11 DHS Dispatch 29 November 2019

THE DHS

DISPATCH Wisdom through learning : Akona to matauranga kia mĹ?hio

29 NOVEMBER 2019

TABLOID SPORTS 2019!

New Caledonia Trip

DHS Talent Quest

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DARFIELD HIGH SCHOOL WEBSITE

Principal’s Comments Our student survey this year showed that on average about 90% of students have a mobile phone: about 70% in Year 7 through to 100% in Year 13. Mobile phones can be used for positive things in school, such as communication between school and the student, and learning applications such as calculators. Mobile phones can also have negative impacts. These include: access to unfiltered internet that can be shared with others; distraction from learning; harmful use of social media; conflict with teachers when enforcing expectations for use; and images and recordings made without permission.

Thank you to those of you who were able to take the time to provide feedback in our recent survey regarding mobile phone use. We received 350 responses from students, 260 responses from parents, and 70 from staff. The results of this survey were discussed at the last Board of Trustees meeting.

In the survey, we presented a range of possible ways to manage mobile phones in the school environment.

Most responses favoured mobile phones being allowed at school, with only a relatively small proportion wanting them banned outright: 3.5% of students; 8.4% of parents; and 14% of staff. Very few parents and no staff favoured unrestricted use and most, including students, saw in-school management strategies as the best approach.

Comments from parents frequently cited concerns such as social media use but also often noted the value of the devices for communication between home and students.

The importance of consistency of enforcing expectations was also regularly noted.

This year, the Year 7 and Year 8 homeroom teachers have been trialling banning the use of phones during the day, although students can still bring them in to use outside

of school time. This has been successful and is a strategy we are planning to continue. In the last term, we have been working with tighter restrictions at Year 9: no use in classes but able to be used at break times. We plan to continue this for Years 9 and 10 next year.

At these levels, we would prefer if parents insisted their children keep their phones at home; however, we recognise that communication out of school time is important for some families.

To assist managing phones during class time, we will be focusing on enforcing our expectation that all phones in Years 9-13 classes are on silent and in bags or phone holders at the front of the class. In Years 11-13, phones may be used in class but only with the teacher’s permission and for a specific learning activity.

James Morris

SENIOR SIGN OUT DAY Monday 2 December

If you have returned all resources (books, sports gear) and have no outstanding fees, it is possible that you won't need to come in. You will get a message to say whether or not you need to come in.

FROM THE PTSA

A huge thank you for all the donations for the Courtenay Show. Also thank you to all the people who have donated their time throughout the year at the various PTSA events or helped in any way that they were able to; we really appreciate it.

Your donations have gone towards buying a BBQ and trailer for the school, money towards prizes and various activities in the school. If you would like to join or be a friend of the PTSA, please email ptsa@darfield.school.nz 2

DARFIELD HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR PRIZEGIVING Family and friends of the school are warmly invited to attend the Senior Prizegiving ceremony on Monday 2 December 2019 at 7.00 pm Darfield Recreation Centre James Morris, Principal 29 NOVEMBER 2019

Wed 27 Nov

Thurs 28 Nov Fri 29 Nov Mon 2 Dec Tues 3 Dec

Media Studies Sāmoan / Spanish

9.30 am

Agricultural & Horticultural Science

Art History

Chinese

Spanish

Drama

9.30 am 2.00 pm 9.30 am 2.00 pm 9.30 am 2.00 pm

Chemistry

Te Reo Rangatira / Japanese Social Studies / 2019 EXAMINATION TIMETABLE Psychology

2.00 pm

2.00 pm

Drama

Science

Sāmoan

Statistics

Spanish

Health

Social Studies Sāmoan / Education for Sustainability WEEKEND

Earth & Space Science Music Studies Te Reo Māori / Latin

Chinese

Social Studies

Dance

Art History

Classical Studies French Te Reo Rangatira / Latin

Dance Japanese

Spanish

Earth & Space Science German

Japanese

BOMA NZ EDUCATION FELLOWS

Assessment also offered digitally

Congratulations to Chris Mossop, HOD Technology, who has won an Exponential Education Fellowship.

This includes a year of workshops and mentoring, and a trip to San Francisco.

Each of the Fellows will experience a free, year-long programme designed to help them explore ways of bringing exponential thinking, technology, and innovative leadership into their schools.

All of these learning experiences will enable the Fellows to create their own hands-on projects within their secondary schools, resulting in tan-

gible outcomes that can be scaled to others in the wider education community.

The Boma NZ Education Fellows is generously powered by Christchurch Airport, who are passionate about championing the South Island and changing the lives of residents and visitors for the better, forever.

By powering the Boma NZ Education Fellows, Christchurch Airport makes a significant contribution to the social and educational wellbeing of Christchurch and Canterbury.

