Ashburton Courier: October 17, 2019

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Page 20, Ashburton’s The Courier, Thursday 17 October 2019 Local news at www.starnews.co.nz Ashburton College Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment News Issue 34 17 October 2019 Message From ThePrincipal Japan Tour Group Well it’s been afascinating seventeen days as Iwas fortunate enoughtobepartofour Japan Tour over the holidays. Ihave been to several Asian countries in the last fiveyears,but nothinghad prepared me forJapan.Itisanamazing countryand the warmth and hospitality of the people are a significant feature. It is also very crowded! Our Japan Tour group consisted of twenty two students who are studying Japanese at College,and who wished to experiencethe culture and practise the language.Thisisusually abiennial trip and this time was accompanied by four adults The students had all saved well for over ayear and therefore they were heavily invested in making the trip apositiveexperience. We startedwith afour-day Homestay experience through our Sister School Tokorozawa Kita High School in Tokyo. This experience enabled the students to understand the Japanese lifestyle alittle more. The Japanese students typically startschool at about 8:30am and lessons continue until 3:30pm, after which clubs start and continue until about 7:00pm. Students then go home for ameal with their family and start their homework, which typically can go to midnight. Iwas surprised at the lack of technology within the Japanese classrooms. The students were not using computers and most teachers were still writing on blackboards. The lessons were text book-based, with every student inthe class working on the same page. However the Homestay experience was amazing and we also saw many temples, castles and shopping malls in the twoweeks. My thanks to the parents who accompanied the trip but,most importantly, to Hiromi Horsley who organised the whole event and was atireless organiser. This wasnosmall feat giventhe crowded rush hour conditions we oftenfaced on the subway. Ourstudents did abrilliantjob of being good ambassadors forboth their school and our country. It wasinterestingthatmost of them expressed a desire toreturn toJapan at some stage, but Ididn't meet anybody who waskeen to finish their schooling within the Japanese system! German and Classics Tours Congratulations also to TomKitchen for his organisation of the German Tour, and to Greta Hampton and Michael Clark for their organisation of the Classics Tour to Greeceand Italy.This wasundertaken by acomposite AshburtonCollegeand HillmortonHigh School group. Aswith the Japan Tour, significant fundraising took place bystudents, with the support of family and the communitygreatly appreciated. College ANetballTeam My congratulations to our netball girls on their qualification for, and participation in, the New Zealand Secondary Schools’ National Championships, held in Nelson during week two ofthe student holiday break. They finished 15th in New Zealand, which is asignificant achievement, giventhatthereare 380+ secondaryschools in our country. Qualifying for this eventalone,was agreat outcome and testimonytothe hard work of the coaching and managementteam, and the players. Year 13 Graduation Ceremony Please keep the evening of Thursday 31October free for this important occasion, which starts at 7:30pm at the AshburtonTrust EventCentre. Ross Preece Principal Information Red Carpet Evening This evening showcases the amazing musical talent ofAshburton College students. Welookforwardtosharinganevening of wonderful entertainment with family,friends and the Ashburtoncommunity. Tickets arenow available from the College Office. Information MAKE YOUR MARK Calling all Pasifikastudents and parents. Homework based supportand English learning opportunities for Pasifikaparents. TUESDAYS6:00pm -8:00pm (term time)atthe Senior Centre,206 Cameron Street,Ashburton Events Golf Assessments Undertaken College’s Year 13 Physical Education class has been developing their golfing skills via many practises at the Ashburton Golf Course and the Par3LakeHoodCourse,throughoutmost of Term Three. Physical Education teacher Karen McKenzie said thatmanyofthe students, particularly the girls inthe case, had never played golf at all prior to this experience. The group was fortunate to have Ashburton College Teacher RonCarlson's experthelp to work on the basics initially. As partofthe process students arerequired to video themselves and analyse their golf swing,incomparison with aprofessional player-like Rory McIlroy or Lydia Ko! Thegolf assessmentitself took placeatthe AshburtonGolf Club on Thursday 19 September, with members of the Ashburton Golf Club scoring the students,over9holes. Students were graded on Stableford Points, with the aim of achieving as many points as possible. Karen said that the boys had performed very strongly in the Duathlon in Term One but the golf results belonged to the girls. Several