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Ashburton College Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment News Issue 23 27 August 2020 Message From ThePrincipal COVID-19 Level2 As newsletter information is written close to a week in advance ofitappearing in print, this column is therefore not the vehicle to give you the latest COVIDclassification. However, we are coping very well at Level 2and we have reinforced the need for good hygiene practices and the importanceoftracking. Our student attendance is pleasing, even despite the usual colds and tummy bugs doing the rounds. ImportanceofCollege Exam Week Next week is avital week for our senior students, with our in-College exams scheduled. This year exam results areespecially importantinthe eventstudents are unable to sit the NCEA exams in November-December (due toareturn of COVID Level3or4,orunforeseenpersonal circumstances preventing studentssitting the exams). In this casea‘compassionate consideration’ application would require College assessment and exam results to be usedtoinformaderivedgrade outcome. This situation would have the most impact on the subjects which have agreater proportion oftheir credits available via external exams. We wishall our students the bestfor these College exams. Ourvalue of encouraging our studentstobethe best they can be applies in the followingsituation. If astudentwith learning challengeshas only one external paper,there can be twokey factors: the first beingthatour staff have supported the student to turn upfor the exam.This is areal challenge for students in this situation.The second is for them to pass. It is important toremember that the student with learning challenges, who gains an achieved in an external exam, has sometimes worked harder forthis than the learner who gains multiple Excellence credits. Parent/Caregiver Information Events There are two scheduled parent/caregiver information events planned forlaterthisterm. AkoInterviews –10September The first of these is our second round of Ako interviews. These are a follow-up to themeetings heldinTermOne. Your meeting will cover: progress during the year,arevisitofcareer or academic goals, and achance tocatch upasateam (parents/caregiver +child +Ako teacher). This event is set for Thursday 10 September from 10:00am to 8:00pm hereatCollege.Please notenormalclasses willnot operateonthis day. Parent-Teacher-Student Interviews for Years11-13Students: 15 September Aweek later onTuesday 15September we have the more traditional parentteacher interviewsscheduled at the Hotel Ashburton from 2:30- 8:00pm. Please note that Collegewillcloseat1:20pm on thatday. This is an opportunity to meet with individual subjectteachers andit is recommended that you especially catch upwith teachers where your child maybehavingsubjectdifficulties or concerns. Further details will be pending and bookings for both interviews will be available on SchoolPoint. Please note that, due totimeframe contractions from COVID implications, wehave reduced this to one eveningonly and forsenior students only. In the Event of Distance-Learning If New Zealand isrequired toreturn togreater restrictions we feel confident atCollege that our provisions for distance-learning will meet the needsofour learners, andparticularly those in Years 11-13who are working towardsNCEA. Our Heads of Faculty advise that we can continue with internal assessment and also preparation for the external exams via distancelearning. However, weare all hoping that nofurther restrictions will be necessary. Ross Preece Principal •Tumuaki Remaining StudentPre-Exam Study Nights These evenings have been run successfully for anumber of years, where rostered staff are inthe College Library to assist students with studyand to answerany questionstheymay have. Remaining Study Nights to takeplaceinthe College Library, between 7:00pm and 9:00pmare – Tonight, Thursday 27 August Monday31August Tuesday01September Wednesday02September Students can check, inthe Library, the list of staff and subjectsfor each night. We thank stafffor their timegiven. Traditionallymanystudentstake up this additionalsupport. AshColl Way Information Transition Department–EventsUpdate TertiaryStudy Information We are atthe time ofyear where students going to tertiary study in 2021 are gathering information, making decisions, and completing application processes,asfollows: Universityand PolytechHalls of Residence Applications HallsofResidenceapplications areopenonline. Course Planning for 2021 University liaison staff are visiting College this term to help students plan theircourseofstudyfor 2021. Remainingdates are: Victoria UniversityofWellington – 09 September Auckland University – 09September Lincoln University – 09September Otago Polytech – 09September Otago University – 16September