Selwyn Times: April 01, 2020

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Learning camp for
Rolleston College’s leaders Council keeping essential
services operating
ROLLESTON College’s
learner leaders were sent
on a leadership camp to
bond as a group and plan
the year ahead.
The school does not have
head students and instead
about 10 leaders in each
whanau, from each year
level, are chosen for the
year.
The senior learner
leaders from the Raumati
whanau attended the camp
at Orton Bradley Park for
two days.
Said student Jack Tocker:
“This was a fantastic camp
where we all got to learn
more about our leadership
team, teachers, and
ourselves while having an
amazing experience.”
He said the camp was
designed for them to bond
and get to know each other
while planning for the year
ahead.
Students took part in
walks and challenges set by
teachers.
“This walk was a great
bonding experience and
gave us some exercise
on such a nice day. The
afternoon consisted of us
BONDING: Senior Raumati learner leaders on their
camp aimed at helping them to work as a group and
plan their roles and responsibilities for the year. ​
heading to the wharf and
jumping into the water.
“It was really fun and
exciting with many amazing
jumps being made,” he
said.
The learner leaders made
dinner that night and
discussed their roles at the
school and possible leadership
opportunities in the
future.
“We couldn’t end the
day without playing some
classic games of spotlight,
it was a fantastic
night, even with a giant
mouse scaring us all during
one of the games.”
Year 11 and 12 leaders
from the Ngahuru, Koanga
and Hotoke whanaus also
attended the camp on
separate days.
Mayor Sam
Broughton
writes about
what the
district council
is doing during
the lockdown
WELL DONE Selwyn,
first week of lockdown
done.
It’s been a big change for
all of us and the gloomy
weather over the weekend
didn’t make being stuck at
home any easier.
My bubble includes Liz
my wife, and Elliott our
daughter as well as my
parents who are living
with us over this time.
We have shared
the cooking around,
watched movies together,
completed some word
puzzles, done a bit of
gardening and used
messenger video to keep
in contact with friends
and family.
I am able to work from
home and as a council we
Canterbury’s fastest selling
new subdivision
continue to meet
together using
Zoom. The Government
urgently
changed legislation
last week to allow
meetings to occur
without needing
to be present in the same
room. We are working
to have council meetings
streamed online through
either our council’s website
or Facebook for this week.
As you know council facilities
are closed for now
including playgrounds but
we are keeping essential
services going. We continue
to collect rubbish and
recycling and are keeping
water and wastewater
services flowing. We are
keeping public toilets on
state highways open.
Our Civil Defence
teams are on standby
and you can still contact
the council on the usual
phone numbers. Staff are
working from home so
we are still able to process
your building consent.
I know that having your
freedom curbed is annoying,
but hopefully you
are learning some things
about yourself and the way
you do life that are for the
better.
Perhaps there are things
you prefer about life this
way. April 2020 is going
to look very different than
what we thought it was
going to only two weeks
ago. My hope is that some
of this change will be of
benefit to us as individuals
and to our community as
a whole.
If you are needing
to get out of the house
remember you can take a
walk or bike ride around
your block, just stay local
and only with your bubble,
to enjoy the fresh air,
beautiful mountain views
and open countryside that
living in Selwyn offers.
We will get through this
together.
Kia kaha Arohanui
During lockdown the gallery exhibitions will be experienced
in a different way. A visual feast is available on our website’s
exhibition page. Presales are welcome - contactless sales
and delivery.
“‘The Road Less Travelled’ - We didn’t realise how pertinent this
title would be as we spend a month in quarantine.
Thanks to the well-worn roads of the internet though I can still
deliver you a look at paintings often inspired by something seen
on my bike. Whether from the Summit Road on Banks Peninsula, a
more intimate scene in Hagley Park to beside a river in Arrowtown,
I continue to be inspired by the quality of light from a low sun. Often
evening and sparkling on water, which deliver contrast and warm,
vibrant colours. I hope these paintings lift your spirits over the next
few weeks.”
Philip Beadle’s immediate environment is Christchurch, where he
lives, with its cityscapes, the Canterbury plains, the Southern Alps
and Banks Peninsula - all sources of subject matter and inspiration.
Philip regularly travels and paints around New Zealand and has
had several trips overseas gathering material from which he has
painted. His paintings have been purchased to collectors worldwide
as he manages to capture the essence of a scene at it’s most
beautiful, a painting that you could gaze at forever.
ONLINE
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Philip
Beadle
The Road Less Travelled
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