Ashburton Courier: November 05, 2020

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Ashburton College Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment News Issue 32 5November 2020 DeputyPrincipal Message Senior Students’Year End As you read mylast newsletter editorial ofthe year, our senior students will be gearing up to leave College for the year, other than for exams of course. For Year 13 students, they will leave never to return asthe next chapter of their life starts to open. One of the gratifying things about being ateacher is the recurring opportunity ofseeing young people grow both socially and physically as they take on board the responsibility that age brings –for most at least. 2020 Resiliency We are all aware ofthe challenges of2020 and Idon’t intend to go on about that, but what wehave seen as aCollege isthe resilience of so many ofour students. Our senior students, with positions of responsibility, the committees, executives and seniors in general, have grown somuch. Growth is always enhanced bygood leadership and 2020 has seen another year of strong leadership under the supervision and inclusiveness of Poppy Kilworth and Henry Chapman, our Head Students, and our Deputy Head Students Maria Costas and Kyle Cabangun, who have worked closely with the Senior Leadership Team and Head of Senior School,AbbeyBruce. AwardCeremonies Tonight, will see thefirst of our prize-givings, whenthe Year 13 students, their families,whānau andteachers gather in celebration at the Year 13 Graduation Ceremony. This will bestaged at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre as usual, and will be one of the last times that the year group come together as awhole. The opportunity tosee the success and the dividends ofhard work paying off aresome of my favouriteCollege times. Itisalso really special to see some of theyoungsters crossing the stagewho,only afew years before, nearly didn’t make it. Young people sometimes make poor choices and get lost onthe way and,when we areabletosit and witnessthose who got it wrong,got it sortedand have gone forward, it does theheartgood.Itisall tooeasyto writepeople off,when all they needed wastobegiven anotherchance to think things through and indulge in abit of ‘course correction’. We have all gotthings wrong.Icertainlyhave, andthank youtothose who gave me another chance. Generositycan take many forms. Guest Speakers We have hadsome amazing guest speakers over theyears at our prizegivings and this year promises to be really special. Iamsure that when SimonO’Neilltakes the lectern,his wordsand stories will motivate and entertain all.Asyou areprobablywell aware, Simonisaformer Ashburton College student who has certainly goneontogreat things,but the really gratifying thing about him is that henever ever forgets his roots, and always remembersthose who helpedhim on his way. Igenuinely hope thatour youngpeople areable to adopt asimilarphilosophy. TheYear With ADifference As theacademic year draws to aclose it is time forall of us to reflecton whathas been abangerofayear,and to draw from this year the things that were forced upon usthat weenjoyed –more family time perhaps, aslowerpaceoflifeand doing things differently. Theseseemedstrange initially, but have now developed into amore comfortable way to go about our business and, for many, atime to be able to think things through. Next Phases Theseniorstudents will be looking to make the mostofNCEA,and will have both reservations and excitement about the next phase of their lives,including therealisation of the dwindling preparation time before exams get into full swing andthe relief when they areall over.Our junior students have still alot to fit in with some pretty exciting stuff on the menu.WehaveCommunityServiceMorning,Get OutThereDay andthe TopClass Competition. Running alongsideall of this is the preparation thatisalways underway at this time of the year,asweget readyfor next year’s new students.The work that takes place, especially by our Junior School Pastoral Team, is huge. Theaim istomake the transitiontoCollege as smooth and stressfree