Remaining2020 UniversityOpenDays The current COVID conditions have resulted in amendments to Open Day information previously publicised. Please go to the websites forthe latest updates: •CanterburyUniversity www.canterbury.ac.nz •AucklandUniversity www.auckland.ac.nz •MasseyUniversity www.massey.ac.nz •AUT University www.aut.ac.nz Events Students Judge FairtonSchool Speech Competitions FairtonSchool visit information provided by JontySmall, Ambassador Committee Leader The goals this committee set at the beginning of the year, inayear which proved vastly different towhat any of us expected, were to strengthen the relationships between Ashburton College and our feeder schools throughout the district. Suggestions brought tothe table included judging speech competitions, helping at athletics days and undertaking reading programmes at the various schools. Visit to FairtonSchool On Thursday 13 August Jonty, accompanied by Head Students Poppy Kilworth and Henry Chapman, went along to Fairton Primary School to judge their speech competition. Henry mentioned that ‘it was good to go back to the place where Iwent toschool, and to listen to some of the competent speakers’. The competition was judged on multiple delivery and content aspects. (Pictured right): Henry Chapman and Poppy Kilworth with Fairton School speech-makers. Congratulations were giventoall the winners. All-in-all our College students said this was agreat day, that also involved reading to Room One (pictured below) and playing afew games. Appreciation Additional to theworkofJonty,Henryand Poppy, FairtonSchool’s Principal Mike Hill advised College that thestudents did awonderful job and were a real credit to College as fine role models. Hesaid they were impressive by their manner,character, enthusiasm and positivefeedback to thestudents. Appreciation wasalso extendedtoJonty fororganising thevisit. Congratulations Merit Certificatefor Luke HayfromUniversity of Otago Junior Mathematics Competition Earlier this year ten Ashburton College students entered the University of Otago Junior Mathematics Competition. Mathematics teacher Liz Cabout said thatthis is adifficult,writtenproblemsolving competition. The pre-set date of the competition was during lockdown, so students completed the one-hour examination at home, with their work then scanned and sentaway to be marked. Events Year 13 GeographyField Trip to Kaikōura The annual Year 13 Geography Field Trip to Kaikōura took place from Wednesday 12-Friday 14August, accompanied by teaching staff members Annie Lees and Jemma Hurst. Annie said that this is atrip usually made in late autumn, so the group sawthe peninsulainadifferentseason. Theclass wasbased at the CanterburyUnderwaterClub LodgeonTorquay Street,whichisnot quite the working environmentgroups used to have at the UC lab on the Esplanade, butadequate just the same. Having studied, in the classroom, interacting natural coastal processes for ten weeks (back inTerm One before lockdown), itwas time to see if these really did occur in the‘field’. The group was fortunate to have reasonable weather conditions whenwalking aroundthe peninsula. Activitiesatthis time included avoiding seals(!), surveyingslopes, avoiding seals, not falling over onwet rocks, avoiding seals, field sketches and observing and analysing thelandscape. Did Annie mention avoidingseals? She noted that some students were really not very keen on this smelly, snorting and yawning mammal! At the South Bay Reserve (pictured right, front row,lefttoright): Hayley Dickson, Henrik Tawatao, Jestena Raj, Isaac Bazley. (Back row,lefttoright): Lachlan Kingan, Ryan Geeson, Ronan Kenny, Teacher Annie Lees, Estēe Aiolupotea, Harriet Leverton. (Pictured left): Theseals at Whalers Bay, where students undertook Beach Profile work. (Pictured above, left toright): At Jimmy Armer’s Beach ready to start the Beach Profiles exercise: Harriet Leverton, Henrik Tawatao, Hayley Dickson, Estēe Aiolupotea, Jestena Raj, Ronan Kenny, Annie Lees, Ryan Geeson, Lachlan Kingan. (Front): Isaac Bazley. Thegroup travelled back to Ashburton on Fridayafternoon, having successfully completed collecting data for use in an Internal Research topic, and moreable to make connections between the theory of coastal processes and their operation in the Kaikoura environment. (Pictured above): From South BaylookingtoAtia Point. Results 1944 of the best Mathematics students in New Zealand enteredthe competition, and several Ashburton College students scored very well, but the stand-out was Year 9studentLuke Hay. Luke achieved agrade of 73 which placed him in the top 10% of New Zealand Year 9students and earned him aMerit Certificate, which was an outstanding result.
