Nor'West News: June 02, 2022
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Thursday <strong>June</strong> 2 2<strong>02</strong>2 3<br />
St Margaret’s students find success in<br />
economic development competition<br />
ST MARGARET’S College<br />
has scooped two of the top<br />
three prizes in the inaugural<br />
Canterbury Economic<br />
Development Challenge.<br />
It was the only school to field<br />
two of the six teams in the<br />
national final after two earlier<br />
rounds of competition.<br />
Run by Canterbury<br />
University in conjunction with<br />
Christchurch NZ, the fledgling<br />
competition marked 100 years<br />
of teaching for UC’s Business<br />
School. It was originally slated<br />
for 2<strong>02</strong>0 but delayed until this<br />
year because of Covid-19.<br />
The challenge was to present<br />
an idea, in video format, for<br />
an economic development<br />
project for ChristchurchNZ that<br />
could enhance the economy<br />
of Canterbury and improve its<br />
living standards. It was open to<br />
all secondary school students<br />
in New Zealand and to UC<br />
students.<br />
SMC year 12 students Jessie<br />
Peng and Jessica Geng won<br />
first prize for their proposal<br />
of a public private partnership<br />
between Environment<br />
Canterbury and Canterbury<br />
farmers to use drones for water<br />
quality sampling and application<br />
of fertilisers.<br />
They believed the partnership<br />
would provide significant cost<br />
PROBLEM-SOLVERS: (Left to right) – Chloe Taylor, Jordan Silcock, Jessie Peng and Jessica Geng.<br />
saving for farmers and would<br />
be a revenue stream for ECan.<br />
The accurate water quality data<br />
would help to improve water<br />
quality in the province.<br />
The two students are<br />
part of SMC’s International<br />
Baccalaureate Diploma, an<br />
internationally recognised<br />
two-year qualification that<br />
encourages students to direct<br />
their own learning pathway and<br />
develop skills and confidence to<br />
make a lasting difference.<br />
Year 13’s Chloe Taylor and<br />
Jordan Silcock, studying NCEA,<br />
were placed third, as well as<br />
winning best video pitch.<br />
Chloe and Jordan proposed<br />
the ‘Te Ōtautahi Wira’,<br />
the Christchurch wheel, a<br />
Canterbury version of the<br />
London Eye. They said it<br />
would be a major tourist<br />
attraction, drawing domestic<br />
and international tourists to the<br />
central city, providing valuable<br />
revenue for local businesses<br />
and ‘Te Otautahi Wira’<br />
shareholders.<br />
Andrea Drayton, SMC’s<br />
curriculum leader of business<br />
studies, said the girls’ economic<br />
studies have helped them<br />
develop critical thinking skills to<br />
solve real-world problems.<br />
“They had creative ideas<br />
and each team worked<br />
collaboratively playing to<br />
their strengths – both teams<br />
continuously improved and<br />
refined their challenge concepts<br />
following feedback from their<br />
teachers and UC mentors.”<br />
Drayton says economics is a<br />
popular choice at SMC for both<br />
IB and NCEA students because<br />
of its real-world applications<br />
and range of tertiary study<br />
options including a Bachelor<br />
of Commerce, Bachelor of Arts<br />
and/or a Bachelor of Science.<br />
Said executive principal Diana<br />
Patchett: “We are delighted<br />
to have been a part of this<br />
inaugural national competition,<br />
which challenged our students<br />
to realise solutions to obstacles<br />
through collaboration, curiosity<br />
and flexible thinking, and<br />
further prepares them to<br />
contribute to the exciting<br />
innovations under way in<br />
Canterbury and nationwide.”<br />
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