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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
Thursday <strong>April</strong> <strong>19</strong> <strong>2018</strong> 39<br />
School open DayS<br />
Linwood College<br />
Kia ora koutou. Talofa. Kia Orana. Malo<br />
e lelei. Bula. Fakaalofa atu. Namaste. Kumusta.<br />
Linwood College has a clear focus – to<br />
meet the individual needs of every learner<br />
in a safe, caring environment. Linwood<br />
learners develop core attributes that will<br />
ensure their success throughout life. <strong>The</strong>y<br />
are positive, resilient<br />
learners who are collaborative<br />
and communicate<br />
effectively. Linwood<br />
learners are critical thinkers<br />
and creative problem<br />
solvers. <strong>The</strong>y have the<br />
strong foundation of<br />
knowledge, skills and<br />
attributes required for<br />
personalised excellence<br />
and for future success in<br />
a world in which technological<br />
change and its attendant social<br />
impacts are the norm.<br />
Most importantly, Linwood learners discover<br />
and realise their academic passions<br />
and achieve individual excellence for<br />
personalised learning and career pathways.<br />
We employ the best teachers who see<br />
themselves too as life-long learners. Our<br />
teachers utilise the full range of teaching<br />
and learning strategies to individualise<br />
learning and ensure personalised success.<br />
We have a diverse, vibrant, globally-rich<br />
culture that creates a stable, connected<br />
learning and social environment and contributes<br />
to a richness which reflects New<br />
Zealand’s current identity and prepares<br />
our learners to be active global citizens.<br />
Community connections are integral to<br />
our school. Linwood College is secondary<br />
school for both the Tamai<br />
– Linwood-Woolston –<br />
and Aupaki – the Bays –<br />
Kāhui Ako-Communities<br />
of Learning. <strong>The</strong>se Kāhui<br />
Ako ensure a seamless<br />
learning pathway from<br />
early childhood centres,<br />
schools and beyond to<br />
our tertiary and career<br />
partners.<br />
We are excited by the<br />
immediate prospect of a brand new learning<br />
community. Our school is to be totally<br />
rebuilt. We will have a purpose-built,<br />
future-proofed learning environment, with<br />
educational and sporting facilities to rival<br />
any secondary school in the country.<br />
Symbolically this marks a new era for<br />
Linwood College. I can think of no better<br />
way to outwardly signal our energy, enthusiasm<br />
and optimism.<br />
Richard Edmundson, Principal<br />
advertising feature<br />
Mairehau High School<br />
Mairehau High School Year 13 Building<br />
and Construction students have an exciting<br />
new project this year that will enable them<br />
to gain real life skills, while also giving back<br />
to the school community. <strong>The</strong>ir brief is to<br />
design, plan and build a large decking behind<br />
the existing whare. <strong>The</strong> standards these<br />
students are assessed in are ITO (Industry<br />
Training Organisation) standards written<br />
by industry, for industry; in this case the<br />
BCITO (Building and Construction ITO).<br />
Up to 40 Level 3 credits are at stake and can<br />
be achieved whilst completing the project.<br />
Mairehau High School has seen a significant<br />
increase in roll in <strong>2018</strong>, highlighting the<br />
need for the creation of more shared spaces<br />
around the school. This new outdoor space<br />
will enhance the function of the school’s<br />
whare and will have the advantage of the<br />
LINWOOD COLLEGE<br />
Haere Mai / Welcome<br />
school being able to invite the wider community<br />
for school and social gatherings. It<br />
will be attached to the existing whare kitchen,<br />
allowing the school and others to serve<br />
food when the occasion allows. A special<br />
feature is of the decking is its unusual shape<br />
in the form of a native design to enhance the<br />
look even further.<br />
Head of Technology Axel Willmer is<br />
delighted with the enthusiasm his students<br />
have shown for the project. “<strong>The</strong> class has<br />
been really engaged in this initiative from<br />
the start. <strong>The</strong>y are all enjoying the opportunity<br />
for hands-on learning and are proud<br />
to be part of creating an asset that will be<br />
enjoyed by so many. It’s always great to see<br />
young adults genuinely loving what they’re<br />
doing.”<br />
OPEN NIGHT<br />
Thursday 10 May<br />
6pm-7.30pm<br />
Meet the Principal appointments:<br />
Mon 7th 5.30pm-6.30pm, Tue 8th 4:30pm-6pm,<br />
Wed 9th May 3pm-5pm<br />
85 Aldwins Rd ph: 982 0100 office@linwoodcollege.school.nz<br />
MAIREHAU HIGH SCHOOL<br />
For<br />
all students to value themselves<br />
and others, to know they can excel<br />
and to reach their full potential.<br />
OPEN NIGHT<br />
5pm to 7pm Tuesday 22nd May <strong>2018</strong><br />
Come and join your community school, catering for the<br />
individual needs of your child.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Principal will give a welcoming address in the Assembly Hall at<br />
5.00pm and again at 6.00pm. You are then invited to join a guided tour<br />
of the school and to meet our staff and students.<br />
Come and find out about our smaller, inclusive school where every<br />
student has the chance to shine. We pride ourselves on our innovative<br />
and caring staff, and value individuality and difference.<br />
PH: +64 3 385 3145<br />
FX: +64 3 385 3143<br />
EM: admin@mairehau.school.nz<br />
WB: www.mairehau.school.nz<br />
440 Hills Rd, Mairehau<br />
Christchurch 8052<br />
NEW ZEALAND<br />
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