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20 The Star Thursday September 28 2023 HILLMORTON HIGH SCHOOL Ann Brokenshire, Principal’s Message September 2023 Our vision is “with our communities, we nurture wellrounded and accomplished young people, prepared and ready for life”. Providing multiple opportunities for our young people, beyond the classroom, is important to us. Students who take up the opportunities provided are well on their way to becoming well rounded and accomplished. Opportunities are varied but a few of note lately are: • Outward Bound - two Year 12 students recently attended • Sau iā Festival featuring 20 schools around Canterbury • Trip to watch Shakespeare’s Much Ado about Nothing at the Theatre Royal • Our major production for senior drama students here at school • The recent Year 11 Geography Quiz for Canterbury Schools, where one of our Hillmorton teams came first • Senior Girls’ football - we won the final against Christchurch Girls’ High School • Our Under 15 boys’ basketball team won the club final against Cashmere • Seven sports teams went to tournament in Week 7 • Our Kapa Haka performed for an International Lions Conference We often hear negative news about young people, but, here at Hillmorton, I find our students to be open - open to learning from and with others and often with those who come from different backgrounds to their own. This helps them to become well rounded and accomplished. Many of our students take our whakatauki (proverb) seriously, Whāia te iti kahurangi, ki te tuohu koe me te maunga teitei. Strive for the utmost, if you bow your head let it be to a lofty mountain. Sometimes these ‘mountains’ or barriers we find within ourselves. Our students are learning to preserve and to do their ‘personal best’. As Principal I remain proud of our students and of the wonderful staff and community volunteers who guide them. Winter Sports’ Tournaments A record-breaking seven teams represented Hillmorton at winter tournaments across the South Island in late August / early September. Summarising their tournaments: The Junior Boys’ and Girls’ Basketball teams both finished top four in the South Island competing against 17 or 18 teams. Huge achievements for them. The Senior Girls’ Hockey team had an amazing tournament making it to the final, finishing that game at a 3 all draw and heading to a shootout. Sadly, the girls lost at the shootouts but were proud to take the silver home. This was the Senior Boys’ Hockey team’s first ever tournament. They had great overall results and experiences, finishing seventh in the tournament. The Senior Boys’ Basketball attended the AA Tournament for the first time, going against the top basketball schools from the South Island. The boys were in a pool of death having the top five Christchurch teams in their pool, and finished 19th overall. The Senior Boys’ Football went undefeated the whole tournament finishing fifth out of 20 teams. Congratulations to Aiden Kelly who received the tournament Golden boot. The Senior Girls’ Netball performed extremely well, outranking their previous efforts in the tournament, placing 12th in B grade. We are very proud of the students and teams competing in away tournaments – thank you for the mana you demonstrated – and also thank staff, volunteer coaches, parents and sponsors who have supported and made the achievement possible. Dance This year, 10 students attended the recent Dance NZ Made competition at the Aurora Centre. Following a day of workshops run by professional dancers, the students entered the evening dance competition with dancers from across Canterbury. Congratulations to all the students involved, but in particular to our placegetters: Geography Two Year 11 Hillmorton teams competed well in the Maatangi Whenua Quiz hosted by the University of Canterbury in August. Students were testes on their geography skills and knowledge with rounds including New Zealand locations, mapping skills, geographic terms and making features out of playdough. Team ‘two’, Philip Brown, Rhiana Taylor and Liam Coakley-Gutsell gained the first perfect score and won the competition. • Solo Competition: Samantha Young, first; Lily Stewart second • Duo Competition: Libby McMahon and Amelia Trick-Pendle, first • Team Competition: Libby McMahon, Amelia Trick-Pendle, Chloe Milne, Jacynta Monaghan, Himari Yoshida and Yume Fujimoto, second. International Students It has been fantastic to welcome international students in significant numbers back to Hillmorton in 2023. We’ve had 87 students from Cambodia, Chile, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Viet Nam enrol at school this year. Reflecting the differing reasons for their study, and all showing mana, some of the students came for a short two weeks, while others have enrolled for multiple years. Some want a taste of New Zealand, some want to experience life here, and some want to obtain NCEA and to pathway to tertiary study in either their home country or New Zealand. All of them want to develop their tūrangawaewae here, to get to know New Zealanders, and to improve their English. With 2023 drawing to a close, we wish all our international students well and thank them for their time with us. Being part of Hillmorton enhances our school, our whanaungatanga, and our ako - it is so good to learn with and from you. SENIOR PRIZE GIVING Friday 27 October. Middle School Prizegiving Tuesday 12 December Tankerville Rd, Hoon Hay, Christchurch. Ph: 03 338 5119. Email: admin@hillmorton.school.nz www.hillmorton.school.nz
