9 DHS Dispatch 27 September 2018

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

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Principal’s Comments and Awards Last Tuesday, an assault took place that was deeply distressing to most people in our school community.

I invited Mrs Robinson, the chairperson of the BOT, and all of the teachers to attend assemblies this week to ensure that we have a shared message about the many ways that the incident fell far short of our expectations and what needs to happen to put things right.

All of the concerns relate to our clearly stated expectations. Of particular relevance are our expectations to build positive relationships; to ask for help; and to care for the safety of others.

You can learn only if you feel safe.

Our school can function as a place of learning only if the learners and the staff feel safe. What happened last week made us all feel less safe.

So where do we need to do things better? Firstly and most obviously are those that carried out the attack.

There is no way that violence of that nature would ever be acceptable in a school. It was premeditated, the students had been warned to keep away, and yet they chose to ignore a direct instruction and carry out an attack, knowing that it was unacceptable and knowing they would get in trouble.

There are no buts, no excuses, no reasons to justify their actions. They made their choices and now they are gone from the school. That is a disaster for them but that is what the Board of Trustees felt needed to happen to help keep you safe and to send a clear message that we cannot tolerate such behaviour. You make your choices but be prepared to accept the consequences.

Two people made the attack but many others were involved in ways that pushed it further down the road to it happening. There have been individuals who have chosen to act in ways that have set the situation up, or in ways that made it worse.

Some of these people have had consequences but some will have played their destructive part in the shadows.

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So what can we do differently? If any one of the several people who facilitated the assault had chosen to de-escalate, or tell someone, or ask for help, then this may not have happened. A single act of de-escalation rather than stirring it up could have made the difference.

There were also bystanders. Not the people who happened to be there. I am sure you were shocked by what you saw – probably unsure what to do. I am most concerned about those who heard that there was going to be a fight and chose to go to see it rather than let a staff member know. If any one of you had done something, this may not have happened.

To those who chose to video the assault and then share it: such actions fill me with sadness and anger. Sadness that you would act to make the lives of others worse and anger that you are not getting the message. You have made the harm from this many times worse than it needed to be. You took advantage of the misery of somebody else and then you shared it with others.

Anybody who shared the video—just as bad. Look carefully at your motivation. Look carefully at how you can do a better job of building rather than damaging relationships.

It is important to mention that most of you were not involved and most of you were equally disgusted. There are those of you who helped where you could: supportive friends; the senior students who stepped in; those who helped the student who was injured.

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So: what can we learn? First the ‘do nots’: • Do not solve problems with violence • Do not spread rumours or misinformation • Do not video or post or share the misery of others.

And to put that in a positive frame what can we learn?

• Build positive relationships • Ask for help • Care for the safety of others • Make our community a better place to live and work in The shared value expressed on the sign for this building is ‘Kotahitanga’.

This is the value we place on our unity, our being one community.

There is great strength in this but it also means that we are all affected when incidents like this happen.

Most importantly, it means we work together in times of adversity to support each other.

We must learn from this, we must front up to the things we want to make better. The sort of person each of us is is reflected in the decisions we make. Learn from this and make better decisions in the future.

James Morris

Particularly upsetting are the misinformation, aggression, insults, and blaming that happened on social media in the following days. I was pleased to see that very few of you chose to engage in this. There are no winners when the social media swamp monster gets going.

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Staff Changes My name is Paula Dooge and I'm new to the Learning Support Centre in a Teacher Aide role. Before this job I was working as a Teacher Aide at a Primary School in Wellington.

I'm originally from Zimbabwe but have lived in New Zealand for 14 years (mainly in Wellington and Hawkes Bay). My husband, two young boys and I have been living in Christchurch for six months and we're enjoying getting to know what Canterbury has to offer - Rakaia Gorge, Castle Hill and Mt Hutt are currently top favourites! I'm looking forward to meeting more and more of you at DHS as time goes on!

Hi, my name is Keren Ericksen.

I’m looking forward to bringing some of my teaching skills into supporting students, as a Teacher Aide this time, at the special needs learning centre. I used to teach secondary level in Fashion Design Technology at Lincoln.

Then I began a family of my own and have enjoyed a season being fully involved in my children’s lives. Now more able to enter the teaching realm again, I’m looking forward to trying out a new area of support here at Darfield High School.

Enjoy the Holidays!

Term Four Starts Monday 15 October Celebrating the successes of our students is important.

There are a number of areas that students excel in. Whether this is part of or outside of the DHS community, please feel free to let us know, so we can celebrate their achievements with the whole community.

STUDENT SUCCESSES Best Choreography Nationwide!

Congratulations to the 2018 ShowQuest team.

Not only did they win the overall Canterbury Regional event, and awards for Choreography, Design, Theme, Drama and Performance in the recent Christchurch event, but it has just been announced that they are the winners of the National Choreography title!

Congratulations to all involved, and thank you to those students, staff and parents who gave their time and expertise to make such a wonderful production.

Caitlin Knowles, Jemma Dalley, Aeryn McMillan-Da Via (absent, Alex McGregor) with the ShowQuest Award for 2018 National Choreography Winner

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Skiing Championships

(L to R): Mari Henderson, Viktoria and Izak Derik-Westaway

DHS team came second in the Mixed Teams for the Giant Slalom (impressive seeing we had only three not four racers to choose times from) Mari - 2nd in the Girls Slope Style Mari - 8th in the Girls Giant Slalom Vikki - 10th in the Girls GS Izak - 10th in the Boys GS Unfortunately the skierX was cancelled due to high winds.

Each year, the Board and staff of DHS like to take time to recognise the contribution made by supporters of our school. It is a convivial evening where we join together, have a bite to eat and a drink, and pause to acknowledge the variety of volunteer support they provide.

Across the school, help is provided by coaching sports teams, helping at camps, assisting at assessment time, catering at events, and providing work experience and interview practice.

We are humbled by the many members of the community who give freely of their valuable time to help us regularly throughout the year. Last Thursday was recognition of that and it was a great night!

