Southern View: November 24, 2022
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Thursday <strong>November</strong> <strong>24</strong> <strong>2022</strong> 3<br />
Talented young cook among<br />
three to receive top award<br />
AN ASPIRING young cook<br />
from Hillmorton High School<br />
has taken out a prestigious<br />
award.<br />
Tyler Spatcher-Harrison was<br />
among three students who have<br />
received the Prime Ministers<br />
Vocational Excellence Award.<br />
The award was launched in<br />
2019 to celebrate the top highschool<br />
students enrolled in<br />
vocational study, with a $2000<br />
monetary prize.<br />
Along with fellow awardwinners<br />
Zane Roberts from<br />
Shirley Boys’ High School and<br />
Adam Barker from Lincoln High<br />
School, Tyler has juggled school<br />
this year with two days a week at<br />
Ara – Te Pūkenga. He has been<br />
studying cookery level three at<br />
Ara’s department of hospitality,<br />
business and service industries.<br />
“New stuff like knife skills and<br />
learning about different food has<br />
been great,” Tyler said.<br />
“I’m doing level four next year<br />
and my award will help pay for<br />
level five after that.”<br />
Tyler found his love of cooking<br />
through his dad and said he was<br />
glad he grabbed the chance to do<br />
the level three course.<br />
Tutor Arnya Watson said the<br />
award is a wonderful bonus for<br />
the students, who have gone<br />
above and beyond.<br />
OUTSTANDING: Tutor Arnya Watson with Prime Ministers Vocational Excellence Award<br />
recipients Zane Roberts (Shirley Boys’ High School), Adam Barker (Lincoln High School) and<br />
Tyler Spatcher-Harrison. (Hillmorton High School).<br />
“They’re my high achievers.<br />
They’ve worked hard out of<br />
class to practise and do extra<br />
competitions. Anything that<br />
was available to do, they pushed<br />
themselves.<br />
“I still can’t believe we had<br />
three in one class though.”<br />
Most of her class of <strong>2022</strong> are<br />
planning to come back to Ara,<br />
which Watson said demonstrates<br />
how the supportive approach<br />
to learning gives students a<br />
firm pathway to staying in education.<br />
And because the level three<br />
course is managed through<br />
school, there is an impact on<br />
their fees-free first year of tertiary<br />
study.<br />
Watson said it was rewarding<br />
helping students find where their<br />
future lies.<br />
“They get a lot out of their<br />
experience as they seek work.<br />
Instead of having to be shown<br />
everything they’ve already got<br />
skills – they know about clean<br />
workspaces and food safety, so it<br />
gives them a head start.”<br />
Gala day<br />
spiced up<br />
by weather<br />
LAST SATURDAY recorded<br />
over a month’s worth of rain in a<br />
morning, but it did not stop the<br />
Phillipstown community market<br />
and gala day from taking place.<br />
Phillipstown<br />
Community Centre<br />
Charitable Trust<br />
manager Viviana<br />
Zanetti said the event<br />
‘Spice of Life’ was different<br />
from what had<br />
been planned due to<br />
the extreme weather<br />
conditions.<br />
The stalls were set up inside<br />
Viviana<br />
Zanetti<br />
some of the classrooms that were<br />
once home to the Phillipstown<br />
Primary School, instead of using<br />
outdoor areas.<br />
Some music entertainment and<br />
stone carving activities were also<br />
cancelled.<br />
However, Zanetti said the initial<br />
disappointment and frustration<br />
turned into a sort of satisfaction at<br />
the end.<br />
“Different doesn’t necessarily<br />
mean bad.<br />
“The feedback was all positive:<br />
despite the weather, everybody<br />
had a good time, connected,<br />
learned something new and found<br />
a bargain.”<br />
Food from various countries<br />
was sold at the event, including<br />
Brazil, Somalia, Philippines,<br />
Bangladesh and Indonesia.<br />
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