Ashburton College Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment Congratulations AdditionalSmokefree Rockquest Successes forCollege Students 2020 was overall avery successful year for Ashburton College students in the Smokefree Rockquest competition, music teacher Michael Petrus advised. Reflecting this year’s COVID-19 alert level restrictions this year’s competitions were arranged to be online, with musicians recording and submitting their music via video submission. These were viewed and assessed against all entries within each region. Michael said thatthe Year 13 group Empoly8 enteredthe Smokefree Rockquest competition last year with aslightly different line-up and that, this year, they added Revival Tuvale on vocals, Zac Woolf on keyboard and Jay Jung on lead guitar. The group has been working to craft the songs for the 2020 competition since the beginning of this year, and are very pleased with the recognition they have received in both the Smokefree Tangata Beats and Smokefree Rockquest competitions. The Year 11 BeforeFour band enteredthe Smokefree Rockquest forthe first time thisyear and were thrilled to gain the three awards list below. Previously we reported onImogen Felton’s first placing in the Solo-Duo categoryofthe Smokefree Rockquest/Tangata BeatsCompetition saying,at thattime, thatthe Band Categoryresults were due in August. TheImpressiveList of Band Category Awards from the TimaruRegional Finals were- Empoly8 Band: •Winner: Smokefree Tangata Beats; •2nd placed Smokefree Rockquest. •SmokefreeBest Vocals Award –Ocean Waitokia, Revival Tuvale,Joseph Collins. Band Members: (Pictured below, left toright): Revival Tuvale, Joseph Collins, Zac Woolf (keyboard), Ocean Waitokia, Scott Thomson (drums), Jay Jung, Spencer Ifopo. Before Four Band: •3rd placed in Smokefree Rockquest. •Musicianship Award – Aaliyah Power •ZMBest Song Award Band Members: (Pictured below, left to right): Aaliyah Power, Bailey Hill (drums), Marc Calzada, Daemyn Frost. Coming Events Alterations due to COVIDchanges will be adviseddirectly to each group as relevant. August 27 Level2Hospitalitytrip, Hotel Ashburton Aoraki Girls’Football vRoncalli College,Ashburton 28 Boys’1st XI Hockey,Christchurch South Canterbury Winter Basketball Competition, SouthernTrustEventsCentre, Timaru 29 Rugby–UCRound 11 Christchurch Boys’High School v MidCanterburyCombined,Christchurch 31-04 Sept Year 11-13 Exam Week September 01 Thomson/Whelan Basketball Trophy, AshburtonorChristchurch 02 Girls’1st XI Hockey,Christchurch 04 South CanterburyWinterBasketball Competition, SouthernTrust Events Centre, Timaru Boys’1st XI Hockey,Christchurch 05 Rugby–UCRound 12 MidCanterburyCombined vStBede’s College, Ashburton 06 NZSS Shooting Championships (Triple S) Round 4 07 Year 10 Hike 08 Year 12/Year 13 In-Zone Careers Bus visit Thomson/Whelan Basketball Trophy, AshburtonorChristchurch Junior Skiing,MtHutt Year 10 Hike AGS3 Farmbikes Day, Yr12 ACAD Group 1, AshburtonShowgrounds News QualityPerformancebyAshHutt Girls’ 1st XV RugbyTeam TheAshHutt Girls1st XV RugbyTeamplayedtheir final round-robin game, on Wednesday 19 August, againstRoncalli College. CoachVaughanWardsaid thataCOVID-19 interruptionsaw the cancellation of the Wednesday12August game against Geraldine High School. Due to this,all teams received twopoints.Unfortunately this wasagame AshHutt washoping to take full points from but, following the cancellation, AshHutt was placed in 5th position afterthe fourth round. Therefore, thatRoncalli game wascrucial to both teams,with the winner taking a3v4play-off spot. The match was held at the Hampstead Rugby grounds, whose committee was thanked for offering to host the match. Unusually warm and dry conditions added to the already dry grounds, but did allow for some exciting rugby for those watching from their cars! Kick-offproveddifficult looking directly into the sun, but AshHutt wasfortunate enough to come away with alineout which opened the opportunity tostart a long period of possession, with three excellent tries being scored early, to MargretEli, Megan Hurleyand TC Trusler-Clark. Unfortunately, this proved to be the end of the game for Megan Hurley, asshe suffered aseriousknee injury. Megan is wished all the best foraspeedy recovery. Roncalli took time to settle into the game but scored twice late in the first half, and were denied athird due to some determined cover defence brilliance by Roi Makutu, to forceaknock on one metrefromour line. AshHutt wasthen able to againcommand possession, and were unluckytohave not scored again beforehalf-timeshowing abit of ‘whiteline fever’. AshHutt led 17-12 at half-time. Further possession and territory from the pumped AshHutt squad kept Roncalli in their own half for the first fifteen minutes of the second half. This provided scoring opportunities forsisters Roi and RangiMakutu in mid-field. Fatigue from some sparked yet another strong comeback from