Thank you to Hunter Glass for donating the mirror which was used for a Year 10 Mathematics Assessment.

FROM THE LIBRARY WANTED REWARD OFFERED Chocolate fish for the safe return of any of these books. No questions asked.

+ 4 Na&onal Library books

HOD Technology Teacher, Chris Mossop

U T L A A R TIONS G N O C & WELCOME Walter Tony Nilsson Born 12 October, weighing 8 lb 8 oz.

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STUDENT SUCCESSES

Mountainbike Champs

National Secondary Schools Mountain Biking Championships were held at Signal Hill, Dunedin in the last week of the holidays. There were a record number of entrants: over 250 riders.There were three days of racing.

Friday - Enduro (series of five timed short downhill runs and a non-timed climb back up). The weather for this was clear and warm, after a couple of days of rain, so the clay based course dried out considerably.

Saturday - Downhill: compulsory pre-race runs in the morning, then a seeding run and one race run, the pre-race runs were in reasonably dry track conditions, then a cold southerly with rain arrived half way through the seeding runs and continued through the race runs, So the course changed to reasonably slick and sketchy.

Eddie Adams

Sunday - Cross country. 4km laps around a course which involved a long gradual climb, short rocky decent, steep nasty short climb and rooty tight decent through some trees. The multiple lap course took around an hour to complete.

Championship riders had to ride in all three races to gain points in each to total for these places. It is a gruelling and three days of racing for all riders that choose to do this - which all DHS students entered did.

Maia Adams

Results: Ethan Rose: Enduro - 1st (by 5 sec) Downhill - 7th Cross country - 1st (by 2.30 mins) Overall U17 Championship 1st Maia Adams Enduro - 5th Downhill - 5th Cross country - 4th Overall U17 Championship - 2nd Eddie Adams Enduro - 28th Downhill - 18th Cross country - 13th Overall U14 Championship - 9th

Ethan Rose

Shooting Success Piper Benbow, James Grafton and Ryan Booth represented DHS at the Secondary Schools National Target Shooting competition in Wellington in September. They placed 16th out of 21 in the teams event. Piper was the second highest shooter from the South Island, earning her a place on the South Island team and subsequently a spot on the New Zealand Team. They shot in a postal match against Great Britain, and those results are due in January. Congratulations to all on their superb results.

Harraways Junior Warriors Competition

Congratulations, to the Darfield High School team, who took out this years Harraways Junior Warriors Competition at the 9th Hororata Highland Games.

Riley McNae, Tobi Moore, Ryan Thomas and Finn Jacobs made up the team "Suns Out, Guns Out" during a day of fierce competition.

Events included: Toss the Caber, 4

Stone Putt, Farmers Walk and Junior Warriors Stones.

The team has donated their winning prize of a Harraways Breakfast, to Hororata Primary School in recognition of the hard work the Hororata School put into the event.

The Mural at Darfield pool won second prize in the recent National Resene Mural Masterpiece Competition (Community Division).

Congratulations to all those students involved in this project.

Well done to all those involved.

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SYDNEY, SEPTEMBER 2019

INTERNATIONAL

SHOWJUMPING CHAMPION

18 November 2019 - Recently I was selected to Morocco

Australia - I was also selected to ride for New Zealand at the Marcus ride at an international showjumping Oldham Interschools Championships (primary/secondary school riders) competition in Morocco, alongside in the showjumping competition. The first pool horse that was selected two other NZ riders and an Ausfor me to ride wasn't suitable so they had to organise a replacement, Dear Karen tralian, in early September. It was a which arrived the day before the competition started, meaning I had week long show based in the heart only one ride before I competed. We jumped over three days and I I am wri5ng to congratulate you on the performance ofwith yourastudent Georgia Allison as a of Casablanca.

I was riding in recent the came away 4th place, the highest placing for a NZ rider at the Global Amateur Tour (18+) classes show.team The horses in Australia that we were member of the New Zealand Interschool Show Jumping that competed at the Australian throughout the week.

ThereShe were allocated were very different theZealand horses Interschool Championships in Sydney. was selected by the Equestrian Sportsto New two qualifier classes, a final and also in Morocco, and the way the competition Jumping Board ahead of dozens applicants across a teams event.