as possible fornew students and parents and caregivers alike. Remember WhereYou Came From Youmay not always know where you are going inlife, but it is always goodtoremember whereyou camefrom! Forthose who will be moving on, we wish you all the very best. For those who return tousnext year, we encourage youtodoyour very best. Followthe AshCollWay Values of Quality, Pride and Respect. Ron Cresswell DeputyPrincipal •TumuakiTuarua Information Appreciation Being SunSmartReally Is Smart Skin damage caused by sun burncannotbereversed is astrong message to us all. Sun damage accumulates over time, increasing the risk of skin cancerlater in life. This is but one messagefromthe Cancer Society, Te Kāhui Matepukupuku oAotearoa, working to improve well-beingbyreducing the incidences andimpact of cancer. Other SunSmart advice for us to take notice of includes – Caps Don’t Cut It: they don’t provide enough protection to cheeks, nose, ears and neck. Bucketorwide-brimmed hats work best. UV Rays – UV levels cannot be seen or felt,which is what makesitdangerous. Therefore, Cover-up,especially between10:00am and 4:00pm. On Tuesday 20October College received donated sunscreen and aspike from the Ashburton Cancer Support Group, for use at various outdoor events. (Pictured above, left to right): Mandy Casey, Mid Canterbury Cancer Society Health Promoter, Cat Anderson (amember ofthe College Sports Committee), Kotiti Patea (Head of College Sports Committee) and Darion Gray (AshburtonCollege SportsCo-ordinator). Information PreNCEA Exam Study Nights DuetoStart Study Nights, are due to start again, to support students intheir final preparations for NCEA external exams, from Monday 16November through until Wednesday 09 December. Alist of theteachers in attendance will be displayed in theLibrary, oncethey have been confirmed. Supporting students in this way isasignificant time contribution from teaching staff, valued by the College Board, Management and students. Itistherefore importantfor studentsto respect the study focus of these nights, so that all attending can achieve purposeful outcomes. Study Nights are being held in the College Library, from next Monday, between7:00pm and9:00pm on the dateslisted below: Monday09November Wednesday11November Monday16November Tuesday17November Wednesday18November Thursday19November Monday23November Tuesday24November Wednesday25November Thursday26November Monday30November Tuesday01December AshburtonCollege Netball Club Coach and Manager Registrations of Interest Applications arenow open forregistrationsofinterest for positions of Coaches andManagers forall of our Collegeteams forthe 2021 netball season. Thereisaverysupportiveand well-resourced Cluband Committee behind our Coaches,Managers andPlayers. Forfurther details pleasecontactour President: KarenBurroweson027 031 67194 Or email your submissiontothe Club Secretary angescammell@hotmail.com. RegistrationsofInterest closeMonday 16 November 2020. Events RotaryYear 10Leadership Programme During the second week of the recent school holiday period two College Year 10 students, Denise Jerao and Sifala Sagaga, participated in the above LeadershipCourse,held at theBoyle RiverOutdoorEducation Centre, following nomination. Denise’s and Sifala’s summaries outlined this as areally good experience, which theywereverygrateful for, and saidtheywoulddefinitelyrecommend this to others. The programme was varied and organised, covering outdoor activities, leadership skills and how to use these skills. Both acknowledged being out of their comfort zone, particularly where rock climbing and abseiling wasconcerned, withDeniseand Sifala eachsayingtheyhad a‘massive’ fear of heights. Sifala said she was very proud of herself for achieving these activities and, in fact, went back todoitagain as, during aday, students could choose how often they repeated anactivity. Seeing others giving it agoand standing ontop of rocks was amotivating factor. High and low ropes were anotherchallenge. A 24km hike/walk in the rain was another challenge, being afour hour walk in the afternoon to the hut, described