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Strengthening the Bonds throughout the McGlashan Community
McGlashan @ Level 3 - John Veitch - Deputy Principal, Harry Stout - Year 9, Neil Garry Principal, Issac Mclaughlin - Year 7, Troy Jennings - Director of Sport. John McGlashan College is coming back to life. Property Supervisor, Tony Beck and Groundsman, Duncan McBeath have been on site picking up the last of the leaves, trimming hedges and mowing lawns. As expected, the infrastructure is ready to go and cleaning is underway in readiness for classes, depending on the Government’s calls. As we move to Level 2, Drew Campbell, Director of Boarding, will contact you directly regarding the opening of the boarding facility for parents to collect equipment and clothing left after the sudden move to Level 4 in late March. Year 7-10 students who need to be at school have been accommodated in the Edgar Learning Centre over the last two days. Nationally, student attendance is low with 16% of schools having zero uptake. Two boys of parents who are essential workers are attending John McGlashan College under strict Level 3 protocols: • registration of people on-site, for contact tracing • handwashing and sanitising • physical distancing A number of national and regional meetings have been held with the New Zealand Boarding School Association and the Ministry of Education to develop plans for facilitating a safe return to the college. In the meantime, let’s make the best of things. It is impossible to predict what might happen over the next few weeks and months. We will continue to keep you informed as we receive new information. At 8 am yesterday, our Pastoral Care and Learning Support team, which is made up of twelve key staff, met and considered the needs of our boys. These meetings have continued every week since lockdown. Most students are engaging well in their on-line schooling. We are communicating with parents, tracking and supporting boys in their learning and assisting them to cope in an uncertain, challenging and changeable environment. If you have any concerns or require reassurance, please contact us through our normal lines of communication. We are here to help. Kindest regards, Neil Garry Principal
BOARDING The boarding staff has been busy ringing all the boarding families, and it was great to hear what everyone had been up to and that everyone is enjoying the online learning. We have finally finished judging the annual Toby Hope Hunting competition and it was won for a second year in a row by a group of Year 9 students. Well done to Adam McNab, Billy Hutton Atkins, Jack Steele, and Jock Duncan. All the results and spot prizes are on the boarding house facebook. A big thank you to all of our sponsors and well done to all the boys. The boarding house and Catlins Coast Premium Meats have managed to get some of the animals processed and put in the freezer for the boys to enjoy when the boys get back. Boarding house reports from the first term should come out in the next couple of days. All of the staff have spent the last few weeks discussing the grades and comments, and will hopefully motivate our boys to get back into the routines when they get back to the boarding house. The boarding staff are working hard to get everything prepared to get all of the boys back as soon as possible and we will be in touch soon with when that process will start happening. All the best guys, look forward to hearing from you soon.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND HEALTH During this time it is more important than ever for the boys to be getting out and completing some form of exercise on a daily basis. To help focus on this, all boys in Years 7 - 10 have been completing challenges and logging their exercise. It has been amazing to see the variety of exercise ranging from biking, running, rowing ergs, family walks to personal exercise sessions and trampolining. I have observed the fantastic commitment the Year 7 & 8 boys have had to their Phys Ed exercise programme. The exercise videos produced have been well thought out and really engaging. I know that others in their bubbles really like the way in which so many of these boys have been self managing. Alongside this, quite a few Year 10 boys have videoed themselves completing lockdown skill challenges which have taken time and perseverance to practise. Great to see my own 10SMC leading the way!
Jack Howley
Jacob Hall
Luke Brown
Amani James
Further up the school, all the Year 11 PE students have finished ‘Lockdown Challenge One’, and are starting ‘Challenge Two’ using the ‘Runkeeper’ app to track their distance and times. Well done boys - keep it up. Year 12s and 13s have been working well, finishing off internal assessments. This is an opportunity for these classes to assess the content they covered in the lead-up to lockdown and gain some credits. These boys are then able to move forward positively with the programme for the remainder of the year, once the situation changes. I realise this is not always easy, so keep focused boys, keep a schedule and keep active. Tom Casey HOD Physical Education and Health
SPORT As we move into Alert Level 3, I hope all boys and their families are well. The announcement in mid March that many sporting events were either suspended or cancelled was a huge blow for those boys and teams that were preparing for South Island or National events. Some of the sports affected were touch, mountain biking and moto- cross, as well as our exceptional athletes who had qualified for the South Island Champs at the recent Otago Secondary Schools’ Athletics Champs. It was also very disappointing for the many boys who participate in weekly local competitions. I would like to acknowledge how well all the affected boys accepted the decisions around this. The sport that I felt for most are our rowers. As a group, the boys are very dedicated with six early morning starts a week. The boys are well supported by their coaches and a very enthusiastic group of parents and families. The Maadi Cup is the pinnacle event for which all rowers plan to be at their peak, so our boys have been training extremely hard over the summer and had some great results at the recent South Island Champs. We had many boys striving to medal at the Maadi Cup. Well done to all those boys who continue to train and exercise at home and their surrounding areas. I have seen some great results from boys training in different codes. Sports Directors and Co-ordinators from all the Otago City area colleges and high schools have met via zoom meetings to discuss how sports may look in the future. The School Sports New Zealand CEO sat in and has kept us up to date with Ministry, Government, and Sporting bodies current thinking. All codes will be following the guidelines set out by National or Regional sporting organisations. We are unsure when any sports will start, and if they do, how long the seasons may be. The focus will be on supporting community sports. Thank you to all the coaches, managers, and supporters of the many summer sports teams who had an abrupt end to the season. I look forward to seeing you all back at school hopefully in the near future. Regards Troy Jennings
SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPH ORDERS These are available on line at: https://kelkphoto.co.nz/view-your-event/john-mcglashan-college/?sub=a1494f3b23f67ed975d5511be28d46ea Thank you to all those who have already ordered. These will be processed as soon at the colour print lab reopens and we are able to access more of our equipment. Thank you for your patience. Kerry Crosland Kelk Photography.
