Western News: May 03, 2016

WESTERN NEWS Tuesday May 3 2016 11
Honouring ANZACs at Halswell
Hillmorton High School
students attended a special
service to mark Anzac Day.
The service was held at the
Halswell Domain Memorial
and the students were joined
by other schools including
Cashmere High, Oaklands and
Aidanfield Christan College.
Deputy principal Eleanor Sims
said Hillmorton students had the
honour of laying a wreath.
The service was organised
for the Templeton Returned
And Services Association in
conjunction with the Halswell
Residents’ Association, The
Halswell & District Lions Club
and the Riccarton-Wigram
Community Board.
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REMEMBERANCE: Hillmorton High School
students Cha’nel Kaa-Luke, Santiago Blanco,
Kirsty English and Aleesha King attending a
special Anzac Service held at Halswell Domain. ​
COMMEMORATION: Members of the
community in Halswell gather to remember.
BLESSING: Barnadoes chief executive Jeff Sanders and Ministry of
Education’s Southern region early childhood education manager
Coralanne Child digging the land with local iwi and Pasifika community
group members gathered for the event.
Blessing service for
new learning centre
Barnardos Kidstart Childcare
has held a special service
to bless the beginning of
construction for a new building
opening in Hornby.
Hornby Primary School will
be getting a brand new Pasifika
early learning centre in July.
The blessing of the site for
construction to begin was held
last Friday.
Early learning centre’s South
Island senior administrator
Kirsty Eastwick said the new
centre will be a learning space
that reflects and fosters children’s
strong sense of identity,
language and culture.
She said the centre will mark
the beginning of a new endeavour
for the Pasifika community.
Members from the community
including local iwi, Pasifika
community group members and
Wigram MP Megan Woods attended
the event.
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