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Ashburton College Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment News Issue 24 5August 2021 DeputyPrincipal Message Cook Islands’Language Week Kia Orana. This week is Cook Islands’ Language Week. Cook Islands’ Language Week 'Epetoma ō te reo Māori Kūki ‘ĀiranI’ celebrates the languages spoken bythe people of the Cook Islands; being Cook Islands Māori, the Western Polynesian language Pukapuka, and the distinctive mixture of Cook Islands Māori and English spoken by the people of Palmerston Island.Cook Islands Māorihas anumber of distinct dialects,the most widely used of which is Rarotongan. The Ashburton College Student Cultural Committee has planned a number of events to celebrate this, and the College will fly the Cook Islands flag for the week. Meitaki ma'ata toall of those who helped with the organisation of these events. Resilienceand Perseverance There iscurrently alot of coverage of the Olympics in the media. One theme thatcomes through in manyofthe success stories is the adversity thatthe athletes have faced,prior to the success we see. This is atheme that isrepeated throughout our lives.When we observe success (whateverweperceivethattobe), we areinvariably seeing the tip of the iceberg–the positiveoutcomes.Whatwedonot see is the majority of the work, failure, effort, time and commitment that has gone into creating thatsuccess.AsBarack Obama said ‘The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won’t. It’s whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, orwhether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere’. No one can escape failure. If you let it keep you down and shying away from achieving your goals, you’ve failed again. If you learn from itand continue on your path, it wasn’t failure, but alesson. ExamWeek College exams start on14September for senior students. These are a progress check, practice opportunity, and act asderived grades in the case of astudent missing or being impaired during their end-of-year exams. These exams may seem like along way away, but Iencourage all senior students to ensure that they are clear on what exams they will be undertaking during this week and to put astudy plan in placefor the five weeks leading up to these exams. Aere ra Etau te raveangaanga itana tutaki Theworkerispaid according to his service. If youworkhardyou will be rewarded Jono Hay DeputyPrincipal •TumuakiTuarua Staff -Welcome Information Leigh Heaney-Lee Teacher of English BevNeutze Returned to College, with appreciation, in afixed-termposition as Teacher of Food and Nutrition Course Information Expo To consider subjectchoices/selections for2022 Next Wednesday, 11 August 2021 6:00pm-8:00pm (Hotel Ashburton, entranceoffRacecourse Road) This evening is forcurrentAshburtonCollege students in Year 9–12, or forany students enrolling in Year 10 –13in2022. Throughout the Expo, staff will be available at their subjectdisplays to talk with. We lookforward to meeting withyou. Forfurther information please feel free to contact: RossPreece, Principal,atthe College (308 4193, ext809, principal@ashcoll.school.nz) Information Please Note: Forthcoming KeyEvents forYour Diary College Closed Tuesday10August forthe purpose of an ACCORD Teacher Only Day Pleasenotethatthe College will be closed fornormal instruction on this day, in order 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 and achievement practice. We do ask thatyou make alternativearrangements foryour sons/daughters on this dayand thank youfor your support. Mid-Term Break -Friday27August PleasenotethatCollege is closed forinstruction thisday. This is aBoardofTrustees-approved leave day. Office Closureat3:20pm, Tuesday07September (Note: Changed from Thursday19August) Please note: the CollegeOfficewill be closed from 3:20pm on Tuesday07August. This is to allowall staff to attend aStaff Briefing relatedtothe College re-build programme. We thank youfor your supportofthis timing. UC (UniversityofCanterbury) Outreach @AshColl Aiga Evening -Thursday12August,6:00pm AshColl andthe Pacific Education Team from theUniversityofCanterbury welcome all AshColl Year 11-13Pasifikastudentsand theirfamilies/aiga to an opentanaloa abouthow tertiarystudy can benefit your student/young person. Theeveningwill be held in the Ashburton CollegeStaffroom starting at 6:00pm and followthe followingformat: • Tanaloa -How