Western News: October 22, 2020

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Another school joins call 

for additional road safety 

• By Bea Gooding 

ANOTHER SCHOOL in the 

western suburbs is fearing for the 

safety of its students following an 

increase in traffic and dangerous 

driving in the area. 

Provisions for safer access 

to Knights Stream School, in 

Halswell, are being sought for 

children walking, biking or 

scootering to school, due to a rise 

in traffic caused by the Southern 

Motorway. 

This comes after Western News 

recently revealed the plight of 

Hornby High and Halswell School, 

which are also experiencing the 

same issues due to growing traffic 

volumes and speeding drivers. 

The city council recently 

installed improvements nearby 

Knights Stream School, such as 

road markings and speed signs. 

But principal Mike Molloy believes 

more needs to be done to 

mitigate the issue. 

The school is situated on 

Richmond Ave and is connected 

to John Paterson Drive, which 

opens up to the motorway. 

Molloy said vehicles passing 

nearby the school often struggled 

to slow down as they came 

from a 100km/h zone down to a 

40km/h speed limit shortly after. 

“Kids aren’t predictable and 

they’re not as good at judging a 

vehicle’s speed. They don’t always 

look, so we’re making sure we do 

work on road safety, and parents 

are supporting their children in 

making good decisions,” he said. 

“We’re trying to be preventative 

rather than reactive.” 

The school, through the 

Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton 

Community Board, requested 

PROVISIONS: 

Knights Stream 

School principal 

Mike Molloy 

is concerned 

increased traffic 

in the area is 

endangering the 

lives of students 

walking or biking 

to school. 

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the city council address a 

number of concerns regarding 

the safety of children. 

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The Conversation Club is a drop-in 

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This is not a class, but an opportunity 

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WESTERN NEWS 

Buses also cause 

visibility issues 

• From page 1 

Molloy said the volume of 

traffic has already increased and 

expects this to rise. 

The school wants a 30km/h 

speed limit and a raised platform 

outside of the school, installing 

cameras to catch vehicles, 

a pedestrian crossing, and 

more signage to remind driver 

behaviour. 

Buses parked outside of the 

school also caused visibility 

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Ave and the school wants the bus 

stop to be moved across the road 

to the Knights Stream Park car 

park. 

A lack of street lighting at 

night was also a concern for children 

passing through the area, 

and Molloy hoped lights would 

be installed. 

“We’re a community school, so 

when we’re not here people are 

still safe when they’re coming 

to use the facilities after school 

and during the weekend, not just 

when the school’s operating,” he 

said. 

Molloy noticed improvements 

when extra signage was installed 

recently by the city council, 

but was concerned a new speed 

bump at the intersection of Richmond 

Ave and John Paterson 

Drive was not raised enough. 

“It’s not sufficient as it 

stands to mitigate the issue as 

it’s only a slight bump. You could 

probably hit 80km/h over it fine,” 

he said. 

City council transport operations 

manager Steffan Thomas 

said additional 40km/h signage, 

road markings and a kea crossing 

already outside the school 

were considered to be sufficient 

provision. 

Relocating the bus stop was 

not desirable, and the new speed 

bump in question was recently 

modified to better slow vehicles 

down. 

“Relocating the bus stop into 

the car park would result in 

more pedestrians and typically 

more children needing to cross 

the road. However, staff will 

investigate the visibility concerns 

raised,” Thomas said. 

“The developer has recently 

modified the platform by 

shortening the ramps to slow 

vehicles on approach. It had been 

designed to accommodate buses 

which require the ramp to be 

slightly gentler than a platform 

on a non-bus route.” 

Squash club seeks further funds 

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BURNSIDE Squash Club needs 

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$60,000 grant from New Zealand 

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Salisbury said the changing 

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THe club would now be seeking 

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the upgrade which could include 

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FUNDRAISING: Deb Salisbury hopes upgrading rooms will 

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Once again, the New Zealand educational curriculum is 

in the firing line – and it is perhaps hard to argue that it 

shouldn’t be.* On the all-important international stage, the 

latest data from PISA, the Programme for International 

Student Assessment, indicates our Kiwi kids are on the 

slide. The downward trend in results over the last decade 

shows a lost equivalent of three to six terms of schooling in 

the key subjects of Reading, Maths and Science. 

This is despite a 32% increase in per-child spending since 

2001 and, in Christchurch at least, the construction of 

purpose-built modern learning environments deliberately 

designed to foster the national curriculum’s child-centred 

orthodoxy. 

Of course, every child should be at the heart of their own 

learning. How could they now be! But let’s not throw the 

baby out with the bathwater. A child’s education should be 

a balance of subject knowledge; essential skills; teaching 

programmes developed to suit their demonstrated 

knowledge, understanding and progress; and assessment 

that offers you, your child and their teachers, honesty and 

evidence of this progress. 