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The 2018 Sports Committee organised a Netball tournament between the DHS First XV and Girls Netball teams, with the winners playing the staff.

And the results were; First XV (10) played Girls Netball (14) Staff (5) played Girls Netball (15) .

Well done to everyone who played and entertained!

From Scripts to Performance I have been working on a Senior SPEC Module about Performance this term and I chose to perform in the DHS Talent Quest show.

PHOTOS AROUND DHS Left side photos from top: Winners of the Library "Kupu Treasure Hunt" for Te Wiki O Te Reo Maori/Maori Language Week, Riane Noa and Rebekah Kalweit.

The Student blackboard messages, by the Senior Leaders, for Week 9.

SADD Week (Students Against Dangerous Driving) messages written around the school.

Celebrating Women's Suffrage Week.

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Year 9 students during their cooking class.

I found a book called A Bear called Paddington in the school library and worked with my teachers to create a script about Paddington. Then I researched and put together costumes and located props for my presentation.

I practised the script lots of times with other students until I could do really well.

Finally, I performed on stage as Paddington in front of a large group of students on Friday 21 September as part of the Talent Quest.

It was lots of fun and everyone really liked it.

Ewen Lalor

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(L to R): Will Davidson, Niamh Guy, Sarah Kennedy, Karen Meares, Hiria Williams, Emily Cullen and Asit Lappradtana, just arrived in Japan for their 18 day trip.

Early notice: Trip to New Caledonia in November 2019!

Next year, the French department will run its Junior Exchange Programme. A group of students will be travelling to Noumea and will visit our sister school in Kone.

This exchange is open to all students studying French in Years 9 and 10 in 2019. More details available at the start of the year.

Porters Derby Day First Intermediate Mixed Team First Intermediate Boys Team Fastest Intermediate Team Trophy Fastest Boy: Barnaby Maude Second Fastest Boy: Cam Waters Barnaby Maude, Eddie Adams, Camden Waters, Charlie Blackburn, George Daly, Kiana Beuchelle, Daniel Pooler and Noah Whiteside.

Congratulations to the Students who competed.

I have been boxing since 2014, about four and a half years. I became a registered fighter two years ago and I am in the 38 kg category.

When you are in the newer, and lightweight groups, much of what you initially work towards is different to how you approach it later on. To start with you are taught about your stance and how to punch (accurately) in the face/jaw. We probably punch fast and often. However, as you get bigger and older, the concentration is not so much on how many times you punch, but how hard. This is where my training is developing at the moment.

I train twice a week, with the Burnham Boxing Club. A training session starts with a warm up of skipping for two minutes, then fast skipping for two minutes, 10 press ups and 10 sit ups. This is repeated three to five times, depending on the coach! Then we do some interval training, some boxing practice, 6

stance, jabbing and punching, including hooks, and bag work.

Then we do some circuit training.

We wind down with sparring in the ring. For some of the training, and all sparring, we have to wear mouth guards, wraps, and gloves. In the ring, it is also compulsory for us to wear correctly fitted head gear. In the ring, it is very hard to remember everything: how to punch efficiently, your stance, to keep away from the ropes, to keep in the centre of the ring, plus keep your head and focus on the person you are fighting.

In my last two fights, I came runnerup. At the South Island Championships a couple of months ago, I fought Kwahli Beauchamp, whose dad is a world champion.

My mum has been training with me for the last year or so, to help me focus. She inspires me to train and keep going, even when I don't want to!

Michael Marvin

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The school cooking rooms were recently taken over by some members of staff, who took up a Eating Healthy Challenge set by the staff Wellbeing committee. A wonderful array of healthy foods was put together, including Green Alkaliser Smoothies, Salted Caramel Smoothie, Carrot, Lime and Coconut Salad, Corn and Cucumber Ceviche, Raspberry Coconut O-Balls and Afghan Biscuits (gluten and dairy free and Paleo).

Tournament of Minds After winning the Regional competition for Tournament of Minds, a team of six Years 7 and 8 students were invited to compete in the national finals. On the day, we flew to Wellington early in the morning and arrived at Victoria University. There were about seven teams in the STEM category from all over New Zealand.

After getting told all the important information from the organisers, we were then locked in the room for three hours and given a challenge that we had to complete in that time. Our challenge was to create a trap for the creature that we created at the regionals and we had to demonstrate how we trapped it and how it worked. During that time, we also had to do a spontaneous challenge which means that we got put on the spot. We had to name one word that is hard to spell, but we had to make a good phrase to make it easier. We had managed to complete both of our challenges whilst feeling very proud of ourselves.

Our team presented our three-hour challenge with smiles on our faces and not caring if we would win or not as we have learnt a lot from this experience. Finding out that we did not win, deep inside we felt very disappointed, but on the outside we were very humble and proud of all of the other teams. Going to Wellington was an amazing trip and we hope that it will happen again in the future.

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Year 9 Plant Out Day

On 10 September, the Year 9s were lucky enough to head down to Joyce Reserve and help Te Ara Kakariki with their biodiversity restoration project. As part of the restoration project, we planted native plant species to help us have more native vegetation. We currently have 1% native plantings in the Canterbury area and Te Ara Kakariki plan to get it up to at least 10%.

We had multiple people come down and help us with the three different activities that we got to do on this great day. We had Phillip, Paul and Jules from the Coalgate/Glentunnel Reserve Management Committee come down and keep an eye on things and supervise us with the planting. We also had Errol and Kelvin from Waterwatch come down to teach us about water testing and investigating the invertebrates (insects and bugs) in the Waikirikiri Selwyn River. A really big thank you to CPW for the funding for the plants, guards, site preparation and maintenance.

It was a great opportunity for the Year 9s to get out of the classroom and help by getting stuck into some gardening and tree planting. A really big thank you to all I have mentioned and a big thank you to Te Ara Kakariki for inviting us to help, and a big thank you to Lou for her explanation of how to plant the native trees and making sure they stay healthy. It was a great day and hopefully Darfield High School gets to continue helping with this biodiversity restoration project.

