Nelson Weekly Locally Owned and Operated
Tuesday 17 November 2015 NEW LOC
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We’re full, Central [School] is nearly full, and every other school is nearly full. - Hampden St School principal Don McLean.
ing to have everything confirmed during term one. “We’ve made a proposed map of where we think the zone should be, so we know what areas we can turn away at the moment,” says Don. “We have sent the map to the Ministry and should hopefully have it back within the next week, then we’ll send it to other schools for approval, and then there will be consultation with parents.” Nelson Central School, which has a current roll of 470 students, is also working towards putting an enrolment zone in place, due to high numbers. “The stage we are at is that we have done a lot of research and we have consulted with our community and
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Zac Wilkes and Will Hewitt from Team Xpeed with their electric bike that they will be taking to the Evolocity competition in Christchurch. Photo: Jessie Johnston.
Electric bike to test the best If you’ve seen two boys zipping along Nelson footpaths on an interesting-looking bike, chances are it was Team Xpeed boys, Will Hewitt and Zac Wilkes. The Nelson College boys have made an electric bike for the Evolocity competition to be held at Christchurch’s Rapuna Race Track in two weeks. Evolocity is about stimulating electric vehicle innovations and having some fun racing the
different designs. The competition will test the vehicle’s speed, efficiency and manoeuvrability in a 100 metre drag race, 10 kilometre economy run, a tight street circuit and a rolling resistance test. “We first heard about it from one of the teachers from school who suggested we enter the competition, and we just build on it from there,” says Will. “We went through a few initial ideas like a scooter and such,
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Kate Russell Increasing pressure on school rolls in Nelson has meant that two city primary schools will be introducing enrolment zones early next year, with one principal saying that they are already “over capacity.” Both Hampden St School and Nelson Central School are in the process of confirming their ‘home zone maps,’ which will mean that they will only take new enrolments from within that zone if their roll is full, or close to it. Hampden St School principal Don McLean says that his school is “chock-a-block,” with 517 children currently enrolled, and is already turning away new enrolments for next year from families who are likely to be out of the zone, such as the Victory area. “We just haven’t got the space for more kids,” he says. “It’s not ideal, because I like the idea of parents having choice.” The school, which is also building two new classrooms to cope with demand, is in the process of negotiating the zone boundaries with the Ministry of Education and is hop-
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but we’ve always leant towards a bike.” Each team is given the same motor and battery, but from there, creativity runs free. “We’ve gone for an agile vehicle with everything as lightweight as possible,” says Zac. With the help of mentors Daniel Farley and Adrian Curtis, the boys say they have spent hundreds of hours designing and refining their electric bike.
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