8 DHS Dispatch 4 September 2018

THE DHS

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

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IMPRESSIVE ART EXHIBITION

Silence is Golden

Art for Cancer Patients

AL’S AWAR NCIP DS PRI

Principal’s Comments and Awards NCEA is the key secondary school qualification in NZ. Although there are many other things students will gain at school, NCEA remains an important measure of success and a stepping stone to future work and qualifications. NCEA has been with us since 2002 and, through various challenges and developments, has become a credible national and international qualification. There are, however, some issues with NCEA that the current review aims to address.

One of the challenges of NCEA is that it is used by a variety of groups for a variety of purposes. Schools, students, employers, ERO, MOE, NZQA, universities: each values different aspects of this flexible qualification and this means that it does not (and may never) meet everyone’s requirements completely.

Although there is a national review going on, the flexibility of NCEA means that there are things we can do as a school regardless.

Three of the key issues to be considered are: • Teacher and student workload: The amount of internal assessment has grown over the last five years by over 30%. This internal assessment load, when added to preparation for external assessments, can be relentless and is creating well-being issues. On average, students are being assessed on and are achieving far more credits than are required.

What can we do to reduce the

load? One possibility is to have less emphasis on Level 1 NCEA, which nearly all students achieve anyway. By doing less at Level 1, it may be possible to focus more on achieving at Merit and Excellence for Level 2.

• Literacy and numeracy: To get NCEA, students are required to achieve 10 credits for each of literacy and numeracy from a range of standards (mostly designed to assess other skills). For most students this is easily achieved, but it is not a good indicator of actual functional reading, writing and mathematics. A stand-alone literacy and numeracy qualification could enable a clearer measure of attainment but would it also add to the assessment load?

• Connections with pathways to further education: Credits for NCEA can be attained from a wide range of traditional and nontraditional subjects and courses (driver's licence). This means that it is possible to get NCEA but not have achieved enough in subjects that will lead to further study or employment. Our Curriculum DP, Deans and Careers Advisor work hard to ensure students are taking combinations of courses that lead to worthwhile next steps. Students need to be careful not to give up on, drop or change courses without good advice.

James Morris

Thank You The DHS Senior A Netball Team would like to thank the following businesses who made our Quiz Evening a huge success.

Without your generous help in the way of Vouchers/Products/Money, it would not have been such a success.

Thank you!

Darfield ITM, Antarctic Centre, Alpine Jet Thrills, Rubicon Valley Horse 2

Treks, More For You Beauty, Darfield Hotel and Restaurant, The Terrace Restaurant, Bloom Beauty Darfield, Hanmer Springs Pool, Porters Pass Ski Field, Gnomes Snow Sports, Cookie Time, Canterbury Sports, Leech Drainage, Build Link Selwyn, Angel Taylor-Traves, Darfield Bakery and Malvern News.

James Clarke Carmelyn Payne

Staff Changes Nicola Earle has worked as a Teacher Aide for the Learning Support Team since 2012. Recently we farewelled her as she set off to begin a new business venture.

Nicola was highly regarded by both staff and students. She contributed so much with her sense of humour and ability to bring out the best in students with her gentle, encouraging and fair manner. Nicola has excelled in supporting our students in Drama classes, always volunteering to help out supporting our students on out of school excursions and making herself available at short notice to help out in general.

Her one-on-one work with students has really made a difference in their progress.

We wish Nicola well and every success in her new venture.

The Arts Faculty sadly said goodbye last week to our treasured Arts Coordinator, Anna Dalzell.

For the past year, Anna has worked in our faculty in a myriad of positions: art framer, costume designer, driver and admin extraordinaire. Her support has allowed many extra-curricular events to occur and students to experience exciting activities.

Thank you, Anna.

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STUDENT SUCCESSES 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.

Congratulations to the DHS Years 7 and 8 Ski Team who recently came second in the Canterbury Championiships. The Team was made up of Eddie Adams, Barnaby Maude, Jordan Yaxley, Lachlan Galletly and Kiana Buechele

ANOTHER SPORTING SUCCESS Congratulations to Year 9 Student Piper Benbow who was recently selected as a member of the South Island Junior Small Bore Shooting team. This is a great achievement for someone so young.

Over the weekend of 18 and 19 August in Nelson, the South Island team convincingly beat their North Island counterparts to take the Junior Team Trophy.

Piper’s scores over the competition placed her third overall and gained her a place in the New Zealand Team in a postal match with the United Kingdom Juniors. Hopefully the New Zealand team can take out this event.

At the same event, Piper received her “Pocket” (Silver Fern), medal and ribbons for her achievements.

Well done, Piper—keep up the great results!

Lachlan Woolley, Matt Cooper, Emily Waters, Mari Henderson, Izak Derik-Westaway, Viktoria Derik-Westaway, Gavin Chalk (teacher)

Piper heads off this week to Palmerston North for the third training camp arranged by Target Shooting New Zealand.

CANTERBURY SECONDARY SCHOOLS SKI AND SNOWBOARDING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2018 For the first time in a number of years, Darfield High School had six keen skiers competing at the above championships. The weather was good and the competition tough but the students who represented Darfield High School can be justifiably proud of their efforts.

In the Girls Ski event, Mari Henderson finished in 12th place, Viktoria DerikWestaway in 16th place and Emily Waters in 18th place—very pleasing.

There was a total of 63 girls in this event. The Boys Ski event was also very competitive with Izak Derik-Westaway in 12th place, Lachlan Woolley in 53rd place and Matthew Cooper in 64th place. Some 92 skiers managed to complete their two runs.

A big thank you to Gavin Chalk (teacher-in-charge) for his support on the day up the mountain and to the parents who helped with transport.

Mari, Viktoria and Izak now head off to the South Island Secondary Schools Skiing Championships at the Cardrona Skifield in mid-September. Good luck to you all!

Congratulations to Tom Welch who won an award for Most Promising Rugby Referee at the recent Canterbury Referee Awards.

Kirsty McCarthy-Dempsey competed in the 2 km Race walk event at the Canterbury Athletics Road Championships held at the Burwood Forest.

She finished second, in a time of 13.10. An outstanding effort—well done, Kirsty!

