North Canterbury News: March 26, 2020
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PEGASUS, WOODEND, WAIKUKU<br />
18 The <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>March</strong> <strong>26</strong>, <strong>2020</strong><br />
Jared at the helm in trying times<br />
By DAVID HILL<br />
JaredKelly is hoping for the best<br />
and preparing for the worst.<br />
When he was appointed<br />
Pegasus Bay School principal<br />
towards the end of lastyear,<br />
Jarednever imagined he would<br />
be leading the school community<br />
through the unfoldingCovid19<br />
crisis.<br />
‘‘When you’re getting daily<br />
updates fromthe Ministry(of<br />
Education) you can’t help but be<br />
involved in its evolution.<br />
‘‘It’s about taking the timetobe<br />
considered in your decisionmaking<br />
and taking into<br />
considerationyour own<br />
community, and working out the<br />
best fit.’’<br />
Jaredsays his staffhave plans<br />
in place to providehome<br />
learningtools with the school<br />
now closed for amonth.<br />
‘‘Butweare alsomindful that<br />
we don’t wanttooverwhelm a<br />
situation which is already quite<br />
stressful.’’<br />
Asidefromthe evolving Covid<br />
19 crisis, Jaredsays it has been<br />
largely astressfree transition<br />
sincesteppingupfrom deputy<br />
principaltothe top job.<br />
‘‘I’mreally invested in whatthe<br />
staffare doing. Icame here<br />
originallyfor asyndicate leader<br />
role and moved up quickly.’’<br />
Jaredhas lived all over New<br />
Zealand and spent much of his<br />
childhood in <strong>North</strong>land, where<br />
his fatherwas principalofa<br />
smallschool.<br />
‘‘My father’s family is from<br />
<strong>Canterbury</strong>, so I’ve always had a<br />
special connection to this<br />
region.’’<br />
His wife, Rachel Kelly, was<br />
Out and about ... Pegasus Bay School principal Jared Kelly chats to pupils during morning break.<br />
born in Kaiapoi and thefamily is<br />
now fullysettled in Pegasus.<br />
Rachel is asyndicateleader<br />
and son Jacob, aged 5, has just<br />
started school, ‘‘so the the whole<br />
family is now at Pegasus Bay<br />
School’’, Jaredsays.<br />
‘‘I love it here. We’re just two<br />
minutes from the beach, so you<br />
can crack the surf in the morning<br />
and then go for awalk in the<br />
mountains in the afternoon.‘‘It’s<br />
apretty special place to be.’’<br />
His mother, Barbara Kelly, is a<br />
junior syndicate leader at Oxford<br />
Area School.<br />
He says the syndicateleaders<br />
have been takingturnstofill the<br />
deputy principal role, with Di<br />
Murphy,from Bamford Primary<br />
School, in Christchurch, having<br />
just been appointedtothe role.<br />
‘‘It’s agood opportunity for<br />
them to see whatit’s like from the<br />
other side,soit’s reallygood for<br />
their professionaldevelopment.<br />
‘‘It’s all about vision. If you<br />
believeinsomethingand you can<br />
see apathway, you’ve got to<br />
follow it,’’says Jared, who<br />
jokingly admits Rachelmay now<br />
haveher eye on the top job.<br />
Abig part of his previous role<br />
as deputyprincipalwas<br />
overseeingPegasus Bay School’s<br />
teacherled innovation project,<br />
PHOTO: DAVID HILL<br />
which received Ministryof<br />
Education funding in 2016.<br />
‘‘It’s been really pivotal in<br />
setting our direction. It’s<br />
redefined our teaching and the<br />
typeofpeople we want to employ<br />
and has allowed us to develop a<br />
really clear vision of who we<br />
are.’’<br />
Now the focus is on firmly<br />
embeddingthe visioninto the<br />
school’s curriculum.<br />
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