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Ashburton College Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment News Issue 23 29 July 2021 Acting Principal Message EnrolmentWeek and OpenNight This week the College has conducted its annual Open Evening. This is an opportunity for our students who will becoming toCollege next year to visit and go for aguided tour with their whānau. They meet some teachers and have an opportunity to get involved in some fun, interactiveactivities. It is always apleasuretowelcome people on to the College and thanks go out to the manystudents who helped as tour guides. Next week is Enrolment Week. This is where each and every student coming to College forYear 9in2022has ameetingand interview with a member of College staff.Itisanopportunityfor anyquestions to be asked and forthe school to meet our incoming cohort. This is aweek that Ialways look forward to, and it is filled with smiles, anticipation and alittle nervous energy. SubjectSelection/Career PathwayPlanning It is at this time ofyear that students and their whānau begin to look ahead to the subjects or pathways they intend to pursue in 2022. It is an exciting time, that can also be daunting. Inselecting subjects, students need to consider factors such as possible career pathways and more importantly, what they enjoy. With many options available, itis importantthat, in selecting subjects,students speak with their parents or caregivers and make use of the opportunities foradvice that exist within the College. In addition toour Careers Advisor, students are also able to access help and support from their Ako teacher, Dean, Head of School and Subject Teachers.When thinking about whatsubjects to study,itisimportant for students to bear in mind that, while they may have aclear idea of what they would like to pursue,this maychange. There are also many opportunities beyond school that they are unlikely to have ever heard of, or may not even exist yet! We do not know what the future will bring with regard tothe work force but we do know that change is acertainty. Thebest adviceIcan give to students is -whateversubjects youpursue, do your best, asmotivation and determination will be valued wherever the futuretakes you. Goals ThestartofTermThree is agood time to take aminutetostopand reflect. Early in the year,students were supportedtoset goals forwhatthey would like to achieve in 2021. Taking the time to check on what your goals are, whatactions youhaveundertaken, andhow youare progressing towards the goal,will supportfuturesuccess. Whāia ekoe te iti kahurangi ki te tūohu koe, me he maunga teitei Pursue excellence–should youstumble,let it be to alofty mountain Jono Hay Acting Principal •Tumuaki Coming Events July 30 Hockey 1st XI Boys –Christchurch German DayatUniversityofCanterbury Junior Boys’Aand B, Junior Girls’Aand Senior Boys’BBasketball - South Canterbury WinterBasketball Competition, SouthernTrustEventsCentre, Timaru 31 Crusaders Region 1st XV MCCvNelson College (away) August 01 AshColl Aand BNetball,AorakiNetball Tournament, Waimate NZSS Rogaine Championships,Christchurch 01-07 Cook Islands’Language Week 02 Year 12 and Year 13 UniversityofCanterburyand Ara Campus Tour, Christchurch EnrolmentWeek,atCollege 03 Year 11AGS Group 1, Farmbikes Day2,AshburtonShowgrounds Year 12 Rafting,Peel Forest Outdoor Centre,Rangitata Senior Girls’Basketball,Whelan Trophycompetition, Christchurch Senior Boys’Basketball,Thompson Trophycompetition, Christchurch 04 Australian Maths Competition CanterburySecondary Schools’Snowand SkiChampionships, Mt Hutt Year 11AGS Group 2, Farmbikes Day2,AshburtonShowgrounds Year 13 Electors -Auditorium Hockey 1st XI Girls,Christchurch College AGirls’Netball,SuperNet,Christchurch 06 Hockey 1st XI Boys –Christchurch Year 11 Rafting,Peel Forest Outdoor Centre, Rangitata Junior Boys’Aand B, Junior Girls’Aand Senior Boy’sBBasketball - South Canterbury WinterBasketball Competition, SouthernTrustEventsCentre, Timaru 07 Crusaders Region 1st XV MidCanterburyCombined v Timaru Boys’Hgh School(home game) Information Please Note: Forthcoming KeyEvents forYour Diary College Closed Tuesday10August forthe purpose of an ACCORD Teacher Only Day Pleasenotethatthe College willbeclosed fornormal instruction on thisday,inorder to undertakeanACCORD Teacher Only Day. These TeacherOnly Days were allocated in the Accord between the MinistryofEducation,NZEI Te RiuRoa, and PPTATeWehengarua, and arebeing held throughout New Zealandonset days forregions. Thedaysare setasidetosupportthe implementationofchanges to NCEA, and wider strengthening of curriculum, progress andachievement practice. We do ask thatyou make alternativearrangements foryour