FORMER DHS STUDENTS SUCCESSES Bruno Deans

BAS - Bachelor of Arch Studies 2017

Lesley Hurst

MA - Master of Arts 2016

Luke Kingi

BA - Bachelor of Arts 2017

Andrew Moffat

BDI - Bachelor of Design Innovation 2017

Isobel Nash

BAS - Bachelor of Arch Studies 2017

Gordana Rodden

BA - Bachelor of Arts 2017

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PHOTOS AROUND DHS

Photos, clockwise from top left: Finished bench by Metalwork Student James Miles, (Two Photos) Senior Students before their mock exams, 24/7 Youth Worker, Hugh Eddy handing out Hot Chocolates to Students, (Two Photos) Hiria Williams leading the Year 7 Students learning a Waiata (a Maori song).

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During the recent Maths Week, Mrs Whyte the Head of the Maths Department, set a challenge for the students to come up with a design using the Koru Pattern and transformations (reflection, rotation, enlargement and translation). These are the winning designs.

Maths Week Challenge

Winning Designs (L to R): Meg Moore, Alexandra Taylor and Carwyn Chaffey

News from the PTSA What a busy few months we have had...

Catering for the Malvern Lions changeover dinner, providing supper for the Open Evening, providing drinks and biscuits for parent teacher interviews and providing and serving the food at the Senior Formal. We have also had the Entertainment Book fundraiser going and well controlled by Camille Cartman—thanks, Camille.

PTSA have dedicated funding to the garden projects around the new F Block, approved funding for a Sphero Educations coding device and support pack, and funded the costs of the International Students' mural at school. A big part of our criteria for funding to be approved is that it must benefit a large

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number of students.

Coming up we have supper catering for Darfield Fire Brigade on 29 September, Courtenay Show on 24 November and Senior Prize giving supper on 3 December.

I am so grateful for the wonderful committee and the dedicated time, support and expertise that they have given to the PTSA; however, many hands make light work, so anyone wishing to join or help out is always welcome. You don’t need to attend every monthly meeting. We do have a “friends of the PTSA" list who are people that we can call on to lend a hand in times of need.

I want to thank our three student reps for this year, Katie, George and Caleb, who have been superb. We realise that the next few months are a busy time for you all with your studies and exams and we wish you all the very best.

Shortly, the school families will be receiving a donation form for the Courtenay Show. Any donations of food or help on the day are much appreciated. Remember that money raised by the PTSA goes back to benefiting your child(ren) at school.

Mark your calendars: 24 November 2018 – Courtenay Show.

DHS PTSA Committee

Our next meeting is on 18 September at 7.30 pm in the Staff room at school.

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Outstanding

success in the

DELF!

The DELF is a diploma awarded by the French Ministry of Education to prove the French-language skills of non-French candidates. The acronym DELF stands for Diplôme d'Etudes en Langue Française (Diploma in French language studies). DELF qualifications are recognised throughout the world as reliable proof of proficiency in the French language.

Language certifications such as DELF are being increasingly introduced in many education systems around the world, as the importance of defining international standards in language proficiency is now widely recognised, particularly with a view to facilitating the mobility of students and professionals.

There are six levels, which correspond, respectively, to the six levels of the Council of Europe's Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFRL). A1 is the entry level, followed by A2, B1, B2, C1 and C2, which corresponds to the fluency level of a native speaker.

Holders of the B1 (3rd level) can apply for jobs in France and are exempt from language examinations when applying for immigration or citizenship, while holders of the B2 (4th level) are exempt from language entrance examinations in French universities.

are joining the movement and the DELF examinations are becoming a major event for students of French in the Christchurch region. This year, the examination centre was based at Shirley Boys’ High in Christchurch and the exam took place on Saturday 11 August.

Every year, Darfield High School offers its students the opportunity to prepare for and sit these exams.

An increasing number of schools

Kate Morris’s performance in the A2 qualification really impressed the jury. She is the first student to score a 100% result in these examinations since they were introduced in Christchurch six years ago. Bravo, Kate!

Four of our students took on the challenge to sit the DELF this year and all four have been successful!

Well done to Alex Gerritsen, Penny Mitchell, and Kate Morris for gaining the A2 level of qualification, and Elyse Kerr for gaining the B1 level.

Elyse Kerr’s result also made us very proud: she sat the B1 level and gained the best result over all the B1 students in the Christchurch region.

Félicitations, Elyse; fantastique!

These are outstanding achievements that the French department is very proud of!

Alex Gerritsen

Penny Mitchell

Kate Morris

Elyse Kerr

Marjorie Juhel

Year 10 Japanese Afternoon On 10 August, Will, Emily and I went to Villa Maria College where Year 10 Japanese Afternoon was being held.

Year 10 Afternoon is an event where Year 10 students from all around Canterbury get together to enjoy Japanese culture.

When we arrived we were put into our group for the afternoon. There were five activities including Yukata (Japanese summer dresses): we had the opportunity to try on these dresses and were lucky enough to have Japanese ladies come and help us. There was also origami: we made cranes, love hearts and samurai helmets. Another activity was calligraphy, where we wrote our names and some phrases.

We also played Kendama (Japanese game) which is where you have a ball attached to a string and try and 6

get it on the wooden cup. We also had a conversation with Japanese students who are from the sister school of Cashmere High School; we talked about what we liked and asked them questions. My favourite activity was the Kendama because it was very challenging but fun at the same time. At the end, we learnt how to sing the head, shoulders, knees and toes song in Japanese.

Year 10 Afternoon was really fun and I highly recommend it to any students taking Year 10 Japanese.

Thank you to Mrs Kennedy for driving us in and thank you to Mrs Hayakawa-Buist for organising the trip.

Niamh Guy

Students Emily Cullen, Niamh Guy and Will Davidson attend the Year 10 Japanese Afternoon, along with their Japanese Teacher Mrs Hayakawa-Buist.

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The theme this year for Māori Language week is 'Kia Kaha te Reo Māori’.

‘Kia Kaha’ is well known in New Zealand English with its correct Māori meaning of ‘be strong’.

We often talk about languages as if they are people, talking about language health, strength and revitalisation.

So when we say ‘Kia Kaha te Reo Māori’ we’re saying - ‘Let’s make the Māori language strong'.

Te Wiki O Te Reo Māori Māori Language Week In celebration of Māori Language Week here at Darfield High School you can join in some activities.

