Ashburton Courier: October 28, 2021

Ashburton College
Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment
News
Issue 35
28 October 2021
Events
Truss bridges were favoured for their sturdiness and lower cost, while
suspension bridges were moreattractive but cost alot more.
Other Ashburton College students have toured the construction site of
Council’s new libraryand Civic Centre,aspartoftheir Trades Course.
Infrastructure Services Group Manager Neil McCann said it was agreat
opportunity for staff to share industry experiences with students, saying
‘some of those Year 9students mightsee apathway to becoming engineers’.
This combination of
classroom work and reality
shared with the Ashburton
District Council Engineers
was very much appreciated byAshburton College, aswas their time given
in sharingknowledge.
Students’Perspectiveofthe Project
With information provided by Year 9students
Jorja Abernethyand Ashleigh Houston
Our teacher, Mr Bell, gave us atask todesign and construct abridge to
temporarily be on the damaged area of the AshburtonBridge.
Firstly we looked at four differentbridge types. Welooked at the good and
bad things about the bridge types and then movedintopairsorgroups and
selectedour bridgetype.
We did research on our chosen bridge and then designed it, afterwhich
we constructedour bridge out of plywood strips and cardboard. After
our model wasbuilt we made aposter explaining all the details about our
bridge.
(Pictured above, left and right): The authors of this part ofthe information,
Ashleigh Houston and Jorja Abernethy, with their Truss Bridge and poster.
On the final dayofTermThree,three bridge engineers from the Ashburton
DistrictCouncil came to inspectthe bridgedesigns we hadconstructed-to
be either temporary ortoreplace the current bridge.They also showed us
the grim damage thathappened to the roads and bridges of the Ashburton
Districtfromthe floods in May.
The engineers went around each group, and looked at each part ofthe
bridge,asking us questions about our designand howeverything worked.
They also told us about the pros and cons of our models and things we
could have added to make it moreefficient.
After they had looked at everyone’s models and posters they discussed
what bridges they preferred, and which would work best for the situation.
Everyone then went and looked at each bridge and the engineers talked
about the pros, cons, costs and whether the idea of the certain type of
bridge wassuitable.
The things that were good about the experience were that welearnt
that bridges need to be stable and strong. Wealso learned what actually
happened to the Ashburtonbridgeand whatthey had to do to repair it.We
also liked seeing all the damage that happened to each road and bridge,
and it wasinteresting to see howsome bridges were made and repaired.
Congratulations
(Pictured left, left
to right): With their
Cable-StayedBridge
are JonnyThorpe and
Mitchell Lyewith the
Council Engineers
Martin Lo,
JeremyLambertand
Ashein Abeysekara.
Outstanding Target Shooting Successesfor
College Competitors
Postal Competitions
The competitions outlined below are postal competitions and, due to
COVID-19, their timeframes were extended alittle, hence acollection
of results which have arrived at one time.
Target Shooting NewZealand (TSNZ) NewZealand Secondary
Schools’Competition
This competition involved 183 shooters from across New Zealand, insixtyone
teams of three shooters each.
AshburtonCollege Champions and Whitcoulls Trophy Winners,and the
Winning MixedTeam.
Congratulations
Not only wasAshburtonCollege the winning team but also the defenders of
the Whitcoulls Trophy, having wonthis in 2020.
Winning team members were: (pictured below, lefttoright): with the trophy-
CharlotteMcKenzie (Year 11), Jack Jones (Year 11) and Madi Tourle (Year 10).
Their totals ranged
from 588.30-600.60,
meaning they
averaged 98/100,
which is equivalent
to Master Grade
shooting results. As
Manager
Nina McKenzie said,
the results were a
mighty effortfor
such ayoung team.
Additional Results were:
CharlotteMcKenzie 2nd topshot (199.12/200.20) and 2nd topgirl.
Jack Jones 2nd topboy (196.10/200.20).
AshburtonCollege 3rdBoys’Grade: (pictured below,lefttoright):
Luke Rhodes (Year 9),
Jack McIntosh
(Year 11) and
Tāne Moore(Year 11),
with atotal of 566.16.
Theteam had areally
strong finish, and is
showing as an exciting
young team.
AshburtonCollege 3rdGirls’Grade: (pictured below,lefttoright):
Claudia Cudmore
(Year 11),
Sama Sooialo
(Year 11) and
Phoebe McKenzie
(Year 9), with a
total of 562.11,
which was
another great
finishinavery
strong grade.
Again, another
young and
exciting team.
AshburtonCollege 10th Girls’Grade: (pictured below,lefttoright)
Maddie Page
(Year 9),
Imogen Felton
(Year 12) and
Bree Greer
(Year 10) with a
total of 529.07;
which wasavery
good outcome
from ayoung and
inexperiencedteam,
also showing lots
of promise forthe
future.