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What the Students said ...

Looking at and catching the bugs in the river.

The bug thing was really fun and so was the planting.

I really enjoyed planting the plants and the help while doing this was amazing.

I enjoyed most was planting trees; it was very interesting and I was surprised to find how easy it was to plant them.

I really like studying the invertebrates.

I loved looking at all the aquatic life in our local waterways. It was really neat to be part of something that will benefit not only us later on in life but also the next generation.

I enjoyed the planting because we got to do it all ourselves and it was fun.

Planting the trees and seeing the bugs was fun.

I enjoyed planting the trees and searching for bugs. I would recommend it for the Year 9s next year.

Planting the trees was very enjoyable and it was a fun and interesting day out.

Thank you. We learnt heaps.

I really enjoyed planting the trees and being outside. Thank you so much for giving us the opportunity.

The planting was an awesome idea and it got everyone involved and helped people have a better understanding of what is happening to Earth; thanks for allowing us to do this and helping us out with this!!

I really enjoyed looking at the invertebrates, and planting the trees.

I enjoyed planting trees and catching bugs. It was a great experience.

I really enjoyed looking at and identifying the bugs; it was really fun and interesting. I also liked planting.

I thought that it was fun and I enjoyed it.

I really enjoyed learning about our local river and planting the trees.

I enjoyed the tree planting the most, as when I plant more trees I can do it better.

I really enjoyed planting all the trees.

The people were so helpful and my favourite part was getting the different bugs out of the river.

I enjoyed the happiness that was shared around and how everyone enjoyed it.

Thank you so much for the great day. I enjoyed it very much, and it is great that you are teaching us about the environment. I really enjoyed learning about the aquatic life, as it was very fun finding the aquatic life, and interesting learning about it.

Thank you very much for having my class and others, for our chance to learn about the environment and get dirt under our fingernails. Thank you very much.

I loved planting.

I enjoyed planting the trees and learning lots of new things. :) I enjoyed looking at the invertebrates. Most of them I had not seen before.

I quite liked studying invertebrates. It was fun to see what we caught and what others did too.

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Celebrating 125 Years of Women's Suffrage In New Zealand during the 1800s, women questioned why they weren’t involved in the decision making of the country. This led to the women's suffrage movement. Women fought extremely hard for their say in the running of the country, and this took years of campaigning and three years of petitioning. Some men said that “politics was outside women’s ‘natural sphere’ “. A Wellington resident Henry Wright made a comment referring to women and what their role actually was: “women were ‘recommended to go home, look after their children, cook their husbands’ dinners, empty the slops, and generally attend to the domestic affairs for which Nature designed them’; they should give up ‘meddling in masculine concerns of which they are profoundly ignorant’.

Suffragettes questioned why when men were released from prison, they were allowed to vote and still good law abiding women were not allowed to vote.

These women were strong and tactful in their campaigning, using petitions to present to Parliament.

Each time a petition or a letter was rejected by the Government, suffrage campaigners kept fighting despite the rejections. Immense effort was put in by suffrage campaigners with 32,000 signatures collected on a 270 metre long petition.

This helped push the Electoral Bill into law, which was finally passed on 19 September 1893. This meant women from that day forward were allowed to vote!

New Zealand was the first country in the world to give women the vote. This was a proud moment for many in New Zealand. One person commented that it gave 'new hope and life to all women struggling for emancipation'. In the 1893 election 84% (109,461) of New Zealand women cast their votes.

More political rights soon followed for women; a significant one was in 1919 when women could stand for Government. In 1934, our first woman MP was Elizabeth McCombs.

Today in New Zealand more women are joining Parliament. In 2014, 31% of candidates were female! We have also had three women Prime Ministers!

Darfield High School has reflected and celebrated the achievements of our suffragettes and also the amazing progress for women's rights since. There has been a very colourful and informative display in the library where students can also look up a database to see if their great-great-grandmothers signed the petition. Around the school, there are countless portraits of influential women and an informative 270 metre chalk path that celebrates NZ women's achievements.

There have also been competitions running and the opportunity to show your support by writing your name on a white camellia badge and placing it on the back wall of the library foyer. Special thanks to Ms Ferguson-Brown, Ms Duckworth, Mrs MacKay, Mrs Duncan and Mrs Lee for organising the displays and activities. Also, thank you to the students who assisted with the decorations and chalk path.

Emily Cullen Y10 Social Studies Human Rights inquiry

View the signing of the Suffrage Petition

Emily Cullen was the winner of this fabulous book, after entering one of the competitions celebrating Women's Suffrage Week.

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Darfield Does Have Talent!

Neopolitan dance team: Eddie Adams, Barnaby Maude and Liam Morris with Jazz dancer Teresa Barnhill.

This year the Culture committee at Darfield High School came up with a great idea to have a combined Talent Quest final with Ellesmere College. At the beginning of May we approached Ellesmere with the idea, and after months of planning with their Head of Arts and the help of Mr Adams, at the end of September for the first time Ellesmere and Darfield had a combined Talent Quest finals!

Rachael Inch the founder of Selwyn Creative Network.

The finals were held at Ellesmere College with a total of 14 acts, seven from each school. The night was a great success and it was awesome to have Darfield students come out to support their peers and have pride in our school!

Also, a big congratulations to all the competitors from the heats and the finals. It is a privilege to be a part of a school with such great talent and everyone did such a great job in representing our school and making us proud.

A big thank you to Mr Teasdale for giving up his time to be a judge on the night; the rest of the judging panel consisted of Steven Henderson from Ellesmere College and

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Darfield came away with 2nd place, awarded to Teresa Barnhill who performed a dance solo and 1st place, which was awarded to Neopolitan (a dance trio) consisting of Eddie Adams, Barnaby Maude and Liam Morris, so big ups to you all!

