Ashburton Courier: December 07, 2023

Ashburton College
Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment
News
Issue 41
7December 2023
Events
Te Whare ManaakiStudentsPakeke
Lions DayOut
Annually the Ashburton Pakeke Lions Club sponsor an outing for
College’s Te Whare Manaaki students, and this year was noexception,
with the outing taking place on Tuesday 28November, at The Plains
Vintage Railway and Historical Museum.
Te WhareManaakiTeacher Tina Johnsonsaid that thestudentsgot to
have tworides on the
Railcar,playedunder
the parachute, blew
and caughtbubbles,
and even had avisit
from FatherChristmas
who gave gifts to
everyone.The superb
hand-made giftswent
down atreat,enhancing
the outing, and we
thank those who gave
thetime to making
them.
The shade canopies and
tables and chairs layout
were an added comfort
(Pictured right):
NiesjeBurgerhout by
theLions Sign.
In front of the railcar (pictured above, front row, left to right):
Niesje Burgerhout, Jacob Olsen, Riki Banwell, Skyla Mackay,
Chelssea Cheesman, Cody Robin, Dominic Wayman.
(Back row, left toright): Jonathan Hardy, Kaleb Moodie, Stacey Cooper,
Harrison Thorpe.
Junior Sports Week
In our previous newsletter we gave ataster to this week held from
Monday 20November-Thursday 23November. This week was apost-
Covid initiative of Sport South Canterbury and has become afirm
favourite forstudents and staff throughout the Aoraki region.
Ashburton College’s Kairuruku Hākinakina | Sports Co-ordinator
Darion Gray gives us some details relatedtothisweek and the activities
held.
Overall College had 140-plus students involved, with exposure toover
twenty activities,and atotal of 725kmtravelled.
Theactivities over the week encompassed Beach DayonMonday, Touch on
Tuesday, WaimateDay on Wednesdayand Volleyball on Thursday.
Mondayand Wednesdaywerenon-competitivefun events,while Touch and
Volleyball were competitive events. We take alook at each of these days
now.
Caroline BayBeachDay
At Caroline Bay Park teams participated insignificant rotations of
activitiesinthe parkand on the beach, being:
• Rugby Invasion Game
• Riddle Solving and PhotoTask
• BeachVolleyball
• ITe Tīmatanga (Rhythmical and Mental Abilitygame,undertaken in pairs
to help develop counting inMāori while keeping arhythm, action and
amp)
• Hula Hoop Challenge
• Relay
• Poi Toa, as shown in lastweek’s newsletter.
• Charades
• Memory
• Music and amp
• Skipping
• Sponge and amp
• Noodle
Sharing the beach with passengers from the cruise ship meant the visitors
were very interested in what was happening, which made for many
conversions and explanations.
Darion said that our rangitahi managed themselves extremely well and,
with the aid of amap,navigated the park finding the various stations in the
correctorder and in atimely manner.Itwas describedasfun forall!
A‘Shout Out’ was given to Alex for his Double Dutch Skipping score of 84
and, despite itnot being acompetitive day, seemingly the AshColl team
came outontop overall!
The Frisbee Golf (pictured below left, back row, left to right):
Alex Kenure-Blackler, Oakley McKenzie, Curtis Bayston, Sawyer Skilling,
Jack Bennett.
(Middle Row, left toright): Laura Stanley, Addison Judd, Sophie Braas,
Abby Cochrane,Tia Double,KateCochrane.Isla Gilbert.
(Front row, left toright): Macy Lewis-West, Kate Rickard, Chloe Graham,
Lucy Boldy.
After ajoint lunch, venues were swapped and the College team spent the
afternoon at theWaimateEvent Centre.
At this venue students self-managed the choices of 3x3Basketball,Rollerblading
and Badminton.
Rock Climbing was on offer with experienced instructors. Over half of the
College group, many outside their comfort zone, gave this awhirl, with all
reachinggoals or exceeding goals,whichwas such athrill to watch.
(Pictured right):
Curtis Bayston
with the ball
in the 3x3
Basketball
match.
(Picturedright):
LauraStanley
making her way
up the climbing
wall.
(Picturedleft, lefttoright):
Lucy Boldy,
Chloe Graham,
Kate Rickard,
Macy Lewis-West setting
outonaroller-blading
excursion.
(Picturedabove): Harrison Thorpe underthe parachute.
(Picturedbelow): Chelssea Cheesmanreceiving her gift from Father Christmas
(with his ‘helper’tothe left).
(Pictured above, back row, left to right): Jack Bennett, Alex Kenure-Blackler,
Sylvie Thompson-Hart, RubyPatterson, Savena Fagalima.
(Pictured above, front row, left to right): Addison Judd. Laura Stanley,
MaddyThomson and MakenzeBoardman.
Waimate Day
One hundred-plus participants enjoyed this day on Wednesday
22 November in Waimate, with College team members transported
by Kairuruku Hākinakina |Sports Co-ordinator Darion Gray and School
Transport Manager and Teacher Relief Co-ordinator Mandy Harrison, with
appreciation to her forher support as driver and helper forthe day.
Team members for the day were -Curtis Bayston, Jack Bennett, Lucy Boldy,
Sophie Braas, Abby Cochrane, Kate Cochrane, Tia Double, Isla Gilbert,
Chloe Graham, Addison Judd, Alex Kenure-Blackler, Macy Lewis-West,
Oakley McKenzie, Kate Rickard, Sawyer Skilling and LauraStanley.
The morning was spent atVictoria Park having agoatFrisbee Golf.There
were plenty of volunteers on hand to offer tips,explaining techniques and
the different typesoffrisbee to get the bestdistanceand flight.
Congratulations
Students of the Week Award
From the StudentAshColl WayCommittee this week we have
the Year 9and Year 10 Studentofthe Week Awardees,
from Week 7ofthisterm.
In Term Four we are focusingonall three Values of
Quality,Pride andRespect.
The Week 7studentshave exhibited the
AshCollWay theme of ‘Being Respectful Towards Others’.
The Recipients for Week 7, Term Four were:
Tina emphasisedthatthe daywas agreat success,and we cannot thank
the Pakeke Lions enough for providing such an enjoyable outing for
our students.
Sophie Braas
Year 9
Maddie Stirling
Year 10