sons/daughters on thisday and thank youfor your support. Events Office Closureat3:20pm,Thursday19August Please note: the CollegeOffice will be closed from 3:20pmonThursday 19 August. This is to allowall staff to attend aStaff Briefing relatedtothe Collegere-build programme. We thank youfor your supportofthis timing. Year 9-12 Course Information Expo, HotelAshburton Wednesday11August,6:00pm-8:00pm This evening is forcurrentYear9-12 students, or forany students enrollinginYear 10-13 in 2022, and parentsand caregivers. Staff will be available at their subjectdisplaytotalk about subject choices for2022. Mid-Term Break -Friday27August PleasenotethatCollege is closed forinstructionthisday. This is aBoardofTrustees-approved leave day. AshburtonCollege Library/TeWhare PukapukaMatauranga Celebrates Volunteer Appreciation Week. Towards the end of Term Two the Library celebrated Volunteer Appreciation Week, with Teacher Librarian Anne Williams, advising that the Library staff very much appreciate the contribution of the Libraryvolunteers,who are averyvaluedpartofthe Libraryteam. This year Ashburton College Library has twenty-two volunteers who helpthe Librarians in avarietyofways. TheCollege Library is recognised as averybusy space supporting teaching and learning, and promotingliteracyand researchskills.With high issue numbers,staff would struggle to caterfor all of thestudents withoutour volunteers. Our Year 13 volunteers run the front desk during one of their study periods, issuing and returning books and laptops, and dealing with studentenquiries. Our adult volunteers cover books, sort the archives,help with studentenquiries and much more. Anne said they are very grateful for this help and enjoy the contributions our volunteers maketoour librarycultureand service. 2021 marks the first ever celebration of Solomon Islands Language Week in Aotearoa. The week lasted from Monday 05-Sunday 11 July, falling in the first week of this month in order to coincide with the 43rd year ofthe nation’s Independence celebrations. The Solomon Islands is acomplex country with over eighty different local languages plus over 300 dialects. Ithas six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and northwest of Vanuatu. The Solomons has aland area of 28,400 square kilometres and apopulation of 652,858 people. (Pictured right): Year 10 studentDoreen Awaikera, our College student ofSolomon Islands descent, very proudly wearing cultural dress during the Solomon Islands’Language Week. (Pictured left): Our twenty-two Library volunteers.are acknowledged. Solomon Islands' Language Week Events StudentVolunteers Assist Further With Farm Clean-up On the lastThursdayofTermTwo,08July,agroup of studentvolunteers undertook community service work for neighbouring farms impacted on byy the recent floods. Students involved were: (Pictured above, back row, left to right): Simon Moore, Logan Johnson, Aidan Watson, Jake Lawson, Ben Sheppard, Alex Mackle, Matthew Binnie, Ollie Strawbridge, Casey Flett, Bailey May. (obscured). (Front row, left toright): Matt Pearce, Elizabeth Hastie, Will Rollinson, Teagan Cameron, LauraWalsh, SamRoberts. Thank YouAshburtonPakekeLions fora GreatDay Out Te WhareManaakistudentsand staff hadagreat dayatthe AntarcticCentre in Christchurch, on Tuesday 06 July, courtesy of theAshburtonPakeke Lions Club. Teacher-in-Charge Cheryl Hardy said that Te Whare Manaaki students and staff have awonderful association with this Community Service Club that has beeninvolved with theCollege over many years. They are warmly thanked for their generosity and interest in this group of students at Ashburton College. In Christchurch students learnt about Antarctic exploration, sat in aplane simulator and experienced araging southern storm with temperatures down to -15.5degrees celsius.The Little Blue Penguins were really cuteand patting thehuskies wasagreat sensory experience. Ahighlight was the 4D movie of Antarctica where, courtesy of special glasses,thebirds almost flew into the audience's faces,plus water spraying over studentsasthe ship sailed theturbulentseas. The all-terrain Hagglund vehicleridesimulateddriving over the harsh Antarctica landscape. (Pictured right): Delta Taeauga watching DomWayman (left) and Kaleb Moodie (right) riding thesnowmobiles. (Pictured left): Chattingto ahuge EmperorPenguin and chick are Niesje Burgerhout (left) and Jacob Olsen (right). (Pictured above): In the Ice Room are (back row, left to right): Jonathan Hardy, Kirsty Fortune (Learning Support Assistant - obscured), Delta Taeauga, Jenny Oliver (Learning Support Assistant), Raglan Patrick (partly obscured). (Middle row, left toright): Chelssea Cheesman, Jacob Olsen (obscured), Nathaniel Stenton, Julieann Wairepo (Learning Support Assistant), Cody Robin, Kim Sinclair-White (Learning Support Assistant), DominicWayman. (Front row, left toright): Kaleb Moodie, Alex Blackley, Rebecca Wilson, Stacey Cooper. Cheryl said this wasafantastic daythatwas enjoyedbyall and,again, avery special thankyou is giventothe PakekeLions.