bySifala asbeing ‘in the middle of nowhere’. Herethey pitched tentsfor their overnightcamp,leaving to return to the Education Centre at 8:00am. Sifala described herself also as not being a‘typical outdoors person’ and said she found the hike hard, but the group encouraged each other and had the quicker walkers at the back, supporting the slower walkers at the front. (Pictured above, left and right): Denise Jerao and Sifala Sagaga intheir abseilinggear,with the rockyheights in the background. Each day was structured, with 7:00am being breakfast time and then to activities within the three groups of ten per group, plus instructors who were describedasreallyhelpful. Chores, cleaningupand being responsible fortheir owngear and carryingitwas all partofthe camp. Evening activities included orienteering, flashlights, night-line (following a line while blindfolded)and asolitaryhour in the bush. Denise did saythat, with rivercrossings, she would take moresockson another occasion in the outdoors! Meeting new people who were strangers, but close friends by the end of the camp, was areal bonus, aswas learning that anyone can be aleader in different ways, and the food got the real thumbs-up! Denise and Sifala saidthey would thoroughly recommendtheopportunity to otherstudents, with Sifala saying, even ifyou think you can’t achieve an activity, if you persevereyou canpull through. (Pictured right): Windy Point above the Boyle River. Acknowledgement Ahuge thank you is given tothe Rotary Club of Ashburton who annually sponsor two Year 10 students for this opportunity. Denise described this asa‘once ina lifetime’chance while Sifala said she really appreciatedbeing nominated. Year 13 Drama Perform ‘Nightcleaners’ Year 13 Drama students, as part oftheir performance assessment, took to the stage on Thursday 15 October to present the bittersweet comedy Nightcleaners,byAngie Farrow. Claire Bubb,Teacher of Dramaand Dance saidthe playfocuses on agroup of nightcleaners whoworkatthe Allied Airlines building,wherewemeet the unsavoury junior manager, Darren Sharp, who has little or no respect forthecleaners andtheirdreams. When heloses animportant file, hepromises the cleaners afree airline ticket to find it for him, which leads to them exploring where they would take off to if they 'won' the ticket. However, once the file isfound, Darren Sharp does notmakegood on his promise andwesee everyone get their just desserts -especially the ones whotread on the dreamsofothers. The cast performed with great skill and the audience was unanimous Stress at work (pictured right, lefttoright): GeorgiaMuir, Shikarna Delore, Ramona McIlroy, PoppyKilworth, TimHarford, MariaCostas, Brooke Miller. in theirpraise of those involved. Sharing Dreams (pictured left, leftand right): Ramona McIlroy and GeorgiaMuir.
Ashburton College Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment News Issue 32 5November 2020 Events Red Carpet Evening aCrowdPleaser After the unavoidable cancellations of musical events during this year, including the ever-popular Music Evening, itwas areal pleasure toshare talent onThursday 22October inthe College Auditorium with the annual Red Carpet Evening festival of music. A balanced and varied programme wasenjoyedbythe audience, with the number of owncomposition pieces being areal feature ofthe evening, and an indicator ofthe skills of the students. The Phoenix Chorus, under the directorship of Angie Cresswell, opened and concluded the evening with twobrackets of three choral presentations (City ofStars, Send Me aSong, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun; and Oh Moon, Sweet Talkin’Guy,Sisi Ni Moya). Their opening bracket set the scene forJay Jung (picturedbelowleft) on piano (Blind Man’s Bluff and Secret) in what isJay’s farewell to College, asaYear 13 student. Intrepid 6, comprised of Ollie Bubb, Kasey Higson, Jack Jones, Sean McQuillan, LauraMihaelescu-Bogdan performed an owncomposition, Dreamlike, followedbyYKM performing Marunouchi Sadistic with Kiho Irie as soloist,alongside YuzukiOkazakiand Marc Calzada. TheString Ensemble concluded the