students who weren’t able to reach the Duathlon times were successful in passing the golf assessment. The TopSix Male andFemale Results were: Girls Boys Aidan Elvines 15points ReeceWatson 14 points Sophie Bell 15 points Kaleb Finn 11 points Emily Armstrong 14 points Brynmor Workman 7points Kate Flanaga 14 points TomMiddleton 7points Emma Stagg 12 points Liam Pram 7points Dani McArthur 12 points Connor Allen 7points (Pictured left, lefttoright): Andrevan Rooyen, Sally Lemon, Aidan Elvines, Emma Stagg. (Pictured below, clockwise from left): Displaying their various styles,inaction, are Emma Stagg,Tom Middleton and Liam Pram Events Champions of Change: AshburtonCollege Youth Hui On Thursday 26September, between 11:30am-2:30pm, aYouth Hui washeld at the College,todiscuss sustainability. TheGoals of the Hui were to: • explorethe concept of change • discover whysustainabilityisimportant • focus on MidCanterbury TheHui wasopen to all students from Years 9-13 and wassupportedbythe KānukaMid Canterbury Regeneration Trust and the Ashburton Trust. What Are We Most Proud Of Angela Cushnie from the Kānuka Mid Canterbury Regeneration Trust facilitated the Hui and participants were first invited toshare what they were most proud of in our region. The list was huge -with our mountains, rivers and lakes featuring highly alongside our community and community events like the Multi-Cultural Bite, and places such as the ArtGalleryand the AshburtonDomain. (Pictured above): Angela Cushnie working with the students. What Would We LiketoChange Shared next were ideas for things the students would like to change, and these were grouped under four main themes: • reduce, re-use,recycle • waterways,ocean and pollution • biodiversity • carbon dioxide emissions and carbon footprint SustainabilityFourPillars One of the most important things learnt during the Hui was that sustainability has four pillars - Environmental, Social, Economic and Cultural. This helped the students to see our environmental issues through anew lens,and acknowledge other points of view. This Is Only aBeginning The Hui was the start ofour conversation about sustainability. We have started todraft aplan for change which begins with us as individuals making changes in our ownlives. ThreeSimpleChanges We strongly encourage everyone in MidCanterburytomakethree simple changes to help reduce plastic waste, which inevitably ends up in our waterways and oceans: • take your own refillable water bottle to school/work toavoid buying bottled water • take your own re-usable cup to cafés to avoid purchasing takeaway cups (ask your local caféifthey offer adiscountwhen buying coffeeina takeawaycup -some in MidCanterburyalready do) • ifyou purchase adrink at acaféorrestaurant, ask if they have reusable straws. Ifnot,ask foryour drink without aplastic straw Head of Junior School Carolyn Clough said thatthe Hui will reconvene this term forthose junior students who wish to continue this conversation and build on our plan foraction. Ashburton College Music Department presents Red Carpet Evening 7:00pm Thursday24October Tickets -$15 Ashburton College Auditorium (Pictured above, left toright): With ideas showing on the whiteboard and captured on sheets of paper - Amy Stilgoe, Tarquin Kittelty-Williams, Chrissie Cheesman, Mao Nishioka, Pauline Cuadrado, Janelle Galos, Jessalene Eclipse,Mitch Cushnie,Carolyn Clough. Appreciation The Ashburton College Physical Education Department would like to thank the following volunteers who helped on the day: BarbaraDavidson, Bruce Day, Charlie Kelland, Sally Lemon, Vicki Moore, Heather Trott, Andre and Debbie vanRooyenand Jeff Williamson.
Local news at www.starnews.co.nz Ashburton’s The Courier, Thursday 17 October 2019, Page 21 Ashburton College Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment News Issue 34 17 October 2019 Congratulations NZ SecondarySchools’Netball Champs Ashburton College’s ANetball Team had astellar outcome at the South Island SecondarySchools’NetballTournament, with their fifth placing there, qualifying them forthe New Zealand SecondarySchools’Championships. Qualification comes through teams finishing in the top six from the Upper North Island Secondary Schools’ Championships, five from the Lower North Island Competition and five from South Island Secondary Schools’ Championships. Qualifying forthisprestigious pathwaytournament is,initself,asignificant achievement. Over 240 schools play at secondary schools’ netball tournaments around New Zealand, and just sixteen teams qualify to go to Nationals. This is the second time in seventeen years that Ashburton College has qualified. Manager Sue Dudley said thatitwas an amazing experiencefor the whole team, and the players showedthattheydeservedtobethere by matching it with some of the North Island teams. Bringing in two Year 10 players to the squad exposed them to some fabulous netball,and it willbeatournamentthatthe players will look back on in years to come with