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Koru Games Last week, about 80 Years 7 & 8 students attended the fifth annual Koru Games. The Koru Games were set up to provide South Island Years 7 & 8 students with opportunity to develop their sports skills through playing team sports for their school.

Fifty-two different schools from all over the South Island participated in the games this year. There were sports ranging from Lawn Bowls to Boccia to Netball. We were lucky enough to be able to participate in this year's games. It was an awesome opportunity and we made the most of it.

This year, I participated in the rugby sevens part of the Koru Games. We had a lot of fun competing in this sport. It was great fun practising and it gave a lot of new players an opportunity to get their first taste of rugby playing. The tournament gave us a good strong opposition to practise many skills like passing, cleaning over and tackling bigger (a lot) players. Darfield High’s sevens team came ninth out of 24 teams.

We were a very small team compared to a lot of the big town boys.

The team that ran away with the win in the finals was Breens Intermediate playing against Ashburton Intermediate, and Ellesmere College beating Clearview for 3rd and 4th.

There were medals in every sport for top three places.

Mason Thompson Rugby 7s Co-Captain

This year, I had the opportunity to compete in the Netball Tournament.

It was an amazing experience and a great opportunity for our team to play and have an awesome time practising our skills and putting them onto the court. The tournament went on for three days, with the first two days being the round robin. There were four pools and our team managed to finish first in our pool which meant we were to play the second placed team in pool B. Sadly, we lost to Oaklands which meant we were out of the running for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th, which was annoying. We then went on to play Ashburton Intermediate which made our supporters very anxious and we won by two goals. Our next game was our last game and we were all out of energy but determined to do well. The game was against St Margaret's and we managed to win by one goal. By the end, our Netball team finished 5th out of 32 teams.

Charlotte O’Reilly Netball Co-Captain

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This year, I participated in the touch rugby part of Koru Games. I had a lot of fun competing in this sport. It was great fun playing against other teams from all over the South Island.

We had two teams participating in the Touch Rugby tournament. A boys' team and a mixed team. Our mixed team came in second place behind East Otago, even though DHS had beaten them in the pool games.

The boys' team finished seventh and Queen's Park came first. Overall, Koru Games was a very fun experience to go to and it was very handy having our games as close as Rolleston.

Oscar Lochore Touch Player

Thank you to everyone who helped organise this event and coached/ managed some of these teams. We all really appreciate your help in the games. Thank you also to who supported us on the sideline. Thank you to all of the DHS kids that managed/ captained the teams for 2018.

Secondary Schools Winter Sports Tournament On 2 September, the Under 15’s Rugby Team travelled down to Queenstown where we would compete against five other teams from all around the South Island.

MVP for the tournament was Mitchell - 6 points, Fenton - 4 points, Bill - 4 points and Angus - 3 points.

The highlight of this tour in Queenstown was playing rugby on their When we arrived at Queenstown we grounds that were at the bottom unpacked at the Pinewood Lodge where of the Remarkables, having a meal we were staying. After getting settled in, we at the Speights Ale House, going went to Wakatipu Primary School and played through and looking at the Queentouch. We had some parent helps who prestown township and spending a pared the meals for us as we returned back large amount of money at McDonto the lodge. We turned in for an early night ald's. as our first game was at 9.00 am against Menzies College. Later that day we played Mt Aspiring College and won 17-15. After this we went for a swim in Lake Wakatipu.

The next day we had another game at 9.00 am against James Hargest and then another at 12.00 pm against Westland High School.

After another swim we were refreshed and ready for the last game. On Wednesday we had our last game against John Paul.

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Get2Go Challenge On Wednesday the 19 September a group of eight Years 9 and 10 students, Angelo Barrimond, Matt Ashworth, Isaac Earl, Travis Abraham Katie Molloy, Charlotte Thomas, Zahara Sutton, and Maia Adams along with Miss Symons, took part in the annual Canterbury Region Get2Go Challenge.

The day consisted of rotations of four different events, orienteering, mountain biking, problem solving and canoeing. Our first rotation was orienteering where we split ourselves into two groups, completed separate courses, and were fast enough to complete all the bonus rounds, 4th place, a successful start to the day! Next after having a snack

we headed to the mountain biking.

We were to race around a short but sweet loop and tag with the team members. We had 40 minutes to do as many laps as we could and we ended up doing 50, placing us 4th again. We did SO GOOD on the ‘jump’ that was on the track. With sore legs we walked back to the car for more refreshments and a rest before we headed off to the 3rd rotation, problem solving. The aim was to get across the ‘river’ as many times as possible, with only six tiles with extra twists involved, such as one person blindfolded. It took us a while for us to get the hang of it and then we got it sorted. The last event was canoeing. We had to have three in the canoe at a time, having to race

around a set course and rotated after each lap. This was not our forte and lots of room for improvement here.

Overall the Get2Go was such a great experience and highly recommend it to the Year 9’s of this year and year 8’s that will be going into it next year.

We tried new things and pushed ourselves out of our comfort zone, as well as had a great tonne of fun and made new friends. We would like to thanks Miss Symons and Ms Kelly for making it possible for us to do it this year and getting us sorted for trainings as well as driving us around, and sharing her great knowledge of the sport with us.

Secondary Schools Winter Tournament Results SISS NETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS – Dunedin BASKETBALL – Senior Boys Blenheim V Roxburgh Area School 30-29 win V St Kevin's College 93-51 loss V Mackenzie College 31-21 win V Buller High 60-56 loss V James Hargest High 28-23 win V Rangiora New Life 73-54 loss V Kavanagh College 33-33 draw V Westland High School 90-34 win V Buller High 35-22 win V Buller High 91-62 loss V Lincoln High 28-26 win V Timaru Girls' High 25-24 loss Placed 10th overall V Roxburgh Area School 36-32 loss Placed 8th in B Grade Talented Player selected from all the B Grade Teams: Lucy Glassey. It has been a number of years since we have had a player selected as a Talented Player, so well done, Lucy!

