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Ashburton College Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment News Issue 21 8June 2021 DeputyPrincipal Message Minimising Stress and Strain –Academic Studies The shortest day has already gone and it won’t be long before winter turns to spring. Hopefully excessive rains will be over andonly agentle topping up of rain supplies willcontinue. Gently topping upisagreat way to make some things happen with aminimum of stress and strain, and can oftenbethe best way to get through. Academic studies are underway for all, but no more so than for our senior students. Wehave already startedthe tracking programme in the Senior School to tryand minimise last-minute surprises and this, coupled with senior reports, hopefully givesarealitycheck around progress. Now isagood time to focus on studies, with dark nights and shorter days,sothatwhen spring hits,the mind and body areingood shape to push on to the end. Plenty to Celebrate at AshColl As always thereisplenty to celebrate at AshColl,with engaging activities in abundance and, atthe time of writing, the Ball was looming large – whatshall Iwear? As usual we have completed another Year 12 Road Safety Day through RYDA,and whatagreat dayitwas.Onceagain the Year 12 students were acredittousall and this wasconveyedback to us by the organisers. The students were presented with some pretty hard-hitting facts and figures that Iknow would make the majority stop and think. Isay the majoritybecause,asthe eventcame to aclose,Iwitnessed anumber of studentcars leaving the hotel with afull load on board, and the cynic in me suspected that the only thing missing was afull licence –knowing forafactthatno-oneinthe car wasold enough to have one! Keeping to RestrictedDriver’s LicenceRequirements Thewhole psyche around restrictedlicences baffles me.The lawisquite clear around the rules and the ‘why?’; yet itseems that aninordinate number of young drivers paynoheed to howmanyshould be in acar. Even after aday of exploring the dangers of distractions and the potential for disaster, the premise of ‘it will never happen to me’seems to be rife.Overthe years Ihavespoken to aserious number of students and parents/caregivers about this and feel that little regard isgiven to the potential danger of not sticking to the rules of the current licence. Many fail to understand that car insurance can be compromised if the law isbroken. Of course, that leads me to my next irritation, which is insurance. Themisconception thatinsuranceissolely theretocover the cost of fixing your car, isalive and well. Many seem unaware of the fact thatitistocover the cost of damage caused by youtoanother person’s property or another person or people. The damage to the high-price vehicle you just damaged will rest with you. Shudder to think how you would manage your conscienceifaperson were harmed –Isuspectthat would take some coming to termswith. The police are stretched thinly, asweknow, but Iwould welcome a positive campaign tohelp educate our young drivers in these matters, with proactivepolicing and consequences. Seven-dayJourneyProgramme:RDR ManagementFunding Last year we were fortunate to be offered an amazing opportunity for tenofour senior students to have the experienceofalifetime. Because of funding provided to the Peel Forest Outdoor Centre, from the Board of RDR Management Limited, they were able to set up aseven-day Journey Programme. The programme aims to significantly benefit students in the areas of team building,working in groups and decision-making. Through the outdoor activities they will experience life skills, enjoy apositive social environment, gain a better understanding of inter-personal relationships,and sharenew experiences. We were delighted to be offered this once again for another ten of our senior students for the start of2022, and immediately and enthusiastically accepted the very generous offer.Morenewslater. JourneyPathways The theme of journey is always foremost in our minds as we guide our young people through the pathways ofeducation and life. Good decisions, hard work, planning, and sound AshColl Way Values are the foundation of whatwedoonthatjourney. Ican’t recall who made the quote, but it is one which resonateswith me – ‘no-one made it to the topofMtEverest by accident’. Ngā mihi nui, Ron Cresswell DeputyPrincipal •TumuakiTuarua Staff Farewell Renae List Renae has been awelcome addition tothe English Department, since starting at AshburtonCollege in January2020. Her calm manner has been ofreassurance to our ākonga, and the way she has quietly gone aboutengaging our learners has meantthatthe ākonga all feel asense of belonging and achievement. Renae has readily identified the learning needs of the students and her initiative inplanning work that was appropriate to them