Te Wiki O Te Reo Maori Design A Poster Competition Māori Language Week is 10-16 September. Design an A4 Poster, using any medium, on the theme: Kia Kaha Te Reo Maori. All entries to be given

Open to all students. To enter, email Koka: hw@darfield.school.nz with your name and your class, OR see Koka if you have questions. Pizza prize to the school who scores most points. Sign up, sign up and celebrate Te Reo Māori!

to Mrs Williams by Thursday 6 September. Open to all Students. Best three posters from each year group will be displayed around the school.

Education Perfect NZ Languages Championships This is a celebration of Te Reo Māori.

The competition runs from Monday 10 to Thursday 13 September.

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Kia Kaha te Reo Māori Te Wiki o te Reo Māori

Māori Language Week

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori Te Wiki o te Reo Māori

Māori Language Week

10–16 Mahuru 2018

10–16 September 2018

10–16 Mahuru 2018

10–16 September 2018

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The Annual House Quiz was held recently over three lunchtimes. First to test their knowledge were the Years 7 and 8 Students, in teams of four, with the points going towards their House.

This year, with the help of the Kahoot app, the quick fire questions made for a fast and furious quiz, covering a variety of topics, including Geography, Music and General Knowledge.

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The overall winning House this year was Tawera (again).

Overall House Positions: 1st Tawera 2nd Waimakariri 3rd Rawhiti 4th Kikorangi

Top Teacher Teams were: 1st Rawhiti 2nd Kikorangi 3rd Waimakariri 4th Tawera Congratulations to everyone who took on the challenge!

Top Student Teams were: 1st The Big W (Waimakariri) 2nd Garveyparks (Tawera) 3rd Emma and Co (Tawera) 4th Waaaa (Rawhiti)

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Canterbury Interschool One Day Event It was a brisk start to what turned into a beautiful day at McLeans Island on Sunday 12 August for the Canterbury Interschool One Day Event. Thirteen schools were represented with a total of 21 teams.

Both the Darfield High School teams looked superb as they presented themselves for the presentation judging prior to the dressage. Darfield Blue, consisting of Niamh Rayne, Sophie Jarvis, Katherine Hadler and Charlotte Thomas, were first on at 8 am for the dressage, and were leading after this, putting them in a strong position. Darfield Maroon: Jodie Rollings, Georgia Allison, Mikayla Jarvis and Caitlin Rayne, were also strong after the

Katherine Hadler

dressage and lay in 6th place. So‌ only the cross country and the show jumping to go!

The teams found this year's crosscountry course was not as challenging as last year's, which meant there were a lot of clear rounds. The show jumping was a little trickier, resulting in several rails down. After trimming my nails to the quick while watching the cross-country, Darfield Blue were all clear, and Darfield Maroon had just the one stop. Only the top three scores count for each team, so we were in a good position.

A few rails rolled during the show jumping, and we realised it was going to be close. Darfield Blue were just pipped at the post with 101.9,

coming second to Christchurch Girls' High School on 101.2. Darfield Maroon came a very respectable 11th overall on 117.4.

A superb result for both teams and another show of strength by our sensational equestrians. A special mention to Caitlin Rayne who finished on the lowest score for both of our teams and has really advanced over the last year. A very big thank you again to the mums, whom we couldn’t do this without, and to Sarah Kennedy for her ongoing support at these events.

Nicky Voss

Georgia Allison

Sophie Jarvis

MOUNTED AWARDS AT COMPLETION OF THE EVENT

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Year 10 Student Volunteer Army Leadership Development Tuesday 31 July We went to John Britten Seminar Room at the University of Canterbury. It was our first session so we played some games to get to know the other students there. We had a presentation from the SVA leaders about what they do and how they began, and then they showed us a few videos from some of the other jobs they have done in the community. We got into small groups and did some work in our books about what makes a good leader. After interval, we headed out for a campus tour. It was really interesting to see where everyone worked and how the campus was laid out. This day was pretty relaxed and was more of a welcoming session. We had some time to chat with other schools and get to know some of the people there. It gave us a good intro to what we would be expecting to do and get out of this experience.

Wednesday 8 August On our first practical day, we went to Burnside Plunket rooms to help them clean up their facilities. We weeded, wiped, scrubbed, and raked until our arms were stiff and sore.

It didn't take us long to clean up the courtyard and attached playground, and by the end we were smiling and soaking wet (thanks to an impromptu water fight with a hose).

We worked so hard that we finished with time to spare, so we went next door and helped the Kindergarten clean up their place. We turned the bark around a swing, and taught the toddlers some sick new dance moves.

By the end of the session, the toddlers were beaming (and eager to do some casual dabbing) when they thanked us as we went back to the Plunket rooms.

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Wednesday 15 August On Wednesday, we went to Burwood to help clean and weed the Burwood Plunket rooms. The rooms were a lot larger which meant it was planned to be a four hour project, but we smashed it out in under three hours. This project consisted of weeding the area, replanting trees, repainting a handrail, fixing the front grass area, deep cleaning the playground and fixing the compost garden. We had a lot of work to do so we got split up into groups.

Sophie and Liv were in a group and Issy and Lily were in another group. Our two groups had two of the biggest lists of things to do. We got to work straight away.

Lily and Issy managed to find a family of snails as they were doing their projects. Sophie and Liv had the big job of flipping the bark over on the playground and weeding out the whole playground area and along the fence line. The playground was a lot bigger than last week's so we had a lot more bark to flip.

This job took quite a bit of time and we always took breaks because our arms got sore. This project I think was the best one. After everyone had finished their jobs, we headed to the park where we had some Subway provided.

Everyone just

mucked around and relaxed after the big job we had just completed.

It was a great feeling to see what we had accomplished and how we had helped out Plunket.

Tuesday 21 August This day was our final session and was a practical session.

We went into the University of Canterbury to plan a project we might do on our own as the school and with the community. We chose that we would like to help clean up and plant trees in the McHugh's Plantation. We learnt how we may go about organising a project, and what to do in order to make everything happen.

We found out what contacts we could use in order to get everything done. We also had a shared lunch of pizza on this day and got to know some people from the other schools better. At the end of the day we got goodie bags filled with University of Canterbury items, including some sick sunglasses.

We would like to say a big thanks to the Student Volunteer Army for this opportunity, the parents who provided transport for us and Mr Adams for making all this possible!

For any future Year 10s, we recommend you put your name down to take part in this as it is a great learning experience and you get to meet new people.

Issy Kennedy, Sophie Clarke, Livi Coyle and Lily Cameron.

