Southern View: October 17, 2017

8 Tuesday October 17 2017
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Culture and hygiene mix at Sacred Heart
SACRED HEART School pupils
in Addington were among the
first Christchurch children to get
their hands on innovative posters
that use humour to promote Te
Reo Maori.
Designed by commercial cleaning
company CrestClean, the
posters also contain important
health and hygiene messages.
Depicting cartoon characters,
the four unique designs immediately
struck a chord with the
school.
Principal Frank McManus
believes good resources in Te Reo
Maori are scarce and the posters
will be a big hit at the school.
The posters would also double
as a teaching aid in the school’s
Te Reo programme.
“Health and hygiene is huge.
We don’t always have the right
messages up around the school,”
said Mr McManus.
“These bold posters are fantastic
for that. If one child is doing it
right then they are likely to pass
it on to others and that’s great,”
he said.
Sets of the posters are available
free to all schools.
The poster initiative has been
hailed by the president of the
Te Akatea New Zealand Maori
Principals’ Association, Hoana
Pearson.
“For years, many of us in
Maori education have been hand
drawing and photocopying our
resources,” she said.
“To see things that are beautiful
and produced in colour for our
kids and our communities really
validates the beauty of Te Reo
and of them.”
POSTERS: Sacred Heart
School principal Frank
McManus receives the
posters from CrestClean
regional manager Gina
Holland. Looking on are pupils
Rachel Flutey, Sean Ferrer,
Angelo Bancale, and Te
Haeata Noble-Gray.
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SHOOTING STAR: Karlson Fernandez, 9,
dunking the ball with the help of Canterbury
Rams captain Marques Whippy.
Canterbury Rams camps a
slam dunk with holiday kids
DURING THE school holidays
Youthtown and Canterbury Rams
ran basketball camps for children
and teenagers.
The free camps for seven to
18-year-olds took place over three
days and at Linwood College and
Hillmorton High School.
Four camps were delivered to
120 primary, intermediate and
high school students.
LEARNING:
A free
basketball
clinic was run
by Youthtown
and the
Canterbury
Rams for
school
children
during the
holidays.
The camps were designed to
give young basketballers an opportunity
to sharpen their skills
and make new friends while being
mentored by Canterbury Rams
players
Lessons such as the importance
of dedication and discipline, being
a team player and a positive
contributor were all a part of the
programme.