Ashburton Courier: September 30, 2021

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Ashburton College Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment News Issue 32 30 September 2021 DeputyPrincipal Message Variety Who said ‘Variety isthe Spice of Life?’ Idon’t know, but Ihave always been infavour of avaried and exciting lifestyle andhavecertainly had my moments. It keepsthe mind active, helps stave off the effects of boredom and all that comes with it, and ‘they’ say it keepsyou young –not sureabout that! Uncertainty What Idofind atiring battleisuncertainty and alack of direction. In our current times we are all handling uncertainty inour own way, asthe goal posts around Covid 19 change, and we must alter course yetagain. It has beengood to get backtoschool,evenwith its challenges,but there is still much that wemiss and still much hesitation around events that mayormay not happen.Wehavehad to put several events on ice, largely because of group sizes.The recent move to larger numbersatgatherings has helpedalittle in thatspace. In our learning areas, things are moving along nicely, and everyone is working hardtomake up the lost ground. On the widersocial side of things,weare cautiously moving on with some events in aslightly differentformat, cautiously putting them back ‘onthe board’in the hope that we continue to keep this pandemic under control. Junior Pastoral Team –2022 NewEntrant Students The Junior Pastoral team is working tirelessly, onthe mahi that goes on behind the scenes,totransition this year’s Year 8studentstothe College at the startof2022.This is aprocess that takesseveral weeks to administer effectively. and involves great liaison between ourselves and the junior schools.The process has been somewhat compressed this year and that has thrown extra pressures on the team.This can be an anxious timefor young people and parents alike and, at AshColl,wetry andanticipate this, and prepare well tomake sure that these understandable concerns are minimisedand oftendispelled. College Values Our College Values of Quality, Pride and Respect, continue to be afocus for all, and these were chosen in away that enable all members of our College community -students, and staff -tobe good citizens. It’s really encouraging when we hearthatthey aremodelled at home by caregivers and whānau.Thatlink really helpslock them in place. MidCanterburyBoxing Academy Alongside this Ihave, of late, had the privilege of being inanother environment where ‘values are king’ and that is the Mid Canterbury Boxing Academy (MCBA). Some months ago, wewere approached by EionJohnson from theMCBAtosee if we would be keen to be partofthe Billy Graham Youth Foundation. We grabbed the opportunity with both hands. Thisisaschemethatisaimedatall young peopleand is designed to: ·turn youngpeopleintohealthyyoungadults; ·workonattitudes and self-control; ·motivate each person to personalexcellence; ·teach them to respect their family and those aroundthem; ·understand and carefor their ownbodiesand increase fitness. Everythingwestrivefor at College! We currently have fiveCollege groups attending this on aweeklybasis andithasbeen brilliant! It is set up as anon-contact programme and the focus is on fitness and personalvalues.The sessions arerun by HeadCoach,Cornelius Grobler,a former New Zealandboxingchampion. This young man isone of the most motivational people Ihave had the pleasure tomeet. His ability to link with our students is phenomenal. He has theskill and understanding of youngpeople that enables him to connect immediately, and begin the transfer of life values –they line up so well with whatweare all aboutatthe College. He makes thestudents proud of who they areand wherethey come from, and Isee them modellinghis lifemessages aroundCollege. The man is alegend. For me, being there myself can be the highlight of my week.Ialways leave pleased that Ihad beenincluded. TheMid CanterburyBoxing Academyisonly one of themanyinstitutions in our district thatfoster and growgood citizens andstrengthenlifeskills. We really are fortunate tohave somuch going onand it should be our mission to belong to agroup thatisabletodeliver this into our lives. Preparation and Success As always,atthis time of theyear Iencourage our students, especially our seniors,tolook afterthemselvesasthe