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10 Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi Tuesday July 31 2018 WESTERN NEWS raNGiora • Northwood • st martiNs • tower juNctioN • BishoPdaLe • raNGiora • Northwood Northwood • st martiNs • tower juNctioN • BishoPdaLe • raNGiora • Northwood • st martiNs • tower juNctioN • BishoPdaLe • 1 0 th 50 % off GREETING CARDS TUESDAY, JULY 31 - SUNDAY, AUGUST 5 TOWER JUNCTION: LARGEST RANGE IN CHRISTCHURCH! 40 % off off PAINTS & BRUSHES + OFFICE STATIONERY * + Excludes medium products. 35 % *Applies to selected products. Stock may vary from store-to-store. Excludes inks. Follow us on Facebook: @papertreestores tower junction, off Clarence St, Riccarton | Bishopdale, 31 Bishopdale Court, Bishopdale | rangiora, 206 High Street, Rangiora Northwood supa centre, Main North Road, Belfast | st martins shopping centre, Wilsons Road, St Martins • st martiNs • tower juNctioN • BishoPdaLe • raNGiora • Northwood • st martiNs • tower juNctioN • BishoPdaLe • raNGiora
WESTERN NEWS Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi Tuesday July 31 2018 11 Language skills training earns award for Burnside teachers TWO BURNSIDE Primary School teachers have been recognised for designing an innovative oral language programme to help new entrant pupils struggling with language skills. Trudi Browne and Nic Rickard were one of five winners of The Education Hub’s inaugural Bright Spots Awards. The awards recognise innovative education initiatives to address challenges facing New Zealand schools. After realising that up to 70 per cent of children starting at their school lacked the necessary language skills to be confident learners, the pair teamed up with speech language therapist Sharne Quickenden to develop a bespoke oracy framework. It comprises specific tools to support pupils to build oral language skills and an accompanying professional development programme for teachers. The Education Hub chairwoman Maury Leyland said the importance of oral language skills as a foundation for early literacy is well established in educational research. The winners receive funding and a two-year professional development programme funded by NEXT Foundation. The Blind Care Company has been cleaning and repairing the region’s blinds for over 60 years. Those six decades have seen changes in both fashion and technology. Styles have ranged from festooned fabric swags to straightforward and still popular holland roller blinds, from vertical to horizontal slat systems, and in every colour or pattern popular since the 1960s. Whatever your style, the Blind Care Company has the expertise to keep your window treatments looking fresh and working efficiently. Using only ecofriendly chemicals, the build-up of dirt, Samoan experience for Christ’s students • By Sophie Cornish A GROUP of Christ’s College students experienced traditional Samoan culture and family life during a working trip which they funded themselves. Twelve year 13 students worked during the school holidays to raise $1200 to travel to Satitoa village, located on the eastern end of the main island of Upolu. Assistant principal Neil Porter said parents were not allowed to pay for the eight-day trip which saw the students volunteering at a pre-school. “We also undertake fundraising to cover our internal costs and the costs of paint and materials as well as equipment for the pre-school,” he said. The biennial trip has been running for three years, beginning in Apia and then the region of Lalomanu for the past two years. They were required to paint the pre-school’s interior, as well as sand back and paint the playground equipment. “A new part of the trip this time around was that the boys went and stayed with families from the pre-school community for a night. This gave the boys a great opportunity to be part of Samoan family life and traditional culture. It proved to be a real highlight of the trip,” said Mr Porter. The group received good hospitality from the Lalomanu MAKING FRIENDS: Christ’s College student George Lacey-Metcalfe plays with a child from the Satitoa village pre-school in Samoa, where he and his classmates worked. SCHOOLS community and experienced a traditional farewell ceremony. “The little kids came to play on their newly-painted equipment on our last day there, and our boys had great fun interacting with them and their parents. 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In fact, all their staff has been on board for at least 8 years, and many up to 20 years. Whatever the job involves, they will work hard to make sure it gets done, including one job of 800 blinds which they completed in 4 days. We Clean & Repair ALL types of Blinds “SAME DAY PICK UP & DELIVERY*” ... we collect & return ... *Bookings required “DROP IN” BLINDS for cleaning by 9am, ready to collect at the end of the day ... • Rejuvenate oiled and lacquered CEDAR BLINDS • High-tech Cleaning We clean and repair all types of blinds: Venetians, Cedar, Verticals, Roller, Hollands, Roman, Austrian and Pleated - with environmentally friendly cleaning products • Water Blasting of External Sails and Awnings • Convenient Location, plenty of parking • New Blind Sales Phone 3770 770 330 Cashel St, Christchurch Between Fitzgerald & Barbadoes St service@blindcare.co.nz www.blindcare.co.nz Find them at 330 Cashel Street Call 3770770 email: service@blindcare.co.nz or visit blindcare.co.nz
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