We hadoftwo days fromran wasNew also Zealand. very different ,which made to trial our horses and get used to the two competitions very dissimilar The New them Zealand teamwe rode unfamiliar horses provided by the compe55on organisers, mee5ng before started competing. experiences. them justIntwo thewhich Na5onal Championship event. To be able to assess a horse, adjust thedays firstbefore qualifier, was a I placed and, inway theof going, Georgia Allison your ownspeed style ofclass, riding to suit 12th the horse’s then perform at a commendable level with second qualifier, I finished a very this horse really is quite excep5onal. Our riders were pleased with their performances of consistent close second. For the teams event, top ten individual results against Australian each international riderthe was paired riders who were compe5ng on their own horses, Georgia did par5cularly in finishing with two local well Moroccan riders4th toindividually in one of her compe55ons. form a team of three. Our team Georgia was an outstanding ambassador finished with the least amount for of your school and our country. She was a suppor5ve and faults over two rounds, meaning encouraging team member, diligent, professional and courteous and a pleasure to have in the team. that we won the championship. In the final, I had a couple of of faults but I am unfamiliar with the recogni5on interna5onal representa5on at your school, but I do trust you was still stoked with how my horse will be able to recognise Georgia’s achievement and celebrate her success in an appropriate way. had performed for me over a long, hot week of competing. Overall, I finSport NZ ished is currently driving par5cipa5on of young women in sport and this is an excellent way to inside the top 10 of the Global show support for our young ac5vely Amateur Tour, the women best of our Aus-engaging in spor5ng opportuni5es at a high level. tralasian team members.

I would be more than happy to discuss this further with you if you would like more informa5on on our trip, please feel free to get in touch with me.

Warm regards,

Zonta Sports Award

The Zonta Sports Awards were an amazing achievement!

Nathan was nominated for the awards by Karen Armstrong and, from there, a panel selected finalists for each category. It was a big suprise to make it as a finalist!

Libby Rayner Chef d’Equipe On the night, Nathan proudly wore his formal school uniform as he NZ Interschool Show Jumping Team walked up on stage to be acknowledged for his outstanding perfor-

mances with running over the last year. As Nathan walked up on stage, there were photos of him running as the host shared with the +64272748021 audience his achievements:

raynerlibby@ngatawa.school.nz

• NZ Para 2 km Road Race Champion, Dunedin 2018, PB 7 mins 16 sec.

• 2019 3rd Canterbury Para Road Race.

• 2019 1st Canterbury Para Cross Country.

• 2019 1st NZ Secondary School Cross Country Para 2 km race.

The night was very formal and it was an honour to be there as part of a night celebrating sporting achievements of so many talented athletes.

Nathan proudly accepted his certificate as a finalist.

He loves running and has amazing determination.

Nathan Carter at the Zonta Sports Award Presentation

Well done, Nathan!

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YEAR 10 PREFECTS 2019

Cameron Newell

Emma Miles

Jeremy Bourhill

Johnny Millar

Kelly Rod

Lexie Sinclair-Dockerill

Congratulations Year 10 Prefects Millie Wilson

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Rhiannon Alexander-Lamb

Sarah Gerritsen

Summer Mitchell

Tess Jenkins

Piper Benbow

Tierlina Payne

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PREFECTS FOR 2020

Head students roles will be announced at Senior Prize Giving on 2 December

Rozlyn Doherty

Saskia Jansen

Brie Edwards

Caitlin Warrington

Ella Roessink

Rebecca Inch

Sophie Palmer

Jennifer Walter

Katie Griffiths

Caitlin Gibb

Caitlin Hool

Sophie Townsend

Katherine Hadler

Harry Williamson

Hayley Murray

Caitlin Rayne

Alex Gerritsen

Brianna Longdin

James Stead

Stefanie McKenzie

Jesse Sutherland

Casey Roessink

Cameron Mills

Monique St Clair-Newman

Ethan Spence

Emily White

James Miles

Jessica Galletly

Emily McCallum

Zara Woodward

Matthew Young

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The Year 13 Computer Programming students who created the back-end database for the Greendale Community Trust. (L to R): Saskia Kremers, Edward Manson, Megan Evans, Ian Jefferis, Ruth Warren, Thomas Grafton, Xani Fetzer and Alex Stiles

The recent visiting group from Yubetsu, Japan enjoyed a wonderful week in early November.

Activities in the library, making 'hedgehogs' and using the Sphero balls.

Message on the blackboard

Christchurch Schools Music Festival

What a great way to finish a year of hard work being part of the 80th anniversary of the Christchurch Schools Music Festival in a welcome return to the Town Hall.

It all began in March with my application to join the representative choir. Auditions were held in May and I got the great news I had made it into the Senior representative choir in June. I was one of about 90 Year 7 and 8 students from all over Canterbury selected from about 300 applicants. Six weekends of Saturday rehearsals plus a three-day workshop during Term Three 8

holidays, with plenty of singing at home in between, concluded with four very special nights singing in the Town Hall.

About 700 massed choir singers took to the stage each night to perform a range of songs old and new. I was so proud to represent Darfield High School and be part of this special occasion bringing the festival back to the Town Hall. I’m excited to know I still have another opportunity to do it all again in Year 8.