academicyear gallops towards a close. Preparation is the keytosuccess,and my message is ‘planthe work andthen work the plan’. Very best wishes go to all our students for the upcoming exams and assessments, and sincere thanks to the College staff who have tirelessly battled to keep things close to normal. And of course, without parents and caregivers,none of this would have been possible. Cananyone remind me what normalisplease? RonCresswell Deputy Principal •TumuakiTuarua Forthcoming Public HolidayDates: Labour DayHoliday Monday25October CanterburyAnniversary Day Friday12November Additional College Date foryour Diaries: Thursday 25 November ACCORD Teacher Only Day(MoE/PPTA/NZEI) (Collegeclosed forinstruction) Staff –Welcome Ashleigh Arras Learning SupportAssistant, Te WhareManaaki. Information COVID Level2Arrangements: Reminders re College Protocols Illness –Students Must Stay at HomePlease: Level 2Guidelines are being followed. If your child has acold or is unwell theyshouldnot be attendingCollege. Where astudent comes to school sick, beadvised wewill contact you to ask youtocollectthemfromCollege. Events Murran Buller ReturnedtoCollege as a Learning Support Assistant, in Mainstream classes. Reminders: NCEA and College Internal Exams – Please Note Datesand Arrangements NCEA External Exams • End of Year external exams will now start two weeks later, commencing Monday22Novemberand running through until Tuesday14December. • External Portfolios in Art, and Design and Visual communication deadlineswill alsobe pushed out by twoweeks. Level3Visual Art; Levels 1-3 Technology andLevel 1DVC – ChangedSubmission Dates With the extendedlockdown and subsequentdisruption to learning,NZQA has extended the time availableto schools to develop and collect relevant candidate evidence requiredfor external assessmentfor subjects/standards where evidence is submitted. Thedeadline forthis is 10 November 2021. Donations to HospiceMid Canterbury Year 13 students Sam Holland and Jacob Bruce, as part ofthe Student Executive Community Services Committee, which Sam is leader of, are the key instigators and organisersofdonations to HospiceMid Canterbury. Operating from Monday 13 September, soon after the return toschool following lock-down, this initiativecontinues through until the end of term tomorrow. The call has gone out to the College community, via Instagram, Facebook and posters around the school for second-hand items in good, clean condition, including clothing,books andtoys. Collection boxes inthe Student Office and the Upstairs Study Room have been filling, with items delivered to Hospice Mid Canterbury atthe end of eachweek. The donations have been much appreciated. Forthcoming Events Please note: dates are as at the time of publishing. Alterations, due to COVID-level restrictions will be advised torelevant groups as soon as details areknown. October 01 Aoraki SecondarySchools’ Table Tennis,Timaru Year 13 PED Golf,Lake Hood (Period 5) 01-17 Term Holidaybreak End-of-Year and Senior Prize-GivingDates We remind families that, due to the startofNCEA exams being pushed back,ithas beendecided to also move back the following dates: Senior StudentPrize-giving Dates2021 • Year 13 -Wednesday10November,7:30pm, AshburtonTrustEvent Centre • Year 11 and 12 -Monday15November,7:00pm, AshburtonTrustEvent Centre Last dayofschoolattendancefor Senior Students as follows: • Year 13 last dayofschool Thursday11November • Years 11 and 12 last dayofschool Wednesday17November Last dayofschoolattendanceand Prize-givings forJunior Students: Please noteslightchanges to these dates, and achange from previous prize-giving times. • Year 9 Thursday09December:Prize-giving5:30pm, College Auditorium • Year 10 Thursday09December:Prize-giving 7:30pm, College Auditorium Events StudentWriters’Club This is an initiative operating for aspiring student writers, which operates onFriday lunchtimes inEnglish teacher and Co-ordinator of this programme Rebecca Jeffery-Jones’classroom. Working with Rebecca has been Year 13 student Harrison McKee, in a leadershiprole. Amotivating factorfor Harrison’s involvementand leadership is his passion for writing but also the fact that hewould have relished such aclub when he was ajuniorstudent. Rebecca advised,withappreciation,thatHarrisonhas alsoworked hardon further developing