Southern View: May 16, 2017

8 Tuesday May 16 2017
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City teens experience country life
SEVEN CITY teenagers spent a
week experiencing country life.
The Hillmorton, Cashmere and
Riccarton High School pupils
took part in Farm Experience, a
programme designed to give the
pupils the chance to spend a week
living with a farming family and
learning about life on the land
and food production.
Cashmere year 10 pupil Bella
Howe stayed at Margaret and
Ross Manson’s beef finishing
and sheep property south-west of
Hororata for her week and spent
her time vaccinating, drenching
and tagging stock, helping out
with shearing along with other
day-to-day tasks.
She said had not spent a lot of
time on a farm before and had
not expected so much practical
work.
“I really didn’t realise all of the
things that needed to happen and
all of the decisions that need to be
made on-farm every day.”
Bella said the programme had
been a fantastic experience and
had opened her eyes to the career
possibilities in the agricultural
sector.
“It was so much fun and I’m so
glad I did it.”
After their week on the farm
the pupils came together on the
last day and were taken on a field
trip to a range of mid-Canterbury
agricultural companies.
The programme was an initiative
by the Rabobank’s client
council.
FARM LIFE: Riccarton High School pupil Jack
Goodgame, host farm equity partner and farm
manager Rodney Booth, Cashmere High School
pupil Bella Howe and host family Rowen and
Margaret Manson spent the week working together
on the farm as the students took part in a Farm
Experience programme.
COUNTRY
EXPERIENCE:
The seven
Farm
Experience
programme
students (from
left) – Emelia
Cox, Danni
Kennedy,
Bella Howe,
Kasey Hillary,
Matthew
Beuzenberg,
Jessica Lee
and Jack
Goodgame
spent a week
learning about
what is was
like to live
and work on a
farm. ​
SOUTHERN VIEW
SCHOOLS
Cashmere High School pupils Sam Gibbs (timpani),
Sabine Grey (clarinet), Tom Fastier (double bass),
Aiyana Manson-King (tuba) and Briana Steven
(percussion) relished their opportunity to work
alongside Australian conductor Natalia Raspopova
as they took part in rehearsals with the New Zealand
Secondary Schools Symphony Orchestra. The pupils
appreciated the chance to perform in the Charles
Luney Auditorium, school arts co-ordinator Euan
Quaid said. ​
Christchurch Girls’ High School’s year 10 science
classes recently visited the engineering department
at Canterbury University. The students were taken
to the new structural engineering lab and were
shown how buildings can be designed to withstand
earthquakes.
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