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Tuesday <strong>January</strong> PEGASUS <strong>17</strong> 20<strong>17</strong> POST<br />

25<br />

South New Brighton<br />

School’s Got Talent<br />

Villa Maria College<br />

20<strong>17</strong> edition<br />

Dance Crew, from left to right: Morgan Bailey, Ella Timbrell, Molly Chalmers and Chloe Timbrell.<br />

One of the great things about our school<br />

is that it is a full primary (Year 1-8). This<br />

means that our students can stay with the<br />

same group of friends and teachers until<br />

high school and get to take on a lot of<br />

areas of responsibility around the school.<br />

This year we had a large group of Year 8<br />

Prefects who have buddied up with new<br />

entrants, visited our local kindergarten,<br />

led assemblies, arranged a staff vs. Year<br />

8’s basketball tournament and worked in<br />

the office at lunchtimes to give our hardworking<br />

office staff a break.<br />

We also have so many talented students<br />

at SNBS! For the second year in a row,<br />

our school has held an SNBS’s Got Talent<br />

Show to showcase this talent. This is<br />

another one of the things that our Prefect<br />

group has helped to organise.<br />

69 of our Year 5-8 students gave up<br />

their morning teas and lunchtimes to<br />

audition for their place in the Semi Finals.<br />

There were Solo and Group categories<br />

of Singing, Dance, Entertainment and<br />

Instrumental. All of this could not have<br />

happened without our dedicated<br />

teachers, who gave up their valuable time<br />

to judge and decide who would make<br />

it through to the finals. Leading into the<br />

final, the competition was fierce. The 8<br />

finalists performed stunningly in front<br />

of the whole school at our Whanau Hui.<br />

It was an intensely difficult decision for<br />

our judges, Tom and Holly from Original<br />

Scripts Theatre School. They decided<br />

that the overall winner was ‘Dance Crew’,<br />

dancing to “It’s the Hard Knock Life”<br />

from the musical Annie, and they won a<br />

$10 subway voucher (a special thanks to<br />

Subway Ferrymead for donating these)<br />

and Miss Gill, our Deputy Principal and<br />

organiser of SNBS’s Got Talent, took<br />

them out for lunch. Every participant<br />

was awarded a certificate at our school<br />

Whanau Hui.<br />

Written by Grace Ward, Year 8 student<br />

and SNBS Prefect<br />

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Ad Number: FG9244<br />

Artwork: FG9244<br />

Size: 9x2 School opens<br />

Description: SHIRLEY INTERMEDIATE 9am, Monday<br />

Account: 30th <strong>January</strong>.<br />

Colour: F<br />

Filename: FG9244<br />

New students assemble on grass<br />

inside North Parade gate.<br />

(In music room if wet).<br />

Year 8 assemble in hall<br />

for powhiri.<br />

Note: Uniform sunhats<br />

compulsory Term1<br />

Phone: 03 385 2229<br />

Fax: 03 385 2335<br />

www.sis.school.nz<br />

office@sis.school.nz<br />

Villa Maria College is a state integrated<br />

Catholic secondary school for girls<br />

in Years 7 – 13. The foundation for<br />

everything we do is our Catholic faith,<br />

which we express through our Mercy<br />

charism.<br />

We aim to offer spiritual formation and<br />

pastoral care in the tradition of Catherine<br />

McAuley, and the Sisters of Mercy who<br />

founded the College in 1918.<br />

Our Mission is to: “Empower each young<br />

woman to determine her potential, live<br />

Gospel values, confidently embrace lifelong<br />

learning and as a Mercy woman be<br />

inspired to make a difference”.<br />

We have a proud academic history,<br />

annually achieving academic results<br />

which are among the best in the country.<br />

Students set high goals and the College<br />

supports them in striving for excellence.<br />

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Ad Number: FG9180<br />

Artwork: FG9180<br />

Size: 18x4<br />

Description: VILLA MARIA COLLEGE<br />

Account: School Open Days<br />

Colour: F<br />

Filename: FG9180<br />

Girls from Villa Maria<br />

College working on<br />

their Science project.<br />

Our most recent NCEA results included<br />

pass rates of 98.9% at Level 1, 96.9% at<br />

Level 2 and 92.5% at Level 3.<br />

Villa Maria College offers many sporting<br />

opportunities, our Sports Director coordinates<br />

over 30 sports for girls to<br />

choose from. It’s not surprising that we<br />

have extremely high participation levels<br />

along with impressive regional and<br />

national successes!<br />

The cultural life of the College is also<br />

filled with extensive musical and choral<br />

opportunities along with bi-annual<br />

Productions and Stage Challenge<br />

entries.<br />

We invite you to visit our Open Day on<br />

16 May, 20<strong>17</strong> and see for yourself our<br />

special character. You will also find a<br />

wealth of information on our website –<br />

www.villa.school.nz<br />

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Ad Number: FG9295<br />

Artwork: FG9295<br />

Size: 9x2<br />

Description: SOUTH NEW BRIGHTON<br />

Estuary Road • South New Brighton<br />

SCHOOL<br />

Christchurch 8062<br />

Account: Telephone Back To 388-9426 School• Fax 388-1810<br />

Colour: F www.snbs.school.nz<br />

Filename: Our FG9295 vision: To be a community<br />

of learners who Create, Achieve,<br />

Relate and Engage.<br />

Our start date will be Wednesday 1st February<br />

Enrolments taken from Monday 30th <strong>January</strong><br />

To contact us for further information<br />

ph 388 9426 or email: admin@snbs.school.nz<br />

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Ad Number: FG9184<br />

Artwork: FG9184<br />

Size: 9x2<br />

Description: WAIRAKEI SCHOOL<br />

Account: School Open Days<br />

Colour: F<br />

Filename: FG9184<br />

At Wairakei School we aspire to be Absolutely<br />

Brilliant because:<br />

• We work hard<br />

• We think<br />

• We communicate effectively<br />

• We care<br />

• We make meaningful connections<br />

Our school year starts for children on Tuesday 31st<br />

<strong>January</strong>. The office is open for enquiries from Monday<br />

23rd <strong>January</strong>. We look forward to seeing you and<br />

showing you around our absolutely brilliant school.<br />

250 Wairakei Rd, Bryndwr<br />

Phone: 351-8033<br />

www.wairakeichch.school.nz<br />

office@wairakeichch.school.nz

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