Nor'West News: July 07, 2022

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School on the move after 66 years
• By Emily Moorhouse
community what it is.”
Tomorrow the school will host
THE COUNTDOWN is on for
a final hui with Mayor Lianne
Banks Avenue School as this
Dalziel and past principal Murray
Edlin attending.
week marks the school’s last
few days at its current site after
Aitken said while a lot of pupils’
are excited to finally have a
opening in 1956.
Staff and pupils’ have been patiently
waiting for a new school
new school, some of the younger
ones are anxious at the thought
for 11 years, after the current one
of uprooting.
suffered damage from the February
22, 2011, earthquake.
“While there’s excitement,
A week-long celebration to end
there’s also a bit of trepidation
the term began on Sunday and
and anxiety because it’s a huge
includes speeches from past pupils,
activities and games and a
Pupils’ and staff will do a walk
thing to move a new school.”
visit from Mayor Lianne Dalziel.
from their current site to their
Teacher and leaving coordinator
Rhonda Aitken said
on July 27 when the school term
new site followed by a pōwhiri
the school is one of the last to
starts up again. Prime Minister
have a complete rebuild, located HISTORY: First day pupil Wendy Steed gave a speech on Sunday to parents and staff to Jacinda Ardern has also been
at the Old Shirley Boys’ High kick off the celebration week. The event included a performance by the school’s kapa invited to attend.
School site on North Pde. haka group.
“The journey has been long but
“It [school] was deemed safe lots of cracks and a sinking floor She said the move to a new “We wanted to make sure that we’re just about at the end of it,”
for us to operate out of but we’re in the corner from earthquake site is exciting but will also be we do a really good salute to the Aitken said.
hanging on by a thread really,” damage as well as the school emotional as some main buildings
at the current site will be it’s not just the buildings, it’s the out of that big dark tunnel and
school before we leave it because “Now we’re finally coming
she said.
having to operate without a hall
Aitken said her classroom has as it was demolished.
demolished.
people that actually make this heading to our new school.”
Art classes an opportunity for some ‘me time’
• From page 1
“A lot of them are from quite
nomadic backgrounds and
they’d never done any art.
They’re elderly women or young
mothers and have not been able
to escape their domesticity.
This was for their well-being,”
Molineaux said.
For the women it was a time to
get together, listen to traditional
music in the background, talk,
and work on their art.
They were presented with
different Somali prints and
each woman chose an image
they connected with. Once
they’d each chosen their images,
Molineaux took them through
the process of print-making.
Said Molineaux: “A lot of
them don’t speak English so I
was teaching by demonstration.
To begin with my ladies were
really shy but towards the middle
of the term they’d gotten used
to me and there was a strong
connection.
“Even now they’re finished,
they don’t realise what they’ve
created because they’ve never
done it before. It’s not a big
collection, eight prints, but what
it does for this group of women
is huge.”
Once they were finished,
Molineaux said she knew they
needed to be made public and
approached Christchurch City
Libraries, which leapt at the
chance to host the exhibition.
“It’s so fabulous to see the
beautiful works of art showcased
for the public. We urge anyone
and everyone to come and check
them out,” city council acting
head of libraries and information
Elaine Sides said.
The work is on display in
Tūranga until August.
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