greatpride.Theyhave playedagainst some of our futureSilverFerns and thatalone is amassive achievement. Results from the four dayswere – The first game against Whanganui High School saw the team have abit of asluggish start and trailing 3-9 by the end ofthe first quarter. The girls picked themselves up and foughtback,onlylosing the 2nd and 3rdquarters by twoand winningthe last one by one goal,but they couldn’t make up the first quarterdeficit, losing26-35. Next upwas Saint Kentigern College, winners of the Upper North Island Secondary Schools’ tournament and probable favourites to take out the national title. AshburtonCollege came out of the blocks firing and at the end of the first quarter itwas all tied upat10-10. This was enough for Saint Kentigern’s to bring on their big guns and that’swhenthe game went to awholenew level.The game wasplayedatspeed and thereweresome amazing skills on display. College never gave up and were able to give all twelveplayers game time,but eventually went down 22-53. Day 2began against Epsom Girls’ Grammar School who made it very difficult for College toget the ball into their shooters, due to the height of defenders. Sue said that itwas noticeable that many ofthe North Island teams have very tall players. The final score was 19-44 but itdidn’t reflect the effort that the girls put in on the court and, infact, College drew the last quarter6-6. Villa Maria College: Thegirls took the positives from the Epsom game into their matchagainst Villa Mariathat afternoon. At half-timethe game wasall locked up at 17-all,but adropinintensitybyCollege in the thirdquartersaw them trailing by 7going into the last quarter. Astrong fight-back from the girlssaw them get within three of Villa, losing 32-35. This is the closest the team has come to Villa all season, as College lost to them at South Island’s by 9, so the girlswerethrilled to getapoint from the game forfinishingwithin three goals. Day3startedagainst St Mary’s College, the team thatfinished 4th at the LowerNorth Island SecondarySchools’Tournament. Both teams came out fighting and that set the tone for the whole game. Down at half-time by9-10 College applied lots of defensive pressure, creating multiple turnovers to see them take the lead 21-19 by half-time. However, St Mary’s came back at College and turned the score around to see them leading 29-27 at the end of the third quarter. Acouple of crucial turnovers in the finalquartersaw the game just slip away from us,eventually going down 36-40. Napier Girls’ High School: There was ashort turnaround between games on this day, berfore the girlswereback out on the courtagainst Napier Girls’ High School. Napier shot out of the blocks and beforeweknew it theteam wasdown13-30 at half-time. This was atrue game of two halves, with Ashburton College clawing their wayback into the game and just losing the thirdquarter10-11 to be down 23-41. Allthe players got on the courtand College wonthe last quarter10-7, with thefinal scorebeing 33-44. On Day 4the teams were playing-off for final placings. For College this was against Samuel Marsden Collegiate School. This was the first time this school had ever qualified forNationals. Playing for 15/16th place meant both teams wanted tofinish on awin. This wasatight game,with neither team giving an inch. College led at the end of the first quarter9-7 and maintained thattwo goal advantage by halftime to be still ahead 15-13. College then extended that lead to 25-21 by the end of the thirdquarter. Alast quarterpush by SamuelMarsden sawthemget back to one goal but College maintained their composureand took out the win 33-30 and 15th place. Thetournament team (pictured right, back row, lefttoright): Ella Pearson, Billie Surridge,Hayley Tallentire, TaylahBurrowes, Faith Scott, Emma Stagg. (Front row,lefttoright): MiaPearson, Samantha Holden, Dani McArthur,Jasmin Strawbridge,PoppyKilworth, GraceAdams. Wins forJunior ABoys’ Basketball Team The Ashburton College Junior Boys’ Basketball team had a successful tour to Wellington, from 20-23 September, winning all three of their scheduled games. Results The team’s first game was againstTawa College, which saw the boys finish strongly to claim a93-75 win. On the Saturdaythe boys playedStPatrick’s College,showing considerable strength insideand out,tosecurea93-63win. Their final outing on Sundaywas againstWellingtonCollege.After astrong start the boys went on to win 70–55, maintaining a100% win record for the tour. AcademyTraining Session On Monday morning the team attended Kenny McFadden’s New Zealand Basketball Academyfor atrainingsession. KennyMcFaddenisanAmerican former professional basketball playerwho currently worksincoaching and developmentofbasketball in New Zealand. Afterseeing afew sights it was time for the team and management to head back toAshburton. Acknowledgement Coach Mark Douglas said he waswas extremely happywith the team’s effort on the trip and through the 2019 season, and expresses his thanks to