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PEGASUS POST Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi Tuesday <strong>November</strong> <strong>28</strong> <strong>2017</strong> 17 Your Local Views Readers respond to last week’s story about the Central New Brighton School site potentially going on the market to private investors Janice Belgrave – Similar issue with the Aranui School site on Breezes Rd. It is about to be demolished, and the is a magnificent community hall on site that needs to be saved. Community groups are trying to save it, but why the heck should they have to go to so much trouble? It should never be considered to be bulldozed, but these decisions were made by the previous Government and are difficult to turn over. So frustrating when perfectly good buildings are lost for no reason. Leah Young – I always knew this was the reason Central New Brighton School closed. The Government can get more money by selling the land than having a school on the site. Carolyn Stirling – The Government could turn these classrooms into senior studio apartments. My friend lives in a converted school in the United States. Kimberley Borell – And yet my grandsons had to move schools three times because of this school closing. Helen Young – Leave this hall alone. As a community person I’d like to see this stay in the community and not be sold off to developers. As it is, they took away the pool from the community which they had no right to do as this was a community asset as well. Our community needs to keep this as they closed the school which did not need to be done as they did not loose as many students as they clamed they did. The South New Brighton School should have been closed as they lost a lot more students from South New Brighton, Southshore and Bexley as that was where most of their students moved from. Stop taking away things from the New Brighton area, we have had enough of this happening to us. Marie Graham – Should definitely keep the hall . . . the Roy Stokes New Brighton Community Hall. • By Sophie Cornish A COMBINATION of community groups are helping low decile pupils get the school camp experience. Year 5 and 6 pupils at Linwood North School recently went on camp to Living Springs with 50 per cent of their fees paid for. The Aorangi Sponsorship Programme coupled with Mitre 10 and Christchurch Girls’ High School’s Interact group raised funds to get the pupils to the camp. The sponsorship programme was set up last year and aims to get underprivileged children an outdoor education experience. Linwood North School principal Sandra Smith said it’s not common for her pupils to go to camp and they are only able to if community funding is available. “The children that went had an amazing time. The thing that stood out for the teachers was that the children who usually find school challenging, really shone and blossomed at camp and took on the challenges,” said Ms Smith. Living Springs CEO Denis Aldridge said that 50 per cent of schools going to the camp are decile 9 and 10. Schools that are decile 1,2,3 and 4 combined only make up 16 Begin a career, in the industry of your choice Local News Now Fire rages, homes at risk Getting kids to camp CAMP FUN: Linwood North School pupils Kaylee Lochrie (left) and Hannah Fraser at Living Springs. per cent. “That’s the very schools who need to be here,” said Mr Aldridge. Some “business clusters” are now sticking with the schools long term and sponsoring camps every year, said Mr Aldridge. Last year, six low decile schools were able to attend the camp from community sponsorship. The programme is aiming for eight schools next year. The camps are based on outdoor adventure learning programmes which include low ropes courses, tree climbing, farm visits and biking. “It gets them out of their comfort zone, gets them working together and gets them in a wholesome green environment,” said Mr Aldridge. 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