UNDER 15 RUGBY – Wakatipu High School, Queenstown Game Results and 3 - 2 – 1 points system. (Points given to players who played above and beyond and / or who played a major part in the game.)

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15-31 loss 17–15 win 14–29 loss 19–24 loss 12–29 loss

(Mitchell 3, Fenton 2, Will Brown 1) (Mitchell 3, Angus McPherson 2, Fenton 1) (Jack Barnes 3, Dwight 2, Fenton and Angus McPherson 1) (Bill Brown 3, Daniel Jackson 2, Johnny Millar 1) (Henry 3, Tyler 2, Todd 1)

3 - 2 – 1. Points = Mitchell Calcott = 6, Fenton Dawson = 4, Will Brown = 4, Angus McPherson = 3.

Mitchell won the MVP at the tournament. Won a rugby ball from the tournament organisers for his efforts.

The team scored 13 tries during the tournament.

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'Big Al' Lester Recently we had a visit from 'Big Al' Lester, an avid hunter with a love of the mountains. Al is the author of nine books of hunting yarns that are popular with many DHS students.

His latest book Straight from the Pig's Mouth recounts stories from his 30 years in the police force, most of it as Detective Inspector at Christchurch CIB. Al's first session was with some Years 9 and 10 students whom he encouraged to tell their own stories. "Don't worry about the spelling or grammar - just write your story as you would speak it - you can go back to the proofreading later." He gave them some ideas about style and how to hook in and involve the reader. He modelled his techniques, using his own descriptions of a character he had met, and then the students had a try at describing their own character. One student wrote "This person is big and fat with more rolls than the average bakery. Infinite chins shield his neck - a strong man who can lift up one pie at a time but can smash over five."

Al also spoke to our Year 11 Health students about making wise choices regarding drugs and alcohol and got them to think about what might happen after they make their decision.

This theme carried through to senior assembly where Al vividly recounted an event he'd experienced while in the police force, the story of an addicted couple and their young children. He finished with a phrase he heard many times during his career "we were only going to try it once".

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I have been in New Zealand for more than one year, although the difficulty of studying in high school abroad is no less than that in China. However, the education systems and ideas in New Zealand are totally different to those in China.

Comparing Chinese and New Zealand High School Life The reason why Chinese high school days last so long is that the Chinese education system is academically biased. Due to the massive population in China, education resources are not available for everyone and the final exam at the end of three years of high school (we call it National College Entrance Examination) is a relatively fair way to separate all the students. Therefore, high schools want students to study really intensely to increase their school’s university entrance results and students try their very best to study hard as well. Universities are all ranked in China, so it is very important to get into a famous, highly ranked university.

In China, we have a very different timetable from New Zealand. We usually go to school at 7.00 am, hand in all subjects’ homework from the previous day in 20 minutes, and then start our morning study class for 30 minutes. We have nine classes every day and each one lasts 45 minutes. We usually have 10 minutes break between classes but sometimes our break is taken up by teachers who feel like they don’t have enough time to finish their class. At 12.00, lunchtime starts and students can go to the big canteen or outside the school for lunch. We have to be back before 1.00 pm and take an hour nap.

Now I have been in New Zealand for over one year and I just feel like I made such a good decision. I can go home at 3.30 pm and choose what subjects I like. Life became less stressful for me and I finally do not have to be a study machine anymore. However, I still really miss the time I spent with my friends in Chinese high school; we always have so much fun although we were facing massive stress every day.

As students spend most of their time at school, some of them even eat breakfast, lunch and dinner in the school canteen or restaurants near our school. Usually at 8.30 pm, high school students can go home and finish their homework. We have one PE class each week to make sure students still get some exercise, although most of the time it will be taken by other extra classes. For high school, we have to choose one of the two main different courses - arts or sciences. Arts subjects include history, politics, geography, Chinese, English and maths. Science subjects include physics, chemistry, biology, Chinese, English and maths.

We can choose between only these two courses; we cannot choose individual subjects.

Yulu (Liz) Peng

Volunteer Tree Planting

On Saturday 22 September, six international students joined Miss Hely and took part in a Te Ara Kakariki volunteer planting day.

It was lovely to have one of our host families join in too and bring their two international students as well. For some of our students it was the first time they had ever planted something, while others returned after taking part last year. The plants were all carefully selected natives. One planting site was in Springfield and the other two both in Hororata, so everyone enjoyed seeing more of the Selwyn District. The day finished with a delicious dinner at the Hororata Hall. We were all tired but proud to have been part of a group that planted nearly two thousand trees across the three sites. Well done everyone!

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27 SEPTEMBER 2018

Farewell

to our Korean Students This year, we again really enjoyed hosting five Korean students who studied with us for seven weeks.

They all came from rural parts of South Korea and had won scholarships provided by their government under the New Zealand-Korea Free Trade Agreement. The students thoroughly enjoyed their time at Darfield. Here are some comments from them:

L to R: Hyejin (Jenny), Seojeong (Chloe), Subin (Noah), Soonjae (Leo), and Taepyeong

Hyejin (Jenny) – “I worried about

having difficulty in school’s life, but teachers and friends are very kind to me. So I could adapt to school’s life easily. Homestay parents called me “love” and they seemed to be my real parents. I usually studied all day in Korea, but I could have my time and good experiences in NZ. My mental health has become healthy since I was in NZ.”

Soonjae (Leo) – “I felt so much in New

Zealand for two months. I will never forget my host family, friends and school life here. I could study English more than I expected. I really like the wild fields and high mountains here, so I am grateful to the people who helped me to come here.”

Subin (Noah) – “I like the school and students who are not obsessed with evaluation. Especially when I did Art, I really did my best and I could do my best work without thinking about evaluation. I think I’m originally a passive person, but I think Korean education also influenced what made me this way.”

Taepyeong – “It was a very good experience. Before I came here, I think that I want to make a foreign friend. After I stay NZ, I think that NZ is very good country. Because there are good traffic, kind people, good civic consciousness. I hope Korea will follow the example of NZ’s citizenship.”