all those whohavesupportedthe team this season. (Pictured above, left to right): Marc Calzada, Jack Withell-O’Grady, Jamie Reid, Charlie Banks, Denzel Banghal, Ethan Reodique, Coach Robinson, Coach McFadden, Jacob Tallentire, Riley Sa, Caleb McNulty-Burns, HenryHobbs,Mickele Young,Brad Douglas. Coach wasMarkDouglas and ManagerTammyReid. College 1st XI Hockey Draw Against NewSouth Wales Team Visiting as part ofalower South Island Tour was aBoys’ Secondary School Hockey Team, drawnfromplayers from the Catholic Colleges in NewSouth Wales. College Team Manager Jason Vannini said that this is avisit which has developedoverlatteryears to taking placeevery second year,with fixtures having taken place about four times since Jason has been teaching at AshburtonCollege. The visitors’tour itinerary was quite full with eight games played innine days -inChristchurch, Ashburton, Timaru, Oamaru, Dunedin, Invercargill and Cromwell,beforereturning to Christchurch. 5-all Draw Result A2-0 scoretoAshCollafter the firstquarter became 3-2toNew South Wales at half-time, with afinal 5-all draw. College goals were scored byEthan Walsh (3 goals), JacobGray and Ryan Maslin (oneeach). Jason reported that the game was played inafestival spirit, with good relationships between the two sides. Heobserved that the defence was a bit‘wanting’byboth teams but attack wasverywilling. (Pictured below): Play in progress,with Ashburton College on attack. College Team Members were - Cole Aitken, Connor Allan, Cole Beeman, Jed Cameron, Ryan Geeson, Archie Glanville, Jacob Gray, Ryan Maslin, Harry Soal, Jonty Small, Dante Vannini, Henry Wallis, Ethan Walsh, Reece Watson, Todd White, Zac White. Absent for this fixture was William Wallis. Tom Walkham is the Coach and,asabove, Jason Vannini Manager. (Pictured below): Thetwo teams together afterthe match. TopFemale Shooterand Overall Second Placing at SmallboreRifle Shooting Nationals The Ashburton College Shooting team of Shania Harrison-Lee, Emma Smith and Charlotte McKenzie, with Coach Bryan Hunter and Manager Nina McKenzie, took part inthe Target Shooting New Zealand Inter-Secondary Schools’event from 27-30 September 2019 at the start of the recent student holiday break. The event was held in Wellington at the RoyalTiger Range. Shania advised that twenty-one schools competed from throughout New Zealand,with AshburtonCollege placing second, missing out on the title position by only 2.04 points. TopFemale TrophytoShania Harrison-Lee This was Shania’s fourth year in this tournament and, inher words, she ‘grabbed the top shot award’ to bring home the TopFemale Shooter trophy. Captaincy This year, Shania captained the South Island and New Zealand Secondary School teams. This was for the South versus North Island competition, and the New Zealand team competing against Great Britain inapostal shoot. The results of this eventwon’t be knownuntil February/March of next year due to GreatBritain’swintershooting season just beginning now. Emma Smith –Teams’Qualification This wasYear12studentEmmaSmith’s thirdyear at thisevent. Emma also qualified foraplaceinthe South Island team placing fourth, and in the New Zealand team. CharlotteMcKenzie –Team Qualification and Strong Results Shania said that Charlotte had an amazing weekend in this,her first year competing in Rifle Shooting and her first year at the Secondary Schools’ event, particularly given she is a Year 9student. Charlotte (pictured right, in action) qualified 9th in the South Island team, which was made up of twelve shooters. Coming Events Photos kindly supplied by Target Shooting New Zealand(TSNZ). (Pictured left, lefttoright): Second-placed team Emma Smith, CharlotteMcKenzie, Shania Harrison-Lee. October 18 Staff vStudentExecutiveChess Match, lunchtime on Chessboard 19-20 South Island SecondarySchools’ Rugby7s, Timaru 22 Year 12 ChainsawDay 3, Chertsey 23 Special Olympics Swimming,Timaru 24 Whole College Assembly (Blues Awards, Head student speeches), Period 3 RedCarpet Evening,7:00pm, College Auditorium 28 Labour Day–Public Holiday 30 BOTMeeting, Menorlue November 1 Aoraki Sports Awards,SouthernTrust Events Centre, Morgans Road,Timaru; doors open 5:40pm, 6:00pm start. 07- 03 Dec NCEA Exams 2019 End-of-Year Final Days,Prize-Givings,Events Parents, caregivers,family/whanau,friends and interested community members aremost welcome at all prize-givings. October 31 Year 13 final day. Students finish at 1:20pm. Year 13 Graduation Ceremony, AshburtonTrust EventCentre, 7:30pm. November 04 Year 12 final day. Students finish at 1:20pm. Year 12 Prize-Giving,College Auditorium, 7:30pm. 05 Year 11 final day. Students finish at 3:05pm. Year 11 Prize-Giving,Auditorium, 7:30pm. CollegeAuditorium. December 08 Leavers’Graduation Dinner,Hotel Ashburton, arrive at 6:30pm, seatedat7:00pm. 12 Year 10 Prize-Giving,1:30pm, College Auditorium, and Final Day 13 Year 9Prize-Giving,11:00am, CollegeAuditorium, and Final Day
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