awebsite started by herself, aswell as preparing topics and facilitating thesewith the group. Thewebsitewillprovide avehicle for students to share and upload work, offering links for information helpful forcreativewriting and providingone/two formal writing pieces. Harrison’s plan istohave available astring of exercisesfor future use. (Pictured right): Harrison commencing the sessionon Character Writing. As advised by both Rebecca and Harrison, the club suffered something of an hiatus, due to lockdown restrictions and related interruptions, but being on-site again had enabled some revitalisation. Approximately a dozen students have accessed the Club during the year, across year groups but, latterly, mainly Year 9 students which augers well for the development of this skill. Additionally, of value, is development towardsCreativeWriting whichisan NCEA Standard in English. Writers’Group Processes Harrisonoutlined thefocusofthe groupasmainly being writingexercises, arising from various prompts which could be writing ashort story based on asentence, covering differentgenresatdifferenttimes,within atwenty minuteperiodof time. Anotherapproach is usingavisualwriting prompt by fillinginacircleand, forexample,creating afictionalcity, drawing simple shapes, applyingvalues andthen preparing aback storyfromthis information. Legacy AgoalofHarrison’s, throughthe club, hasbeen to buildupanaudienceof participants to ensure continuityof theclub afterhe leaves College, and to leavealegacyfor younger students including the skills of self-management and motivation. CharacterProfiles On Friday 17September, the day ofvisiting the Writers’ Club, Harrison was, very ably, facilitating asession onCharacter Profiles, emphasising the importanceofdevelopingatypeofcharacter, its purpose anddescriptions of. Henoted astory withoutcharacters is only but bland. Encouragement was that it is easier to compose astory if characters are already established in awriter's brain. Harrison shared techniques hehad used. Covered indiscussion were the key prompts of Purpose, Personality and Profile; andpersonalitytypes,asking what type of characterdoesan author want as the maincharacter. Aninteresting discussionwas held on types of personality and the benefits and drawbacks of certain personality types in certain situations. Covered were courage and types of; what roles might akind person be found in; whatare the pros and cons of an energetic character andcan they become afanatic; if alaid-back character –might they become lazy; what does acharacterwith ‘cool’energymean –might they become self-centred, not abletobecome‘cool’without others’input; while astubborn personality may have their own mind-set, driven by ideals without which they can’t exist; an ‘air-headed’person may befunny but also attract‘dumb’luck, can they exist without accidentally killing themselves; acautious character is likely to succeed, but slowly, asthey overly build aprotective base, can be overly prepared, always planning. Highlighted was the fact that every character inhistory exhibits the traits attachedtocertainpersonalitytypes. Ascertaining characters and knowing howthey will reactcan be the mostchallenging partofwriting. (Pictured above, left and right): Two ofthe Year 9Writers’ Club regulars – Aiden Nicolson and Lachlan Storey.
Ashburton College Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment News Issue 32 30 September 2021 Events PreLockdownOpenMic Concerts Open Mic Concerts have become afeature at College during the last year or three,muchenjoyedbythe performers and the audiencealike. Again, with the support ofCollege Staff Performance Director Claire Bubb, the StudentExecutive Cultural Committee,led by Shrina Afu–with support from Year 13 studentMichael Munro-has been instrumental in advertising, organising and setting upthese events. Music teacher Michael Petrus is additionally akey part ofthe process, supporting performers, while Claire BubbisMC. These concerts are held in the College Auditorium during the lunch break on aFridaybut,due to Covid lockdown, the last of these performances was held on Friday13August. Anyone can choose to register as aperformer,while the audienceisadmitted freeofcharge,with afull Auditorium the normal response from students. In the time available during the lunch break Shrina