first half with Wachet Aug and Allelujah. Matt De Ocampo opened the second half with the vocal Folsom Prison Blues, followed by the Orchestra’s three presentations of Finale from Symphony No 5, Cavatina and Best of Green Day, under the baton of Stephen Diedricks. Also finishing at College at the end of this year is regular and talented performer and composer Year 13 student Joseph Collins (pictured right), who performed his self-accompanied vocal I’ll Be There. TheYear12Band of Malachi Drye, Imogene Felton and Harrison McKee performed an own composition Take Me Higher, while the Guitar Ensemble (pictured below) of Michael Petrus, Jade Jung, Sean McQuillan, JayJung and Marc Calzada performed Ad Joseph and Rex Ultimus, both composed by music teacher Michael Petrus. Abeautiful conclusion was Revival Tuvale (pictured below) singing Someday IWill Be With You (original composition), prior to the Phoenix Chorus concluding the evening. Acknowledgements An event such as this night cannot bepresented without the hard work of many, and we give aspecial thanks to –the Music Department staff: Stephen Diedricks (Head of Department), Michael Petrus (Blues Band), Angie Cresswell (Musical Director Phoenix Rising), Paula Green (String Group); MC for the evening: Carolyn Clough; Set Design and Lighting: Claire Bubb; Stage Manager: Michael Petrus; Lighting Crew: Cameron Radford and Jared Munn; Front of House: Jo Wakelin and Claire Bubb; Caretakers Richard Horrell and Warren Reid; and to staff musicians who supported the orchestra: Dave Christensen (cornet) and HelenWakelin (violin). Aspecial thanks isgiven to James Wood of the Ashburton Trust Event Centre whosteppedintothe breachasSound Technician in the absenceof RonCresswell. Music Evening Finalists 2020 On the theme of music, mentioned left was the cancellation of Music Evening. However, between COVID levels, auditions were held and House points allocated. We acknowledge and congratulate the 2020 finalists who would have performed at Music Evening,onthe last Thursday of Term Three: Matt De Ocampo – ‘I want to be ready’ Joseph Collins – ‘Leavemelikethis’, original composition Revival Tuvale – ‘Someday Iwill be with you’, original composition NgahuiaMaeva – ‘Driftingkite’, original composition Conner Stewart – Guitar instrumental Marc Calzada – ‘A Team’ Ellie Lawn – ‘Mybrother lived in SanFrancisco’ Guitar Trio (Jay,Marc, Jade) – ‘AdJoseph’ Joseph and Sama – ‘Rewritethe stars’ Band1 – ‘Gravity’, originalcomposition Before 4 – ‘Love High’ Intrepid 6 – ‘Dreamlike’ SamKuipers – Rondoalla Turka Charlotte Livingstone – ‘Almost there’ Maeand Tielu –'Amnesia’ Hannah andSam Kuipers – ‘Pirates’medley ShimeeAraguas – ‘A million dreams’ Kasey Higson – ‘She used to be mine’ Gwen Zamora – ‘Myfuture’ Brooke Miller – ‘Raining’ MichaelMunro – ‘Falling’ Matthew Hopkins – ‘SupermarketFlowers’ ImogeneFelton – Adifferent song JayJung – Adifferent piece LauraBogdan – Adifferent song Congratulations Outstanding Mathematics Results and TopStudentfor Luke Hay During Term Three, several students entered both the Great Kiwi Mathematics Competition and the Australian Mathematics Competition. These are online problem-solving competitions where the students have one hourtocompletethe questions. Assistant Head of Mathematics FacultyLiz Cabout said that this year we had someoutstandingresults: In particular, Year 9student Luke Hay gained distinction and the top studentresult in the KiwiMathematics Competition, placing him in the top 0.5% percentile level of the Year 9students entered. Luke’s highest mark wasachieved againststudents from the300 schools’entries. Luke also gained High Distinction in the AustralianMathematics Competition,which placedhim in the top3%of his year group. In the Kiwi competition other students to do very well were Hector Diamante and Ella Rickard who both scored in the top 25% of Year 9students. In the Australian Mathematics Competition JacobSwan, StevenHarris and Ella Rickard all gained Distinction, scoring in the top 20% of their respectiveyear groups. As only very capable mathematics students enter these