MS GARDINER’S RECIPE OF THE WEEK She is the Queen of sweet treats.
DECADENT NUTELLA SLICE **Adapted from Chelsea Winter’s Snickalicious Slice, shared with fans on Facebook and in her book, Scrumptious
Base: 2 x 200g chocolate chippie biscuits (or 1 pack, with 1 cup of coconut, and ¾ cup rolled oats) ½ can condensed milk 25g butter Filling: 400g nutella 50g butter 2 ½ cup icing sugar ½ cup cream or milk ¼ teaspoons of salt (optional) Icing: 200g dark chocolate (or milk, or white – or a combo) 25g butter Base: Line a 20-30cm baking tin with baking paper. Break up the chocolate chippie biscuits with a food processor. Melt the butter, condensed milk and add one tablespoon of nutella. Combine with the biscuit crumbs and then press into the tin evenly. Refrigerate. Filling: Process the nutella, softened butter and salt until smooth. Sift in icing sugar and combine with the milk and process until it’s thick and smooth – it needs to be spreadable but not runny. Refrigerate. Icing: Melt your chocolate and butter. Either microwave in short low bursts and stir until melted, or place in a bowl and melt over a pot of simmering water. Spread over the filling and refrigerate. Cut carefully when set and store in an airtight container in the fridge.
DELICIOUS!!
JMC LIBRARY RESOURCES If you are looking for information on the Year 8 Local History topic, the Year 9 Integrated Studies task or the Year 11 NZ History project, please have a look at our library Web App under the appropriate information box. We are adding new resources daily. Also from the web app, you can do your own research using Epic or One Search. Instructions for logging on are provided here: JMC Library Online Resources. Nothing to read? The Wheelers ePlatform gives us access to 2,500 ebooks and audiobooks and we have added links to many sources of other free books and interesting material. We have plans in place to go to a ‘click and collect’ system but that won’t happen until we go back to school under Level 2. If you have any questions, please get in touch, we will do our best to help you: library@mcglashan.school.nz
Head Librarian Ned Hancox has been teaching his dog Jill to read during lockdown.
PREFECTS’ CHALLENGE Krishan and Ben have put out a cooking challenge. Let’s see you all show off those kitchen skills you have learnt during the lockdown. Check out the FB page to see the full challenge.
WHAT’S BEEN HAPPENING DURING LOCKDOWN? Level 3 today - no difference in the Clulee bubble, but I am sure many of our McGlashan family are happy with perhaps a new bubble member, being able to drive to the beach for those who live a bit further away, or get hold of those tempting take-aways! Billy Ellwood (Year 13), is spending his lockdown in Hawea here is his Level 4 account: I have been lucky enough to spend my lockdown at Lake Hawea Station. I can hardly call it a “lockdown” as there is so much area and action on this farm. We have been kept busy with work on the farm like, mustering and clipping foot rot. We have also been taking advantage of the free time and using it to keep fit, with high hopes for the sporting season to return. Last weekend our bubble decided to have a running/biking day, where Finn and I ran a marathon around the station. It is fair to say we have kept ourselves active and busy as we wait for school and work to return as normal. Ainslie Anderson - My bubble consists of my husband Jeremy, daughter Meg who returned from University, cat Stevie and dog Lou. Like everyone, we have missed lots of events – two birthdays, a wedding anniversary and a wedding. It was sad to not be able to celebrate my son James’s 21st with him, but we have saved an absolute fortune not having the huge party he had organised. I have been amazed by how little I accomplish during a day – however, I have read 3 books, picked up knitting again, and watched some Netflix movies. Lou has had lots of walks but gets frustrated with all the stopping. Highgate is like a state highway – there are so many people out walking and we often stop to have a chat. My pets have been practising their physical distancing but just don’t seem to get into the correct baskets. Take care everyone, and hope to see you in a few weeks. Will Duffy (Year 13) sent his report from home in the Maniototo. Quite a bit has been happening in my house, between biking, school, puzzles and firewood, I have been able to keep reasonably busy. Trying to keep to our bubble has been hard as our street has quite often met up for some drinks while sitting in a circle, two metres apart of course. School has been good, much to my surprise; I’ve enjoyed keeping working and being able to catch up with some boys and teachers. Director of Boarding, Drew Campbell has a much smaller bubble - from 129 students in his care to just two - the delightful Isla and Freddie! Lock down for us has been spent with lots of family time. Daily walks with the dog, lots of fun activities around learning, far too much baking and teaching the kids some new things - skills such as learning to ride bikes, ties shoes and make endless amounts of forts and paper planes. I have also taken up the 25 push ups each day for 25 days challenge, which the kids have helped me with.
LEVEL THREE PHOTOGRAPHY
Henry Power
Henry Power
Brooke Mitchell
REMEMBER:
Take a break from what’s stressing you out. Plan one relaxing and enjoyable thing to do every day. Even for just 15 minutes!
Plan your tasks and do the most pressing thing first. Tick items off as you go. Consider dropping things that don’t matter as much. Don’t sweat the small stuff.
Make some time to catch up with trusted friends. Talk with them about stuff that’s going on in your life. And most importantly, have a good laugh.
Exercise helps clear your head and ease tension. Go out for a run or a walk, dance or play some sport. Get out in the fresh air.