advised thereare usually about seven performances, and sometimes volunteer performances from the audience. Performers at the latest and previous concerts included - • Imogene Felton Vocal Solo: ‘Cry Me aRiver’ • Michael Munro Vocal Solo: ‘You Found Me’ by TheFray. • Gwen Zamora Vocal Solo: ‘Love on the Brain’ by Rihanna; and Band performance aspart ofthe College Band ‘Second Soul’ with Boaz Drye,Tielu Iakopo,Caendal Harrisand PedroCollins playing their original piece ‘Shiney’. • Penina Vaaelua Vocal Solo: ‘Warrior by Demi Lovato. • Bridget Hyde Vocal Solo: ‘Say Something’ by GreatBig World. • Ian Jerao HipHop Dance, to OG BobbyJohnson song. • Harrison McKee With the College Rockband Butterfly Effect, comprised of Harrison, Michael Munro, Courtney Wilding,Malachi Drye. Their performances were ‘Last Laugh‘, which was written for the Rockquest competition, and ‘Gravity’, plus ‘SpaceAge’ which was played asagroup at last year’s prize-giving. (Pictured above): Ian Jerao in dancemode. (Pictured left): Penina Vaaelua performing her vocal solo (with music teacher Michael Petrus controlling ‘tech’ matters in behind!). Highest Numbers Ever forReading Mentors! Information by Reading Teacher Joanne Wakelin Have you heard about the highly successful Reading Mentor programme at Ashburton College? Read on to find out about its success in 2021. The well-established and respected Ashburton College Reading Mentor programme has onceagain had awonderful year.This year sawthe largest number of students participating in the twice-weekly mentoring,sincethe inception of the programme in 2008. (Pictured above): Mentoring groups working in the library. Year 12 Mentors During 2021 we have had fortyYear 9students and thirty Year 12 students involved throughout the last twoterms. TheYear 12 students actasmentors, reading to Year 9students. Results from previous years show that the scheme not only has positiveacademic results,but the role-modelling and mentoring by the senior students hashad manywonderfulspin-offsfor the Year 9students. This includes aspects such as increasing their confidence, encouraging them to be on time for school and their classes, and helping with personal issues. Senior students also gain leadership skills and enjoy the mentoring opportunities. This year’smentors havebeen- Tiffany Agacer, Chris Angus, Julianna Apoldo, Ashleigh Blakemore, Jack Brown, Marc Calzada, Zane Cameron, Jayde Cook, Imogene Felton, Emma Graham, Anna Gray, Ethan Gray, Salatielu Iakopo, Felicity Johnston, Fononga Lisala, Ngahuia Maeva, Parixit Maharjan, Sarah Mattson, Caleb McNulty-Burns, Eli Orena, Aaliyah Power, Glena Prado, Jorja Roulston, Charles Savage, Ron Sildo, Ella Skinner, Mitchell Taylor, Claudia Thomas, Tc Trusler-Clark, Lucas Vainerere. Appreciation to AdvanceAshburton The large number of students able to participate in our scheme is with thanks to the ongoing financialsupportofAdvance Ashburtonand another anonymous donor. Thestudents always enjoythe food provided by our canteen and we thank Canteen Manager Kelven Hastie and his team fortheir greatworkalso. Additionally, weare grateful for the support and mahi of both our AshColl staff and students, and the wider community. This enables the continued success of another supportprogramme at AshburtonCollege. Congratulations Very Successful 2021 Season for Boys’Hockey1st XI ManagerJasonVannini outlines the seasonfor us,saying they had fivenew faces in the squad of sixteen this year,with only oneYear 13 student, but a solid group of Year 12 students andsomeverypromising Year 11 players. New coach, Ryan Hampton, who most recently captained the College team in 2014, had the team responding very well to his enthusiasm and obvious skill as acoach, and the team prepared themselves for another season playing in Christchurch on Fridaynights. Results in Christchurch SecondarySchool League,Division 1 These made forimpressivereading,overtwo rounds. Round 1 Christ’s College 2nd XI (1-all draw); St Bede’s College 2nd X1 (4-1); St Andrew’s College 2nd XI (2-0 ); CashmereHigh School 1st XI (3-0); Christchurch Boys’ High School 2nd XI (1-2). Round 2 Christ’s College 2nd XI (2-1); St Bede’s College 2nd XI (1–1). For this game College had the Senior Ball thatsame nightand were therefore without the six Year 12 and 13 students,soadrawwas