Jack Guy

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Last week, we were visited by acclaimed New Zealand authors, Philippa Werry and Eileen Merriman, who spoke to 60 students, many of whom are keen readers and writers.

Eileen, who writes mostly for young adults, shared with a Year 9 class her journey to becoming a writer and a haematologist doctor. She spoke of the setbacks and rejections she had on her journey to get where she wanted to go. Eileen had many rejections before she was published and had to try twice to get into medical school but she was determined and, eventually, things went her way. She wanted our students to know that rejection is a part of life and often not personal—more a reflection of lack of spaces in courses or pressures on publishers in NZ. Eileen was so encouraging to our students who were interested in writing and gave them lots of information about where they could send their work now to get it published. Students were also interested in 'flash fiction', so she shared some of her work in this area. Amazing!

Phillipa Werry's presentation, to a large group of Years 7 and 8 students, gave them a good insight into the work and practice involved in becoming a writer. She had old writing books her mother kept from the age of five! Philippa has written over 40 fiction and non-fiction books, many of which are in our library. She does a lot of background research into different topics; the most challenging but satisfying to date has been a book on the New Zealand Wars.

Our students asked Philippa many questions about her writing Phillipa Werry and Eileen Merriman and the writing process—she was an encouraging and generous speaker. Feedback from students included that they had learned a lot, it was a useful and productive session and they would be keen to attend more of these sessions.

Need Support and Assistance? Please reach out and speak to trained

Darfield High School was one of the schools selected to be part of the Storylines National Festival Story Tour.

mental health

professionals from a well-being and support service Need Support ?

Storylines National Festival Story Tour

Thank you, Storylines, for making this possible!

Helen Duckworth

Summer Madness

Summer Madness in the Library has begun! This week, we start a range of activities for Years 7 and 8 students: Book Art, Escape Room, Paper Crafts and fun with Sphero balls are all on the menu. We all also open our lending for "Summer Reading". If you are a returning student, you will have an opportunity to get a pile of books for the holidays. We have a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction for all reading levels, plus don't forget we have e and audio books that are available 24/7 during the holidays. You can access them, using your school login, at dhslibrary.nz or directly to https://dhslibrary.wheelers.co/. Another source of interesting books and activities is Selwyn Libraries.

Summer reading is an important activity for children and teens to help prevent the summer slide in reading levels. It doesn't really matter what our students are reading, just that they are reading and it interests them.

There is a lot of research to support the importance of doing some regular reading during the school holidays. Weeks, if not a term or more, are spent helping students catch up their reading levels from the previous year. In one New Zealand study, some students lost 5.8 months reading progress over the summer holidays (McNaughton et al, 2012). If you would like more information on this, the National Library has a great link. https://natlib.govt.nz/schools/reading-engagement/summer-reading ISSUE 11 / DHS DISPATCH

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How would you breathe without lungs?

The simple explanation to this is: you wouldn’t. Our lungs are extraordinary, they breathe in the oxygen and rush it off to the tissues and organs that require it to function.

But what if I told you that we are being rid of our lungs? That our lungs are being destroyed? Of course, that would be ridiculous— we're all breathing perfectly fine. Or, so we all think.

and they clear up our pollution. And what do we do? We cut them down, burn them to the ground at a rate of 40 football fields a minute, we deposit them as if worthless. As if we could be able to live without them.

Is it really worth it? Should it really cost animals their lives for us to be spoiled with luxuries? Should our source of oxygen really be lost for money?

Deforestation is the act of cutting down trees for personal benefits, such as using it for palm oil, for land, or for money. Seven billion trees are cut down every year, along with the lives of thousands of animals living in the forests. The Earth would be rid of all its trees in around three hundred years at this rate. Unless we do something about it now.

Is that what kind of race we are?

The big question is: why must we stop it? What makes deforestation such a vital problem in our ecosystem? Well, if you think about the animals that are being kicked out of the rainforests, and the homeless people that are dying from the toxic fumes trees would normally get rid of, it would be clear.

The trees are not there just for decoration; they give shelter to the animals, food to our mouths, medicine that cures our diseases,

The outcomes of deforestation would be devastating; we would lose thousands of animal lives, the lives of those known and close to us, as well of the lives of the unknown.

The trees of the rainforests not only provide shelter for some species but also provide the canopy that regulates the temperature, something that affects all of us. The entire Earth would be like a desert; much too hot for any living creature to survive.

Palm oil is a popular ingredient used in many things, such as bread, shampoo, and sweets. Three thousand orangutans are killed each year to supply us with palm oil, but it doesn’t seem to affect the billions of people who use it. Could you really look an orangutan in the face and say “My appetite is more important than your suffering”?