Seojeong (Chloe) – “School life in New Zealand was much more free than I

thought. When I am in class, students can ask questions freely, make a team, and play games. Also teachers were very kind when we don’t know something, teachers kindly let us know again. New Zealand life made me feel more positive.”

A big thank you to all of their host families, buddies, classmates, teachers and the wider community for welcoming these students so warmly.

International Club

German Cooking As part of their alternative programme during senior exam week recently, our German students researched, wrote and prepared two recipes to share with other students. Here are some photos of students from South Korea, Japan, New Zealand, the Phillipines, Thailand, and of course Germany.

Well done to Paula, Rasmus, Oke, Lisa and Charlotte for the recipes and to everyone who joined in. We look forward to creating some Thai dishes in Term Four!

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Senior NZQA Exam Timetable 2018

2018 EXAMINATION TIMETABLE LEVEL 2 LEVEL 3

DATE

TIME

LEVEL1

Wed 7 Nov

9.30 am

Social Studies

Dance

Art History

2.00 pm

9.30 am

Media Studies

French Earth & Space Science

SCHOLARSHIP Earth & Space Science Drama

Drama

Chemistry

2.00 pm

Sāmoan / Spanish

Japanese

9.30 am

Physics

Te Reo Rangatira / Social Studies / Psychology Business Studies

2.00 pm

Geography

German

Dance

Thurs 8 Nov Fri 9 Nov Mon 12 Nov Tue 13 Nov Wed 14 Nov Thurs 15 Nov Mon 19 Nov Tue 20 Nov Wed 21 Nov Thurs 22 Nov Fri 23 Nov Mon 26 Nov Tue 27 Nov Wed 28 Nov Thurs 29 Nov Fri 30 Nov

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

WEEKEND

Media Studies Home Economics Business Studies Calculus

Accounting Mathematics &

Statistics Music Accounting History Science

Making Music Chemistry Geography Chemistry CANTERBURY ANNIVERSARY DAY WEEKEND

English

History Te Reo Māori Biology Mathematics &

Statistics

Drama Physics Japanese

English Home Economics Economics

Agricultural & Art History Statistics Horticultural Science Earth & Space Chinese Spanish / Health Science German Biology Geography Physics Home Economics Classical Studies WEEKEND Drama Chemistry Music Studies Sāmoan / Education Health Te Reo Māori / Latin for Sustainability Biology Music Media Studies Agricultural & Business Studies Social Studies Horticultural Science / German / Chinese Te Reo Rangatira / Agricultural & Sāmoan Latin Horticultural Science

History Health Te Reo Rangatira / Accounting Japanese Latin Dance Classical Studies Spanish Te Reo Māori / Art Chinese French History Classical Studies

Economics English

French Economics

Sāmoan Calculus Agricultural & Horticultural Science

Statistics English Media Studies Classical Studies French History Te Reo Rangatira

Economics Biology Art History

Geography

Physics Japanese Spanish Chinese Accounting

Te Reo Māori / Latin Music German

27 SEPTEMBER 2018

Free Health Clinic For Students

13 Business Studies course

Cupcake and Friends

Public Health Nurse: Pam Eaden

Colouring and Story Book

Only $15 each 25% of profits to the SPCA

Pam Eaden, our Public Health Nurse, is available every second Monday during lunchtime in the Counsellors' Office. Pam is available to discuss confidentially any health concerns, physical, mental and sexual health. This is a drop-in service or you can make an appointment with Ms Mallinder or Mrs Hamilton.

Parents with concerns regarding their

WEBSITE

child's health are able to refer to the Public Health Nursing service online.

Link To

Public Health Nursing Service

help @darfield .school.nz Not sure how to order a hoody?

Don't know where your house singing practice is?

Need some advice around a friendship issue?

HELP is at hand by emailing help@darfield.school.nz Emails are screened and your query will be answered by an appropriate adult or prefect.

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Free Dental Care for Children One of our Community Dental Service preventive mobiles will be visiting your school soon.

• We will be seeing Yr 8 children only at this visit that are enrolled with the Community Dental Service who have not been seen this year.

• Please discuss with your child which Private Dental Provider they will be going to next year for Free Dental Care so we can enrol them.

• The dental therapist will not only be checking the children’s teeth but will also Xray, clean, and apply protective treatments (including fluoride) if required.

• If your child requires further dental care such as fillings they will bring home a ‘Care Plan’ which will explain what dental care and appointment times are required • When you receive the ‘Care Plan’ please contact our Call Centre as soon as possible as you will need to arrange a time to bring your child to one of our Community Clinics for this dental care • Please let us know ASAP if you do not wish your child to have any of this care. You can talk to the staff in the mobile, or phone/email our Call Centre • If you wish to be present at your child’s check up this will need to take place at our community clinic so please phone/email our Call Centre to make an appointment • Please contact our Call Centre if you want further information on the Community Dental Service, to enrol your child or if you have any specific questions about your child’s dental care (a dental therapist will call you back)

To contact our Call Centre: phone 0800 846 983 / email commdental@cdhb.health.nz

North Canterbury Dog Training Club Children’s Dog Training Event and classes. Safety of children around dogs.

10 October 2—4 pm FREE Event for children around the Safety with dogs There will also be on offer 6 consecutive nights Training Cost $40 per child Starting Monday 29 October from 6—7 pm with their own dog.

