleared around young native
plantings and another group used
bark mulch to restore the pathway.
christchurch city council park rangers
Nigel Morritt and robbie hewson
worked alongside the volunteers.
“The students were full of energy
and enthusiasm for the project and
were a credit to their schools and the
organization”, they said.
Mairehau High School, Hills Road, Christchurch P. 385 3145 F. 385 3143 admin@mairehau.school.nz www.mairehau.school.nz