Photo at top includes DHS Students, Lily Cameron, Sophie Clarke, Issy Kennedy and Livi Coyle, along with the other Students from around Canterbury at the SVA Training. Also on the far right is the SVA organiser, Chloe Fraser, who is an ex-DHS Student.

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Students Pitch in at Plunket Two Christchurch Plunket clinics have been given a spring clean thanks to the help from some of our Year 10 students and the University of Canterbury (UC) Student Volunteer Army (SVA).

This term, our students, alongside the UC SVA and other Year 10s from local schools, visited the Burnside and Burwood Plunket clinics. Over two mornings, the group trimmed bushes, dug out weeds and unwanted trees, painted fences, cleaned the playground equipment, and tidied the grounds.

Rebecca Brundell, Community Coordinator from Plunket, commented on how much energy and enthusiasm the group had. “Within two seconds they were in there digging everything up. The places look absolutely amazing. Not only our staff, but our families that visit these clinics will be truly amazed”

At the Burnside clinic, the group was also cheered on by local preschoolers at the kindergarten next door.

The UCan Year 10 programme encourages local secondary students to begin exploring leadership in their communities through volunteering while being mentored by SVA members. Along with getting out and making a difference in the community, the Year 10 students also got to learn more about the SVA, how it was founded, and the work it continues to do in the community.

The students also were tasked with coming up with a project idea that they would like to implement within their own school and community and pitching it to a panel consisting of representatives from the university and SVA.

Josh Blackmore, SVA President and one of the judges of the presentations, was impressed with what he saw. “The quality of ideas generated in such a short space of time was highly impressive. Teams presented well thought-out plans that took advantage of their own skills and networks to address needs they saw in their communities. Those teams that were selected as winners were chosen due to the completeness of their project plans, and the clearly identifiable benefits the volunteers and the community. We wish the students all the best in their mission to implement their project plans, and look forward to hearing how they go.”

Ngā mihi Jarrod Senior Engagement Co-ordinator University of Canterbury

(L to R): DHS Students Sophie Clarke, Lily Cameron, Issy Kennedy and Livi Coyle, at the SVA Training.

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Selection of Student Leaders House Captains 2019

Prefects 2019

Tuesday 14 August:

Monday 23 July:

Friday 31 August:

Friday 3 August:

3-7 September:

6–10 August:

Applications Open.

Til End of 2018

Applications Open.

Applications Close.

Monday 20 August:

Applications forms available.

Applications Close.

Current House Captains (supported by Staff House Leaders) will interview applicants during lunchtimes.

Tuesday 18 September:

Assembly time will be House Assemblies. Candidates will have two minutes to persuade the House to vote for them. Voting takes place.

Staff leaders will meet with current House Captains, Deputies and other staff to discuss outcomes of student vote.

Monday 3 December:

Year 10 Prefects

Announcement and presentation made during Senior Prize Giving.

Friday 14 September:

Staff and Year 12 feedback surveys

Applications Close.

18–21 September:

13–24 August:

Interviews conducted. Unsuccessful applicants informed via email.

16-17 September:

Students are invited to attend leadership camp. Feedback delivered to SMT for selection of Head and Deputy Head students.

SMT discussion and finalise. All Applicants contacted to inform them of final decisions via email at end of Term Three.

Staff feedback on applicants.

Friday 28 September:

SMT discussion and finalising. All applicants contacted via email to inform them of decisions.

Tuesday 23 October:

Announcement to be made at Assembly.

Monday 3 December:

Announcement and presentation for Head Students made during Senior Prize Giving.

Fees and Financial Assistance for NZQF Qualifications Students must pay their fees to have their results recorded on their Record of Achievement, and to receive certificates. There are separate structures for domestic students and international students. Financial assistance is available for domestic students to help with the payment of entry fees. Financial assistance is not available to international fee-paying students. Entry fees are paid to the school.

How do I apply for financial assistance?

To get financial assistance, you need to fill in an Assistance form and give it to your school. You can get this form from Shona, in the school office, or by emailing ss@darfield.school.nz, or the NZQA website at www.nzqa.govt.nz/financialassistance.

How much does it cost?

Domestic student entry for all NCEA standards

$76.70

Domestic student entry for a Scholarship subject

$30.00

International student entry to NCEA standards

$383.30

International student entry to a Scholarship subject $102.20

Can I get help to pay?

Financial assistance can be applied for if your family cannot afford to pay the fees.

Who can apply for financial assistance?

To be eligible to apply, you must be the fee-payer and meet at least one of the following criteria: • Be currently receiving a Work and Income or Study Link benefit, or have a current Community Services Card (benefit-based applications) • Are not currently receiving a Work and Income or Study Link benefit, or do not have a current Community Services Card, but do have a joint family income that would entitle you to receive a Community Services Card (incomebased application) • Have two or more children who are candidates, irrespective of family income, and the total fees you would have to pay would otherwise be more than the $200 multiple candidate maximum (multiple candidate applications).

Winter Sports Tournament It's Winter Sports Tournament Week. DHS have three teams representing Girls Netball (played in Dunedin), Boys Rugby (played in Queenstown) and Boys Basketball (played in Blenheim). Results to Date: NETBALL Darfield A vs Roxburgh Area School Darfield A vs Mackenzie College 12

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RUGBY Darfield vs Menzies College Darfield vs Mt Aspiring

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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

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

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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

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The 2018 Darfield High School Art Exhibition, Regenerate, opened on Monday night, 20 August. The opening was a popular event, with many students, families and friends coming to together to celebrate the artwork of Darfield High School’s Years 7 to 13 students. On show was a variety of works in a range of disciplines, such as sculpture, printmaking and painting. The show continued throughout the week, closing on Thursday afternoon, 24 August.

Visitors to the exhibition were impressed not only with the diversity of work but also by the sophisticated approach to subject matter and the high level of skill many students displayed. It was a wonderful opportunity for the senior students to show their work outside of assessment deadlines and inspire the juniors about the many possibilities in Art as a subject at High School.

At the opening, the viewers were asked to vote for a People’s Choice Award. The results were: 1st 2nd 3rd 4th

Hayley Murray (Year 11) Mereana Gilmour (Year 12) Mequa Strowger (Year 11) Rebecca Murray (Year 11)

A big thank you to Anna Dalzell, Arts Co-ordinator, who helped organise the event, and to all the Art students who shared their work.

