Pegasus Post: February 13, 2018

6 Tuesday February 13 2018
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Fire rages, homes at risk
SBHS, Avonside
leaders named
Schools are back in full swing, meaning new head girls and
boys have been selected to lead their classmates. Here’s
what the year has in store for some of the new leaders
Shirley Boys’ High School
Avonside Girls’ High School
BIG BUBBLES: Isabel Vickers had fun blowing bubbles at the annual I Love New Brighton
event on Waitangi Day.
PHOTOS: BEN FAIRWEATHER
Celebrate Brighton
GAMES: Faerie and fashion
designer Lily Peas Blossom
helps create some magic
with bubbles.
PAINTED: Ataahua, 5, had
her face painted.
•Jeremy Wright is the head boy
of Shirley Boys’ High for 2018. He
will chair the school council and
represent his school in the highest
levels of sport and cultural
activity.
Jeremy is strong academically
and a highlight
for him and
his school this
year will be his
trip to France
in July.
In 2017, he
was selected as
a New Zealand
ambassador
for a Following Jeremy Wright
Family Footsteps
trip to France in 2018.
The trip and the work he will
do on it, will commemorate the
friendship which developed between
France and New Zealand
during World War 1.
HEAD GIRLS: Emma van Grinsven (left) and
Danielle Knight will lead Avonside Girls’
High students.
•Emma van Grinsven is
honoured to be the head girl at
Avonside Girls’ High School.
The subjects she enjoys at
school include graphics and
design. Emma enjoys how
both subjects use self-directed
learning, and she is able to add
her own personal touch to the
projects she undertakes.
Emma likes to keep herself
busy, which is why she gets
involves in extra-curricular
activities such as rowing. This
year will bring great excitement,
she said, and she looks forward
to seeing what can be achieved.
•Danielle Knight is delighted to
be Avonside Girls’ High School’s
deputy head girl for 2018.
Her favourite subjects are
physical education, accounting
and chemistry.
Throughout her years at
Avonside she has been involved
in many school
sports teams and
groups.
To name a few,
she takes part in
Z-club, Students
Against Dangerous
Driving, netball and
volleyball.
Through these
sports and groups
Danielle has met
many like-minded
girls and has
enjoyed representing
Avonside at various
tournaments.
Centre on move to MacFarlane Park
• By Sophie Cornish
RELOCATED: This building,
donated by the Lions Clubs
International Foundation,
was set to be relocated to
MacFarlane Park yesterday
in order to be used by the
Shirley Community Trust.
A NEW building for the Shirley
Community Trust was scheduled
to be relocated to MacFarlane
Park yesterday.
The building, which has a large
meeting room, two offices, a
kitchen and toilets, was donated
to the city by the Lions Clubs
International Foundation following
the February 22, 2011, earthquake.
It was previously used as
the St Albans Community Centre
on Colombo St.
There were some delays to the
process as the city council initially
estimated the cost to relocate
the building would be $100,000.
However, more detailed planning
revealed it would cost $225,000.
The initial $100,000 was approved
through the city council’s
Annual Plan.
An additional $125,000 was fast
tracked for the move.
The trust has been mainly operating
out of a small building at
MacFarlane Park for 16 years.
Trust manager Jane Mitchell
said the new building is a “very
exciting” prospect.
“We will still be operating
out of the smaller building, but
now there will be room for other
things to happen . . . it also means
other groups can come into the
community centre, which is
great,” said Mrs Mitchell.
Trust chairman Graeme Mitchell
said it was “very grateful” to
the city council and Lions club
for gifting the building.
The trust creates and facilitates
community meals, after school
programmes, touch rugby, food
banks, parenting courses, numeracy
and literacy classes, and
youth workers in local schools.
Work on site isn’t expected to
be completed until June 28.
This will include landscaping,
electrical, plumbing and a small
car park. The building will be
officially handed over to the trust
on June 29.