can tertiary study benefityou/your young person? • ScholarshipApplication Writing. º Time to help students write applications. (Note: UC applicationsare due on 22 August) · Sharefood/refreshments Bring your whole family alongand meet Viane Makalio (UCPacific Education Co-ordinator) and his team. Students can sign up via the sign-up sheetoutside Head of Senior SchoolAbbeyBruce’sofficeor e-mail Angela Mitchell(mn@ashcoll.school.nz) before 3.30pmMonday09August. Please indicate howmanypeople will attend from your aiga/family/whanau as this will allowustoplanthe catering forthe evening. Congratulations 1st XV Girls’ RugbyCap to RangaikoreMakutu Rangaikorerecently received her 1st XV Girls’ RugbyCap,which is awarded to players who have played aminimum of fifteen 1st XV games in two or moreseasons. This milestone was met by Rangaikore following the Girls’Mid Canterbury Combined game against Craighead Diocesan, in Ashburton atthe Celtic RugbyFootball Club,onWednesday23June. TheAshburtonCollege-Mt Hutt College combined team had an impressive 22-5 win over Craighead, with Rangaikore, who played atCentre inthis game,contributing to these points by wayoftwo tries. (Pictured left, leftand right): Rangaikore, with her new cap,and team principal jersey sponsor Emma Summerfield, of Plains PowerLtd. Congratulations PositiveOutcome at South Island Secondary Schools’JuniorNetball Tournament The College Year 9A team took part in this tournament, held at the Christchurch Netball Centre, Hagley Park, during the student holiday break,fromMonday12-Wednesday 14 July. This tournament has been held in Christchurch for twenty three years, growing into an important pathway for players, coaches and umpires, providing opportunity to developand improve their skills and abilities. Thegroup of enthusiastic school team coachesattending anetball coaching seminar someyears agoaretobecongratulatedthatthey hadthe foresight and drive toset up what was, atthat time, aregional Year 9and Year 10 tournament togive players the opportunity toexperience tournament participation. This fledglingtournamentgrewinjust three years to becomeSouth Islandwide and is now avery important part of the calendar of tournaments availablefor our younger players. Thetournamentalso encouragesyounger coachestobeinvolved,supported by adults and/or mentors, and is an opportunity for the development of studentumpires at all levels. Student Umpire – Year 13 student Olivia Lill attended the tournament as umpireinthe Year 9Grade. The Year 9A Management and Team was Coach Jasmin Strawbridge and Manager Leisel Lambert, and team members Grace Johnston, Taylor Lamont, Meg Lill, Milla Overend, Penny Smollett, Makeleta Ula, Marnell Vaaelua, Lucy Williams,RubyWilliams and TorryWilson-Brown. Manager Leisel Lambertoutlines the three days: Day 1: The day held chilly temperatures, with the first of the three games being against Kavanagh College. The College team went out firing and came away with a40-19 win. This gave them huge confidence and they took out the second game by 41-7 against Opihi College. Game three of the day proved to be tough mentally and physically, with a final score of 24-34, in favour of Papanui High School (pictured below in action). TopSixteen Teams Theresults of DayOne placed the team in the topsixteen, setting them up forgood opportunities. Day2: Broughtabout another twostrong wins -against NorthernSouthland College (44-8) and against Buller High School (43-19). (Pictured below): Marnell Vaaelua in possession of the ball, looking for attacking options on, in the game against Buller High School.LucyWilliams (left), Taylor Lamont (centre) and Milla Overend (far right) areinsupport. Quarterfinals – these results placed the team into the quarterfinals where they playedRoncalliCollege,going down 30-42. Final Day: Atough game against Geraldine High School eventuated, with AshColl trailing formost of the game. However,they showed greatheartto pull it back to adrawbyfull-time,which led to extratime, with the College team ultimately losing by ameretwo goals,22-24. The final game of the day was against Gore High School. Inthis game the girls were down by10goals, right through until the last quarter. With a combination of some grit,and whatenergy they had left, they pulled it back to level,only to lose by three goals in the final minutes,by31-28. Final Placing The team earned the very creditable 8th placing overall, from thirty-two teams within the Combined Year 9and 10 Grade. Conclusion Leisel said the three days sawahuge effortfromall of the girls, who played some awesome netball and showedalot of determination throughout the tournament. Abig thank youisalso giventoall the parents and supporters who attended the tournament, supporting the team.
