Pegasus Post: October 05, 2023
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Thursday <strong>October</strong> 5 <strong>2023</strong> 7<br />
Avonside Girls’ High School<br />
Te Kura Kohine o Ōtākaro<br />
Educating and empowering young women<br />
to achieve now and in the future.<br />
Ko Hine-Titama koe nānā i puta ki te whai ao ki te ao mārama<br />
Term 3 - From the Tumuaki<br />
Kia ora Koutou<br />
It’s been an amazing Term 3 at Avonside<br />
Girls’ High School/Te Kura Kohine O Ōtākaro.<br />
Students have continued to excel in and<br />
contribute to a wide variety of extracurricular<br />
experiences alongside their academic learning<br />
and progress.<br />
Dance show and the Music Department concert<br />
– impressive and skilled young people. Our jazz<br />
band placed silver in the Jazz Quest competition.<br />
The term finished with our annual Lipsync<br />
competition, which was fiercely competitive,<br />
heaps of fun, and included cameos from<br />
teachers to boost the points. Congratulations<br />
to Sheppard Pou - who it is argued won on<br />
merit (not because the principal did a cameo<br />
appearance). All of these events continue<br />
to celebrate the wairua of Avonside and its<br />
community.<br />
was a huge success with teams placing 2nd,<br />
3rd and 4th. A group of eSport junior students<br />
led an exciting Minecraft competition between<br />
Intermediate schools who spent a day looking at<br />
migration stories and designing a waka hourua.<br />
Academic enrichment is a focus at Avonside.<br />
This term student groups took part in a<br />
philosophy conference, the Model United<br />
Nations and World Scholars’ Cup in which<br />
we won the senior division. Our AGHS/SBHS<br />
team had a win at the Canterbury Robotics<br />
scrimmage, Service also featured with groups<br />
tree planting, the release of the film I stand<br />
for Consent featuring Avonside and students<br />
involved in climate action.<br />
Netball<br />
Gala Day<br />
Student-led events thrive at Avonside and we<br />
are proud of the kia rangatira shown by our<br />
young people of all ages. This term we have had<br />
non-uniform days, a GALA Day featuring stalls<br />
from all our student councils and a cookie bake<br />
off.<br />
Lipsync Competition<br />
Tongan Language Week<br />
Of course, a huge feature of Term 3 was the<br />
success of the winter sport teams. It was great<br />
to see so many teams across netball, soccer,<br />
hockey, basketball and badminton and of<br />
course to celebrate the growth of the 1st XV<br />
Rugby team. Alongside this korfball, fencing,<br />
rock-climbing, surfing, skiing and swimming<br />
enjoyed significant successes. Tournament week<br />
Individual student success is a standout at<br />
Avonside. Along with students selected for<br />
Canterbury sport teams and NZ Korfball U21,<br />
we had one student win the Alliance Francaise<br />
speech competition and another come runner<br />
up in the Liberate Your Words Schools poetry<br />
competition. Our students continue to lead,<br />
amaze and empower others and themselves<br />
and I have probably missed some things above.<br />
To our NCEA students kia manawanui as you<br />
head towards getting those last credits and to all<br />
our students - have a safe holiday break.<br />
Catherine Law, Principal<br />
There have been some notable large school<br />
events throughout the term, and I want to thank<br />
the students and staff involved in leading these.<br />
We started with Matariki celebrations, and an<br />
assembly and a week of events led by Te Roopu<br />
Hine-Titama. Later in the term our Tongan<br />
students brought Tongan culture and language<br />
alive across the school.<br />
During Te Wiki o te Reo Māori staff pledged to<br />
learn waiata and karakia and students and staff<br />
created opportunities to talk in Te Reo Māori<br />
with each other. Our performing arts students<br />
shone in their performances at the Senior<br />
Music Spectacular<br />
CAFÉ LEASE OPPORTUNITY<br />
Avonside Girls’ High School &<br />
Shirley Boys’ High School<br />
We are looking for a highly motivated, experienced, and<br />
professional café operator to provide healthy, nutritious, and<br />
tasty food options for our students, staff and school community<br />
from the start of the 2024 school year.<br />
Located on the east side of Christchurch, Avonside Girls’ High<br />
School - Te Kura Kohine o Ōtākaro; Shirley Boys’ High School<br />
- Ngā Tama o Ōruapaeroa and Ferndale Te Ahu Waikaku satellite<br />
are collocated on the same site. Known as Ōrua Paeroa Campus<br />
there are approximately 2500 secondary school aged students<br />
and 250 staff.<br />
If you have a good track record in the management and<br />
implementation of café services preferably in a school<br />
environment. The capability, experience, and infrastructure to<br />
deliver healthy, nutritious, and tasty food options at a reasonable<br />
cost to our students we invite you to submit a proposal.<br />
Timeline: RFP released: 28 September <strong>2023</strong>;<br />
Deadline for Questions: 12 <strong>October</strong> <strong>2023</strong>; Deadline for Proposals: 26 <strong>October</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
For information pack email: cle@avonside.school.nz<br />
209 Travis Rd, North New Brighton, Christchurch. Ph: 03 389 7199<br />
Email: office@avonside.school.nz www.avonside.school.nz
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