has been appreciated by them and her colleagues. Her consistent approach to teaching and learning, and her strengths in literacy, has been ofbenefit to everyone in the classroom, and ākonga have appreciated the effort she Information ASHBURTON COLLEGE PRESENTS LIPSYNC 2021 ASHBURTON COLLEGE AUDITORIUM THURSDAY JULY 8TH AT 7PM ENTRY IS BY GOLD COIN DONATION AT THE DOOR Individual ExcellenceinaSupportiveLearning Environment Open Evening Thursday 29 July2021, 5:30pm–7:30pm TheAshColl Way Quality Pride Respect Futurestudents,parents/caregivers,whānau and communitymembers are warmly invited to attend our OpenEvening. Aparticular welcome,and encouragementtoattend, is extended to students who will be in Year 9in2022, and family members. During the evening youwill havethe opportunityto– • Meet andtalkwith the Principal,staff and students. • Hear and see whatthe College can offer your child and family. • Viewour facilities,and Innovation and Subjectdisplays. • Meet with BYOD Retailers -College is aBYODschool [Bring Your OwnDevice] • Enjoyasausage sizzle,coffee,tea, juiceinthe staffroom. There will be information available on: • Innovation and Single SubjectClasses. • Option Subjects for2022 (Year9students). Option subjects: nine subjectstobetaken from twelve available: – Choose at least one from TheArts: Art, Drama, Music. – Choose at least one from Languages: German, Japanese,Māori. – Choose at least three from Technology: Agriculture, Design and Visual Communication, Digital Information Technology, Fabric Technology, Food and Nutrition, HardMaterials Technology. • Note: all Year 9students take English, Mathematics, Physical Education and Health, Science, Social Studies. • Additionally available: English as an additional language for students forwhom English is asecondlanguage. If youhavenot yetchosen option subjects or requireassistancein choosing them through SchoolPoint, therewill be staff available in the College Office to assist you. Presentations startinthe College Auditorium at 5:30pm and6:15pm. These arefollowedbyguidedtours of the College, or youmay choose to self-tour by following the signs. EVERYONE MOSTWELCOME puts in. This, plus her general enthusiasm, have been of great value tothe Reading Programme in additiontothe literacyand numeracy supportRenae offered.Renaeisatease working one-to-one as much as she is working with awholeclass. Renae will be missed when she finishes at College tomorrow, not in the least(the English Facultyadvises)becauseofher keen senseofhumour! We wishher very well as shetakes up her new teaching position at St Joseph’s School,and thank herfor hervaluable contributions to AshburtonCollege. An inter-active discussion on: What depression is -symptoms -clinicalorother; whatmay cause it; whatmay help; whatcan we do? Apresentation by and discussion with BryonCope Bryonhas alived experience; has featured on Nigel Latta’s TheHardStuff Suicide S2; has spoken at two WorldSuicide PreventionSymposiums (Christchurch); and the Mental Health Foundation National Conference2020(Christchurch). When and Where: Wednesday14July,5:30pm-7:00pm or Thursday15July,1:00pm-2:30pm AshburtonCommunityHouse,44Cass Street Events Please call Bryonon027 298 6445 or email bryon@dsn.org.nz to reserve your seat–there is no charge. RYDA Day As referred to in Ron Cresswell’s editorial, this day was held for all Year 12 students,atthe Hotel AshburtononWednesday23June. This programme challenges students tochange the way they think about road safety and lay the foundation forsaferoad use throughouttheir lives. TheRYDAworkshops featured practical demonstrations,real-lifenarratives, videos,quizzesand interactiverole-plays focused on road safety. As statistics show, young people continue tobeover-represented inroad deaths and serious injuries. Male drivers in the 15–19 year age group are approximately eight times more likely to crash than male drivers in the lowest risk age group of 55–59 years; and female drivers aged 15–19 are about six times more likely tocrash than female drivers in the lowest risk group of 45–49 year olds. For every fatality there are approximately another ten people who are seriouslyinjured. Itiscrucial to equip ouryoung people with the righttools andstrategies to navigatethrough this. (Picturedright): Groupin the CrashInvestigators' Workshop, with (far left, lefttoright, facing): Jed Amos,Jack Brown, Chris Angus. (Pictured below): Students being showntyresafety tips. (Pictured above): Students ready for the graphic stopping distance demonstration and the tough injury and damage outcomes which can occur,evenat30km/h. Ronsaid the dayheld greatsupport from the RYDA organisers,with Rotary Ashburton personnel there assisting for the whole day, and very grateful appreciation isgiven to them and to the Ashburton District Council for bringing thisvaluable programmetoAshburton students. The day was acompulsory ‘school’ day for Year 12 students, and positive feedback came from manyastothe value of the day.