Louise Carey HOD Art

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Mereana Gilmour

Mequa Strowger

Hayley Murray

Rebecca Manifold

People's Choice Award

Winners

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Year 13 Biology Orana Park Visit There’s always something very exciting about going to the zoo, no matter what your age!

birds. We looked at genetic variation in giraffes, rhinoceroses and the big cats.

I had ordered a perfect weather day, and that is exactly what we got! Twenty-four excited students arrived, and Toby, our knowledgeable guide/teacher for the day, began the tour. Our purpose was to look at a range of animals that were good examples of the concepts learnt during the Evolution and Speciation topic. We were looking at heredity, differential reproduction and variation, and some of the issues that arise when populations get down to small numbers, a problem for many species in our modern world.

The day finished with us learning about their three amazing gorillas and how their breeding programmes were designed to ensure the best possible genetic outcome.

I would like to thank Cat Tijsen for accompanying us and the students for being brilliant ambassadors for the school, as well as Toby from Orana Park who does a fantastic job at inspiring students and getting us thinking about the issues that surround conservation.

Esther Blain

Toby told us fascinating stories of the cheetahs and their genetic problems that have arisen due to low numbers, a concept known as the bottleneck effect. The American Bison, which once numbered 30 million, went down to 30 animals and also are affected by having a limited gene pool. The aviaries gave us many examples of speciation and adaptive radiation in New Zealand

Jezza Williams is an inspiring individual who travelled the whole way from Kaikoura to speak to our senior students about his accident, how it affected his life, but how he continues to adventure, and offer that adventure to others suffering from various disabilities, through his business Making Trax. After his accident, he realised the lack of outdoor activities available to those with disabilities, and made it his new goal to change this, which he successfully did inspiring all.

Jezza spoke about not giving up on your passion no matter how tough times can get: being a paraplegic,

he really showed us that anything is possible as he continues to live his life to the fullest through the outdoors. His speech was engaging and everyone, including the staff, took something away from his talk, spreading motivation and inspiration amongst all who attended.

Adriana Cornelissen Head of Wellbeing

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Making Trax Website Jezza Williams spoke to the Senior Students

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An Evening of Maths at Cantamath Competition STUDENTS RECEIVING THEIR CANTAMATH CERTIFICATES AT ASSEMBLY

Last Wednesday 22 August, four students (Ryan Booth, Brayden Barnhill, Tom Chaffey and Arran Armstrong) from Year 8 went to Horncastle Arena to compete in a massive competition called Cantamath. It is a competition for students between Years 7 and 10, against schools from throughout Canterbury, from Greymouth to Ashburton.

YEAR 9 STUDENTS

There were about 80 teams competing, with four students in each team.

We all arrived around about 5.30 pm and watched the Year 7s compete against each other. Our goal was to answer 20 difficult maths questions in 30 minutes, with each question being worth five points. Anyone who got all 20 questions right would get a “golden ticket”, where they were awarded 100 points.

This would mean they would have to answer every question correctly without passing any: once you passed a question you couldn’t go back to it. Our Year 7 team managed to get 45 points (nine questions answered correctly), and funnily enough so did we (the Year 8s). The questions were difficult but about eight teams got a golden ticket (scored 100 points) but some teams scored 15 points, a few still being at 0 after 15 minutes.

We had an amazing time even though we had to find two extra teammates at the last minute, as some couldn’t make it. The host said the questions were about the same difficulty, but some we spent a while on, while others we got straight away.

YEAR 9 STUDENTS

YEAR 8 STUDENTS

YEAR 10 STUDENTS

It was annoying at the start, since we had to wait 20 minutes just to get let into the room. In the end it was a great night and we reckon we did our best. We all had a fun evening and enjoyed it, even though we didn’t win!

Ryan Booth and Tom Chaffey.

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Day of Silence This year the National Day of Silence was on 18 August. This is a day of action during which students from across the country vow to take a form of silence to call attention to the silencing effect of homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying, name-calling and harassment, to let students who experience such bullying know that they are not alone and ask schools to take action to address the problem.

In total we had nine students from Years 11 and 13 getting involved by taking a vow of silence for a portion of or a full day, as well as many other students who got involved in other ways, such as our selfie for silence to show our support and let others know what we are doing to break the silence around homophobia, biphobia and transphobia.

Well done to all those who got involved; the vow of silence is a challenge but is very rewarding, so I recommend giving it a go next year to show your support. Nobody should be silenced because of their sexual orientation or gender identity and everyone should feel safe at school; by bringing visibility to this issue we can make it better. So get involved next year and break the silence.

Natasha Young

Tournament of Minds Competition For the past six weeks, two teams of Years 7 and 8 students have been working on a long-term challenge for the Tournament of Minds competition. The challenges come in different disciplines and team one worked on the Social Sciences, solving the challenge called "Don't Fence Me In." The team came up with the discovery of a historical fence from Ancient Egypt that had been built to keep out the disease that killed Tutankhamun.

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Team two were in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths) challenge called "The Incredible Find." Here the team discovered a new species called 'animalia pilla' which was a combination of three other species which was found in the Australian Outback.

After a long day at St Andrew's, competing against schools from all over Christchurch and Dunedin, the team had to present their long-term challenge to a set of judges and also

compete in a Spontaneous challenge. Both teams did extremely well, and team two (STEM) won their division!

This team of six students will now be going to Wellington on 16 September to compete in the National finals. Well done to all the students who were involved and thank you to all the parents for their ongoing support in this. We look forward to competing against the other schools in NZ.

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It’s finally here! After months of planning and hard work, our Commerce project has finally come to fruition.

Cupcake and Friends is a colouring book and story book in one. The book features stories and colourable images of real life animals that have been rescued by the Canterbury SPCA. Narrated by Cupcake the rabbit, the stories teach young people how to look after animals and bring awareness to the work the SPCA does to rescue animals and get them back to full health.

Not only is Cupcake and Friends raising awareness for the SPCA, it is also supporting them with 25% of profits from the books sold being donated to the Canterbury SPCA. The road to get our product to its finished state and ready to sell

has been long, with many ups and downs. It started in the first week of school for 2018 where we split into groups to come up with a product that we could make and sell. After coming up with multiple ideas and reaching out to different companies for support, we finally came up with a colouring book and story book to help support the SPCA.

pitch and more). Points are available for the completion of these tasks and the businesses with the most points at the end of the year from each region go onto the national awards in which they can win a range of different prizes.