Rangiora A & P Showgrounds infoline@ncdtc.co.nz www.ncdtc.co.nz

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School and Community Notices TERM FOUR October 15 First Day of Term Four

Dental Van Year 8s (to 24 October) 16 Board of Trustees Meeting (6.30 pm)

PTSA Meeting (7.30 pm) 19 Year 13 AGR Day Out

Year 13 OED MTB 22 Labour Day Public Holiday 24 Year 12 PE MTB Assessments 25 Year 10 Cookie Market 26 Year 12 AGR Day Out

Year 13 OED MTB 29 Year 12 OED MTB

Years 7 and 8 Athletics Sports (PP Day 31 October) 30 House Meeting - Tabloids November 1 Year 13 OED MTB 2 Tabloid Sports 7 First Day of NCEA Exams

Canterbury PS Summer Tournament 13 Board of Trustees Meeting (6.30 pm) 15 Staff Only Day 16 Canterbury Show Day 20 Dispatch Newsletter

PTSA Meeting (7.30 pm) 21 Year 10 Activity Days 23 International End of Year Function 24 Courtenay A & P Show Day 27 Canterbury SS Junior Tennis Championships 28 Canterbury PS Triathlon Championships 29 Years 7 and 8 Summer Quad (Mt Hutt College) 30 Last Day NCEA Exams

NZSS Athletics and Road Race Championships December 3 Senior Prize Giving 4 Peer Support Leaders Training (to 5 December)

Dispatch Newsletter 5 Canterbury PS Athletics Championships 6 Transition Day for New Entrants 11 Year 10 Film Festival

Board of Trustees Meeting (6.30 pm) 12 Years 7 and 8 Prize Giving PRACTICE 9-10 am

Years 9 and 10 Prize Giving PRACTICE 10-11 am 13 Years 7 and 8 Prize Giving 9.30 am

Years 9 and 10 Prize Giving 1.30 pm

Dispatch Newsletter

Last Day of Term Four 14 Staff Only Day

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Visitors To The School If you are visiting our school during the school day please visit reception on arrival at our campus. Our friendly office staff will then assist you from there.

Absences Please remember if your student is not at school, or arrives late, to phone the school to explain the absence. Please phone Mrs Davies on (03) 3188 411 Ext 2 or you can email sue@darfield.school.nz DHS Sports Uniforms Could all sports uniforms now be returned to Mrs Armstrong.

Rugby Under 15's please return jackets and training tops to Mr MacDonald.

Reporting Absences/Sick Students Please let us know if your student is going to be absent. To report an absence, telephone and leave a message, or email absences@darfield.school.nz Emails sent to other addresses may not be cleared before a text message is sent to you.

Uniform Reminder Plain, black, knee high socks are the requirement for the uniform. Available from many retailers or at the school office for $10.

School Bank Account • Darfield High School – ASB Bank Limited, Riccarton – 12-3147-0207317-00 • 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.

Restricted Drivers Licence If you have your learner drivers licence and would like some help getting your restricted, then the Two Rivers Community Trust has some trained driver mentors to help you out! The successful applicants will be matched with a driving mentor who can take you out for lessons in your car to help you prepare for your restricted drivers test. There is no cost involved apart from providing the car and petrol for your lessons. Get in touch with youth worker Hannah email: hannah@darfield.school.nz Applications can be found at the school office, please hand them back to the office once they have been filled out.

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DARFIELD HIGH SCHOOL 2018 YEARS 7 AND 8 ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS This year the Years 7 and 8 Athletics Championships will be held on Monday 29 October (with postponement day Wednesday 31 October) on the Athletic Field.

Instead of the normal age groups, the students will compete in their year level. This is in line with the Primary Sports Canterbury Athletic championships to be held on Wednesday 5 December at the Ashburton Domain. From the school championships, the team to represent Darfield High School as well as the Malvern Zone will be selected. At this stage, Darfield High School will not compete at the Malvern Schools Athletics Event.

All students will compete in the 60 and 100 metre races, shot put, discus, long jump and high jump events. The 1200 metre races will also be run on the day but this will be optional for all students.

A programme of events will be distributed closer to the event.

Whooping Cough Whooping Cough has been diagnosed at DHS. Please familiarise yourselves with the signs and symptoms and the care that is needed to be taken. Keep their children’s immunisation status up to date. If your child develops symptoms of whooping cough, it is important to visit your family doctor for possible treatment.

If you have any questions regarding this event, please feel free to contact Mrs Armstrong.

Pertussis (Whooping Cough) Phone: 03 364 1777 Community and Public Health

Pertussis (Whooping Cough

Community and Public Health Fax: 03 379 6484

Web: www.cph.co.nz

Pertussis is an infectious disease of the airways caused by the bacteria Bordetella pertussis. It can affect persons of any age but is particularly serious and occasionally life-threatening for children aged under 1 year, especially those under 3 months.

The affected person should be off work, school or preschool until he/she has taken 5 days of a course of antibiotics. If the antibiotic is not taken, the person should be kept away from others for three weeks from the onset of the cough.

Complications include pneumonia, seizures, brain damage and weight loss. Pertussis develops within 6 to 20 days (usually 9-10 days) of exposure to the disease.

A doctor can advise about treatment of symptoms.

What are the symptoms?

Pertussis often begins with the same symptoms as a “cold”, followed within days by an irritating, persistent cough which gets worse and may last for several weeks.

Bouts of coughing result in breathlessness which causes the characteristic “whoop” on breathing in. This may be associated with vomiting. Adults and infants may not have the “whoop”.

Diagnosis can be confirmed by a swab of the back of the nose.

How is it caught or spread?

Pertussis is caught from droplets produced by coughing or sneezing. A person is infectious for 3 to 4 weeks from the onset of the first symptoms.

How is it treated?

An antibiotic can reduce symptoms and shorten the infectious period, if given early.

If pertussis is suspected, the person should be seen by a doctor and kept away from others, especially:

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children under 1 year of age;

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women in the late stage of pregnancy;

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people attending preschool; and



anyone who is vulnerable, such as someone with lung or heart disease who is likely to have a more serious illness if infected.

Ref: Pertussis

Can it be prevented?

Up-to-date immunisation is the most effective means of preventing the disease and controlling it in all settings. Childhood vaccinations are free.

If immunised children do happen to develop pertussis it is usually not as severe.

An immunisation booster is recommended for adults who have contact with those who are most vulnerable. This includes midwives and other health care workers, preschool workers, pregnant women, and those in a household where a new-born infant is expected.

If your child is still unwell after this 9 days they should remain at home until they are well.

How are contacts treated?