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz Thursday September 28 2023 The Star NEWS 21 High St low carbon concrete build a South Island first THE USE of low carbon concrete, known as Ecrete Plus, in a CBD basement build is a South Island first. The early morning pour was at 211 High St, a four-level block comprising office, retail, and hospitality units being developed by Anthony Leighs’ investment company, Portus. The sustainable concrete solution means the building’s overall embodied carbon will be lower and its carbon emissions will be significantly reduced, compared with those built from traditional concrete and steel construction. “Concrete has a very high embodied carbon content, primarily due to the atmospheric release of CO2 during the manufacturing process, but also because of the energy intensive process Anthony Leighs and the subsequent international transport to bring cement in from overseas,” Leighs says. “Using low carbon concrete will reduce the embodied carbon SUSTAINABLE: The basement of the High St building is lined with low carbon concrete. of our building by 537 tonnes of CO2 (more than half a million kilograms) that would have been otherwise emitted into the atmosphere.” In another bid to minimise environmental impact, Portus is using European mass timber for the build. On completion, Leighs expects the building’s total embodied carbon to be around 80 per cent less than similar concrete or steel structures. “The word sustainability means a lot of different things to different people. For Portus, we think there’s an absolute need to change the way things are done. We want to make sure that we don’t use more carbon than we need to. We take a long-term view so that we are doing the right thing for the future,” Leighs says. “For the buildings Portus is developing, we’re working hard to ensure they don’t have a lot of embodied carbon and that they are really energy efficient.” For instance, for 211 High St, the site of the historic Excelsior Hotel, Leighs is targeting a NABERS rating of at least five, which is a market leading performance. In New Zealand, Leighs wants Portus to take a leadership role creating efficient and sustainable buildings. “Our expertise enables us to look at new building materials that are available internationally and understand how we can adapt them for New Zealand conditions and our building code.” Developed by Allied Concrete, Ecrete Plus significantly reduces CO2 emissions by replacing a portion of traditional cement in the concrete with a supplementary material. Allied Concrete national service manager Bob Officer says the demand for low carbon concrete is growing and is an important part of a sustainable construction future. “The use of suitable substitute materials in correctly designed concrete mixes maintains or even improves the strength and durability of concrete, while reducing its carbon footprint. With correct specification it can be used in any building component where traditional concrete has been used previously.” TRADE TOOLS & The YUMMI study. CALL IN AND SEE US TODAY! The role of cow, goat or sheep milk in the nutrition and health of older women. Milk provides important nutrients that help older people to maintain muscle and bone health, and low milk intake is often associated with poor nutrition in older adults. We are looking for female volunteers aged 60 to 80 years to participate in the YUMMI study, a 12-week research study investigating the health effects of consuming different types milk – cow, goat, or sheep. We will provide you with cow, goat or sheep milk powder to drink twice a day for 12-weeks, or you will be asked to eat your normal diet (control group). The time commitment for the study will be about 11 hours and you will attend five clinic visits. You will receive up to $220 in supermarket vouchers in recognition of the actual or reasonable costs involved with participating in this study (e.g. parking and/or travel costs). If you are a woman aged 60 to 80 years and can drink milk, we would love to hear from you. Mon to Fri 7am - 5pm 40 Hammersmith Dr, Wigram Ph 03 982 0443 www.totalsitesupplies.co.nz Department of Human Nutrition Ping Ong yummistudy@otago.ac.nz | 021 2798214 This project has been reviewed and approved by the University of Otago Human Ethics Committee (Health). Reference: H22/067
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