The business pitch was a chance for business owners in Christchurch to hear about our product as well as give advice on what they thought we were doing well and what we could do to improve our business practices. This was a good opportunity for us to practise selling our product to people. Although it was nerve racking, it was definitely worth it!

We then attended the Lions Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) Kickstart day in which we had the head of operations for YES, Colin Kennedy, talk to us about how to come up with product ideas as well as giving us information on all the events, including overseas trips that were available to us at no cost Elyse Kerr and Bridget Leach and tasks we were required to complete throughout the 13 Business Studies course year (included promotion, product, sales, a business Cupc

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Colouring and Story Book

Only $15 each 25% of profits to the SPCA

WEBSITE or

FACEBOOK Elyse Kerr and Bridget Leach with their finished book

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2018

Senior Formal

Through the Looking Glass

For a few months leading up to the formal at the beginning of August, a group of students in Year 13 put in a lot of effort to turn the hall into Wonderland. After thorough planning, budgeting and organising from Jack, Ethan and Teri, the group turned out a 1950s themed room, a rabbit hole of leaves and roses, a time hall looking back at the past years of students at Darfield High School, photo-booth decorations and the Wonderland in the main hall - filled with UV paper mache mushrooms, projections of the original Alice in Wonderland movie, a giant Cheshire cat cutout, and cutouts of iconic characters from the movie.

It was amazing to see the hall come to life, and look like a psychedelic, bright, replica of Wonderland. DJ Hitman, the DJ of the night, added to the atmosphere with lights and music, as well as Jae Kennedy, who did the projections on the stage, both cooperated amazingly with the students to pull off the theme.

The Merchants, a student school band performed three songs, including Mamma Mia, Johnny B. Goode and an original song, which was a unique twist to the night.

A huge thank you to all the students who helped: The Committee Jack McConnell Ethan Haines Teri Jackson Imogen Groom Jayden Hann Jacob Spence Adrian Nolan Cameron Brunton Natasha Young Hunter Benbow Courtney Newell Emma Kellock Adriana Cornelissen Bronte Thomas Esther Blain George Brown Julia Trushin Jodie Rollings Niamh Rayne Zara MacDonald Aeryn McMillan-Davia Others Brittany Hewitt Jaymee Burrows Harry Pooler Eron Boado Ashley Coleman Taylor Parker Isaac Newbigging Don Gillanders (Silks for ceiling) George Gibb And anyone else who helped!

And an even bigger thank you to the companies who supplied us with what we needed for the decorations: Tricon Construction and Kiwi Office Fitouts LtD (construction props), Pace Project Management (timber and tape), Dominion Flooring (free chequered vinyl flooring).

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Free Health Clinic For Students Public Health Nurse: Pam Eaden 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 child's health are able to refer to the Public Health Nursing service on: http://www.cdhb.health.nz

Purpose: • To celebrate and recognise students who are meeting school expectations.

• To motivate students to improve.

Selection: • Five students from each year level selected by random draw from eligible students.

• Drawn last week of Term Three for the trip in Week Two of Term Four.

To be eligible for entry to Big Day Out: • No detentions or referrals (including part-referrals) in Term Three.

• Less than 5% unexplained absences for Term Three.

• All attitude grades in (Term Two— Senior) and (Term Three—Junior) Reports at 'usually' or 'always'.

Plus an additional entry for: • Any Principal's Award in 2018 • School service (as recorded in Reports (Term Two—Junior, Term Three—Senior).

• School representative (as recorded in Reports (Term Two—Junior, Term Three—Senior).

• There is a maximum of one entry for each category above.

• Students will get an additional entry only if eligibility criteria (above) are met.

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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Feature Article

by Ethan Haines Modern Technology is changing at a rapid rate. The Media Class are studying the issues surrounding Social Media.

In this Dispatch, we have a feature article by Ethan Haines. This is the second of several articles about how to use the apps, human interest, and trends in social media, and the use of bots to manipulate audiences and social movements.

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aust sold his soul to Satan and, in return, received unlimited knowledge and worldly pleasures. You sold your soul to Facebook and in return, like Faust, have access to knowledge and pleasure, but also addiction and loss of privacy.

Faust is a protagonist of a German legend, who was bored and depressed with life as a scholar.

After trying to take his life, he asked the Devil for unlimited knowledge and worldly pleasures but in return, after a set amount of years, the Devil would claim his soul. Faust starts to regret his choice. He doesn't want to go to hell, but God won't forgive him due to his sins. We are Faust, Facebook the Devil. Nearly all of us have Facebook and this does have benefits; knowledge, accessibility, and entertainment. However, on the other side, we've also lost our online souls.

Should we regret signing this contract with Facebook?

'1ou accept the terms, vou become the product"

Once you accept the terms of service, you sign off every inch of your privacy and online data to Facebook. Your privacy is no longer safe. You set a setting to "Only Me", but it isn't "Only Me" Facebook still has your data. Private messages aren't private. Any message and any post you delete, Facebook still has your data. Any 'like', any 'share' or any 'comment'; Facebook still has your data. Everything we do online is being recorded. Every website we go to and how many times we go. Everything you search. Everything you download. Every link you click and every app you've installed. Real world data like text message data, call lengths, where you have gone, financial status, hobbies, political views, relationship status...even what phone brand you use. Facebook takes it all. For what purpose does Facebook have it?

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Facebook is "free" but it has a "terrifying" cost. The social media app steals your online soul, turning you into a product. Companies and advertising can proceed to ask Facebook to make their ads target certain people. Users get ads that persuade them to buy a product that relates to them.

This is called target advertising, it's very effective and the main source of Facebook's money-making. This is also one of the most invasive advertising schemes that has ever been developed. Like the devil enslaving Faust's soul, Facebook enslaves your data, forcing your online soul to earn them money while you scroll in through your feed. Facebook states that even though they take your data they never sell it. But this doesn't mean it can't be stolen, like what we se with Cambridge Analytica.

which was on Amazon Mechanical Turk, which is a program where people can do some light work for little money.

Kogan would offer one or two dollars for people to do a survey on the app. This app would ask them to give access to their Facebook profiles and in the fine print, gave them access to their friend's list. GSR then did "seeding" where they gain basic information on people on the friend's list of anyone that took the survey. 270,000 people took the survey, each with an average of 300 friends. This allowed GSR to easily access millions of user's data. Using this data they would make a data profile of each person, using the big five personality traits, openness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, extraversion, and agreeableness.