All parents, teachers and coaches know that children learn 

best when they are interested in what they are learning. 

Making subject knowledge and skills 

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challenge for all of us who educate and 

motivate our children. 

Located in the heart of our city, St 

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for secondary school, a foundation for a 

fine life. For at the heart of St Michael’s 

are the essential values of Christian faith 

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hope and love. 

An independent school education at the primary level is 

a great gift. Our classes are small, with year-groups of 20 

pupils, ensuring your child is an individual, well known by 

staff and fellow pupils alike. 

Traditional foundations in English and Maths are 

assured. This academic rigour then underpins our wider 

curriculums in History, Geography, Science and Spanish. 

IT literacy is taught, not assumed, and computer use is 

measured. We like teaching and talking to our pupils! 

A prep education offers balance. St Michael’s cultural 

and sports’ programmes further develop your child’s 

foundation, as creativity and problem-solving come in 

many forms. Specialist art and music classes are enjoyed 

weekly. We have three choirs, and most pupils participate 

in instrumental or speech & drama lessons with our ten 

itinerant staff. 

Nestled on the banks of the Avon, opposite the Riverside 

Farmers’ Market, our extended campus is spectacular: the 

Art Gallery, Museum, Tūranga – the 

central library, and Hagley Park are 

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Many of our parents now work in 

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comfort of knowing their children are 

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popping over for an hour to catch a 

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You and your child are warmly 

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Artist takes inspiration from impact of Covid-19 

• By Bea Gooding 

DARRYN GEORGE believes 

the world needs a little bit more 

innocence. 

The Christ’s College head of 

art’s painting, Mara #26, represents 

the beauty and joy of the 

world and has been recognised at 

this year’s Wallace Art Awards. 

The competition celebrates the 

country’s best visual artists and 

is one of the largest and most 

distinguished of its kind in New 

Zealand. 

Placed second out of more 

than 650 entries, he was awarded 

$22,000 in lieu of a residential 

placement at the British School 

at Rome next year. 

George’s plans to study at the 

prestigious art school may have 

been dashed due to Covid-19, 

but that has not stopped the art 

teacher from revelling in his 

achievement. 

“I was very humbled and I 

wasn’t expecting to win [the 

award]. To be amongst the finalists 

was an amazing honour,” 

said the Bryndwr resident. 

“This year felt like my work 

was heading in a really good 

direction, so it was the right time 

to enter and test the waters.” 

George was inspired to bring 

joy to people through art following 

the negative impact the 

Covid-19 pandemic has had on 

the world. 

The bright colours of the oil 

pastel and acrylic on canvas 

painting were used to represent 

the innocence of the Garden of 

Eden. 

The “crowd” of people in 

the foreground of the painting 

looked on to the scene of innocence, 

“yearning” to see what 

was on the other side. 

“It grew out of watching the 

news seeing so many bad stories 

and the brokenness of the 

world,” he said. 

“The idea of it is to go back to 

the Garden of Eden and its innocence 

before the fall. I started 

to think about the beauty and 

purity of what that used to be, 

and what it would look like from 

a child’s perspective. 

“I used, colour, crayons and 

pastels as a child would to get 

across the idea of beauty and 

joy.” 

George has always been drawn 

to painting preferring it over 

other art such as as photography 

and sculpture, which were often 

more time consuming due to the 

PRIDE: Christ’s 

College head 

of art Darryn 

George’s 

painting (right) 

was one of 

the finalists at 

the Wallace 

Art Awards. 

PHOTOS: GEOFF 

SLOAN 

use of materials and equipment. 

Said George: “I like the fact 

that I can sit in my studio and 

immediately start painting, 

rather than doing sculpture or 

photography that can require 

materials or a bigger studio.” 

The British School at Rome is 

home to researchers of the art, 

history and culture of the western 

Mediterranean from across 

the globe. 

As part of his award, he was 

due to further his own art 

history research at the school, 

delving deeper into the artistic 

influences of Italy. 

He planned to use the prizemoney 

instead to explore more 

corners of the world for research 

once international travel became 

available again. 

“Travelling to places like New 

York and seeing art in the flesh at 

galleries challenges me on what 

to do next and validates what I’m 

doing in my own studio, which 

helps put my work in context.” 

In the meantime, he was content 

with doing what he loved the 

most – teaching his students the 

importance of art. 

“I love teaching the boys, they 

take risks and try out things that 

I wouldn’t have the courage to 

do myself; it always inspires me,” 

he said. 

“The key thing I teach is to 

think laterally. Not all of the 

boys will become artists, but the 

skills are transferrable.” 

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