Ashburton College Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment News Issue 24 5August 2021 Congratulations Junior Students’Ski Dayand Annual Tucker TrophyCompetition 2021 Abluebird day atMtHutt greeted the sixty skiers and snow boarders from AshColl for the annual Junior Student Ski Trip and the Tucker Trophy Inter-HouseSki Competition,held on Thursday29July. (Pictured right, lefttoright): Junior snowboarders Luke Rhodes, Keagan Nel,DylanSmith, Sebvan Rooyen, Will Watson, Zac Douglas, Luke Hay, ThomasRobertson, AidenLapham. (Pictured left, leftto right): Junior skiers Harriet Hill, Izzy Harris, SamKennerley-Drye, Mitchell Lye, Taylor Wilson, TomEaston, TomHarrison, JesseChapman, with teacherJames List (front). Michael Clark, teaching staff member,said thataseries of cold nights prior to thisday ensured agood covering of snowontop of anestablished base, and sawthe entiremountain open forall to experience. Junior students had the opportunity totake in atwo-hour lesson before hitting the slopes,and manywereexcited to experiencethe new Nor’West Express Chairlift, allowing them to repeatedly experience the joys of the Broadway Run on amoreregular basis. The same chairlift took the Inter-House Tucker Trophy Competitors to the topofthe race-track whereperfect conditions sawthem take on the slalom course. Results for Tucker Trophywere as follows: Boys’Ski Competition Girls’ SkiCompetition 1st: Kayne Johnston 1st: MyaJohnston 2nd: Parker Bradford 2nd: AliaForrester 3rd: Charles Savage 3rd: Amelie Robertson Boys’Snowboard Competition 1st: Malachi Drye 2nd: Connor Duffell 3rd: William Wills (Pictured right, leftand right): Snowboarders ConnorDuffell and Luke Rhodes. Girls’SnowboardCompetition 1st: BriGaze-Inia Tucker Trophyaction – Jorja Roulston (pictured left), and Alia Forrester (pictured below). Appreciation Appreciation is giventoteachingstaff members Karen McKenzie,JoWakelin, Julia Bell and James List for their assistance with the ski trip. College also thanksMichael Clark forhis organisation forthe day. Aspecial thankyou isgiventoAnne Sheehan, College Office,for herinsight, wisdom and organisation of theday. Agreatday washad by all,with ākonga lovingthe day. Theireffortsonthe mountain were admirable. Sports Teams in Various Tournaments Prior to and during the July studentholiday break,Collegeteams were involved in avarietyoftournaments and activities. Welookat twoofthese in this newsletter. Successes forCollege Under 15 Boys’Rugby Playing in the inaugural EllesmereSchool Boys’Competition of fiveteams- Lincoln High School, Ellesmere College, Rolleston College, MtHutt College and AshburtonCollege –the College team had averysuccessful season. Team Management throughout the season is -Geoff Chapman and JohnnyGalbraith as Coaches,and Robin Burgess,Manager. Team members - Oliver Hobbs (Captain), Jackson Adcock, Tipeti Afu, Cole Anderson, Emori Balenaisa, Dale Burgess, Brodie Burrowes, Jesse Chapman, Zac Douglas, Joshua Eketone, Sabastyan Finn, River Fuluasou, Eddie Galbraith, Suliasi Hala’ufia, Fletcher Hobbs, Iraia Langi, Cory Lewis, Mita Maamaloa, Bailey May, Jordy McGillen, SonnyMcMillan, Daniel Muir,Stephen Palavi, Taniela Palavi, NukuPenisoni, Cohan Reid,EmmettRowlands,Fauea Sione,Harry Spicer,GregoryTaumaoe, Kaleb Thompson, Beaver Touli, Logan Williams. Season’s Results – As advised by the coaching staff, the results speak for themselves. With a wider squad of thirty three players, the Under 15 Management Group will have some very tough decisions to make in selecting the permitted twenty fivefor the forthcoming SecondarySchools’WinterTournamentWeek. During this week the team will be contesting the Rural Livestock Junior RugbyTournament, in Oamaru,from30August–01September. To date –specific results havebeen: Twogames,and twowins,onWednesday26May:against EllesmereCollege (31-0), and against Rolleston High School (17-0). On Wednesday 09June the team suffered their only loss, against Lincoln College (19-12). Wednesday30June sawareturn to winning ways with a 48-15 gain over Mt Hutt