Ashburton Courier: August 25, 2022

Ashburton College
Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment
News
Issue 27
25 August 2022
Message From ThePrincipal
NewBuild -Information Evening
Tonight, in the College Auditorium, we arehosting
an information evening for our neighbours and
other interested members of our community, re
our new build.
After 3.5 years of planning and paperwork we are
now atthe point where wecan share our plans,
timelines and campuslayout.
This meeting willbefronted by Martin Connellour
Ministry of Education Consultant/Delivery Manager, Andrew Lapsley
who is the Director/Senior Project Manager from Verve Projects, and
Ursula Adams from BCN Architects.
The evening starts at 7:00pm and is scheduled tofinish at8:30pm.
There will be achance tohave questions answered at the meeting and
afterwards,via an online Qand A.
Blessing and Earth Turning
This eveningwill be followedbyablessing and earth-turning at 8:20am
on Monday 29August, at the Walnut Avenue site ofthe first build. The
gathering will include various invited guests, with the blessing to be
provided by Te Wera King,asenior Ngāi Tahu Kaumatua.
Block 1
The first block consists of thirty-two classrooms, TeWhare Manaaki,
ScienceLabs and classrooms and Maths classrooms.This block should be
readyfor classes to use at thestartof2024. Aftersuch along wait it will
be fantastic to have thenew buildunderway.
Monitoring Young People’s UseofCellphones
Ihave had feedback from parents acknowledging the positive impact
placing some form ofrestriction on their child’s cell phone use has had
on their well-being.
This particularly applies to ensuring your child has agood night’s sleep.
Cell phones aredesigned to be addictive, so thetemptation at nightisto
have ‘just one moregame’ or to decide ‘I willjustcontact…..’.
Sleep is vital for teenage physical, intellectual and emotional
development; so making sure they can get that sleep is something
simpleyou can do to supportyour child’s well-being.
Derived Grade Exams
For our senior students the next five weeks are vitally important, as we
have the ‘derived gradesexams’ looming.
These are deliberately labelled as such, because these exam grades are
used if astudent, for legitimate reasons, isunable to sit NCEA exams in
November.Each year we have anumber of studentswho have needed to
use their derivedgrade marksfor their final results.
Thetemptationfor some seniors willbe‘to study forthe real exams’but,
as some unfortunate souls discover each year,this is oftentoo late.
Theother major deadline to consideristhatinternalassessmentfinishes
at the end of this term formost subjects,which means that all our seniors
are working to complete their internal assessments. Term 3finishes on
23 September.
WinterSportsTournamentWeek
Finally, good luck goes to all our teams who are competing in this
tournamentweek,fromSunday28August.
We have teams competing in Blenheim, Christchurch, Dunedin,
Invercargill, Nelson and Timaru. Obviously we wish them well and an
enjoyable tournament experience. It’s great tohave such events back
afteratwo year absence.
Ross Preece
Principal .Tumuaki
Information
AkoInterviews/College Closure,
Thursday08September
Please note that the Collegewill be closed for
normalinstruction on this day,
in order to hold Akointerviews forall year levels.
These interviewsprovide opportunityfor studentstoshareinformation,
and reviewgoalsand progress,
with their Akoteacherand parent/caregiver.
Theinterviews will be held at AshburtonCollege,
from 10:00am-8:00pm,instudents’ AkoRooms.
Fifteen minutes is allocatedfor each interview.
Familiesare to book their interviewtimes on-line,
and this information has been provided to families.
If youare unable to bookonlinepleasecontactthe
College Office,308 4193.
Allstudents/families areexpectedtoattend
an AkoInterviewonthe day, withtheir parent/caregiver.
Senior students mayattendontheir own
if their parent/caregiver is unable to come in.
The
AshColl
Way
Information
College Build
CommunityPresentation and
Information Evening
Tonight,Thursday25August,7:00pm,
Auditorium
Interested CollegeWhānau and CommunityMembers
arewarmly invited to thisevening.
Presentingatthe evening will be:
• UrsulaAdams,Architect, Baldasso Cortese Noordanus (BCN Architects)
• Andrew Lapsley,Director/Senior Project Manager,Verve Projects
• MartinConnell,DeliveryManager, MinistryofEducation
Allmost welcome
Voting forCollege BoardofTrustee
Members NowStarted
ASHBURTON COLLEGE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
TRIENNIAL PARENT ELECTION –2022
Theoption of parentelections everyeighteen months has been
taken by this Boardtoallowfor continuityofmembership.
Six nominations have nowbeen received forthe three positions.
Forthose on the College Voting Roll
voting papers and candidates’ statements have been posted out,
with aFreepost return-addressed envelope.
Take this opportunity to lodge your vote.
Thevoting paper can be returned by hand-deliveryorbypost,
in the return-addressed envelope provided,
or another envelope if youchoose.
