Southern View: June 28, 2016

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SECONDARY SCHOOL ACHIEVERSSELECTION
SECONDARY SCHOOL SELECTION
WOOLSTON Brass are
heading off to Napier to
compete in a national
band championship next
month.
This is not the first time
the band has competed in
the National Brass Band
Championships. They’ve
won the competition 24
times since 1967.
As part of a warm-up to
the competition Woolston
Brass are hosting a concert
on Sunday to showcase
their talent and to celebrate
their 125th birthday.
Part of celebrations will
also include releasing their
sixth album.
Woolston Brass was
established in 1891 and
over the years they have
competed in numerous
competitions, performed
hundreds of times and
released five albums.
The latest album titled
The Woolstonian will go
on pre-sale at the concert.
It features classical pieces
such as Jason Katsikaris
and the Leyland Band’s
Visions of Kolkhis. The
album will also include
a march written by New
Zealand composer Kenneth
Young who wrote it
especially for the album.
“It is a huge honour for
me to be asked to write a
march for the band I grew
up playing in which has
given me so much musical
pleasure,” Mr Young said.
The album was funded
by a Boosted Campaign,
which helps artist and
groups raise money
through public funding
and donors.
Over two and a half
months the band prepared
to record the album,
practising two nights a
week. The 10 track CD
was recorded over one
weekend at Orange Studio
in Ferrymead.
Marketing and sponsorship
manager and member
of the band Caroline
PERFORMERS:
Woolston Brass
are off to Napier
to compete
in the New
Zealand National
Brass Band
Championships
next month.
National championships
for Woolston Brass
Blackmore said the group
is ‘very grateful’ to everyone
that has donated towards
making the album
come together.
“The Woolstonian CD
will reflect Woolston
Brass 2016 and its new
era in history with Tyme
Masters,” she said.
Tyme Masters was
appointed as the music
director of the band last
year.
The album will be available
from next month, but
an official date is yet to be
confirmed.
The concert will feature
music the band will play
before they head to the
National Brass Band
Championships in Napier
next month.
The concert is being
held at the Celebration
Events Centre in Wainoni
on Sunday at 4pm.
Tickets can be purchased
from www.dashtickets.
co.nz
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Digital Technologies at
Mairehau High School
Digital Technologies Design, and Visual
Communication and Workshop Materials
are the learning teams that are involved in
the initial stages of a project to build two
weather stations in separate locations.
The first challenge for term one was
to use the project plan for the school’s
STEM project as a basis to design a Year
11 Digital Technologies course that met
the individual needs of the students,
curriculum delivery requirements and
NCEA assessment requirements. It’s a
popular course, with enthusiasm for it
fuelled by the work students do in this
learning area in the junior school.
The students opting for this course
have a range of skills and abilities.
Individual courses were designed to
establish the base skills needed to begin
the construction, and programming of
the electronic system that will measure,
record and display weather data.
The main emphasis for the first term
was to establish a suitable level of coding
skills in all the students. The learning
progress has enabled all students to be in
a position to participate directly in the
coding of the electronic recording system
for the Weather Stations.
Some students are operating at the
higher skill level and they will write the
code to drive the dynamic data driven
website that will display the data. These
students will be assessed against Level 2
NCEA standards.
Electronic systems have been the
focus of learning and assessment this
term. Arduino boards have been used
to construct small to medium sized
projects. These projects enable students to
understand the electronic componentry
needed in the construction of the weather
stations.
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4WD vehicle remotely.
Year 12 student Zion Phillips coding and
constructing a 4WD drive vehicle.
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them to navigate their 4WD vehicle remotely.
constructing a
STAR PUPIL: Barrington Kip McGrath has awarded Ben Crisp as the Star of
the Month. His tutors said he works hard and is determined to extend his
knowledge and he is always polite, friendly and helpful. Ben’s tutors went
on to say he has a very bright future ahead of him.