Roncalli, when holes appeared in our defencelinearound the breakdown. Clever re-startkicks from Roi Makutu forced errors from Roncalli and again AshHutt was able to score points from errors, with anawesome piece ofindividual work from everreliable TC Trusler-Clark to scoremid-way through the second half. With the score at34-22 to AshHutt, and less than ten minutes to go, another defensivebreach in our own22saw Roncalli break through and seem certain to score again, other than for the excellent cover defence from both Roi Makutu and Naumai Terekia, to force another handling errorfromRoncalli. Late possession from AshHutt,great handling,and relentless phase playallowed TC Trusler-Clark to cross the line forher thirdtry of thenight. Roncalli, however, was determined to finish well and crossed the line again in the same fashion to close out the scoring for afinal score toAshHutt 39- Roncalli 29. Notable mentions from thegamewent to – Catlin Roberts for her reliable distribution from half back, toLauren Taylor on her return from concussion, and who offered direction at #10, and to NaumaiTerekia forher input from fullback,and accurate and dominate defence. Grace Bleach gave of her continuous hard work and leadership, and newcomer Gemma Tapurau madeagreat contribution on the leftwing. 3rdv4th Play-Off At the time of writing this newsletter the team was poised for this important game,being held at the Alpine Energy Stadium yesterday, against the Waitaki/St Kevin’s team. We will be able to reportonthis matchinnextweek’s newsletter. Vaughan said they will be looking to finish well, and that they were pleased to securethis win. Unfortunately, due to COVID Level 2 restrictions only the 1 v 2 playoff will take place, without spectators. (Pictured right): Gemma Taylor for AshHutt trying to stop Roncalli’s forward momentum, as the ball rolls loose. Some KeyForthcoming Dates November 05 Year 13 Awards Ceremony, AshburtonTrustEvent Centre,7:00pm 10 Years 11 and 12 Prize-givings,EANetworksCentre, 7:00pm 16-09 Dec NCEA Exams Term Dates2020 –Terms Two, Threeand startofTerm Four Term Three Monday20July -Friday25September Term Four Monday12October -Thursday 05 November (Year 13) -Tuesday 10 November (Years11and 12) -Thursday 03 December (Year 10) -Friday04December(Year 9) Term Dates2021 – Term One Year level datestba -Friday09April Term Two Tuesday 27 April - Friday02July Term Three Monday19July - Friday24September Term Four Monday11October -Friday10December –year levels tbc NEWS Ashburton Courier, August 27, 2020 New dates for shows 21 New dates havebeen announced for some postponed shows at the AshburtonTrust Event Centreand tickets boughtfor the original show dates have been transferred. The TinaTurner tribute show Tina– Simply theBestisnow confirmed for November4,the Glow Showwillhappen on November 6and The Ten Tenorsis Roger Farr rescheduled forApril 17 next year. Other shows datesconfirmed for2021 include The WorldofMusicals(May6), It’s onlyRocknRoll Baby(multiple shows in May) and Herman’s Hermit (September7). Becauseofthe current uncertainty around Covid19,the eventcentre hasset up a separate ticketsalesrevenue accountto providesecurity andreassurance forpeople buyingtickets andtospeed up refunds if they are needed. All bookings forthe next couple of weeks needtomade through the boxoffice, either in personoronthe phone. Ticketscan’t be bookedthrough online partnerTicket Rocket at present because of online regulations, butthat option willreturn soon. Eventcentre manager Roger Farrsaid the pastfew months had been arollercoasterfor the industry andconfidence was ‘‘shot’’. Anumber of future bookings were still on holdand the event centreand other venuesup and downthe country were heavily reliant on areturn to Alert Level 1restrictions as soonas possible. Mr Farr urged the publictonot hold off on booking ticketsfor confirmed shows because if theydid,those shows couldbecancelled as a result. He said Augustatthe event centrewas very quiet,but September was looking better. ‘‘Likeother businesses, we havetoaccept whatishappening and manage ourway through it. ‘‘Ourisanumbers gameand we rely on people throughthe doors.’’ Golf silverware won Two Ashburton golfers took home silverware from the recent Aorangi 9Hole tournament at the Geraldine Golf Club. Afield of 64, representing 14 Aorangi and Canterbury clubs, took part. Winners included (from left): Lesley Reilly (Temuka) women’s best nett 70 and over (Uni Peg Tray) 572037; Murray Lister (Ashburton) men’s best nett (Lesley Dobbs Tankard) 461630; Judith Tutton (Gleniti) best gross over the field 43637; Chris Anderson (Ashburton) 45936 and Di Surridge (Timaru) absent 551936 best net (Grade 038.9); and Carolyn Harkness (Pleasant Point) Best Net (Grade 3954.4) 582632.
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