Selwyn Times: July 25, 2018

10 Wednesday July 25 2018
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SELWYN TIMES
Kids get into costume at Busy Bumbles
SELWYN’S POPULAR Busy
Bumbles holiday programme has
come to life again with children
celebrating Mexico, slime and
superheroes.
The programme finished last
week with fun activities for
children at the Rolleston Rugby
Club, Lemonwood Grove, West
Rolleston, Clearview, Lincoln,
Templeton and Leeston primary
schools.
Children made their own
superhero cuffs, played games of
• By Emily O’Connell
SELWYN SCHOOLS have come
together in a bid to create bright
and cheerful clothing bags for
cancer patients undergoing
radiation therapy.
The Cancer Society of New
Zealand Canterbury-West Coast
division has been providing
linen or canvas bags for patients’
clothes for about 10 years.
Bags in the radiation department
were running out, so in
an effort to be more environmentally-friendly,
the society
purchased 500 paper bags. It
got in touch with schools in the
district and asked if pupils could
decorate the bags.
Canterbury-West Coast division
manager information and
supportive care services, Viv
SCHOOLS
kryptonite crash and practiced
changing costume in a phone
booth.
They also celebrated with a
Mexican fiesta day, which featured
a hot chilli dance, Mexican
kick ball and sombrero and
pinata-making.
The children watched a private
performance of Alice Through
the Looking Glass from Imagine
Youth Theatre and travelled to
Hoyts Riccarton for a private
screening of Hotel Transylvania 3.
Pupils brighten cancer patient bags
ART: Selwyn school pupils
got creative in a bid to make
clothing bags for cancer
patients bright and cheerful.
Williams, said the project was a
“good opportunity” for its new
centre on the corner of Tennyson
and Kidman Sts, Rolleston,
to engage with schools.
Darfield Primary, Glentunnel
HOLIDAY FUN: (Left) – Emily Savin, Sabrina Loghides, Lily Wallace, Ella Freeman, Sophia Clarke,
Brayden Clarke, Jack McIntosh, Santiago Broderick and Tyler Wallace dress up as superheroes.
Riley Biddle and Bella Tappin turn into toilet paper mummies. Zachary and Bella Tappin enjoy
backwards day. Lauren Heke poses for superhero day.
BUSY DAY: Jack Hodgkinson makes slime, Blake Meyerhoff is wrapped up, and Layla Stevens
and Taylia Stevenson-Parkes play with cards.
School, Darfield High, Hororata
Primary, Sheffield Primary,
Springfield School, West Melton
School, Leeston Consolidated
School, Kirwee Model School
and Rolleston School took part
in the project.
“It is a small way the Cancer
Society can help patients keep
their clothing neat and tidy
while having radiation treatment,”
she said.
Ms Williams said the new
centre will officially on open on
August 9. It will cover the area’s
“increased and rapid growth”.
She said the centre will serve a
number of functions for patients
and their families, housing
regular support groups and
providing information, support
and recourses.
ADVENTURE: Hiroto Yamamoto, Saho Iwase and Rira
Takahashi were among the international programme
students from Darfield High School who went snowtubing
at Tekapo Springs. The 12 students from Japan,
Thailand and France spent their time in Tekapo checking
out the scenery, ice skating, eating at the Kohan Japanese
Restaurant and relaxing in the hot pools.
“Mum, where
do the roads
come from?”
Building
Communities
Family Day
at the quarry
Sunday 29 July
11am - 4pm
24 Miners Road
Family-friendly, educational quarry open day.
Site tours, information stalls, machinery on
display, entertainment for the kids.
Food and drinks for a gold coin donation in
support of Christchurch Riding for the Disabled.