Ashburton College Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment News Issue 23 29 July 2021 Events Year 12PhysicsClass to RutherfordBuilding With information input from Lana Clark-Powell and Heer Giroti On Wednesday 16June, MrBell’s Year 12 Physics class of close to thirty students went to the Rutherford building at the University ofCanterbury (UC), Christchurch, to gain further knowledge about radioactivity. We worked with experts in the Physics field and built on the knowledge about the origin of atoms, how radioactive material can be identified and howitworks. (Pictured above): Students enacting Rutherford’s Gold Foil experiment where he discovered the structure of an atom. (Left back, left to right): Conner Stewart (back to camera), Cairo Hawkes, Dillon Rogers. (Students sitting/standing, left to right): Heer Giroti, Lana Clark-Powell, Maddy Young (standing). (Studentsinhi-vizvests/hats,lefttoright):MatthewAshdowne,CharlesSavage, Mitchell Taylor. Our favourite part ofthis trip was the demonstrations of the bed of nails, how momentum affects aspinning chair, playing ping-pong with ahandmade air hoverboardand howliquid nitrogen works. (Pictured right): Howoften doyou getthe chance tostand on your teacher (BryanBell) who is lying on a bed of nails? Charles Savage got this honour,while Luke Pasion (left) and Neiv Sol (right) look on, with Graeme Plank, UCTutor,managing the activity. (Pictured below, lefttoright): Measuring the radiation absorption of organic material (a carrot) are Matthew Ashdowne, Hamish Lyth, Amy Stilgoe (obscured), and Matthew Wong. We would like to thank the staff of Ashburton College who made this trip possible as well as the tutors from Canterbury University -Cliff Franklin, Graeme Plank and those from the Christchurch Arts Centre -who took the time to help us understand moreabout radioactivityand nuclear physics. The NewRutherford Centre At the centre of UC’s SciencePrecinct, the new Rutherford Regional Science and Innovation Centre (RRSIC) creates ahub for Canterbury’s science and innovation network. Stage 1 of the $220 million RRSIC, the Ernest Rutherford building, was opened in early 2018. Named for renowned UC Alumnus Ernest, Lord Rutherford, it includes specialist teaching and research laboratories for physics,astronomy, chemistry, geology,geographyand biological sciences. The Centre has been purposefully designed to encourage innovation and supportflexible learning and teaching methods,with key features including state-of-the-art laboratories, UAV/drone room, 3D medical imaging; cloud chamber; radioactivity lab; superconduction magnet lab; herbarium; informal social and study spaces. The building’s design enables easy interactions between departments, and supports face-to-face teaching methods, individual and small group investigative laboratory work, online research, and learning either individually or in groups. Year 11 Students on Field Trip to Christchurch As partofThe Foundation Studies Course,Year 11 students areencouraged andsupportedtoconsider optionsfor further education. Liz Carrick -Assistant Head ofSenior School/Senior Dean and Head of Department for Foundation Studies –advised that, on Thursday 08July, coursestudents travelled to Ara Institute Christchurch, andwereintroduced to some of the courses available. One group (pictured below) visited the Woolston Campus tosee different Trades courses; while the second group viewed Hospitality at the Madras Street Campus. These visits werethenfollowed with agroup activityfor one of theirassessments, requiring students to work as ateam. Students were teamed up to take partin Laser Tagand had to come up with aplan, and then tryand defeatthe other team. (Pictured right): The team building stage, before working outteam strategies,showing (lefttoright): James Emerson, Sophie Livingston (obscured), TasmynCameron- Neighbour, Alastair Kilgour, HenryGoodes, Jonathan Kilgour. Teachers KarenStrijbis and Liz Carrick were very impressed with this group of young people who representedthe College extremely well. Congratulations Strong CyclingResults forMaddiLowry South IslandSchools’Road Championships Maddi rode well at these Championships, held at Ruapuna Raceway in Christchurch on Saturdayand Sunday10-11 July. Maddi, as aYear 12 sixteen-year-old, was competing in the Under 20 Year Girls,representing AshburtonCollege. Maddi’s