agreat result. St Andrew’s College 2nd XI (2-2); Cashmere High School 1st XI (5-0). There wassomesatisfaction in beating Cashmere’s1st XI twiceinthe same year,as they normally beatCollege in Christchurch and then at Winter Tournament Week!! In the game against Christchurch Boys’High School 2nd XI the score was reversed to (2-1) from the scorefromthe first game in this,the last game of the round beforethe final. Round Robin Position –Second Placed on Table AshColl finished second on the table as aresult of having only one loss,but toomanydraws! Then lockdown intervened, with the thought that the competition may not come through to finals play-offs. However, Christchurch Hockey came through with aLevel 2date. Inter-School Sports Exchange Outcomes Against Burnside High School 1st XI Burnside playinthe Premier SecondarySchools’grade,and arealways very strong.AshColl wasat1–1 at three-quartertimeand they scored late in the last quartertogiveCollege a2–1 defeat. This was avery close game and our team really lifted toplay attheir level, so even though it resulted in aloss it wasthe closest game against them for anumber of years. Against RangioraHigh School This exchange was played inAshburton also, with great support from parents and other teams. College started well and ended up dominating much of the matchtorecorda5–0 victory. By this stage of the season progress being made with skills and structures wasevident, makingthis averygood victory. Winfor College in the SecondarySchoolLeague,Division 1 Final,against Christchurch Boys’High School 2nd XI This was always going to be aclose game with the best two teams inthe grade both having a2-1 victoryand 2-1 loss to each other in pool play. This game was played atNgā Puna Wai Turf 1and was streamed live on Youtube. Allowed were forty spectators, with College having thirty eight parents and supporters make the trip up from Ashburton. There was time for two practices beforethe match. Congratulations College startedwell and gained apenaltycorner aftertwo minutes.This was convertedwith asweet shot by Hamish O’Reilly into the back of the net for a 1–0 scoreline at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter a great through ball from Henry Wallis found HenryThomas in spaceonthe rightwing.Heput the ball across the frontof goal and NicStringer turned it in at the back post fora2-1 lead at halftime. In the third quarter Boys’ High got agoal back halfway through, to set up for atense final quarter. Both sides had chances in the final quarter and Boys’ High had a penalty corner with three minutes left, but great defensive running from Henry Wallis kept them out. We closed out the last two minutes for a 2-1 WintoCollege. (Pictured right): Captain Dante Vannini with the trophy. (Pictured below): NicStringer (Number 4) scoring College’s second goal. Team Composition The team was captained this year by Dante Vannini, our sole Year 13 representative. He played at striker and also led the defensive ‘press’, where you prevent the opposition clearing the ball from their end. The commentators in the finalnoted thatour press wasthe best in thegrade. In the midfield, Harry Soal and Hamish O’Reilly held possession and stopped the opposition coming through the middle and TomRosevear defended well and put some great balls forward for the strikers. Atstriker, Cole Aitken used his speed to greateffect,and RileyHarris hadanexcellent seasonafter having his 2020 season ruined by injury. (Pictured above): Harry Soal taking ashot at goal. Henry Wallis led the backs and was ably assisted by SamOrr, who made greatstrides in his reading of the game and positioning to keep the opposing strikers at bay. Archie Glanville had another great year in goal and only conceded 12 goals in 13 games, giving College agreat opportunity towin every game we played. The winning team with the trophy, after the game (pictured above, back row, left to right): Harrison Doak, Henry Wallis, Tom Rosevear, Braden Luxton, Nic Stringer, Riley Harris, Archie Glanville, Cole Aitken, Will Rollinson, SamOrr,RyanHampton (Coach), Jason Vannini (Manager). (Front row, left to right): Zane Cameron, Dante Vannini, Harry Soal, Lachie Jemmett,Hamish O’Reilly,HenryThomas. Photographs acknowledgement: Geoff SoperPhotography
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