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Rangiora principal retires today<br />
By DAVID HILL<br />
Karen Stewart says her ‘‘short stint’’ at<br />
Rangiora High School has ‘‘flown by’’.<br />
She steps down this week after nearly<br />
five years at the school.<br />
‘‘My first impression was of being<br />
welcomed by the community. It was a<br />
really good introduction and Imet<br />
various members of the community and<br />
other groups involved in the school.’’<br />
Ms Stewart says it has been aprivilege<br />
to lead acommunity school, with the<br />
annual Anzac Day service at the school’s<br />
Court of Memories aparticular<br />
highlight.<br />
‘‘There’s alot of history here.<br />
Generations have attended Rangiora<br />
High School and Isee that when<br />
grandparents and parents attend a<br />
prizegiving and when I’ve attended<br />
events where anumber of alumni have<br />
attended.<br />
‘‘You do notice that sense of history<br />
that’s here and the community are proud<br />
of that history. It’s something that’s<br />
really nice about the school. It’s quite<br />
special.’’<br />
She is particularly proud of student<br />
achievements during her time, such as<br />
watching students perform in sports<br />
competitions at regional and national<br />
level, cultural events such as kapa haka<br />
or ShowQuest, recognising academic<br />
achievements.<br />
Ahighlight was watching the boy’s<br />
first 15 rugby team play in the final of the<br />
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Satisfaction ... Karen Stewart retires as<br />
principal of Rangiora High School this week<br />
after nearly five years in the job.<br />
PHOTO: FILE<br />
2018 National Barbarians Top 41st XV<br />
Championships for coed schools.<br />
The school has also helped<br />
established the <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> Youth<br />
Futures Careers Expo during her time.<br />
The last two years have been<br />
challenging with Covid19, but Ms<br />
Stewart is proud of the way her staff and<br />
students have responded.<br />
‘‘It’s been really interesting to see how<br />
our student leaders have responded.<br />
They have run online assemblies to still<br />
grow that sense of community and it<br />
keeps those connections which are<br />
really important.’’<br />
While keeping the school open has<br />
been apriority this year, each year level<br />
has been rostered for at home learning<br />
one day aweek for the first term to help<br />
manage staff illness and Covid isolation<br />
requirements.<br />
There has been talk around online<br />
learning and Covid19 has given the<br />
school the opportunity to test out more<br />
flexible approaches to learning, Ms<br />
Stewart says.<br />
‘‘I think people have seen what’s<br />
possible, but it really depends on the<br />
individual,’’ she says.<br />
‘‘Some young people have responded<br />
really well to the challenge of online<br />
learning, but other young people have<br />
struggled as they need the more<br />
structured learning offered at school.’’<br />
Ms Stewart is not retiring just yet, but<br />
plans to spend some time on the farm<br />
with her husband Giles and do some<br />
travelling and tramping while she<br />
decides on the next chapter in her life.<br />
She says she has enjoyed working with<br />
the Board of Trustees and is confident<br />
the board will provide good support for<br />
her successor Bruce Kearney.<br />
‘‘He’s stepping into areally welcoming<br />
community and Idon’t think you can<br />
underestimate the culture of Rangiora<br />
High School and the people.<br />
‘‘I think he will thrive here and he will<br />
enjoy it.’’<br />
Chewable necklace for fidgets<br />
By DAVID HILL<br />
Adesire to help others has led to a<br />
Rangiora High School student coming up<br />
withanovelbusiness product.<br />
Tayla Mellishhas created discreet<br />
chewable fidget necklaces as part of her<br />
Year13businessstudies.<br />
‘‘I’ve beenworking hard tryingtoget it<br />
off the ground since the start of the<br />
school term.<br />
‘‘I had to come up with aproduct I<br />
could get out on the market.<br />
‘‘I was actually looking for some fidgets<br />
for myself online and Icame across<br />
chewable necklaces.’’<br />
While she found chewablenecklaces<br />
for sale on an overseas app,she couldn’t<br />
findanything on New Zealandbased<br />
websites.<br />
Tayla says the chewable fidget<br />
necklaces are suitable to people living<br />
withneurodivergent conditions,ADHD<br />
or anxiety, and for habits such as nail<br />
biting and lip chewing.<br />
Her teacher signed her up for the YES<br />
(Young Enterprise Scheme)Programme<br />
Chewable necklace ... Tayla Mellish has<br />
created achewable fidget necklace to help<br />
those who live with mental health issues.<br />
PHOTO: SUPPLIED<br />
and she was beenchosen as aweekly<br />
finalist in the ‘‘WeAre Manaaki You do<br />
You’’ initiative, where young people are<br />
given the opportunity to win some funds<br />
to go towardstheirdreams.<br />
She developed acoupleofprototypes<br />
and completed some producttesting with<br />
groupswhichsupport people with ADHD<br />
and anxiety, taking onboard their<br />
feedback.<br />
The necklaces are made from silicon<br />
beads fromaNew Zealandsupplier, with<br />
cord and threadfrom KMart.<br />
She plans to sell some at the Rangiora<br />
Thursday Market and online.<br />
At school, Tayla is thisyear’s charities<br />
and services captain, arole which allows<br />
her to pursue her love of volunteering.<br />
She is amember of the Rangiora High<br />
School Leo Club and StudentVolunteer<br />
Army,aswell as WaiYouth and the <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Canterbury</strong> Pride committee,and she<br />
has helped with local beachcleanups.<br />
‘‘I’ve been volunteering sinceYear 8. It<br />
givesmelots of opportunities to connect<br />
with people and make new friends.<br />
‘‘It just makes me happy, just being<br />
able to get out there and helppeopleand<br />
give ahand.’’<br />
Tayla’s young enterprise is knownas<br />
Ataahua and she can be found on<br />
Instagram and Facebookunder YES<br />
Ataahua.<br />
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