competitions, this makes these resultsevenmoreimpressive. (Pictured left, back row, lefttoright): JacobSwan, HectorDiamante, Ella Rickard. (Front row, lefttoright): Steven Harris, Luke Hay. Full results are: GreatKiwi Mathematics CompetitionResults Participated: Andreea Ciora, NicDalgety,AliceHomer, JordyMcGillen, Iela Mangubat, Keagan Nel. Achieved (top 50%): Kaimana Acidera, Laura Cameron, Steven Harris, LauraJensen. Merit (top 25%): HectorDiamante,Ella Rickard. Distinction (top 0.5%): Luke Hay Australian MathematicsResults Participation: Laura Cameron, ShashaWatagedara. Proficiency (scored greaterthan32%): MarcCalzada, AngelaCiora, Nick Collie, JordyMcGillen, Dillon Rogers, Ryan Robinson. Credit (top 55%): Zane Cameron, HectorDiamante, BrendanFleming, DominicHay, Iela Mangubat,Keagan Nel, Cedrick Orena. Distinction (top 20%) Steven Harris, Ella Rickard, Jacob Swan. High Distinction (top 3%) Luke Hay. College ChessboardThrobbed to the Sound of Mustangs To the enthusiast, the sound of Mustangs gliding on to the College Chessboard atlunchtime on Friday 30October was adrawcard (and a slight distraction tothose in ameeting in the Principal’s Office beside the Chessboard!). Afew minutes’pauseinproceedings wasrequired! Organised through local member Patrick Forde, approximately fourteen members ofthe Canterbury Mustang Owners’ Club visited the College, to talk with and show offtheir very fine machines, tointerested staff and students, and to give a few revs to let the sound of the motors be savoured. Students had the opportunity toview the cars inside and out, and peer under the bonnets as well. Naturally passionate about their cars, the Mustang Club personnel were correctly of the view that our students and staff wouldenjoyseeing,and hearing, the cars. It didn’t take too much urging from students for the owners to get theengines revving! (Pictured left, lefttoright): Checking out the quality were Olivia Hill, Elizabeth Hastie, Jessica Wilson and Lucy Ross. Owners are rightly proud of their immaculate vehicles, enjoying gathering forrallies and displaying their vehicles foranyone interested.The steady flow of interested students throughout the lunch break certainly confirmed this. Coming Events November 05 Year 13 last dayofclasses Year 13 Graduation Ceremony, AshburtonTrustEvent Centre, 7:30pm 08 MidCanterburyCombined Cricket, Willows 09-12 SADD (Students Against DestructiveDecisions) Week 10 Year 11 and Year 12 last dayofclasses Year 11 and Year 12 Prize-giving,EANetworksCentre, 7:00pm 11 9X Museum trip,AshburtonMuseum 13 CanterburyAnniversaryDay,Public Holiday 16 Year 92021 Scholarship exams,atCollege,9:00am-11:15am Aoraki SecondarySchools’Junior Tennis Competition, Timaru Aoraki SecondarySchools’ Junior Touch RugbyChampionships, Timaru 16-09 DecNZQA Exams 17 Aoraki SecondarySchools’ Junior Football 6’s, Timaru Caroline BayRelays,Timaru 18 Aoraki SecondarySchools’ Junior Hockey,Timaru Junior SmallboreRifle Shooting,Coronation Target Shooting Club, Ashburton 19 Aoraki SecondarySchools’Junior Volleyball Championships,Timaru South Island SecondarySchools’LawnBowls Festival,Timaru ACCORD Teacher Only Day–Canterburyregion 20 New Entrants Morning Year 92021 Aoraki SecondarySchools’ Junior Badminton, Timaru Term Dates2021 – Term One Thursday 04 February (Years 9and 13) Friday05February (Years10and 12) Tuesday09February (Year 11) -Friday16April Term Two Monday03May -Friday09July Term ThreeMonday26July -Friday01October Term Four Monday18October - Thursday 28 October (Year 13) -Tuesday02November (Years11/12) -Thursday09December (Year 10) -Friday10December (Year 9) Some KeyEarly-Year Dates January 27-29 Year 13 Leadership Camp (for confirmed students), Mt Hutt Retreat 28-29 Peer SupportTraining, selectedYear 12 students. 28,29, 01 Feb Course Confirmation. For selectedYear 12 and 13 students only,byappointment. February 02-03 Teacher Only Days 04 Year 9and 13 students first day 05 Year 10 and 12 students first day 08 Waitangi Dayobserved,publicholiday 09 Year 11 studentsfirst day Pōwhiri,11:30am
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