Ashburton College Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment News Issue 21 8July 2021 Events Phoenix Chorus Perform at RotaryChangeoverMeeting Ashburton College’s Phoenix Chorus (pictured below) was honoured to be askedtoperform at the RotaryChangeoverMeeting held at theAshburton Golf ClubonTuesday29June. Rotarymembersare generous supporters of our choirs,and theCollege as awhole, so it waslovely to have theopportunity to give back andshowour appreciation. Angela Cresswell is the MusicalDirectorand Stephen Diedricks accompanied thechoir. Choral Manager Carolyn Clough said the choir performed a diverse programme, including songs from musical theatre and film,toclassical and acapella. Aspecialrequest from theRotarians who hadattended the recent ‘Concert ofChoirs’ was ‘Girls JustWant to Have Fun’ made famous byCyndi Lauper in 1983. Another crowdfavouritewas ‘Releaseour Love’ by AliHarper. (Pictured above): Jordis Double leading the choir in Ali Harper’s ‘Release our Love’. Appreciation At the end ofthe performance, the choir was presented with a$500 donation to put towards our 2022 proposed tour to Northland. This was gratefully received with thanks by our choir members. Dual Enrolment: Hair and Beauty, at Ara HeadofSenior School Abbey Bruceadvisesthatfour of our seniorstudents travel to the Ara Institute of Canterbury, Timaru Campus, once aweek as they work to completetheir Level3Hair and BeautyCourse. On 11 June they hadagroup of womenfromthe community come in, in the afternoon, forcomplimentary beautytreatments. Thegirls were superband the classhad thefeel of aprofessionalclinic,with theirtutor being very proud of them. The processwas so successful, thatit is to be repeated. (Pictured above, left and right): Machal Snow and Rachel McArthur at work with their community members. Coming Events July 09 Hockey 1st XI Boys –Christchurch Basketball –SCSS Competition, STEC Timaru 10 NZSS Shooting Championships (Triple S) Round 2, Home Range Crusaders Region 1st XV MCCvSTAC(away) 10-11 SISS Road Cycling Race,Christchurch 10 Term StudentHolidaybreak begins 10-25 Term 2Holiday 12-13 Cycling Track Nationals,Cambridge 12-14 SISS Junior Netball Tournament, Christchurch 14 Hockey 1st XI Girls,Christchurch College AGirls’Netball,SuperNet,Christchurch 16 Hockey 1st XI Boys –Christchurch Basketball –SCSS Competition, STEC Timaru 20 Basketball –TT/WTcompetition, Christchurch 21 Hockey 1st XI Girls,Christchurch College AGirls’Netball,SuperNet,Christchurch 22-25 NZSS Swimming Championships,Auckland Congratulations Winners at CanterburyTarget Shooting School Team Championships As partofthe CanterburyChampionships,Manager Nina McKenzie,advised thereisalso aschools’team championship. TheAshColl team, despitehaving lost topshooters from College at the end of last year, continued the strong tradition of success to win this competition. (Pictured right): Team members CharlotteMcKenzie, Madi Tourle,and Jack Jones. Team reserve was Phoebe McKenzie. Showing up well also arethe team’s new self-designed jerseys! Their winning team total was868.33, which is arecognisably greatscore. In second place was Darfield High School with 831.25, and Rangiora High School in thirdplace on 798.09. Further to the team’s credit, there was achance ofCharlotte not shooting due to not being well, but the remaining shooters all shot so well that they would still have wonasateam by counting Phoebe’s score. This is an impressiveoutcome. Additional Successes were - In addition to the above results,inthe Open Championships – • Madi Tourle placed 3rdoverall in the CGrade Championship • Phoebe McKenzie was3rd in the DGrade Championship • Both Charlotte McKenzie (A Grade Championship) and Jack Jones (B Grade Championship)had good mid-pack finishes within very strong fields. As in all Open Championships,the graded fields areopen age and gender. Nina said that these results show the exciting potential of this very young team and, with many more students at Ashburton College involved in the sport, the futurelooksverybright. Future Hosting of South Island Teams’ Championship Target Shooting Mid Canterbury isbuilding up to host this Championship, at the endofJuly. This is an enormous eventfor the sportinMid Canterbury, and will involve over 230 competitors. Some AshColl Junior Shooters will also be involved,sowelook forwardtoinformation from thatevent. Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Two Rhythmic Gymnastics events have been held inrecent weeks, and competed in by Year 9studentAnna McFall. The first event was the New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Championships held inAuckland on Saturday 29 May, followed bycompeting in the Canterbury Secondary Schools’ Championships held in Christchurch on Tuesday15June. Anna is coached byRosie Yeatman from Olympia Gymnastic Sports in Christchurch. Results In the AucklandcompetitionAnnacompeted in the Ball,Hoop and Ribbon categories,finishing in 7th Overall place,following placingsof 5th (Ball),and 6th (Hoop andRibbon). In Christchurch she competed in the Ball and Hoop, placing 1st and 2nd respectively, to place 2nd Overall. (Pictured right): Anna competing in the Ball category. ThreeCollege Students Competed in Christchurch (Pictured above,lefttoright): Jamie Glanville, Anna McFall and Marlese Schoonderbeek. NicciGlanville wasthe Team Manager. Trampoline Results Marlese Schoonderbeek –3rd in the 17+ Women’s Category. Jamie Glanville –4th in the 13-14 years Women’s Category. (Pictured right, left and right): Marlese and Jamie in high flight. AshColl at Ngā Manu Kōrero Ashburton College ākonga (students) competed and tautoko (supported and encouraged each other) at Ngā Manu Kōrero, held at Hornby HighSchoolonFriday18June. Teacher Sarah Lassen said that Ngā Manu Kōrero isanimportant event in Māori education for growing oratory skills and providing astage for our ākongatogivetheir views and to laydowntheir challengestoanaudience of peers, parents,whānauand judges. The speech contests are intended to encourage the development ofskills and confidence of Māori students in spoken English and te reo Māori. All secondaryschools areinvited to participate in this wonderful event, noting thatthe Māorisection is opentoall students as partofastrategytosupport everyone to learnand to speak in te reoMāori. Presentations Ashburton College ākonga Kaleb Thompson and Keanu Smith competed inthe junior section in te reo Māori and English respectively. Ngahuia Maeva took to the stage inthe senior English competition. They were supported by their peers who sang awaiata and performed ahaka after their oratory skills were put on display. (Pictured right, leftand right): Manu KōreroJunior Competitors Kaleb Thompsonand Keanu Smith,with Matua Tiipene (centre). Beloware thefeelings of ākongaonthe day, as well as those of aproud parent. Keanu: ‘It was an amazing day. There were lots of supportive people and interestingspeeches’. Kaleb:‘Iwas really nervous at first but,when leaving, Ifelt like I’dexperienced somethingnew and listened to alot of interestingpeople’. Bill’e: ‘The Manu Kōrerowasagreat experience’. Honey: ‘ManuKōrerowas avery greatexperience. It wasadifferentfeeling beingaround alot of Māoribut it is such agreat event’. Ngahuia: ‘The experiencewas really fun. It wasgreat beingable to chat with the younger onesand listen to Kaleb and Keanugivetheir speeches,aswell as giving my own. It wasafun time and Ican’t wait to do it again’. Parent: ’Well, what can Isay? Iabsolutely enjoyed joining the students from Ashburton College at the Manu Kōrero speeches. They were such an awesome bunch of teens, having alaugh and banter before and after speeches. Iwas overwhelmed with emotion at just how much support each student showed towards their peers and how they represented themselves as AshColl students and individuals. My thoughts were to be there as a parent, mother and wahine toaformyson who wassonervous he needed reassurance that Iwas standing with him in physical sight, showing him strengthand courage. Theexperience wasone of pride andprestige thatour upcoming generation stand out with positivewairua, showing who they are, whatthey stand for, and whatvaluesthey share. Appreciation Each school had some brilliant talent and this showed in their speech as well as their stance. Iwouldlike to acknowledge Matua Tiipene forhis open commitment tothese students and his ongoing support and kindness. A true and valued warrioratits finest, and definitely apositiverole-modelfor Māoristudents. One of the things that stood out forme, wasseeingthe warrior presenting itself within both Kaleb and Keanu and wahine toa in Ngahuia. These are very significant gifts abeing can show on aspiritual level; something I strongly see andfeel. Iwas proud to stand with these students and be apart oftheir school whānau. Thank you for such awonderful and blessed day atthis event and thank youtoall tīpuna whohavepassed,for standing alongsideour tamarikiand bringing out and showing the world what strong and humble people we areraising. Iamsoveryproud rightnow and willhold this memoryclosetomyheartfor many years tocome. Bring on the next Manu Kōrero! From aProud Mama, SuzieLee’. (Pictured above): Manu Kōrerocompetitors and supporters. (Back row, left to right): Freedom-Lee Gleave, Kaleb Thompson, KaiwhaikiPeetitumango,Ngahuia Maeva, Jared Munn, Keanu Smith, Matua Tiipene,Bill’eO’Brien. (Front row,lefttoright): Shanel Davis,Honey Reuben.
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