Prince Charles once said, “Forests are the world's air-conditioning system—the lungs of the planet— and we are on the verge of switching it off.” I want you to think about those orangutans dying of exposure, the air, polluted by fumes, killing them off. The act of stopping their deaths, of stopping deforestation, is difficult; planting a tree, however, is simple. If every single person in the entire world planted just one tree, we could get rid of a year’s worth of deforestation in one day.

Just doing simple acts like recycling can help. Avoid products that contain palm oil. Decrease the amount of paper you use; it's the little things that make a difference.

“The future of the planet affects all of us, and all of us should do what we can to protect it. You don’t need a diploma to plant a tree.”

So, how would you breathe without lungs? Why are we killing ourselves and each other? A wise man once said, “Only when the last tree has died, the last river poisoned, the last fish caught, will we then realise we cannot eat money.”

Holly Borham

Youth Wellness Summit for Year 9 Students On Friday 8 October, we all had the opportunity to go over to the Trinity Church and Trinity Church Hall to learn about well-being.

We started the day with a Kapahaka performance and messages of hope. During the day, we learnt about drugs and alcohol, technology, and the new youth forum centre. We also learnt about the SVA. We were lucky to be provided with a lovely morning tea supplied by the PTSA and lunch from the Malvern Lions.

Some of the main things that we learnt throughout the day were how to stay safe online and on social media, and how drugs and alcohol affect our body; learning about the youth forum centre that is being built was also very interesting. The day was lots of fun and also taught us a lot.

We would like to say thank you to all the people who supported us and made this day happen.

Today's teens are facing issues that no previous generation has experienced. While some of these issues are not entirely new, the proliferation of electronic media and greater potential exposure to drugs and alcohol are changing the way young people live their lives. The youth who attend Darfield High School are as susceptible to these struggles as any other NZ youth.

Because these issues are important influences in the lives of our young people, the Malvern Youth Trust, in co-operation with Darfield High School, invited all Year 9 students to attend a Youth Wellness Summit.

This summit was designed to give students a learning platform to extend what they may or may not know, and also to support what they are learning at school.

Lily Payton 10

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YEARS 7 & 8 ATHLETIC CHAMPIONS 2019

AGE Year 7 Boys Year 7 Girls Year 8 Boys Year 8 Girls

CHAMPION Lucas Tapa-Wither Ailee Garnham Oscar Stevenson Jody McCarthy-Dempsey

RECORDS BROKEN 2019 Year 7 Boys Lucas Tapa-Wither Ryan Thomas

Equalled the 60 metres record in a time of 8.78 sec 1200 metres NR 4.30.47 sec

Year 8 Girls Jody McCarthy-Dempsey Jody McCarthy-Dempsey

Discus Shot Put (change of weight to 3 kg)

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RUNNER-UP Henry Pratt/Hamish Henderson Yssabel Cullen Samuel McConnell/Liam Stanbury Kate Hefferon

NR 25.88 m NR 8.38 m

OR 4.32.00 sec OR 24.24 m

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SCIENCE ROADSHOW

The explosion was awesome! - Michelle I liked how they talked to the audience - Ella

It was cool playing with static energy - Chloe The Science Roadshow is a mobile science discovery centre.

Annually, it travels the length of New Zealand in a 15 metre truck and trailer, bringing a range of cool interactive science and technology exhibits into communities. The mission of the Science Roadshow is to support science education in New Zealand schools through science outreach.

It made science look like fun - Rylee I want to do more experiments now - John 12

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NZ HAPPY NZ Happy won the Ara YES Regional Excellence Award for Customer and Market Engagement. The team consisted of Mikayla Jarvis, Shynali Maharaj, Georgia Mitchell, Chantelle Rod and Cleo Searle.

They were placed 3rd overall, competing against 127 other business teams. I am very proud to say that they also received the highest score in Canterbury for their Annual Business Review.

Caroline Harrington

(L to R): Cleo Searle, Chantelle Rod, Mikayla Jarvis, Georgia Mitchell and Shynali Maharaj

USINESS

LOCAL B

MENTORS REQUIRED

Have you operated or managed a business? Would you be interested in sharing your business experience with a small group of Year 13 Business Studies students?

This would involve being a contact for students to bounce ideas off. If you are interested, or would like to find out more, please contact: Caroline Harrington:

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INTERNATIONAL END OF YEAR PROGRAMME

During the senior exam leave period, we have been running an alternative programme for our eight senior international students not taking NCEA. It has been a great opportunity to get out and explore our region, while doing some outdoor activities. Learning outside the classroom has also been a focus and we have visited the Canterbury Museum, Quake City, Tūranga, the A&P Show, and even made cards for the organisation ‘Sending Love’. A big thank you to the teachers who have helped us during the programme.

