Pegasus Post: November 14, 2017

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ENJOYMENT: Dom Hayden (left) and Patrick Maslen finish on basket six at the Jellie Park
course, the only other course in Christchurch. A new nine-hole course will be trialled at
Queenspark Reserve.
Disc golf course ready
to launch in Queenspark
• By Sophie Cornish
A NINE-HOLE disc golf course
will be trialled at Queenspark
Reserve and parts of it may be
open before Christmas.
Parklands Residents’ Association
chairman David Baines
is pleased to have the support
from the Coastal-Burwood
Community Board, which approved
the course at its meeting
last week, pending advice from
the city council parks unit.
“Now the real work begins, it’s
been a long time to get to this
stage,” said Mr Baines.
Haeata students learn about healthy relationships
• By Sophie Cornish
HAEATA Community Campus
is the latest school to roll out the
‘Loves-Me-Not’ programme to
students.
The programme, which is
a part of the Sophie Elliott
Foundation, is designed to
discuss and teach the importance
of healthy relationships.
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The residents’ association is
now working with the Christchurch
Disc Golf Association to
establish the course, beginning
with ordering the equipment.
It hopes to have at least part of
the course open by Christmas.
“It will really be dependent on
the timing of the supply of the
equipment, because they have to
manufacturer the baskets,” said
Mr Baines.
A promotional event will take
place at Christmas in the Park
on December 10.
A temporary basket will be
available for people to practice
by her former boyfriend and
university tutor, Clayton
Weatherston, in 2008.
The foundation aims to lower
the levels of domestic violence
through education.
In 2013, the foundation
partnered with police and the
Ministry of Social Development
to develop Loves-Me-Not, a oneday
workshop targeted at year 12
students.
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on and find out more information
about where the new course
will be.
There is currently one other
course in Christchurch at Jellie
Park.
It is unsure when the Parklands
course may get a permanent
status.
“There is a little bit of uncertainty
even within the council
ranks about how they grant permission,
whether it’s a decision
they vote on or whether there is
a license granted to use the park
for a particular purpose,” said
Mr Baines.
School community officer Matt
Swaney believes the course is
effective for youths at this age.
“They have a level of maturity
in terms of they can take the
information that’s been given and
process it in a way that makes
sense. As well as the fact that
people at that age are getting into
relationships or will be soon, so
that information is relevant to
them.”
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PUPILS AT Marshland School
have been rewarded with
$1500 for their scooter shelter
engineering concept.
The engineering team of 14
pupils, including teachers Dave
Sutherland and Bex Osborn, were
second equal in the junior section
of the 2017 Transpower Neighbourhood
Engineers Awards.
They will be presented with a
cheque of $1500 which will go
towards new STEM (science,
technology, engineering and
maths) equipment for the school
to build up their resources in this
area.
Mr Sutherland said it was the
first time the school had entered
the nationwide competition and
year 5-8 pupils who had shown
an interest and ability in engineering
were chosen.
“We try to look for authentic
learning experiences for our
pupils, so some real life problemsolving
is ideal,” said Mr Sutherland.
Pupils worked with an engineer
who was assigned by the
awards programme to identify a
problem in the community and
work to find a resolution.
The pupils noted that during
school time, their scooters were
left out uncovered by the elements
and proposed the idea of a
The programme explores
qualities of good relationships,
how to recognise early signs of
abuse, understanding sexual
consent, critical thinking about
who is advantaged by societal
myths, how to be an active
bystander and how to take action
for change.
The workshop is delivered by
three facilitators who are trained
by the police, including one
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Designs were created, and
then models were tested with the
help of engineer Saxon Gordon
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The resources were then
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Mr Sutherland said the school
will participate in the awards
next year.
“It was really beneficial for
the kids. When you can actually
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way through to the end, it’s really
valuable,” he said.
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per class. It begins with a 10min
video introduced by Nigel Latta,
a well-known clinical
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