results were - 5th placed in the Individual Time Trial. Bronze Medal in the 31km Road Race, achieving this from abunch sprint at the end of the race. (Pictured above, centre): Maddi during the Road Race. National Schools’Track Championships – 4th Placing Overall Straight after the Road Race, Maddi flew to Auckland to compete in the above championships held at the Avantidrome in Cambridge,onMondayand Tuesday12and 13 July, making for abusy and competitive fewdays. Racing wasoverthree events in the Omnium style, where points are awarded for each race in relation to finishing positions, to then determine overall points. Maddi’s results were as follows,also in the Under 20 Year Girls: • 5th 5kmScratchRace • 4th Keirin Heats • 9th Keirin Final • 2nd 30 lap Tempo Points Race Being competitive in all races enabled Maddi to secure 4th placeoverall. (Pictured above): Maddi ready forthe startofthe Keirin. (Pictured above): Maddi with her BronzeMedal. Congratulations Roncalli Netball DevelopmentTournament Ashburton College Year 10A, 9A and 9B teamscompeted inthis tournament, held in Timaru on Sunday 27 June, whereafoggy, cold startheralded in the day, but the players reportedly enjoyed the challenge of playing outside, and the tournamentwas enjoyable and well-run. College Year 10A Team In the Year 10A Grade, six teams competed: being Ashburton College, St Hilda’s Collegiate, Timaru Girls’ High School, Waitaki Girls’ High School, Roncalli College and Craighead Diocesan School.Each game was20minutes long,comprised of twoten minutehalves. As for all teams the Year 10A team had to battle against the cold, wet and, at times, windyweatherintheirgames. Allplayers playedtotheir potential in these elements that they are completely unused to, due tobeing so privilegedastoplayinsideatthe EA Networks CentreinAshburton. The team took losses with each game but Coach Sarah Lassen said they playedhardand were able to walk away withtheir heads heldhigh, adding that it was a wonderful opportunity to play against teams of their own age group, including some which had boys playinginthe team. Team membersare – ChloeBraas, BriarClark, Sophie Gibson, Izzy Harris,Selaima Loloma, Holly Ngutu, Siasini Satui, Pairu Teokotai, MoungaUlupano,Sasha Williams,with ManagerMichelle Adams. (Pictured right): Goal Attack Chloe Braas putting up the shot, with Goal Shoot Sophie Gibson ready for arebound, if needed. (Pictured above, left toright): In action against Craighead Diocesan School, aredefences Siasini Satui (GK),SelaimaLoloma (GD) and Izzy Harris(WD). College Year 9A Team –Second Placed The Year 9A team competed against St Hilda’s Collegiate School, Columba College,Roncalli College,Timaru Girls’HighSchool and Craighead Diocesan. Coach Jasmin Strawbridge said the team was quite successful, winning three games,losing one,and drawing one. These results placed them in the topthree teams. Jasmin said they started off well with astrong warm-up in the morning,leading to the first three wins, but thatfatigue didcome into playinthe afternoon forthe last twogames. However, the girlswerecredited forgiving it 100%, as always. Team members are – Grace Johnston, Taylor Lamont, Meg Lill, Milla Overend,PennySmollett,Makeleta Ula, Marnell Vaaelua, Lucy Williams, RubyWilliams,Torry Wilson-Brown, with Manager Leisel Lambert. Special mention was made ofMarnell Vaaelua, who slipped on ice/water a couple times,for getting straightback up with asmile on her face. Overall, agreat day was had and the day ‘definitely prepared’the girls for what toexpect when playing outside, and in preparation for the South Island TournamentinChristchurch. The players appreciated the yoga session Sarah Lassen organised for the following Mondaytoreplacetraining! College Year 9B Team Coach and Manager, Paula Strawbridge and Ellie Hill said the players were disappointedtowin only the one game,but took heartfromkeeping the other scored to within only afew goals,which is encouraging forfuture competition matches. Congratulations were given toCraighead Diocesan School,winners of the six-team grade. Team members are – Isla Hart (Captain), Sabrina Cassineri, Zoe Dalton, Sophie Davis, Hariett Hill, Kelly Paterson, Kaedia Reuben, Lucy Rotch, Faith Tait,Elsie Vlaanderen. Results –Animpressive14-4 win over WaitakiGirls’High School,while the losses were against Craighead Diocesan School (7-12), Timaru Girls’ High School (8-13), St Hilda’sCollegiate School (6-10) and Roncalli College(5-11). (Pictured left): Goal Attack Elsie Vlaanderen reaches fora high ball,inthe game against Timaru Girls’HighSchool, while Wing Attack Harriet Hill prepares to move forwardfor the next stage of play.
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