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MOUNTAIN BIKING TRIP HANMER AND CHRISTCHURCH ADVENTURE PARK Overview of Mountain Biking for Year 12 Outdoor Education: The final unit for the year for 12OED has been mountain biking. The emphasis of the unit was to develop intermediate and advanced track riding skills. We rode on many tracks: Mt Hutt, Halswell, Port Hills, Hanmer Springs and Christchurch Adventure Park Highlights of the Unit: • Achieving our goal of riding all the Hanmer tracks in one day (and in about 4.5 hours which is a great achievement). Track of the day Red: Rocks flow trail and jumps. Then soak in hot pools and hydroslides.

• Night riding in Hanmer, especially the laughter and shrieks.

• Not having to ride uphill at the Adventure Park. Having an amazing instructor from Whistler MTB Park teach us how to jump. And riding down, down and more down, plus getting a bit of high. Plus riding the new flow trail "Name this trail".

• Cam "Crash Test Dummy", although there were quite a few crashes and many dynamic dismounts.

• Ms Kelly's highlight: NO BROKEN BONES :-) Nic Kelly

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QUEST U OVERALL WINNER: JACK GUY

RUNNER UP/BEST VOCAL: LIAM MORRIS THIRD PLACE/BEST INSTRUMENTAL: Z’ARN PAYNE & VINCENT MANDAPAT BEST DANCE/MOVER: LIZZIE MARVIN & BROOKE EBDON-COLLINGS BEST GROUP: JAZZ BAND RISING STAR: LUCIA TULLY BEST JUNIOR MUSICIAN: VAUGHAN SMART

(L to R): Jack Guy, Liam Morris, Z’Arn Payne & Vincent Mandapat

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TABLOID

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Tabloids Results

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KIKORANGI RAWHITI WAIMAKARIRI TAWERA

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NEW CALEDONIA

Bonjour. Je m’appelle Jess. I recently had the experience of going to New Caledonia. We went to a small city called Kone, where we went to school and lived with our host families. My highlight of staying in Kone was going to the river with my host family and my friends' host families; this gave me a chance to bond with my host family and create new friendships that will last a lifetime. I also enjoyed my time at the school and found everyone very welcoming and friendly. I think the others would say the same. Our School Mascot, Brenda, also contributed in most activities along with the rest of us. She was shared by everyone in the group and seen as an equal. This was a great learning opportunity and a chance to make new friends. To all the Years 7 and 8s who have this chance in two years, make the most of it.

Jessica Langridge Bonjour! My name is Sam, and I went to New Caledonia this year. On one of the days we went to Amédée island.

Amédée island is an island off the west coast of NC. It is this beautiful place where there is a massive white lighthouse in the middle of the island. While we were at the island there were tons of things to do. You could go up the lighthouse, or do sarong tying, traditional dancing, the lunch buffet, volleyball, climbing a coconut tree, opening coconuts, grating coconut, making coconut milk, going on the glass bottom boat and you could also go snorkelling.

There was a wide variety of marine life there as well. There were coral snakes, tons of fish and different species of turtles. The most common we saw was the green turtle. These beautiful and agile creatures are an amazing sight to behold. Almost every person gave these turtles a nice wet smooch as well. At the top of the lighthouse, the view was sooo amazing; we had a view of the entire island, coral reefs and the mainland. All in all Amédée island was amazing. So if you get the chance to go to New Caledonia in two years time, you should definitely go, because this trip was a once in a lifetime opportunity.

Samuel McCallion Bonjour. My name is Jeremy. On the first day in New Caledonia's capital city, Noumea, we went on a ride on the tchou tchou train, a bright yellow abomination which gave us a tour of the city, including the WWII artillery battery built at the top of the hill by American troops during World War II. We also went to places such as the Tjibaou Cultural Museum, Phare Amédée, Ile de Canards and some of the many beaches.

The aquarium was one of the highlights of our stay, not least because this is where we found our newest friend. Brenda is a bright, colourful snake that, after being adopted

by Jessica Langridge, became the mascot of the trip. We also saw many varieties of fish and turtles. Even better than that though, was the food. Every morning, we awoke to a bounty of baguettes, croissants and other French goodies. It was brilliant.

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MOUNTAIN BIKING Mountain Biking and Canoe Polo On Friday we hopped in the school vans and headed off to Mcleans Island where we went on a mountain bike track.

This was really good, as you could choose to go on a longer ride or shorter, but we all met up in the middle and decided to do the longer ride. This was a really good track as it had some challenges.

We then headed off to Lake Rua and learned how to play canoe polo. We had to find a buddy whom we hadn’t talked to the whole day and together you had to get the gear out.

This was cool as you got to talk to some new people. We then split into two groups; one group went first and then the second group. If someone fell out, they had to swim to the side and you had to help them get the water out of the canoe. This was cool as you had to work as a team to see-saw the canoe.