If posting,your vote must be received by the
Returning Officernolater than
5daysafter thedate of the election (byMonday12September 2022).
Post as early as possible as New Zealand Post has
reduced postal deliverydaysinmost areas.
If delivering your voting paper,deliver it in an envelope, to:
Sheena Tyrrell,Returning Officer, AshburtonCollege,
27 Walnut Avenue,Ashburton.
This must be delivered before 4:00pm on Wednesday07September.
Voting papers must not be emailed or faxed.
Sheena Tyrrell,Returning Officer
Email: ts@ashcoll.school.nz
027 247 8003
Year 13 Business Studies Pure AirCompany
has CarAir Fresheners forSale
Pure AirisaYear 13 Business Studies companyfromAshburtonCollege.
Ourbusiness is selling carair fresheners -
for$6.00 each or 2for $10.00.
The scents we havetooffer are–
• lime and coconut
• pineapple lumps
• strawberries and cream
• hubba bubba grape
• french vanilla
• watermelon lemonade
Foreach air freshener sold we will be
donating
$0.10 of our profits to the
Cancer Society.
If youare interested in purchasing
our product
please feel free to contactusat:
harg8272@student.ashcoll.school.nz
or view our instagram@pureair_
Events
Successful College Production -
Midsummer Night's Dream
From 10-13 August,morethan 750audiencemembers of all ageswere
treatedtothe magicaland crazyworld of Midsummer Night's Dream -
the major Collegeproduction for2022.
With COVID beingsuch apartofour lives forthe past two-plus years,College
has beenunabletomount alarge-scaleproduction since 2019.
Co-director Claire Bubb said that it is so important inthe life ofaCollege
that the Performing Arts are focused onand celebrated, asthey are such a
vitalpartofthefabric of oureverydaylives.
Students growand changewhen they aretouchedbythe camaraderie and
the expressive nature oftheatre, providing anexperience and amemory
which will lastlong pasttheirschoolyears.
This year's unique and fresh take on the well-known comedy, Midsummer
Night’s Dream wasnoexception.
Events
The College version focused on the crazy things we do for love, and on
the lengths we’ll go to when love is denied. It also looked at how avery
restrictive society perhaps encourages the young people within it to seek
alternativestofind their true passion.
This wasthe case with Hermia, whose father wouldn't let her marry the man
of her choice, but instead insisted that she marry the person of his choice.
Thealternative, if sherefusedher father’s wishes,was death. So,the couple
ranawaytothe magical forest so thatthey could be together.
Of course, life was less restrictive inthe forest, but there were arguments
afoot heretoo; between the FairyKing,Oberon and Titania, the FairyQueen.
(Pictured above): Titania the FairyQueen (Zoe Ritchie) sleeps under amagical
spell.
Chaos,magic,comedy and aclash of the worlds of the Forest and the Court
ensued, caused by the mischievous Puck, ending only when reconciliation
and connection were restored.
(Pictured right):
Puck
(Charlotte
Livingstone)
createshavocin
the forest.
Student Cast Members were –
TheMagicals – Oberon, King of the Fairies IMax Nicol
Titania, Queen of the Fairies IZoe Ritchie
Puck -AMischievous Spirit ICharlotteLivingstone
TheChild INeilan Raukawa.
Mustardseed IHayley McQuillan-Ross
Peaseblossom ITamsin Cartney
Cobweb IZoe Nicholls
Sprites IDancers -
Maddison Davidson, Lara Shierlaw, Ruby Robinson,
Olivia Hill, Jess Wilson, lela Mangubat, Amalia Worsfold,
Layla Ward, Niamh Hawe, Lennox Officer, Leane Senekal,
Lucy Smith.
(Pictured above): Donkey Girls -The Sprites entertain Bottom, with songs and
dance.
TheNobles - Theseus IJack Halford
Hippolyta IRachel Hoekstra
Egeus IBridgetHyde
PhilostrateICharlotteBell.
Members of the Court-
Bella Dawson, Cassie Chamberlain, Simone Forster
Lobato de Faria, Faith Davies, Keira Jenkins, Paige Homer,
AliceHomer,Bella Robertson.
TheCouples - Hermia ILauraBogdan/Maddie Page;
Helena IOlivia Fox/LibbyAlford; Lysander IFinn Brown;
Demetrius ILuke Rhodes.
TheActors (The Mechanicals) –
Bottom IPyramus ILiamWalker (Weaver)
QuinceIPrologueIBriarClark(Carpenter)
Snug ILion IChloe Lovett (Cabinet maker)
Snout IWall IIsabel Wall (Handyman)
FluteIThisbe IIsla Watt (Bellows-repairman)
Starveling IMoonshine IIsabel Wang (Tailor)
DogIFreddy Bubb