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''later it was tound that it was 81 million users, not 50 million."

To find out how everyday people feel about their information being stolen and the Cambridge Analytica scandal. I spoke to an everyday person, Jack McConnell. Jack is a 17-year-old who goes to Darfield High School. I hear the door creak open and Jack casually enters the room. His bag straps hug his shoulders. He's wearing a red and black flannel shirt with some cream colour jeans, it's retro meets hipster in one outfit.

When interviewing Jack I asked him if he trusts Facebook. He replied: "I didn't trust Facebook from after I learned about target advertising". When I asked him about his loss of privacy and data he said: "I rather have the convenience of target advertising then the privacy, I'm arrogant as I won't fall for target advertising". When asked about the Cambridge Analytica scandal he said: "Even though I'd rather have the convenience than the privacy, they still need to take care of it and not let something happen, but I also think nothing is going to happen to Facebook and they'll lose nothing". I asked if he will ever consider deleting Facebook. He responded: "I did delete it once and I have thought about doing it again, but Messenger and fear of missing out makes me not". From this, I can say that an everyday person knows that their online soul is being taken

by Facebook and being enslaved for money, and they know about the Cambridge Analytica due to the media coverage. Everyday people may not care about their online soul and would rather see something that they may possibly buy, but they still trust Facebook to protect their data and have lost this trust due to the loss of data. I can also say that people don't want to delete their Facebook as they don't want to miss out and use it as their "free" text app.

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Websites I used: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook%E2%80%93Cambridge_Analytica_data_scandal https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/10/17165130/facebook-cambridge-analytica-scandal https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/3/23/17151916/facebook-cambridge-analytica-trump-diagram Videos I used: Philip Defranco: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= 1KhsG2t6jvk Channal 4 News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v = mpbeOCKZFfQ The New York Times: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v = mrnXv-g4yKU Every image I've used has been under "Labelled for reuse" or "Labelled for reuse with modification", as I have modified some

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Years 7 and 8 take on a Recycling Initiative

With A Difference

L to R: Cameron Cullen, Felix Jennings and Roo MacRae

L to R: Jennifer Peaufa, Carys Rugg and Poppy McClimont

L to R: Jayden Hugh and Ethan Davis

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The Cancer Society's new initiative to reduce the use of plastic bags and move to recyclable paper for the Oncology Department at Christchurch Hospital was met with great enthusiasm by our Years 7 and 8 students as they took to decorating the bags.

Having been approached at the end of last term, the students have busied themselves producing some fantastic results.

In a recent Newstalk ZB interview Liz Chesterman, Chief Executive, Cancer Society, said:

"We think it is a great project and are really delighted that the school students and their teachers have embraced it so well. It is such a great way to get students thinking about others less fortunate than themselves, great for patients undergoing cancer treatment to know people are thinking about them and, of course, children’s art work always brings great cheer; finally, it is a really cost effective and personal way for the Cancer Society to maintain its regular supply of clothing bags to the Oncology Department for patients' clothing while they are having radiation treatment."

L to R: Blake Woolley, Josh Franklin and Jakob Coleman

NEWSTALKZB INTERVIEW

L to R; Ella Boyes and Sapphire Kavanaugh

The High School has yet again been a strong supporter of Daffodil Day. This year the Local Malvern Cancer Support Group approached the school to see if they would like to help in the decoration of the Four Square Window for the week leading up to Daffodil Day. Senior students, Kieran McKay, Kate Morris, Maddy Berge, Saskia Kremers, Xani Fetzer and Sarah Kellock, designed and decorated a large poster and surround for one half of the window and a selection of the Year 7 students decorated Oncology bags transformed the other half.

Rawhiti House held a very delicious and successful morning tea, raising $197.50.

Thank you DHS for your ongoing support.

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School and Community Notices TERM THREE September 3 Winter Tournament Week (to 7 September) 4 Dispatch Newsletter 6 Year 11 RUC Day 10 Year 8 Camps (to 14 September) 11 Year 12 Outdoor Education Sustainability Day

Board of Trustees Meeting (6.30 pm) 14 Year 13 AGR Day

Years 9 and 10 Pre Formal 16 Leadership Camp (to 17 September) 18 Koru Games (10 20 September)

PTSA Meeting (7.30 pm) 19 Year 13 OED Tramp (to 21 September)

Talent Quest Heats (to 21 September) 20 Year 11 MCat Exam 21 Year 11 RUC Day 22 Japan Trip Departs 24 Year 13 Biology Trip To Orana Park

Canterbury SS Golf Match Play Championships

Talent Quest Combined Final (Ellesmere College) 25 Year 13 Biology Trip To Orana Park 26 Year 10 Endometriosis Presentation 27 Dispatch Newsletter 28 Year 12 AGR Day

Last Day Term 3 29 Year 12 Outdoor Education Climbing October 15 First Day of Term Four

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 NZQA Fees Due 28 August Your student should have received an account. These can be paid any time via the school office or internet banking: Darfield High School ASB Bank Limited, Riccarton – 12-3147-0207317-00 Please include the student’s name and the reason for the payment. For financial assistance forms and other queries, please contact Shona Staddon ss@darfield. school.nz University Year 13 Course Planning 19 September: Otago University and University of Canterbury Year 13 Course Planning Day. Any enquiries to Jo Ager, Careers Department. ja@darfield.school.nz Correction To Advertised Friday 7 September is NOT a Staff Only Day. The next Staff Only Day is Thursday 15 November.

DHS Sports Uniforms Could all sports uniforms now be returned to Mrs Armstrong in her office.

Student Trustee Election Nominations are now open, and will close on Friday 14 September. Forms have been emailed to all students in Years 9 to 13.

See your world, experience another culture and even learn a new language!

SPEND YOUR SUMMER BREAK OR PART OF 2019 LIVING AND STUDYING ABROAD.

Digital Citizenship Agreement Thank you to those who have returned their form.

Network access will be removed from students who have not returned forms, (these students have been reminded). Access will not be reinstated until the form is returned.

Orders for 2018 School Magazine If you would like your student to have a copy of this year's magazine, please make payment of $20 by the end of term - Friday 28 September. We will print only the number of magazines ordered and paid for by then. If you have already paid, thank you.