College. This day was a Curtain Raiser for the 1st XV match again Selwyn Schools. As partofthe AshburtonCollege- Rangiora High School Exchange on Monday05July the team had asignificant43-10 win. Wednesday 07July saw another competition time of two games and, again, two wins: against Mt Hutt College (19-5) and a reversal over Lincoln College with a26-15 scoreinfavourofAshColl. These games were played within aFestival to end the season. (Pictured right): Stephen Palavi high in the lineout, inthe Mt Hutt College game on 30 June. In rounding up this partofthe season the managementteam said thatthe future ofthe College 1st XV is looking bright with this extremely talented group coming through the ranks. AshColl Maths Competition Held at the end of Term Two, onThursday 24 June (Year 10 students) and Friday25June(Year 9students),teamsoffour or less spent theirlunchtime answeringuptofifteen problem-solving questionswithin atwentyminute time-span. Organiser, Mathematics teacher Liz Cabout, said that this competition is a pre-cursor/selection process to form teams to representAshburton College at the AorakiMath Competition in Timaru on Thursday 12 August. Year 10 Competition Four teams entered this competition, with the winning team (pictured left, left toright) of Luke Hay, Nic Dalgety, Finn Brown and Steven Harris. They solved fourteen problems in the allocatedtime. Thesecond-placed team solved ten problems, while teams three and four were very closed behind solving nine problems each. (Pictured below): Action a-plenty asthe Year 10 teams work through their questions and deliver answers to the table. (Pictured right): Thesix Year 9teams in action. Strong Results at Aoraki Junior BasketballTournament On Wednesday and Thursday 23and 24 June the Aoraki Junior Boys’and Junior Girls’ Basketball Tournaments were held, onconsecutive days, at the EA Networks Centre, Ashburton and The SouthernTrust Events Centre respectively. Four teams represented College, each playing in AGrade, with some tight battles fought which provided excitement for players and spectators. Results from the dayswere: Games were comprised of two twelve-minute halves, with three points for awin, and one foradraw. Junior Boys –AGrade: 1st Placing for the Ashburton Red Team, and 5th Placing forthe AshburtonBlue Team. The other teams in this grade were Timaru Boys’High School (2nd placed), St Kevin’s College (3rd placed), Waitaki Boys’ High School, Mountainview, Roncalli and Mt Hutt Colleges. College boys’team members were – RedTeam: Newel Buenafe, Daniel Ditmer, Ashlin Hala’ufia, Jesse Nieman, Taniela Palavi, TomPatterson, Oliver Prince. Blue Team: Jaykob Argyle, Sam Jessep, Josh King, Nikau Forsyth-Pakinga, Kingsley Olawale, Elliott Ward, Oliver Williams. BenDitmer wasCoach, with SamPrince supporting. College referees forthis daywere: Ollie Strawbridge and Abbey Williams. (Pictured above): College Boys’Red Team in the final against Timaru Boys’ High School, with Taniela Palavi starting the tip-off, and Newel Buenafe (right) andTom Patterson (left) in support. Junior Girls – A Grade: 1st Placing for the Ashburton Red Team, and 3rdPlacing forthe AshburtonBlue Team. The other teams in this grade were Timaru Girls’ High School, Roncalli College,Waimate High School, MtHutt College,Waitaki Girls’High School and St Kevin’s College Blue. College girls’teammembers were – RedTeam Jorja Abernethy, Briar Clark, Libby Feutz, Harriet Hill, GraceJohnston, Hannah Joyce, Yasmin Larry. Blue Team: Casey Cousins, Izzy Harris, Taylor Lamont, Penny Marriott, Milla Overend,Holly Ngutu-Sa, Angel Spooner. Pip Johnstone was Coach for the girls’ teams, with Kristine Marriott supporting. College referees for this day were: CatAnderson and Waimaria Large-Marsh. (Pictured above): Girls’ Red and Blue Team Members (back row, left to right): Libby Feutz, Hannah Joyce, Briar Clark, Holly Ngutu-Sa, Grace Johnston, Jorja Abernethy, Angel Spooner, Harriet Hill, CaseyCousins. (Front row, left to right): Taylor Lamont, Yasmin Larry, Izzy Harris, Milla Overend,PennyMarriott. Year 9Competition Six teams entered this competition, with the winning team solving all fifteen problems inthe twenty minutetimeframe. The other five teams all finished with between seven and ten problems solved. Thewinning Year 9team was GabbyRodgers, RubyGraham, TarynClarkand Briahna Watters.
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