Thank you, on behalf of the Year 10 students that went on the activities, to Mr Mac, Miss Symons, Miss Vickery, Ms Walker, Mr Finnigan, Ms Mossop and all the bus drivers who took us in. Without you guys, none of this would have been possible and we got to learn how much we could push ourselves and if we could go outside our comfort zone.

Millie Wilson

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ADRENALIN FOREST

Adrenalin Forest Around 63 Year 10 students went to the Adrenalin Forest at Spencer Park. When we got there they strapped us all into our harnesses and taught us how to use the clips. We were then allowed to start at whatever level we wished.

My friends and l all started at level 3b and worked our way up to level 6 at the highest level. This was really cool because we were stepping outside our comfort zone and pushing ourselves to go further.

Millie Wilson

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SURFING

Around 50 students travelled to Sumner Beach as part of the Year 10 Activity Days.

We rode the bus for an hour and arrived at the beach, where we were greeted by a group of surf instructors from “Learn to Surf”. We were taught how to “pop up” on a surf-board and where we were supposed to lie. We were then taught all about the ocean and what times are best to go surfing. We were told that mid-tide was perfect for us as beginners, and so we headed out.

Once we found our wetsuits and boards, we all went down to the beach and got in the water. We all waited for perfect waves, got on and started paddling. The instructors

helped to pull our boards onto the waves and we were able to pop up and try to balance on the wobbly boards. Many of us wiped out so many times, but there was always one wave that we stayed up on and surfed.

We went in the water twice and had an amazing time. On behalf of the Year 10 students, I’d like to say thank you, not only to the Surf Instructors for helping us learn to surf, but also to Mr MacDonald, Ms Walker and all of the teachers who put up with our noisy bus rides and helped throughout. I also want to thank you for organising such an amazing opportunity for all of us.

Lucy Hunter

We headed off to Sumner Beach where we had a lesson on how to surf. We first got taught how to check the weather and the waves, then we got into our wetsuits, then had a lesson on the grass on how to stand up. We then got out into the ocean and we all got to have a go at standing up. We then got out of the water and dried and were then allowed to go into the township and get some lunch. After lunch, we went back out and did some more surfing. A little group of us went out the back of the waves and learned how to turn around quickly and some other skills. We then got dried and came home.

Millie Wilson

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Students wanting to use Adobe CC for next year need to sign up this year so we can get you set up.

Your current licence will be expiring at the start of February 2020 so you will have access to CC through the holidays. To sign up for Adobe CC for 2020 please fill out the following form and pay $10 to the student office. Payment now will see you have access from the start of February.

Courses which require you to have an Adobe licence are the following (note: you need only one licence even if you are in more than one of the following subjects): Year 11 – Digital Technologies, DVC Year 12 – Digital Technologies, DVC, Media Studies, Year 13 – Business, Digital Technologies, DVC, Media Studies 28

Adobe CC 2020

Sign up on the Google form below and pay to the student office so we can begin buying licences.

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29 NOVEMBER 2019

School and Community Notices Term Four

EVENTS November 28 Summer Quad - Ellesmere College December 2 Senior Sign Out Day

Year 10 Commerce Business Challenge

Senior Prize Giving 7 pm 3 Peer Support Training (3-4 December) 4 Canterbury Primary Schools Athletics 5 Year 6 Transition Day 10 BOT Meeting (6.30 pm) 11 Prize Giving Practice (Period 1) 12 Years 7 and 8 Prize Giving (9.30 am)

Years 9 and 10 Prize Giving (1.30 pm)

Last Day of Term Four 13 Staff Only Day January 2020 27 Staff Only Day 28 Year 7 Students Attend 29 Whole School Attends

Lost Property There is a large number of unclaimed items from last year.

Please can you get your students to come and take a look if they know something has been misplaced. Parents: you are most welcome to come and check the clothing and items at Student Administration. If you have items that do not belong to you, please can they be returned to the Student Administration Office.

Parking Outside the School Outside the school on McLaughlins Road, is a no stopping zone. We need parents to observe the ‘No Parking or Stopping Zone’ between the School’s front gate and bus bay. To keep students safe, we need this area clear before and after school. There are signs indicating the restrictions. Opposite Darfield High School on McLaughlins Road, car parks are marked out and broken yellow lines are painted outside residents' driveways. Please ensure you park within the allocated car parks and not in front of residents’ driveways. The car parks outside the school hall are reserved for staff and visitors coming into the school.

Your co-operation in this matter is appreciated. There is usually plenty of space around the bend towards Bangor Road, or south-west on McLaughlins Road.

DHS Canteen Orders Students are reminder to place orders at interval for lunchtime pickup at the canteen.

