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Tuesday <strong>July</strong> <strong>25</strong> <strong>2017</strong> 7<br />
Linwood<br />
College<br />
PERSONALISED<br />
PATHWAYS<br />
TO SUCCESS<br />
2018 Student Leaders: 1st Row: Vai Mariner, Crystal Mehlhopt, Jenna Hollis, Leeah Mullany, Sarah Moana Wooff-Smyth<br />
2nd Row: Eden Pettigrew, Adonai Schwenke, Anaru Gray, Cole Barrie<br />
3rd Row: Havana Aaifou, Thomas McHutchison, Sapana Kharal, William Paulden, Sean Robertson-Wright, Makayla Austin<br />
Enrolling now for 2018<br />
Rebuild Update from the Principal<br />
Major Production <strong>2017</strong> ‘Wolfstock’<br />
Kia ora koutou. Talofa. Kia Orana. Malo<br />
e lelei. Bula. Fakaalofaatu. Namaste<br />
and Kumusta. Greetings to our<br />
Community.<br />
I am very pleased to inform our<br />
community of two important decisions<br />
regarding our rebuild process.<br />
The school’s master-planning<br />
designers have been announced. This<br />
is the firm Architectus and we are very<br />
positive about this.<br />
www.architectus.co.nz<br />
Architectus has completed many<br />
school rebuilds and other major<br />
projects, including in Christchurch the<br />
Knowledge Centre (the Central Library)<br />
and the Bus Exchange. The lead<br />
person for our rebuild at Architectus<br />
is Carsten Auer. Carsten leads the<br />
Christchurch Architectus team. He is<br />
a Redcliffs resident and is committed<br />
to the concepts of community and<br />
inclusion which came through strongly<br />
in Architectus's submission.<br />
In Term 2, 2019 Linwood College will<br />
shift off-site for the duration of our<br />
rebuild to what will then be the former<br />
Avonside Girls’ High site. The site will<br />
be available as AGHS (and Shirley BHS)<br />
will be on their new site, formerly QE2<br />
Park. This is a very good step for us,<br />
for while it has its own processes to<br />
work through, there are three major<br />
positives:<br />
1. LC students and staff will not<br />
experience the difficult period of rebuild<br />
disruption. The time and energy<br />
that otherwise would have gone to<br />
ensuring learning was not affected<br />
can now be used more positively.<br />
2. The LC demolition and building<br />
processes start with an unoccupied<br />
site and so can operate in a single<br />
stage. This means that a year<br />
comes off the rebuild timeline so the<br />
timeline we are looking at now is 18<br />
months to two years.<br />
3. With this considerable timesaving<br />
and there being no need<br />
for relocatables to shift us around<br />
in, there is a financial saving of<br />
approximately $1 million. This money<br />
does not leave the budget so is used<br />
to enhance what we will be getting.<br />
The Ministry of Education will ensure<br />
that LC has all the support that we<br />
need during our temporary relocation,<br />
including a transport plan for our<br />
students to the new site. We will be<br />
exploring bussing options to get our<br />
students there. The MoE appoints<br />
a relocation manager and employs<br />
specialist movers skilled at shifting a<br />
school, everything from basketballs to<br />
hydrochloric acid.<br />
The AGHS site is safe. The buildings<br />
are mainly relocatable classrooms.<br />
AGHS has operated very successfully<br />
in them with a full academic and<br />
social curriculum. About half of the<br />
relocatables were brought in postearthquake<br />
so they are modern and<br />
warm. In fact, they are of better quality<br />
than our present LC classrooms.<br />
The site is close to us. I have timed my<br />
last two drives there: 3 min 50 sec and<br />
4 min 10 sec, just 2.2 kilometres from<br />
the LC front gate to the AGHS front<br />
gate.<br />
While the rebuild of Linwood College is<br />
well overdue, we are also aware that<br />
the demolition of the old school will<br />
bring mixed feelings for some. And<br />
this makes sense as a school’s physical<br />
fabric contains many memories and<br />
key moments in people’s lives. How<br />
we close and honour this chapter in our<br />
school’s history, while we open another,<br />
is important to us and already is being<br />
given due attention.<br />
Nga mihi nui to our community as the<br />
positive activity of the year continues. I<br />
am always keen to meet people if any<br />
member of the community wishes to<br />
talk to me about anything. My door is<br />
open.<br />
Richard Edmundson<br />
Tumuaki-Principal<br />
The moon is high and all is quiet.<br />
Excitement is rising. The night is still.<br />
This night, 2nd August will be the<br />
opening night of Linwood College’s<br />
<strong>2017</strong> major production ‘Wolfstock’.<br />
This is a maverick musical written by<br />
Mary McMahan with music by Donald<br />
Woodward.<br />
A ‘Grease’ ‘Teenwolf’ mash-up with<br />
eccentric characters, great one-liners<br />
and the odd motor bike - this fun story<br />
along with the compulsory dancing and<br />
singing has all the makings for a fun,<br />
family-friendly show.<br />
The new Performing Arts learning<br />
team of Sam Boyce da Cruz and<br />
Ben Russell are bringing life back<br />
to the Linwood College productions<br />
after a hiatus. The cast of this year’s<br />
production celebrates everything that<br />
is great about being part of a Year<br />
7 - 13 school with cast and musicians<br />
involved spanning across all age<br />
groups, collaborating and working<br />
together to present this show.<br />
Community Connections<br />
Students from Linwood North<br />
Primary School visited during Linwood<br />
College’s Taster Afternoon this month.<br />
They were treated to a scene from the<br />
upcoming Linwood College musical<br />
WOLFSTOCK as well as engaging<br />
science experiments.<br />
Linwood College • Phone: 982-0100 • Email: office@linwoodcollege.school.nz • www.linwoodcollege.school.nz<br />
The show will have a three night run<br />
from 1 - 3 August. Tickets will be<br />
available at the College’s Payment<br />
Office from Term 3. We look forward to<br />
seeing you there.<br />
Heathcote Valley School students<br />
investigate science during their lesson<br />
with Helen Mora, Head of the Science<br />
Department.<br />
Science, mathematics and debating<br />
lessons taught at the College to<br />
local primary school students are<br />
strengthening ties with the community.<br />
Regional Pool Championship Contenders<br />
Kane Tahu, Justin<br />
Howland, Shayden<br />
McKenzie and Ben<br />
Broomhall recently made<br />
it into the regional ‘Pool for<br />
Schools’ championships<br />
following trials earlier this<br />
month at the Cashmere<br />
Working Men’s Club.