A course of antibiotics may be given to contacts who would be at risk of spreading the illness to either under 1 year olds or others who are likely to have a more serious illness if infected, in the following situations:

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Members in a household or preschool group that have a child or children aged under 1 year;

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All members in a household with an infected person, where there is a woman in the late stage of pregnancy; or

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Midwives and other healthcare or preschool workers.

Authorised by: Community and Public Health (CDHB)

For other information about your health and medication, go to: www.healthinfo.org.nz

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February 2016

ENGLISH

LANGUAGE COACHING

For Dairy Farm Workers and

International Students Roger Clibborn, a retired teacher of ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages), who is based in Coalgate, can provide English language lessons for your staff and/or homestay students.

He will come to your home to assess their needs and teach a short course of lessons to help them gain confidence and fluency.

He is able to teach the skills to reach the IELTS level required for residency or university.

Fees are negotiable (a reduced rate applies if students travel to Roger) and references can be supplied.

Call or text Roger

021 027 98144

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UC Science Summer Camp

5–12 OCTOBER AGES 13–18

2–7 December 2018, University of Canterbury, Christchurch

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Short Term Exchanges To USA, Italy and Spain Available in December.

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Applications for 13-18 January 2019 are now open!

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Holden Street Smart

Road Safety Programme

Holden Street Smart is a world-class, cognitive based driver programme that aims to positively influence the lives of young Kiwis across the country. The programme has been developed with the involvement of world-renowned road safety expert, Peter Sheppard. In addition, passionate road safety advocate, Greg Murphy, is our Programme Ambassador.

Offering a practical hands-on learning experience, Holden Street Smart is a programme that aims to add to, and complement, the great work already undertaken by NZTA, NZ Police and others in the area of road safety and driving training.

Holden Street Smart is a one-day event providing young drivers and their parents/caregivers with the opportunity to undertake supervised driving practice. There is a focus on developing good decision-making strategies for safe driving, including assessing themselves, reading the road environment, resisting peer pressure, managing or eliminating distractions, and planning ahead.

The programme takes place in safe, controlled, off-the-road environments, under the watchful eye of qualified coaches plus the parent/caregiver. This provides the parent/caregiver with the opportunity to also assess themselves, in order to be a better coach and mentor to their teen.

Holden Street Smart will be delivering its programme throughout these next School Holidays at the following venue: Mike Pero Motorsport Park Christchurch Tuesday 2 and Wednesday 3 October Registrations are open for only $49 at www.holdenstreetsmart.co.nz

Nikki King

DRIVER TRAINING 75 Bangor Road, Darfield Phone 0275 529 629

Street Talk Defensive Driving Courses • Cost $175 (includes driving session).

• Anyone with demerit points can complete.

• If you miss a session you have the flexibility to catch up this session at another course.

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27 SEPTEMBER 2018

Rams Camp The Rams Camps are designed to prepare players throughout the Canterbury region for the 2019 basketball season. Players from high school, club & representative teams (South, Mid, North & Canterbury) would benefit from attending these camps. Players receive coaching from Rams & Wildcats coaches, as well as experienced representative level coaches. Sessions include skills training as well as off-court skills such as nutrition, recovery & mental skills.

Middleton Grange School(30 Acacia Avenue) $250 U13, U15, U17, U19 Boys & Girls 2nd October, 9am – 3pm 3rd October 9am-3pm 4th October, 9am – 3pm 5th October, 9am – 3pm Register now! https://canterburyrams.basketball/development/

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U12 SDL The SDL is an integral part of the Canterbury Basketball Rep Academy to prepare players for the 2019 School, Club and Representative seasons.

From the trials up to 40 players in each age group will be selected to participate in the Term 4 SDL which will include weekly league games and skill sessions from representative level coaches.

Spaces are limited, don’t miss out!

Price: $120.

Age Groups: U12 Boys and Girls combined (as at Dec 31st 2018) What to bring: Players will need to bring a reversible singlet and a drink bottle. Reversible singlet is available for purchase upon checkout.

Times (players can choose either Saturday or Sunday session): Saturday, 2pm - 3.30pm @ Cowles Sundays, 9am - 10.30am @ Cowles DatesSaturdays (27th October, 3rd November, 10th November, 17th November, 24th November, 1st December) Sundays (28th October, 4th November, 11th November, 18th November, 25th November, 2nd December).

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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 carparks and not in front of residents’ driveways. The carparks 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.

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The SDL is an integral part of the Canterbury Basketball Rep Academy to prepare players for the 2019 School, Club and Representative seasons.

From the trials up to 40 players in each age group will be selected to participate in the Term 4 SDL which will include weekly league games and skill sessions from representative level coaches.

Spaces are limited, don’t miss out!

Price: Trials are free. If selected, the cost for the SDL is $120.

Age Groups: U13 (Boys only), U14, U16 and U18 Girls & Boys (as at Dec 31st 2018) What to bring: Players will need to bring a reversible singlet and a drink bottle. Reversible singlet is available for purchase upon checkout. th Trial Date and Times: 27 Oct (Boys) @MGS and 28th Oct (Girls) @Cowles Stadium Age Group U13 Boys (MGS) U14 Boys (MGS) U16 Boys (MGS) U18 Boys (MGS) U14 Girls (Cowles) U16/U18 Girls (Cowles)

Time 8am - 9.30am 9.30am - 11am 11am - 12.30pm 12.30pm - 2pm 3pm - 4.30pm 4.30pm - 6pm

Trial Date Sat 27th October Sat 27th October Sat 27th October Sat 27th October Sun 28th October Sun 28th October

SDL Dates Boys: Middleton Grange (Same times as trial for each age group) 3rd November, 10th, 17th, 24th & 1st December SDL Dates Girls: Cowles Stadium (Same times as trial for each age group) 4th November, 11th, 18th, 25th & 2nd December Register Now! https://nz.patronbase.com/_RamsDevelopment/Productions

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• Darfield High School • PO Box 5, Darfield, 7541

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