School Bank Account Darfield High School ASB Bank Limited, Riccarton 12-31470207317-00 Please include the student’s name and the reason for the payment, eg Camp Fees. This information is also on the Contact Us page of the school website.

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Contact Details It is important that we have your correct contact details; please let us know of any changes.

Driving Assessment Restricted and Full Licences Test Course/Support Person Manual/Automatic Lessons/Coaching Friendly/Supportive/Non-Judgmental Nervous Drivers Learning Challenged Excel. Success Passing Tests

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This is the fifth year we have offered summer study, which has grown in popularity every year. More than 1500 students took advantage of Summer School last year to top up their NCEA credits, enabling them to go on to either further study, training or employment.

Courses are delivered online so with access to a computer and the internet, students can learn anywhere and anytime.

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Completed pizza wheels can be redeemed at any branch of HELL Pizza until 3 December 2019

Roslyn Wakari AFC (RWAFC) extends an open invitation to all association male or female football players planning to study or continuing their studies at either Otago University, Otago Polytechnic or partaking in a trade

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related apprenticeship in Dunedin in 2020.

Defensive Driving

These scholarships are open to applications in any year of study, training or apprenticeship.

Courses

For more information: wayne@educationenterprises.co.nz

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ROLLESTON KIDS TRIATHLON

Darfield & Sheffield Pools Open for the

Summer Season

DARFIELD HOURS

SHEFFIELD HOURS

During School Term Mon - Fri: 3:30—7 pm Sat & Sun: 1—7 pm

During School Term Mon - Fri: 3:15—7 pm Sat & Sun: 1—7 pm

During School & Public Holidays Every day: 1 pm—7 pm

During School & Public Holidays Every day: 1 pm—7 pm

Pool Phone: 027 250 4524

Pool Phone: 027 590 9948

Please enquire at Darfield Pool about lessons & lane swimming Swim Lessons 6—17 January. Darfield Morning Lane Swimming M/W/F. 7—8 am Mid-day Lane Swimming 12 noon—1.30 pm Aquarobics to be advised Swim Club Tuesday 14 January until the end of Feburary

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Mobile Phone Recycling Appeal The Mobile Phone Appeal has raised well over three million dollars for the New Zealand Charities. We have had a very successful year with Sustainable Coastlines our hardworking awesome charity.

With 69% of New Zealand’s rivers deemed unsafe for swimming after rainfall due to contamination, this is important work that we hope you can support and promote through the collection of old and unwanted phones

To donate phones simply pack securely in a box or small jiffy bag.

Drop to any NZ Post Store free of charge, addressed to: Mobile Phone Recycling Appeal Private Bag 208004 Highbrook Manukau 2161 FreePost: 223107-Darfield High School

Zonta Award Though about 40 percent of the world’s workforce is women, according to data from the Inter-Parliamentary Union, only 24.5 percent of all national parliamentarians were female as of 1 September 2019.

Because Zonta International believes that young women are the key to women’s advancement in the field of public service, it offers the Young Women in Public Affairs (YWPA) Award, which recognizes young women, ages 16-19, for demonstrating leadership skills and commitment to public service and civic causes, and encourages them to continue their participation in public and political life.

Information Booklet

For more infomation visit the Zonta Website

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Year 13 Mufti Guidelines Key considerations: The desire for a high standard of dress through providing guidelines for an appropriate standard of dress.

Year 13 demonstrating leadership in action and appearance.

Allowing some choice in recognition of senior role in school.

The normal day wear for Year 13 students is either school uniform or very tidy mufti.

Year 13 students are the student leaders in the school and their standard of dress should be equivalent to the formality of the normal school uniform. It is expected that students who represent the school at formal events will wear a school blazer or a formal black blazer.

Very Tidy Mufti: • Shorts or trousers with zip fly • Skirts or dresses • Collared shirt or blouse • Blazer, jersey, cardigan, jacket • Rain jacket • Tie for formal occasions, eg Prize-giving, Assemblies during Terms 2 and 3 • Students should bring a change of clothes when required for sports activities Appropriate mufti is: • Clean, tidy and in good condition • Modest (ie all clothing should cover from shoulder to mid-thigh – no midriff showing) • Boys should be clean shaven • Jewellery (no visible piercings, except in ears) and make-up should not be excessive • Appropriate to situations (eg, for health and safety reasons, covered footwear is to be worn in Science Labs, Food and Nutrition Room, and Design Technology Rooms) • Any words, logos or images must be appropriate for school situation, eg no alcohol or drug connotations or offensive language Not permitted: • Sportswear: sports shoes, track pants, sports shorts, rugby jerseys • Beachwear • T-Shirts or singlets • Hoodies or sweatshirts • Extreme hair styles If unsure if an item is permitted, please check with the school in advance of wearing an item to school

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