APPLICATIONS & EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST ARE DUE SOON FOR: 6 week - 3 month exchanges departing at the end of this year 2019 programs to 20+ destinations There are so many options for exchange: France USA (incl Hawaii) Holland Germany Canada Denmark Italy Spain Finland Japan China ... and more!

You can even combine a program between France and Réunion Island!

Nikki King

Wherever you may dream of going, whatever adventure you wish to take, get in touch or join us to learn about your options.

DRIVER TRAINING

FREE WEBINARS - THURSDAYS AT 8:00 PM (NZST) Thursday 9 August Thursday 30 August Thursday 13 September

75 Bangor Road, Darfield Phone 0275 529 629

Visit us online at www.sccenz.com to register your place at a session!

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE GET IN TOUCH WITH SOUTHERN CROSS CULTURAL EXCHANGE 0800 CULTURAL

info@sccenz.com

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Do you have a broken and no longer needed smart phone?

LANGUAGE COACHING

After they are no longer needed we will recycle them.

For Dairy Farm Workers

Some DHS Students have an activity requiring old phones.

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International Students

Any enquiries please email vicki@darfield.school.nz

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.

Nga mihi Vicki Oliver

Garden Fertiliser

Fundraiser for Darfield Scout Group Supplied by Ravensdown Fertiliser

5kg bag $12.00 10kg bag $20.00 20kg bag $38.00 Paid orders to be in by 14th September 2018.

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

Free delivery within 10km radius of Darfield, within 2 weeks of payment.

Send order to: darfieldscouts@gmail.com with your name, phone number, address and number of bags, and we will send you payment details.

Thank you for supporting Darfield Scout Group!

P L A N T S

Indoor plants for the Library: We have lots of tired looking spider plants and could do with some new ones or, even better, more varieties.

If anyone has any spares, they could email the Library: libstaff@darfield.school.nz Thank you.

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The Year 10 Science Unit Metal Properties Are on the lookout for

Scraps of Metal If you have any scraps of metal at home that would be suitable for shaping into sculpture Any type of metal. Preferably not too large and reasonably easy to bend Any enquiries please email Ms Voss nv@darfield.school.nz

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NZTA APPROVED & QUALIFIED BECOME EMPOWERED COMPETENT SAFE Driving Assessment Restricted and Full Licences Test Course/Support Person Manual/Automatic Lessons/Coaching Friendly/Supportive/Non-Judgmental Nervous Drivers Learning Challenged Senior Refreshers

027 226 0118 Call Michelle any time!

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2018 Schools’‘ Canterbury Schools Orienteering Festival Incorporating Canterbury Schools’ Orienteering Championships 2018 SATU R DAY 1 5 t h S E PTE M B E R | S O U T H B R I G H T O N & S U N DAY 1 6 t h S E PTE M B E R | S O U T H B U R W O O D F O R E S T

Have a go! All students welcome Entries close: 12 Noon Saturday 8th September 2018 The Canterbury Schools’ Orienteering Festival is for students to have a go at orienteering with plenty of standard or novice options and includes championship courses for the experienced.

Saturday 15th September | South Brighton – This will take the form of a ‘Sprint’ or shorter event which is run over smaller distances with target winning times of 15 minutes at all levels Start times will be allocated from 12.30pm to approximately 2.30pm, depending on the number of entries. A club event follows the school competition, open to all, enter on the day.

Sunday 16th September | Burwood Forest South – Traditional orienteering in the forest with target winning times between 20 and 45 minutes depending on grade. The area has a wonderful network of sandy tracks in pine forest. It also has tricky sand dunes with new and old trees providing different levels of runnability for the harder courses.

Contact: email chrisrowe2000@gmail.com or call 0274 853 154

Get a taste of with university life tago Hands-On at O Hands-On at Otago

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

6 OCTOBER 10AM — 5PM HORNCASTLE ARENA

Selwyn Athletic Club Registration and Information Day Sunday 16 September 2018 Brookside Park, Rolleston 10 am—2 pm

Everyone welcome Juniors (Age 4—14) Seniors and Masters.

Athletes and those keen to assist and coach.

Under 11’s get in for free, must be accompanied by an adult.

Tickets from eventopia.co

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If you would like to know more or are unable to make it to registration day and would like to receive an electronic registration form, please email: selwyn.athletics@gmail.com Registrations after 16 September will still be accepted.

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IS COMPUTING AND DATA ANALYSIS YOUR THING?

INTERSCHOOL TARGET SHOOTING COMPETITION

Come along to our Info Evening and learn more about the exciting computing and information technology roles, and the many career opportunities available in the NZ Defence Force. Everyone has a passion in life, see where your passion fits into an amazing career with us.

WHEN: 20 September 2018 TIME: 6 – 7 pm WHERE: 419 Montreal Street

We look forward to seeing you there!

NZDF Defence Careers 03 353 4060

UC Science Summer Camp 2–7 December 2018, University of Canterbury, Christchurch

See the Careers Department at DHS for more information

Thinking of building?

Building a new home is an exciting adventure and Jennian Homes has been building the homes New Zealanders love for more than 35 years.

Sign up to build your new home with Jennian Homes Canterbury North and we will donate $1000.00 to a school of your choice.*

*Terms and conditions apply, speak to Canterbury North New Home Consultant for more information.

Jennian Homes Canterbury North 212 Main South Road, Sockburn P 03 741 1436 E canterburynorth@jennian.co.nz jennian.co.nz

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The Selwyn Gallery invites interested artists to recycle discarded plastics, broken glass and ceramics, or any pile of junk into art works for its November exhibition, “Found Objects as Art�.

Tawera War Memorial Hall

Springfield

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Tickets Sheffield School Office T: E: karen@sheffieldprimary.school.nz Tickets: $ each - $ for table of four

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DARFIELD HIGH SCHOOL FACEBOOK • Darfield High School • PO Box 5, Darfield, 7541

We’re looking for art created largely from recycled materials Must be an original work not previously exhibited Ready to hang, free-standing or able to sit on a 400x400mm plinth $20 entry fee People’s choice award Entries due by 20 September 2018.

See selwyngallery.co.nz/exhibitions for submission guidelines and an application form.

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DARFIELD HIGH SCHOOL WEBSITE • 7 McLaughlins Road, Darfield • 03 318 8411

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DARFIELD HIGH SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL • admin@darfield.school.nz • www.darfield.school.nz