Nina said that it’s hard toover-emphasise what aremarkable win this was
forthis team. They areveryyoung,and up against schools with much older,
moreexperienced (and,insomecases,highergraded) shooters than them.
Certainly,they were underdogs going into this particular competition.
Silver Medal from the NewZealand
SecondarySchools’Championships (Triple S)
In aprevious newsletter we updated the positions of the College shooters
during this competition, but were awaiting the final round and results.
These results are now in, with the College team finishing admirably in the
runner-up position to the winning team of Palmerston North Girls’ High
School.
Twenty four teams contested this championship, with teams of four-five
members and the topfour scores counting in each round.
AshburtonCollege Runner-Up Champion Team
(Pictured below, left to right): Claudia Cudmore, Charlotte McKenzie,
Jack Jones,Phoebe McKenzie and Madi Tourle.
The team gained this position through a combined score of
1919.64/2000.200; and was, notably,the topscoring school in the last,more
demanding,double cardround.
Additional Specific Resultswere:
Medal Winners
• Madi Tourle Gold Medal,CGrade;
• CharlotteMcKenzie SilverMedal,AGrade;
• Tāne Moore BronzeMedal,DGrade.
TopTen Performances in their Grade
• Jack Jones -BGrade;Phoebe McKenzie -DGrade;
Claudia Cudmore-DGrade.
Team Results
• AshburtonCollege 2: 9th placed,and the first second team from any
school. Team members: Tāne Moore, Jack McIntosh, Sama Sooialo,
Bree Greer,Carly vanWyk,with ascore of 1870.41.
• Ashburton College 3: 18th placed, and the first third team
from any school. Team members: Imogen Felton, Maddie Page,
Sophia Clifford,Taylor Doyle. This was fantastic work from avery new
team, including apersonal best forTaylor on the double,after missing
agreat deal of the season.
This is the competition for which last year’s College team holds the record,
and which we had previously wonoversix consecutiveyears.
Nina said they knew, this year, that the young team was upagainst it
competing with schools with more experience, but they have proven they
are amatch for anyone, and will be the only one of nearly all the teams to
have all students still at secondaryschool level again next year.
They arereally proud to have claimed the Silver Medal spot.
In next week’s Newsletter we will look at the results from the
National DistrictChampionship Final.
Information
End-of-Year Datesand COVID-
ImpactedChanges
Due toCovid Level 2restrictions we now advise and confirm the
adjustments outlined below.
Pleasenotepresentationeventswillberecorded and available
to viewonthe College web-site.
Details will be forwarded to families.
Blues/Colours Assembly –Thursday28October
To nowtake place in the Auditorium,with recipients only.
Performance/PrincipalAwards–Wednesday03November
Will be presentedto recipients during Akotime by Senior Leadership Team
members and HeadsofSchool.
Staff vStudentExecutiveChess Match–Friday05November
Lunch break –will proceed as scheduled.
Red Carpet Evening –cancelled (was scheduled for05November)
Senior Student Prize-giving Dates2021
These will nowbeheldon-siteatCollege,inschool time and without an
audience, and with Years 11 and 12 prize-givings nowseparated.
Further details forwarded to families.
• Year 13 -Wednesday 10November, College Auditorium, recipients
only. Students not receiving prizes arereleased from College,
from the startoflunchtime.
• Year 12 -Monday15November,College Auditorium recipients only,
Period 4. Scheduled classes continue as normal, only prize
recipients to Auditorium.
• Year 11 -Monday15November,College Auditorium recipients only,
Period 5. Scheduled classes continue as normal, only prize
recipients to Auditorium.
Last dayofschool attendancefor Senior Students as follows:
• Year 13 Thursday11November
• Years 11 and 12 Wednesday17November
GetOut There(GOT) Day–Tuesday 07 December
To proceed as scheduled.
Te WhareManaaki Prize-Giving
To take place. Students and relevant staff only, with recording to be
distributedtostudents’families.
Last dayofschool attendanceand Prize-givingsfor
Junior Students:
These arenow to proceed in the Auditorium forrecipients only.
• Year 10 Thursday09December:Period 4, College Auditorium
• Year 9 Thursday09December:Period 5, College Auditorium
At both levels, scheduled classes continue as normal, only prize recipients to
Auditorium. This remains the final day for the year for bothyear levels.
Year 13 Graduation Dinner -Sunday 12 December
Regretfully cancelled.
ForthcomingPublic HolidayDate:
CanterburyAnniversaryDay Friday 12 November
AdditionalCollege Date foryour Diaries:
Thursday25November Teacher Only Day.College closed forinstruction).